a so called dirty bomb disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinsteen faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. and as hindus around the world celebrate divali, we ll look at the significance of what indians are calling a divali gift britain s first ever prime minister of indian descent hello and welcome to bbc world news. we begin here in london, where rishi sunak has been named as the uk s next prime minister. he ll be appointed by king charles on tuesday morning, the country s third pm in seven weeks. mr sunak was declared leader of the conservative party, when his rival penny maudant pulled outjust before the deadline. he ll be the first person of colour ever to hold the post, and at forty two the youngest in more than two hundred years. his challenges include tackling the highest inflation in forty years, and restoring confidence in the government, after the brief but chaotic administration of predecessor, liz truss. here s what he said after
forever, forever, forever. and the stars come out to celebrate james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. after a bruising week for the prime minister, which included a row about a possible squeeze on benefits and a u turn on tax, liz truss has given her first speech as leader to the conservative party conference and insisted we must stay the course . the address was interrupted by greenpeace protesters, but the prime minister went on to defend her determination to cut taxes in order to stimulate growth; she said she had a clear strategy to get britain moving, and that while not everyone would be in favour of her plans, everyone would benefit. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas has this report. she entered with the deliberate stride of someone trying to recover an already faltering premiership. morning. exactly one month into the job, she has been blamed for economic t
certified on january 6th. right. we ll get into all of that in a moment. meantime, in florida, a legal victory for former president donald trump, a federal judge there granting his request for a special master to review materials seized from mar-a-lago last month. how much could this complicate, definitely slow down the justice department s criminal probe into the former president s handling of classified documents? we will ask our attorneys ahead. but let s begin with our senior investigative correspondent drew griffin who joins us with all of the details on this newly obtained video from a county in georgia, taken the same day a voting machine was breached. shows the lengths they were going to do try to prove what they never proved, that there was some kind of fraud going on. breaches of voting machines now in swing states are under investigation across the country, guys. this one happened in coffee county, georgia, and cnn obtained this surveillance video at one of t
considerable political heft behind his replacement. it s time for politics to be over, folks. it s time for us all to get behind liz truss and her team and her program. and deliver for the people of this country. johnson and truss then took separate planes to the 1,100 mile round trip to scotland to visit the queen. johnson submitting his res nag, and truss being invited to form a new government. meetings which are strictly private. for britons looking on, support amidst a cost of living crisis is their top priority. truss will be expected to lay out a new vision and quickly. the leadership contest lasted six long weeks. during which the pound slumped to its lowest rate against the dollar since 1985. returning to london, truss stood where johnson had stood hours before. britain can ride out this storm, she said, as thunder cracked and lightning struck over london. details of how will follow this week. we shouldn t be daunted by the challenges we face. as strong as the s