the result of sabotage. the uk must prepare for a big wave of flu this winter, say health experts, as people are urged to get flu and covid vaccines. and the spotlight is on glasgow and liverpool, as they vie to host next year s eurovision song contest. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s women will play their first ever stand alone fixture at twickenham next year. theirfinal six nations match against france will take place at rugby hq. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bank of england has made a surprise intervention to try to calm the financial markets, by launching a temporary uk government bond buying programme. it s an attempt to get long term borrowing costs down. they had been. since last week s mini budget. the emergency move is to stave off what the bank said was a material risk to the country s financial stability , given the turmoil that s followed friday s mini budget. the bank said its intervention was to restore orderly market
southern england and the outlook not looking too bad overall both today and tomorrow. sunny spells in the forecast but also some showers. looking at the satellite picture, the crowd quite broken up across the uk with varied weather conditions. the most frequent showers this afternoon in the north east of england pushing through yorkshire, and later on today these showers becoming spells of rain heading south. temperatures tonight also quite varied because of the cloud cover. temperatures could get as low as 4 degrees but around coastal areas temperatures closer to 10 c. the big picture across europe on thursday and a rather large area of low pressure dominating the scene. more vigorous low pressure heading our way and already to come on friday. so for tomorrow a few showers around once again, not as many as today. the wind a little bit lighter tomorrow with more frequent sunny spells so temperatures also recovering up to 17 in some spots. then a different picture with his big
And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the latest tweet from donald trump is grabbing attention around the world. The President Elect wrote that the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. He said that process would continue until the world came to its senses. However, a spokesman has said mr trump was actually referring to the need to prevent nuclear proliferation. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. America and russia still hold more than 90 of the worlds nuclear stockpiles, both able to deliver destruction on a massive scale, by ground, sea or air. For a quarter of a century, they have been reducing their nuclear arsenal. But the question now, is the arms race about to resume . Tonight, President Elect donald trump tweeted it caught many by surprise, including the obama administration. I cant speak for what the President Elects nuclear views, or his policy g
And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the latest tweet from donald trump is grabbing attention around the world. The President Elect wrote that the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. He said that process would continue until the world came to its senses. However, a spokesman has said mr trump was actually referring to the need to prevent nuclear proliferation. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. America and russia still hold more than 90 of the worlds nuclear stockpiles, both able to deliver destruction on a massive scale, by ground, sea or air. For a quarter of a century, they have been reducing their nuclear arsenal. But the question now, is the arms race about to resume . Tonight, President Elect donald trump tweeted it caught many by surprise, including the obama administration. I cant speak for what the President Elects nuclear views, or his policy g
let s return now to our top story that major intervention by the bank of england this morning, our business editor simonjack is back with me: what a 2k hours. it is a tricky moment for the chancellor as it is not that the international monetary fund which specialises developing countries in financial trouble with question specific policies in an inflationary environment. they call them bond market vigilantes but liz truss has had a pretty boozing first encounter with these vigilantes. encounter with these vigila ntes. simon encounter with these vigilantes. simon jack, encounter with these vigilantes. simonjack, thank you. are pretty bruising. time for a look at the weather, here s tomasz schafernaker. a distinct autumn chill in the air for some of us with some frost in