Morning briefing Friday 13th June

0:00Dominic O 'Connell and Hannah Previtt here from the Business Podcast. Join us for a special episode with President of the British Chambers of Commerce and former Chief Economist at the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, and PwC's UK tax leader, Claire Blackburn, as we look ahead to John Healy's first budget. We'll discuss the challenge he faces trying to get the economy growing, with an uncertain geopolitical backdrop and a party that's not keen on making cuts to public spending. We'll also ask what businesses are looking for, whether the government will be in a position to deliver, or if more tax squeezes are on the way.

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0:56Israel Katz has declared a state of emergency amid fears of retaliation. One official said Israel had struck military and nuclear targets. The UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch is to deploy a team of four inspectors to Ahmedabad to assist with the inquiry into a plane crash that killed all but one of 242 people on board. Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national from Leicester, is the only survivor from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner service that was bound for Gatwick Airport. He was one of 53 Britons on board flight AI-171, which crashed into a hostel providing accommodation for doctors.

1:35Arnold Barnett is an aviation safety expert. Speaking to Times Radio, he said investigators would be examining the configuration of the aircraft on takeoff. We are told that the pilots did issue a mayday call. They were also told that maybe the flaps were not in the appropriate position. But if the pilots were so much aware of the emergency as to issue a Mayday call, then I would think that they would have checked to make sure that normal things like having the flaps in position actually prevailed. Among the British victims were a grandmother, her daughter-in-law and grandchild from Northamptonshire.

2:14The fatal crash was the first to involve Boeing's 787 model, Although officials in the United States say they have not seen any immediate data that would require the grounding of such aircraft. Earlier, Kelly Orberg, the president of Boeing, an American multinational company, issued a statement in which she offered his full support to the investigation by India's authorities. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation is Sean Duffy. If there are initial factors of concern in regard to safety, we will be made aware and we will take action. because for us safety is paramount, but whenever one of these planes go down, we take it very seriously and deploy every asset and resource at our avail.

2:55Police have come under attack for a fourth successive night in Northern Ireland. Missiles and masonry were thrown at officers after a protest in Portadam. Northern Ireland's chief constable had warned that those found to be involved in earlier nights of disorder would be brought to justice. The Northern Ireland Policing Board chairman is Mukesh Sharma. People are afraid and need to know that the police will protect them. This small minority will face fast and speedy justice. And we heard today of the work police are doing and will be doing over the next few days. But the wider criminal justice system and courts must move swiftly to deal with all of those arrested.

3:34And the Dutch author Jael van der Waarden has won the Women's Prize for fiction for her novel The Safekeep. The book, which explores repressed desire and the unresolved aftermath of the Holocaust in post-Second World War Netherlands, was described by the judges as an astonishing debut. You can follow the Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

4:05Dominic O 'Connell and Hannah Privet here from The Business Podcast. Join us for a special episode with President of the British Chambers of Commerce and former Chief Economist at the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, and PwC's UK tax leader, Claire Blackburn, as we look ahead to John Healy's first budget. We'll discuss the challenge he faces trying to get the economy growing, with an uncertain geopolitical backdrop and a party that's not keen on making cuts to public spending. We'll also ask what businesses are looking for, whether the government will be in a position to deliver or if more tax squeezes are on the way.

4:40Listen to The Business wherever you get your podcasts.