running, but has fewer supporters. ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million households are without power after a new wave of russian attacks. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. waron war on the race to become the new conservative leader, which gathers pace. we will be discussing this in more detail with our paper reviews in a moment but some mps are making the support of possible candidates now to try to build the backing. the international trade secretary and a contestant in the last leadership contest, kemi badenoch, has announced support for rishi sunak in announced support for rishi sunak in an article in tomorrow s s sunday times. she says that rishi sunak is a serious, honestly do we need. the former home secretary priti patel has tweeted her support for boris johnson, saying that he can bring together a united t
at least 80 people are known to have died and it s feared that number will rise. divers are continuing to search for survivors in the machchhu river. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. thinking about politics isn t easy these days because we seem to live in an era of permanent revolution and constant chaos. i was due to interview angela raynerjust seven weeks ago, it was the day after liz truss first pmqs it was the day of liz truss energy price guarantee. it turned out to be the day that her majesty the queen died, and so much changed. seven weeks later, we are now in a week of rishi sunak s first prime minister s questions and angela rayner is back on political thinking. welcome back. i made it. how are you finding this roller coaster, because that is what it is. i thought when i was elected in 2015 that the wheels fell off politics then we had the eu referendum, we had ourfront bench suddenly became the backben
to have died and it s feared that number will rise. divers are continuing to search for survivors in the machchhu river. now on bbc news, ros atkins on the week. on a thursday night in may 2015, the returning officer in richmond, north yorkshire, announced the result. rishi sunak had become an mp. and part of a conservative election victory. the choice is in your hands. early the next year, prime minister david cameron called a referendum on brexit. my recommendation is clear. he wanted to stay in the eu. but rishi sunak didn t. he wanted out. the uk wanted out, too. david cameron would resign. six years later, rishi sunak was chancellor. he d been loyal to boris johnson, until the scandals became too much. he resigned saying he didn t agree with mrjohnson s approach. a summer leadership contest followed. time and again, he contrasted his message with his opponent s. i ve said the things that i believe our country needs to hear. he lost. but liz truss would come and go. and n
says his symptoms are mild and he s taking medication. no ordinary telescope scientists will for the first time be able to just detect smashing together of neutron stars. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. liz truss says the treasury s policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades. she s rejected concerns that the tax cuts she s promised would increase inflation. liz truss and her rivalry she sunak are now sitting out there pitches to win over the party membership. this report from iain watson contained some flashing images. her pitch to party members is that she would hold an emergency tax cutting budget, and she s not only attacked recent decisions taken by her colleagues, but has distanced herself from previous administrations. when i sat at that cabinet table, i opposed the national insurance rise before it happened, and i tried to stop it, because i thought it was a mistake. we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial t