headquarters in new york city. could a political battle that s splitting the republican party also influence the outcome of the actual war some republican lawmakers obviously think so, slamming ron desantis for arguing the u.s. should stop helping ukraine. what it could mean for the congress, the country and the kremlin. plus, the hugely consequential hearing on abortion happening right now in texas. how the opinion of a single judge could impact the lives and health of millions of women across the country and wall street under pressure again, with the dow falling from the opening bell, now down about 700 points, at least close to it. the new bank that investors scrutinizing and what it means for your money coming up. bus we start with the clash over america s role in ukraine, shaping up to be an early defining moment in the republican race for president. it pits ron desantis who has now aligned himself with donald trump by calling the war a territorial dispute, that th
unusually high for november, we live in daytime highs researchers in the uk say blood that of around 17 degrees, some rain in the north west, has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, sunshine further south east. in a world first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. and liverpool have drawn holders real madrid in the last 16 of the champions league in a repeat of last season s final. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co operate in the effort to reduce global emissions or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last year s gathering in glasgow as woeful. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to warn world leaders later that it s essential that countries stick to the commitments made then to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. delegates have now agreed to discuss sending money to poorer nations to hel
richard walker. former cabinet minister andrea leadsom. and the bbc s deputy political editor, vicki young. the chancellors day began like this. this 45p rate was simply a distraction in our mission to achieve higher growth. a u turn on the scrapping the 45p top rate of tax a policy he d announced in his mini budgetjust 10 days ago. now, in a little under 15 minnutes he ll be addressing the party faithful to persuade them that he is the man to be trusted with the economy through turbulent times. welcome to politics live in birmingham. andrea led some, after the market turmoil following the mini budget on the 23rd of september by kwasi kwarteng, and then the dramatic u turn overnight and this morning, on a central plank of that budget, and the economic perspectives of the government, how damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authority? i damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authori ? ~ ., , authority? i think it was really important authority? i think it was really important that author
Iamat i am at the World Economic form of forum in dulles and my guest is one of the worlds most senior politicians, German Defence minister ursula von der leyen. And she is deputy chair of Angela Merkels ruling cdu party. Does the arrival of donald trump plus breaks it spell the start of A New World Order and mark a shift in power away from the west . Minister ursula von der leyen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. The present the president of germany has said, with the inauguration of a new us president , we face challenges to the International Order and to transatlantic relations. Germany and europe can no longer live as usual on the trans atlantic partnership, can they . I am deeply convinced that they can rely on the Transatlantic Partnership because there is a strong foundation, the Transatlantic Partnership, almost 70 years, there isa partnership, almost 70 years, there is a huge amount of common experience, of trust and confidence in each other and we have this Transatlantic Partn