can biden do anything to unlock the current political crisis? wouldn t that be amazing? laughter tonight, a change of tone as president biden crosses the border into the republic of ireland in search of his irish roots. the other top stories tonight. prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month but meghan, won t be leaving california. billionaire twitter owner elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff and summed up an eventful six months as boss. well, it s not been boring! it s been quite a roller coaster. there s the shooting chance, it s in! and the european champions, real madrid, beat a ten man chelsea in their quarterfinal first leg match. and coming up in sport, the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening from stormont, on the day that president biden has been in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of
hello and welcome to our digest of the global week seen through the eyes of leading journalists from the uk and the foreign correspondents based here who podcast, broadcast, blog and, yes, even these days write for audiences back home from the dateline, london. confidence it s the magic ingredient which makes us all believe that notes or coins in themselves worth next to nothing do have value and will be accepted as payment. governments need the confidence of the money markets who do the lending if they want to borrow money at affordable rates. over the last week, liz truss and herfinance minister have struggled to create confidence in their economic strategy and to sustain it in the british currency. to discuss the uk s dash for growth and the border war between russia and ukraine isabel hilton, a distinguished foreign correspondent who founded china dialogue, an independent body which explores the environmental challenges for that country and how that affects the re
convoy in one of the four annexed regions zaporizhzhia leaves at least 23 people dead. a bbc investigation has found big regional differences in the number of fines issued to parents whose children missed school in england without a valid reason. some local authorities handed out thousands of fines in the last academic year, in other areas there were none. when we sign up to train with the dogs we know one day this day is coming. saying good bye to sammy the story of a retiring guide dog and how hard it is to get another one. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. we begin this hour with a disturbing case of molly. social media did contribute to the death of 1a year old molly russell who took her own life 5 years ago that s the conclusion of a coroner who said the material molly was looking at online shouldn t have been available for a child to see . the inquest heard how she d viewed th
northern ireland secretary says he will call an election on the 28th of october to if the stormont executive has not been convened. there were more than 3 thousand heat related deaths in england and wales this summer with more than 250 excess deaths a day recorded during the hottest period and we ll find out later which city will host next year s eurovision song contest the competition will be held in either liveprool or glasgow in place of ukraine social care providers are warning millions of people could be left without support unless there s a complete overhaul of the system. care england, which represents independent providers, says services for people who can t look after themselves, must be restructured or the nhs will be on its knees. the government says it s investing £5 billion in social care in england over the next three years. jeremy cooke reports. are you all right? have you been in the shower? for wendy, it is the first call of the day. i have got some