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good morning. it's thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister's position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look,...

Details on that later. back to you. thanks very much. offshore wind farms have been helping to power britain for many years now, and traditionally these are built onto the sea floor, meaning they can only be placed in relatively shallow water. yes, but now the race is on to develop turbines that can be placed in deeper water, where the winds are often stronger. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, reports. there's always a long boat journey when you go out to an offshore wind farm. you get stronger winds further out to sea. conventional wind turbines are built up from the sea bed. they need sha...

>> i just hope he keeps doing this. it entertains me to no end. >> it is like the moon landing except this one is real. the robotic explorer curiosity has touched down on mars on a mission to learn if life ever existed on the red planet. folks, it is -- folks at the nasa jet propulsion lab jumped for joy at 1:32 a.m. mars time. it was only three hours time difference, surprisingly. one dude seemed to get the news light years ahead of everyone else. >> the attempt is good. touchdown confirmed. we are safe on mars. >> the landing was an engineering triumph. that's curiosity cut through the marti...