as its known is underway, a few tensions that existed in the early stages. president biden is about to sit down with president obrador and justin trudeau. what can biden say to ease the crisis at our southern border. that number there, 2.3 million plus border encounters for fiscal year 2022. that ended in october or the new one began in october. it was an all-time high by an enormous margin. for some context, that s more than the entire population of houston, texas and we monitor the summit at this hour. we ll bring you that live. we re waiting to hear what these folks might say about the cartels, about our border and any agreements that they might reach to crack down on this situation. retired four-star general jack keane, chairman for the institute of study of war and a fox news senior strategic analyst joins me. good to have you with us today. obviously one of the greatest concerns is whatever pertains to u.s. national security from president biden s perspective. and he we
engaging in military exercises. which north korean some publicly stated, repeatedly that they find provocative and they see as kind of a rehearsal for an invasion of north korea. just hours before, we saw this latest missile strike, we had a statement from north korea. condemning united states redeployment of an aircraft carrier. that specifically the u.s. has ronald reagan near the korean peninsula. and the north korean s call this, their statements are typically have the sort of awkward phrasing. they called it a considerably huge negative splash and regional security. and they said that they were defending themselves with missile tests, which they have been doing since the beginning of the year. and, again increasing frequency. they told us a righteous reaction to these intimidating military drills. so you know, this really has seen this year a big increase in the pace and in the tone of these missile tests. and again, in the tit-for-tat sort of answers by the united state
with every day is brought to their front door, they all of a sudden go berserk and they re so upset this is happening. president biden responded overnight, accusing desantis and others of quote, playing politics with human beings. suggesting that those governors such as desantis should not interfere in the immigration process. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is simply wrong. it is unamerican, it is wreckless. the u.s. attorney for massachusetts will speak with the justice department about desantis transporting migrants to martha s vineyard as other atlantics are calling for an investigation. we ll take you there live in just in a moment. but we begin with a set back for the justice department in one of the investigations. a judge has named a special master to review documents seized at mar-a-lago but it paused the criminal investigation into classified materials confiscat
attend theirfirstjoint engagement since the end of formal mourning. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. britain s finance minister kwasi kwarteng, has told the conservative party conference in birmingham that he s still determined to deliver his economic plan hours after performing a major u turn on a flagship policy. he s abandoned a proposal to lower taxes for high earners, following widespread criticism, turmoil in the financial markets and a dramatic drop in the value of the pound. the chancellor acknowledged his plans caused, what he called, a little turbulence in the economy. he s now also expected to bring forward his next financial statement from the 23rd of november to this month. here s our political editor, chris mason. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the
the uk chancellor nadim zahawi has added his name to the conservative leadership contest joining a field of eight including sajid javid and jeremy hunt. and in the tennis, moscow born elena rybakina wins the women s singles title representing kazakhstan. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country s president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation, and is struggling to import food, fuel, and medicine. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, b