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
fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab her family say they ve good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the prime minister will be meeting more backbenchers as she continues to try to shore up her leadership, a series of difficult headlines this morning following yesterday, following that interview as well, with our political editor chris mason in which she apologised for issues since she became prime ministerjust 41 days ago, earlier on today, it was business as usual, almost, with a cab neating, she and cabinet meeting, she and the new chancellor speaking at that meeting and the chancellor was setting out his plan, his thoughts on spending cuts which he said were on the way, he said that departments should agree those spending cuts by the end oaf week so a tight timetable there, and, they were meeting of course after he tore up most of that mini budget, the liz truss economic policy, t
actually deliver that and i think it s that fear of an early general election that is helping keep less trust place place amongst conservative mps giving the pollen deficit liz truss. it is prime minister s questions, and diff cure stomach is therapeutically hard time in points out that many of the campaign pledges have been shredded, talks about the political repetition, how she deals with it will be crucial to longevity. if you look so she not handling it well some conservative mps do we want to see this on repeat every week? at what point is that balance of risk change, which is more risky leadership contest? she is due to me again with the chairman of the backbench, 1922 committee, that run leadership elections. i think they will be effectively taking soundings amongst backbench mps about how she prefers tomorrow. nothing is inevitable in politics, it has been a surprising thing for all of us, she could leave the conceptus into the next general election, she could possibly not e
had written a book about ten years ago this idea, now she is lockstep withjeremy hunt, the contradiction between those two are very difficult and keir starmer will certainly ask about that. i think your starmer needs to bring it back and so does liz truss, actually, maybe this is her secret weapon, liz truss, actually, maybe this is hersecret weapon, dipping liz truss, actually, maybe this is her secret weapon, dipping back to real people in the country who are not worried about faceless and nameless conservative mps most of whom they couldn t identify in a police line up and the backstabbing of liz truss and really the question about energy bills and the fact that there is some certainty for six months but there won t be for two years. that is the u turn i would worry most about if i was liz truss because that is what affects most people in this country rather than the entire imaginations of westminster which can be entertaining. in prime ministers question time as part of that most p
months had said it should last for six months where she was doing it for two years months where she was doing it for two years and now houses only lasting two years and now houses only lasting six two years and now houses only lasting six months. it is hard to think lasting six months. it is hard to think of lasting six months. it is hard to think of any form of words that can -et think of any form of words that can get her think of any form of words that can get her out think of any form of words that can get her out of the hole that she is in. get her out of the hole that she is in there get her out of the hole that she is in. there are mistakes that cure stomach in. there are mistakes that cure stomach could make and maybe he will make them stomach could make and maybe he will make them but it is really hard to see what make them but it is really hard to see what she can do the fact that her position is that she is already you turned her position is that she is