and coming up at 3:30, operation relocation, looks behind the scenes of one of the uk s biggest hospital s transitions from old to new. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members, but it says those counted so far suggest support for strike action possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident and emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and, as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. here s our health editor hugh pym. possible strike action is already looming of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have v
major oil producers to cut production is described as short sighted after oil prices are pushed to a three week high. and a symbol of the economic crisis facing lebanon. the bbc speaks to a lebanese mp who held up a bank, to take out her own money. i apologise to all the people i frightened, but how does that compare to the despair, anger and grief i feel every day? hello and welcome. russia and china have been accused of shielding north korea from further un sanctions over its weapons programme. at a security council meeting, the us ambassador said they d given pyongyang blanket protection. shortly afterwards, north korea fired two new ballistic missiles into the sea. the un security council discussed north korea s test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile travelled 4,500km before falling into the pacific ocean. well, here s what the us ambassador had to say. the dprk has enjoyed blanket protection from two members of this council. these
headline i m intrigue, the novelist in me is intrigued by the headline, describing it as a fire sale. and that connection is quite scary. but as often happens with the economics, and certainly in terms of fiscal situations, one person s fire sale is another person s opportunity. and the ft quotes several private equity firms who are talking about how these economic conditions are actually very attractive for people who want to buy some of those assets, and some of the pension funds will have to deep dig to get more liquid assets like property. but for everyone who s having to make a sale, there s also someone who will have to make a purchase. and that is how the markets operate. and i think what worries me is a former investment banker about what s been happening over the last two weeks is this sense that everything is a snapshot and looking very scary, whereas if you can just hold your nerve and take a step back, and wait for things to settle, what you often find is the ma
prices around the world. are your hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy beresford, who is a broadcaster, and sam lister, the political editor of the daily express. hello again to you both. just a quick look through some of those front pages to give you a flavour of what you ll build waking up to. movin on up or is liz movin on out? the lyrics from m people s hit song are not lost on the metro, as the paper questions the prime minister s political future. us hits out at oil cuts that align opec with russia, says the ft, as production is slashed by two million barrels a day. the i has cabinet rebellion growing, and reports on ministers pressurising the pm to reverse plans to squeeze benefits. income taxes to rise by £21 billion despite budget, says the telegraph. the guardian says the embattled pm warns of stormy days and tries to unite mps in opposition to what she calls an anti growth coalition . de
where her majesty will invite her to form a government. liz truss will be the 56th prime minister of the united kingdom the third female occupant of number ten. she has promised to tackle the energy bill crisis in her first few days in office. her plan to be revealed on thursday is likely to include a freeze in bills. canadian police say one of the two men charged in connection with ten fatal stabbings has been found dead. the other is still on the run. good morning from downing street where later today, liz truss will enter the famous door at number ten as the country s new prime minister, following her election yesterday as leader of the conservative party. the man she ll take over from, borisjohnson, is now on his way to balmoral to meet the queen and formally resign from office. earlier this morning, here in downing street, he delivered a farewell speech extolling his own record as prime minister and calling on the conservative party to get behind his successor. l