i suspect that the ukrainians will be able to hold out and continue to bleed russian forces. moscow's campaign to capture avdiivka may be less about battlefield strategy and more about securing a propaganda prize back in russia. russia's forces have been on avdiivka's doorstep for almost a decade, since first taking over nearby territory in 2014. since then, ukraine's long—standing fortifications have, so far, held back a total russian breakthrough. but a new wave of ground assaults appears imminent, with reports of 40,000 russian soldiers massed on three sides of the town. and this threatens to turn avdiivka into another bakhmut — that nearby city—turned—battleground, bombarded into oblivion. more battle—hardened soldier than bureaucrat, this is the town's mayor, vitaliy barabash. to break the deadlock, barabash is among many who want more firepower from the west. until then, ukrainians like ihor will continue to feel the brunt of russia's onslaught. meanwhile, emergency workers like gennadiy deal with their own private tragedies. last year, his young daughter passed away. that horror shows no sign of abating. and with the world focused on the middle east, the question now is, how long can ukraine hold the line and how long can it depend on the west? that is by jack losh. that's all from us tonight. i'm back tomorrow. during the meeting at the white house mr widodo said he had come to deliver a "very strong message" from the joint summit of arab and muslim leaders earlier this week. and a us media company has hired a reporter to exclusively cover beyonce. gannett, which owns usa today newspaper, has appointed the former bbcjournalist, cache mcclay in the role. kenya is attempting to plant a hundred million trees today as part of the country's new national effort to combat climate change. monday was declared a national holiday in kenya to kickstart an ambitious plan to plant more than 15 billion trees within the next decade. the government made about 150 million free seedlings available for kenyans to plant in designated public areas. each kenyan is being encouraged to plant at least two seedlings. it's environment minister expects that at least 500 million trees will be planted by the end of december. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. thousands of mourners have lined the streets of manchester for the funeral of one of english football's greatest ever players, sir bobby charlton. the world cup winner's funeral procession passed many places associated with his long career with manchester united. guests included the the prince of wales. sir bobby died last month. he was 86 years old. royal mail has been fined £5.6 million by the uk communications regulator, 0fcom, afterwhat what it calls a "significant" failure to meet its postal delivery targets in the past financial year. the watchdog found that the company had fallen short in the delivery of both first and second class mail. the uk regulator is warning that there are "worrying signs" that a growing number of doctors are planning to leave the health service due to burnout and dissatisfaction. you're live with bbc news. now to the uk because there has been a dramatic day of politics. the former prime minister, david cameron, has astonished westminster by returning to government as britain's new foreign secretary. it's part of a major cabinet reshuffle by the current prime minister rishi sunak. mr cameron, who was pm between 2010—2016, said although he disagreed with some of mr sunak�*s decisions, he believed he was a "strong and capable" leader. the move comes on the same day suella braverman was sacked as home secretary, following days of speculation about her future. mrs braverman had angered many in government after writing a newspaper article criticising the policing of pro—palestinian marches in london. cor blimey — look at this! the guy who used to be prime minister, back where he used to live and back in government. the accidental instigator of the biggest shift in british foreign policy in a generation, brexit, back as the face and voice of british foreign policy. lord cameron, you were the future once. is this back to the future? from number 10 to the foreign office. david cameron's career, yes, and his walk this morning. lord cameron, foreign secretary. quite a thing. well, i know it's not usual for a prime minister to come back in this way, but i believe in public service, the prime minister asked me to do thisjob, and it's a time where we have some daunting challenges as a country. the conflict in the middle east, the war in ukraine, and of course, i hope that six years as prime minister, 11 years leading the conservative party, gives me some useful experience, and contacts, and relationships, and knowledge. david, or lord cameron's return, as we'll get used to calling him, is not universally popular among conservative mps, but plenty are making the case it's a good move. i was in david cameron's government, i was his chief whip. he's a fantastic team player. i think the prime minister's brought him into strengthen the team, and at a time when foreign affairs are incredibly important, with what's going on in ukraine and the conflict in the middle east, i think having a really experienced player at the top table is a good move. are you getting sacked for telling the truth, home secretary? - a downturn in the political weather, for now at least, for suella braverman, sacked at breakfast time. in less than a week, she had suggested the police were biased, some homeless people lived in tents as a lifestyle choice, and had challenged the prime minister's authority over a newspaper article written without his sign—off. here she was at the weekend — yesterday's home secretary standing alongside today's. by this morning, james cleverly was in downing street, wherever you looked. he is suella braverman�*s replacement. should we toughen the rulesl on protest, home secretary? it is only mid—morning, and already, this is one heck of a reshuffle — a new home secretary, a new foreign secretary who used to be prime minister. down the road a few minutes later, the new home secretary rolled up at his new office. i'm absolutely committed to stopping the boats, as we promised, but also making sure that everybody in the uk feels safe and secure. and do you want to distance yourself from the rhetoric of the previous home secretary? well, i intend to do thisjob in the way that i feel best protects the british people and our interests. meanwhile, the prime minister had been in parliament to fire people, the promoted walked the downing street catwalk, the sacked might be humiliated, but aren't usually humiliated publicly. mind you, the environment secretary, therese coffey, still turned up in downing street. she wasn't to be environment secretary much longer. the former health secretary steve barclay has taken herjob. and here is the new politician overseeing england's health service, victoria atkins. richard holden is the new conservative party chairman, and laura trott becomes the chancellorjeremy hunt's deputy as chief secretary to the treasury. the prime minister promised change, and one thing this reshuffle isn't is change. it won't change the fundamental problems of the country. it won't do anything to fix the cost of living or nhs waiting lists. and just when the moves looked done for the day, there was another former cabinet minister, esther mcvey, back in government, charged with keeping a sceptical eye on what some label as political correctness or wokery. we've got rather used to shake—ups around here in the last few years. here is another one, prompting just two questions that really matter. what difference will it make to government? and what difference, if any, will it make to its popularity — or lack of it? chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. so let's get some reaction from the us on david cameron's return to front line politics. we can now speak to frank luntz, one of america's best known political consultants and pollster. thank you forjoining us on the program. i know you have worked with david cameron and done studies of british voters for the conservative think tank the centre for policy studies. tell us a little bit about him as a leader and were surprised that he'll enter the political arena? ,, , , ., �* , arena? surprise wouldn't even begin to describe it. _ arena? surprise wouldn't even begin to describe it. i'm _ arena? surprise wouldn't even begin to describe it. i'm genuinely - to describe it. i'm genuinely shocked. i thought he had enough of politics, i thought he turned over a new leaf for his career. that said, he's very popular in washington. he was able to establish very good relationships with both republicans and democrats alike. in this era of polarisation in your country end in mind, someone who can cross those political divide to be just as comfortable in a democratic administration as it was a new republican, that's worth their weight in gold. i believe he's going to get a very warm welcome here in the us when he comes over. despite some of the — the us when he comes over. despite some of the strong _ the us when he comes over. despite some of the strong relationships - some of the strong relationships you've described in the us his name will always be associated with the brexit referendum. do you think he has a credibility to do the job? whether you agree or disagree with brexit it caused an earthquake. and in that earthquake we felt in america when donald trump got elected right afterward. he may always be associated with that in britain but in the us they are looking for in ally that is dependable, looking for an ally to give us in america a better steak in what's going on in your part of the world. and the idea that a former prime minister who serve thatjob for seven years, that someone who is going to open doors, someone who's going to open doors, someone who's going to open doors, someone who's going to have an impact and most importantly, someone who is going to get heard. advocates good for the uk and i know it's good for the us. mr cameron was also widely criticised for his handling of the british 2011 military intervention in libya. the government report showed that his decision was based on flawed intelligence. do you think that this incident will come back to haunt him? ., ., �* ~' incident will come back to haunt him? ., , him? no, i don't think so because... i didn't even — him? no, i don't think so because... i didn't even know _ him? no, i don't think so because... i didn't even know that _ him? no, i don't think so because... i didn't even know that and - him? no, i don't think so because... i didn't even know that and i - him? no, i don't think so because... i didn't even know that and i work. i didn't even know that and i work in britain. how about, you've given me three reasons why not to approve of this choice that rishi sunak made. how about giving the viewers three reasons why this is a brilliant choice for this government? brilliant choice for this covernment? ., government? however, the conservatives _ government? however, the conservatives in _ government? however, the conservatives in the - government? however, the conservatives in the uk - government? however, the conservatives in the uk are | government? however, the - conservatives in the uk are really struggling right now. do you think this is actually going to help them in the next election? i this is actually going to help them in the next election?— in the next election? i agree with that, the in the next election? i agree with that. they are — in the next election? i agree with that, they are struggling. - in the next election? i agree with that, they are struggling. and . in the next election? i agree with i that, they are struggling. and they are way behind at this point. you never say never, they are up before, most notably 1992, same situation, the public had enough of conservativism so stop give david cameron credit notjust for pushing the country forward but for having a unique capability of communicating very difficult, complicated issues in a really impactful way. most importantly, his record on the environment, if you want to go back and talk about success stories, the uk has led europe, the western world in environmental protection. the very briefly. _ in environmental protection. the very briefly. you _ in environmental protection. the very briefly, you say he's good for the us, why? very briefly, you say he's good for the us, why?— very briefly, you say he's good for the us, why? very briefly, you say he's good for the us, wh ? �* , ,, , ., the us, why? because the us needs to be heard. these _ the us, why? because the us needs to be heard. these are _ the us, why? because the us needs to be heard. these are very _ the us, why? because the us needs to be heard. these are very difficult - be heard. these are very difficult time in ukraine, difficult times in the us two middle east and taiwan and we need to be working with somebody who has the experience and brainpower of david cameron. i think the uk benefits. we brainpower of david cameron. i think the uk benefits.— the uk benefits. we have to leave it there- that — the uk benefits. we have to leave it there- that is _ the uk benefits. we have to leave it there. that is all _ the uk benefits. we have to leave it there. that is all we _ the uk benefits. we have to leave it there. that is all we have _ the uk benefits. we have to leave it there. that is all we have for - there. that is all we have for you now. thank you forjoining us. hello. storm debi swept eastwards on monday, bringing some of us some very strong winds. you can see this hook of cloud and rain. it was on the southern edge of this hook where we saw a swathe of very strong winds across parts of northern ireland, north wales and north—west england. in fact, it looks like blackpool may have seen its strongest wind gust in nearly ten years. there was quite a lot of rain around as well. storm debi now clearing eastwards, but further frontal systems following from the west. it does stay quite unsettled. and one band of heavy, perhaps thundery rain and squally winds clipping close to the south of england and the channel islands as we go through the morning. it could be some quite intense downpours in places with some very gusty winds. that wet and blustery weather then tending to clear eastwards through the morning. further north, a band of cloud and rain across parts of northern england, up into scotland. that making some northward progress through the day. although the far north of mainland scotland and especially 0rkney and shetland holding on to some sunshine. and then through the afternoon much of northern ireland, england and wales will see a mix of sunny spells and hefty showers. still quite blustery for some of us — highs of eights to 1a degrees. during tuesday night we'll see further showers or longer spells of rain. i think the wettest of the weather will be found across some central parts of scotland. temperature—wise, generally between five and eight degrees. so we'll start wednesday morning with cloud and some outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, north wales, northern england, southern and central parts of scotland. and some of that rain will continue through the day. but elsewhere, actually quite a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine, not too many showers. the winds easing just a touch and temperatures again between eight and 13, maybe 1a degrees. now, thursday's weather chart is quite a complex one, one weather system trying to approach from the south—west, another one a little bit further north. there's some uncertainty about which of these will win out and end up on top of the uk for thursday. but either way, we're expecting some outbreaks of rain to push eastwards. it may be that we have some quite strong and blustery winds. temperatures again generally between eight and 13 degrees. and an early look at the weekend weather, it does look quite unsettled. there'll be showers or longer spells of rain. low pressure firmly in charge, it could be quite windy as well. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour. as newsday continues. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the global economy has been hit by a series of unforeseen events — covid, russia's invasion of ukraine, the current sky—high tensions in the middle east, not to mention the impacts associated with long—term climate change. governments would like you to believe that poor economic performance, high inflation, low growth, rising inequality can be blamed on external factors. but is that true, or are the wrong economic levers being pulled ? well, my guest is former governor of the bank of england, mervyn king. does economic orthodoxy need rethinking?