country s pre pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid 19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute s silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent, jim reed . hello. just tell us a little more, if you would, about this first phase of the inquiry? of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by boris - of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry| was announced by boris johnson of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry - was announced by boris johnson back was
we won t play her games, we won t play roles in a tense game, when there is real work to be done, real work on the cost of living crisis, real work to invest in public services. the white house calls the deaths of 46 people found in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio, absolutely horrific and heartbreaking . ghislaine maxwell is due to be sentenced in the next few hours for recruiting and grooming minors for herformer partner, paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson faces a row over increased defence spending, as he heads to a nato summit likely to be dominated by the need to boost military resources to counter russia in ukraine. the odds of it being a war in europe have shortened almost as much as the timeline, so we must act. we cannot protect the british people or our allies with transformation strategies and glossy equipment. and coming up in sport, we ll be live at wimbledon as 23 time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go o
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Failed safety tests since the grenfall tower fire. The Bank Of England warns Car Finance Deals and borrowing on credit cards are rapidly increasing. A sikh couple say a berkshire Adoption Agency told them they were the wrong culture to adopt a white child. And the changing face of banking. This is what weve come to. Less a cash machine than a mini bank. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, Johanna Konta prepares to carry british hopes at wimbledon as she continues her grass Court Preparations at eastbourne today. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The internet giant google has been fined a record £2. 1 billion by the European Commission for putting its own Online Shopping services at the top of Search Results. Its the biggest fine in the commissions history. It said google had abused its Market Dominance. Google now has 90 days to end the practice. More details from our Technology Correspondent rory cellanjones. But the name of something you might wa nt to but the n
Could he be so stupid . The line went dead and he did not contact us again. Not for another three weeks. We will have an interview with the pa rents we will have an interview with the parents about the last time they spoke to their son. Will the government stand firm on its Spending Plans when their legislative programme is debated in the commons again today . We are live until 11, as we are each weekday morning. The question today is it time to relax their pay cap on firefighters, teachers, nurses and eve ryo ne firefighters, teachers, nurses and Everyone Else who works in the Public Sector . If youre affected by the pay cap which was debated in the commons last night, and there was a movement to try to get that lifted but it was defeated, if you want to see that happen, do let me know how you think it should be paid for. It is expected that the retired Appeal Courtjudge, sir martin it is expected that the retired appeal court judge, sir Martin Moore Bick, will be appointed to lead th