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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...

footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way -- he hopes -- to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. its where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, gar...

of our fiscal discipline. former health secretary and leadership candidate, jeremy hunt, is now tasked with bringing the financial turmoil under control. also in the programme... cyrell ands supreme leader warns no one can overturn the islamic republic —— irans leader. and the actor, robbie coltrane, who played hagrid in the harry potter films, has died aged 72. and welcome to bbc news. less than 2a hours after kwasi kwarteng insisted he was 100% safe in his job as uk chancellor �...

were closed now. go fight to the gates have been closed temporarily on the queue where people have been waiting to see the queens off. —— the gates have been closed temporarily. weve already had a problem with the trains and had to come by bus, but we are tough, we are not worried about it. were not worried. were going to stick it out for the long haul. at one stage the gates were closed to stop more peoplejoining. since then, the gates have reopened and people are again able to jo...

rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon... a moment of history in italy — georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would ...

and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesnt stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk — where the bank of england says it wont hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this mornings asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 — the lowest since 1971 — though its since rec...

and missing in america. after seeing our report, one familys 30-year-old mystery finally solved >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. the american west is scorching tonight under a smooth ring heat dome that wont giving producing temperatures never before seen in september. breaking records by as much as 5 degrees. sacramento no stranger to summer heat reaching a record high of 114 yesterday at 104, salt lake city topping its september record for th...

how he had angels protected him and people who had crossed him in the past had gotten really sick, or their family had died. he would get this terrible grin that just looked evil. >> they were sisters, whose mom brought them here to live with others in this tight-knit commune. >> we were all having meals together and there were lots of parties. >> a swimming pool, a fleet of cool cars. it seemed like a kids fantasy. you are the little girl who got the horse for your birthday? >> i got ...

so well lose people, well lose weapons, and well lose our ability to defend. >> and that fact that the russian army is suffering these setbacks and that is fuelling anger, isnt it? not just amongst liberal but amongst hardliners as well. theyre furious? >> yeah. actually war activities, they are now really feeling betrayed and that there is a point where both liberal group of people and the pro-war group of people can have the same goal. >> reporter: unlike the early anti-war protester...

100, more than 100 backers, then that vote will go out to the tory membership across the country, the vote will be online and hopefully we get a result by friday of this week. so that is where we stand so far this morning. you are watching bbc news. lets turn our attention to other world events now. xijinping has secured a third term as chinas leader, at the end of a week—long congress that reinforced his control over the ruling communist party. hes been re—confirmed as the party g...