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here is in news. the government has been accused of taking a sticking plaster approach to carrying out seven that will maintenance on school buildings by the head of the spending watchdog the national audit office, more than 100 schools haven t re opened this week. the school s minister has defended the government and says it spends 1.8 billion a year on school maintenance and improvements. a bbc investigation has found three uk water companies wessex, southern and tames water appear to have illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times last year in dry weather, the practice can take place when it is wet, but can cause environmental damage when it is dry, wessex water says there is some issues with the data it provided. scotland s first minister will set out his programme for government in a speech this afternoon, early years childcare is expected to be the focus of the announcement. and 200 women in the uk who claim they were left in pain after having a permanent contracepti ....
and ukrainian officials reported that russia also hit a school and other buildings in the city. the mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. earlier this month, russian forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. here s one of the shop workers explaining what happened. translation: i was at work in the furniture section - when there was a first hit. me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. there was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. we were covered in it, our faces, too. we started to dig our way up to the top. there, the extinguishing system had started working. we grabbed a few people and an emergency service guy who was shopping saved us. he was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. me, my colleague and another boy as well as a shopper and his girlfriend made ....
missiles have hit a busy diy store in kharkiv, killing at least two people and injuring others.the shop is in a residential area and injuring others. the shop is in a residential area and ukrainian officials say russia also hit a school and other buildings in the city. president zelensky says more than 200 people could have been inside the diy store. the mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. earlier this month, russian forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. here s one of the shop workers who s explaining what had happened. translation: i was in the furniture ste ed on translation: i was in the furniture stepped on my translation: i was in the furniture stepped on my section. translation: i was in the furniture stepped on my section. me - translation: i was in the furniture stepped on my section. me and - translation: i was in the furniture st ....
tonight on the reidout i think that there will be certainly time for that policy discussion to take place. but that s not the place that we re in at this moment. i think with respect to any discussion of legislation, it s premature. there s an ongoing investigation. this is not the time to go back to the same tired saw over gun control. this is not the time to be talking about legislation. we re in the middle of that crisis right now. as the search continues for the lewiston, maine, killer, republicans continue to make excuses, including a familiar phrase used over the years after mass murders. now is not the time to fix the problem. and there are many other shocking but not surprising things that new speaker mike johnson has been saying since he took the gavel. and he s clearly not a big fan of the separation of church and state. plus, three weeks after the hamas terror attack, israel launches an intense new round of air strikes in gauze oz. there s t ....
meanwhile, the labour leader keir starmer has been out meeting voters in the west midlands where he told voters that stabilising the economy would be a number one priority. here s our political correspondent helen catt. the labour leader arriving at a football club in the west midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a labour government would do. stability is change. it s strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming labour government, and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. it comes as a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the country s finances if elected. for rishi sunak it was a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. he answered some gentle concerns about his drenching in downing street. it was wet. the amount of people ....