how manchester united won the league cup. and how france crossed scotland s six nations grand slam hopes in paris. crushed scotland s six nations grand slam hopes in paris. the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face to face talks with prime minister rishi sunak, to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech leo varadkarsaid. earlier, the deputy prime minister dominic raab began to outline what might be in the deal, including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president ursula von der leyen will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal do
are you concerned about the influence of andrew tait on boys or young men? get in touch with me on twitter. laterthis young men? get in touch with me on twitter. later this hour, the number of stars people can see with the naked eye has reduced dramatically over the last decade. welcome to bbc news. ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky, has made a direct appeal to germany to provide tanks ahead of crunch talks involving western allies in germany. ahead of crucial talks. the us and european nations have already promised more equipment to fight russia s invasion, but kyiv wants them to go further amid fears moscow will order a new offensive in the spring. ukraine wants nato countries to supply it with germany s highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. but european coutries are not supposed to export them without berlin s permission. and germany is reluctant to allow that unless the us also sends its own tanks. meanwhile, the uk has already promised to send 1a of its challenger 2 t
the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion or $4.7 billion factory in northumberland, as part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year would have looked like. the plan was to create 3,000 jobs at the plant. now, administrators have taken over the business and most of britishvolt s 300 staff are being made redundant. here s our business editor simonjack. so what went wrong? britishvolt was a start up company with no track record. their battery technology was only at the prototype stage. although there are expressions of interest from lotus and aston martin, they
two further explosions are heard as authorities continue to search the rubble in the city of zaporizhzhia more than 2a hours after a series of russian missiles hit civilian homes. and miracle baby find out how robbie s life was transformed while she was still in the womb. the uk s independent economic forecaster the office for budget responsibility has submitted its initialjudgment on the prospects for the economy to the chancellor this morning. we won t know what is in the draft report until budget day, which is currently planned for late november, but there s lots of speculation about how this will affect the cost of living. let s remind ourselves how we got here. two weeks ago kwasi kwarteng unveiled his mini budget claiming the biggest tax cuts in a generation. the obr wasn t allowed to assess the economic impact of those tax cuts which spooked global markets leading to a drop in the pounds value. it has affected the mortgage market with interest rates on a typical five