hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i m sally bundock. it s a big day ahead for the chancellor kwasi kwarteng as he delivers the keynote speech at the conservative party conference later in birmingham. the new finance minister is expected to insist the government will stay the course on his tax cutting growth plan despite the swift and turbulent reaction on financial markets. this time last week, the pound hit an all time low against the us dollar and days later, the bank of england was forced to take emergency action to protect pension funds. i m joined by dr roger barker director of policy at the institute of directors. how will kwasi kwarteng do today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i’m today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will reiterate | the chancellor will reiterate his commitment to taxcutting p
of earth s most powerful telescopes with new technology that will reveal how our galaxy formed in unprecedented detail. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. england s lionesses have made history in a dramatic win against old rivals germany, in football s european championship final. there were scenes ofjoy on and off the pitch, as a record breaking 87,000 fans packed wembley stadium, and nearly 17.5 million people watched on television. it s the first major trophy for england since the men s world cup win in 1966. mark lobel reports. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football home in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley, and many more watching on around the country and world. let s hear it for england! said to harriet in the ground, she s got to do all she can to try and remember this, because i said the last time england won a tournament was when nanny was born, whic
obviously incredible, and to be able to share with everybody that came to the game and around the country, we re very grateful for everyone s support. for the fans, so many of them women and girls, a sense of pride and hope. it s amazing to be able to bring her. | it sjust inspiring. change has to happen. finally. and women s sport s getting the proper recognition it deserves. it gives me a lot of hope, - it gives me a lot of happiness and excitement for what s going to come for women s football. it s going to be brilliant. so what could be the legacy of the euros win? judges ruled the live support of archie battersbee will be switched off from tomorrow, his parents can still appeal. ballot papers are sent out to conservative party members to chose the next prime minister. after russia s blockade. the first shipment of ukrainian grain leaves port. since the invasion. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: a day of home nations success in gymnastics at the commonwea
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. there are some human experiences which most of us find very hard to get our heads around. my guest today experienced the unimaginable torment of more than four decades in solitary confinement in a tiny cell in one of america s most notorious prisons. albert woodfox was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside america s system of criminaljustice. he is now a free man. but what does freedom really mean after everything he has been through? albert woodfox, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. here you are, in london as a free man. but given everything you have been through, is it possible for you to ever feel truly free? well, yeah, i mean, philosophically, mentally and emotionally, i was free long before my actual physical freedom. and so, that was a part of my survival technique. my survival one of my many survival techniques. it allowed me to survive being in solitary confinem
could change the complex of congress? 1 could change the complex of congress? could change the complex of concress? ~ . ., congress? i think what we are likel to congress? i think what we are likely to see. congress? i think what we are likely to see, certainly - congress? i think what we are likely to see, certainly in - likely to see, certainly in this speech, and absolutely, it s no surprise he has chosen this location, but i think what we are likely to see in the coming weeks and indeed over the next couple of years leading up to the next presidential election is both joe biden and whoever is the candidate for the republicans choosing those key states, florida of course is another huge state with a huge number of seats available to go towards the next presidency. those will be the location is that both candidates will be choosing, because as we know from the last election, this country is pretty much equally divided. it only takes one or two of those states, those flas