russian shelling hits targets in ukraine overnight as nato and the western allies promise to continue helping kyiv to defend itself. hundreds of allegations of sexual or domestic abuse are made against metropolitan police staff. a report by conservationists says global wildlife populations have fallen by nearly 70% in less than five decades. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure to rethink the tax cuts announced in last month s mini budget. one tory mp accused her of wrecking ten years of conservative policies aimed at helping working people. this morning the foreign secretary james cleverly warned tory mps that any attempt to replace liz truss as prime minister would be a disastrously bad idea . let s take a look at how we ve got this point. yesterday, liz truss appeared at pmqs for the first time since the chancellor set out the mini budget. she was repeatedly asked about her management of the economy which has bee
few spots of rain left over here and towards the north west of the uk the weather is beginning to deteriorate. another band of rain starts to move its way and across scotland and you can see the rain working into western counties of northern ireland right now and that rain will continue to edge its way in over the next few hours but that still leaves large areas of wales, the north midlands, northern england, eastern scotland, with glorious weather and plenty of sunshine and for many of you it continues to be pretty mild. temperatures 14 17 for england and wales, about 12 13 for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures a bit closer to average for the time of year. overnight quite a bit of cloud, a few mist and fog patches, a few patches of light rain and drizzle here and there as well but not desperately cold, temperature is about 9 12. tomorrow, a changeable kind of weather day. this is a band of rain, cold front, that will be bringing wet weather across northern ireland,
the nurse accused of murdering babies, wrote i killed them on purpose because i m not good enough on a post it note. ukrainian fighters who surrendered after weeks of sheltering under a steelworks, we have spoken to one who been released. former culture minister will chair a new body to examine returning the elgin marbles to greece. they are currently displayed in the british museum. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. liz truss is coming under more pressure from some of her own mps to rethink her tax cutting plans following last month s mini budget. it comes after the goverment last week abandoned its plan to abolish the 45p tax rate for top earners. but senior conservatives have continued to voice grave concerns at liz truss s tax cutting measures without explaining how she will balance the books. one mp last night accused the prime minister of trashing blue collar conservatism . downing street says its policy is the right one for growth. our political correspondent
leaving just no disposable income. that is leaving people and also to places in the country. these are people who are not the country. these are people who are not totally poverty stricken. you just are not totally poverty stricken. you just don t have loads of extra cash you just don t have loads of extra cash by you just don t have loads of extra cash by around, i think they will blame cash by around, i think they will blame the cash by around, i think they will blame the government for that. i was talking blame the government for that. i was talking to blame the government for that. i was talking to somebody works as a tory adviser trying to remortgage at the momeni adviser trying to remortgage at the moment and they were saying i blonde lee s trusi moment and they were saying i blonde lee s trust and kwasi kwarteng for my mortgage rate going up. so if they blame liz truss and kwasi kwarieng they blame liz truss and kwasi kwarteng for the mortgage rates
and australian scientists say they ve created the first sentient lab grown brain. other experts described the work as exciting but said calling the cells sentient was going too far. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn stevens, political editor at the daily mirror and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard. tonight s front pages make sobering reading for the new pm. the times says her advisers have told her to rip up her mini budget as it has caused such financial and political turmoil. and the ft is reporting a similar call but this time made by liz truss own backbenchers at a stormy meeting with her in parliament. the mirror can t resist reworking an old margaret thatcher declaration to advise ms truss to change course. but the daily express takes a different approach, saying conservative politicians are blaming remarks by the governor of the bank of england for the fall in the val