territories in ukraine, but the us says it will never recognise russia s claims. meanwhile ukraine says 23 people were killed when a russian missile hit a convoy of vehicles carrying civilians. search and rescue efforts continue in florida, after hurricane ian caused widespread destruction. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england more than 40,000 have left in the last year. steve wright will host his final radio 2 weekday show this afternoon, but stressed he is not retiring and will continue at the station. the prime minister liz truss and chancellor kwasi kwarteng will meet the head of the office for budget responsibility, the uk s independent financial forecaster this morning. they ll discuss the fallout frpm last week s mini budget. while the watchdog offered to prepare a draft forecast in time for last friday s mini budget, that offer wasn t taken up. forecasts from the 0br give an indication of the state of the nation s finances and there have been cal
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the president of the european commission says sabotage was the cause of rare gas leaks in two major pipelines connecting russia and europe. ursula von der leyen warned of the strongest possible response if active european energy insfrastructure is attacked. seismologists reported underwater explosions just before the leaks. nordstream 1 is leaking at two points, a day after a similar leak affected its sister pipeline, nordstream 2. the danish authorities have warned ships to avoid the area near the island of bornholm. i just want to show you these pictures from denmark s defence command, which show bubbles on the surface of the baltic sea above the pipelines they report the largest patch of sea disturbance is 1km wide. well, earlier, the polish prime minister went a step further and linked the incidents to the situation in ukraine. translation: we do not yet know the details of what happened - bu
at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. a moment of history in italy. georgia meloni looks set to become the country s first far right leader since the second world war and italy s first female prime minister. a people smuggler tells the bbc the government s policy of sending asylum seekers to rwanda is not deterring migrants. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be save the planet. to save the planet. coming up on the bbc news channel. as england face into their final match ahead of the world cup, manager gareth southgate admits he faces losing his job if results don t go his way in qatar. good afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. at one stage sterling plunged to around $1.03 before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
now. interested to get that assessment from sir charles bean. clearly the prime minister and chancellor are going to the party conference this weekend during a time of turmoil. how significant do you think discussions with the 0br today will be as they head to their annual conference? it is today will be as they head to their annual conference? annual conference? it is definitely annual conference? it is definitely a sitnal to annual conference? it is definitely a signal to the annual conference? it is definitely a signal to the wider annual conference? it is definitely a signal to the wider world - annual conference? it is definitely a signal to the wider world but. annual conference? it is definitely | a signal to the wider world but two tory mps as well that they are taking something on board in terms of the criticism of the plans. remember, the reason we are not calling it a budget on friday, even though it was so hugely consequential and held such significance announcements in