instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. downing street says the prime minister is now focussed on ensuring economic stability, but with most of her plans now ripped up, we ll be asking whether liz truss can survive, and getting reaction from voters. also this lunchtime the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. and against the odds, scotland s cricketers beat the west indies in one of their greatest ever victories. and coming up on the bbc news channel scotland have made a winning start to their t20 world cup campaign with a shock defeat of the west indies in australia. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, aimed at reassurin
and misconduct. the mayor of kyiv says that russian strikes on the city this morning have killed one person and wounded three others. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellorjeremy hunt is to deliver an emergency statement on the british economyjust after 11 o clock this morning, bringing forward measures a fortnight earlier than expected. it s expected there ll be a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p, that would be yet another u turn from the mini budget that caused such turmoil on financial markets. with me now as our chief political correspondent. he is waiting in the wings to talk to me. let me round up, because an hour or so we are expecting to hear from the chancellor, he is going to be making that statement and we are expecting pretty much everything in the mini budgets to be pulled back, except for the national insurance increase, the national insurance cut because that has already been legislated for, obviously
The us buys almost the entire worldwide stock of remdesivir, a drug shown to speed the recovery of covid patients. Life under lockdown how the residents of leicester are coping after shutting down a second time. And the man who should have been englands first black player the campaign for a statue of jack leslie. Someone came down to watch him. They werent watching his football. They were looking at the colour of his skin, and because of that he was denied the chance of playing for his country. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, england play their only warm up match ahead of next weeks test series against the west indies against each other. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Thousands of people have come out to demonstrate in hong kong in defiance of new anti protest laws imposed by china. Police used water cannon on the crowds and made more than 180 arrests, including seven under the new National Security law imposed by beijing. In the last half an h
New security law in the territory which led to mass protests. Could we see an extension of the countries we can travel to . Dozens more could be exempt from the governments quarantine rules to allow people to go on a foreign holiday. Over the castle on the hill. A star studded list, featuring the likes of ed sheeran, sir Paul Mccartney and annie lennox call on the government to do more to protect the uks live music venues. Hello, good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can get in touch with me about any of our stories today on twitter. Schools in england will be told to stagger break times, Group Children into bubbles and focus on core subjects when they return to the classroom in september. The government is expected to confirm safety plans based on reducing contact, rather than social distancing. For gcses and a levels, most pupils will be expected to continue with all of their intended subjects. Attendance will be compulsory, with the threat of penalty
China warns britain to back off over hong kong, as the uk reconsiders the role of huawei in the sg roll out. Music plays. And the brilliant. Tributes to Ennio Morricone, whose film music is known to millions, who has died at the age of 91. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news fixtures for the new scottish premiership season are released as celtic aim for a record tenth league title in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The audience loved it it had urgency, understanding, sympathy and, most importantly, it had money £1. 7 billion of it. The governments support package for the arts industry has been broadly welcomed by a sector which has been ravaged by the covid pandemic. The money will come in the form of grants and loans. But its come too late for some Theatre Companies and their staff, and theres concern about exactly where the money will go, with calls for regional theatres to be made a priority. Freelancers in the industry also say they n