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rishi sunak has appeared before mps in parliament on his first full day as prime minister, and announced yet more unravelling of liz truss s plans. the government s economic statement due to be delivered on monday has now been pushed back by almost three weeks to november the 17th. the delay did not trouble the financial markets. in fact, the pound rose again against the dollar and is currently trading at $1.16 up around 1.2% although that s also being driven a weakening dollar. the ban on fracking in england is back in place after it was briefly lifted by the former prime minister, and the decision on whether to link a rise in pensions with inflation is up for discussion again. rishi sunak had to defend his decision to reappoint suella braverman as home secretary, less than a week after she was forced to leave the role for a data breach. let s hear their exchange. he asked about the home secretary. the home secretary made an error ofjudgment, but she recognised tha ....
correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrowing billions to cut taxes in a rush for economic growth. a strategy labour s leader slammed this morning is wrong headed. i see labour s leader slammed this morning is wrong headed. is wrong headed. i see a very big olitical is wrong headed. i see a very big political divide is wrong headed. i see a very big political divide because - is wrong headed. i see a very big political divide because you ve i is wrong headed. i see a very big| political divide because you ve got to the conservative party now saying the future of this country is one where the rich get richer and we offer nothing meaningful to working people. you have got the labour party saying we do need to grow our economy, that has been the single biggest failure of the last 12 years of this tory government, but we need to recognise who gr ....
people traveling on trains as flames roared near the tracks. in france the fires forced at least 37,000 people to evacuate. in uk today was the hottest day ever. 104 degrees fahrenheit. the heat is triggering fires around london now as well. back here in the u.s. 60 million people will experience triple digit temperatures in the next week. there is no bigger story right now, no issue affecting more people, billions of people. the u.n. secretary-general says half of humanity is in the climate danger zone. and he had this warning. we have a choice, collective action or collective suicide. it is in our hands. we have team coverage all across the globe. let s start with nina. london fire officials are facing major strains. what are you seeing? reporter: yeah, that s right. we ve seen the specter of those wildfires that are raging across southern europe, ana, hit here on the fringes of the britishcal tal three miles away from where i am. there was a wildfire burning an ....
of england, all of wales, and parts of scotland with warnings of travel disruption. we just all, we think, have to be sensible and steady, and in particular take measures to stay hydrated, stay in the shade. do all the things that you would think are the sort of things you might do on a hot day on holiday overseas. ukraine s president suspends his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that members of their departments were collaborating with russia. in the uk, conservative leadership rivals attack each other s records and policies in their latest tv debate as they vye to become the next prime minister. when we both worked in the treasury, myself and other ministers raised the issues of covid loan fraud, and you dismissed us and it has cost taxpayers £17 billion. in your past, you have been both a liberal democrat and a remainer. i wasjust wondering which one you regretted most. it s no silver bullet solution. a cross party committee of mps says there s no eviden ....
abortion is an emotional issue and liberals are furious. they want you to know that. leave abortion on demand. we will rise up. we will rise up. jesse: thousands of people took off work and took a mental health day or maybe they weren t working to begin with and they started screaming in the streets. that is their right, but it doesn t accomplish anything. it doesn t help anyone the democrat politicians are scaring the heck out of them. the republicans are planning a nationwide abortion ban. you ain t seen nothing yet we will defy them. today s decision on that theory then calls into question other rights that we thought were settled, the right to same-sex marriage. the right to interracial marriage. let s be very clear that the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. jesse: in other words a vote democrat or die that is the message that they are sending to them across the country tonight. don t worry about inflation, or gas prices, or ....