Good evening welcome to newsnight for insights and interviews. The Prime Minister told us all today things will get worse before he said they would get better we already know that means tax rises, but well ask a labour Treasury Minister if it also means austerity is back in some form. Well ask what advice he has for a newsnight viewer whos nearly 80 and is having his winter fuel payment taken away, and we ask about accusations of cronyism. Is cronyism bad under a conservative government but ok under a Labour Government . Government but 0k under a Labour Government . Government but 0k under a Labour Government . Cronyism is something keir starmer government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very clear government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very clear he | keir starmer has made very clear h
thejudge concluded that the judge concluded that there was no evidence of links between syrian officials the mammals trafficking. but we have gained access to a 600 page report which contains a series of whatsapp messages he sent to someone he called the boss, whose phone number consists of mainly the same digit repeated numerous times. in syria, it s known as a code number. 0ur our investigation of the number indicates it belongs to this major general. he is an asset s right hand man in the fourth division and is to run its powerful security bureau the tip if the boss really is hassan, it suggests that one of syria s most senior officers is linked to the legal captagon trade worth billions of dollars. the illegal captagon trade. elites in syria profit. while the arab world struggles to contain an epidemic of drug abuse. the sale ofthe an epidemic of drug abuse. the sale of the revenues an epidemic of drug abuse. the sale of the revenues dwarfs an epidemic of drug abus
a severe economic slump. the 23 banks tested at more than $100 billion in assets each. that results in a vote of confidence for the financial sector after the collapse of the silicon valley bank earlier this year. elsewhere in the us, president joe biden has vowed to restore the american dream in a speech promoting his so called bidenomics policy at a rally in chicago. he is courting voters ahead of the presidential re election bid next year. michelle fleury explains. joe biden went on the road to make his pitch to sceptical americans. the president outlined his economic asian for the future and laid out what his policies have delivered so far. ., , his policies have delivered so far. ., . ,, ., , far. today, the us has the hithest far. today, the us has the highest economic - far. today, the us has the highest economic growth i far. today, the us has the - highest economic growth rate, leading the world economies, since the pandemic. the highest in the world. find since th
wagner group. but prigozhin, the man who met the mutiny, mr prigozhin said he had not tried to overthrow the government but was instead resisting attempts to bring the wagner group under control of the russian defence ministry. our russian correspondent reports. the last time we saw prigozhin, under a deal with the kremlin on saturday, the chief had pulled back his fighters in exchange for immunity from prosecution. and he agreed to move to belarus. it is not clear where he is now. belarus. it is not clear where he is ow- he is now. but today, mr prigozhin he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted - he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted this - he is now. but today, mr - prigozhin posted this message. he had tried to he did not try to overthrow the government he just wanted to stop wagner group from being disbanded and those made mistakes in the special military operation against ukraine. to reassert his authority, president putin had security chiefs at a late night