welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he d need to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here are political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profoun
postings on social media welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street, and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis , and he made a point of saying that he needed to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor liz truss. here s our political editor chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our c
britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he needed to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here s our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium, to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. a businesslike, sober tone, a blunt, direct
and its clear that suella knows the home and its clear that suella knows the home office, having very recently been home office, having very recently been there, and is able to hit the ground been there, and is able to hit the ground running from day one. the new prime minister has already spoken to the first ministers of scotland and wales in what s being seen as a bid to improve relations with the devolved administrations. and at noon today, rishi sunak faces his first big parliamentary test at prime minister s questions. we ll have live coverage. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m here in westminster on the first day of rishi sunak s premiership. the new prime minister will hold his first cabinet meeting this morning after a major reshuffle of ministers. after a day of hiring and firing, we now know who will be joining him around the cabinet table. mr sunak brought back several experienced ministers. the most controversial appointment was the return of suell
hello. good afternoon to you. it is so mild out there. many of us have not had to use the thick coats for quite some time now. this is not going to change over the next few days. exceedingly mild weather conditions, with this air stream coming in all the way from the southern climes, actually a pattern that we sometimes see during the summer months. at low pressure is also close by. so, not necessarily sunny all the time. far from it, also close by. so, not necessarily sunny all the time. farfrom it, we had heavy rain earlier on across many parts of northern ireland and scotland. most of that rain has now cleared to the north and we are left with brisk, quite strong south westerly wind around western areas. but plenty of sunny spells in land, and, of course, the relatively high temperatures possibly reaching 20 degrees in the south east and east anglia. but even around yorkshire, around 18, mid teens in eastern and central parts of scotland. through the course of tonight, the