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the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak has set out his priorities for 2023 in his first major speech of the year. lets have a listen to some of what he had to say. first, we will have inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunity right across...

and our other main story tonight. a special report from bakhmut in eastern ukraine the site of fierce fighting from which almost all the citys residents have fled. we are walking over shards of glass. pretty much every second you hear the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute this city is being intensely fought over. sir. tell every minute this city is being intensely fought over.— intensely fought over. sir, you do not have the _ intensely fought over. sir, you do not h...

paid their last respects to the former pope — benedict 16th — before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. its seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault...

successoi’ every success. our country continues to battle through a storm. but i believe in britain. i believe in the british people. and i know that brighter days lie ahead. meanwhile, the cost—of—living crisis continues as many food prices soar — some, like pasta, tea and cooking oil, up by 65% in a year. in our area, there is a lot of people that rely on pensions, rely on benefits, and if they are not supported, businesses wont continue to thrive because there will be nobody...

of security which could have been a breach of the material code and is now back. aside from that, she is outspoken, she has talked about her obsession over the rwanda migration alessi —— ministerial code. she is somebody not afraid to speak her mind and some in parliament see her as potentially a bit of a liability. it will be insuring to see how that unfolds. and there is also michael gove, making a return to cabinet in the key role as levelling up secretary. levelling up somethin...

circle. and i didnt do it, be if it did happen, theres nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriends abortion. were going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the "washington post," eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan l...

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 ...

nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid — to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. ukrainians in four russian—held regions have one final day to vote — in a referendum, kyiv and its western allies dismiss as a sham. the head of the metropolitan police pledges to be "ruthless" in rooting out corruption, racism and misogyny in the force. a state funeral is underway for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders ...

on crime. the uks approach to controlling migration also faces strong criticism from abroad, with this intervention from the albanian prime minister. ukraines nuclear energy company says the zaporizhzhia plant has been disconnnected from the electricity grid and has only 15 days of generator fuel left. a surprise peace deal after nearly two years of civil war in ethiopia. its hoped vital aid can now flow into tigray, where 90% of the population is going hungry. here in the uk, the seco...

east quite quickly, with some showers coming into the north and west, but compared with this week, really it day. with temperatures back down to what they should be at this time of year. does it last? no. the weekend brings in this low pressure which is the remnants of storm martin which will bring wet and windy weather at times to us as well as some rather large waves on saturday night into sunday. saturday brings another land of rain eastwards, slowing down as it approaches the south...