well, did remain longer than liz truss. the lead starts right now. liz truss resigns as prime minister only 44 days in, making history for shorten newer at 10 downing. you ll never guess who is vying for her job. president biden hitting the road for the midterms. he s in pennsylvania touting infrastructure alongside democratic senate candidate john fetterman but would it be better for democrats if biden stays at the white house? then breaking news for the search for a missing princeton university student. police have recovered a body. hello and welcome to the lead i m john berman in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead as president biden hits the campaign trail with just 19 days until the election. biden making a road trip to pittsburgh, pennsylvania today. his 18th trip to the commonwealth since he became president. and the 19th is next week. this week it was to highlight how the bipartisan infrastructure law is rebuilding the nation s crumbling roads
let s start here in the uk, where prime minister liz truss is no longer promising to increase state pensions in line with surging inflation, and has asked ministers to look for more spending cuts. two weeks ago, the prime minister said she was committed to what s known as the triple lock. that means payments rise by whatever is higher between prices, average earnings or 2.5%. however her spokesman said truss was now not making any commitments on government spending. inflation figures are out in a few hours time and expected to show its at 10 percent, whilst the figure for average earnings is just below 5.5%. joining me now is dan kemp global chief investment officer at morningstar investment management. this investment management. will be a real concern foi many this will be a real concern for many pensioners, this trust when asked about the triple lot can my colleague asked her she said she was committed to that? you are correct, it will be of great concern to pension
they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. jeers mr speaker, lam a fighter, not a quitter. and in other news. harrowing and callous a damning report is published into maternity care at east kent hospital trust. the chief investigator says women weren t listened to. we had 202 families that came forward. in 97, deaths, injuries or other harm could have been different if care had been given to the standards accepted nationally. russian president vladimir putin declares martial law in the four regions of ukraine which it annexed last month. they ll be expected to work with russia to boost the war effort. and, how long do you sleep? researchers say that at least five hours sleep a night may cut the chances of multiple chronic health problems if you re over 50. hello and welcome to bbc news with me, joanna gosling, in sunderland and ben brown in westminster. we re here today to talk about the rising cost of living and how it s affecting you and your family. w
is a global challenge which we will continue to work with other countries in order to make that change on global warming. arsenal player pablo mari is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. space probes have witnessed a big impact crater being formed on mars the largest in the solar system ever caught in the act of excavation. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked an
plus, neck and neck. several key midterm races across the country still a toss-up, just a month out from the election. and later, heroes at the wheel. a pair of quick-thinking bus drivers rescue a todd her after the car the child was in was carjacked. the remarkable story coming up. hello, everyone. thank you for joining us this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. new today, russia fires a barrage of missiles into the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, leaving at least 12 dead, another 87 injured, including ten children. these new strikes happening just hours after a massive explosion damaged the only direct road and rail connection between annexed crimea and the russian mainland. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the blast, but has publicly celebrated it. and new satellite images show the damage from above. but despite that, rush aif says it is resuming some car and train service. f fred, this attack overnight hitting a civilian area. what more are you learning? y