and justice secretary. leadership contender penny mordaunt remains leader of the house of commons. some of her supporters were hoping she would get a higher profile role. and michael gove returns to the cabinet as levelling up secretary after being dramatically sacked by borisjohnson injuly. after this morning s first cabinet meeting, mr sunak will also take part in his first prime minister s questions. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. on day one as prime minister, among rishi sunak s first tasks in office, phone calls with other world leaders. mr sunak spoke last night to us presidentjoe biden and president zelensky of ukraine. there were calls too with the first minister of scotland, which nicola sturgeon described as constructive, and the welsh first minister, mark drakeford, who said the uk s urgent challenges were discussed.
our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. this is what public health in action looks like. hi, i m carole. i m from the quit smoking team. anthony is a smoker, but with a fractured foot and shoulders, he s now stuck gateshead s queen elizabeth hospital. so how many cigarettes do you normally smoke day, anthony? ten at the most. so, carole, one of the hospital s stop smoking advisers, sees a chance to help anthony quit. we can offer you some patches for your arm, and we can give you an inhalator, it s something to do with your hands, and that s full of nicotine as well. carole herself gave up smoking five years ago. she understands how hard it can be. if i can do it, anybody can, and i did it. so you can as well. and she fears what might happen if this kind of service didn t exist. i just think people will die sooner because they re not getting the support that they need,
they remain two of the five counsellors of state . this means they can carry out important constitutional duties if the monarch is unwell or overseas. researchers in the united states have found a link between an aggressive type of breast cancer and people with african heritage. this aggressive cancer disproportionately affects black women and women under 40. scientists hope that more black women willjoin clinical trials to help improve survival rates. the clothing giant adidas has cut ties with the musician ye, formerly known as kanye west. it comes after the rapper posted anti semitic comments to his twitter account. adidas says it does not tolerate any sort of hate speech . our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. he had what every marketer dreams of a larger than life personality, adoring fans and global stardom.
programme. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, the 26th of october. our main story. rishi sunak will hold his first cabinet meeting this morning after a major reshuffle of ministers. the new prime minister brought back several experienced mps to the front bench but he s been criticised for re appointing suella braverman as home secretaryjust days after she resigned. he ll also take part in his first prime minister s questions later. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. on day one as prime minister, among rishi sunak s first tasks in office, phone calls with other world leaders. mr sunak spoke last night to us presidentjoe biden and president zelensky of ukraine. there were calls, too, with the first minister of scotland, which nicola sturgeon described as constructive, and the welsh first minister, mark drakeford, who said the uk s urgent challenges were discussed. earlier rishi sunak said he d been
that it might be delayed. and james cleverly stays on as foreign secretary. he backed borisjohnson in the leadership contest. steve barclay is appointed as health secretary for the second time this year, replacing therese coffey. dominic raab is back on the front bench in a role that will be familiar to him. he s deputy prime minister and justice secretary. leadership contender penny mordaunt remains leader of the house of commons. some of her supporters were hoping she would get a higher profile role. and michael gove returns to the cabinet as levelling up secretary after being dramatically sacked by boris johnson in july. after this morning s first cabinet meeting, mr sunak will also take part in his first prime minister s questions. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. on day one as prime minister,