hemisphere ripped through madagascar twice and now heads to mozambique for a second time. it to mozambique for a second time. , ., , ., ~ time. it may have broken the record as time. it may have broken the record as the time. it may have broken the record as the longest - time. it may have broken the record as the longest lasting| record as the longest lasting cyclone in history on record. it has been named tropical cyclone now for 33 days. a named tropical cyclone. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in the us, where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups in what s the largest banking failure in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. our north america tech correspondent james clayton has been explaining how it happened. well, this is one of those days that will go down in silicon valley history and it s certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we ve spok
as world leaders gather in egypt for cop27, can they prevent geopolitical issues from casting a shadow over tackling climate change? and the 34 year old singer and rapper aaron carter has been found dead at his home in california. hello and welcome to the programme. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just days away and president biden and barack obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. mr biden urged the cheering crowd in his home state to back the democrats john fetterman for the senate. he said the elections would shape the country for decades to come. this is not a referendum this year. it s a choice. a choice between two vastly different visions of america. vastly different. maybe it s in our blood butjohn and i believe all, it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i ve said from the beginning of my, my objective when i ran for president was to build an economy from
double what it was a year ago. and a famous football that could fetch £3 million at auction, the hand of god ball used by maradona at the vital victory over new zealand for england at the t20 world cup which keeps their hopes of regressing very much alive. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former health secretary matt hancock has been suspended as a conservative mp after becoming a surprise addition to the cast of the reality tv show i m a celebrity get me out of here. instead of representing his west suffolk constituents in westminster, he will be joining the other contenders in the australian jungle from next week. it is understood he wants to use his appearance to promote his campaign on dyslexia. the prime minister s spokesman said mitty sunak believes mps should what you work hard for their constituents at the challenging time for the country. our deputy political editor vicki young has the story. there are plenty of ways a politician can get that mes
good morning from birmingham wholesale market. i ll be getting reactions from traders. we ll speak to the parents of teenager harry dunn after their three year battle for justice which yesterday saw an american woman plead guilty to causing his death by careless driving. steven gerard is sacked by aston villa. he lost his job, after villa s defeat at fulham last night, with the club 17th in the premier league. and it s the final day for the children in need rickshaw challenge team. we ll be with them as they set off on the last leg of the journey. hopefully much drierfor hopefully much drier for them as well and certainly a dry day for eastern areas compared with yesterday. heavy showers in the west. details on that and your weekend forecast coming up here on your friday morning edition of breakfast. good morning. it s friday 21st october and i m outside number 10 downing street. liz truss moved into this famous building when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. by th
st. giles. it s really interesting because as max is talking about, the family trying to heal potentially in making very public glue over the schisms that have arisen other the last several years, so too is the country. it is trying to also heal to come to terms. it has lost a matriarch. and i think interestingly, i have been listening to a lot of commentary from scotland, officials much better aware of the politics there, of the culture there, historians and the like, for the scottish people who will come out and line that royal mile there, as we saw yesterday, will be incredibly close to the people of the royal dynasty, to king charles and his brothers and sisters. it s sort of divided into three layers for them, i m told. first, allegiance to the queen and affection for the queen who is part of their everyday lives. she went to their farms, to their churches, to their town halls. she was in the villages. she was known up there very, very well. then comes the monarchy and t