more than 20 thousand nhs ambulance workers will take part in another strike over pay, manning picket lines across much of england and wales. former employees of the welsh rugby union have accused the organisation of having a toxic culture of sexism. everton have sacked manager, frank lampard, after less than a year in charge. their defeat at west ham on saturday was everton s ninth loss in 12 league games. and, meet the uk s youngest member of mensa. four year old teddy taught himself to read when he was just two, and can count to 100 in seven languages including mandarin. the prime minister has asked his independent ethics adviser, to examine how the conservative party chairman and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi, settled a multi million pound tax dispute. rishi sunak says there are questions that needed answers. mr zahawi says his error was careless but not deliberate, and his advisers say he doesn t intend to resign. labour however warns he needs to come clean and
we begin with the turmoil on financial markets today, the pound sterling continues to languish against the us dollar and several other currencies. the slide in its value was triggered by last week s mini budget, with its controversial package of tax cuts. let s get historical for a moment. we have records for sterling against the dollar going back through history, and in the early hours of monday morning it reached an all time low that is since the creation of the us currency in 1792. let s take a closer look at the past few days the dollar has been strong but this further drop down is about sterling weakness, with a bit of a recovery and then falling back again. you can see this dramatic few days, sterling weakness with a little bit of recovery before it fell back again. on friday and monday there were massive moves within a day, which for a currency like sterling is rare. and one of the impacts of a low pound means that we import inflation, oil and gas is more expensi
despite winning a confidence vote is mario draghi about to once more resign as italy s prime minister? and the lionesses of england roar into the semifinals of the euros after a nailbiter against spain. hello and welcome. president biden has used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures, including offshore wind farms and expanded flood control. with a heat dome now affecting 28 states, the us is the latest country to swelter with high temperatures. here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. with searing temperatures across much of america it feels like a climate emergency, from new york city to las vegas more than 100 million people being under excessive heat warnings this week. in parts of texas and oklahoma temperatures have topped 46 celsius. joe biden s comments came after a visit to a former coal fired coal plant in massachusetts now being u
to europe through the nord stream one pipeline but at the same reduced level as before it was closed for repairs ten days ago. there had been concerns that moscow would not resume the deliveries. italy s prime minister, mario draghi, has arrived to meet president mattarella to hand in his resigantion after three main coalition allies snubbed him in a senate confidence vote. a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. england s lionesses fight back to reach the semi finals of the euros an extra time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss, go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battle ground will be taxation, and in her first major broadcast interview of the race this morning, ms truss has insisted that the tax cuts sh