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00:00:14These are the latest headlines from from BBC News. The US confirms for
00:00:18for the first time its deployed space space weapons. China urges the US
00:00:22US to stop preparing for war in space.
00:00:25space. President Trump says safety safety fears over artificial intelligence
00:00:29intelligence are a hoax. As the co-founder co-founder of one of the world's
00:00:32world's biggest AI firms tells the the BBC, a compulsory kill switch
00:00:35switch for the technology might be
00:00:37be needed. The findings of a public public inquiry into how baby killer
00:00:41killer Lucy Letby was able to murder murder seven babies is out. Later,
00:00:45Later, it assesses whether action action could have been taken sooner
00:00:47sooner to stop the former nurse. nurse. Prince Harry and Meghan's
00:00:51Meghan's police protection is being being reviewed as they change their
00:00:54their children's school. Just two two days into the new term over security
00:00:58security concerns. And Welsh actor actor Matthew Rhys makes history
00:01:01history at the Emmy Awards, becoming becoming the first person to win
00:01:05win two leading acting prizes in
00:01:08in one night. So let's focus in on
00:01:15on those concerns about the rapid rapid pace of artificial intelligence
00:01:19intelligence development. President President Trump has said that the
00:01:21the fears about the safety of AI
00:01:23AI are a hoax, as he criticised calls calls to have more quadrilles for
00:01:27for the fast moving technology. It
00:01:29It comes after Jack Clark, a co-founder
00:01:32co-founder of AI giant Anthropic, Anthropic, told the BBC that a kill
00:01:35kill switch for dangerous AI that that can be checked by a third party
00:01:39party may be needed to be mandatory mandatory for the industry. Well,
00:01:42Well, here in the UK the Business Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds,
00:01:44Reynolds, has been speaking to BBC BBC Breakfast, reassuring the public
00:01:48public that the government is taking
00:01:50taking AI safety seriously. We should
00:01:52should never be complacent nor should should we be hyperbolic about this.
00:01:56this. AI is very powerful technology. technology. It's used in a lot of
00:02:00of very positive ways in the UK from
00:02:02from how we diagnose medical conditions conditions to, you know, the fact
00:02:05fact that it's contributing such such a large amount to our economy. economy. As the last month's figures
00:02:09figures showed. But also the UK is
00:02:12is a world leader in something called called the AI Safety Institute. That
00:02:16That means that models developed developed in other countries are
00:02:18are often given to us to test in in the UK. It's a difficult situation
00:02:22situation in that a lot of this technology, technology, the frontier technology
00:02:24technology does in the main come come from the US and China. But I
00:02:27I would want people to be reassured reassured that safety is taken exceptionally
00:02:30exceptionally seriously, that we we have institutions in place in
00:02:33in the UK that are playing a leading leading role. And of course, as ever
00:02:37ever with technology, it's not just just about the technology itself,
00:02:39itself, it's how it's used, it's it's how you regulate the rest of
00:02:42of the economy to make sure they're they're ready for the changes coming
00:02:45coming their way. So please don't don't be concerned listening at home home about some of the things that
00:02:49that you have heard. We take this this very seriously and we can have have confidence in our systems in
00:02:53in place in the UK. Business Secretary
00:02:57Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, speaking speaking to our colleagues at BBC
00:02:59BBC Breakfast. Yemen's Houthi movement movement says that Saudi Arabia has
00:03:03has launched renewed air strikes strikes across the west of the country
00:03:06country after the Iran backed group group announced it targeted military
00:03:10military bases in the kingdom. The The Houthis said that the Saudi attacks
00:03:12attacks hit areas including Taiz, Taiz, al-Jawf and Hodeida. The group
00:03:16group had earlier targeted the King King Khalid air base in southern
00:03:20southern Saudi Arabia. The extent extent of the damage in both attacks
00:03:22attacks has not been verified, and and there has been no reaction from
00:03:26from Riyadh. Well, last week the the Houthis seized control of Yemen's
00:03:29Yemen's Red Sea coast and strategic
00:03:32strategic Bab al Mandab Strait, including
00:03:33including Perim Island from Jerusalem.
00:03:36Jerusalem. Our Middle East correspondent correspondent Hugo Bachega reports.
00:03:38reports. The Houthis say they fired fired dozens of missiles and drones
00:03:42drones at a military base in southern
00:03:45southern Saudi Arabia, targeting targeting radar systems, runways
00:03:48runways and ammunition depots, and and there were emergency alerts issued
00:03:51issued by the Saudi authorities for for several locations around this
00:03:55this base. And in Yemen, government
00:03:58government forces supported by Saudi Saudi Arabia are trying to fight
00:04:01fight back. The Houthis have accused
00:04:04accused Saudi Arabia of carrying
00:04:05carrying out more than 300 air strikes
00:04:09strikes in the past five days. This This has been a rapid advance by
00:04:12by the Houthis, capturing a key territory
00:04:15territory along the Red Sea. And And the fear here is that this could
00:04:19could reignite the civil war in Yemen.
00:04:22Yemen. The United Nations says that
00:04:25that more than 80,000 people have have already been displaced because
00:04:28because of the fighting, and we still still don't know if the Houthis will
00:04:32will try to seize even more territory
00:04:34territory or if
00:04:37larger offensive by the government government and its allies. But the
00:04:41the violence in Yemen is also putting
00:04:43putting pressure on energy supplies supplies because the Red Sea has
00:04:46has become a key alternative for
00:04:49for Saudi oil exports. Given that that the Strait of Hormuz has been
00:04:53been effectively closed because of
00:04:55of the US war against Iran, and it
00:04:58it isn't clear if the Houthis have
00:05:00have the ability or are planning
00:05:02planning to disrupt a shipment in
00:05:06in this vital waterway. And finally,
00:05:08finally, reports say that a crucial
00:05:10crucial Saudi pipeline that was struck struck in a drone attack a few days
00:05:14days ago is likely to remain closed
00:05:17closed for a few weeks for the damage
00:05:20damage to be repaired. And this could
00:05:23could squeeze oil prices even further.
00:05:26further. Thanks to Hugo Bachega reporting reporting from Jerusalem. Well, Greg
00:05:29Greg Holyoke from BBC Monitoring Monitoring describes what the Houthis
00:05:32Houthis are targeting and explains explains whether they're involved involved in the shutdown of that
00:05:36that crucial Saudi oil pipeline.
00:05:39pipeline. So I guess it's two slightly slightly separate things in that
00:05:43that the Houthis have been striking striking southern Saudi Arabia. What
00:05:46What we've been seeing actually, actually, which has been a kind of
00:05:50of difference from yesterday, is
00:05:52is Saudi Arabian media and also official
00:05:55official Saudi forces have announced
00:05:59announced that a series of places places have been struck. They were were staying completely silent on
00:06:02on this beforehand, but they've also also announced that 13 people have
00:06:05have been injured. A number of properties properties have been destroyed in
00:06:08in areas like Taif, which is in the the south. I mean, a good few hundred
00:06:12hundred kilometres from the border, border, but still sort of within within the range of these Houthi
00:06:16Houthi low tech drones and the ballistic ballistic missiles that they're using.
00:06:19using. That being said, when it comes comes to the Saudi pipeline, what
00:06:22what we've seen is suggested that that it's coming from Iraq rather
00:06:26rather than Yemen, which might be
00:06:29be most likely to be sort of Iran Iran backed Shiite militant groups
00:06:32groups there, which would be sort sort of broadly aligned to the Houthis.
00:06:35Houthis. The latest we've also seen seen is that Jeddah Airport, which
00:06:39which is the second biggest I believe,
00:06:41believe, in, in Saudi Arabia, has has closed down its airspace. Flights
00:06:45Flights are not landing there. And And that is also important because because Jeddah is right by Mecca.
00:06:49Mecca. It is really the kind of central
00:06:51central point that people going on on the pilgrimages, which is actually
00:06:55actually after oil, the biggest sort sort of source of income for Saudi
00:06:58Saudi Arabia are now being blocked blocked from getting in. So on that
00:07:02that then, is there concern that that this is potentially going to
00:07:05to spread? Yes and no. I mean so so what we have seen actually today
00:07:09today as well, Saudi Arabia has been
00:07:11been reporting that there has been been call or there have been calls
00:07:15calls from a number of countries countries for an emergency meeting
00:07:17meeting on the Bab al-Mandab at the
00:07:20the UN Security Council. That comes comes from a lot of European countries,
00:07:23countries, notably including the the UK, but actually the US has not
00:07:26not been calling for it. And that that is interesting because we saw
00:07:30saw over the weekend which Saudi
00:07:31Saudi media did not talk about, that
00:07:35that the Donald Trump said that the the Houthis had directly got in touch touch with him. You know, this is
00:07:39is quite on brand for him actually actually getting directly in contact
00:07:42contact with these groups like he he did with Hamas beforehand. And
00:07:46And they apparently asked him not not to intervene because they didn't
00:07:50didn't have kind of a problem with with the US on this, which is a complete complete reversal from what we saw,
00:07:53saw, you know, a year or so ago. ago. So what we've seen so far, there
00:07:57there haven't been many strikes or or if any, strikes on Red Sea shipping,
00:08:01shipping, including Saudi shipping
00:08:02shipping actually. But the Houthis
00:08:06Houthis seem pretty intent at the the moment on keeping this quite quite a sort of lightning operation
00:08:09operation within Yemen and with Saudi Saudi Arabia, rather than maybe going
00:08:13going beyond their capabilities and and drawing in other powers like
00:08:16like the US. Greg Holyoke from BBC
00:08:20BBC Monitoring on a developing line line coming from Ukraine in terms
00:08:24terms of Russia's full-scale invasion invasion of Ukraine, we're getting
00:08:27getting a line from Sergei Lavrov, Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister,
00:08:31minister, saying that Russia will will not stop fighting during peace
00:08:34peace talks on Ukraine. So that new new line that's being reported by
00:08:38by the Reuters news agency, it's it's the they're quoting the Russian
00:08:42Russian foreign minister, Sergei Sergei Lavrov, saying that Russia
00:08:44Russia will not stop fighting during
00:08:47during peace talks on Ukraine. And
00:08:50And just a bit of background to this.
00:08:52this. It's Donald Trump has been
00:08:54been claiming that both Russia and and Ukraine have agreed to pause
00:08:58pause strikes on energy facilities. facilities. But we know that overnight
00:09:02overnight strikes have continued continued and we know over the recent
00:09:04recent weeks Russia has been really really pummelling Ukraine with those
00:09:08those fast jet drones, those high
00:09:11high speed drones. The governor of of Zaporizhzhia province said that
00:09:13that Russian attacks had disrupted disrupted power lines to some areas
00:09:16areas and also in the coastal city city of Ukraine of Odesa, officials
00:09:20officials reported that Russian strikes
00:09:23strikes on port infrastructure. The The Russian defence ministry saying saying it hit a cargo ship and a
00:09:27a ferry carrying military supplies.
00:09:29supplies. So despite Donald Trump Trump insisting that Russia and Ukraine
00:09:33Ukraine had agreed to pause energy energy strikes, we're hearing now
00:09:36now from the Russian foreign minister,
00:09:38minister, Sergei Lavrov, saying that
00:09:41that Russia will not pause, will will not stop fighting during peace
00:09:44peace talks on Ukraine. I'm sure sure we'll get reaction on this,
00:09:48this, given the gravity of the situation situation on the ground as we are
00:09:51are in the fifth year of the war war and as we enter into approach,
00:09:55approach, what will be a potentially potentially bitter winter across
00:09:58across Ukraine. Now the rapper Macklemore Macklemore has been dropped from
00:10:02from Ed Sheeran's US tour after making
00:10:05making pro-Palestinian comments on on stage. The artist was criticised
00:10:08criticised by Jewish groups after
00:10:10after saying Free Palestine at two two concerts and making political
00:10:14political speeches. Macklemore stood stood by his comments, saying in
00:10:16in a statement that the real victims victims are the Palestinian people
00:10:20people in Gaza. Well, our music correspondent
00:10:23correspondent Mark Savage is looking looking at at this developing story.
00:10:26story. And Marc, just bring us up up to date with the background to
00:10:28to this. Well, yeah. So as you say, say, Macklemore was supporting Ed
00:10:31Ed Sheeran on the first two dates dates of his US tour in New Jersey
00:10:35Jersey about ten days ago, actually actually this happened. He went on
00:10:38on stage, he was introducing a song
00:10:40song that references pro-Palestinian
00:10:42pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia Columbia University in 2024. Speaking
00:10:45Speaking to the audience, he said said Free Palestine and that he wanted
00:10:48wanted people in Gaza to know that that we have not forgotten about
00:10:51about them. He also broadcast images images on the big video screens in
00:10:55in the venue of devastation in Gaza, Gaza, following Israel's military
00:10:58military action there. Now that almost almost immediately triggered a backlash.
00:11:02backlash. The Israeli American Council Council launched a petition calling
00:11:05calling for him to be dropped from
00:11:07from the tour. The stop anti-Semitism anti-Semitism organisation made a
00:11:11a similar call on social media, saying
00:11:16saying that he had a ambushed fans fans with anti-Israeli propaganda.
00:11:19propaganda. That was a statement statement that got amplified by the
00:11:22the pop star pink, who reposted it
00:11:24it to her Instagram page. And in in the ten days while the tour has
00:11:27has actually been on pause, there's there's just been a huge amount of
00:11:31of discussion about what he said said on stage and that has led to
00:11:34to some of the venues pressuring pressuring the promoters of the tour
00:11:37tour to drop Macklemore from the the future concerts. The remaining
00:11:41remaining eight dates of Ed Sheeran's Sheeran's US tour and that is what
00:11:44what has now happened. Any word from from Ed Sheeran's team? Ed Sheeran's
00:11:48Sheeran's team are not talking. Ed Ed Sheeran tends to view himself
00:11:51himself as a political not taking taking sides on anything. We have
00:11:53have approached them, but we haven't haven't heard back. Macklemore did
00:11:57did make a statement last night on
00:12:00on his Instagram page. He said that that Ed had been his friend for 13
00:12:0313 years and that he'd been placed
00:12:05placed in an impossible position position by these two competing demands.
00:12:08demands. You know, he wanted to keep keep Macklemore on the tour, but
00:12:11but also concert venues across the the US were saying they would scrap
00:12:14scrap the gigs if Macklemore was was allowed to continue. Now we don't
00:12:18don't know that for sure. That's That's obviously come from Macklemore
00:12:21Macklemore mouth, I should say at at this point. His real name is Ben
00:12:23Ben Haggerty. Not not Macklemore.
00:12:26Macklemore. But certainly one of of the venue owners, a man called
00:12:29called Robert Kraft. He's the owner owner of the New England Patriots Patriots in Massachusetts and owns
00:12:33owns the Gillette Stadium, which which was one of the venues upcoming
00:12:36upcoming on Ed's tour. He has confirmed confirmed that he did put in a call
00:12:39call to Ed. Ed was someone who performed performed at his wedding a couple couple of years ago and said that
00:12:43that he felt that both Macklemore's Macklemore's recent statements and
00:12:47and what he called a broader history history of anti-Semitism had led
00:12:50led him to put pressure on, on Macklemore Macklemore to be dropped. Now that
00:12:54that broader history of anti-Semitism anti-Semitism comment appears to
00:12:57to be a reference to 2014, when Macklemore
00:13:00Macklemore made an appearance on on stage, he was dressed in what what he called fancy dress. It was
00:13:04was a wig and a beard and a large large witch's nose, he said. But
00:13:07But a lot of people said that that that costume in itself was anti-Semitic
00:13:11anti-Semitic and feel that he has, has, you know, crossed a line on
00:13:14on that occasion and again here. here. So we don't know who's replacing
00:13:18replacing him, do we? We don't. There There are other support acts on the the tour. I mean, he wasn't, you
00:13:22you know, one of a large bill Stadium Stadium concerts often have more
00:13:24more than one support act. I have
00:13:26have to say that in the past 24 hours, hours, quite a few other artists
00:13:29artists have come out in support support of him. And people who, you
00:13:32you know, you might know for their their pro-Palestinian statements statements in the past like kneecap,
00:13:36kneecap, but also artists like Rachel
00:13:39Rachel Canary have all commented commented on his Instagram saying saying that he stood up for what
00:13:42what he believed in and that they they feel that that was right. Obviously
00:13:45Obviously there are people on the the other side of that argument too. too. Mark Savage as always, thanks
00:13:49thanks so much. Mark Savage, our our music correspondent with the
00:13:51the very latest on that. Thank you.
00:13:54you. Well, let's turn away from music. music. Let's turn to sport because
00:13:58because the host cities for the 2029
00:14:012029 and 2031 World Athletics Championships Championships are being announced.
00:14:05announced. Let's cross over to the the BBC Sports Centre because Ben
00:14:08Ben Croucher is monitoring this for for us. And I think London is in
00:14:11in the running for the 2029 event.
00:14:15event. London was in the running
00:14:18running for the 2029 event along along with Rome. But while athletics
00:14:21athletics has just announced the
00:14:22the host cities and Nairobi will
00:14:26will host the 2029 edition and Munich
00:14:28Munich will host the 2031 conditions.
00:14:30conditions. That means Rome and London
00:14:33London have missed out. This is a a huge moment for Kenyan athletics.
00:14:37athletics. They become the first first African country to host the
00:14:41the World Athletics Championships. Championships. Lord Coe says we're we're fortunate to have four outstanding
00:14:44outstanding bids. Not an easy decision decision for the council. He said
00:14:48said the quality and ambition and
00:14:51and commitment demonstrated by all all four candidates underlines the
00:14:54the strength of global appeal of of the World Athletics Championships. Championships. It also ensures the
00:14:58the next three editions will be hosted hosted by three different continents.
00:15:02continents. Beijing, Nairobi and and then Munich. Coe goes on to say
00:15:05say Nairobi and Munich presented presented two compelling propositions
00:15:09propositions they offer different
00:15:10different but equally exciting opportunities opportunities for our sport. Delighted,
00:15:14Delighted, we can now learning working
00:15:16working with both cities to stage stage two world class championships.
00:15:19championships. He also goes on to to say it was important that World
00:15:22World Athletics Championships should should come to Africa when we had
00:15:26had the right host, the right bid
00:15:28bid and the right circumstances.
00:15:31circumstances. Nairobi has demonstrated demonstrated emphatically that this
00:15:34this is their moment now. Kenyan
00:15:37Kenyan athletics has had a rich and and steeped history within the sport. sport. When you think of some of
00:15:41of the world's greatest athletes, athletes, especially in middle and
00:15:44and long distance running, you think think of faith Kipyegon Vivian Cheruiyot,
00:15:48Cheruiyot, Alia Kipchoge and the the marathon Helen Obiri and the
00:15:51the 800m world record holder David
00:15:53David Rudisha. A huge moment for for Kenyan athletics, a huge moment
00:15:57moment for African athletics as well well and for Munich in 2031, the
00:16:01the second time Germany has hosted hosted the championships after Berlin
00:16:05Berlin in 2009, Munich hosted the the European Championships. Back
00:16:09Back in 2022 very successfully. But But this will be a bitter blow for
00:16:12for London. They went to a lot of
00:16:14of effort to both secure the London London Stadium because there were
00:16:18were difficulties with West Ham United United playing their football matches matches around about the same time
00:16:22time they hosted it very successfully
00:16:24successfully back in 2017. They held held a sold-out Diamond League meeting
00:16:28meeting earlier this year, it was was estimated that the London Games
00:16:32Games would have brought £400 million
00:16:35million to the economy in the UK,
00:16:37UK, and a bitter blow for British
00:16:39British athletics too, because only only earlier last year we saw the
00:16:43the World Athletics Championships Championships hosted and Great Britain
00:16:47Britain finished 21st in the medal medal table. They had their worst worst games for two decades. They
00:16:50They were very much hoping to be
00:16:53be able to host the games and boost
00:16:55boost the participation levels and and indeed boost their medal impact, impact, but that is not going to
00:16:59to happen. So Nairobi will host the
00:17:02the 2029 edition Munich in 2031.
00:17:052031. Problems have not been addressed. addressed. Ben, as always, thank
00:17:09thank you so much. London just being being pipped to the post Ben Croucher
00:17:13Croucher there from BBC Sport with
00:17:14with the very latest on that breaking
00:17:17breaking news that London has indeed indeed missed out to Nairobi in Kenya
00:17:21Kenya to bid the 2029 World Athletics
00:17:25Athletics Championships. On that that note, we're going to take a a short break around the world. Across
00:17:29Across the UK you're
00:18:30proving adventure is far from offline.
00:18:31offline. The Travel Show on BBC iPlayer.
00:18:38iPlayer. Welcome back. You're with with BBC News. Just an update on
00:18:42on the ongoing fighting between Houthi
00:18:44Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia. We're
00:18:47We're hearing from the Saudi civil civil defence authorities. They're
00:18:50They're being quoted by the Reuters Reuters news agency that they've
00:18:54they've had to issue a warning of
00:18:56of potential danger in Mecca. Of Of course, Mecca, you all know, is
00:19:00is the home to Islam's holiest site. site. It's where every year thousands
00:19:04thousands of people, tens of thousands, thousands, millions even go on pilgrimages
00:19:08pilgrimages on the annual Hajj. This
00:19:09This is the first time during that
00:19:13that escalation between the Houthi
00:19:14Houthi groups, the rebels that are
00:19:17are supported by Iran and the fighting
00:19:19fighting with Saudi Arabia. The first
00:19:21first time during this escalation escalation between these two that
00:19:24that the Saudi defence civil defence defence is saying that they've had
00:19:27had to issue a potential a warning
00:19:29warning of a potential danger to
00:19:32to Mecca, Islam's holiest site. They
00:19:35They said that the danger has been been cleared moments later, but the
00:19:38the fact that they had to raise that
00:19:40that alarm warning is of grave concern
00:19:43concern given the escalating tension
00:19:44tension and the fighting on the ground
00:19:47ground between Houthi rebels supported supported by Iran and Saudi Arabia. Arabia. Any more updates? Of course
00:19:51course we'll bring them to you. The The latest UK employment data shows
00:19:55shows that the jobs market remains remains weak, with vacancies at a
00:19:59a four year low. The office for National National Statistics says that the
00:20:02the unemployment rate remained unchanged
00:20:04unchanged at 4.9%. Total wage growth, growth, including bonuses, stood
00:20:08stood at 3.9% in the three months
00:20:10months to July, down from 4.2. But
00:20:13But the figure will reignite debate debate about the sustainability of
00:20:17of the triple lock for the state
00:20:18state pension. It's now likely to
00:20:22to rise by £488 next April to just
00:20:25just over £13,000 per year. Well, Well, Katy Watson has been going
00:20:28going through the numbers for us. us. The really important context
00:20:32context to know here is how the triple triple lock works. So the triple
00:20:36triple lock ensures that every April
00:20:39April pensions go up by one of three
00:20:43three factors, whichever is higher. higher. So it's either 2.5%. The
00:20:46The September rate of CPI inflation
00:20:51inflation or average earnings for for May to July. So we got that May
00:20:55May to July figure today for this
00:20:58this year. Now that figure was 3.9%
00:21:013.9% which was a little bit below
00:21:04below the previous month but still
00:21:06still is above the current rate of
00:21:09of inflation which is 2.9% now. And And although we won't get September's
00:21:13September's inflation figure for for another month yet unless there's
00:21:16there's a big change in that inflation inflation figure, it looks like the
00:21:20the average earnings figure could could be the decisive one in terms
00:21:24terms of how much pensions go up
00:21:26up by next April. So what we do know
00:21:30know is that people who are on a a flat rate state pension, if it
00:21:34it goes up by as much as predicted
00:21:36predicted based on, on that 3.9%
00:21:383.9% figure, well, they would actually actually that pension level would
00:21:42would actually take them above the the personal allowance, which means
00:21:44means they would have to pay some
00:21:46some tax on it. The personal allowance
00:21:50allowance is £12,570, and they'd they'd need to pay tax. In theory
00:21:52theory on the couple of hundred pounds pounds above that. So no decision
00:21:56decision has been taken yet. But
00:21:58But it looks like this wages figure
00:22:01figure out today will have a big big influence on how much pensions
00:22:04pensions rise by from April, which which is likely to reignite the whole
00:22:08whole debate over the triple lock. lock. Some economists have kind of
00:22:12of criticised it recently as unaffordable, unaffordable, but politicians at
00:22:14at the moment are sticking with that that way of calculating pension rises.
00:22:18rises. And they won't be. The government government won't be pleased that that the job market remains weak.
00:22:22weak. Katie. Yeah, I mean, some signs signs there that things are quite
00:22:26quite soft. It's really tough jobs jobs market for people who are trying
00:22:30trying to find work at the moment. moment. I mean unemployment actually
00:22:32actually has remained pretty flat
00:22:35flat at 4.9%. But the vacancy numbers numbers are quite interesting as
00:22:38as well. I mean they've been at at
00:22:41at multi-year lows now for a few
00:22:43few months. And today we saw a further
00:22:45further slide still hovering above above 700,000 vacancies out there.
00:22:49there. But the office for National National Statistics are suggesting
00:22:52suggesting in their commentary today today that there are smaller businesses
00:22:56businesses are continuing to report report that the cost of hiring people,
00:23:00people, increased labour costs are are affecting their decisions when when it comes to taking on workers.
00:23:03workers. So that's something that that I'm sure will get a lot of attention attention over the coming months
00:23:07months as well. Billed as TV's biggest biggest night, the Primetime Emmy
00:23:10Emmy Awards have been taking place place in LA David Willis was their.
00:23:14their. Emmy winner and Law and Order
00:23:16Order star Mariska Hargitay got a
00:23:19a celebration of the best in television. television. Off to a high energy
00:23:22energy start. The Emmy. And the Emmy
00:23:27Emmy goes to Kate O'Flynn Widow's
00:23:28Widow's Bay. The first award of the
00:23:31the night going to Kate O'Flynn from from Greater Manchester for her role
00:23:35role as the awkward assistant Patricia Patricia in the quirky new comedy
00:23:38comedy Widow's Bay. Hello, my name name is Patricia. It's Patricia.
00:23:42Patricia. Thank you Katie and Hero Hero for trusting this Lancashire
00:23:45Lancashire lass to play a sassy broad
00:23:47broad like Patricia. And the Emmy
00:23:52Emmy goes to Matthew Rhys The Beast
00:23:55Beast In Me. Matthew Rhys is the the star of Widow's Bay, but his
00:23:58his history making moment was still still to come. His first award of
00:24:01of the night was for his role in
00:24:03in the Netflix miniseries The Beast
00:24:06Beast In Me. Don't Let Me Down. Matthew
00:24:08Matthew Rhys. His Emmy for Widow's
00:24:11Widow's Bay, made him the first actor
00:24:13actor to win two lead acting trophies trophies in a single night. He is
00:24:17is also the first performer in history history to have won the lead acting
00:24:21acting award in all three fields
00:24:23fields limited series, drama and
00:24:25and now comedy. Sorry buddy. To the
00:24:29the great and good people of Wales Wales who were as much a nurture
00:24:32nurture as anyone else. We are a a small but mighty nation. This is
00:24:36is incredible. Thank you very much.
00:24:38much. Thank you. In his native Welsh,
00:24:40Welsh, Matthew Rhys crowned Widow's Widow's Bay his rapid transformation
00:24:44transformation from quirky newcomer newcomer to mainstream hit. He plays
00:24:47plays the hapless mayor of a New New England town that he refuses
00:24:50refuses to believe is haunted. Apple
00:24:53Apple TV has commissioned a second second series for the fifth year
00:24:56year in a row. 75-year-old Jean Smart,
00:24:59Smart, the star of Hacks, was named
00:25:01named best comedy actress. Jean Smart
00:25:05Smart Hacks. The hospital drama The
00:25:07The Pitt went into these awards with
00:25:10with 25 Emmy nominations, collecting collecting his Best Dramatic Actor
00:25:13Actor award. Its star, Noah Wyle
00:25:16Wyle paid tribute to fellow contender
00:25:18contender Sir Gary Oldman. Mr Oldman,
00:25:20Oldman, I have to tell you I don't
00:25:23don't know that as an actor my age age that didn't look at Prick Up
00:25:25Up Your Ears and Sid and Nancy and and think that's the benchmark that
00:25:28that I want to hit one day in my my career. The leading award of the
00:25:32the night for best drama went to
00:25:34to The Pitt amid the fall in Hollywood
00:25:38Hollywood production and flight to to other less expensive corners of
00:25:41of the world, including the UK and
00:25:43and Canada. The success of The Pitt Pitt provides at least a crumb of
00:25:47of comfort. It was made not in Pittsburgh
00:25:50Pittsburgh but on a soundstage here here in Los Angeles, and it's already
00:25:53already been commissioned for a third
00:25:55third series. David Willis, BBC News
00:25:58News at the Emmys. David. David. David. They're looking very much
00:26:01much the part. Our very own superstar.
00:26:03superstar. Much more coming up here here on BBC News. I hope you can
00:26:06can join us then.
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