about the political direction of the government during what she described as a tumultuous time. well, that development means that liz truss has now lost two very senior members of her cabinet injust a now lost two very senior members of her cabinet in just a few days. following the sacking of kwasi kwarteng as her chancellor of the exchequer. what an extraordinary few daysin exchequer. what an extraordinary few days in prime minister s questions, in the commons a little bit early on. liz truss said she is a fighter and not a quitter, but she is under more pressure than ever now. and this is the scene, you can see it in downing street. we may be hearing from the new home secretary, grant shapps, he was a supporter of rishi sunak who lost the tory leadership to liz truss. it is interesting now that liz truss is bringing people from that wing of the party, the rishi sunak wing of the party, if you want to call it that into the top echelons of her government. let s talk to our po
during the conservative leadership contest this summer. we can see the scene live at westminster where the vote is on fracking. it is a motion tabled by the opposition labour party and the government has said it is treating it as a vote of confidence in the government. it is not expected that more than a handful of conservative mps will vote against the government tonight, even though they oppose the change in fracking policy, which reverses the government s position from the last general election manifesto. the prime minister is facing widespread discontent and today she took part in her first premises questions after ditching her flagship tax cuts less than a week ago from the mini budget. let s talk to our political correspondent, helen carter. we will stay looking at the pictures of the house of commons as mps file back in. can you give us a snapshot summary for viewers watching you have just tuned in, summary for viewers watching you havejust tuned in, many summary for v
outlook. get as much support as you can in a situation like that. niagara parks lit up the parks in blue to show support. that s my intention, we are working out the details now. president biden does intend to visit the southern border next week. doing it because is he forced to not because he wants actual solution. most of my movies the machines were the enemy. but today they found ways to use technology as an ally. i am your ultimate companion. one more time steve: yep, one more time. they re going to go ahead and gavel things in today at noon in that building and for one more time they will have another vote. and, you know, maybe we re closer. we don t know. yesterday we thought we might be closer. not the case. anyway, it is a thursday. it is january 5th at 55 degrees down in washington, d.c., a beautiful day. they re going for 66 and it s going to be cloudy. ainsley: that song always reminds you of something. a restaurant in new york and palm be
the leaders of china s ruling communist party gather for a summit in which ruler xijinping is expected to secure a historic third term in office. communities in three australian states are ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding. and the flying scotsman the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour celebrates a century on the tracks. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. britain s chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has cut short his visit to the us, to hold urgent talks with the prime minister, as pressure mounts on the government over its mini budget. mr kwarteng had been in washington for a meeting of global finance ministers. he d originally been expected to return back to london on saturday. speaking to the bbc yesterday before the change of plans, mr kwarteng said he believes 100% that he will still be a chancellor and liz truss will still be prime minister in a month s time. later today, the chancellor and prime