lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists who are making really interesting work more visible. and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to
welcome to jesse waters prime time. i m rachel campos-duffy in for jesse, who st in at an event in california. it s no secret biden s tryingen. desperately to rebrand himself as a wartime app president with his approval ratings at record lows and biden nomics not workin g, war is all biden has to campaign on, and biden knows it s history. presidents in the middle of war do better in the polls liken george w bush and lyndon johnson, who breezed their way to reelection. but if biden wants to beo be a wartime president, he s going to have to demonstrate that he understands the complexitiesrst of war. t co is this the most complicated time of your presidency so far? thank you so much. thank you. nothing to it.orld you can t say nothing to itod when the world is on the brink of world war three. joe, we ve never been g more vulnerable. our military bases are getting attackedetting . d record numbers of islamist and chinese are pouring throug h our open border and protesters a
they re like a bomb. has the cost of borrowing peaked? we ll have a better idea today, when the bank of england reveals its latest decision on interest rates. but whatever the outcome, first time buyers are still feeling the pressure. manchester united are in a bad place , according to their manager they re out of the league cup, after being soundly beaten by newcastle. it s their worst start to a season for over 60 years. good morning. it s thursday, the 2nd of november. a major incident has been declared across parts of the south coast of england and the channel islands, as storm ciaran brings heavy rain and strong winds, with flood and red danger to life warnings issued for several areas. many schools and airports have been forced to close, with widespread travel disruption also expected across road and rail networks. aruna iyengar has the very latest. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is hea
lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists who are making really interesting work more visible. and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to
gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let s get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a second consecutive month remaining at their highest level for 15 years. the bank of england held rates at 5.25%. up until september, the bank had raised rates 14 times in a row to tame soaring inflation which has been squeezing households. it has led to increases in mortgage payments but also higher savings rates. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, warned of the risk of energy instabi