unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of schools in england, scotland and wales face further disruption this week as teachers strike again over pay. and england s cricketers suffer an agonising one run defeat by new zealand in wellington. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham have been flying high this season can they reach the quarter finals of the fa cup for the first time in13 years? good evening. we start with the massive police search for a missing baby whose parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. police say the baby is believed to have had no medical attention since the time of birth in early january and they feel the risk is getting so great that they now have to consider the possibility that the baby has come to harm. constance
that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded and not give the death penalty, what do we have the death penalty for? in what do we have the death penalty for? penalty for? in tact and undamaged: penalty for? in tact and undamaged: a - penalty for? in tact and undamaged: a 1600 - penalty for? in tact and - undamaged: a 1600 -year-old undamaged: a 1600 year old mosaic depicting the trojan war is uncovered in syria. and the flying scotsman: the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour celebrates 100 years on the tracks. hello there and a very warm welcome to the programme. britain s chancellor is flying home early from the annual meeting in washington for crunch talks with the british prime minister and conservative mps. both he and liz truss have come under increasing pressure to make a u turn on the proposals laid out in the mini budget which kwasi kwarteng admitted caused turbulence in the financial markets. our economic editor sent us this report from wash
torrential rain brings major flooding. and the flying scotsman the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour celebrates a century on the tracks. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has cut short his visit to the us to hold urgent talks with the prime minister, as pressure mounts on the government over its mini budget. the chancellor had been in washington for a meeting of global finance ministers. he d originally been expected to return back to london on saturday. speaking to the bbc yesterday before the change of plans, mr kwarteng said he believes 100% that he will still be a chancellor and liz truss will still be prime minister in a month s time. later today, the chancellor and prime minister are expected to hold talks with conservative mps. some think the government s tax cutting plans should be reversed, while others believe the help with energy bills should be more targeted. there s even talk of whether both the chancellor and