To them now. Plus the guilty as charged one of the most powerful figures in the Catholic Church the former vatican treasurer Australian Cardinal George Pell loses his appeal against a conviction for child abuse well go live to sydney. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. Well italys president is set to begin talks with political leaders today to try to find a way out of a growing government crisis the country was plunged into uncertainty yesterday when Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti resigned he blamed the far right deputy Prime Minister material salvini for the class of the government saying salvini had engineered the crisis for personal gain. She is and she is for the its funny and Prime Minister as he arrived at the senate in rome for a crucial debate on the governments future was. In a traumatic command he resigned from his post bringing its it is populous government to a swift end after just 14 months in power come to accuse interior minister Matteo Salvini of being the so
ahead of an audience with pope francis. trumpets play this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome. later he ll be meeting the italian prime minister giorgia meloni, and also travel to the vatican. a huge security operation has been launched, with over 1,000 police deployed and a no fly zone over rome. president zelensky is then due to travel to germany, and in the past few hours we ve heard that germany has pledged nearly $3 billion of military to ukraine. that s the biggest aid package from italy yet. that s the biggest aid package from germany yet. but back to italy first. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor correspondent paul moss. why has zelensky travel to rome? he s trying to shore up political support and military aid for his country but it s an interesting case. 0n the one hand the prime minister, meloni, has been very vocal with their support of ukraine. but on the other hand you have to look at who else
people, grow for everyone everywhere, wherever they are. a fairer, greenerfuture. the home secretary tells police chiefs that common sense policing must take priority over diversity and inclusion initiatives as she sets out her the priorities of her crime cutting agenda. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny moves the government say will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest who pay the most tax will benefit most. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. it s an all out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market, in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s signalled a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like rev
world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia the home secretary tells police chiefs that common sense policing must take priority over diversity and inclusion initiatives as she sets out her priorities for her crime cutting agenda. hello and welcome. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny moves the government say will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest who pay the most tax will benefit most. our political correspondent helen catt reports. it s an all out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s signalled a massive shift in political direction.
A willingness to return to spain it comes as campaigning for catalonia as parliamentary election gets underway we will have the very latest from madrid. Also coming up yemen plunges further into chaos as rebel celebrate the death of the countrys former president and their one time ally meantime the situation for most people in government gets more desperate by the day. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. Spains Supreme Court has withdrawn an International Arrest warrant for catalonia as former leader carlos pushed him on and four of his cabinet members pushed him on addressed his supporters via video link from brussels on monday where he has been in selfimposed exile since october a legal declaration of independence the court of majority says that it has withdrawn the arrest warrants because the politicians have shown a willingness to return to spain. Lets get more now from journalist Martin Roberts who is following the story with us from madrid so martin we ju