let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had votes to elect mccarthy on the 14th ballot, but when that seem headed for baylor, mccarthy s allied huddled around the florida congressman, matt gates, to get him to vote for mccarthy. instead, gates voted present, which is not good enough to win mccarthy in speakership. after the roll call, mccarthy himself approached gates, the two exchanged words amid a group of other lawmakers. mccarthy was the
southern england and the outlook not looking too bad overall both today and tomorrow. sunny spells in the forecast but also some showers. looking at the satellite picture, the crowd quite broken up across the uk with varied weather conditions. the most frequent showers this afternoon in the north east of england pushing through yorkshire, and later on today these showers becoming spells of rain heading south. temperatures tonight also quite varied because of the cloud cover. temperatures could get as low as 4 degrees but around coastal areas temperatures closer to 10 c. the big picture across europe on thursday and a rather large area of low pressure dominating the scene. more vigorous low pressure heading our way and already to come on friday. so for tomorrow a few showers around once again, not as many as today. the wind a little bit lighter tomorrow with more frequent sunny spells so temperatures also recovering up to 17 in some spots. then a different picture with his big
self inflicted, sometimes there is an economic crisis because of world events that can t be predicted. this is self inflicted, in downing street, with that budget. we ll have more on the bank of england s emergency intervention, and whether it s likely to work. also on the programme. an investigation by bbc panorama exposes what s described as a toxic culture at one of the uk s largest mental health hospitals. and, the people of florida are bracing theselves for one of the worst storms in the state s history. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the latest from lahore, as england take on pakistan in their fifth match of a gripping t20 series the sides locked at two matches each. good evening. it s been another day of instability on the financial markets, as concern deepens about the prospects for the british economy. last week s widely criticised mini budget unveiled by the chancellor raise laze been followed by a collapse in the pound and a sharp increase in the cost of
sometimes there is an economic crisis because of all the events that cannot be predicted. this is self inflicted in downing street with backbenchers last week. humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks patients put at risk due to a toxic culture at one of the uk s biggest mental health hospitals, bbc panorama reveals. health officials are urging those eligible to get their flu jabs and covid boosters. experts have warned of a big, and early wave of the flu this autumn. millions of people in florida preparing for life threatening storms and there will be high winds and flooding at hurricane ian approaching. the bank of england has stepped in to prop up the government bond market, after uk interest rates soared, and gilts tumbled, following the government s mini budget. the bank warned the market s reaction to the government s measures now represented a material risk to uk financial stability . it says the market for gilts, in which the british government borrows, has beco