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for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. we ll speak to a climate change specialist. hello, welcome to the programme. we start with the fallout from the announcement that china s borders will be reopened next month. in the last hour, the us announced it would require negative covid tests for travellers from china from the 5th of january. that follows tighter measures outlined by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan, and india. american officials accuse the chinese authorities of a lack of transparency, as cases of covid have been surging there. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime appa ....
the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s ignored a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i think it probably will help. to a degree. but it depends what bracket you are in in terms of income. yeah, i think it will help. i mean, it does not even touch the sides. i don t know. we will see. there is a lot to take in. the treasury is cutting the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p from april next year. it is abolishing the 45p top tax rate for people who earn over £150,000, as well as reversing the national insurance rise from november, and cancelling a corporation tax rise planned for next year. stamp duty will be scrapped below £250,000. the government will borrow to fund it. £231; billion this year. there is criticism from opposition politicians that those with the mo ....
taking astronauts to the space station, if boeing s freight goes well. ., , ., ., well. having competition with two roviders well. having competition with two providers providing well. having competition with two providers providing nasa - well. having competition with two providers providing nasa with - well. having competition with two providers providing nasa with a i well. having competition with two i providers providing nasa with a way to and from the space station should bring down costs which is important for nasa and other space agencies like the european and the uk. because we are spending taxpayer s money on these flights to get our astronauts to the space station and we want to get best value for money. but regular missions to the space station will depend on there being no further serious technical issues. with so much at stake, it will be a big win for boeing. it is time now to digest the day s election campaigning. obviously we will do the political fal ....
Thought. well, itook rishi sunak and keir starmer, i thought. well, i took my lead from the new gulf poll which came out soon afterwards saying that amongst the people they had sampled 51% of people said that rishi sunak had one, a0 1% people said that rishi sunak had one, a0 i% thought keir starmer had done best. but we got some opinion polls from other companies flipping it around the other way. it around the other way. there are two things it around the other way. there are two things you it around the other way. there are two things you can it around the other way. there are two things you can take it around the other way. there are two things you can take from - it around the other way. there are| two things you can take from that, the first thing we frequently say is you have to treat every opinion poll with a pinch of salt. only a patent counts. the second thing is the broad conclusion that no one really one, there wasn t a standout winner. there wasn t a knockout blow. ....