carts are demanding action over the same rocketing prices. so could all of that, any of that, happen here? we re all over it with alex hogan in london on truss moving out. peter doocy on the white house still digging in. shannon bream on if any party in power needs to listen up. and why jeb bush says he s fed up, not with just soaring prices, but right now falling school grades for our kids. attention, class. it s not dismissed. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you on a busy news day. let s first get the latest out of london where the shortest serving prime minister has just announced she s out of there. alex? hi, neil. a dramatic shakeup of u.k. government today. after just six weeks the prime minister announcing that she is resigning. liz truss walking out of downing street earlier today, announcing that she will resign. citing the war in ukraine and the unstable economy as major problems coming in to this role. she had hoped to grow the economy with dra
near the capital kyiv. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after not wearing a headscarf. france prepares for widespread disruption as oil industry workers and transport staff go on strike in a dispute over pay. the uk government are seeking to change the law to prevent their military pilots from training the chinese armed force. up to 30 former uk military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of china s people s liberation army in exchange for large sums of money. and. a happy birthday to the bbc! it s 100 years old today making it the world s longest running national broadcasting organization. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past six we
hello, welcome. we start in the uk. the chair of the conservative party, nadim zahawi, has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier, labour had called on nadhim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his
budget unleashed a torrent from institutions. most of it negative. the bank of england is forced to intervene to bring stability to the financial markets. emergency help was needed, but amid the turmoil, the government is still refusing to change its plans. what about the reporting of the story? did the media and bbc news in particular present too apocalyptic? particular present too apocalyptic a picture of the economic fallout. this caller to the newswatch line thought so. heuo. my name is anthony waites. i just wonder why the bbc doesn t talk about some of the plus sides of this budget and the falling of the pound. it s going to be very cheap for americans to come here on holiday and it s going to make our exports a hell of a lot cheaper than they have been. so, why isn t there a bit more balance? others thought those benefits were mentioned sufficiently. this user of social media tweeting as kiril picked out the bbc s economics editor for praise. the other big story of t
hollywood mogul, harvey weinstein, faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk s formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday, after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader, after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. so what do we know about britain s soon to be prime minister? here s our deputy political editor, vicki young. addressing the nation during a pandemic, a month afte