police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. new research suggests elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop long term brain conditions. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever. # and later in the hour, the stars come out to celebrate james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. after a bruising week for the prime minister, which included a row about a possible squeeze on benefits and a u turn on tax, liz truss has given her first speech as leader to the conservative party conference and insisted we must stay the course . the address was interrupted by greenpeace protesters, but the prime minister went on to defend her determination to cut taxes in order to stimulate growth. she said she had a clear strategy to get britain moving, and that while not everyone would be in favour of her plans, everyone w
the east around the city of kharkiv. the second largest city. the russians taken by surprise, tonight russia responding. what they re already seeing in kharkiv and the question now, how will putin answer all of this with ukraine s significant gains? tom soufi burridge from kyiv. back in this country tonight those storms in the east this evening, 15 million on alert across the country for flash flooding tonight. in the east, baltimore, washington, d.c., the northeast next. already sweeping through the chicago area. geysers in the streets. and in the west tonight, tropical rain falling in drought-ravaged southern california, the ground so dry the water immediately turning to flash floods and mudslides trapping drivers. kayna whitworth in california. chief meteorologist ginger zee timing out the storms ahead tonight. breaking news involving the january 6th investigation and some officials in the trump administration, the justice department has issued more than three dozen su
twitter. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin this hour in sri lanka where protesters have stormed the president s official residence in colombo as the country s economic crisis deepens. the whereabouts of the president are unknown. police fired tear gas in an effort to disperse huge crowds gathered to demand the resignation of president rajapaksa. numerous groups have travelled from to the capital to join the demonstration, which went ahead after the authorities attempt to impose a curfew was abandoned. thousands of troops and police officers have been deployed. it s the latest protest to be sparked by the country s worst economic crisis in decades. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. a short time ago i spoke to our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan. i began by asking him about his assessment today s events. there have been some dramatic developments over the past few hours
they treat him like he has monkeypox. from the source. and why? they figured it out. biden the steps harder than brian stelter trying to drink a shamrock shake through a straw. so no one in the media will up anymore. they discovered objectivity. once he began objectively the worst president in the past 100 years. we being told the president has done everything he can. it s been that the president ha done everything he can t. he s doing everything he can to make sure we address this issue. lucy see what we can do. i can t make any promises. we can build on what we ve already done. i want to make sure what people know that we ve already done. we don t have anything for tomorrow or an estimate we have not seen the numbers. he s doing everything he can to make sure that we take action and the have been duly a 24/7. feel free to reach out to me, and we will do everything we can . i don t have a policy update on that. i know to tell you now as i ve been saying we ve been doing ev
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