have to live in so far, we will talk tonight about the us to the decision tonight about the us to the decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine and the latest request from president zelensky for long range weapons. the war in ukraine and the resulting energy crisis is weighing heavy on the german economy. figures out today such germany is heading into its longest sustained recession since 2008. data from the first two months of this quarter the alliance meets in vilnius next week, a summit at which ukraine s so lets start with ukraine. a lot of news in the past couple of hours. president zelensky has just landed in istanbul where he has been meeting president erdogan. the turkish leader touts a special relationship with president putin, and has in the past served as a go between. but he also, stands in the way of sweden s, full membership of nato. an issue that which will be a major part of the discussions when nato meets next week in vilnius. earlier in the day, on his
the venue for next year s invictus games. hello and welcome. we begin with the focus on the day ahead for the uk s new prime minister who will hold the first meeting of her government ministers in downing street in the next few hours. they will discuss multibillion pound plans to tackle the soaring cost of living. liz truss rewarded her key allies with seniorjobs in a cabinet reshuffle hours after taking office. later, she goes face to face with the leader of the opposition at herfirst prime minister s questions in the house of commons. our political correspondent ben wright reports. elected by tory party members after boris johnson s elected by tory party members after borisjohnson s downfall, liz truss entered number ten promising a fresh start. but with energy bills soaring in a recession forecast, it is going to be tough. i recession forecast, it is going to be tough- to be tough. i will get britain workin: to be tough. i will get britain working again. to be tough. i
To the announcement. In some ways this was inevitable. Yes, Rupert Murdoch always said he would never retire. His son lachlan always said his dad would never retire. But his companies have been shrinking over the years and struggling against the Media Headwinds that all Media Companies are facing. For example, streaming and the struggles of newspapers. So Rupert Murdoch is not the swashbuckling feared and reviled media mogul that he once was that he was for decades. He was strangely passive in recent years as his Fox News Network in the us promoted lies about voter fraud in 2020. He seemed to be more like the passenger, rather than the driver he seemed more like the passenger than the captain of the ship. And so i think todays announcement confirms and signifies that. Weve just had a statement from Lachlan Murdoch, who says, On Behalf Of The Fox and news corp boards of directors, Leadership Teams and all the shareholders whove benefited from his hard work, i congratulate my father on h
brexit has been the great unmentionable so far in the selection. but tonight keir starmer called for closer ties with the eu. louisville just that and what can the party s social media campaigns tell us about the state of the race. good evening. welcome to newsnight, home to analysis and interviews. who would have imagined at the last election that the towering presence of brexit would hardly register as an issue half way through the next election campaign? it has not gone away as an issue, itjust seems to have been parked by all the main parties. ..for now. but tonight the labour leader, sir keir starmer, whose ming vase strategy started by saying as little as possible about britain s exit from the european union, has under the bbc s questioning given the fullest account of how a possible labour government would approach this thorny issue. we will be exploring that with the head of labour s pro european bloc, and the conservatives new approach to the election leaning in to d