hello and welcome to bbc news. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illnes. he was 79. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, benazir bhutto. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, recieving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self serving politicians. in the past, our governments have ruled the people. it is time now for the governments to serve the people. pakistan had already been under army rule for more than half the time it had been independent. general musharraf
europe a good 10 degrees above average as well. here high pressure keeping it dry. for others it is a different story. yes, it is going to be mild but at times we still have some wet and windy weather to come. and in fact the first signs of that arriving into the south west during the evening and overnight will see some rain, some of it heavy as it pushes north. there will be lots of low cloud and mist and fog, a very mild start for many. clearer skies further north and east of scotland, that s where the best of the morning sunshine is but it isn t expected to last as the rain continues to drift steadily northwards. it will weaken a touch and then allow for some sunshine to come through, do so with some lengthy spells of sunshine we could see temperatures up as high as 21, 20 2 could see temperatures up as high as 21,20 2 degrees, 72 could see temperatures up as high as 21, 20 2 degrees, 72 fahrenheit. but another very mild day for the time of year. more wet and windy weather
and delete long, as he begins to have to mix and delete difficult decisions. another and delete difficult decisions. another bumpy incident for the government, the last few hours, sonia, just on the metro front page. james cleverley s comments about football fans going to the world cup in qatar, just a few weeks away now, their headline don t be gay at world cup but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this world cup - but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. - by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. james i on the radio this morning. james cleverley, foreign secretary, said he was going to go to the road cup in qatar and seem to imply we could compromise, with little but of compromise, with little but of compromise on both sides it should be a really fun world cup, and that is really problema
earlier. liz truss does accept that actually, you can tjust go straight to those tax cuts without not only laying out the groundwork. that was her point. my point would be without dealing with the other things, first, inflation, first of all, getting growth into the economy, keeping debt under control. your question is, in my heart, do i think we should have a lower tax economy? answer, yes, absolutely. my question is in your heart, do you think that liz truss approach was the right one? well, clearly it wasn t. you can understand some of the tensions that must exist from that difficult period for the conservative party but the danger presumably with an article like this is creates a massive political opportunity for the opposition to say they do not agree, she still thinks she was right which means she