to harmful content online. disorder in leicester between muslim and hindu communities one man is jailed for ten months. rail workers resume strike action in october, affecting the conservative party conference and the london marathon. and more than 28 million people in the uk saw the queen s state funeral on tv yesterday, making it one of the most watched live broadcasts in british history. hello, good evening. the prime minister, liz truss, says she is prepared to take difficult and unpopular decisions to help get the uk economy growing. in her first bbc interview since she became prime minister, liz truss said by focusing on economic growth, the uk will be more attractive to investors. and she defended plans to lift the cap on bankers bonuses at a time when cost of living pressures are increasing. she was speaking during her first foreign trip as prime minister, as the government prepares to make a series of major announcements now the official period of mourning for the
the pound remains under pressure from market concerns about government borrowing to fund tax cuts. a state funeral is due to be held for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders from across the world are expected to be at the service. the event will start in just under an hour but there has been growing opposition with detractors citing the cost. and honours even as engalnd and germany share six goals in their final game before the qatar, world cup. of an asteroid travelling at 14,000 miles per hour! it s the first time it s ever been done, and it s hoped that it ll teach us how to change the speed and path of future asteroids and planets. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been taking a look at what happened. closing in on the target. images beamed back from 7 million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed. but this probe isn t here to study it. itsjob is to knock the space rock off course by
tory russia is an authoritarian regime and has organised against democratic countries and has tried to use democratic countries as a referendum or an election against democracies so we have to be as loud as possible now that pseudo referendums will not produce any legal base for annexation. not produce any legal base for annexation. 0k, we have heard ou. annexation. 0k, we have heard you- thank annexation. 0k, we have heard you- thank you annexation. ok, we have heard you. thank you for annexation. 0k, we have heard you. thank you for your - you. thank you for your contribution. thank you. from kyiv. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the nation s destiny.
to occupy these areas but they are producing questions about annexation and joining it to russia. according to the kremlin, a fake referendum would create legal grounds for russia to announce this. the celebration of such process is linked to the successful counteroffensive effort of the armed forces of ukraine. it is also related to russia s fear of losing the gains of the army during the first months of the full scale aggression. pseudo referendums are new from the legal point of view. they will not be recognised in civilised countries of the western world but still create new challenges for citizens and for the government of ukraine because russia will use the argument that people voted for