Queen elizabeth ii. Those are the headlines on bbc news. You are watching bbc news. Now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews ian hislop. Even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. Russia launched a War In Europe. Her late majesty Queen Elizabeth ii died just months after her Platinum Jubilee. And britain went through three Prime Ministers and even more chancellors. One man whos tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eyes fortnightly magazine and latest annual. I visited his office for a conversation not just about recent news, but also why its been a turn off for some and why we need proper journalism more than ever. Ian, thank you so much for talking to me and to bbc news. Lets start, if youre happy to, with a few kind of reflections on this year, because in recent years the news agenda has often felt pretty crazy. Yeah. And overwhelming, but this year, even more than most, weve had War In Europe, the death of her late maje
with another new leader named by next friday. disbelief across the uk as downing street implodes in the middle of a soaring cost of living crisis. it just needs itjust needs stabilising, it needs sorting out and moving forward. because the rest of the country is in turmoil, isn t it? because the rest of the country is in turmoil, isn t it? breaking news out of the united in turmoil, isn t it? breaking news out of the united kingdom. - in turmoil, isn t it? breaking news| out of the united kingdom. after less than out of the united kingdom. after less than two months on the job. how much damage is all this political chaos doing to the uk s and coming up on the bbc news channel. for continuing coverage and analysis from a team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. liz truss has resigned after 44 days in office. she is now the shortest serving prime minister in british history. just 2a hours after she told mps defiantly that she was a fighter not a
in beijing, the chinese communist party congress continues but some parts of the city go under a covid lockdown. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. britain is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the governing conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job by far the shortest tenure in british history. following growing calls from within her own party to go, she said she could not deliver the tax cuts she d promised, and which had largely been abandoned. we start tonight with our political editor chris mason in downing street. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time to resign. i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and busi
it s after ministers were accused of using physical force on some conservative mps. an investigation has been launched. ukrainians are told to prepare for power cuts, after russian attacks on the country s energy infrastructure intensify. the full findings of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will be published later today, after a seven year investigation. welcome to viewers both in the uk and around the world. liz truss premiership is under even more pressure, after extraordinary scenes at westminster last night, during which ministers were accused of using physicalforce on conservative mps to make sure they voted with the government. the commons speaker has launched an investigation into what happened in the voting lobbies. we now have at least seven tory mps calling for the prime minister and equipped, so let s get an overview of the story so far. earlier today the transport secretary told the bbc the government is still functioning and that the prime minist
beijing, which is hosting the chinese communist party congress, have been placed under covid lockdown. some areas have been cordoned off following a slight increase in infections. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, who s the chief leader writer for the observer, and gerri scott, who s a political reporter at the times. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the economist nods to italy s turbulent politics, likening it to the chaos of westminster. it features liz truss dressed as a centurion, holding a pizza shaped shield, with a union jack design and one slice eaten. liz truss goes down in history as britain s shortest serving prime minister; a photo of her outside downing street announcing her departure makes the front of the ft. straight to the point on the front of the mirror. it says the british public want their day at the ballot box. the telegraph is reporting that borisjohnson is privately urgin