time now to get down to business. let s start here in the uk where prime minister liz truss has been announcing her new cabinet. she has been busy into the late hours. she s decided to give kwasi kwarteng the second most powerful role in downing street after appointing him as new chancellor of the exchequer. mr kwarteng has a tough job on his hands and takes over at a critical time for the uk economy with millions looking to him for help with soaring winter energy bills. so, what about the man himself? he attended the exclusive private school eton college and went on to graduate with a double first from cambridge university in classics and history. kwarteng then went on to work as a columnist for the daily telegraph and a financial analyst at banks, includingjp morgan. more recently, he was appointed as business secretary in 2021, replacing alok sharma in the borisjohnson government. that is a short synopsis. joining me now is fiona cincotta from city index. nice to see you.
the venue for next year s invictus games. hello and welcome. we begin with the focus on the day ahead for the uk s new prime minister who will hold the first meeting of her government ministers in downing street in the next few hours. they will discuss multibillion pound plans to tackle the soaring cost of living. liz truss rewarded her key allies with seniorjobs in a cabinet reshuffle hours after taking office. later, she goes face to face with the leader of the opposition at herfirst prime minister s questions in the house of commons. our political correspondent ben wright reports. elected by tory party members after boris johnson s elected by tory party members after borisjohnson s downfall, liz truss entered number ten promising a fresh start. but with energy bills soaring in a recession forecast, it is going to be tough. i recession forecast, it is going to be tough- to be tough. i will get britain workin: to be tough. i will get britain working again. to be tough. i
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in three weeks time, italians vote in a general election. now, if the opinion polls are to be believed, the country is about to embrace a political movement with its roots in post war fascism. what would that mean for italy and for europe? well, my guest today, here at the ambrosetti forum a sort of italy style davos gathering is enrico letta, a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no, i think we will win. how can you think that, when the raw mathematics of this election look so bad for you? and i say that because the right has coordinated, it has organised
canadian calls for a safety zone. police urged people in indigenous canadian police urged people in indigenous communities to stay indoors as the man hunt continues for one of two suspects following a mass stabbing. no more pcr tests for international visitors to japan from today. but is it enough to encourage overseas tourists back? we ll talk to a tour operator. live from our studio in singapore. this is live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. l welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore, and ”pm in london where the new british prime minister liz truss has moved into downing street, having accepted the queen s invitation to form a government. and she s already made some key cabinet appointments. in her first sp