right now on early start, lost at sea. the all-out search under way to find a small sub that was taking tourists to the titanic. and new talks to bring americans detained in china back home. and tropical storm gaining strength, tomorrow it could be a hurricane. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. it is a race against time to find the five people aboard that submersible. contact with the craft was lost sunday. it has only about four days worth of life support aboard. a billionaire is one of the five passengers along with a father and son from pakistan. brian todd has more. reporter: an urgent search and rescue operation is under way in the north atlantic to find a lost submersible with five people aboard. coast guard has a ship and aircraft on the scene. canadian ships and planes joining the search as well. along with the polar prince, the vessel that transported the missing submersible to the site of the titanic wr
after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we re in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania s governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let s begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china s president xi jinping. that included the secretary s crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling relationship between the two countries, upended recently by the downing of a spy balloon and this tense encounter by a chinese fighter plane and a u.s. jet. plus the encounter with military ships. let s discuss with janis mackey frayer in beijing as well as nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell standing by in washington we know the meeting between blinken and xi lasted about 35 minutes,
china s president xijinping has been defending his controversial zero covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the irainian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital tehran is now under control as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, will hold talks with the prime minister liz truss later, as the government fights to salvage its economic credibility. speaking to the bbc, mr hunt warned some taxes will increase and all government departments will be expected to find additional savings. posting online today, the prime minister has said she s going to do things differently in her quest for economic growth, promising she will always act in the national interest . let s talk more about this to our political correspondent peter saull. welcome to t
elon musk says his rocket firm spacex will continue funding its starlink internet service in ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer do so. hello and welcome to bbc news. good to have your company this hour. we begin in the uk. where the country s new chancellorjeremy hunt is holding talks with the prime minister later at the country retreat as a government fights to salvage his economic credibility. speaking to the bbc, mr hunt warned some taxes will increase and all government departments will be expected to find additional savings. posting online today, the prime minister has said she s going to do things differently in her quest for economic growth promising she will always act in the national interest . earlier i spoke to our political correspondent who had the latest. another day, another interview from the brand new chancellor doing his best to exude calmness to say to the conservative party and to the markets that he has got an absolute handle on things.
gunfire. the iranian authorities say four inmates dead after a fire at a prison in the capital tehran is now under control as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. good afternoon. welcome if you have justjoined us whether you are watching in the uk or around the world. we begin with the political and economical situation facing the uk. the uk s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, will hold talks with the prime minister liz truss later, as the government fights to restore economic credibility. speaking to the bbc, mr hunt warned some taxes will increase and all government departments will be expected to find additional savings. posting online today, the prime minister has said she s going to do things differently in her quest for economic growth promising she will always act in the national interest . let s talk more about this to our political corresponde