number of angry depositors who have forced banks to return their savings. millions of dollars remain trapped by capital controls imposed in the face of an unprecedented financial crisis. the credit agency fitch has lowered the outlook for its credit rating for british government debt from stable to negative. it comes after the government announced huge tax cuts funded by borrowing in a mini budget last month. some of those plans were reversed on monday. earlier, prime minister liz truss gave her first conference speech as conservative leader. she s been in thejob for less than a month, but already, some are questioning whether she ll still be in the position by christmas. but despite all that, she was in bullish mood as she addressed her party. our political editor chris mason was watching. # moving on up, you re moving on out. not everyone here has been standing up for the prime minister in the last few days, but they did today. moving on up, liz truss hopes. she began with
indonesia has sacked a police chief in east java after one of the world s worst football stadium disasters. at least 32 children were among 125 people who died in the crush. since the events of the mini budget, the pound has regained most of its losses, but the costs of government borrowing and mortgage interest rates are still significantly higher. it was meant to be growth it was meant to be a growth plan, not a budget. it was meant to underpin the confidence of investors in all projects from those involving towering cranes to ordinary house moves to make that investment. but instead, it amplified an interest rate shock from around the world and targeted it at the uk. if i look back at this, natwest last week were quoting a five year fixed rate at 3.77, whereas the changes that were made today, their five year fixed rate cheapest is 5.14. and that s with a 40% deposit. and that was with a 40% deposit, yeah. 10 minutes walk from the chancellor s speech, a birmingham mortgag
tonight, inflation is at a 40 year hi, average gas prices are above 4.5 a gallon. fox team coverage, alexandria off is live at the white house but first, the white house correspondent jacqui heinrich reporting from saudi arabia. to in the trip were strengthening israel s relationship with saudi arabia and other countries in the region. bringing down gas prices by increasing global oil supply amid the russian war in ukraine the white house has been celebrating incremental progress on both fronts especially after the president faced criticism for extending his hand literally and metaphorically to the leader of the country to make a praia after the murder of jamal khashoggi. the saudi government after by the submitting video, the delegation fist pumping and spending hours together pouring cold water on white house account of their own successes there. for days, the administration has lot of the decision to open flights from israel as significant steps in normalizing relations
Decades or more and the policy has failed. We ought to try Something Else not just continue applying that same model to new substances. Thats just me. Mr. Wooldridge. In talking about alcohol in the period of alcohol prohibition, bootleg dhol was adulterated with methyl alcohol and other compounds and drinkers were blinded and people were paralyzed and there was a term called jake leg which was a kind of paralysis in which people were perm nentsly injured from their use of alcohol and that, of course, we know is the function of prohibition and not of the legal control. Are these drugs harmful . The evidence is of people who present themselves to the police and so on yes, these seem to be quite harmful. They are harmful as a consequence of the market distortions that Law Enforcement creates for the drugs that people want to get and there was an article in the New York Times magazine this sunday, i didnt want to use these drugs, but theyre easier to get and theyre being represented as be
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the largest of 27 wildfires in california kept expanding today. The rocky fire has now spread across more than 100 square miles. Its burning some 100 miles north of san francisco, and so far, its only 12 contained. Overnight, the blaze jumped a highway that served as a barrier. Its endangering several thousand homes, and officials have urged about 13,000 people to leave the area. Woodruff the family of a black woman who died in a texas jail has now filed a wrongful death suit in federal court. Sandra bland was pulled over by a white trooper for a traffic violation. Three days later she was found hanging in her jail cell. Officials say she committed suicide. Today, in austin, her mother said whatever th