inflationary pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps first thought in august. manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions that were set after he was taken into custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary. more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start in the opening game of the tournament against samoa. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has today indicated that he will make major changes to liz truss economic strategy. mr hunt appointed yesterday after kwasi kwarteng was sacked from thejob said mistakes had been made by the government. he warned of difficult decisions ahead , suggesting taxes may have to rise and refusing to rule out spending cuts. meanwhile, in the last hour, the governor of the bank of england has predicted that uk interes
pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps in august. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. and rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start, crushing samoa in the opening game of the tournament at st james s park good afternoon. the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. mr hunt appointed yesterday after kwasi kwarteng was sacked from the job said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of difficult decisions ahead . and in a further problem for the government, the governor of the bank of england has predicted that in order to combat inflation uk interest rates may have to rise even higher than expecte
responsible for with the prosecutions. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. we start here in the uk. it seems there will be big changes to country s entire economic plan. the new finance minister, chancellorjeremy hunt says taxes could rise to help reassure financial markets. on friday the prime minister liz truss sacked the previous chancellor and announced more u turns on her big economic ideas, but is still facing criticism from her own mps. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. congratulations, mr chancellor. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with setting out his stall, it was a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is absolutely not planning public spending cuts but listen to this. we have some very difficult decisions ahead, difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as
in northern turkey, at least 41 coal miners have been killed in an underground explosion. president erdogan promises an investigation during a visit of the scene. translation: of course we will find out how this explosion happened, i and if there are any people responsible for it with the prosecutions, which have already started. the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. there s been more unrest in iran, including at the evin prison in tehran, which houses hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals. iranian state media says a fire broke out in the jail after clashes, but that it s now under control and eight people were reportly injured. it follows another day of anti government protests in several cities. demonstrations began last month in response to the death in custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her hijab correctly. duncan kennedy
hello and welcome to the programme. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. iranian state media has said the fire has been brought under control. it reported that at least eight people had been injured and there were no fatalities. it comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandatory headscarf. the internet was shut down accross much of the country on saturday, but videos have emerged showing protests in a dozen cities, including tehran. in the northwestern city of ardabitl, there have been reports of the security forces opening fire on demonstrators and protesters throwing rocks and chanting death to the dictator . i spoke to rana rahimpour of the bbc s persian service, abo