he will release his own 100 page report on what he calls the stolen georgia election, two pages bigger than the charge sheet against him and his 18 accomplices. and we ll tell you how the us treasury secretary came to accidentally eat magic mushrooms while on a visit to china. first a welcome development here in the uk. inflation fell sharply to 6.8% injuly, from 7.9% injune. but it still means prices continue to rise. prime minister rishi sunak says it shows his government s plan is working, but he cautioned against complacency. the drop was fuelled by lower energy costs. but core inflation which looks at price rises excluding food and energy remained unchanged. according to the office of national statistics, the rising costs of hotels, air travel, and rents are among the costs keeping inflation high. economists are still expecting interest rates the tool used by the bank of england to control price rises to be raised further. our economics editor faisal islam repo
shortly. the text calls for extended humanitarian pauses and aid corridors. the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a freshly five. israel s president has said his country is ready for what he calls another humanitarian pause. nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1200 people were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. i mentioned the un security council. a text has been released on the war in gaza to been released on the war in gaza to be put to the security guards are in the next few hours. the draft is very long but their key section talks of extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. it remains to be seen if the wording is now acceptable to the united states. for more on this let s speak to our correspondent who is in the un. this has been delayed now fo
absolutely clear that the scottish government remains committed to supporting and empowering the lgbtqi plus community, including trans people. we will continue to build on our work across government to strengthen this. we work closely with the lgbtqi plus stakeholder group to ensure the voices of those with the experience helps improve outcomes for these communities. we are also delivering the non binary equality action plan to improve conditions for non brenktey community in scotland and the plan includes actions on their way, such as meaningfully including non binary people in decision making. are committed to consulting on an into conversion practices for both sexual orientation and gender identity detailed proposals for legislative change will be published in the new year for the conversion practices which aim to change or suppress a person s sexual orientation or gender identity are destructive acts which violate human rights. we remain committed to our work with nhs sc
announced he s to resign. he s been under growing pressure after he ripped up a power sharing deal with the scottish green party. he s been facing a vote of no confidence, he released an emotional statement today, and we have a report from lorna gordon who can tell us what happened today. over the next half an hour, we will go through all of the implications with the bbc s special correspondent allan little, who is with me here. at westminster, we re joined by our political correspondent nick eardley. this starts with nicola sturgeon, whose great strength as a politician is placing herself at the heart of huge grassroots progressive coalition, people very committed to the progressive causes which characterised her leadership. one of the things she could have been failed to have done is to carry public opinion with her, committing to the progressive causes has always been much more strongly rooted in the independence movement than scottish public as a whole. so her government