could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own immi
with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. it s just ten years since croatia joined the eu. you are watching bbc news. i ll be back at the top of the hour. now it s time for review 2022. and one story that s led news bulletins in the uk throughout the last 12 months has been rising prices and their impact. victoria valentine, along with our team of economics and business correspondents, have been reflecting on the causes and consequences of the squeezed economy and the cost of living. when big ben brought in the new year, few of us would have expected the year that was to follow. remember, in 2022 we started off very much in the grip of a global pandemic. who would have thought that another worldwide story would dominate the news agenda? tonight at 10, we are live in ukraine, a country at war, after a huge russian military offensive by land, sea and air. prices quickly rose to their fastest rate in over a0 years, and inflation touched everything, from our house
is at its lowest level for almost 50 years, according to figures released this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng will meet the treasury select committee to bring you his economic plans. we will have updates about shortly. a hearing is under way at the supreme court on whether scotland can call an independence referendum without the consent of the uk government. there is at the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface and it s exactly a0 years since henry viii s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent after 437 years under the sea. we can now go straight to the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg to his reaction on those russian strikes in ukraine yesterday and today. we strikes in ukraine yesterday and toda . ~ . today. we will further increase the -rotection today. we will further increase the protection of today. we will further increase the protection of our today. we will further increase the protection of our critical p
will be elected by next week after a rebellion by conservative mps forced her to quit. the opposition leader labour s sir keir starmer repeats his call for a general election, saying its time for the public to decide. we can t have a revolving door of chaos we can have another experiment on the top of the tory party that is the alternative a stable labour government and the public are entitled to have their say that is why there should be a general election. this makes liz truss the shortest serving uk prime minister ever after being in office for just 44 days. borisjohnson is among mps said to be considering re election. along with rishi sunak. welcome to viewers both in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister, liz truss, has resigned. in a short statement in downing street, ms truss admitted she could no longer deliver the mandate she was elected on last month. her decision followed a meeting with the senior backbencher, sir graham brady, amid an atmospher