samoa and kiribati were first to greet the new year, followed by new zealand where thousands gathered to watch the fireworks in auckland. you are watching bbc news. now the dark side of direct sales. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 in, like, road trips and stuff. wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound dramatic but it was like selling your soul. and could d
you re watching bbc news. now the dark side of direct sales. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 in, like, road trips and stuff. wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound dramatic but it was like selling your soul. and could direct sales companies be breaking the law? i m speechless. if they were here right now, . i would ask them what on earth they think they re u
ensure there is trust and confidence in our national finances. that means decisions of eye watering difficulty. as her plans unravelled, liz truss kept a low profile in westminster leaving a cabinet colleague to step in. the prime minister is not under a desk. she. laughter. after a day in which the prime minister was barely seen and not heard, tonight she speaks exclusively to me for this programme. also on the programme. russian forces launch waves of drone attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv. hundreds of metropolitan police are getting away with law breaking and misconduct says a new report. iamat i am at the roundhouse in london where the winner of the booker stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the prime minister liz truss has said she is sorry and accepts repsonsibility for mistakes in her economic plan as the maj
headquarters in new york city and the political drama captivating washington and paralyzing the house of representatives now in a third day with no end in sight. we re well into the seventh vote. still no speaker ask it does not appear the concessions kevin mccarthy agreed to last night made any difference in the vote count today. the biggest backlash against those conservative rebels coming from other members of their party. slamming them as egotistical opportunists. one of those members, chris stewart, will join us in a minute. and donald trump s big endorsement of kevin mccarthy landing with a thud. his own maga members rejeking his advice and holding the line against the would-be speaker. so has the former president last his touch? joining me now is senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, political correspondent steve kornacki, former congresswoman donna edwards, an msnbc political analyst, john theory is a long-time republican house staffer, matthew dowd is foun
lucas tomlinson is here live with the latest. reporter: jon, according to a new fox news poll, 3 out of 4 voters think the economy is getting worse. while eating ice cream in portland this weekend, president biden appeared to disagree. i m not concerned about the [inaudible] i m concerned about the rest of the world. does that make sense? can you explain that? yes. our economy s strong as hell. reporter: a majority of voters, 51%, to be exact, say their financial situation is now worse compared to two years ago. only 15% say it was better. on fox news sunday, congressman steve scalise offered this explanation why: do. they are furious with biden and pelosi s far-left, socialist agenda that has led to just the cost of everything you guy when you go to the grocery store, if you can even afford to put gas in your car. reporter: if the election for president were held today, only 33% of voters would vote to reelect biden. a majority, 54%, would vote for someone