and the economy is also a key issue for us voters three weeks out from the crucial midterm elections as inflation continues to rise. tonight with the context, paul waugh, chief political commentator for the i newspaper, and democratic strategist mary anne marsh. as government u turns go, and there have been a few of late, this was a big one. britain s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has dumped nearly all of the flagship economic policies of the liz truss government in an attempt to end weeks of financial turmoil. it has left the prime minister fighting for her political survival with a few mps openly calling for her to quit, and more doing anonymously. this gives you an idea of the scale of how much has been dropped from the pm s plan for growth last month which the then chancellor kwasi kwarteng announced in parliament, and how little now remains. the 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax has been dropped indefinitely. it will remain at 20p. the 2 year cap on energy prices h
heckling we ll bring all the reaction to the prime minister s speech from birmingham. also this lunchtime. ukraine s president says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances and have liberated dozens of villages from russian forces. charities say hundreds of thousands of people in somalia face starvation unless aid deliveries are stepped up after the worst drought in a0 years. new research suggests elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop long term brain conditions. another day of disruption for rail passengers, as 9,000 train drivers take part in a strike about pay. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever. and the stars come out to celebrate all things james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. and coming up on the bbc news channel, all players and staff at premiership rugby club worcester will have their contracts terminated after a winding up order in the high court. good af
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it s gold again for laura muir. on another golden night for the brits in munich, muir retains her crown as the 1,500 metre european champion. (organ plays) they were once a key part of going to the pictures. we ll take a look at the cinema organs being raised back to life. good morning. it is a blustery start to the good morning. it is a blustery start to the weekend, especially in the north west of the uk where there are also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone will see wet weather today. all the everyone will see wet weather today. all the details are coming up. good morninu. it s saturday august 20. our main story: train passengers are being warned of more severe disruption across the uk s rail network today as tens of thousands of workers go on strike. it s the sixth day of national walk outs so far this summer in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running