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Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill

11 October 2024

Good morning. Former Prime Minister Theresa May has spoken to the BBC about the forthcoming inquiry into the Salisbury Novichok attack, saying she believes justice is “highly unlikely to happen” for those affected. Elsewhere, we'll get the latest from Lebanon after 22 were killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut overnight. We'll see some of the striking images of the Northern Lights, which were visible across the UK last night, and find out why Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafazai has been moved to tell the story of South Korea's 'real life mermaids' in a new film.

BREAKING NEWS

Monthly GDP figures released

It is expected that GDP will rise to rise 0.2% month-to-month in August, as retail sales grow and doctors’ strikes end. Manufacturing output should also rebound from erratic weakness in July. Get the latest figures.

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Justice for Novichok victims 'unlikely' - Theresa May

Former Prime Minister Theresa May says justice is “highly unlikely to happen” for the people affected by the Salisbury Novichok attack. Rather she hopes the family of Wiltshire woman Dawn Sturgess, who died after coming into contact with the Russian nerve agent in 2018 , “will take some comfort” from the forthcoming independent inquiry into her death. Baroness May has been speaking to a new BBC podcast on the Salisbury Poisonings which will be covering the inquiry. “I would hope by the end of it the family and friends of Sturgess feel it has got to the truth,” she said.

Who was Dawn Sturgess and how was she poisoned?

Listen: Could Sturgess's death have been stopped?

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Why even at 20 you should care about pension changes

There is growing speculation that the way pensions are taxed could be changed in the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she needs to find £22bn and some experts say she could change the system on workplace or private pensions to find some of this money. There are a number of options which could affect workers getting their first job, those already working, all the way up to those in retirement. We've set out what could happen and why you should care - even if you're only in your 20s.

22 killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut, Lebanon says

Twenty-two people have been killed and 117 injured in Israeli air strikes on central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon's health ministry said. BBC reporters heard loud explosions echoing from the site of the strikes in Bachoura, a small Shia area in the capital. Rescuers were seen digging through rubble at the scene. Media outlets are quoting security sources as saying that Wafiq Safa - a close ally of assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the apparent intended target of the latest strikes - survived.

Read the latest

Dozens of UK firms suspected of busting Russian oil sanctions

The government is investigating 37 British businesses for potentially breaking Russian oil sanctions - but no fines have been handed out so far, the BBC can reveal . Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced by the UK and other Western countries following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Conservative shadow foreign office minister Dame Harriett Baldwin said sanctions were designed to “shut down the sources of finance for Russia's war machine” and “bring this illegal invasion to an end sooner”. But critics have claimed they are ineffective after the latest figures showed the Russian economy was growing.

Essential read

A runway visible behind a railing with a sign saying 'Do not cross barricades'

Meet the team paid to break into top-secret bases

We hear from the team who test security by breaking into secure facilities.

Get the intel

Take a moment

One of the haenyeo divers of South Korea

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How South Korea's 'real-life mermaids' made Malala want to learn to swim

The haenyeo divers of South Korea are a community of women from Jeju Island who have been free-diving (without oxygen) to harvest seafood for centuries. Now, with most of them in their 60s, 70s and 80s, their traditions and way of life are in danger as fewer younger women take up the profession, and with the ocean potentially changing beyond recognition. It’s these facts that prompted US-Korean film-maker Sue Kim to team up with female education advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafazai to share their story with the world.

BBC SOUNDS

Help with unpleasant issues

Looking at the unpleasant but essential money issues, such as Wills and Power Of Attorney.

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BBC NEWS

Assessing Milton's aftermath

Rescue and recovery efforts have begun in Florida after Hurricane Milton made landfall.

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What the papers say

Front pages of the Mail and Sun for Friday 11 Oct

Tax hike plans and Kate's 'surprise' visit

Many of today's papers lead on the Employment Rights Bill. The Times says the reforms - which would give unions "wider powers to recruit members and stage strikes" - make it "easier" for unions to raise money for Labour. The I reports that carers will get a pay rise under the Bill, dubbed by them as the "Rayner law". Elsewhere, the Guardian headlines with the UN saying Israel "deliberately" fired on its peacekeepers in Lebanon on Thursday, injuring two, while the Telegraph reports that private hospitals will "rescue" the NHS by easing the waiting list crisis in government plans currently under consideration. A number of papers also feature the first official visit of Catherine, Princess of Wales, since completing her chemotherapy.

See all this morning's front pages

Listen to our review of the papers

Before you go

A student got more than she bargained for when she opened a clothing parcel from fast-fashion firm Shein to discover a live scorpion. "I thought it was a toy - and then it moved," Sofia Alonso-Mossinger said, adding it had been "pretty scary". With the help of her flatmates at the University of Bristol the poisonous invader was moved into a tub before being collected by an expert. If you're not afraid of a sting in the tail, why not try our Quiz of the Week.

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