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hello — imjoanna gosling — live in westminster — where the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has announced the governments mini—budget. will also be looking at what it means for you. and author dame hilary mantel, best known for her wolf hall trilogy, has died aged 70. it was the holy grail that we all aspire to, she was thejk rowling of historical fiction. four russian—occupied areas of ukraine are staging referendums on whether to become part of russia — the west says its a move ...

italys political parties have been holding their final campaign rallies ahead of sundays parliamentary election. giorgia melonis right—wing "brothers of italy" party now on bbc news, its newscast. chris, what are you doing on the 18th of october? the 18th of october? what day of the week is that? i know they say a week is a long time in politics — a month must be a lot for you. exactly! i cant even think about the labour conference, which starts this weekend. it seems an eternity a...

drills around the island, which some see as a precursor to an invasion. china says the weapons shipment "severely jeopardizes" relations between washington and beijing. now on bbc news, click. this week we are at the hospital using ai this week we are at the hospital using al to try and cut waiting time for surgery and we are at sea to see if sailing can go solar and we are finding out funny at the fringe festival to ask if tiktok comedians can make it onstage. there is so much scope f...

to pay stamp duty. i found that out this morning. thats good. its a trickle—down budget. sometime in the future, we may see a benefit, if all goes well. but the poor need help right now. in nother news, four russian—occupied areas of ukraine are staging referendums on whether to become part of russia. western governments call them a sham. the first woman to win the booker prize twice, the celebrated author dame hilary mantel, has died at the age of 70. hello. in a massive shake up ...

and peter coleman had this suggestion: the ongoing debate about how the bbc should interpret and demonstrate impartiality flared up again last week when emily matliss, who recently left the bbc after 20 years, gave a lecture at the edinburgh television festival. she questioned the bbc�*s decision to apologise for comments she made on newsnight in 2020 about dominic cummings breaking lockdown rules during the pandemic, which had prompted a complaint from downing street. why had the bb...

office has an amber extreme heat warning in floors and temperatures could reach 37 in some of the south. —— in force. in sport, the beginning of the end for serena williams as the 23—time grand slam champion says the us open this month could be her last tournamnet. "a force of nature strong and kind" — olivia newton—john remembered. well speak to close friend and singer delta goodrem. its wednesday, the 10th of august. our main story. households owe more money to their energy...

now on bbc news, click meets the comedians who are making the leap from being social media stars to the live stage at the edinburgh festival fringe. this week we are at the hospital thats using ai to try and cut waiting times for surgery. we are all at sea to see if sailing can go solar, we are finding our funny at the fringe festival to ask whether tiktok comedians can make it on stage. there is so much scope for error. and theres so much stuff thats not in our control. on tiktok it i...

state department is rejecting steve bannons sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. heres the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. whats more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court ...

the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. >> at least 23 people including three children are dead after a russian cruise middle attack in the city of vinnytsia. >> anymore people are still missing. officials believe the missiles were launched by russian submarines in the black sea. president zelenskyy calls this an act of russian terror. scott mclean is in vinnytsia. scott, i know it is dark now. tell us what is happening at this hour. >> reporter: president zelenskyy said earlier today tha...

as the oath keepers. a new court filing is revealing the extensive planning of the far right malitia group, including a death list and attempts to obtain weapons ahead of january 6th. also today, former trump strategist steve bannon having a sudden change of heart. he faces possible jail time and now just days before his contempt trial, he says he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee after all. lets start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what are inve...