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ukrainian officials say russia has launched attacks on criticial civilian infrastructure across the country with several large explosions heard near the capital kyiv. france prepares for widespread disruption as oil industry workers and transport staff go on strike in a dispute over pay. and. a happy birthday to the bbc! it s100 years old today making it the world s longest running national broadcasting organization. good morning and welcome to westminster. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new chancellor ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past six weeks but she insisted she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. asked about that last night, one tory backbencher said: well, we ll have to see . the new cabient meets this morning. ourfirst report this morning from our politi ....
near the capital kyiv. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after not wearing a headscarf. france prepares for widespread disruption as oil industry workers and transport staff go on strike in a dispute over pay. the uk government are seeking to change the law to prevent their military pilots from training the chinese armed force. up to 30 former uk military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of china s people s liberation army in exchange for large sums of money. and. a happy birthday to the bbc! it s 100 years old today making it the world s longest running national broadcasting organization. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past ....
fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab her family say they ve good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the prime minister will be meeting more backbenchers as she continues to try to shore up her leadership, a series of difficult headlines this morning following yesterday, following that interview as well, with our political editor chris mason in which she apologised for issues since she became prime ministerjust 41 days ago, earlier on today, it was business as usual, almost, with a cab neating, she and cabinet meeting, she and the new chancellor speaking at that meeting and the chancellor was setting out his plan, his thoughts on spending cuts which he said were on the way, he said that departments should agree those spending cuts by the end oaf week so a tight timetable there, and, they were meeting of course after he tore up most of that mini budget, the liz truss economic pol ....
competition between us weirdly. hello. welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. paralysis continues in the us congress. the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthy s own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now, into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party, but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a s ....
everywhere. i ve never seen damage like this in my whole life. it s unreal. reporter: boats tossed like toys. the lone bridge connecting the island cracked and crumbled with the storm s winds putting some sections totally under water. we had about 200 households that didn t evacuate on the island that we know of. reporter: anyone still trapped on the isolated island now waiting for rescue by boat or air. we joined the lee county sheriff as he surveyed some of the hardest hit areas to see the full scope of ian s power. you know that as we are speaking right now, there are people that want us and need us and we can t get to them. reporter: people like jack and betty. an elderly couple who hasn t been heard from since the storm hit their continue dope. the worst part is the waiting and the unknown and not knowing that they re okay. reporter: their son scott says his parents were unable to evacuate in time and forced to hunker down on their ground floor. but r ....