texas-oklahoma. are have you ever been to ocktoberfest, done it in germany? pete: have you? will: yes, i have done that. what is it like? it is a ball. it is rachel: was there more drinking than last night? will: very similar. it is, you go to a huge tent and, there is just people everywhere you stand. no seats. you stand at a table. you get to know people, strangers, it s a day event. you know, so it is drawn over long period of time. the mugs are gigantic. pete: yep. will: get a bruise, get a bruise underneath the knuckle, all day long you re lifting this. rachel: exercise. will: it is stereotypical of what they call them? maids? pete: as you see it in the movies. will: it really is. she comes out i don t know how many mugs. they are gigantic, she has a way of carrying them. it is so fun. rachel: how is the food? will: germany is not my favorite food. we re going to have some food out here. will: this is going to be excellent i m sure. pete: i ve been to a beer hall i
efficient. safe. protected. controlled. a utopian city-state run like a multinational company. welcome to singapore incorporated. this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder shchlt ah la la la la sha la la la singapore. one could be forgiven for thinking it s a giant, ultramodern shopping mall. an interconnected, fully wired, air-conditioned nanny state, where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts. and those things are kind of true, especially if you read the papers or the carefully monitored internet. you look around the litterless streets where everything seems to work just fine, just fine. and you think, or you could be forgiven for thinking, gee, maybe a one-party system is just what we need. you look at all the social problems and ethnic strife, street crime, drugs that singapore has managed to avoid, and you could think, is this the life we want? it ain t my sy
charles, who has spent his life preparing for this, addressing the nation for the first time as king. in a rare display of royal emotion, talking about his mother and what she meant to the country and her family. to my darling mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late papa, i want simply to say this. thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. king charles yes king charles acknowledging how much the nation and the world have changed since his mother was crowned and the challenges he faces ahead in a britain that is very different from the one he was born in. he ll be officially proclaimed king in a matter of hours. charles also addressing his family, naming william and kate prince and princess of wales. kate taking on the title that her mother-in-law, diana, had and sending a message to harry and meghan. i want also to express my love for harry and meg
minister in six years. the face at the top may change, but the story remains the same. and before that prime minister held her first cabinet meeting of the truss era this morning after a reshuffle of senior positions. and i m rebecca jones in the studio our other headlines this afternoon. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a retrial on domestic violence charges. chelsea have sacked manager thomas tuchel following a poor start to the season and a 1 0 champions league defeat to dinamo zagreb last night. hello and if you re just joining us welcome to bbc news. we are at joining us welcome to bbc news. we are at westminster on this most dramatic are at westminster on this most dramatic of days. the are at westminster on this most dramatic of days. are at westminster on this most dramatic of days. the day that the liz truss held dramatic of days. the day that the liz truss held her dramatic of days. the day that the liz truss held her first
first on this tuesday morning. i m currently tmorning.this situation looks like it s going to get much worse. opec set to meet to determine whether or not to buy $2 million of barrels per day per that s going to make inflation worse and drive prices up and would be a huge slap in the face to president biden who s been begging saudi arabia at increased output. voters, you really care about this but take a look at this recent fox news poll. 59% of voters say they are extremely concerned about inflation and higher prices. look, opec literally and figuratively has us over a barrel when no pun intended. and it s all because we had the ability to control the oil and gas production but we literally gave it away day one of the biden presidency. we are forwarding our own production. our strategic petroleum reserves are diminished to a point where we can t rely on it anymore giving them even more leverage from the point where we gave away our pipelines and shut down keystone. opec is