Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bbc News at One. The us president ial candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have clashed in their first debate of the election campaign. The pair sparred over immigration, abortion and the economy and traded attacks over each other S Record in government. Vice president harris called the former president a laughing stock on the world stage, and said hed be manipulated by dictators if he returned to the white house. Donald trump criticised american Military Aid to ukraine, as well as accusing Kamala Harris of having no economic plans. Our senior North America Correspondent, gary odonoghue, has the story. The abc News President ial debate. Here now, David Muir and linsey davis. Good evening. Im David Muir and thank you forjoining us for tonights abc News President ial debate. Not just the first debate for these two as president ial candidates, but the first time these two have ever met. That was about as friendly as it got as they came to debate in p
Is fully behind the action that we are taking. The member for shipley with her huge experience in health and social care, talked about the need to work with those in supported Accommodation And Housing associations and the nhs to make sure pensioners get the help they are entitled to and i will spell some of the action out. The Memberfor Rossendale and darwen made a strong case for targeting health on the poorest pensioners and the need to tackle the root causes of poverty including insulating homes and bring Energy Costs down. And the memberfor pool, one of the things he said was the long and complex form for Pension Credit which i have asked to be reduced to make it asked to be reduced to make it as simple as possible. I would like to start by setting out why we have taken the difficult decision to means Test Winter Fuel payments so they are no longer available to all pensioners whatever their income. But focused on those in greatest need. Put simply, it is because we must fix the fo
Alarm bells are ringing about the outlook for china, but officials remain confident this is a short term blip. Only last month, the chinese premier, li qiang, said his country was still on track to reach its annual Growth Target of around 5 , a modest target after china grewjust 3 last year, one of the weakest showings in nearly half a century. Lets talk through whats at stake with jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. Iam hoping i am hoping she is there. Good morning to you. I am hoping she is there. Good morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in a morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in a row morning to you. Good morning. A fourth month in a row of fourth month in a row of contraction although it is slightly improved from last month, hasnt it . It slightly improved from last month, hasnt it . Month, hasnt it . It has slightly month, hasnt it . It has slightly been month,
but the story remains the same. and there is a new warning today that more than 75,000 businesses could fold in the face of unmanageable utility bills. we will have more on that. also this lunchtime. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a re trial, on domestic violence charges. free meals are being introduced for the youngest pupils at primary schools in wales it s planned that all primaries will offer them by 202a. and, chelsea have sacked their head coach, thomas tuchel, after their third defeat of the new season. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a devastated nick kyrgios exits the us open after karen khachanov edges out the australian after five sets at flushing meadows. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, liz truss has faced the labour leader sir keir starmer for her first prime minister s questions and confirmed that she will announce proposals tomorrow to tackle the soaring cost of energy. pressed on ho
we really haven t got the detail. and i m geeta guru murthy in the studio our other headlines. the un security council hears calls for a security zone to shield ukraine s zaporizhzhia power plant, which is under russian control. reports say documents seized by fbi agents at donald trump s home include highly sensitive nuclear papers of a foreign power. welcome to the heart of british government where politicians hope to make the weather politically but they cannot do much about the weather we are experiencing at the moment. . , , , ., moment. excuse the sunshine and shadows. certainly, moment. excuse the sunshine and shadows. certainly, the moment. excuse the sunshine and shadows. certainly, the cabinet i shadows. certainly, the cabinet misses me in down the street a few minutes ago were in sunshine and the smiles which is entirely understandable, many of them around the cabinet table for the first time. the new politically office yesterday and begins to get her feet un