as though in some southern areas, and weather warning by the weekend, temperatures could be approaching 30. but not for everybody. for many it would be in the low, mid 20s. this wonderful picture which i showed you earlier on, this cloud scope taken earlier today injersey. thank you very much. that is is the mortage misery time bomb about to explode? new inflation figures and an announcement on interest rates due in the next 48 hours. todayjeremy hunt said giving financial support to mortgage holders could drive inflation higher. we ll talk to economists from the left and right, and a spokesman for the uk banking industry. also tonight, it s a year since the us supreme court made its historic decision to reverse roe v wade, thus allowing american states to block women from accessing an abortion. anna collinson travels from florida to alabama to speak to medics and women. shejust told me, it s not going to make it. she got kind of choked up, actually, saying, i wish there w
we were getting ready for a big celebration. we were winning everything, and all of a sudden, it was just called off. so we ll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don t want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list. that, of course, was donald trump on election night, calling for the nullification of mail-in ballots. that was part of the plot to overturn the election. and now, text messages have surfaced from former georgia senator kelly loeffler revealing even more details of that plot. plus, the phony republican narrative that abortion rights is fading as an issue. they re gaslighting women about what s at stake in the midterms and tonight s democracy defender is taking on the powerful maga forces in arizona. who want to control how votes are cast and counted, as the threat of violence increases against election workers. we begin tonight with the midterm elections. now just 19 days away. but here s the thi
mykolalv. critical infrastructure including power facilities have also been hit. part of putin s reply after an explosion hit a bridge. our reporters and guests are standing by to bring you the latest. let s begin this morning with if he had drinkfred pleitgen in uk. i know you went out to see some of that destruction firsthand. what did you see? reporter: hi there, bianna. it was several hours of blasts we witnessed and heard ourselves. it happened or started happening in the early morning hours, i d say about quarter past 8:00 local time which is about 1:15 in the morning where you guys are. there was a big blast sort of quite close to our location as we went out there were several other explosions that we were able to hear. we went to one of the locations where in the vicinity of there a playground had gotten hit by a missile, luckily there don t appear to have been any children there at that time. but then we also got to an intersection that was also hit by a russian
but the most fervent support. i m samantha simmonds. in other news this morning: a warning the health and social care system in england is gridlocked putting vulnerable people at risk. the chancellor vows to do anything that may be necessary to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has his sexual assault president zelensky of ukraine says russian forces have planted mines in a dam upstream from the city of kherson. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has his sexual assault allegations dismissed by a jury in new york. good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. liz truss moved into downing street when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. and now she is gone. welcome to our viewers overseas and also here in the uk, of course. in a weak s time we are expecting now to have another prime minister. liz truss will move out of number 10 downing street, making her the shortest serving prim
together of neutron stars. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a peak tv audience of 7.6 million viewers tune in to see the lionesses book their place in the semifinals of euro 2022. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasury s economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. she s rejected concerns that the tax cuts she s promised if she becomes the next prime minister would increase inflation. ms truss and her conservative leadership rival, rishi sunak, are now setting out their pitches to win over the party membership, who will have the deciding vote over the summer. our political correspondent iain watson reports. his report contains some flashing images. it s going to be a busy six weeks. liz truss has been in the cabinet for the past eight years, but she s fighting this leadership election like an outsider. her pitch to party members is that s