elected as leader of the conservative party. politics comes at us rather fast these days, doesn t it? this autumn s second new prime minister inherits a nightmarish soup of political and economic gloom. he moves in there tomorrow to try and sort it out. we ll have more from chris, in this extended edition of bbc news at ten, as we consider the prospects for a sunak premiership. at westminster the main opposition parties are united on the demand for a general election, so that millions of voters can have their say. labour thinks that we should be having a general election. i think everybody who i ve spoken to, the public, have said we should be having a general election. there is no mandate now. he should call an early general election. he s the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories, not elected by the population. mr sunak s rapid advance is a significant moment for politics. he s the first british asian to become prime minister. and we ll be askin
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Numbers while the Major Economies are raising rates and chinas growing below its growth targets. Paul, what are some of the complex sort of Pressure Points that these countries will have to navigate as they forge ahead . Yeah, well, i really think its a Confidence Game at this point, right . So we want consumers to continue to spend. We want firms to continue to invest. So i think having some confidence that the the rate cycle globally is near its peak, the us continues to put up good numbers. Chinas been tweaking some of the measures over the past week in the property market. So its certainly not a disastrous story, but its probably going to come in with a Forehand Build this year on growth and countries are just going to have to figure out how to navigate that given their particular circumstances. So its not a terrible scenario, but its a little bit weaker than were used to in this part of the world where china was powering the region and everyone else was kind of pulled along behind
Expert witness. Nobodys ever heard of it before. Thats donald trump yet again making false claims, this time doing so yesterday after testimony wrapped up in his hush money trial. The judge cleared the jury out of the courtroom because of the lawyer trump just referenced. Well have expert legal analysis on that very contentious moment straight ahead. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani and other trump allies accused of Election Interference in arizona are due in court today. Well explain that case and how prosecutors tracked down the former mayor of New York City. Also ahead an update on Campaign Cash of President Biden and donald trump as the rnc ramps up funding to overcome the former president s legal bills. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 21st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial, which will resume later this morning after the prosecution r
Indias glitzy 620 presidency ending with the gavel handed over to brazil. Applause. The groups joint declaration applause. The groupsjoint declaration avoided condemning russias war in ukraine but the inclusion of the African Union into the grouping was seen as a major achievement. I think this is a really good move and again, india should be complemented for championing it. But they got support from the other countries. The 620 vowed to trickle Renewable Energy capacity and scale up financing for billions to trillions of dollars. This even as the hundred billion dollars promised by the western countries every year to help developing countries mitigate Climate Impact is still nowhere in sight. 620 now has its own mechanism on Climate Finance so does that mean that the hundred billion dollars promised from the west of the developed countries is pretty much dead now . I dont think it is a question of are you writing off this hundred billion that was promised earlier and now that youve co