to continue a week of private mourning. a warning of a second disaster in pakistan, as health officials see a sharp increase in waterborne diseases following the country s devastating floods. a usjudge quashes the murder conviction of adnan syed, jailed more than 20 years ago for killing his ex girlfriend in a case highlighted by a hugely popular podcast. and coming up on the bbc news channel, captain sarah hunter leads an england squad of 32 players selected for the women s rugby world cup. it includes two young forwards, and there s a couple of high profile omissions. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister, who s flown to the us to meet world leaders at the united nations, has said higher energy bills are a price worth paying in order to safeguard the country s long term security. liz truss said that not every measure she announces will be popular, but she acknowledged that high gas and electricity costs couldn t be passed on fully to househol
taxing the big energy companies more, because they are making record profits, and are saying that the growth that the government was planning is not aimed at the right people, pointing for example to plans to remove the cap on bankers bonuses, saying it is the wrong priority. but fundamentally for this government, it s a big challenge now is going to be showing that it can deliver, and as we heard endymion s piece there, that is often easier said than done. it was liz truss who said than done. it was liz truss who said a big priority was a trade deal with the us, it is liz truss saying today that she thinks that is now several years off. when it comes to the economy and energy bills, she will not have that sort of wiggle room. : ~ will not have that sort of wiggle room. w :, ~ will not have that sort of wiggle room. a :, ~ ,:, will not have that sort of wiggle room. :, ~ y:, :, will not have that sort of wiggle room. :, ~ :, :, room. nick, thank you for now, nick eardle . and we wi
is notjust about controlling energy costs for households, but about businesses too. now, businesses are not covered by the energy price cap, which we know households will be covered by, but the government has said they will get a similar level of support for six months. the reason this is really important is because businesses have seen energy costs rise dramatically, some say by “p costs rise dramatically, some say by up to five times the amount they were previously paying, so they either pass that on and there will be inflation or they reduce the amount they are producing, reduce the number of people they are employing, even closed their doors altogether, which of course has a major impact on the economy and the country. now, the government has said it will offer similar support for six months, tomorrow we find out how that is going to work and how much support that will be, where it is going to be in place. there is going to be a review after the six month period, but that is a bi
have largely faded into the background for the past ten days are going to come roaring back to the foreground over the next few, and it s going to be a big test for this government, exactly how it plans to deal with them. so we ll get more details, as damian was saying, tomorrow on the support package for business, and then later this week there will be a really fundamental moment for this government when it tries to set out its plan to grow the economy, with the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, standing up for that brief mini budget. now, we have a rough idea what it s going to look like, because he set out his two things that he really wants to achieve in the job. things that he really wants to achieve in thejob. 0ne things that he really wants to achieve in thejob. one is cutting tax. he thinks that will stimulate growth. and two, cutting regulation, red tape. this government believes thatis red tape. this government believes that is something else that can help it achieve its goal of gr