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the labour run council is struggling to pay off a huge bill for equal pay claims that dates back more than a decade. it has also had major issues with a new it system. our midlands correspondent navteonhal is there. the first thing to say is that the city council here has not stopped functioning, it has a legal duty to provide certain services and they will continue, but this is a signal to government ofjust how dire the financial situation is here, and admission that the council here cannot pay its bills. the people i have spoken to around birmingham say they are worried about what the future may hold. but for those who have been watching the saga closely, in some ways today has felt inevitable. the pressure on this city s finances has been rising and rising, and europe s biggest local authority is now in big trouble. the news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many people living in birmingham shocked and angry. oh my god, i ve never h ....
condemns what he calls barbaric hamas attacks. this is the sea life in gaza as israel continues to send soldiers close to the border. this is the scene live in gaza. we will speak to paul adams in a moment or two, but first i want to bring you one of the latest lines. we hear british airways has diverted a flight from london to tel aviv due to the situation in israel. that hasjust come from the spokesmen in the last few minutes, a british airways jet heading to tel aviv has been diverted. we will look for more details on that boat you see the activity in recent minutes in terms of rockets being fired, in terms of israeli action too, so that you just coming in. more on that in a moment but let s pause and head to the sports centre to round up the headlines with ben croucher. india are on course for a big win at the men s cricket world cup, chasing 273 to beat afghanistan in their second group game. afghanistan were 63 3 when captain hashmatullah shahidi and azmatull ....
there s a real battle going on on the beach here. must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water. they re letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. they re trying to stop them from getting to the water. let s go ahead and see what we can see. you can see the smugglers here. some of them have sticks. they re trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea. we have more footage of that beach at the time. let s take a look at that. our correspondent there told us that people move from the dark sand from dark sand dunes ran across beach dragging an inflatable boat. police tried to stop but didn t when on boardfrench maritime boats lots of people trying to get on board, french maritime boats were nearby, circling. ijust want to point out that our correspondent who was there at that time didn t know, of course, what was about to happen and didn t know that at that moment, there would later th ....
both craig williams, who was a close aide to rishi sunak and laura saunders, who is married to the conservatives director of campaigning, are being looked into by the gambling commission over alleged bets placed on the timing of the election. our political correspondent hannah miller reports. did you have any inside information when you made the bet? i did you have any inside information when you made the bet? did you have any inside information when you made the bet? i made a huge error ofjudgment. when you made the bet? i made a huge error ofjudgment. it when you made the bet? i made a huge error ofjudgment. it is when you made the bet? i made a huge error ofjudgment. it is almost - when you made the bet? i made a huge error ofjudgment. it is almost two - error of udgment. it is almost two weeks error ofjudgment. it is almost two weeks since error ofjudgment. it is almost two weeks since it error ofjudgment. it is almost two weeks since it emerged error ofjud ....
officials are calling this an act of terror. what do you make no just from the details act of terror. what do you make no just from the details we have and that these are taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we do taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we do not - taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we do not know, but it fits a pattern of attacks we have seen, including last year by jihadists attacks we have seen, including last year byjihadists linked to the islamic state, which is probably the islamic state khorasan, which is in central asia, and has carried out attacks in moscow and this attacks in moscow and this attack is close to their home territory. attack is close to their home territo . ~ attack is close to their home territory- territory. we know the sites that are targeted, territory. we know ....