the pound remains under pressure from market concerns about government borrowing to fund tax cuts. a state funeral is due to be held for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders from across the world are expected to be at the service. the event will start in just under an hour but there has been growing opposition with detractors citing the cost. and honours even as engalnd and germany share six goals in their final game before the qatar, world cup. of an asteroid travelling at 14,000 miles per hour! it s the first time it s ever been done, and it s hoped that it ll teach us how to change the speed and path of future asteroids and planets. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been taking a look at what happened. closing in on the target. images beamed back from 7 million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed. but this probe isn t here to study it. itsjob is to knock the space rock off course by
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 week s mini budget, with its controversial package of tax cuts. let s 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 1792. let s take a closer look at the past few days the dollar has been strong but this further drop down is about sterling weakness, with a bit of a recovery and then falling back again. you can see this dramatic few days, sterling weakness with a little bit of recovery before it fell back again. on friday and monday there were massive moves within a day, which for a currency like sterling is rare. and one of the impacts of a low pound means that we import inflation, oil and gas is more expensi
conclusion that all this will require a significant monetary policy response. require a significant monetary policy response. we ll have the latest on the uncertainty, and on the government s 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 coming up on the bbc news channel. scotland round off their nations league campaign in poland tonight. avoid defeat against ukraine gives them promotion, as well as a play off spot for euro 202a. good evening. the united kingdom needs a fresh start , and a way out of the endless cycle of crisis , caused by the conservatives, that s the message from sir keir starmer, the labour leader. in a speech to the labour conference, he was scathing in his criticism of the government s handling of the e
queen elizabeth ii dead. her son, prince charles, is now king charles iii, officially. we learned queen elizabeth s doctors were quote, concerned about her health this morning. it was at the time, an extraordinary statement from a notoriously private buckingham palace. those words sent news outlets like ours into rolling wait and see coverage and thousands of well wishers to buckingham palace itself, watching those railings. that fencing. where all the royals most significant news is so often posted. from the birth of an heir to the death of a monarch. the queen did not pass at buckingham. she passed in scotland at the family s summer vacation home. balmoral castle. here is a post on that gate. you re seeing it here. the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. as the word broke about her health troubles, her family rushed up there. all of her children are at balmoral. prince william is also there, seen driving his uncles through the gates. prince harry is on his way
somewhere, and she knows that every single somewhere, and she knows that every single pounding excess profits she chooses single pounding excess profits she chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing that working people will be on borrowing that working people will be forced to pay back for decades will be forced to pay back for decades to come. the first cabinet meeting of the truss premiership took place earlier. it s said to be the most diverse cabinet on record. we ll have more on the new cabinet and on the cost of living crisis, as another warning comes on the state of the economy. as business struggles, little can be done to stop the uk falling into recession that the verdict of the bank of england. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country s biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation caused by the recent floods. and chelsea football club have sacked th