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to pay stamp duty. i found that out this morning. that's good. it's 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 of the uk's finances, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has outlined a series of tax cuts and spending...

we start here in the uk — where a final battle to become the next prime minister is taking place as the country faces the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. as you've been hearing, formerfinance minister, rishi sunak, and the foreign secretary, liz truss are the last remaining candidates. they will now face a vote by conservative party members around the uk — with a result expected in september. whoever wins could mean a very different approach to the economy. truss says "you cannot tax your way to growth" — she is proposing more than 30 million pounds in immediate ta...

and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using mini disks, floppy disks and cds. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours, police in argentina have arrested a man. the country's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital, buenos aires. a gun was held just inches from her head, but no shots were fired and she was unharmed. argentina's economy minister has called the incident an attempted assassination. with me is our bbc repo...

>> conspiracy theories. >> that could have been mickey mouse. >> i'm watching this is the craziest thing i've ever seen, and then people just bought it. >> lawsuits. >> they tried to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. >> potentially illegal pressure campaigns. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> what he was asking for wasn't supported by the facts, wasn't supported by the constitution. >> extraordinary scheming. >> let's talk about the memo. >> just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the consti...

meant that he could not serve in the way he should. england's women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers — preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night's euros final. the first middle of the day went to a team england at the commonwealth games. johnboy smith coming first that enough men's t 53—54 marathon. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. police have issued cctv images of a man they want to question over the death of a nine—year—old girl, who was fatally stabbed in boston in lincolnshire, on thursday. two people previously arrested i...