alexjones to pay $965 million to the families of the victims of the sandy hook massacre. and in china, where the country s ruling communist party gathers for its annual congress, we ll look at whose likely to become xijinping s second in command. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 11 in the evening in london, where the government is battling new economic uncertainty. prime minister liz truss has told mps her strategy of cutting tax will not change. but she s also said she won t cut spending either, suggesting the government will have to borrow more. that s raised concern even among her own mps. some want her to rethink tax cuts to reassure the markets. our political editor, chris mason, reports. reporter: have you wrecked the economy, prime minister? - there are plenty of questions for liz truss at the moment, but that one gets to the crux of things. spiralling prices, interest rates climbing, the market
mutual security pact. the deal was made on a day of carefully stage managed events during mr putin s first visit to north korea for over 20 years. prosecutors are to decide whether to seek a retrial for a uk couple accused of the manslaughter of their newborn baby by gross negligence, after a jury failed to agree on verdicts. constance marten and mark gordon denied a total of five charges. and english heritage says summer solstice celebrations at stonehenge won t be affected by a protest by climate activists. members ofjust stop oil sprayed orange paint on parts of the monument. two people were arrested. warm welcome if you are justjoining us. for 17 years, the snp has the set the agenda in scottish politics, racking up some landslide wins along the way. butjohn swinney, the new first minister is finding things a lot tougher. in fact he battling for relevance, amid a labour surge north of the border, that is threatening to sweep them from the board. the manifesto the snp rele