His comments came after a second day of explosions in lebanon this time involving walkie talkies used by hezbollah. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed in tuesday s walkie talkie explosions. More than 400 others were wounded. Hezbollah, coming to bury its dead in south beirut today. Casualties of a new chapter in middle east warfare. Killed not by air strikes, but by exploding pagers. Apparently, a message from mossad. Among the dead, an 11 year old boy. But even the mourners weren t safe. Explosion. Suddenly, the sound of another blast. Chaos and panic filling the street and a rush to evacuate one of the wounded. The authorities say this time, walkie talkies exploded, not just in beirut. Here, at a cell phone shop in the southern city of sidon. Israel is being blamed for the past 2a hours of unprecedented attacks. Sirens. Well, one more ambulance there passing by. We ve been seeing them in the last half an hour or so. Also fire brigade trucks. People have b
The uk, unemployment rose to 4. 2 in the uk, unemployment rose to 4. 2 in the three months tojune, up from 3. 9 in the previous three months. Average wages, not including bonuses, grew at a record rate of 7. 8 during that same period, which is almost the same as the latest uk Inflation Measure of 7. 9 , which was recorded injune. It means average pay has almost caught up with price rises. Lets discuss that now with jane foley, who is head of strategy at a bank. It sounds good that wage growth has caught up with inflation, but is there something more complicated at play here . There is alwa s a complicated at play here . There is always a sting complicated at play here . There is always a sting in complicated at play here . There is always a sting in the complicated at play here . There is always a sting in the tail complicated at play here . There is always a sting in the tail with always a sting in the tail with economic data. What it does mean is that it economic data. What it does m
and eurovision mania in full swing in liverpool and it s still three days until the final. and coming up on bbc news: in milan, two giants of italian football prepare for a showdown in the champions league with manchester city or real madrid awaiting in the final. good evening. we start tonight with a special report into the plight of 16 year old molly who has autism and who s been stuck for nearly seven months in a general hospital because of a lack of suitable mental health services for children in england. campaigners say hundreds of young people like molly have no appropriate support when they reach a crisis. the nhs in her area has apologised for molly not getting care in a better environment. our social affairs editor alison holt has been following the story of molly and her family for almost a year now. this is her report. this is molly. she is 16 and has autism. it s at the root of her deep anxiety and eating problems. i ve been talking to molly and her parents sinc
feel cool tomorrow, temperatures below average for the time of year, but the sunshine should mitigate it a bit, sunshine in april has a little strength. then milder air pushing in from the south, so the weather will improve, lots of sunshine on saturday, just a few showers for eastern areas, turning a bit cloudierfor showers for eastern areas, turning a bit cloudier for northern ireland later in the day, but look at the temperatures. highs up to 15 cell c and it should get even warmer to that into next week, with dry and sunny weather on the this is carly s allotment, she uses it to grow food for people struggling to make ends meet. with new figures out today showing the escalating diabetes crisis, and recent analysis of life expectancy over seven decades showing the uk doing worse than all g7 countries except the usa, we ll ask are we sleep walking into a growing health crisis and what can be done about it? also tonight. elon musk announces this evening that blue tick user
appeal on wednesday. american football legend has been announced his retirement for the second time, tom brady. welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols s death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with second degree murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you would not have beat him like t