with evidence expected from two former executives. and unemployment rises to its highest level in six months as the uk jobs market stalls. first, let's return to olympia, where the olympic flame has just been lit, you can see it being carried, this is all of course of the head of the 2024 paris olympics, which start injuly. that flame is going to be handed over as part of the ceremony, and as part of the torch relay, which will officially begin today. it will start in greece itself. so, the torch will go around 3000 miles around greece to a number

of different locations before is then handed on to france. so, it is going to be 11 days that it will be on greek soil. 6000 torchbearers will be carrying the flame. let's have a listen into the ceremony.

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flame, being held by the high priestess, which is the greek actress mary mina. she has been part of this ceremony which has been taking place. now we are expecting her to hand over the flame to the first torch bearer. there we go. so, the first torchbearer who is the 2020 olympic rowing champion stefan snicko sauce, he now has that flame being let from the high priestess, which will signify the start of the official torch relay for paris 2024. — — stefa nos —— stefanos ntouskos. applause

so, a single white dove let up into the sky in olympia as part of this torch relay flame lighting ceremony thatis torch relay flame lighting ceremony that is taking place in the ruins of the 2600 year old temple of hera. it

is being passed to the first torchbearer, the 2020 olympic rowing champion stefanos ntouskos, and that will begin this whole torch relay. we expect that it will take about five minutes, where the dignitaries go from that moment where it is being handed over, before we see the departure of the first torchbearer. who will begin the relay around the country. it is going to stay in the country. it is going to stay in the country of greece for around 11 days before it is handed over to paris. and there, the olympic flame, off on its relay around greece, before, as i say, being its relay around greece, before, as isay, being handed its relay around greece, before, as i say, being handed over to france, where it will continue itsjourney ahead of the olympics which start in july. you can continue following

those pictures on a special live video feed which you will find on the bbc news website an app. here in the uk, the post office inquiry is continuing today, into how the faulty horizon it system led to hundreds of people being wrongly convicted of theft and fraud. it's been described as one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in uk legal history. after damning testimony last week from former sub—postmaster alan bates, the inquiry is hearing this morning from david miller, who was director of the post office's horizon programme. let's listen in to the inquiry in central london. our correspondent ellie price is there, what has been said so far? well, so far we are going through the early cv, if you like, of david miller, somebody whojoined the early cv, if you like, of david miller, somebody who joined the the early cv, if you like, of david miller, somebody whojoined the post office in 1970 as a management trainee, and then sort of worked his way up to eventually holding the role of chief operating officer. now, what the inquiry hasjust

role of chief operating officer. now, what the inquiry has just been looking at is exactly his involvement in the horizon it system. that was obviously installed and used by the post office as something which was meant to help, obviously, it's sub—postmasters, in effect, to bring all the accounts together, to centralise everything. and so what we have just been hearing is how he was involved in that. obviously there was a lot of testing that was involved before it went live, and exactly how all of that worked. just before we came on air david miller said that as part of that testing, way back in 1999, just before it went live, there were problems identified with the it system, problems he said that would have led to books not being balanced. obviously that being the key of all of this whole scandal that involved all of these many sub—postmasters. the identifying those problems, before the system went live, obviously it went live later that year in 1999 and there

were prosecutions as early as 1999. there was prosecutions continued to 2015, so that is how long the scandal was. at the moment, focusing very much on those early days of exactly how horizon was implemented. and who are we expecting to hear from this afternoon as this is going on all day? from this afternoon as this is going on all da ? ~ , from this afternoon as this is going on all day?— on all day? well, this morning, it is david miller, _ on all day? well, this morning, it is david miller, this _ on all day? well, this morning, it is david miller, this afternoon - on all day? well, this morning, it is david miller, this afternoon it | is david miller, this afternoon it is david miller, this afternoon it is david miller, this afternoon it is david mills. very cool names. another senior executive within the post office. again, the theme really building from last week when we heard from adam crozier, the former chief executive, talking about exactly who knew what and when. because of course, that being the big issue in all of this, when were those problems identified with the it system, who knew about it and why wasn't something done sooner? last week, for example, we heard from adam crozier that he didn't realise that it was the post office itself that it was the post office itself that was prosecuting these sub—postmasters, the assumption

being that they were being prosecuted by, for example, the crown prosecution service, and other prosecuting bodies here in the uk. but obviously the post office itself had powers to prosecute, and it did. but it would appear from last week that senior executives didn't even realise that that was how the business model worked and that that was what was going on. so i think really getting to the bottom of who knew what about the problems with the horizon system and also basically how the whole system worked. we basically how the whole system worked. ~ . , ., ., , worked. we are 'ust going to dip in and hear what — worked. we are just going to dip in and hear what evidence _ worked. we are just going to dip in and hear what evidence is - worked. we are just going to dip in and hear what evidence is being i and hear what evidence is being given by david miller at the moment. on the previous page of hamilton and others _ on the previous page of hamilton and others in _ on the previous page of hamilton and others in the post office. and you help. _ others in the post office. and you help, please, with what you mean by control_ help, please, with what you mean by control procedures leading to resolution? , control procedures leading to resolution?— control procedures leading to resolution? , that there was a rocess resolution? , that there was a process in _ resolution? , that there was a process in place _ resolution? , that there was a process in place of— resolution? , that there was a process in place of reporting l process in place of reporting errors. — process in place of reporting errors, problems, _ process in place of reporting errors, problems, that-

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a potentially world first smoking ban will be debated in parliament today. new zealand had planned something similar about the country's new coalition scrap the policy. rishi sunak is facing opposition from some of his own mps, while labour are in favour of the proposal, as tim muffett reports. it would be a world first — a law that wouldn't just discourage smoking, but effectively phase it out completely. the tobacco and vapes bill proposes a ban on anyone born on or afterjanuary 1st 2009 from ever being able to buy tobacco. a bold move that has the backing of health experts. we know that smoking is the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death across the uk, and increases your risk of complications in pregnancy, through to asthma in children, and many other conditions like heart disease, cancer and dementia. mitalee shah has run this vaping shop in london for seven years. she's doubtful whether a smoking ban would work.

banning something has never been a solution to anything. menthol cigarettes, for example, have been banned, but people are still bringing them in from other countries. vapes don't contain tobacco, but often contain nicotine — and there are concerns over the number of children taking up the habit. the bill being debated today also proposes tougher restrictions on flavours and packaging to make vapes less appealing to children. although mitalee believes the link is overstated. i don't think anybody necessarily looks at the packaging and, "oh, let'sjust try that." it's more that, "oh, it's vaping, it's a cool thing to do." just as smoking was in the '805. kids will be kids. they will try smoking. they'll try vaping. so this is the freddie fox room. it's a museum of cigars and memorabilia. former customers of this shop include oscar wilde and sir winston churchill. he'd have his own special chair. there's been a cigar shop here for nearly 240 years. but the current director

of jamesj fox believes that by classifying all tobacco products together — such as cigarettes, pipes and cigars — the new law threatens its long—term future. i'm in favour in general of the smoke—free generation. i don't want my children to smoke cigarettes. we feel like. ..essentially outlawing cigars will not cure the problem which it's intending to cure, which is to stop children getting addicted to cigarettes. cigar smoking is currently permitted in this shop, but the tobacco industry faces major changes if today's bill becomes law. changes many will welcome. tim muffett, bbc news. we have got some live pictures coming in, in copenhagen, one of denmark's most historic buildings is still on fire, the 17th—century old

stock exchange building. firefighters are trying to put it out but they say the fire is very extensive, they say parts of the copper roof which collapsed are meaning that some of the heat is being kept in the building and they are struggling to bring it under control. the people of copenhagen really aghast to see the place. crowds were gasping, no! as they walked by and saw the famous historic spa collapsing. it was built to resemble the twisted tales of lucha dragons, but it toppled this morning, and the firefighters are now trying to bring it under control. —— the twisted tails. there is tarpaulin on the building because it was undergoing renovations at the time so it was covered in scaffolding. we don't know what caused the blaze but of course because it has been undergoing that renovation, that has led to speculation that it might be something to do with that. but that

fire, continuing to burn in the centre of copenhagen, the historic, 17th—century stock exchange building. firefighters as you can see trying to bring that under control. we will keep an eye on that. the other pictures that i want to show you is out of greece, this is the scene in olympia, where you can see hundreds of people have turned out for the olympic flame lighting ceremony that has been taking place in ancient olympia. it course kicks off the international torch relay which will end at the paris olympic games in the summer the flame will travel through greece, so it is going to be 11 days in greece, 600 torchbearers carrying that flame over 5000 kilometres through 41 different areas, before it is handed on to france in may on

a three masted ship, then of course travelling through france and its overseas territories before the start of the games injuly. next... in implement has risen to its highest level for six months. figures from the office for national statistics also showed wage growth had fallen. we can get more on this with our business reporter who is in the newsroom. what do you make of the newsroom. what do you make of the figures? it the newsroom. what do you make of the figures?— the figures? it shows that the 'ob market is undoubtedly i the figures? it shows that the job market is undoubtedly calling, i market is undoubtedly calling, although it had been somewhat overheated for some time. that 4—.2% rate which you just mentioned, it is the highest for six months, picking up the highest for six months, picking up from 3.9%, nobody wants to hear about unemployment going up especially at a time when we have beenin especially at a time when we have been in a recession, but in the

main, 4—.2% is not a bad figure for an otherwise reasonably healthy economy. what it does do is it helps to reduce average wage increases. as you mentioned they have fallen from 6.1% to 6%. that helps to make the case to the bank of england at the time to cut interest rates, the cost of borrowing, is coming soon. the markets' expectations is that that will happen injune. i think today's data adds more weight to the argument to cut at that time. 50. data adds more weight to the argument to cut at that time. so, if ware argument to cut at that time. so, if wage growth _ argument to cut at that time. so, if wage growth is _ argument to cut at that time. so, if wage growth is falling, _ argument to cut at that time. so, if wage growth is falling, does - argument to cut at that time. so, if wage growth is falling, does that i wage growth is falling, does that mean that inflation is still eating into the wages that we are all getting? into the wages that we are all caettin ? ., into the wages that we are all ..ettin ? ., ., into the wages that we are all caettin ? ., ., ., into the wages that we are all ..ettin? ., ., ., , into the wages that we are all .ettin.? ., ., ., , into the wages that we are all ..ettin? ., ., ., , . ., getting? no, not at this time. what we call real— getting? no, not at this time. what we call real wages _ getting? no, not at this time. what we call real wages are _ getting? no, not at this time. what we call real wages are still - getting? no, not at this time. what we call real wages are still going i we call real wages are still going up. that means that wages are actually growing at a higher rate than the rate of price increases in the shops. wage growth now 6%, inflation, pre—point for percent, at the last reading. that means that real wage growth is currently 1.9%,

and of course, for a long time, for most of last year that was not the case and that is what was making life very difficult for all of us at the shops. life very difficult for all of us at the shops-— life very difficult for all of us at the sho s. . ., ,., ., the shops. and we also have the term economic league _ the shops. and we also have the term economic league inactive _ the shops. and we also have the term economic league inactive people i the shops. and we also have the term| economic league inactive people come there has been a rise in that, what about that rise?— about that rise? yeah, certainly nothin. about that rise? yeah, certainly nothing to _ about that rise? yeah, certainly nothing to celebrate _ about that rise? yeah, certainly nothing to celebrate in - about that rise? yeah, certainly nothing to celebrate in today's. about that rise? yeah, certainly i nothing to celebrate in today's data on that front. economic inactivity rising to 22%, that is people who are of working age who are not in work. the office for national statistics says a lot of this rise has to do with more people in education but it also has to do with a rise in people who are in long—term illness. we know of course long—term illness. we know of course long—term illness. we know of course long—term illness has been a bigger issue since the pandemic, along with people simple choosing not to return to work. it is something the government wants to reverse but certainly has not found a solution to, so far. certainly has not found a solution to. so far-— to, so far. tadhg enright, our business _ to, so far. tadhg enright, our business reporter _

to, so far. tadhg enright, our business reporter in - to, so far. tadhg enright, our business reporter in the i to, so far. tadhg enright, our- business reporter in the newsroom, thank you. liz truss has revealed her hopes of a donald trump victory and admitted that she would welcome nigel farage as a tory mp. she has been speaking to our political editor chris mason. talk directly to the listener who says that your time is a prime minister left the uk has an international laughing stock? well, i don't international laughing stock? well, i don't think— international laughing stock? well, i don't think that's _ international laughing stock? well, i don't think that's true. _ international laughing stock? well, i don't think that's true. but - international laughing stock? well, i don't think that's true. but you i i don't think that's true. but you lasted- -- — i don't think that's true. but you lasted... all— i don't think that's true. but you lasted... all this _ i don't think that's true. but you lasted... all this stuff _ i don't think that's true. but you lasted... all this stuff about i lasted... all this stuff about lasting less time than a lettuce? this is just pathetic pointscoring. address directly our viewer or listener who looks back 18 months and remember is that many budget and blames you for mortgages going sky

high, for the country feeling poorer, for the economy getting into a spin, and say that you were the author of that and it was a disaster. author of that and it was a disaster-— author of that and it was a disaster. ~ ~ ., ., , disaster. well, the... mortgages nettina disaster. well, the... mortgages getting higher — disaster. well, the... mortgages getting higher was _ disaster. well, the... mortgages getting higher was a _ disaster. well, the... mortgagesl getting higher was a phenomenon disaster. well, the... mortgages i getting higher was a phenomenon that was happening around the world. interest rates were going up, they had been too low for too long. and in fact it was a failure of the bank of england not to put them up earlier, which would have helped stem inflation. but earlier, which would have helped stem inflation.— stem inflation. but it was your actions that — stem inflation. but it was your actions that led _ stem inflation. but it was your actions that led to _ stem inflation. but it was your actions that led to that - stem inflation. but it was your i actions that led to that spiralling economic mess? trio actions that led to that spiralling economic mess?— actions that led to that spiralling economic mess? ., ., �* ., economic mess? no i don't agree with that. the markets _ economic mess? no i don't agree with that. the markets went _ economic mess? no i don't agree with that. the markets went into _ economic mess? no i don't agree with that. the markets went into turmoil, l that. the markets went into turmoil, ou have that. the markets went into turmoil, you have to — that. the markets went into turmoil, you have to sack _ that. the markets went into turmoil, you have to sack your— that. the markets went into turmoil, you have to sack your chancellor, i you have to sack your chancellor, you have to sack your chancellor, you were gone within a few weeks. what happened was we put forward the mini budget which was about addressing the economic problems that britain had. because the fact is, growth was not high enough, there wasn't enough money coming into the exchequer, that meant squeezes on public services. you have the bank of england, which was

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group think, that is not accountable to electors. ., group think, that is not accountable to electors— to electors. you offer plenty of raise of to electors. you offer plenty of praise of donald _ to electors. you offer plenty of praise of donald trump - to electors. you offer plenty of praise of donald trump in i to electors. you offer plenty of praise of donald trump in the l to electors. you offer plenty of i praise of donald trump in the book. do you hope he wins again in the autumn? , ., do you hope he wins again in the autumn?_ why? - do you hope he wins again in the autumn?_ why? autumn? yes, i do. why? because i believe that — autumn? yes, i do. why? because i believe that we _ autumn? yes, i do. why? because i believe that we need _ autumn? yes, i do. why? because i believe that we need a _ autumn? yes, i do. why? because i believe that we need a strong - believe that we need a strong america, under donald trump, when he was president of the united states, the world was safer.— the world was safer. let's talk about a couple _ the world was safer. let's talk about a couple of— the world was safer. let's talk about a couple of things i the world was safer. let's talk about a couple of things in i the world was safer. let's talk| about a couple of things in the the world was safer. let's talk i about a couple of things in the news this week. the smoking ban that rishi sunak is suggesting, this idea that over time, a growing amount of the population can no longer legally buy cigarettes. you're not a fan — does this suggest that rishi sunak in your view is a conservative in name only? mr; in your view is a conservative in name only?— in your view is a conservative in name onl ? g , ., , ., name only? my view is that we should absolutely protect _ name only? my view is that we should absolutely protect children _ name only? my view is that we should absolutely protect children from i absolutely protect children from damage and danger while they are developing decision—making capabilities, but we are a free country. we should not be telling people not to smoke. and i worry

about where it will lead. whether we will be getting a sugar allowance every week, or a certain number of drinks we are allowed to have. {30 drinks we are allowed to have. go on, indulge me with an answer to my question, is rishi sunak insufficiently conservative? i question, is rishi sunak insufficiently conservative? i think the -oli insufficiently conservative? i think the policy is _ insufficiently conservative? i think the policy is unconservative, i insufficiently conservative? i think the policy is unconservative, and l insufficiently conservative? i think l the policy is unconservative, and we are ill—advised to be pursuing it. let's talk about the future conservative party, would nigel farage be a welcome addition to the elementary party? i farage be a welcome addition to the elementary party?— elementary party? i thick it would be aood if elementary party? i thick it would be good if he _ elementary party? i thick it would be good if he joined _ elementary party? i thick it would be good if he joined conservative | be good if he joined conservative party. be good if he “oined conservative pa . �* be good if he “oined conservative pa . r , be good if he “oined conservative pa . . , ., be good if he “oined conservative pa �* , ., ~ be good if he “oined conservative pa ~ , ., ~ gardenin party. and became an mp? gardening if he “oined party. and became an mp? gardening if he joined the _ party. and became an mp? gardening if he joined the conservative - party. and became an mp? gardening if he joined the conservative party i if he joined the conservative party i would support him becoming an mp, yes. i would support him becoming an mp, es. ~ , i would support him becoming an mp, yes-- because — i would support him becoming an mp, yes-- because i _ i would support him becoming an mp, yes. why? because i think he believes in — yes. why? because i think he believes in conservative i yes. why? because i think he i believes in conservative values, yes. why? because i think he believes in conservative values, i think it is a shame he is not in the conservative party. we think it is a shame he is not in the conservative party.— think it is a shame he is not in the conservative party. we are grateful for our conservative party. we are grateful for your time. _ conservative party. we are grateful for your time, liz _ conservative party. we are grateful for your time, liz truss, _ conservative party. we are grateful for your time, liz truss, thank - conservative party. we are grateful} for your time, liz truss, thank you. liz truss, talking to our political editor, chris mason, and you can watch the full interview on bbc iplayer and on the bbc iplayer app is part of newscast.

ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news that we are getting about a high courtjudgments. this was over whether a pray about at a secondary school in london discriminates against muslim pupils, and we arejust discriminates against muslim pupils, and we are just hearing that the muslim student at the community school in london that took the action has lost their high court challenge against a ban on its prey rituals. the student took the action claiming that policy was that natively and uniquely affected their faith due to its ritualised nature. but the high court ruling has gone against the student. there was a two—day hearing during which schools founder and head teacher had said that it was defending its culture and ethos along with the decisions that it made to maintain a successful and stable learning

environment where children of all races and religions can thrive. they said that the school had decided to stop or are rituals when some pupil started them against a backdrop of events including violence, intimidation and appalling racial harassment of our teachers. that is what the school said. the muslim student had taken the legal action but we are now hearing that the high court challenge against that ban on prayer rituals has failed. we will bring you more on that as we get it. first, let's get the weather, with ben rich. hello, on the whol today's weather will not be as violent as yesterday. yesterday brought some really intense downpours, thunderstorms and some very squally in places, damaging winds. today is breezy but not as windy.

there will still be showers but those showers will not be as violent. the wind is coming from the north so it will remain quite chilly. we have a frontal system gracing the east coast, cloud and showery rain. otherwise it is sunshine and showers in the north to north westerly flow and high—pressure waiting in the wings and that will be more dominant as the week wears on. through the rest of the day, sunny spells, scattered showers and some of them will be heavy with hail, central and eastern parts of england most likely to see thunder. wintry showers over high ground in scotland. it will be quite windy and it is going to feel rather chilly for the time of year. eight to 13 or iii degrees which is below the norm in many locations. this evening and tonight, many showers will fade but some will keep going in the north of scotland where it will stay windy. but, underneath clear skies and temperatures will drop down to around freezing, below freezing for a few spots in the north of the uk. there could be a touch of frost for some of us to start tomorrow morning. but tomorrow should bring some good spells of sunshine for many.

a frontal system will bring cloud and rain across northern ireland, grazing into western parts of scotland and the rain pushing down across wales and into the south—west of england later in the day. temperatures generally between nine and i2 celsius. for thursday, we will see another frontal system pushing across the north of the country, cloud and rain especially for scotland. a brisk wind here. further south, more in the way of dry weather but a change in the wind direction might make it feel less chilly, ten to iii degrees. as we head to the weekend, the frontal system clears out of the way and high pressure begins to make its move. it pushes eastwards and will become centred quite close to the uk so the winds will ease a little, more in the way of dry weather. perhaps the odd shower and those temperatures may creep up a little, 1a to 17 degrees by sunday.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel calls for sanctions to be imposed on iran after its unprecedented drone and missile attack. firefighters are battling a blaze that engulfed the old stock exchange in copenhagen, this is the scene live as one of the danish capital is most historic landmarks goes up in flames. a world first

smoking ban future generations is to be debated by mps here in the uk. and the olympic flame is lit at a ceremony in greece's ancient olympia ahead of the summer games in paris. hello. we start this hour with the latest on the middle east. israel has urged more than 30 countries to impose sanctions on iran's missile programme and designate the revolutionary guards as a terrorist organisation. it's part of the diplomatic offensive after iran's drone attack on israel at the weekend. rishi sunak is to discuss the situation today with his israeli counterpart benjamin netanyahu and will urge restraint after iran's unprecedented attack. rishi sunak said he would discuss how to prevent a further escalation in hostilities.

the israeli government's diplomatic offensive comes as