decision to scrap i can't commit to reversing that because they have blown such a big hole in it. i’m because they have blown such a big hole in it. �* . ., , hole in it. i'm glad that it is cominu hole in it. i'm glad that it is coming to _ hole in it. i'm glad that it is coming to euston _ hole in it. i'm glad that it is coming to euston but we i hole in it. i'm glad that it is i coming to euston but we need hole in it. i'm glad that it is _ coming to euston but we need to look very carefully in detail because the budget has been dramatically reduced as i understand, the platform for it will be produced and that causes significant problems for the future. we need to have detail, i don't think the government has a project around it and that is a problem for this government has lost control of it like it lost control of the economy. lost control of our nhs. it is another mess that we are privileged enough to win the election, we will have to pick up and fix. , . . , ., and fix. during 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belt for london and yet, you don't have the _ belt for london and yet, you don't have the benefits for the north of england — have the benefits for the north of england connecting data to the midlands. , ,, ., ~ england connecting data to the midlands. , ,, .,~ ., midlands. rishi sunak made the announcement _ midlands. rishi sunak made the announcement at _ midlands. rishi sunak made the announcement at the _ midlands. rishi sunak made the i announcement at the conservative party conference accompanied soon after by a video on x formerly known as twitter but it looked like the video was recorded at downing street which must�*ve happened before rishi sunak left for manchester which implies the decision on hs2 have been taken even while he and his cabinet colleagues were saying it had not. confused? he asked the transport secretary just what had not. confused? he asked the transport secretaryjust what had been going on. the formal decision was taken by me as transport secretary on tuesday this week and it was agreed by the cabinet on wednesday morning. shortly after which, the prime minister announced in his conference speech. 50 minister announced in his conference seech. speech. so he filmed the cancellation _ speech. so he filmed the cancellation video - speech. so he filmed the cancellation video at - speech. so he filmed the - cancellation video at downing speech. so he filmed the _ cancellation video at downing street cancelling it before you formally cancelled it?— cancelling it before you formally cancelled it? ~ . , ., cancelled it? what is the order? he fumes a video _ cancelled it? what is the order? he fumes a video in _ cancelled it? what is the order? he fumes a video in the _ cancelled it? what is the order? he fumes a video in the same - cancelled it? what is the order? he fumes a video in the same way - cancelled it? what is the order? he fumes a video in the same way we | fumes a video in the same way we would prepare a document in advanced of me taking a decision because you do things in advance. you don'tjust make things up on the back of a cigarette packet because we have been working on it for a long time to think through the consequences of cancelling the second phase of hs2 and to look at the alternative way you can invest £36 billion in transport infrastructure investment across the country. we worked all that through, the decision for me, was for me to take, legally which i took on tuesday and it was agreed by the cabinet on wednesday and then announced by the prime minister. to make sense of this all live now to our political reporter, david cornock. david, let's start with that route because i supposed to cut to the heart of what is at the issue is whether rishi sunak wasn't being straight with voters because if this was pre—recorded, of course he spent hours and days in the run—up to that announcement insisting that the decision had not yet been made. that's right. it is pretty clear that video was recorded in downing street before the conservative party conference began at the start of the week. i thought in mark hopper analysis there, the word formal was doing a lot of work, because the speculation about the future of hs2 has been around for weeks and it is pretty clear the direction of travel in terms of the policy if you were wondering rishi sunak also recorded another video in which he announced the project would go ahead whilst mark said no, he didn't. to the project would go ahead whilst mark said no, he didn't.— mark said no, he didn't. to the wider fallout, _ mark said no, he didn't. to the wider fallout, because - mark said no, he didn't. to the wider fallout, because of - mark said no, he didn't. to the l wider fallout, because of course, the logos at the conference was all about the big decisions for the future, but in terms of the short—term dividing lines, absolutely clear, but the challenge that the prime minister has laid out for keir starmer, what did you make, what was your assessment of what the leader of the opposition was saying? keir starmer choosing his words very carefully in a series of interviews with colleagues and the bbc�*s nations and regions, choosing the similar phrase, all the time, that labour cannot commit to a going ahead and there are two reasons for that. firstly, a lot of the money allocated for hs2 is not being reallocated for other projects. the other point that keir starmer made was that of release of lands that would have been used for the tracks. well, that means that land is no longer available and is being released and will not be available for hs2. sue if you think it will go ahead under a labour government, that looks pretty unlikely as well. a brief word about compensation for all of those people caught up in the territory that the second leg was actually said was to head through. lot of questions about that, the transfer secretary who be heard from a moment ago saying, no new compensation. —— transport secretary for all the clearly lives have been affected on that, but presumably the withdrawal of that leg, the cancellation of that leg means that the grounds for fresh compensation as the government sees it, will no longer apply. fix. as the government sees it, will no longer apply-— as the government sees it, will no longer apply. a final thought, going back to rishi _ longer apply. a final thought, going back to rishi sunak's _ longer apply. a final thought, going back to rishi sunak's big _ longer apply. a final thought, going back to rishi sunak's big speech - back to rishi sunak's big speech because clearly he was laying out the way he describes, big changes, big decisions, that was his pitch yesterday. but a lot of focus in the 24 yesterday. but a lot of focus in the 2a hours since that address on some big areas he did not talk in great detail about, big areas he did not talk in great detailabout, one big areas he did not talk in great detail about, one of those, of course, the cost of rishi sunak arguing that he wanted his speech to be remembered for those three things on education i152 be remembered for those three things on education ,, ., , ., ~ on education h52 and the smoking ban, but on education h52 and the smoking ban. but people — on education h52 and the smoking ban, but people asking _ on education h52 and the smoking ban, but people asking today, - on education h52 and the smoking | ban, but people asking today, what about the cost of living crisis. rishi sunak could point to that speech to his argument that, yes, people want tax cuts, but in terms of his own policy, the best tax cut will be getting inflation down. but that still of course means prices are going up. that still of course means prices are going no— that still of course means prices are going up. david, thank you for takin: now to ukraine, where the interior affairs minister says a missile attack on a village in the northeast kharkiv region has killed at least 51 people, including a six—year—old boy. local officials say villagers had gathered in a cafe for a wake when the strike hit, and most families in the village have lost someone. president zelensky has called it �*an act of russian terror�*. our correspondent james waterhouse gave me more of the initial details from kyiv. the standards of the almost daily missile strikes that ukraine experiences, this one looks especially bleak. lode experiences, this one looks especially bleak.— experiences, this one looks especially bleak. we have seen footaae especially bleak. we have seen footage posted _ especially bleak. we have seen footage posted online - especially bleak. we have seen footage posted online by - especially bleak. we have seen | footage posted online by official channels appearing to show several bodies covered in dust next to rubble in the small village. this is a village with a population of only a village with a population of only a few hundred sitting in the north—eastern khakis region. now, this is a village with a population of only a few hundred. it sits in the northeastern kharkiv region, around 30 kilometers from the front line. it is not uncommon for settlements in this area to come under regular shelling or missile strikes because of their proximity to the front line. but this looks like an especially deadly targeted strike in what would normally be a civilian area. we're told several people are injured. you can expect the rescue operation to continue for some time. it is a it is a routine, well—rehearsed for emergency teams all around ukraine. we have seen russia target cities in the east countless times before, but this seems to be the single biggest loss of life from a missile strike we've seen in several months. i think of the the strike on dnipro on a residential block injanuary where more than 50 people were killed. this seems to be looking similar, sadly, and i think the facts will emerge in time. and james, as you were talking, we were looking at the moving pictures. we also have still pictures as we try to to ascertain. but certainly you can see just whole areas flattened as those rescue workers try to actually go through the rubble and get to people. and the details certainly on casualties are emerging and changing all the while. tell me a little more, though, about this whole area and the intensity of fighting around it. well, it's the kharkiv region that large parts of it were occupied in the full—scale invasion of last year. it wouldn't be liberated until the autumn of 2022, but this is a place where there has been heavy fighting. and when you're there, when you get towards the front line, you can hear increased shelling and you can see that there are strikes right along the contact line, right across the russian border, further north. these are communities that live with an awful lot and choose to stay there despite the very real daily risks. and president zelensky — we talk about well—rehearsed routines. he's on a diplomatic trip to spain to reinforce his calls for more help, for more ammunition, for better defences. and he's had to react to yet another attack. and in his words, he's described it as russia, using this strike to normalise what he calls its genocidal attacks, to try and normalise those for the rest of the world. now, from initial assessment of this footage, and you strangely get a sense here, it does look like quite a direct hit with something, this is more than shelling. and, you know, you wonder i think ukrainians live with that background threat of wondering whether something like this will happen close to them. and this seems to be the case once more. you know, it's incredibly difficult imagery of people looking over dead bodies, wondering if it was someone they knew. and what always strikes you when you're in the east is how those who have decided to stay — thousands have moved back home, even to the east, despite the threat not going away. and i think this is the risk, the background risk that many ukrainians choose to live with. european leaders are meeting in the spanish city of granada with ukraine and migration the two big issues being discussed. 47 eu and non eu leaders have gathered including prime minister rishi sunak who is pushing for what he calls, �*creative, europe—wide solutions�* to the continent�*s migration crisis. on ukraine, with infighting in the us republican party slowing down any aid from washington, the support coming from europe has become even more vital for president zelensky. he made a point of being at the meeting in person and this is the message he wanted to get across. we must not allow putin to destabilise any other parts of the world and our partners in order to ruin europe�*s power, we must continue to put pressure with sanctions, politically and economically, so that russia cannot spread chaos. the presence of russia, its military or proxies on the territory of any other country is a threat to all of us. iam sure. and we must all work together to push russia out of the territory of other countries. earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent james landale who�*s in granada. i think the weekend�*s political uncertainties in washington have cast a long shadow across the atlantic because it is very much a concern here in spain. all the leaders who have been arriving, many of them have been rushing up to the cameras to reinforce their own personal support for ukraine, saying, "look, we�*ll be there for as long as it takes. we�*ll be there to the to the very end." ursula von der leyen, the head of the european commission, said, look, she�*s very confident american support will continue. president zelensky himself said that he was confident that us support would remain, but it felt very much like people saying stuff to encourage each other and jolly each other along. it�*s a real, genuine concern. and when i asked joseph borrell, the eu foreign policy chief, whether or not europe will be able to fill the gap if europe does, if the us does start reducing its support to ukraine. mr borrell was very clear. he said that, you know, europe could not make up that loss. and that is the reality that i think european leaders and mr zelensky are facing, that that is a possibility they might have to grapple with. and james, in terms of president zelensky, when he looks to europe, when he looks to nato, in terms of additional help, what is pending? well, he made very clear when he arrived this morning that his immediate, immediate need, as in what he needs right now, today, is more air defenses. he and his team believe that some time coming as the winter comes on in ukraine, russia will launch a fresh onslaught of missiles, those nightly missiles that we�*ve seen so often before against ukraine�*s energy infrastructure. there�*s power stations that russia wants to take out so that ukrainians freeze during those bitter winters. he needs more air defenses. so that�*s his immediate priority. he also needs more shells. we heard warnings from nato leaders earlier this morning saying that european stockpiles, they�*re reaching the bottom of the barrel. so there�*s concern about that as well. on top of all the political concerns, the broader picture that mr zelensky has, as ever, he says, we need a new european security architecture. that�*s just shorthand for early talks that he wants for nato membership. just those early discussions so that that idea, that process of ukraine joining the nato alliance can have a sense of momentum. he doesn�*t have it at the moment, and that�*s what he wants. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. a man who took a crossbow to windsor castle on christmas day in 2021 to "kill" queen elizabeth ii has been given a nine year prison sentence. jaswant singh chail will be kept in broadmoor high security psychiatric hospital before moving to prison. he�*s the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981 after pleading guilty in february. voters are heading to the polls in scotland�*s first recall by election. the ballot in rutherglen and hamilton west was triggered, when constituents voted to remove former snp mp margaret ferrier, after she was found to have breached covid rules. a total of 1a candidates are standing for election to the commons polling stations close at 10pm. new draft health guidance says, doctors should ask people with mental health problems about their gambling habits, to identify if they need help. the guidance says gps should also discuss software, that limits online gambling, as well as talking therapy at an early stage. you�*re live with bbc news. toa to a headline that certainly grabs attention. it�*s �*gobsmackingly bananas�* says one leading scientist responding to global temperatures hitting new records in september. and it�*s a big jump. the high temperatures have driven heatwaves and wildfires across the world this is greece where wildfires are still burning. that, of course, after the hottest july on record and the hottest august on record and a summer of scenes like this, in many countries in europe asia and north america. last month the earth�*s average temperature was 16.38 degrees celsius according to the eu climate service. that�*s half a degree more than the previous record registered in september 2020. and it�*s the largestjump in temperature ever seen. scientists say 2023 is now "on track" to be the warmest on record. earlier i spoke to our climate editorjustin rowlatt. earlier, dr samantha burguss deputy director of the copernicus climate change service gave me her reactions to the figures. i think speechless, unprecedented are more words that and i am more comfortable using. i are more words that and i am more comfortable using.— comfortable using. i will put on screen and _ comfortable using. i will put on screen and graph _ comfortable using. i will put on screen and graph you _ comfortable using. i will put on screen and graph you produced j comfortable using. i will put on - screen and graph you produced and i think it showsjust screen and graph you produced and i think it shows just as a snapshot of what we are actually talking about because these are surface air temperatures and you can see, over the last few decades, and suddenly, that spike. it is quite dramatic, september 2023. were you surprised atjust september 2023. were you surprised at just the size september 2023. were you surprised atjust the size and scale of that jump atjust the size and scale of that jump was back yes, we were. 50 atjust the size and scale of that jump was back yes, we were. so we have had an — jump was back yes, we were. so we have had an extraordinary _ jump was back yes, we were. so we have had an extraordinary year. - jump was back yes, we were. so we have had an extraordinary year. he | have had an extraordinary year. he had the warmestjune, the warmest july, the warmest august and now the warmest september on record. what is really surprising by september though, is as you say, the scale of thatjump. so the largest anomaly. the largest amount from the previous front runner before the month of any month of any year in our data set going back to 1940. so we have not expected that at all. when we look at the preindustrial. and we know thatjuly and august we were running at about 1.5 celsius, about that pretty industrial., september was pretty industrial. , september was running pretty industrial., september was running at around 1.75 celsius above that preindustrial. with individual days up at 1.9 celsius.— days up at 1.9 celsius. these are averaue days up at 1.9 celsius. these are average temperatures _ days up at 1.9 celsius. these are average temperatures we - days up at 1.9 celsius. these are average temperatures we are - days up at 1.9 celsius. these are - average temperatures we are talking about, globally. so where are the most acute impacts actually happening? figs most acute impacts actually happening?— most acute impacts actually happening? most acute impacts actually hauuenin? , , most acute impacts actually hanneninu? , , happening? as you say, this is the ulobal happening? as you say, this is the global average- — happening? as you say, this is the global average. when _ happening? as you say, this is the global average. when we - happening? as you say, this is the global average. when we look - happening? as you say, this is the global average. when we look at l global average. when we look at europe as a whole, the european average for september was much higher. it was 2.5 degrees higher than the average period. and over1 degrees higher than the previous warmest september which was in 2020. so as you say, it all depends on where you look. and how big that geography is as to how divergent those numbers are. so when we look at international policy, the likes of the paris agreement, we really need to look at the global numbers to understand what the planet is doing at a whole. i to understand what the planet is doing at a whole.— doing at a whole. i will come to that point _ doing at a whole. i will come to that point in — doing at a whole. i will come to that point in a _ doing at a whole. i will come to that point in a moment, - doing at a whole. i will come to that point in a moment, but. that point in a moment, but are there any redeeming features? it is c02 there any redeeming features? it is co2 and it is el nino part of the drivers here, but is there any redeeming points in the data that gives you some sort of hope? there is alwa s gives you some sort of hope? there is always hope- _ gives you some sort of hope? there is always hope. but _ gives you some sort of hope? there is always hope. but the _ gives you some sort of hope? there is always hope. but the data - gives you some sort of hope? there is always hope. but the data is - is always hope. but the data is pretty shocking. i think the other thing we are trying to unpack is obviously, we had the volcano which admitted huge amounts of water vapour into the atmosphere. that is also greenhouse gas. so that is a contributing factor as well. the natural variability of what the el nino is one of the forms of natural variability change the dynamics on a global scale and a local scale of whether the temperatures are slightly warmer or slightly cooler. at the moment, the el nino is still localised within the equatorial pacific and i guess, if we are looking for good news, the probability may be that this el nino will not be a super el nino. because for really strong el nino does it relies on a temperature gradient between the apps are in the ocean and because the ocean is so warm, it is not getting the strong connection with the atmosphere get. —— atmosphere. but we are still watching, us and other data centres, or watching the forecast to understand what is happening. 21 people who were arrested at the king�*s coronation in may will face no further action. the metropolitan police say prosecutors have decided against bringing charges against those who were arrested on the morning of the event in central london. prosecutors had reviewed the evidence and have concluded there is "no realistic prospect of conviction". police had said they�*d been arrested in order to prevent a breach of the peace and on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. to the us and president biden has approved the construction of a section of border wall, in southern texas, in an effort to stop illegal immigration. around 32 kilometres will be built in starr county, which is on the border with mexico. there�*s been more than 245,000 crossings in the area this year, with september expected to be a record month. but the move is a major u—turn by the president, who�*d criticised his predecessor donald trump for making the wall a key policy. earlier, i spoke to barbara plett usher our donald trump tweeted that he will await his apology. earlier, i spoke to barbara plett usher our correspondent in washington. it was just posted on the federal registry without any details other than that they were going to build this wall on a 32—kilometre part or barrier, they called it, on a 32—kilometre stretch of the border in the rio grande valley, and that it seems to be somewhat urgent because they have waived 26 federal laws in order to do it. that includes the safe drinking water act, the clean air act and the endangered species act. is it a u—turn? we certainly feel that the the wall and the border is associated with donald trump. that was his big approach to it. when president biden came into office, his posturing was quite the reverse. he actually put out a proclamation and said that it wasn�*t a serious policy solution to build a massive wall all along the southern border. border patrol agents or border patrol officials have been defending this. they say that this isn�*t a departure from the big picture, but what it is is there had been funding appropriated by congress in 2019 to build barriers along the border, and they were just using some of that funding which is already there. but it clearly shows what a pressing issue the matter of illegal immigration has become. the numbers are way up. in september alone you had the highest numbers over the past year, more than 200,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border. it�*s an issue overwhelming border towns and cities. it�*s also a pretty big vulnerability for president biden as he�*s approaching the 2024 presidential election. before we take a break i went to just take you to some great pictures. because, you may not know this, it is fat bear week. at the alaska national park. these are live pictures. you can see this on our website. the park along with the conservation group, explore, runs this competition every year to watch this competition every year to watch this live feed and vote on their favourite. some of the worlds largest brown bears have been packing on the pounds in preparation for their hyper ration. last year, a £1400 brown bear aptly called air force one was crowned champion. it always goes viral, this particular poll and you had until the 10th of october to get your vote in. great pictures here on bbc news. —— bear force one. hello. much of europe is seeing some significant october heat at the moment and the uk no exception — things are going to be warming up over the next few days. it was a bit of a mixed picture on thursday. here was some sunshine in cornwall, but further north many of us had more cloud and outbreaks of rain, so keswick, in cumbria, a fairly drizzly story a little bit earlier on on thursday. the next few days, yes, some rain around, mainly towards the north, but i think we�*re all going to notice that the temperatures will be gradually rising, especially through the course of the weekend. for the rest of the evening and overnight, we�*ve got some wet weather through parts of wales, the midlands. later in the night, more rain into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland, as well. either side of that, some clearer, drier weather and it�*s going to be a mild night, much milder than last night across scotland with lows between about ten to 15 degrees to start your friday. that�*s more typical of daytime temperatures this time of year. through the day on friday, some more wet weather for northern ireland, southern scotland, parts of northern england, as well. further south across england and for much of wales a predominantly dry day. some mist and some low cloud, particularly around coats and hills towards the west. sunny spells, but cooler conditions across the north of scotland, so the mid—teens here, but 22 or 23 degrees possible down towards the south—east. heading on into the weekend we�*ve got this frontal system, and it�*s going to be really slow moving, bringing some rain on saturday. that divides the cool air across the far north of scotland to the much warmer, humid air that�*s going to be piling in from the south. saturday, plenty of dry, sunny weather for much of england, wales, northern ireland too. a bit of cloud and mistiness. for scotland, it is going to be pretty wet under that rain. there could be some localised flooding. temperatures for most of us 19 to 25 degrees or so, but only around ten to 15 with the cooler air and the rain across parts of scotland, so a day of real contrast. we�*ve still got this front with us into sunday, but it starts to lift a bit further north and it will tend to turn a little bit lighter and patchier through the day. still some rain in the far north across parts of scotland on sunday, but for the rest of the uk another fine, dry day with autumn sunshine around. probably not quite as warm as saturday, but still temperatures up to about 23 degrees in the south—east, typically the mid—teens, though, across parts of scotland. so the outlook — lots of dry, warm weather for parts of england and wales over the next five days or so. a few showers further north, but temperatures for all of us will be above average for the time of year. bye— bye. live from london. this is bbc news. labour leader sir keir starmer says if he wins the next election, he can�*t commit to reinstating hs2 as the government has "blown a hole in it." a man who threatened the queen with the crossbow has been jailed for nine years. staff from a theatre in norfolk say they have discovered a stage where they have discovered a stage where they believe william shakespeare performed as an actor. hello. the cricket world cup got underway today, but england, who are the defending champions, were heavily beaten in the opening game against new zealand in a re—match of that dramatic final four years ago. england were made to bat first in ahmedabad and it needed joe root to rescue an otherwise disappointing innings. he scored with 77 as they set a below par target of 283, which new zealand duly ripped into. there were superb unbeaten centuries from devon conway and man of the match rachin ravindra, who hit the winning runs