Of the most famous tears in music history. Today, the crying was all for her. Colin paterson, bbc news, bray, county wicklow. Sinead oconnor, laid to rest today. Whats behind the big rise in shoplifting the state of the economy, effective decriminalisation of petty crime, or Technological Advancements . Shopliftings been described by some retailers as an epidemic. Tonight well talk to the head of security atjohn lewis. China s economy is faltering, with exports falling at their fastest rate since the pandemic. What impact will a slowdown of the worlds second largest economy have on our own and all of us . As the chair of parliaments Standards Committee reveals hes been subject to inappropriate touching from five other mps well speak to sir chris bryant about his ideas for reforming wesminster s culture. And twin russian strikes on a city in Eastern Ukraine kill civilians, and then hit rescuers. Another war crime say ukrainian officials. Well speak to a Human Rights Lawyer whos conducte
sunday where there might be the odd crack of thunder in northern ireland. we will get to that soon. here is the big picture. a large area of low pressure here is helping to draw in a warm atmosphere from the southern climes and it is spreading across the uk. it has already been the warmest day of the year so far in england, around 19 celsius. in the north of the country, still feeling the chill in scotland, it will be freezing mid morning on saturday. for most of us between four and 10 celsius and on some western coasts. lots of cloud across the north half of the uk. showers from the morning onwards across northern ireland, wales, the north west of england. the best of the weather this programme continues on bbc1. the chairman quits. he falls on his sword to protect the bbc reputation. questions remain about the mysterious £800,000 alone in the independence of the bbc. richard sharp says that the independent report into his appointment found only that he inadvertently broke
rishi sunak has appeared before mps in parliament on his first full day as prime minister, and announced yet more unravelling of liz truss s plans. the government s economic statement due to be delivered on monday has now been pushed back by almost three weeks to november the 17th. the delay did not trouble the financial markets. in fact, the pound rose again against the dollar and is currently trading at $1.16 up around 1.2% although that s also being driven a weakening dollar. the ban on fracking in england is back in place after it was briefly lifted by the former prime minister, and the decision on whether to link a rise in pensions with inflation is up for discussion again. rishi sunak had to defend his decision to reappoint suella braverman as home secretary, less than a week after she was forced to leave the role for a data breach. let s hear their exchange. he asked about the home secretary. the home secretary made an error ofjudgment, but she recognised that, she
life from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden is in isolation after testing positive for covid. the confirmation came hours ago first in a statement from the white house, then in a tweet by by the president then in a tweet by the president and finally in this video message, released on social media. so, that s president biden suffering from covid, and these are the last moving pictures of him before he tested positive. they were filmed as he flew back to the white house on wednesday evening, by way of comparison to how he looked a few hours ago. dr ashistha is the white house covid 19 response coordinator. he says the president is only experiencing mild symptoms, and he s started a course of pfizer s antiviral pill called paxlovid which reduces the severity of covid 19. because the pres