editor faisal islam. this is clearly a mess but the expectation in financial circles is that shareholders will provide the funds to keep thames water going. but the question is how did this come about in an industry that should be so simple, providing a product that everybody needs, and provided the monopolies of several million customers with no competition. and the answer is in hugely complicated structures, huge debts, and lots of regulation. the boss of thames water, sarah bentley, abruptly stood down on tuesday. she was battling to turn around the company after a legacy of under investment. let s discuss what s at stake with dr kate bayliss from the centre for water and development at soas university in london. thank you for being on the programme. faisal islam there talking and touching on some of theissues talking and touching on some of the issues why thames water is where it is. can you elaborate on that, please? on that, please? yes, well, thames on that, please?
and the economy is also a key issue for us voters three weeks out from the crucial midterm elections as inflation continues to rise. tonight with the context, paul waugh, chief political commentator for the i newspaper, and democratic strategist mary anne marsh. as government u turns go, and there have been a few of late, this was a big one. britain s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has dumped nearly all of the flagship economic policies of the liz truss government in an attempt to end weeks of financial turmoil. it has left the prime minister fighting for her political survival with a few mps openly calling for her to quit, and more doing anonymously. this gives you an idea of the scale of how much has been dropped from the pm s plan for growth last month which the then chancellor kwasi kwarteng announced in parliament, and how little now remains. the 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax has been dropped indefinitely. it will remain at 20p. the 2 year cap on energy prices h
wherever in the world you rejoining me from, once again, a big hello in a very warm welcome to the show. so are your wages struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living? are you seeing the cost of his supermarket shop go up each week? what about your energy bills or your rent or mortgage payments? well, all of this is thanks to soaring inflation, which was rising because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and has been made worse by the war in ukraine. some influential voices are now warning a big recession could be on the way. it all means there s massive worldwide problems for the business. and political leaders gathering in the swiss mountain resort of davos to get stuck into their stated aim is to improve the state of the world. this year, more than 2,500 delegates are set to attend, and they typically range from hollywood movie stars to prime ministers and the chief executives of the world s biggest companies. being there, it doesn t come cheap, $180,000.
because this is coming up from the sahara, northern africa, what does this tell us about the jet stream, is it tied to it at all? hot is it tied to it at all? not necessarily. is it tied to it at all? not necessarily. in is it tied to it at all? not necessarily. in this - is it tied to it at all? not necessarily. in this case | is it tied to it at all? iirrt necessarily. in this case the prime driver of high temperatures across southern space was a flow of air from northern africa, morocco is seeing warm weather as well. the jet stream drives weather across the uk and we often talk about it. the jet stream is in the north of the uk, it is the warmer side of the jet. what drove this was a combination of the weather in north africa and a combination of strong may sunshine and dry ground gives us these high temperatures. and dry ground gives us these high temperatures- and dry ground gives us these high temperatures. thank you very much for that. soaring temperatures. tha
to be continued. cnn this morning continues right now. well, good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow. it s 8:00 a.m. here in new york, 2:00 p.m. in gaza, where right now israel is ramping up its ground assault with tanks and infantry pushing deeper into the gaza strip. overnight, israeli forces are pushing deeper into gaza. heavier air strikes pound gaza as the fighting rages on the ground. iran is accusing israel of crossing red lines and the white house is warning there is a real risk of this war spreading into a wider conflict. and we, of course, are taking every measure necessary to protect our forces, to increase our vigilance, and to work with other countries in the region to try to keep this conflict that is currently in israel and gaza from spinning out into a regional conflict. the risk is real, and therefore our vigilance is high and the steps we are taking to deter that and prevent that are serious, systemic, and ongoing. meanwhile