charged with involuntary manslaughter, following the death of the cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was shot on the set of his film. today, i m announcing that i will not be seeking re election. jacinda ardern steps down as new zealand s prime minister saying she no longer has enough in the tank to do to the job. and after an epic five and three quarter hours, andy murray triumphs in a thrilling match at the australian open. and coming up on the bbc news channel: manchester city concede two before half time against tottenham. pep guardiola s side hoping to close the gap at the top, but could spurs see out the win. good evening. there s growing pressure on nato countries to agree to send more tanks to ukraine to help in the fight against russia. pledges of military aid have increased, after kyiv warned that russia was preparing a new assault. nine countries, including britain, have promised to urgently step up supplies of heavy weaponry and the uk has committed to sending
exchange of fire ukraine continues to push back russian forces but the invading troops aren t giving up. they are trying desperately to change the narrative here, and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. and the rugby league world cup gets under way a year late as hosts england take on samoa in the opening game of the tournament at newcastle. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, today indicated major changes to liz truss economic strategy. in a round of interviews, mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called very difficult decisions ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and refused to rule out spending cuts, saying every government department would be asked to make new savings. mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked kwasi kwarteng. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was t
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flux and uncertainty and calls for who to replace her. with all this i flux and uncertainty and calls for a general election from the opposition parties, could that happen? i general election from the opposition parties, could that happen?- parties, could that happen? i think that is the very parties, could that happen? i think that is the very last parties, could that happen? i think that is the very last thing - parties, could that happen? i think that is the very last thing the - that is the very last thing the government and the conservative party want, given the lead of the labour party in the polls at the moment. that looks bleakfor the conservative party so there will be a real effort not to end up in a situation where they have to call a general election. nobody wants a leadership election like the one over the summer which went on for a long time. they don t want a repeat of that again so the talk among conservative mps is if their weather change, it would have to be throu