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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. an independent think tank in britain says the uk government's "mini budget" is likely to leave the vast majority of taxpayers worse off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng's package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny. the institute for fiscal studies says that only those with incomes of more than 155,000 will be net beneficiaries over the current parliament. ben king reports. here in reading and around the uk, people feel like they could ...

critical tory mps — and the public? also tonight. the energy regulator ofgem warns of a "significant risk of gas shortages" this winter. the man accused of murdering nine—year—old olivia pratt korbel appears in court in liverpool. cheers for the king and queen consort on their first public engagement since the end of the period of royal mourning. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: there's always pride at stake in the east midlands derby, but there could be jobs on the line as well, as leicester face nottingham forest. good evening and welcome to t...

she upset the "dynamic of the hierarchy" in the royal family "just by existing". good afternoon. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for almost £140 million, to help pakistan deal with devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the country was facing "a monsoon on steroids" that's left millions homeless. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions in the north—west have also been badly hit. our correspondent danjohnson has the very latest. so much of ...

insisting the policy would stay, despite the widespread criticism. and tonight, another shift by the government, forced by events to make it, they are bringing forward their plan for dealing with debt to later this month, to try to reassure the markets. we will have the latest from birmingham on what the chancellor admitted had been a tough day. also tonight... raising the flag. ukrainian forces retake a village in one of the region is annexed by russia last week. a warning that the uk is facing a serious risk of gas shortages this winter, which could affect electricity supplies, too...

good evening and welcome to bbc news. "it's been a tough day" — that's how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u—turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay — except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a "huge distraction" that had "drowned out" other measures announced in the government's so—called mini budgetjust...