my some mps have called for a u turn. my advice to the prime minister would be to do it, do it now, something that will be firm, bold and convincing. liz truss has faced growing calls from within her own conservative party to rethink her economic plans. labour, the principal party of opposition in the uk, says a u turn would mean liz truss has to resign. liz truss who got us into all this trouble, rowing backwards desperately, not knowing where she s going, what would what good would that do for britain? good afternoon. if you have just joined, if you havejustjoined, welcome if you have justjoined, welcome to bbc news. the bbc has been told kwasi karteng is no longer chancellor. it s not yet clear if he s been sacked or if he s resigned. this morning he rushed back to london to see the prime minister, after cutting short a trip to washington. it follows turmoil on the finanancial markets after his mini budget last month. the prime minister is about to hold a news conferenc
man, that s lisa marie pressley, singer, song writer, elvis only child. she has died. i was so stunned. me too. she s really young. 54 years old. prime really, that s young, especially these days with the medical what a life, though. what a life. and her parents, crazy, you know, being the daughter of priscilla and elvis. hate to start with sad news but this morning tributes are pouring in as a we remember lisa marie. special counsel, another one, don t be confused a different special counsel has been named, this in president biden s classified documents probe. what are the possible crimes and could the current president be charged? plus this. oh my god. oh my god. yeah, look. oh my god. that is the damage so many people are waking up to this morning after more than 30 tornados ravaged several states including my home state of alabama, severe weather has been sweeping the south. the damage is likely to take days to survey. we ll take you live to selma
marie presley. a look back at her life. another president, another special counsel. the white house facing a major investigation after more classified documents are found at president biden s home and office. the south is waking up to destruction this morning after tornadoes and storms hit several states. look at where i m standing. you can see the size of this box truck that was turned over. there s siding all around the area that s been blown off from roofs across the area, and of course as we ve been able to go through this area this morning, it s still dark, you can see the destruction that s been left behind. cnn s ryan young in selma where a tornado traveled over 50 miles and at least seven people have been killed. a haunting revelation in the disappearance of ana walshe, telling police that her husband threatened to kill her, as cnn traces the key locations in the search. and vladimir putin publicly berating one of his officials for acting too slow on warpl
a total of thirty seven people including 23 children were killed in an attack that has shocked the nation. those are the headlines. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. lebanon is experiencing one of the most disastrous economic collapses of the last 100 years. the national economy is less than half the size it was just three years ago. one powerful symbol of the catastrophe, people are holding up banks in a desperate attempt to get their money out, amid rampant inflation and a currency crisis. my guest is lebanon s minister of economy and trade, amin salam. politicians have failed lebanon for decades. will that change before the meltdown is complete? minister amin salam, currently in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen, glad to be with you. well, we re delighted to have you in our washington studio. let me ask you, minister, do you think you and your government are levelling with the lebanese peop
in a desperate attempt to get their money out, amid rampant inflation and a currency crisis. my guest is lebanon s minister of economy and trade, amin salam. politicians have failed lebanon for decades. will that change before the meltdown is complete? minister amin salam, currently in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen, glad to be with you. well, we re delighted to have you in our washington studio. let me ask you, minister, do you think you and your government are levelling with the lebanese people, and indeed with the international community as well, about the scale of the economic catastrophe that your country is currently living through? absolutely. stephen, let me tell you, it has been quite a challenging year since our government took office and we started really working on a very tough mission to recover the economy in lebanon and to fix all the mess that the past two decades have left lebanon in. our government came with a big title th