Im sally bundock. We start here in the uk, where the Chancellor Rachel reeves will pledge A Budget To Rebuild Britain in her speech to the Labour Party Conference in liverpool today. Shes under pressure to provide some optimism after labours gloomy messaging on the state of the economy they inherited from the conservatives. But her controversial decision to Axe Winter Fuel payments for 10 Million pensioners threatens to overshadow her speech, with a vote challenging the move also expected today. Lets get more now from joe nellis, whos economic adviser to mha a Uk Accounting Firm And Professor of Global Economy at cranfield university. Good morning. There good morning. There was good morning. There was a good morning. There was a lot good morning. There was a lot of pressure on Rachel Reeves to change the music, to be more optimistic, what do you think . I think she will struggle to change the mood music. We are in a difficult position, the economy has been flatlining for the last coupl
As they were held to a 2 2 draw by arsenal, who were down to ten men after leandro trossard was sent off. Substitute stones scored in the eighth minute of time added on after goals from riccardo calafiori and gabriel had threatened city s 32 game unbeaten run at home in the premier league. Earlier, erling haaland had scored his 100th goal for city to open the scoring injust his 105th game, equaling cristiano ronaldo s record for the fastest man to score 100 goals for a european club. They put four players in line. So incredible, tall, incredible commitment. I think we are not able to do that as a team. So, a big compliment from arsenal because they defend every single ball, every single block until the end. You know, what we did really well. We were patient enough for the, you know, for the turn the right, left, left right. No cross, to cross. You know look the right moment. And at the end we were yeah, we were fortunate. A big blow because we had it. It was 97 minutes. They extended a
Was sent off. Substitute stones scored in the eighth minute of time added on after goals from riccardo calafiori and gabriel had threatened city s 32 game unbeaten run at home in the premier league. Earlier, erling haaland had scored his 100th goal for city to open the scoring injust his 105th game, equaling cristiano ronaldo s record for the fastest man to score 100 goals for a european club. They put four players in line. So incredible, tall, incredible commitment. I think we are not able to do that as a team. So, a big compliment from arsenal because they defend every single ball, every single block until the end. You know, what we did really well. We were patient enough for the, you know, for the turn the right, left, left right. No cross, to cross. You know look the right moment. And at the end we were yeah, we were fortunate. A big blow because we had it. It was 97 minutes. They extended again and we ended up conceding the goal, but obviously it s already a miracle. You know, we
Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. The un has warned that the middle east is on the brink of imminent catastrophe amid fears of an all out war as israel and the iran backed group hezbollah in lebanon carry out large cross border strikes. Israel said hezbollah launched more than a hundred rockets from lebanon towards them. Hezbollah said the attacks were in response to the wave of explosions of pagers and walkie talkies that s widely believed to have been carried out by israel. In haifa, hospital patients have been moved to underground facilities, schools have been closed and gatherings restricted, as well as in other northern areas up to the lebanese border. Meanwhile, israel said it carried out more air strikes on targets in southern lebanon, destroying thousands of hezbollah s rocket launchers. The un chief antonio guterres said he fears the conflict between israel and hezbollah could risk lebanon becoming another gaza. Our senior internat
Killing at least 20 people. Israel hasn t said whether it was involved. As the fighting intensifies, un chief antonio guterres says he fears lebanon could become another gaza. The lebanese health ministry raised the death toll to 45 in friday s strike by israel targeting hezbollah commanders in southern beirut. Most of those killed were civilians. Authorities say women and children are among the dead. On sunday, israel launched further strikes on towns in southern lebanon killing three people. And the israeli military says it destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launcher barrels over the past few days. Israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu had this to say. No country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. We cannot accept it either. We will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe, back to their homes. Meanwhile, in lebanon hundreds attended the funeral of ibrahim aqil, a high ranking hezbollah commander killed in an israeli s