are believed dead as a huge wildfire rages through parts of southern california. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain has a new prime minister. liz truss delivered her first address in the role outside number 10 downing street, promising a bold plan to see the uk through its economic troubles. she said the country could ride out the storm caused by severe global headwinds. that storm includes soaring prices, an energy crisis and widespread labour unrest. and she takes over a divided and increasingly unpopular party following the resignation of borisjohnson after a series of scandals. this report from our political editor chris mason in downing street. a day of ritual and weather. a cloudburst puncturing the choreography of the new prime minister s arrival, her supporters hunkered under umbrellas, the lectern wearing a bin liner. it was even taken back inside. her motorcade playing for time with a detour and then a break in the deluge. the dam
but when it comes to voting, politicians have struggled to get them out. i m not personally planning to vote. i don t know enough about it. and ijust think, from what i ve heard, they re all as bad as each other. i don t even know how to vote. younger people don t really vote as much as i d say older people do now, so i think there is a lot of confusion on what people are actually voting for, as well. i don t feel like i m informed enough to take a vote, - so i don t want to, like, - change the future of the country when i m not really informed on it, so i don t think i m going to vote this year. unless you vote, you can t really have an opinion. like, you have got the ability to change the world, change the country we live in. at the last general election in 2019, barely half of those aged 18 24 turned out to vote. on the other end of the spectrum, 80% of over 75s did. i m not trying to be horrible, but we are going to be living longer than the people who are more interest
northern england, more cloud and the odd shower or a splash of rain. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 25th june. the bbc has been told that the gambling commission is considering whether more police officers are involved in alleged betting on the date of the general election. four conservatives and a police officer assigned to the protection of rishi sunak are known to be facing inquiries. scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it s been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister who s also a conservative candidate said he d made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewe
scandal involving not just toyota but toyota, honda, mazda, suzuki, yamaha motor, whole number of companies there. so i imagine this will be the main topic of the meeting. there may be some questions about keeping costs under control, the effect of the weak yen, perhaps the decline in demand for electric vehicles, but really they are going to be tackling this problem head on. i just wanted to say on that point, how do you feel that controversy is likely to impact the company, short and long term? i think, short term, we can t deny the news of what has happened here, but i think it needs to be put into context. we don t actually have any cheating going on here. this is really somewhere between the bureaucratic way the japanese test cars, and actually being driven by one of the ministries, excuse the pun, and the way the press reported this. so what we re talking about here is actuallyjust the difference in a way between the way the domestic cars are tested, because in japan, d
company and basically to please shareholders going ahead, but of course with toyota they will be on the defensive, particularly because of the so called scandal involving not just toyota but toyota, honda, mazda, suzuki, yamaha motor, whole number of companies there. so imagine this will be there. so imagine this will be the main topic of the meeting. there may be some questions about keeping costs under control, the effect of the weekend, perhaps the decline in demand for electric vehicles, but really they are going to be tackling this problem head on. ijust tackling this problem head on. i just wanted to say on that point how do you feel that controversy is likely to impact the company, short and long term. i the company, short and long term. ~ , ., term. i think the short term, we can t term. i think the short term, we can t deny term. i think the short term, we can t deny the term. i think the short term, we can t deny the news - term. i think the short term, we ca