we start here in the uk, where as you have been hearing the pressure on prime minister liz truss is building after another day of political chaos. the exit of a key cabinet member, home secretary suella braverman, who delivered a blistering attack on her former boss in her resignation letter. then a huge row in the house of commons over a vote on fracking, seen as a test of loyalty to the prime minister. it saw the pound fall sharply on wednesday, wiping out all the gains made this week after liz truss replaced her chancellor and abandoned the tax cutting plans that had rattled the markets. our political editor chris mason was following events. conservative mps are openmouthed in horror at what they are witnessing, government six week old histjunked the majority of its programme and removed a chancellor in a day of complete chaos, at lunchtime a senior adviser to the prime minister suspended over allegations of briefing against conservative mps, after prime minister s questi
and her supposed best friend, the former chancellor, he s gone as well. they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. sneers mr speaker, lam a fighter, not a quitter. and the other main stories this lunchtime: up to 45 babies may have survived if they d received better care at east kent nhs hosptials trust, finds a damning inquiry. russia says it s evacuating civilians from the occupied city of kherson as ukrainian forces make big gains in the area. and in cricket ireland beat scotland by six wickets, at the t20 world cup in australia. and coming up on the bbc news channel: we look ahead to a busy night in the premier league. five games including liverpool against west ham, while manchester united host tottenham. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc s news at one. figures show the cost of living is rising at the fastest rate for a0 years. inflation rose above 10% for the 12 months to september, with most of that increase due to higherfood prices. th
north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, ros atkins on resignation of liz truss. ros atkins gives his analysis on some of main news stories of the week. this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. when a prime minister takes office there is no time limit, no fixed number of terms. their leadership stretches out in front of us. margaret thatcher stood down after 11 years. tony blair served ten. recently, though, we ve had four prime ministers in six years all of them conservatives. david cameron left downing street after the brexit vote. theresa may had three years before tory mps intervened. it was the same for borisjohnson. and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest as
are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, ros atkins gives his analysis on some of main news stories of the week. when a prime minister takes office there is no time limit, no fixed number of terms. their leadership stretches out in front of us. margaret thatcher stood down after 11 years. tony blair served ten. recently, though, we ve had four prime ministers in six years all of them conservatives. david cameron left downing street after the brexit vote. theresa may had three years before tory mps intervened. it was the same for borisjohnson. and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest asset to win the next election. she is the woman who will get britain moving. that, though, is not going to happen any more. wow, one of the shortest lived
and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest asset to win the next election. she is the woman who will get britain moving. that, though, is not going to happen any more. wow, one of the shortest lived premierships ever. i liz truss s time is over, when it had onlyjust begun. hello, welcome. well, this is unexpected. not, of course, being here for a new series looking at the biggest stories of the week, ijust hadn t necessarily factored in doing our first episode on the day the prime minister resigns. but here we are, and across next 30 minutes this is the story of the fall of liz truss. because it has been quite a week. hello, hi guys. we are probably still a few minutes late. 0h, are you? 0k. we will reverse almost all the tax measures. gone, gone. a complete reversal. gone, gone, gone. clearly trussonomics has gone. he has locked