i don t want go bankrupt. i don t want to lose my house. i don t want to lose my independence or the little moral value that i have. changes people are forced to make as inflation continues to squeeze bunts. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s saturday, july poth. good morning, sara. it s great to be with you, even though we have to start with breaking news. at least 16 people are dead in kentucky including six kids. authorities there are warning the death toll is almost certain to rise. kentucky governor an dy beshear says it s hard to get a correct number with cellphone service out. flooding wiped out parts of eastern kentucky. rescue efforts have also been slowed by power outages. more than 17,000 homes and businesses remain in the dark this morning. animals are without people. people are without homes. we just need help. we need as much help, please, i m begging anyone who sees this. help my town. help my people. to hear that desperate call for
violence between the two sides. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia s blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, liz truss promises a cut in national insurance, within weeks, if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi s visit to taipei. now on bbc news dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls