life without war. hello and welcome to bbc news. britain s prime minister, liz truss, has sacked the chancellor of the exchequer, britain s finance minister, kwasi kwarteng, just 38 days into his tenure. his departure came as the prime minister s economic growth plan and political credibility are being called into question. he s been replaced by the former foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. in a press conference lasting less than nine minutes, ms truss was asked four times why she was remaining in herjob, with reports that some of her own conservative mps are privately suggesting she should resign. our political editor chris mason reports. turning up for another u turn, the prime minister invited reporters to downing street this afternoon and scrapped one of her key policies that she s championed for months. it is clear that parts of our mini budget went further and faster than markets were expecting, so the way we are delivering our mission right now has to change. i have therefo
as protesters again take to the streets. and we ll bring you the story of a six month old ukrainian boy who s never known life without war. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin here in the uk. britain s prime minister, liz truss, has sacked the chancellor of the exchequer, britain s finance minister kwasi kwarteng, just 38 days into his tenure. his departure came as the prime minister s economic growth plan and political credibility are being called into question. he s been replaced by the former foreign secretary jeremy hunt. in a press conference lasting less than nine minutes, ms truss was asked four times why she was remaining in herjob, with reports that some of her own conservative mps are privately suggesting she should resign. our political editor, chris mason reports. turning up for another u turn, the prime minister invited reporters to downing street this afternoon and scrapped one of her key policies that she s championed for months. it is clear that parts of o
ukraine continues to push back russian forces, but the invading troops aren t giving up. they re trying desperately to change the narrative here. and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. in the uk, the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. in his first interviews since being appointed, jeremy hunt told the bbc ministers had made mistakes when they announced plans to slash taxes without setting out how it would be paid for. in the three weeks since, the cost of borrowing money rose, both for the public and for the government. mr hunt said every government department would have to come up with savings. answering prime minister s questions this week, liz truss
according to the un, almost 2 million people are experiencing acute food shortages and thousands of residents in an area of the capital, port au prince, could face starvation in the coming days. and there are now reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon in the city s gang controlled areas. stephanie prentice reports. gunfire chaos in the capital and a situation being described as horrific. this is port au prince, a major city running on empty. food is scarce, water is scarce, gasoline is scarce. what resources there are primarily controlled by violent gangs who ve also cut off supply lines from the food producing south. haiti is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, 4.7 million people are facing food insecurity, 1.8 million of them are facing emergency levels of food insecurity. here in cite soleil,
custody on suspicion of rape and assault in january custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary of custody on suspicion of rape and assault in january of this custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary of this year. the united nations says hunger in one of haiti s biggest slums has reached catastrophic levels. the un s world food programme warned nearly 20,000 residents of the cite so lay in the capital, port au prince, have dangerously little access to food and could face starvation. it says across the island almost five million people are struggling with malnutrition, gang violence, inflation, and a cholera outbreak. stephanie prentice reports. gunfire chaos in the capital and a situation being described as horrific. this is port au prince, a major city running on empty. food is scarce, water is scarce, gasoline is scarce. what resources there are primarily controlled