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six become five in the conservative leadership contest race — with the attorney general knocked out. rishi sunak remains in front — with penny mordaunt in second. current polling suggests she would win a head—to—head contest against any of the other candidates if she is one of the two put forward to the tory membership. liz truss finished third in the ballot today among tory mps — and earlier she launched her campaign — as our political editor chris mason explains. the name...

inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary—maker who, among other projects, has charted the crises, financial and environmental, which have afflicted greece. henry chu is part of the editorial team at the los angele...

the same to declare a climate emergency. here we are. we dont know why the white house stopped short of making this emergency declaration on climate today with of course president biden standing in front of a once-fired coal powered plant being converted into an offshore wind manufacturing facility. theres speculation a tough time to roll out that announcement amid high gas prices and recession fears and since can it be used as a legal basis to drop oil and gas drills. congressional r...

so lets get down to business and we begin here in the uk where families are �*brutally exposed to the effects of soaring inflation — thats the conclusion of a report out today from the think—tank the resolution foundation. it warns the very slow growth in wages since the 2008 financial crash has left families in the uk particularly vulnerable to high energy, food and fuel prices and those most vulnerable are families in rental accomodation, single parents and those with young chi...

mean to step on you. it a huge component. zoe said a couple little things, theyre playing it cupkind of c because they will have a hearing next week but i expect in fact, theyve got some real combustible stuff that is going to break big when they do it and shes being kind of coy about it. so i think you can expect some fairly big bombshells. >> well, lets bring you in here, ron. youre not meant to be coy. i know youre not. youre a straight shooter. cipollone defended trump in the first...

here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit, saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary, sajid javid, stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignati...

i believe that point is now. will you be prime minister tomorrow? of course. more westminster hostility from senior mps this afternoon, but through it all the prime minister insists hes here to stay. frankly, mr speaker, the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he has being handed a colossal mandate is to keep going and thats what im going to do. tonight at the end appears night for borisjohnson, it feels like a question of when, not if he will go. political turmoil ...

leaked documents show president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride—sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports....

much right at the moment. >> not necessarily feeling it right now, but in the future, i have big plans. if interest rates go up on the home mortgages, i could be a little screwed there. >> im in the corporate world. its concerning. >> with the prices going up, we cannot afford sometimes what i -- you know. so its hard for me. >> have to pinch here and there. still living our life. >> neil: the white house learning what americans knew all along. were indeed in a recession. the economy p...

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the only survivor of the terror cell behind the november 2015 paris attacks has been found guilty of murder. salah abdeslam has been sentenced to life in jail. of the other 19 men standing trial, all but one were found guilty of terrorism charges. the attacks left 130 people dead. mark lobel has the latest. guilty. facing a full life present turn, frances or severe penalty for criminal...