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torrential rain brings major flooding. and the flying scotsman the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour celebrates a century on the tracks. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has cut short his visit to the us to hold urgent talks with the prime minister, as pressure mounts on the government over its mini budget. the chancellor had been in washington for a meeting of global finance ministers. he d originally been expected to return back to london on saturday. speaking to the bbc yesterday before the change of plans, mr kwarteng said he believes 100% that he will still be a chancellor and liz truss will still be prime minister in a month s time. later today, the chancellor and prime minister are expected to hold talks with conservative mps. some think the government s tax cutting plans should be reversed, while others believe the help with energy bills should be more targeted. there s even talk of whether both the chancell ....
images of the civilians in gaza in the fallout of the military operation that israel has carried out there inside of gaza, and clearly the u.s. is trying to convey to israel that the images of this being broadcast around the world is having quite an impact on israel s reputation and exactly how people feel about the way that israel is acting in this operation as we speak. so they are trying to strike that balance, and secretary blin ken also talked about the painful images and videos he has seen of the gazan civilians suffering in the bombardments taking place there over the last several weeks. that is the fine line, the balancing act that the u.s. is trying to carry out here in trying to get israel to behave more constrained, but he also went on to say that there are legitimate questions of how any pause in this would take place, and clearly in the last several days, israeli military officials, and political leadership here, they have made no bones about it, that they ....
On bbc news, it is time for our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas president claims its a win win for all. Translation we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. Critics say the only winner will be china. Translation the chinese have done nothing. Im setting out on a 7000 mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, to understand how it will change their lives and our world. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china ....
On bbc news, it is time for our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas president claims its a win win for all. Translation we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. Critics say the only winner will be china. Translation the chinese have done nothing. Im setting out on a 7000 mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, to understand how it will change their lives and our world. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china ....
Round up of the days news. First our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas president claims its a win win for all. Translation we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. Critics say the only winner will be china. Translation the chinese have done nothing. Im setting out on a 7,000 mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, and to understand how it will change their lives and our world. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries, the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade bet ....