who will win a second term in the white house, or might someone else get the chance of a first? and can china survive a third term for president xi? in the studio are: jeff mcallister, time magazine s white house correspondent during the clinton years, and then chief of the magazine s london bureau. he and his wife now run their own international law firm. eunice goes, a portuguese writer and academic, lectures on comparative government which, i guess, is how countries learn from each other s mistakes; and steve richards, who arrived at westminster just as the conservative party was evicting margaret thatcher from downing street. the latest episode of rock and roll politics, his podcast, is entitled the next labour government and the power of markets. have events of the last few hours, perhaps certainly the last few weeks, steve, provided you with an insight into those two thoughts, the power of the market and the prospects for a change of government? prospects for a change
18 weeks. for six months now and it s can be 18 weeks. a jury has been told that lucy letby, the nurse accused of murdering babies, wrote i killed them on purpose because i m not good enough on a post it note. the metropolitan police is investigating more than 600 domestic and sexual abuse claims against its own staff. britain s most prestigious architectural award good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. liz truss is coming under more pressure from some of her own mps to rethink her tax cutting plans following last month s mini budget. it comes after the goverment last week abandoned its plan to abolish the a5p tax rate for top earners. but senior conservatives have continued to voice grave concerns at liz truss s tax cutting measures without explaining how she will balance the books. this afternoon, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng said he s totally focused on delivering the growth plan, in response to speculation about a u turn on the measures. let s listen to what he had
get on touch with me on twitter. a man is due in court this morning charged with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. another man is charged with assisting an offender. the king and queen consort will undertake their firstjoint public engagements today since the end of the period of royal mourning for the queen. an investigation s underway after at least 125 were killed in a crush at a football match in indonesia one of the world s worst stadium disasters. no outright winner in the brazilian election left wing candidate luiz inacio lula da silva and right wingerjair bolsonaro will go to a second round run off. the man who makes his living from doodling talks to us. good morning. the government has this morning performed a huge turn and abandoned its plan to scrap the 45 pence top rate of income tax. the announcement from chancellor kwasi kwarteng came just a day after the prime minister liz truss backed the policy. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the