to its crackdown on protest sparked by death of a young sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police. and find out how robbie s life was transformed while he was still in the womb. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the thai government says the entire nation is in grief after a former police officer killed at least 38 people in a gun and knife attack at a nursery. he then killed himself and his family following the massacre. most of the victims were children. thailand s king is expected to visit the town and our asia correspondent jonathan head is at scene. a warning, this report contains distressing images. people crying, wailing this is a community now consumed who wasn t there, and then opened fire. he was slashing the knife. he didn t use the gun. he kept slashing in there, it s all by knife. translation: he was in the middle of reloading the gun. | i held my hands up and begged for mercy. i didn t know what to do
and meet the first cloned arctic wolf club whose mother happens to be a pet dog. live from our studio in singapore, live from our studio in singapore, this - live from our studio in singapore, this is - live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc| live from our studio in- singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsdav it was a massacre that shocked the nation and the world. thailand s king is expected to visit the town of utthai sawan in northern thailand where at least 38 people mostly young children were killed by an attacker at a nursery school. the man responsible was a former police officer who was facing a trial on drug charges. he carried out the attack with a gun and a knife and killed both children and teachers before killing himself. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head is at the scene. a warning his report contains some very distressing images. this is a community now consumed by grief and shock. that children so young had been deliberately there,
critical tory mps and the public? also tonight. the energy regulator ofgem warns of a significant risk of gas shortages this winter. the man accused of murdering nine year old olivia pratt korbel appears in court in liverpool. cheers for the king and queen consort on their first public engagement since the end of the period of royal mourning. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: there s always pride at stake in the east midlands derby, but there could be jobs on the line as well, as leicester face nottingham forest. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it s been a tough day that s how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of
iran s supreme leader accuses the united states of orchestrating widespread public protests over the death of a young woman in police custody. we re going to start here in the uk and politics. the row over giving a tax cut to some of the richest people in the country. to some of the richest for ten days the conservative government said it was the right thing to do. now they say they re not going to do it. here s the chancellor kwasi kwarteng saying that particular tax cut is not now going ahead. the 45p rate was simply a distraction from what was a very very strong set of measures and with the prime minister i decided not to proceed with the abolition of the rate. to be clear, what we re talking about is a huge u turn on one of the government s flagship economic policies, scrapping the top rate of income tax. let s take a closer look. currently, the highest earners pay 45% tax on their income over £150,000. some 660,000 people are thought to pay the highest tax rate. so if t
insisting the policy would stay, despite the widespread criticism. and tonight, another shift by the government, forced by events to make it, they are bringing forward their plan for dealing with debt to later this month, to try to reassure the markets. we will have the latest from birmingham on what the chancellor admitted had been a tough day. also tonight. raising the flag. ukrainian forces retake a village in one of the region is annexed by russia last week. a warning that the uk is facing a serious risk of gas shortages this winter, which could affect electricity supplies, too. cheering. and a warm welcome in fife, as the king and queen consort attend their firstjoint engagement since the end of formal mourning. and leicester strike early as they look to move off the bottom of the table with victory against nottingham forest at the king power. good evening. at the conservative conference in birmingham, party members have of modern times. abrupt policy u turns the chancel