ukraine continues to push back russian forces, but the invading troops aren t giving up. they re trying desperately to change the narrative here. and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. in the uk, the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. in his first interviews since being appointed, jeremy hunt told the bbc ministers had made mistakes when they announced plans to slash taxes without setting out how it would be paid for. in the three weeks since, the cost of borrowing money rose, both for the public and for the government. mr hunt said every government department would have to come up with savings. answering prime minister s questions this week, liz truss
now on bbc news.unspun world withjohn simpson hello and welcome to unspun world. this is kyiv, the centre of the city, just a fairly short time after a series of missiles have hit it. one landed here but it doesn t look to me, completely untutored, as though it s a full scale missile. this looks to me like it s a drone attack. we are in an area of the city which is mostly kind of ministries and official buildings and museums and so on, and it looks as though there was an attack on a specific car, which has just been taken away. details, we don t know any more of, but we can assume, i think, that this is part at least of russia s revenge for the attack on the kerch bridge between russia and crimea last saturday. there is a feeling that now we are at a crossroads, that there is a chance of further escalation in this war. what does president putin s good friend xijinping of china think about russia s feeble performance in this war? the government is now toning down its once very
manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions that were set after he was taken into custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary. more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. and the rugby league world cup gets under way a year late as hosts england take on samoa in the opening game of the tournament at newcastle. now on bbc news, we are england: classroom revolution. it s difficult to pay attention in class when successful people in textbooks don t look like you and unsuccessful ones do. chaz and lawrence are on a mission to change that. for me school didn t really work. i went to six secondary schools and moved from a lot of schools. when i looked through textbooks in school everybody that achieved, no one ever looked like me. it kind of made you feel that you could never be great. when you look through education it is still a very bias
exchange of fire ukraine continues to push back russian forces but the invading troops aren t giving up. they are trying desperately to change the narrative here, and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. and the rugby league world cup gets under way a year late as hosts england take on samoa in the opening game of the tournament at newcastle. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, today indicated major changes to liz truss economic strategy. in a round of interviews, mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called very difficult decisions ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and refused to rule out spending cuts, saying every government department would be asked to make new savings. mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked kwasi kwarteng. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was t
tells me how it s a story of both american strength and the weakness of other economies. so how much stronger could the dollar get? i m going to ask this man right here, former us treasury secretary larry summers, if an international deal will be needed to curb its rise. also on the show, helping beat those queues at the airport. i m going to be speaking to the big boss of air transport data giant sita about the tech solutions driving the future of seamless travel. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. here s a quote. the dollar is our currency, but it s your problem. that s what the then us treasury secretaryjohn connally famously told some of his european counterparts back in 1971. and 50 years on, it seems as true as ever. us policymakers, they re trying to clamp down on the cost of living crisis and the impact of that? it s being felt all over the world. politicians and central bankers everywhere are fre