Lachlan has congratulated his father on what he calls his remarkable 70 year career. I can speak now to brian stelter. Hes a Special Correspondent at vanity fair and has also written a book on the murdochs and donald trump, network of lies, due out later this year. Hejoins me now from new york. You are a font of knowledge when it comes to the us media. Lets start by getting your reaction to this news. In by getting your reaction to this news. ,. ,. , , by getting your reaction to this news. ,. ,. , by getting your reaction to this news. , news. In some ways this was inevitable. News. In some ways this was inevitable. Yes, news. In some ways this was inevitable. Yes, rupert news. In some ways this was inevitable. Yes, Rupert Murdoch always said he would never retire. His son lachlan said his dad would never retire. His companies have been shrinking over the years and struggling against the Media Headwinds that all Media Companies are facing. For example, streaming and the struggles of newspapers. Rupert murdoch is not the swashbuckling feared and reviled media mogul that he once was. That he was for decades. He was strangely passive in recent years as his Fox News Network in the us promoted lies about voter fraud in 2020. He seems to be the passenger than the driver, more like the passenger than the captain of the ship, so the announcement today confirms and signifies that. We announcement today confirms and signifies that. Signifies that. We have ust had a statement from h signifies that. We have just had a statement from Lachlan Signifies that. We have just had a| statement from lachlan murdoch, signifies that. We have just had a statement from lachlan murdoch, he says on the calf of the directors, Leadership Teams and all the shareholders who have benefited from his hard work, i congratulate my father on his Remarkable I7 his hard work, i congratulate my father on his remarkable 17 year career. Was it a surprise that it has all ended up in lachlan� s hands . Viewers of the Show Succession may have drawn some parallels given there are three children in the series and three children in the murdoch dynasty. Series and three children in the murdoch dynasty. Series and three children in the murdoch d nas. , murdoch dynasty. Yes, indeed. There are three adult murdoch dynasty. Yes, indeed. There are three Adult Children murdoch dynasty. Yes, indeed. There are three Adult Children who murdoch dynasty. Yes, indeed. There are three Adult Children who are are three Adult Children who are very active and involved of the year. James, elizabeth and lachlan. Also prudence, who famously has wanted nothing to do with the company for many years. Then two younger children. So six in total and over the years some of them have Manoeuvred Position for power but it has been clear for about a Manoeuvred Position for power but it has been clearfor about a decade that lachlan was the chosen son. James murdoch is disgusted by what airs on fox news and the us, he has moved away from the companies and even quit the news quite bored in 2020. Lachlan has been in line for a while but always sharing power with his father. One of the questions now is, how involved will be that actually be . If this retirement or just say my retirement . Does this semi retirement. Does this foreshadow the months to come . Indication is no and that lachlan will continue with the same strategies. For example, trying to push google and facebook to pay up for content and trying to move more into streaming was. I for content and trying to move more into streaming was. Into streaming was. I was going to ask if more into streaming was. I was going to ask if more on into streaming was. I was going to ask if more on that, into streaming was. I was going to ask if more on that, where into streaming was. I was going to ask if more on that, where you into streaming was. I was going to l ask if more on that, where you think the direction might go under lachlan. You have touched on it a little bit. What do you think the reaction will be now, how the market may react to this . May react to this . Lachlan certainly is as conservative may react to this . Lachlan certainly is as conservative or may react to this . Lachlan certainly is as conservative or perhaps may react to this . Lachlan certainly is as conservative or perhaps even l is as conservative or perhaps even more conservative than his father. In terms of editorial direction, the conservative vision of these companies, i dont expect us to change at all. What could happen in the event of murdoch pot death is a Takeover Attempt by the other siblings. That is because the made up siblings. That is because the made up will come into play at that point. However, that is not something that seems imminent. Rupert saying he is in Robust Health and i am told he is in los angeles at the fox studios lot, Walking Around this week, so he has been visible to employees. Over the longer terms, fox and news corp have faced dramatic challenges. They are not as big as disney and apple and netflix. They may need more scale and may continue to see the print and may continue to see the print and digital offerings struggle in this marketplace. For and digital offerings struggle in this marketplace. And digital offerings struggle in this marketplace. For our viewers who might this marketplace. For our viewers who might not this marketplace. For our viewers who might not know this marketplace. For our viewers who might not know a this marketplace. For our viewers who might not know a huge this marketplace. For our viewers i who might not know a huge amount about lachlan murdoch, what do we need to know . Need to know . There has been a debate in media need to know . There has been a debate in Media Circles need to know . There has been a debate in Media Circles about. Need to know . There has been a. Debate in Media Circles about how involved he is at these companies, whether he is a steady hand on the ship or not. And i think that debate will continue to go. For example, lachlan spends much of his time in australia, that seems to be where he likes to be the most and where his family lives, his children, wife. He has been running fox from afar. Fox is mostly an American Company with fox news and the studio, at least what remains of the studio. It is notable he prefers to be in australia that has opened him up to criticism that he is not fully managing the company. I will say at the same time with that dominion lawsuit, we saw the e mails and Text Messages that showed that he was involved with fox news in some way. It will remain a question about whether the son is able to follow in the footsteps of the father in those ways. The footsteps of the father in those wa s. �. ,,. , ~ ways. Brian stelte in the us, thank ou ve ways. Brian stelte in the us, thank you very much ways. Brian stelte in the us, thank you very much for ways. Brian stelte in the us, thank you very much for bringing ways. Brian stelte in the us, thank you very much for bringing us you very much for bringing us up to date on that story. That is a developing story. We have a live page on the bbc new website. One update has just page on the bbc new website. One update hasjust come in. Piers morgan, a long time murdoch veteran, many of his companies, has written on x, formerly twitter, saying it was a privileged to work for him on and off through the past 30 years. More on that story as and when we get it. Here in the uk, prosecutors have authorised a charge of conspiracy to conduct espionage against three men and two women suspected of spying for russia. It follows an investigation by the metropolitan police. Our home affair correspondent, daniel de simone, gave us more details on the development. Todayit today it has been announced by the Crown Prosecution Service here in the uk that five bulgarian People Living in the uk are to be charged with spying for russia. They will be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage and it is alleged that this group were part of an operational Spy Cell Working for the Russian Security services. It is alleged that members of the group conducted operations both in the uk and europe, that that involved Collecting Information on targets. They are alleged to have gone to germany, to montenegro. One of the members, orlin roussev, is alleged to have run the operations from the uk and then been the link to people within the russian state who he was passing the information to. Three of the defendants were charged earlier in the year after being arrested in this operation, and earlier in the year they were charged with possessing fake id documents, including passports, id cards, 49 different countries. Those three defendants were orlin roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov and katrin ivanova. There are two additional defendants today that we have learnt about who will be charged in this wider charge of conspiracy to conduct espionage. Those two additional defendants are Ivan Stoyanov and vanya gaberova. So we have three men and two women. They are all bulgarian nationals and they are going to appear at westminster magistrates� court here in london next week. The us president , joe biden, will shortly host ukraine� s Volodymyr Zelensky at the white house. It� s mr zelensky� s second wartime visit to washington. He� s trying to shore up us support for the fight against russia� s invasion, at a time when there are signs of warfatigue among some us politicians. This was the ukrainian leader arriving on capitol hill a short while ago. He� s now talking to republican and Democratic Leaders in the us congress, where a new multi billion dollar aid package for ukraine is at risk of being blocked. Mr zelensky will also head to the pentagon in the next hour or so, as he seeks more weapons, including longer range missiles to boost ukraine� s defences. Live now to our North America correspondent gary o� donoghue. He is at the white house for us. Good to talk to you. This is the second time mr zelensky has been in washington. How different does this trip differ to last time . It is auoin to trip differ to last time . It is going to be trip differ to last time . It is going to be a trip differ to last time . It is going to be a really trip differ to last time . It 3 going to be a really different trip. If you remember back in december, when president zelensky gave that joint address to congress, both houses of congress, he had a standing ovation, he unveiled ukrainian flags behind him, he was a conquering hero in some ways. This time the news is very different because republicans have really cooled, orsome because republicans have really cooled, or some have really cooled on the whole business of funding the war and that is reflected, i think, to some degree in the Opinion Polls here in the us. Republicans asking questions about how the money is being spent, white is being spent, and balking at the idea of the white house asking for it extra 2a billion, all getting wrapped up in another kind of cliffhanger end of term, end of Financial Year crisis in congress, where the money runs out in nine days, we are looking at a potential government shutdown, and ukraine and ukrainian funding could be part of one of the things that suffers as a result of that. 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I dont think there is any question that ukraine will be an. Question that ukraine will be an issue in the election. We have already seen it come up in the first of the primary debates for the republicans. It is something that does seem to divide the country in a partisan way in particular, not exclusively, but pretty much in a partisan way. And of course donald trump weighing in with his scepticism about ukraine funding, his positive words about vladimir putin, that changes the weather for republicans and what they feel they can say and do. This is going to become even more difficult for the white house as time goes on to get its funding over the next year or so. Of course it comes at a point where they are under a lot of pressure from ukraine to supply these longer range missiles, the missiles that ukrainians say they need to reach the entirety of Russian Forces inside their borders. And that isjust Russian Forces inside their borders. And that is just at the end of a long Shopping List of things that the us has already been supplying. The problem with the holding up of the money at the moment is that well north of 100 billion has already been set aside, but a lot of it has been set aside, but a lot of it has been spent. There is really not much left in the coffers and if there is no more money forthcoming immediately that could seriously damage the offensive in ukraine, even though European Countries are starting to give more. Good even though European Countries are starting to give more. Starting to give more. Good to talk to ou, starting to give more. Good to talk to you. Gary starting to give more. Good to talk to you, Gary Odonoghue starting to give more. Good to talk to you, Gary Odonoghue at starting to give more. Good to talk to you, Gary Odonoghue at the i starting to give more. Good to talk. To you, Gary Odonoghue at the white to you, gary o� donoghue at the white house. The Polish Government says it is still carrying out previously agreed deliveries of weapons and ammunition to ukraine. The statement was issued a day after the polish Prime Minister, mateusz morawiecki, said his country was no longer supplying arms to its neighbour. His comments marked another step in the worsening relationship between the countries. It� s linked to an argument over grain. Russia blocked many Export Routes of Ukrainian Grain following its invasion last year. This led to grain flooding the market in Central Europe and to the eu Banning Imports in order to protect its own suppliers. Last week the Eu Import Ban was lifted, but poland along with slovenia and hungary kept it in place. Yesterday president zelensky criticised the move at the un, sparking the reaction from the Polish Government. Apologies, we don� t have that clip to play you. Let� s go live to warsaw and our Eastern Europe correspondent sarah rainsford. How significant is that this development, given the close ties that poland and ukraine have shared recently when it comes to the war . I think it is precisely because of those close ties and that� s really staunch support that poland has shown since the beginning of the war, the beginning of russia� s full scale invasion of ukraine. That is why these comments are so significant because they are not the first. At the heart of this is a dispute over grain. The latest comments by the ukrainian president at the un talking about those who were resisting imports of Ukrainian Grain, basically playing into russia� s hands. Those comments went down really badly here in poland. The backlash was instant, the government here talking again very critically of ukraine and specifically essentially escalating ijy specifically essentially escalating by saying, ok, we� re stopping the transfer of weapons. But you look more closely at what the Prime Minister said, more closely at what the Prime Ministersaid, he more closely at what the Prime Minister said, he said there would be no further transfers of weapons, and then he said that is basically because poland has run out. They have already given all of their old stocks to ukraine. There has been huge support in the last year and a half or so and now poland needs to concentrate on building up its own supplies back at home. But there has been an awful lot of commentary since then from the governance line, look, we are back in ukraine, we support ukraine, but we have to protect polish interest, as well, and that is notjust their military interest, but also about the grain. The farm is here, the conservative rural voters are vital to this government, and we are in an election campaign. Less than a month until elections, the government is scrambling for every single vote. That includes those farmers and also includes the voters on the more far right here in poland, who are particularly critical of ukraine and believe that ukrainians for example here in poland, refugees, getting too much and the polish are suffering as a result. Essentially ukraine has become a card that is being played in the polish domestic elections, which is worrying precisely because poland has been such a staunch supporter of ukraine for so many years love for so many months. W. , for so many years love for so many months. ,. ,. , for so many years love for so many months,. ,. ,. Months. Sarah rainsford in walso, thank you we can speak to paul knott, a former british diplomat who� s spent time in ukraine and russia. Thank you forjoining us. Lots to go through. Let� s start with president zelensky in the us. He is going in with another Shopping List. He needs more support. How much is to get . I think its going to continue, the think it� s going to continue, the support, obviously, as time goes by it gets more and more difficult as the us approaches its own elections next year. It is, i suppose, extreme wing, it has ceased on ukraine issue are something they want to push on in the traditional isolation of us politics. I think at the moment you can also not forget there is quite a substantial part of the Republican Party that is still quite supportive of ukraine, including significant Trump Supporters like senator lindsey graham, i think that is still the case. It is not drastic yet but this is a continued effort ijy yet but this is a continued effort by zelensky and ukraine to try to keep shoring up the support, keep the support coming, it� s really important. The support coming, its really important the support coming, its really imortant. ,. ,. , important. This comes at a very different time. Important. This comes at a very different time. A important. 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I don� t think they have lost anything, they are just not gaining as quickly as that incredible period last year. You are incredible period last year. You are in a different situation now, and i think russia is purely trying to cling on to what it has taken already so it is very much ukraine having to force itself forward. What is really important about the trip to the us and the zelensky� s conversations with other supporters in western and Central Europe in particular, is tojust. They in western and Central Europe in particular, is to just. They need more of the kind of weapons that will help them in offensive push, to push forward quicker and hopefully get this over at much more quickly. 0k, get this over at much more quickly. Ok, and very briefly, how significant is it that he has gone to the un, as well as to congress, and then he� s going to be meeting joe biden at the white house . Aha, joe biden at the white house . Packed schedule in the us and. It is. Of course it is the perfect week, the Un General Assembly week, where many leaders from, i suppose, sort of different parts of the world, asia, africa, latin america, they have often been a bit more lukewarm in their support for ukraine and it is a chance for it zelensky, who we have all seen over the last two years, he is kind of a master communicator, to try and enlist some of those leaders of countries a bit more behind ukraine. It sounds like that is not going to shift over but it sounds like he has made a very good case to them and, yes, the us is the country with the biggest capacity to supply Military Equipment as well as funding to shore up the economy, the europeans are doing a lot and doing more, but the us is still pretty important, so he must keep going with this trying to keep as many politically influential people on side and behind ukraine. Influential people on side and behind ukraine. ,. , behind ukraine. Paul knott, former british diplomat, behind ukraine. Paul knott, former british diplomat, thank behind ukraine. Paul knott, former british diplomat, thank you behind ukraine. Paul knott, former british diplomat, thank you very. British diplomat, thank you very much for your thoughts on that story. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Let� s look at some other stories making news. The man accused of escaping from Wandsworth Prison two weeks ago has pleaded not guilty. Daniel khalife, a 21 year old former soldier, who also faces charges under the Official Secrets Act and the terrorism act, appeared by video link at the old bailey. A metropolitan Police Officer has appeared in court charged with the murder of chris kaba. The 24 year old was fatally shot through the window of the car he was driving in streatham hill, in south london, last september. The officer, who hasn� t been named, has been released on bail. A bbc investigation has found that the social media app tiktok is driving intense Online Engagement which in turn encourages anti social behaviour. The analysis reveals disproportionate numbers of shares, likes and comments on some topics then lead to disruption in everyday life. There are some of the other stories we have been taking a look at. You� re live with bbc news. India says it is suspending visas for canadians, as the diplomatic row between the two countries escalates. India� S Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed the temporary halt at a News Conference today. A notice on the visa Application Portal said the suspension was due to operational reasons. Relations plummeted this week when canada� s Prime Minister, justin trudeau, said indian agents may have been involved in the killing of a canadian sikh activist. He was shot dead in june near vancouver. India described the accusation as absurd. It� s warned its citizens to be cautious in canada due to what it called a rise in politically condoned hate crimes. It also said canada can expect its number of diplomats in india to be reduced. Earlier, india� S Foreign Ministry spokesman was asked how this dispute was affecting india� s reputation. Any country that needs to put that this is canada and its growing reputation as a safe haven for terror, extremists. That is a country that needs to worry about international relations. At the heart of this issue are calls for an independent homeland for sikhs in india. Of the population. They are a minority in the rest of india. There have been calls for an independent state known as Khalistan To Be formed there for some time with the movement reaching its peak in the 1980s, when there were widespread tensions in punjab, resulting in thousands of deaths. All Political Parties in india oppose sikh independence. But supporters in the Sikh Diaspora have continued to advocate for a separate state, with calls intensifying in recent years. Live now to our correspondent zubair ahmed in delhi. Another twist in the worsening tensions between india and canada today. Tensions between india and canada toda. ~ , tensions between india and canada today. Absolutely. The crisis seems today. Absolutely. The crisis seems to be deepening today. Absolutely. The crisis seems to be deepening between today. Absolutely. The crisis seems to be deepening between india today. Absolutely. The crisis seems to be deepening between india and| to be deepening between india and canada isjust a to be deepening between india and canada is just a few hours ago the indian Foreign Ministry spokesman said india wanted canada to downsize its diplomatic call in india. He said that the canadian diplomats were interfering in the Internal Affairs of india, and that is why they wanted some of them to leave india as soon as possible, which also said that it wanted parity in rank and numberand also said that it wanted parity in rank and number and said canadian Diplomat Numbers was much larger here, compared to indian presence in canada. It seems like just before that, and all sorts of services, including thousands of canadian citizens who wanted to come to india, who now have to wait for some time before souris Donor Services are restored. Time before souris Donor Services are restored time before souris Donor Services are restored. , ,. , ~ ,. , are restored. This seems to keep on escalatin are restored. This seems to keep on escalating before are restored. This seems to keep on escalating before services are restored. This seems to keep on escalating before services are escalating before services are restored. Allegations made Byjustin Trudeau have been described as absurd. It this go next . Trudeau have been described as absurd. It this go next . Well, india refuses to back absurd. It this go next . Well, india refuses to back down. Absurd. It this go next . Well, india refuses to back down. There absurd. It this go next . Well, india refuses to back down. There is absurd. It this go next . Well, india refuses to back down. There is no i refuses to back down. There is no letup from the indian side. India says it has shared a list of 20 people wanted by india, who are staying in canada now, and the canadian authorities are refusing to cooperate with india and refusing to hand over those people to india. It also says that canada has become a safe haven for indian terrorists who are taking refuge in canada. It seems like there are some people i have spoken to this morning who say enough is enough, it has gone too far. Both sides need to back down a little bit. ~ , little bit. Zubair ahmed, in delhi on the latest little bit. Zubair ahmed, in delhi on the latest in little bit. Zubair ahmed, in delhi on the latest in the little bit. Zubair ahmed, in delhi on the latest in the worsening i on the latest in the worsening tensions between india and canada. Thank you very much forjoining us. Our top story is that Rupert Murdoch has announced his retirement as chairman of fox and news core, Handing Control to his son. Stay with us on bbc news. Good afternoon. A little less windy for the majority today, but on the whole, the weather still rather unsettled. We� ve got further showers to come in fact, we� ve already had rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning. This, of course, the overnight rain across southern and eastern areas that gave a good 30 to a0 millimetres for most. More rain today for the north, and these lumps of cloud are those intense showers that have been pushing their way or developing further north and east with time. They won� t be for all, but when they do occur, there will be some lively downpours, as i� ve already mentioned. A wetter afternoon, as well, across Northern Ireland into the evening rush, for southern parts of scotland, and some showers developing towards the late evening across southern and eastern areas. And it is a fresher feeling day out there, but still 18s in southern and eastern areas. As i mentioned, though, some heavier showers potentially pushing back into Eastern Parts of england. The rain further north pushing southwards and fragmenting. But the big Talking Point about tonight is it will feel fresher notably so across southern and eastern areas. Quite a chilly start to our friday morning. And that chill accentuated by this brisk northerly wind, or northwesterly, blowing across scotland, Northern Ireland and down across england and wales particularly around the irish sea coast, pushing those showers southward. So it� s another day of sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. As i say, that wind coming down from the north or northwest a fairly brisk affair which will make it feel a little cooler still cooler than the 15 to 18 would suggest in the south. But with some shelter from that breeze, with some sunshine, still a very pleasant 15 to 18 for almost late september. Then, as we head through friday night into saturday, there� s a brief ridge of High Pressure before the atlantic weather systems return. That means it will be a chilly start on saturday morning could be close to freezing in the glens of scotland. One or two patches of mist but i think for the most part, a decent day. The cloud does tend to pile in through the day and you can see for Northern Ireland it turns wetter towards the evening. But actually with the lighter winds further east, and some sunshine, 15 or 16 feeling quite pleasant. But as we go into sunday, our next atlantic low rolls in in here, some tropical moisture from the remains of hurricane nigel, which means, again, there could be some really quite wet weather particularly in the west and the north and some strong winds, but with it some warmer air, as well. But it� s a generally unsettled picture into next week, as well. There� s more online. This is bbc news, the headlines. Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is to step down as chairman of fox and news corp. His son lachlan will head up both companies. Mr murdoch, though, will continue as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive of fox corporation. Five people in britain are to be charged with spying for russia. The three men and two women are due in court next week. The charges follow an investigation by the metropolitan police. Relations between india and canada are contiuing to plummet. India has suspended visas for canadians and warned Diplomat Numbers are likely to be cut after ottowa blamed delhi for for the death of a candian sikh activist. King charles has toured the renovations at Notre Dame Cathedral after becoming the first british monarch to address the french senate. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here� s ollie foster. England� s women have reached an agreement with the Football Association over bonuses and commercial opportunities. Talks have been going on since the end of last year but were paused injuly so the team could concentrate on the world cup. Speaking ahead of tomorrow� s Nations League match with scotland, the england captain revealed that the dispute had been settled. We� ve come to an agreement but i think it is bigger than just the bonus. For us it is about being World Leaders on and off the pitch and as we know, the women� s game is evolving very quickly and conversations like this need to happen in order to make sure