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number of angry depositors who have forced banks to return their savings. millions of dollars remain trapped by capital controls imposed in the face of an unprecedented financial crisis. the credit agency fitch has lowered the outlook for its credit rating for british government debt from stable to negative. it comes after the government announced huge tax cuts funded by borrowing in a mini—budget last month. some of those plans were reversed on monday. earlier, prime minister liz tr...

we begin with the turmoil on financial markets — today, the pound sterling continues to languish against the us dollar and several other currencies. the slide in its value was triggered by last weeks mini budget, with its controversial package of tax cuts. lets get historical for a moment. we have records for sterling against the dollar going back through history, and in the early hours of monday morning it reached an all time low — that is since the creation of the us currency in ...

hello and welcome to bbc news. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. there has been no official comment from the iranian government.|t comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandato...

jeffries. >> my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] >> john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. >> sandra: congressman elect donalds ...

conclusion that all this will require a significant monetary policy response. require a significant monetary policy response. well have the latest on the uncertainty, and on the governments remaining options. also on the programme. north and south in a day, the new prince and princess of wales make their first official visit, while talk of an investiture is being downplayed. and how nasa has tested its ability, to deflect an asteroid speeding towards earth at 12,000 miles an hour. and ...

has led us into a chaotic world. someone i was speaking to last night from the shadow cabinet said what is really interesting is through all this turmoil, keir has been quite calm and the fact he has done a lot ofjobs outside politics where he has run big organisations and he is quite a level—headed person when a lot of people in politics are quite hot headed and they look for the drama and they are quite last minute people, they are saying that we are going to be having, there has b...

player and what authorities believe might have happened. the severe storms as we come on the air tonight. the system sweeping its way east. tornado watches in effect across multiple states. a twister hitting a school. and tonight, the national weather service already warning about something else. in the west, the next system set to hit tomorrow. after deadly flooding already. ginger zee standing by to time all of this out. tonight, the stunning new images. officers approaching the ...

the queue to see the queen lying in state — its close to full capacity, with a waiting time of at least 2a hours. military rehearsals have been taking place in windsor ahead of the queens funeral on monday. away from westminster, todays other headlines. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. the premier league returned with fans and players paying their own respects to the queen. its saturday, 17th septemb...

the days news, ukraines president says investigations into possible russian war crimes continue in the north—eastern city of izyum as more than 400 bodies are being exhumed from a burial site. and at least ten people have been killed in italy after heavy rain and flooding hits the central region. hello and welcome from buckingham palace where it is a glorious autumnal day, bright sunshine, blue skies and behind me people still laying floral tributes to the late queen elizabeth. world...

i think its hard not to draw the conclusion_ i think its hard not to draw the conclusion that all this will require _ conclusion that all this will require a significant monetary policy— require a significant monetary policy response. ukraine accuses russia of sabotaging two major gas pipelines to europe in what it describes as a "terrorist attack". the kremlin says its "concerning". hundreds of thousands of people are without power in cuba after a hurricane hit the island with wind ...