in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk s formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. here s our political editor chris mason. cheering na applause today s new conservative leader, this week s new prime minister. rishi sunak arrived at conservative party headquarters this afternoon, his party s third leader this year. waves, smiles and handshakes done, he wanted to talk to the country, but didn t want to face questions from reporters. i d like to pay tribute to liz truss for her dedicated public service to the country. she has led with dignity and grace for a time of great change and under exceptionally difficult circumstances both at home and abroad. it is th
hollywood mogul, harvey weinstein, faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk s formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday, after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader, after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. so what do we know about britain s soon to be prime minister? here s our deputy political editor, vicki young. addressing the nation during a pandemic, a month afte
the economic deck rather than the political deck because that s what gonna drive the poles, his 35 points behind and if people can t pay their bills, and they see a government cutting spending that they like, the call for a general election is gonna be driven by the bad economics. right, thank you very much talking to us. sharing you up! david blanchflower, thank you very much. to the us now, where opening arguments have begun in the latest sexual assault trial of the disgraced former hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. he faces 11 charges of attacking women in hotels. he s pleaded not guilty. the bbc s sophie long is in los angeles. this afternoon we had from mr werksman, making his opening statement, saying two victims made up the accusations, to mark others he said had what he called transactional sex with them. he called jane doe for mark another bimbo, slept with weinstein to get ahead in
so he probably has had about 12 hours, only one period. we will see what happens tomorrow when he appoints his chancellor. my guess is it ll be all hands to the economic deck rather than the political deck because that s what gonna drive the poles, he s 35 points behind, and if people can t pay their bills, and they see a government cutting spending that they like, the call for a general election is gonna be driven by the bad economics. david blanchflower there. full coverage of rishi sunak s meeting with the king later in the day. rishi sunak is a practising hindu and some see him becoming conservative party leader and prime minister during the biggest hindu holiday diwali as auspicious. wendy urquhart reports. for the first time in two years, fireworks are lighting up the skies over amritsar in the indian state of punjab for diwali. this year is extremely