as russia persists in claims kyiv is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb . first pictures emerge of airstrikes in myanmar. the military defends the attack, in which 50 civilians were killed. and adidas cuts ties with the rapper ye, calling his anti semitic postings on social media voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak became the 57th prime minister of britain today, and the first of indian descent. he warned that the country he now leads faces a profound economic crisis and moved rapidly to appoint a cabinet, emphasising continuity and stability. here s our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham
britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he needed to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here s our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium, to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. a businesslike, sober tone, a blunt, direct
who are abroad not to return until the spring, to help ease the pressure on the severely damaged energy system. russian missile and drone attacks on power plants and other infrastructure have reportedly destroyed a third of the country s energy sector. the first pictures have emerged of a recent military airstrike in kachin state in northern myanmar. around 50 people were killed, and 100 injured, when a concert organised by one of the country s biggest ethnic insurgent groups was bombed. here s our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, with the details. even by the standards of myanmar s really brutal civil war and this region, kachin state, that s been fighting the central government more than 60 years, was not the concert was magic in memory, 62 years since the kachin independence army started the struggle, even by their standards and the region has a lot of violence, and
in the afternoon. a band of showers across all parts following on behind. but look at the timeline. this is lunchtime, and then into the afternoon, it is sunny spells. showers mainly in scotland and northern ireland, some heavy and thundery, a few pushing into wales and western parts of england, but the further east you are, the bulk of the afternoon could well be dry. these are average wind speeds. gusts are going to be higher. coastal gales through the irish sea, some gusts in the western isles to around 50 miles an hour or so. out of that breeze and in the sunshine, there ll be some warmth around in the afternoon in parts of eastern and south east england, not just wednesday, but for the rest of the week. a few spots will get to 20, if not a bit higher than that. as we go on through wednesday night and into thursday morning, we ll see cloud and rain gathering and starting to push up across parts of england and wales. another weather front may just bring some rain into the far west o
the clothing giant adidas, which has factories in china and india, has ended its partnership with the musician yay, formerly known as kanye west. adidas says it doesn t tolerate hate speech. hours later, gap said it would remove his yeezy products from its stores. it comes after yay posted anti semitic comments on his twitter account. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. he has been following the story. adidas has been under a lot of pressure but this is quite a costly decision for the company? company? very costly for the company company? very costly for the company but company? very costly for the company but it company? very costly for the company but it seems - company? very costly for the company but it seems as - company? very costly for the company but it seems as if, i company? very costly for the | company but it seems as if, in the end, they really had no choice. you re right, they have faced some witticism for taking some time to reach this deci