near the capital kyiv. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after not wearing a headscarf. france prepares for widespread disruption as oil industry workers and transport staff go on strike in a dispute over pay. the uk government are seeking to change the law to prevent their military pilots from training the chinese armed force. up to 30 former uk military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of china s people s liberation army in exchange for large sums of money. and. a happy birthday to the bbc! it s 100 years old today making it the world s longest running national broadcasting organization. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past six we
fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab her family say they ve good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the prime minister will be meeting more backbenchers as she continues to try to shore up her leadership, a series of difficult headlines this morning following yesterday, following that interview as well, with our political editor chris mason in which she apologised for issues since she became prime ministerjust 41 days ago, earlier on today, it was business as usual, almost, with a cab neating, she and cabinet meeting, she and the new chancellor speaking at that meeting and the chancellor was setting out his plan, his thoughts on spending cuts which he said were on the way, he said that departments should agree those spending cuts by the end oaf week so a tight timetable there, and, they were meeting of course after he tore up most of that mini budget, the liz truss economic policy, t
united states and around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead. those extremists that he runs around with, they just want to stoke this racial violence. we re tired of it. you re so desperate to have a job, it s days graceful. what impact does it have on the psyche of the people of kyiv that there are kamikaze drones attacking your capitol. everyone is so angry. everyone wanted to defend their families and hometown. he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. the suspect rein of terror has come to an end. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s the 18th. it s 3 minutes away from the critical mid terms who controls congress. it s now underway. the u.s. senate and governor. and the new cnn poll. and it s a generic. it s holding. it s held in the u.s. senate races. trump-backed republican j.d. vance. their opponents have divisive party leaders. they made the inflation crisis we ve been seeing over the last few months if he hadn t
and tom homan are here to weigh in. but first. our luggage is missing, mia. canceled southwest, hopefully will get a refund. i have three kids. gillian: stranded travelers are begging southwest air to get its act together as the holiday travel meltdown is stretching on yet another day, flights going nowhere. welcome to america reports. gillian turner in washington. great to be with you. anita: always great to spend two hours with you, gillian. john and sandra have the day off. southwest customers are not only struggling, but a good chunk of the hundreds of thousands delayed passengers have no idea where their luggage is. they are desperate to find bags with crucial medicine and baby gear. gillian: those hopes hoping to be rebooked today, not having much luck. more than 2300 southwest flights so far have been canceled already. the airline says the trouble is not going to end most likely until early next week. anita: and the big wigs blame the blizzard for the t
of the hall by officials. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime mnister and its first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader and prime minister intensifies. mrjohnson s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither mrjohnson nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy; only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward. we understand the former chancellor is expected to announce his candidacy shortly. but it s widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support. rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 46 and penn