we never deal with it, we kind ofjust move on. the british prime minister liz truss has apologised for mistakes in the government s financial strategy a strategy that she set in motion. the majority of measures in her so called mini budget have been reversed by her new finance minister jeremy hunt. he was in parliament on monday to explain why the economic policy was being scrapped. the prime minister herself was keeping a low profile. in a moment, we ll hear an exclusive interview with her. but first, our political editor chris mason has the story of how the day unfolded. first thing this morning, it felt like a government on the run. sorry about the rain, guys. the new chancellor was even apologising for the weather. jeremy hunt was jogging before dawn thought of breaking. any more u turns? the answer was yes. news was already breaking. mr hunt was performing the last rites on almost all of liz truss s plans her programme for government dead. living hour by hour. this i
i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. three weeks from election day, and today president biden is putting abortion rights front and center for voters. this afternoon he promised to make roe v wade the law of the land. promising to send a bill to congress to codify the law. they re hoping this could galvanize voters. if you care about the right to choose, then you ve got to vote. that s why in these midterm elections, it s so critical to elect more democrats to keep control of the house of representatives. folks, if we do that, here s the promise i make to you and the american people the first bill i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. when congress passes it, i ll sign it in january 50 years after roe was first decided as the law of the land. cnn s phil mattingly is at the white house this afternoon. what s behind the strategy here of making abortion a focus of the mid terms. polling is showing that it s not the boost it was a few weeks ago
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a large fire has broken out on the only bridge linking russia with the crimea peninsula. images widely shared on social media show a train on the kerch rail bridge engulfed in flames; the cause of the damage is unclear. the adviser to the head of the office of president of ukraine tweeted crimea, the bridge, the beginning . all this comes as ukraine says two mass burial sites have been found in the eastern town of lyman which has been recently liberated from russia. danjohnson has the latest. dawn this morning revelaed a major blow for russia and its main connection to crimea. this is a ley road road and railway bridge linking the peninsula. officials confirmed fuel tanks caught fire, apparently part of a freight train crossing the bridge, but it s not clear what caused this. sections of the road have also collapsed into the sea. this is an important connection strategically for getting supplies to crimea,
cheering and it s merry across the mersey as liverpool is picked to host next year s eurovision song contest. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia has been severely damaged by a fire, and the road bridge next to it has collapsed. images widely shared on social media show a train on the kerch rail bridge engulfed in flames. the cause of the damage is unclear. the adviser to the head of the office of president of ukraine twitted crimea, the bridge, the beginning the bridge across the kerch strait was opened by president putin four years after moscow illegally annexed crimea. these pictures show putin driving a truck, leading a convoy across the newly opened bridge in 2018. all this comes as ukraine says two mass burial sites have been found in the eastern town of lyman, which has been recently liberated from russia. danjohnson has the latest. dawn this morning revealed a major blow for russia
chris page has the details. blown out walls, a crumpled roof and tons of rubble, with the signs this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. some drive tractors to start removing the debris. a coastguard helicopter arrived to help tell if the injured to hospital. paramedics and firefighters from northern ireland came across the border to join their colleagues in the irish republic in the operation. they searched through the remains of flats which were above the garage shop, and largely collapsed. there were reports that several people who were reports that several people who were trapped managed to make contact with the emergency services, but it still isn t clear how many are missing. krishna is a small village with about 400 residents. never with the community have imagined facing such