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| | | | | Iain McDowell | | 30 September 2024 | | | | Good morning. Orla Guerin reports from Lebanon, where the authorities say a million people have been displaced by Israeli strikes. We investigate the case of modern slavery victims forced to work at a McDonald's branch. The sister of late breast cancer campaigner Kris Hallenga tells us her twin's inspiring story and Prof Brian Cox takes us into the solar system. | | | | | | |
 | | Image: Add credit | 'Nowhere is safe' - Tension and emotion in a Lebanese hospital | | | Israel has carried out more strikes against Hezbollah overnight, with the military targeting the eastern Bekaa Valley. Dozens of people have been killed and injured after days of heavy bombardment, leaving medical facilities and shelters struggling to cope amid a growing crisis. Our senior international correspondent Orla Guerin has been to Rayak Hospital, which has admitted hundreds of casualties over the past week. Noor Mossawi, aged six, is one of a number of people in critical condition. "I was soothing her, telling her not to be afraid," recalls her mother Rima of the aftermath of the strike that's left her daughter fighting for her life. The hospital's medical director Dr Basil Abdallah says the trauma is affecting the staff as well as the patients. "We have emotions," he says. "We are human." | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FLU WARNING FOR WINTER | | Did you get the flu vaccine last year? The overall uptake fell and health officials are now warning that if the same happens this year the UK could be in for a worse winter for illness. There's concern about a possible "tripledemic" of flu, Covid and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Find out if you can get a free flu jab on the NHS. | | | |
McDonald's failed to spot slavery of men trafficked to UK | | | The BBC has discovered that McDonald's failed to stop the exploitation of nine men who had been trafficked to the UK from the Czech Republic and forced to work in a branch of the fast-food chain. They were brought to the UK by members of a Czech criminal gang. Nearly all of their wages were stolen by the criminals but McDonalds didn't notice the signs they were victims of modern slavery even though some were working up to 100 hours a week. The company says it's taken action to help detect potential risks in future. | | | | | | | US country music star Kris Kristofferson dies, aged 88 | | | He was, his loved ones say, a "peacenik, a revolutionary, an actor, a superstar, a sex symbol and a family man". Kris Kristofferson, the award-winning American country singer-songwriter and film star, has died aged 88 after a celebrated career spanning decades. Among his early successes was the song Me And Bobby McGee, which later became a huge hit when it was re-recorded by Janis Joplin. Read more about his life. | | | | |
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| | | | | The late Kris Hallenga, founder of CoppaFeel!, showed the beauty of living life, says her twin. | | | | | | |
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| |  | | Image: BBC Studios / Nick Gaven | Prof Brian Cox wants to go to space - if Elon Musk is paying | | | He hasn't quite saved up enough cash for the out-of-this-world experience of a walk in space but Prof Brian Cox does the next best thing in his new BBC series Solar System. Exploring the incredible happenings on the planets and the moons, he explains why we need to expand beyond Earth. We've spoken to him about the show, his fascination with the cosmos and whether he's Sir David Attenborough's natural successor. | | | | | | |
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| |  | 'Israeli tanks at border' and 'Budget boost for the NHS' | | | The front pages are dominated by reports of Israel's next moves after its offensive against Hezbollah. According to the Times, a ground invasion of Lebanon is looming, with tanks massed on the border. The FT, the Guardian and the i report on Israel targeting the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will divert any spare cash in her Budget to hospitals in an attempt to reduce waiting times, says the Mirror. But the Express reports that the government's cut to winter fuel payments will leave 262,000 pensioners needing NHS treatment at a cost of £169m a year. | | | | | | | | |
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