little can be done to stop the uk falling into a recession, that s the verdict of the bank of england. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country s biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation cause by the recent floods. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a retrial on domestic violence charges. and chelsea football club have sacked their manager thomas tuchel, prompting anger from many of the fans. welcome to the programme. liz truss has spent her first full day as prime minister appointing more of her front bench team and clashing with the labour leader, sir keir starmer, over her plans to cut taxes and cap gas and electricity bills for households and businesses. details of the scheme to control the cost of energy will be announced tomorrow. it s understood it ll be funded by government borrowing. sir keir told the commons that a windfall tax on energy companies would have been a fairer way of funding
, single pound in excess profits she chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing that working people will be forced to pay back for decades to come. the first cabinet meeting of the truss premiership took place earlier. it s said to be the most diverse cabinet on record. we ll have more on the new cabinet, and on the cost of living crisis, as another warning comes on the state of the economy. as business struggles, little can be done to stop the uk falling into a recession that s the verdict of the bank of england. the queen postpones an online meeting with senior ministers after being advised by doctors to rest. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country s biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation cause by the recent floods. liverpool have lost 4 1 to napoli in the opening match of the champions league the opening match of the champions league campaign. and coming up on the bbc news channel: it s a world record dea
more muted debate in the common chamber today. to an extent, i think there was goodwill towards liz truss. the commentary was saying she had quite an easy ride but it could get more ferocious, but i think it would be a different tone to what we ve seen in the past few months with scandal upon scandal emerging and that really dominating the agenda. and that really dominating the a . enda. and that really dominating the aaenda. , ~ , agenda. and i “ust? i think there is agenda. and i “ust? i think there is a collective agenda. and ijust? i think there is a collective holding agenda. and ijust? i think there is a collective holding of agenda. and ijust? i think there is a collective holding of breath - agenda. and ijust? i think there is a collective holding of breath at. a collective holding of breath at the moment. untilwe see a collective holding of breath at the moment. until we see this. what the moment. until we see this. what the the moment. until we see
iphone, why there s a boom in old fashioned dumb handsets. life from our studio in singapore, this is life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. . welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in brussels, where the european union has outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas after president putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if such a step was taken. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to blackmail them in retaliation for western support for ukraine following russia s invasion. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. announcement in russian. in his energy war with europe, a fresh salvo today from russia s president. vladimir putin warned, if the west does what it
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to the EU’s adoption of a law regarding the confiscation of excess profits earned on frozen assets of the Russian central bank, BBC reported on Feb. 13.