parties are pitching their final arguments to voters, with just five days until the midterms and economy and crime are playing high. the world s disappearing glaciers a new report says a third could have melted to nothing, in less than 30 years. and wakanda forever the long awaited sequel to the oscar winning film black panther has had its european premiere in london. hello. the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg at a rally on thursday. one person died and several were injured when a burst of gunfire hit mr khan s vehicle in the eastern city of wazirabad. his supporters took to the streets in several pakistani cities after the attack. from pakistan, our correspondent samira hussain reports. thursday s protest march started like all the others, and then this happened. rapid gunfire. footage shared on social media, confirmed by the bbc, shows a conscious imran khan with a bandage on his right leg being ta
the suburbs around tehran are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood have said 70% of the community has orally left and many of those living here now are thinking of joining them. here now are thinking ofjoining them. twitter staff are bracing themselves, after the company said it will tell them today whether they will be laid off, following the takeover by elon musk. and wakanda forever the long awaited sequel to the oscar winning film black panther has had its european premiere in london. hello and welcome to the programme. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is in beijing, on a trip that s sparked controversy in germany and elsewhere in europe. he s the first western leader to have gone to china in over three years, and his visit comes as relations between beijing and the west have started to sour. tom brada has the latest. receiving the red carpet treatment in beijing, chancellor olaf scholz is in china for a whistle stop tour. travelling with several
today, following the firm s takeover by elon musk. prince william has announced the finalists for his global we are going to find a solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize . good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending a spokesperson said we are reviewing every major project . the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement on the 17th of november. the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review borisjohnson pledged £700 million for the project in september, with a call to go nuclear and go large . a high speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try t
Trumps tax cuts and those french elections. Riding the wave of the Foodie Revolution. Celebrity chef mark hix will be with us to talk, food, fads and investment. Today, we want to know is cash your king . A survey says a third of us would rather pay digitally, do you still carry cash or is contactless the future . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Cash, rachel. Always carry that with you. I shouldnt say that. I dont have any cash on me shaking up the tax system has been a major theme of the trump administration. Today hes promising what he describes as A Big Announcement on his planned reforms. In fact, mr trump has already said hes planning what hes called maybe the biggest tax cut weve ever had. During the campaign he talked about cutting the top individual tax rate from 36. 9 to 25 . In terms of business, he wants to cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Mr trump has also proposed charging american firms a one off tax ofjust 10 on money they bring back to the us fro