in the rugby league world cup quarter finals. they see off france in bolton and have now played two, won two. we hear how 10 year old quinn became one of the youngest people to conquer scotland s 282 highest mountains. good 282 highest mountains. morning. if you are travell the good morning. if you are travelling the sunday morning, bear in mind there are heavy, thundery downpours out there moving northwards through the day. some sunshine as well. all the day. some sunshine as well. all the details coming up. it s sunday 23rd october. our main story: as the deadline to enter the contest to replace liz truss draws closer, two of the likely contenders borisjohnson and rishi sunak have held private talks. neither have publicly declared they are entering the race, but the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of at least 128 mp5. that s significantly more than the 100 needed to enter the ballot, which closes tomorrow afternoon. our political cor
the showers that we have had this afternoon across the south of the uk will push their way north and eastwards overnight. some clear skies ahead of these and behind, but also some mist and fog. before more heavy thundery rain arrives from the south west later in the night. the far north of scotland likely to keep more cloud, some patchy rain here. temperatures generally in a range of 10 14 celsius. for tomorrow, it s another day of sunshine and showers, but this time the showers are much more likely to be heavy and thundery. especially through the morning, through parts of wales, central southern england. this band then pushes its way north and eastwards through the day, some sunshine following on behind. some sunshine, too, across north of scotland. it should stay mainly dry here for much of the day. where we have got the sunshine, further showers developing again, heavy and thundery, and more starting to push on from the south west later in the day. hello, this is bbc news.
the new italian government has been sworn in, giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. they won last month s collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn t coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy s foreign policy won t change. bloomberg s political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the m
but on capitol hill wednesday, eight us bank ceos said that s unnecessary and issued a warning that new regulations will hurt the economy and credit markets. the rule would have predictable and harmful outcomes to the economy, markets, business of all sizes and american households in ways that the federal reserve has not studied, contemplated or shared. the hearing is part of the senate banking committee s annual oversight of big banks and what a year it s been. regional bank failures, including silicon valley bank and signature bank, dominated the early part of the year. the ceo said wednesday that the industry is on steady footing and that large banks like theirs helped stabilize the industry after early 2020. the industry after early 2023 s failures. the hearing is an opportunity to win favour on capitol hill, especially from moderate democratic senators. but the real audience is the regulators responsible for the final language and implementation of the rule. google has h
more resilient and people have thought, especially in items such as cars, tvs as well as electric machinery. those items are the largest value and have been importing very well. china s exporter asean also include continued to increase and that is behind a big backdrop of industrial allocation because many of the companies are starting to see the overseas market will probably be very different in a few years and they need to de risk from china. few years and they need to de-risk from china.- few years and they need to de-risk from china. there has been a lot de-risk from china. there has been a lot of de-risk from china. there has been a lot of concern - de-risk from china. there has l been a lot of concern expressed about the chinese economy in general, and as we look at the overarching picture, is reason to be a bit optimistic some encouraging indicators, or is it too early to say? demand remains low. remains low. china s main economic remains low. china s main eco