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let's take you through what today will look like. the current prime minister, liz truss, held her fourth and final cabinet meeting starting about an hour ago. she is due to make a statement outside number 10 at around 10:15, before travelling to buckingham palace for an audience with king charles. after this, rishi sunak will head to the palace, where he'll be invited to form a government. then it's back to downing street, and the new prime minister will address the nation at around 11:35. and over the next 2a hours, we can expect to see a trickle of cabinet appointments which will s...

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 furthe...

on the home office abandoning asylum seekers on a london street. same story in the i — calling it a "major error". the metro pictures a family who are attemping to stop the bus to rescue a young man seeking asylum. the independent reports the prime minister could axe spending pledges he made when he ran to be leader. the daily star reads "vote coco" in a bid to make matt hancock compete in every bush tucker trial when he goes on the itv show i'm a celeb. we begin with the times, word on the front page, rishi sunak prepares big tax grab from energy firms, windfall extension to raise...

, single pound in excess profits she chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing that working people 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 a recession — that's the verdict of the bank of england. the queen postpones an online meeting with senior ministers...

after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british—built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits — despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings — a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there's already a cabinet split on the issue....