country s pre pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid 19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute s silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent, jim reed . hello. just tell us a little more, if you would, about this first phase of the inquiry? of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by boris - of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry| was announced by boris johnson of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry - was announced by boris johnson back was
attend theirfirstjoint engagement since the end of formal mourning. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. britain s finance minister kwasi kwarteng, has told the conservative party conference in birmingham that he s still determined to deliver his economic plan hours after performing a major u turn on a flagship policy. he s abandoned a proposal to lower taxes for high earners, following widespread criticism, turmoil in the financial markets and a dramatic drop in the value of the pound. the chancellor acknowledged his plans caused, what he called, a little turbulence in the economy. he s now also expected to bring forward his next financial statement from the 23rd of november to this month. here s our political editor, chris mason. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the
after standing by the policy. but with a growing number of senior conservatives criticising the plan, the chancellor admitted this morning that it had to go as it had become a distraction from other parts of the government s economic plan. and so the chancellor used a key speech at the conservative party conference in birmingham to try and move beyond that distraction , take a listen. what a day. it has been tough but we need to focus on thejob in hand. i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence i get it. i get it. we re listening and have listened. i refused to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny i refuse to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny to fall back into middle league status or that the tax burden reaching a 70 year high is somehow inevitable. it isn t and it shouldn t be. we needed a new. applause. conference, we needed a new approach focused on raising economic growth. just over a week after hitting an all time lo
Mesothelial mac will send you a free book to answer questions you may have called and well come to you 808 to one 4,000 today on Inside Politics, donald trump goes to swing states, michigan and wisconsin, where it helps stoke Immigration Politics Thousands Miles from the southern border as democrat zero in on the nazzal swing state of florida. Thanks to big news on abortion there last night, which the Biden Campaign is scrambling to capitalize on, plus a judges words. The judge Presiding Over A Manhattan Hush Money Trial tells donald trump what he cannot say but one more chance, own words about the former president might say a whole lot more. And rfk junior does Donald Trumps bidding an independent the president ial candidate . Says, joe biden is a genuine threat to democracy, putting what he calls social Media Censorship on par with trump separately hertz to stay in office, even though he lost, which of course culminated in a violent attack on the us capitol dana bash, lets go behind
These are the values that william and charles has been trying to move away from. So i think thats going to blow up again. Its going to be a problem. You probably going to see a lot of it on social media. And were not going to hear much from this lot about it. I dont think because hes not working royal. Yeah. Max foster. Thanks very much. The news continues right here on cnn Abortion Band and become the law in that state. But voters are going to have the final say in november and the first vessel travels to a newly created alternate channel at the site of the baltimore Bridge Collapse all right. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington live. Look at capitol hill. Good morning, everyone. Kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with Us Donald Trump heads back on the Campaign Trail today, a day after posting a 100 million bond that of course means that new York Attorney general, Letitia James has been blocked from seizing his assets until at least september when the former president s appeal is set to