killer has been arrested in france after 16 years on the run. he was hiding out as a pizza chef. and covid, vaccines and those conspiracy theories we speak to the microsoft founder, bill gates. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain their oversimplistic explanation. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. and we begin in the us where the department of defence says a chinese surveillance balloon is hovering over the northern us. officials at the pentagon say the balloon had flown over the state of montana, but haven t revealed its current location. the pentagon press secretary brigadeer general pat ryder posted a statement on the department of defence website saying the balloon is being tracked. he added: he also said: our north america correspondent peter boes joins me now. we heard from officials say it isn t a threat but what more do we know about the story? this is unusual we know about the story? this is unusual but we
good morning from the centre of richmond in north yorkshire, rishi sunak s constituency. i will be speaking to people about the cost of living pressures they are facing and what they would like to see the new prime minister do to support them. in other news. the mother of murdered hull student libby squire is to meet her daughter s killer in prison. back with a point to prove how aston villa have moved to replace steven gerrard with the former arsenal manager unai emery. good morning. it is another mild day ahead following on from a mild start. for many it will be dry, although there are a few showers in the north and west. later, heavier rain and stronger winds in the south west. details coming up. good morning from downing street. it s tuesday, the 25th of october. rishi sunak will today become prime minister the third this year. it isa it is a day of firsts. he will be the first british asian to make it to number 10, and at 42, will become the youngest prime ministerfo
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,
economic crisis? plus, when working from home is just too expensive could soaring energy bills drive a mass return to the office for the first time since the pandemic? hello. we start with the cost of living crisis here in britain because the boss of one of the uk s top energy suppliers has told the bbc the government must act now to protect customers from soaring bills or face catastrophe this winter. ovo energy ceo stephen fitzpatrick has been talking to our business editor simonjack about their own ideas for supporting households. he said it felt like the past 12 months had been wasted despite the scale of the crisis becoming increasingly apparent. and he called on the uk s new prime minister to take action as soon as they are appointed next week. if we don t start working on this first thing on monday when we have a new government, a new prime minister this has to be the first order of business. and if we don t use every available moment over the next 12 weeks