good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has blamed westminster for the cost of living crisis and renewed her pledge to achieve scottish independence scotla nd scotland has got what it takes to be a successful, independent country. it has it in abundance. never let anyone tell us otherwise. a nurse pleads not guilty to murdering 7 babies and attempting to murder ten others as her trial begins in manchester. a new ticketmaster pricing system, which alters the price of tickets based on demand, is being criticised by both fans and industry experts. russia has carried out a series of missile strikes on cities across ukraine, in the most widespread bombardment since the early weeks of the war. the capital city of kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months. and there have been explosions in other cities including lviv, dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia. ukraine says at least 11 people were killed and 64 injured in the attacks. vladimir putin says the strikes are moscow s
we cover the devastation caused by hurricane ian. here is the newest information coming in this saturday evening. the storm s death toll in florida now stands at 66. this is the scene in north port, which is in sarasota county. state officials say the latest known death is that of a 62-year-old woman also from that county. she apparently drowned after getting trapped in her vehicle. take a look at the massive amount of water people risked traveling through today east of sarasota. they re in their car. this is a car, not a boat, makes its way down a very flooded state highway. sheriff s deputies and firefighters went door to door in the community of hidden river warning people about a potentially levee beach. on cape coral, they are checking on victims who may need urgent help. fire rescue say they have been collecting people and pets and taking them to a fire station where helicopters are ferrying people to safety. this afternoon, governor ron desantis said while more than ha
testing supply lines. with most bridges blown, ukraine s had to rely on amphibious vehicles and boats to keep feeding the front line. they ve only just completed the construction of this crossing. and there are other obstacles too countless russian minefields that need to be cleared. ukraine is still advancing, but it s getting harder. explosion jonathan beale, bbc news, donbas. jonathan beale reporting on the turmoil in ukraine. more on tonight s main story the turmoil at westminster. we rejoin our political editor chris mason. we know there have been gatherings of mps in the evening, do we have any of what tomorrow might bring? we have any of what tomorrow might brin: ? ., . we have any of what tomorrow might brinu? ., , , we have any of what tomorrow might brinu? . , , , bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now prove bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now prove nylon - chaos will now prove nylon impo
i hope all those people that put liz truss in number ten, i hope it was worth it, i hope it was worth it to sit around the cabinet table, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. fix, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from - our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from one l prime minister flailing from one crisis to the next, and a big, blunt question tonight is this a government in its death spiral? is this your last prime minister s questions? earlier, the prime minister had been fighting off renewed demands to step down after the collapse of the mini budget. economic credibility, gone. and her supposed best friend, the former chancellor, he s gone as well. they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. sneers m