and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months time. t
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doctors successfully separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains in historic virtual reality surgery. and as england s lionesses celebrate winning the euros 2022, we ll talk to gurinder chadha, director of the classic celebration of women s football bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from the us it s being reported that the al-qaeda chief, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike conducted in kabul. zawahiri was on the fbi s first ever most wanted terrorist list issued on the ten october, 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, which he had helped to co ordinate alongside osama biden laden. there is no independent confirmation of this, but the white house says that president biden will give details of the counter terrorism operation in afghanistan shortly. let s get more from our correspondent i
we ll bring you analysis throughout the day on bbc news and if you want to send in your questions or thoughts on the mini budget get in touch i m @bbcjoannag on twitter or use the hashtag bbc your questions. and i m lukwesa burak the other stories on bbc news. the victims commissioner for england and wales dame vera baird resigns, describing the criminaljustice system as being in chaos. a 15 year old boy has become the second person to be arrested in connection with the murder of a 15 year old boy who was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield. and author dame hilary mantel, best known for her wolf hall trilogy, has died aged 70. hello, i mjoanna gosling in westminster, in a massive shake up of the uk s finances, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has outlined a series of tax cuts and spending commitments that will cost £45 billion by 2027. the government says its policies will help boost economic growth. but critics say funding the tax cuts will lead to unsustai