sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. hello to you in the uk and around the world. votes are being counted in nigeria s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. the elections are the biggest democratic exercise in africa, with 87 million people eligible to vote. but many polling stations opened late and some not at all, with some incidents of violence. our correspondent mayeni jones reports from lagos. shouting. frustration and anger. many nigerians want to take part in this election but have been disappointed by the lack of organisation. gang violence and threats by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even showed up. they will tell us that the area is dead. there is no one here for this election. most people passing through this place were tell
iran s supreme leader warns no one can overturn the islamic republic, as protesters again take to the streets. hello, sorry, don t wish to be rude but i m in no fit state to entertain today. and the actor robbie coltrane, who played hagrid in the harry potter films, has died aged 72. hello and welcome to bbc news. britain s prime minister, liz truss, has sacked the chancellor of the exchequer, britain s finance minister, kwasi kwarteng, just 38 days into his tenure. his departure came as the prime minister s economic growth plan and political credibility are being called into question. he s been replaced by the former foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. in a press conference lasting less than nine minutes, ms truss was asked four times why she was remaining in herjob, with reports that some of her own conservative mps are privately suggesting she should resign. our political editor, chris mason reports. turning up for another u turn, the prime minister invited reporters to downing
but liz truss remains under pressure from the markets and her own mps. at a press conference in downing street, she acknowledged the market turmoil and said a rise in corporation tax would now go ahead. it is clear that parts of our mini budget went further and faster than markets were expecting. so the way we are delivering our mission right now has to change. called back from washington only to be fired the now former chancellor kwasi kwarteng in office for less than six weeks. his replacement, the former health secretary, jeremy hunt. he is the fourth uk chancellor since the summer. ~ , ., , ., summer. the prime minister has now been two planks summer. the prime minister has now been two planks of summer. the prime minister has now been two planks of her summer. the prime minister has now been two planks of her programme i summer. the prime minister has now| been two planks of her programme for government and her chancellor. the question tonight is can she surviv
also on the programme tonight. pressure grows on the first minister nicola sturgeon. it s understood the holyrood committee investigating the handling of harassment claims against alex salmond believes she misled their inquiry. the duke and duchess of sussex condemn the predatory practices of the british tabloids, after the sun paid a us private investigator to gather information about meghan markle. he says he then acted illegally. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. and coming up in sport on bbc news trouble at tottenham, as spurs are knocked out of the europa league late in extra time by dynamo zagreb. good evening. most of the european countries that suspended the use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine have said they will start using it again, after the eu s medical regulator declared it safe and effective . italy, germany, france and spain are among those resumin
northern ireland upended. and unless the democratic unionist party approve of a deal, they will not agree tojoin a approve of a deal, they will not agree to join a power sharing government at stormont. so the pm has taken to the pages of the normally conservative supporting newsreaders to reassure sceptics in his rank that any deal will not be a sell out. in an interview with the sunday times, he says: in the sun on sunday, he seems to suggest his other and ready deal still requires a few more ingredients. oven ready deal. as for that progress, it understood any deal would make it much easier and less bureaucratic to move goods from great britain and northern ireland and it would be a less rigid application of eu law on vat rates and subsidies to industry. the irish prime ministerfelt and subsidies to industry. the irish prime minister felt things were moving in the right direction. i do think we are moving in the right direction. i if