we are headed for a catastrophe. this is a serious. it is really going to get worse if nothing more something other than what is already there. and a bbc investigation finds that sexual harassment and bullying went unchecked at international broadcaster al jazeera. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc new, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk where the new finance minister jeremy hunt has been insisting the prime minister liz truss is in charge. 48 hours into thejob, he has the herculean task of restoring market confidence in her economic plans. he s made clear he will be looking at government spending as well as the planned tax cuts. the prime minister s position does not appear secure. three conservative members of parliament have publicly called for her to resign. here s our political correspondent ben wright. behind the gates of the prime minister s country retreat, liz truss met her chance
measures ahead of his visit to el paso this weekend. before he travels, it appears the needs to study up on specifics. we re going to have to use title nine title eight am i right? we begin in washington where 11 rounds of votes over three days, the house of representativeses have failed to elect a speaker. a deal might be coming to move more support to kevin mccarthy. kevin cork is live in d.c. with the latest on this. good evening, kevin. the house has gavelled out tonight and will come back again friday at noon. as it stands, the majority of republicans, some 200 of them, want kevin mccarthy to become the speaker of the house. the other 20 have backed everyone from florida republican byron donalds to even former donald trump. they don t seem to be budging. this isn t chaos. this is a constitutional republic at work. i m a mom of four boys. i know what chaos and dysfunction looks like. mccarthy, meanwhile, said all he needs to do is flip at least 11 votes. ton
russia s brutal war and his visit, russia s former president, former foreign minister, former president dimitri medvedev has reacted publicly stating kishida has shown a complete subservience to the u.s. and should ritually disembowel himself, which i admit is a little harsh to be discussing on sunday morning tv. we will have more on russia s war in the chaos inside russia in a few minutes, with russia s foreign foreign minister, but first, back to the brief history lesson i brought up, because japan is interesting for another important reason. one which should serve as a stark reminder to american lawmakers at what happens when you play with fire in a fragile economy. sometimes, as fire goes out of control, and has catastrophic consequences. coming out of the 1970s and 1980s, headed to the 1990s, japan was the fastest growing economic power in the world, a global financial club manufacturing all sorts of things. think about watches, panasonic tvs, toyota cars. when our stuff
to yeah. zip it. that does it. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart and we are just five days away from the critical midterm elections with many key races neck and neck. president biden and former president trump hit the trail. we are live in two battleground states this morning. plus, the economy is top of mind for many voters as things like mortgages, credit cards, loan payments will soon be even more expensive. we ll talk to president biden s senior adviser public engagement and keisha lance bottoms including biden s warning to the nation about the threat to democracy. also north korea just launched another suspected intercontinental ballistic missile. we ll have a live report from seoul. back here at home, the feds say they busted a nationwide crime ring involving the theft of catalystic converters. we ll break down the details of the operation worth more than half a billion dollars
shocking. good news for the critical upcoming election in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. one week from tonight, it ll be election night right here in america. and the critical midterms, you got it, are seven days away. we begin with good news tonight for the g.o.p. along with an important warning to all voters across the country. that s coming. first the good news. in a shock to many democrats, general don baldock has now taken a one-point lead over the incumbent, maggie hassan, new hampshire senate race. this would be huge republican pickup. two purple hearts for the general baldock by the way. he and governor sununu will be on the show together on thursday night. in the state of washington, tiffany smiley, republican, is not a dead heat with patty murray according to trafalgar. michigan governors race, get this, tutor dixon will join us in the moment, she has now taken a lead over gretchen. in arizona, blake masters is in a statistical tie with mark kelly. in arizona, a