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have shown signs of escalating, as our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. a journey to one of the middle east s most explosive boundaries. the israeli army is fortifying its frontier along the so called blue line. across the divide is lebanon, and the dominant armed group there, hezbollah. the wire is a hair trigger. ..and those who live up against it are seeing the signs of tension again. so this is a checkpoint of hezbollah. and you see the bus over there and all of that here above that, it s all lebanon. 48 hours ago, people were coming for stones. they re shouting at us, we will kill you. levav, who farms here, tells me hejust filmed armed men watching him. have you seen that kind of thing in previous years, or is this new? no, it s new. it s new. you don t see that before. and this is what makes me nervous a little bit. if they were shooting me, or killed me or try to, the army will attack. then we can come to a war. this was an israeli drill held a m ....
as record heat waves set off wildfires in europe, as hot weather followed by floods force india to ban some rice exports and put parts of china under water. and as russia starts to bomb grain silos in ukraine, could we start seeing food shortages in some parts of the world and rising food prices everywhere? if anyone knows, it s this week s line up. there they are. a commodities expert who s always kept us ahead of the curve on prices. and the big boss of one of the world s biggest freight transport companies is going to tell us how costs and concerns are shaping his industry. also on the show, she s the big boss of one of the world s biggest retailers. the ceo and president of walmart international joins me to talk prices, retail and etail from india to china. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, just as the rising cost of things were starting to slow down, you know, inflation officially gett ....
some of the 1a effected train operators are running limited services. after more than one year of industrial action, many people have got used to changing their plans orfinding another way of travelling on strike days, but hospitality businesses say they are still feeling the impact. every time there is a strike day we see trade fall off a cliff in certain parts of the country and towns and city centres. the last week we have had three strike days and an overtime abandoned during the course of the week. overtime ban. we know we have lost around £31i0 million of sales across the uk and it is getting better. we are seeing more trade coming through and being sustained, but it is down 30 a0% each time we have a strike day, and over the course of the year that is more than 5.5 billion of sales that the industry has lost. right now there are not any more, as industry and unions have to give two weeks notice of action, but further walkouts are possible, and after today s strike ....
bowel cancer since 2014. george won many awards in a hugely successful career which took him from southern africa to many other parts of the world. but many who worked with him here at the bbc and elsewhere will remember him most as a thoroughly decent, unfailingly kind hearted and generous colleague. the bbc s director general, tim davie paid tribute to george s kindness, empathy and wonderful humanity. our special correspondent allan little looks back at his life. three, two, one. go. the grand war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the 6:00 news. good evening and welcome to the 6:00 news. and for his calm, unflappable authority, good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child, the family moved to ghana. this is the road. and he was swept up in the early optimism of a young nation newly independent of british colonial rule. we knew that africa was going to be united a ....
football governing body has also find chelsea for breaching this financial fairplay rules as a result of , submitting incomplete financial information, i understand and believe that there is a statements we will try to bring that up on the screen in a moment, but ua for a saying that the matter relates to transactions which took place between 2012 and 2019 uefa. juventus have been fined £17.14 million while chelsea have been find 8.5 million pounds. so you can see there, the statement that has been put out. the italian club will only have to pay half of their fine if their financial records for the next three years comply with regulations. while chelsea have already agreed to pay the settlement figure. the blues have spent around £600 million on 90 new players since their new owner took charge of the club in may 2022, but a seven year period. while roman abramovich had control of the club. so that is some breaking news that the juventus football club has thejuventus ....