According to the british retail consortium, Food Inflation fell last month to 13. 4 thanks to the lower cost of staple goods like oils, breakfast cereals, fats and fish. Heres our Business Correspondent emma simpson. It may not feel like it but the worst of food price rises could now be over. Grocery bills, though, are still way too high for many shoppers. Like, before you can just walk in with £10 and get a lot of things but now even £10 cant even buy what you actually want to buy. I mean, at the moment im ok but i guess im very lucky. But if it increased any more, just like Mortgage Rates as well, just like, yeah, the whole things going up, isnt it . Instead of Buying Luxuries now i buy the basics. Todays Food Price Figures come from the trade body for retail which also monitors the change in shop prices. Lets take a look at this chart which tells the story. Now, you can see how food prices jumped from last year. They were going up before the war in ukraine, but then they really st
Force to reinstate nigers president , mohamed bazoum, after he was ousted by members of the president ial guard last week. The bbc s Nancy Kacungira has this breakdown of the issues as we know it. Niger is the largest country in west africa. Its a key part of the sahel region. Thats the belt of land that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the red sea. Now, this is a territory thats been Destabilised Byjihadists and military regimes, and thats one reason why niger is so important. It was seen as an oasis of the walk an otherwise troubled reason. So, what went wrong . The soldiers said they staged a coup because of the lack of Good Government and insecurity in the country. Translation the government and insecurity in the country. Translation the action of the cns pete country. Translation the action of the cns pete is country. Translation the action of the cns pete is motivated country. Translation the action of the cns pete is motivated by country. Translation the action of the cns pe
Have about 3. 5 minutes of extra time to go. We are deep, deep into injury time, i should say, and, to go. We are deep, deep into injury time, ishould say, and, yes, i think england, they have a five goal lead, even a draw would take them through as Group Leaders but they have absolutely blown china away. There was some criticism of england coming into this. Theirfirst there was some criticism of england coming into this. Their first couple of games, they won but only 1 0 against opposition they certainly, in haiti, they thought they should have beaten more comfortably, but this time against china they have shown what they are really capable of. This is the england team we saw in the euros, the england team that went on a huge unbeaten run, and the england team that has kept hundreds of people here at box back in croydon thoroughly, thoroughly entertained for the last 90 minutes or so. Entertained for the last 90 minutes orso. Its entertained for the last 90 minutes or so. Its been a r
Militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any Foreign Military intervention in niger, would be considered a Declaration Of War on them. A french mp for emmanuel macron s Renaissance Party spoke to the bbc about the countrys Evacuation Mission and said paris was left with no other choice. Translation we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between European Countries is to show solidarity. If other European Countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would Work Together to evacuate those who want to leave. Niger is a key part of africas sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. Burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. On sunday, the Regional Bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore
and flooding continues to batter northern china. at least 20 people are known to have died as a result of storm doksuri. president xi jinping today called for every effort to rescue those lost or trapped by the rains. from beijing, steve mcdonnell sent this report. methods from the old days of being pulled out to reach people cut off by flash floods. boats have been the best option for emergency teams, but in places there were not enough of them. roads have become perilous fast moving rivers, and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through suburban beijing in clearly dangerous situations. yesterday, cars were washed away by the dozen. it s not clear how many people died in this way. rescue workers have been stretched to the limit in a race against rising waters. zhouzhou in neighbouring hubei province has been especially inundated after water was devoted there to take the pressure off the capital. but still beijing has had to move more than 120,000 residents to safer are