all the gotaways. 2 plus million people plus the gotaways. i ve been told by border patrol north of 800,000, probably closer to a million. but the more striking number is the 3.4 million that have come into our country since president biden took office. he flipped that switch on trump policies and people poured in. not only people, drugs pouring in. agents in nogales, arizona made another massive bust over the weekend. 200,000 fentanyl pills, 150 pounds of methamphetamine. tensions exploding over the republican governors transferring the people who insist on cutting the line. they are sending them to democrat-led cities. a sheriff in bear county, texas doesn t like it and opened a criminal investigation into the flights that sent 50 illegals from florida courtesy of governor desantis to martha s vineyard. 50 died in a trailer in texas. was a a freak-out? you have had people victim eyes americans killing and raping some. was there any type of outrage about that? no, it is on
convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn
difficult decisions ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and also talked about spending cuts. mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here s our political correspondent ione wells. well. hours into his newjob, the well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor was i well. hours into his new “ob, the chancellor was tasked well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with - well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with setting | chancellor was tasked with setting out his still, a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is absolutely not planning public spending cuts but listen to this. we have spending cuts but listen to this. - have some very difficult decisions ahead, difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as much as people hope and i am going
memorials have been held across indonesia for the deceased. the british prime minister has admitted her government s mini budget that sparked turmoil on the financial markets could have been handled better. liz truss has remained defiant as senior conservatives criticised the fiscal event. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our thinking about what has shaped theirs. well, you know what they say about a week in politics. what a long time this week has felt since that budget that was officially not a budget. we ve seen the pound go down. interest rates go up, mortgages being cancelled, and billions and billions and billions of pounds being spent by the bank of england in order to try and defend the pension system. my guest on political thinking this week is a new member of liz truss s new cabinet. he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. four years befo
the #bbcyourquestions no outright winner in the brazilian election left wing candidate luiz inacio lula da silva and right wingerjair bolsonaro will go to a second round run off. an investigation s underway after at least 125 were killed in a crush at a football match in indonesia one of the world s worst stadium disasters. the king and queen consort will undertake their firstjoint public engagements today since the end of the period of royal mourning for the queen. and, meet mr doodle the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has covered his whole house in drawings. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the government has this morning performed a huge u turn and abandoned its plan to scrap the 45 pence top rate of income tax. the announcement, from chancellor kwasi kwarteng , came just a day after the prime minister liz truss backed the policy. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the 45p tax plan had become a huge distract