memorials have been held across indonesia for the deceased. the british prime minister has admitted her government s mini budget that sparked turmoil on the financial markets could have been handled better. liz truss has remained defiant as senior conservatives criticised the fiscal event. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our thinking about what has shaped theirs. well, you know what they say about a week in politics. what a long time this week has felt since that budget that was officially not a budget. we ve seen the pound go down. interest rates go up, mortgages being cancelled, and billions and billions and billions of pounds being spent by the bank of england in order to try and defend the pension system. my guest on political thinking this week is a new member of liz truss s new cabinet. he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. four years befo
soldiers battled for every inch of territory in the ukraine. have to be careful here. we have been have to be careful here. we have been told have to be careful here. - have been told there is a russian sniper operating from that direction. for the troops here, this is a grind day and night. a hard battle to hold the position. and the skin tight fit of the spray on dress that s the talk of the catwalk at this year s paris fashion shows. hello, thank you forjoining us. they go again the two main candidates in brazil s presidential election will have a second round run off after neither man achieved the 50% threshold needed to win out right. the left wing challenger, former president luis inacio lula de silva, has won the most support, while the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, looks to be about four percentage points behind him. laura is there. there will be no all night parties or anybody. for anybody. no all-night parties or anybody. for anybody. no, that s r
have been told there is a russian sniper operating from that direction. for the troops here, this is a grind, diane knight. a hard battle to hold this position. day and night. and the skin tight fit of the spray on dress that s the talk of the catwalk at this year s paris fashion shows. hello. thanks very much for being with us. they go again: the two main candidates in brazil s presidential election will have a second round run off after neither man achieved the 50% threshold needed to win outright. the left wing challenger, former president luiz inacio lula da silva, has won the most support, pushing 48%, while the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, looks to be about four to five percentage points behind him. i put it to laura treveleyn, our correspondent in rio, that there won t be any partying through the night for either side. given that result. no, that s right. the candidates are already preparing for another gruelling 28 days of campaigning before the second rou
ukrainian troops have made advances against russian occupying forces on the frontline in eastern ukraine near the southern city of kherson. they the near the southern city of kherson. t of the near the southern city of kherson. t of four the near the southern city of kherson. t of four regions. 5 now on bbc news, time for dateline london. hello and welcome to our digest of the global week seen through the eyes of leading journalists from the uk and the foreign correspondents based here who podcast, broadcast, blog and, yes, even these days write for audiences back home from the dateline, london. confidence it s the magic ingredient which makes us all believe that notes or coins in themselves worth next to nothing do have value and will be accepted as payment. governments need the confidence of the money markets who do the lending if they want to borrow money at affordable rates. over the last week, liz truss and herfinance minister have struggled to create confidence in
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i m sally bundock. it s a big day ahead for the chancellor kwasi kwarteng as he delivers the keynote speech at the conservative party conference later in birmingham. the new finance minister is expected to insist the government will stay the course on his tax cutting growth plan despite the swift and turbulent reaction on financial markets. this time last week, the pound hit an all time low against the us dollar and days later, the bank of england was forced to take emergency action to protect pension funds. i m joined by dr roger barker director of policy at the institute of directors. how will kwasi kwarteng do today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i’m today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will reiterate | the chancellor will reiterate his commitment to taxcutting p