the value of the pound has dropped again today by nearly a percent against the dollar as investors digest the warning from the international monetary fund about the uk government s fiscal plans. the imf has openly criticised the plan for widespread tax cuts, warning the measures are likely to fuel the cost of living crisis and increase inequality. here s michelle fleury with more details in new york. one of the roles of the international monetary fund is to act as an early economic warning system, and it has just sounded the alarm over the uk s new tax and spending plans. in a statement, the fund warned, given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the uk, we do not recommend large and untargeted fiscal packages. even more pointedly, it suggested that the november 23rd budget presented an opportunity for the government to re evaluate tax measures, especially those that benefit high income earners. remember, as part of the uk treasury s policy to boost
popov. if putin is growing desperate, what does that mean for russia? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, for giving me that floor. oh, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. if i may, i want to begin with words from the kremlin chief spokesman dmitry peskov, on september 13th, he stated quite clearly there were no plans for any kind of mobilisation in russia. here we are less than two weeks later with a major mobilisation. what happened 7 it s not major mobilisation. this is partially mobilisation. wejust mobilised er, 300,000 people from reserve. it s just 1% from our total reserve people. i don t know what is happening with peskov s statement, but i know that we are in war with all nato countries. with whole, sorry, nato alliance, with whole nato weapon, and we should respond on nato s threat. that s it. well. that s why my country is responding by mobilisation. you just called it a war. you know, you can get locked up for five years in russi
down. what do you think? i like that since the line was put down. what do you think? i think it does look likely down. what do you think? i think it does look likely that down. what do you think? i think it does look likely that this down. what do you think? i think it does look likely that this is - does look likely that this is sabotage, and the leaks are coming as russian sabotage, and the leaks are coming as russian gas supplies have dwindled as part of put in s efforts to shut dwindled as part of put in s efforts to shut down support for ukraine. i mean to shut down support for ukraine. i mean rush to shut down support for ukraine. i mean rush up has slashed gas deliveries mean rush up has slashed gas deliveries to europe in recent months deliveries to europe in recent months since it invaded ukraine, and it isjust months since it invaded ukraine, and it isjust to months since it invaded ukraine, and it is just to look like months since it invaded ukra
after the storm system devastates cuba. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the leaders of denmark, sweden and poland say that rare gas leaks that have hit the nordstream pipelines seismologists reported underwater explosions just before the leaks. nord stream one is leaking at two points, a day after a similar leak affected its sister pipeline, nord stream two. the danish authorities have warned ships to avoid the area near the island of bornholm. i just want to show you these pictures from denmark s defence command, which show bubbles on the surface of the baltic sea above the pipelines they report the largest patch of sea disturbance is 1km wide. well earlier the polish prime minister, went a step further and linked the incidents to the situation in ukraine. translation: we do not yet know the details of what happened - but we clearly see that this is an act of sabotage. this is an act that probably signals a new phase in the escalat
shinzo abe. mr abe who was japan s longest serving leader was shot dead during an election rally injuly. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, susie boniface and sian grifiths, education editor for the sunday times. the financial times leads with comments by the bank of england s chief economist suggesting a big rise in interest rates could be on the way. the times believes such a rise could trigger a fall in house prices. the telegraph reports the highly unusual warning by the international monetary fund to liz truss to reverse her recent tax cuts. the metro focuses on keir starmer s speech at the labour conference and his plea to voters not to forget the economic turmoil when it comes to the next election. the guardian also goes with starmer s speech and his belief that this is a labour moment that will see the party returned to power. the mirror is similarly enthusiastic concentra