welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the british government has been plunged into fresh chaos after the resignation of its home secretary, suella braverman, and accusations by some members of the governing conservative party that they had been manhandled into supporting the government in a vote in parliament. in her resignation letter, ms braverman accused the prime minister liz truss of pretending there had been no mistakes and hoping everything would magically come right . later two ministers in charge of party discipline were rumoured to have resigned but it was later announced that they are to remain in post. here s the bbc s political editor chris mason. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointe
the moment. donald trump. 0k. peter, for the moment, thank donald trump. 0k. peter, for the moment, thank you - donald trump. 0k. peter, for the moment, thank you very i the moment, thank you very much. peter bowe5, america correspondent. archaeologists have discovered ancient rock carving5 at the city of mosul s monumental mashki gate, a site the islamic state group tried to destroy in 2016. they include 2700 year old works, depicting scenes from the ancient city of nineveh. tom brada reports. in early 2016, the city of mosul in iraq was under control mo5ul in iraq was under control of the islamic state group. nis took over major cities its militants would often lay wa5te militants would often lay waste to cultural trea5ures they came across and with target ancient artefact5 with impunity. that was the case with the mashki gate in mosul. this is what it wants look like. it was one of the monumental gates to the ancient assyrian city of nineveh which was at one point the largest
mo5ul wa5 the largest city in the world. mo5ul was effectively bulldozed by the islamic state, but from within the ruins, archaeologists have made a remarkable di5covery. 2700 year old rock carvings, preserved in magnificent detail. translation: , ., ., , translation: these are marble carvin . s translation: these are marble carvings showing translation: these are marble carvings showing different - carving5 showing different scenes including trees and soldiers in battle as well as details of the gate. the chiselled details of the gate. the chiselled artwork - details of the gate. the chiselled artwork through a soldier preparing to fire his bow a5 soldier preparing to fire his bow as well as intricate vinyl leaves and flowing palm5. the grey stone carvings leaves and flowing palm5. the grey stone carving5 date back to the rule of king in empowered from 7052681 bc. 705 681 bc. translation: . . translation: the importance lies in the fact translation: the importance lies in the f
million barrels of crude oil from its emergency supplies. the release is meant to prevent prices rising after the oil producing nations, led by saudi arabia, said they would cut production. speaking in washington, president biden called on american oil companies to pass on lower prices to consumers. my message to the american energy companies is this. you should not be using your profits to buy back stock for dividends. not now. not while a war is raging. you should be using these record breaking profits to increase production and refining. invest in america for the american people. bring down the price you charge at the pump to reflect what you pay for the product. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we ll tell you why these ancient rock carvings in the iraqi city of mosul are being celebrated by archaeologists.
in the house of commons, more chaos and confusion amid a vote on fracking revealing the depth of anger amongst conservative mps. we have a special report from the frontline in ukraine s donbas, with russian positions just a few hundred metres away. some small arms fire, probably from a russian scouting party, so they have been telling us to get out of here back to the main headquarters. president biden finds off release of oilfrom president biden finds off release of oil from the strategic reserve to try to limit oil prices. rediscovering iraq s cultural heritage, archaeologists find ancient rock carvings, six years after the islamic state group tried to destroy them.