Thank you for getting up for us so early this morning. I want to pick up on that jobless data, the fact that the Jobs Market at the moment, about employers right now . Absolutely. So, that number coming lower is a relief. It shows employers are still hiring. You are still able to get a job. They have been statistics recently showing some people are saying is harder to find jobs. With the lower numbers, that is showing that there is some hope. It means the consumer, obviously, has some support. Getting the incoming supporting the economy. They are able to continue spending. It is great numbers. They are right in the Sweet Spot of we want to see. Right in the Sweet Spot. The economy is looking good. What does that mean for the federal Reserve And Rate cuts going forward . Iii Reserve And Rate cuts going forward . , , forward . If the Gdp Numbers we saw came into forward . If the Gdp Numbers we saw came into hot forward . If the Gdp Numbers we saw came into hot or forward . If the Gdp Num
elected as leader of the conservative party. politics comes at us rather fast these days, doesn t it? this autumn s second new prime minister inherits a nightmarish soup of political and economic gloom. he moves in there tomorrow to try and sort it out. we ll have more from chris, in this extended edition of bbc news at ten, as we consider the prospects for a sunak premiership. at westminster the main opposition parties are united on the demand for a general election, so that millions of voters can have their say. labour thinks that we should be having a general election. i think everybody who i ve spoken to, the public, have said we should be having a general election. there is no mandate now. he should call an early general election. he s the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories, not elected by the population. mr sunak s rapid advance is a significant moment for politics. he s the first british asian to become prime minister. and we ll be askin
of an investigation into beijing s activities in america. and disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinsteen faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where rishi sunak will formally become british prime minister on tuesday morning after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest just before the deadline for nominations. mr sunak made a short statement in which he promised to work day in, day out to bring the party and the country together. here s our political editor chris mason. cheering today s new conservative leader, this week s new prime minister. rishi sunak arrived at conservative party headquarters this afternoon, his party s third leader this year. waves, smiles and handshakes done, he wanted to talk to the country but didn t want to face questions i d like to pay tri
would have gone in any way. that s hard to know. but it feels like it s a crisis that didn t exist until he made a decision that opened the door to it. if that s the case, he s left picking up the pieces. sanctions against turkey would put us at odds even further with a nato ally. we seem to have lost the alliance with the kurds. the russians and syrians and iranians are all cheering today. so, you know, it s it begs the question of whether this was handled the right way. it doesn t necessarily mean it s wrong that it s time to get out of the middle east. that s what he ran on. but the way it is worse off than a week ago. is it simplifying it too much to say trump created this crisis? absolutely not. he s the arsonist and firefighter. that s how he s done it on everything, north korea policy, china policy, the trade war, everything across the trump foreign policy seems to follow this pattern. he makes these impulsive
doesn t think that that is an effective tactic. on the paris climate agreement, he said he wanted to scrap that during his campaign. yesterday to the times he said he wants to know a little bit more about it. but perhaps one of the biggest themes to come out of that conversation yesterday, he denounced hate groups in his strongest terms yet, steph. that is something that civil rights organizations are really going to be cheering today, steph. many gop leaders were asking donald trump to pivot when he was on the campaign trail. didn t do it then. appears he could be doing it now. all right, kristen. actually, one of those new york times journalists who was with donald trump yesterday, frank rooney, will be joining us a little later in the hour. i want to take you to the terrible, tragic, disturbing story out of chatchattanooga, tennessee. new allegations against the school bus driver who was behind the wheel. it comes from a mother who lost a child and had two others on the bus