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from the heart of sri lankas capital, colombo. im outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impo...

and grief i feel every day? and we meet the british woman who, after 30 years in hollywood, is one of the most powerful figures in the world of entertainment. within the past few hours, japans coast guard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, which appear to have landed in the sea outside japans exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeti...

major oil producers to cut production is described as "short—sighted" after oil prices are pushed to a three—week high. and — a symbol of the economic crisis facing lebanon. the bbc speaks to a lebanese mp who held up a bank, to take out her own money. i apologise to all the people i frightened, but how does that compare to the despair, anger and grief i feel every day? hello and welcome. russia and china have been accused of shielding north korea from further un sanctions over i...

from the heart of sri lankas capital, colombo. im outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impo...

happening on the border no closer than griff jenkins in mexico right now and their side of the border, thanks are-- things are getting worse and rampant there. >> were in mexico and witnessed multiple times this morning of smugglers moving the migrants across. i want to you see this, by the way, this is a rope that you can see that literally been tied together for the migrants in the dark hours to take into the water to go across and this over here is the u.s. side. thats where we have...

lets talk to steve more about this. steve, the problem is inflation is at decades high. recession around the corner. its a heck of a one-two punch. >> you better believe it. the good news is that the inflation rate has come down a little bit the last two or three months, charles. thats good news. we went from almost 9% inflation this past summer to now were down to about 7.1%. as you just said, that is still the highest inflation rate weve had in 35, 40 years. so americans are feeling ...

suffer the most. also coming up: called to account. hundreds of uk post office managers were falsely accused of fraud because of faulty software. we look at role of the tech giant fujitsu in a massive miscarriage ofjustice. and the rugby league world cup kicks off today after a covid delay with the biggest sponsorship deal in the tournaments history. absolutely, 100%, iam not going anywhere. a defiant uk chancellor on whether he and the british prime minister will still be in theirjobs...

>> it is mega-maga trickle down. mega-maga trickle down, the kind of policies that failed the country before, and will fail it again. >> it is democratic candidates that have peoples backs, when people face high costs, that is not what were hearing from the republicans. >> republicans say if they can get control of house or senate, they will hold hostage things like social security and medicare. they want to be able to use these kind of levers, to blow up our economy. >> i think it is ...

down. mega-maga trickle down, the kind of policies that failed the country before, and will fail it again. >> it is democratic candidates that have peoples backs, when people face high costs, that is not what were hearing from the republicans. >> republicans say if they can get control of house or senate, they will hold hostage things like social security and medicare. they want to be able to use these kind of levers, to blow up our economy. >> i think it is important when we talk abou...

new york and california now under pressure. michigan. well take a look at the governors race. well take a look at those. these are the headlines, this is what is being talked about today. politco, big republican gains. "the washington post," democrats fear that the mid-term map is slipping away from them. and axios is showing a red tsunami. president biden moments ago said this. >> so far were running against the tide and were beating the tide. we just have 15 days until one of the mos...