welcome to the programme. we start in the uk, where the former home secretary suella braverman has published a scathing letter to the prime minister following her dismissal on monday. in it, she accuses rishi sunak of having repeatedly failed to deliver on key policies, saying he s incapable of doing so. ms braverman also accuses mr sunak of a betrayal of his promise to do whatever it takes to stop small boat crossings. she says his plan is not working and he needs to change course urgently. here s our political editor, chris mason. what s the line it never rains but it pours? suella braverman has done it again. as you mightjust have noticed, the former home secretary specialises in verbal downpours. her latest target the prime minister. here were the two of them back in march. there aren t any kisses on her letter to him tonight. she claims they did a deal. she d back him to be prime minister if he delivered on key promises, including on immigration. in her missive
fight among themselves. it isa it is a zinger of a letter. sacked on monday rishi sunak manifestly and repeatedly failed to help deliver her key policies. as he agreed to do so when she took the job. we will get reaction to that. the dead bodies are piling up in gaza s biggest hospital and cannot be taken away due to fighting. today, doctors began digging a mass grave in the grounds of the al shifa hospital to prevent disease spreading. we will hear from a palestinian doctor who has worked at the al shifa hospital and is appealing for a cease fire. the climate editor on the future of weather forecasting which could help save lives. good evening. inside cabinet, there is collective responsibilty. outside cabinet, no loyalty is owed, particularly to a prime minister sacked on monday rishi sunak manifestly and repeatedly failed to help deliver her key policies. it isa it is a 3 page assassination of questioning his mandate to be in the job, his confidence to deliver, what he pro
holding the rest of the country to ransom while the tories fight among themselves. suella braverman promised she would have more to say after her sacking yesterday. tonight, she has vented her anger. in a letter dripping with derision, the former home secretary accuses the prime minister of putting off the tough decisions in order to minimize political risk weakness, she says. we will get reaction to that letter tonight from our panel, the deputy political editor for the guardian, peter walker, and from washington, the conservative commentator carrie sheffield. president biden is about to touch down in san francisco, ahead of a crunch meeting tomorrow with the chinese president xijinping. and we will be keeping an eye on a crucial vote in washington tonight. the house scheduled to vote later on a bill that could avert a government shutdown saturday. was this the night of the long knife? it remains to be seen whether suella braverman has inflicted a mortal wound on this pr
mervyn, lord king, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure to be on your show. it s great to have you here. as we look around the world, we see heightened global tension, uncertainty, conflict in so many different arenas. does that mean that for you, there are many reasons to be fearful about the impacts of geopolitics on the global economy? yes is the simple answer. i think we thought about the russian invasion of ukraine, we thought that was a contained conflict. now we see in the middle east. the more you fight, if this extends beyond gaza two major areas of conflict makes it much more likely that a third will occur. who knows? the chinese blockade of taiwan, perhaps. all of this is going to put enormous strain on the ability of the united states in particular, but also of europe, to provide the financial support, or support in terms of military equipment, to enable ukraine to resist russia, to bring about some kind of end to hostilities in the middle east, and to preve