of making unwanted sexual advances towards a iii year old. hello. we begin here in the uk, which will have a new prime minister by the end of next week the fifth in six years. the governing conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its next leader following the resignation of liz truss. she stepped down on thursday afternoon, afterjust six weeks in the job. it s the shortest prime ministerial tenure in british history. this report from our political editor, chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time, to resign. i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. putin s illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. and our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth. i was
a jury in new york clears the actor kevin spacey of making unwanted sexual advances towards a 14 year old. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the governing conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its next leader following the resignation of liz truss. she stepped down on thursday afternoon, afterjust six weeks in the job. it s the shortest prime ministerial tenure in british history. this report from our political editor, chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time, to resign. i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. putin s illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. and our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth. i was elected
engaged personally? he has been directly involved in creating the conditions that would make this an absolute disaster for the economy if it happened. president biden thanks to his american rescue plan has unleashed already record inflation and record supply chain crisis. this would create a massive supply chain crisis on top of that. it would require 467,000 trucks to make up for the lost rail capacity. the problem is that truck capacity doesn t exist because of the biden s inflation and the supply chain crisis. thanks to biden we have the worst labor shortage in american history. 10 million unfilled jobs in this country. the trucking industry is short 80,000 long haul truckers right now. so if you throw on top of that the requirement for another half a million trucks every day out there, they can t meet that capacity. so what that means is the capacity is not going to get filled. it will mean that prices will go up. if you wonder why your grocery
welcome to bbc news, i m rich preston. our top stories. after weeks of chaos, liz truss leaves office, becoming the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. the race is now on to find a successor, with a new prime minister due to move into downing street by the end of next week. president biden thanks liz truss for her co operation on the war in ukraine, while european union leaders call for more stability in the uk. and in other news, a jury in new york clears the actor kevin spacey
welcome to bbc news, i m rich preston. our top stories. after weeks of chaos, liz truss leaves office, becoming the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. the race is now on to find a successor, with a new prime minister due to move into downing street by the end of next week. president biden thanks liz truss for her co operation on the war in ukraine, while european union leaders call for more stability in the uk. and in other news, a jury in new york clears the actor kevin spacey