when all else fails, and if we can t trust them to do theirjob properly, that s a very, very scary thought. the report was commissioned following the rape and murder of sarah everard by a serving officer in 2021. we ll be considering the future of the met in the light of the findings. also tonight. borisjohnson has accepted that he misled parliament in relation to social gatherings during lockdown, but he insists it wasn t intentional or reckless. on the second day of the chinese state visit to moscow a warning to the west not to supply more weapons to ukraine. a report from the highlands on a giant project which could be the uk s biggest hydro electric scheme in a0 years. and why the hollywood star gwyneth paltrow is in court after a collision on a ski slope. and coming up on the bbc news channel, arsenal s women have it all to do if they re to reach the final four of the champions league, as bayern munich strike first. good evening. the biggest police force in the united
instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. downing street says the prime minister is now focussed on ensuring economic stability, but with most of her plans now ripped up, we ll be asking whether liz truss can survive, and getting reaction from voters. also this lunchtime the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. and against the odds, scotland s cricketers beat the west indies in one of their greatest ever victories. and coming up on the bbc news channel scotland have made a winning start to their t20 world cup campaign with a shock defeat of the west indies in australia. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, aimed at reassurin
and misconduct. the mayor of kyiv says that russian strikes on the city this morning have killed one person and wounded three others. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellorjeremy hunt is to deliver an emergency statement on the british economyjust after 11 o clock this morning, bringing forward measures a fortnight earlier than expected. it s expected there ll be a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p, that would be yet another u turn from the mini budget that caused such turmoil on financial markets. with me now as our chief political correspondent. he is waiting in the wings to talk to me. let me round up, because an hour or so we are expecting to hear from the chancellor, he is going to be making that statement and we are expecting pretty much everything in the mini budgets to be pulled back, except for the national insurance increase, the national insurance cut because that has already been legislated for, obviously