Summary
What the UK’s surprise inflation drop means for you…
PM presenter Evan Davis and Newsnight’s Ben Chu join Adam to chat about the slight drop in the UK’s inflation rate and what could be behind it, as well as all the different types of ‘flation’ we’ve heard about recently.
And Jean Lee, co-host of The Lazarus Heist podcast, discusses what we know so far about US soldier, Travis King, who is being held in North Korea after crossing the border during a tour of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea.
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Today's Newscast was hosted by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tim Walklate with Alex Collins, Miranda Slade, Madeleine Drury and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, we're recording this episode of newscast on Wednesday the 19th of July, which means |
| 0:10.4 | exactly one year ago was the day the UK recorded its hottest ever temperature, which you might |
| 0:16.0 | remember was 40.3 degrees C at Conning's Beat in Lincolnshire, and here's how Sophie |
| 0:21.7 | Rayworth broke that news. |
| 0:23.5 | Tonight at 10, the UK has today recorded its highest ever temperature, 40.3 degrees |
| 0:29.9 | Celsius in Lincolnshire. |
| 0:31.6 | Ah, Sophie, I remember it like it was yesterday, and I'm just looking up at the BBC News |
| 0:35.7 | channel. |
| 0:36.7 | Oh, and Chris Fox, the weather presenter, is showing a map of Greece and it's 48 degrees north |
| 0:43.1 | of Athens. |
| 0:44.1 | Now, I've noticed one question in particular that a lot of people have been asking about |
| 0:50.2 | this heat, and I think I know somebody who might know the answer. |
| 0:54.2 | It's a travel journalist, Jill Starley Granger, who's here. |
| 0:56.8 | Hi, Jill. |
| 0:57.8 | Hi. |
| 0:59.2 | Yes, please. |
| 1:00.6 | Does my travel insurance in any way help me out if it's too hot? |
| 1:05.7 | Unfortunately, in most cases, no. |
| 1:09.6 | The only exception is if you have a medical condition and your doctor gives you a certificate |
| 1:16.7 | to say that it would be dangerous for you to travel, but you have to bear in mind that |
| 1:21.9 | medical condition would have had to have been declared to your travel insurance when |
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