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lets start with big news here in the uk. scotlands longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. shes been the leader of the scottish national party — which wants independence from britain — for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. lets take a look back ...

he covered 2000 games over his 50—year career. and the island of the north wales coast has become the first international dark sky sanctuary in europe. three men have been arrested after the shooting of a police officer in northern ireland, he is now in a critical condition in hospital. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot multiple times in front of his son after coaching young people playing football in 0magh, county tyrone. northern irelands political leaders have issued...

looking at inflation or in inflation busting pay rises. at looking at inflation or in inflation busting pay rises.— busting pay rises. at prime ministers _ busting pay rises. at prime ministers questions, - busting pay rises. at prime ministers questions, the l busting pay rises. at prime - ministers questions, the labour leader attacks rishi sunak on his response to bullying claims against dominic raab. the prime minister says he has acted quickly in relation to the allegations. hoa...

and its clear that suella knows the home _ and its clear that suella knows the home office, having very recently been _ home office, having very recently been there, and is able to hit the ground _ been there, and is able to hit the ground running from day one. the new prime minister has already spoken to the first ministers of scotland and wales — in whats being seen as a bid to improve relations with the devolved administrations. and at noon today, rishi sunak faces his first big p...

torrential rain brings major flooding. and the flying scotsman — the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour — celebrates a century on the tracks. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has cut short his visit to the us to hold urgent talks with the prime minister, as pressure mounts on the government over its mini—budget. the chancellor had been in washington for a meeting of global finance ministers. hed originally been expected to return back t...

of cyber attacks from russia. and brazilian leader jair bolsonaro is expected to address the nation today for the first time since losing the presidential run—off to his left—wing rival. the chief inspector of prisons has said the government must "get a grip" on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today says back in july the facility at manston was working "reasonably well", but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being describe...

as crowds of mourners continue to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth at st giles�* cathedral. thousands of people have been queueing for several hours at a time to pay their respects and today is the day that the queen�*s coffin will leave scotland. her coffin will remain in st giles�* cathedral until this afternoon when it will be flown to london to raf northolt. the queen�*s coffin will be companied — as it has been since it left balmoral — by princess anne. king cha...

and would do so, if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. and a hosepipe ban will come into effect, in parts of southern england, in response to recent record breaking temperatures and a lack of rainfall. hello and welcome, if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war. they were killed whilst they were being held at a detention centre, i...

opens in venice later today but are what are the films exciting the critics this year? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he made it his mission to push for perestroika — political and economic reforms to kickstart the russian economy — and set the goal for glasnost — more openness and transparency in the policies of the state and judicial system. he oversaw enormous cha...

but experts who advised downing street say ministers were responsible for decisions made. his comments come ahead of tonights penultimate conservative hustings — with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland — the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring...