with another new leader named by next friday. disbelief across the uk as downing street implodes in the middle of a soaring cost of living crisis. it just needs itjust needs stabilising, it needs sorting out and moving forward. because the rest of the country is in turmoil, isn t it? because the rest of the country is in turmoil, isn t it? breaking news out of the united in turmoil, isn t it? breaking news out of the united kingdom. - in turmoil, isn t it? breaking news| out of the united kingdom. after less than out of the united kingdom. after less than two months on the job. how much damage is all this political chaos doing to the uk s and coming up on the bbc news channel. for continuing coverage and analysis from a team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. liz truss has resigned after 44 days in office. she is now the shortest serving prime minister in british history. just 2a hours after she told mps defiantly that she was a fighter not a
tonight with the context, joe twyman, director of the polling company, deltapoll. and former senior advisor to george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. it is not normal. these are supersized temperatures that are breaking records all across europe and the united states. today, we got a glimpse of what our climate future will look like. a massive heatwave is set across the south west, meteorologists predict it will continue east and bring sweltering temperatures with it. tonight: a newly released report on our environment has painted the picture of a poor and deteriorating country, ourforests, reefs, water and air, all at tipping point. the predictions were spot on, this has been the hottest day recorded in the uk. in coningsby in lincolnshire the thermometer hit 40.3 degrees centigrade, in fact, 29 places across england habe broken the old record which was 38.7 degrees. well as you just heard, the new uk record was set in conningsby, lincolnshire, 40.3 d
prepare to watch the show s final episode. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through commonwealth countries. athletes will compete in 19 sports and 280 medal events, which will include for the first time women s t20 cricket, 3 on 3 basketball and 3 on 3 wheelchair basketball. also for the first time, there are more medals for women than for men, and para events are all part of the main games. 0ur sports reporterjoe lynsky explains what s in store. they have waited four yea
in a major victory for pro choice groups the conservative state of kansas votes to keep its abortion services. and how countries adapt to climate change and how countries adapt to climate change. new zealand s plan to deal with the change. new zealand s plan to deal with the impact of global warming would with the impact of global warming would lead to coastal communities being would lead to coastal communities being abandoned as the sea level rises? welcome to bbc news. we begin in taiwan and the continued fury from beijing after the visit from the us speaker nancy pelosi. in the last few hours taiwan s defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off twenty seven chinese warplanes in its defence zone. nancy pelosi has said her delegation s visit was intended to make it clear that the us won t abandon the island. taiwan is self governing and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as
that your wages aren t going as far as they once did. and if you re looking for work, let us know how that s going. you can get in touch with me. the footballing world throws its support behind blackpool s jake daniels, who has become the uk s first current male professional footballer in more than 30 years to come out as gay. i feel like i ifeel like i am ready to i feel like i am ready to tell people about my story. i want people to know the real me. lying all the time is not what i wanted to do, and it has been a struggle. now ijust do feel like i m ready to be myself, be free and just be confident with it all. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the foreign secretary liz truss is expected make a statement to the uk parliament today paving the way for making changes to the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. one of the main parties, the democratic unionists is refusing to enter power sharing at sto