but the story remains the same. and there is a new warning today that more than 75,000 businesses could fold in the face of unmanageable utility bills. we will have more on that. also this lunchtime. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a re trial, on domestic violence charges. free meals are being introduced for the youngest pupils at primary schools in wales it s planned that all primaries will offer them by 202a. and, chelsea have sacked their head coach, thomas tuchel, after their third defeat of the new season. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a devastated nick kyrgios exits the us open after karen khachanov edges out the australian after five sets at flushing meadows. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, liz truss has faced the labour leader sir keir starmer for her first prime minister s questions and confirmed that she will announce proposals tomorrow to tackle the soaring cost of energy. pressed on ho
the islamic republic, as protesters again take to the streets. and the actor robbie coltrane, who played hagrid in the harry potter films, has died aged 72. welcome and thank you. less than 2a hours after kwasi kwarteng insisted he was 100% safe in his job as uk chancellor, he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington. in a day of political drama, the prime minister also reversed another of her key tax policies in an attempt to calm the financial markets. our political editor, chris mason reports. turning up for another u turn, the prime minister invited reporters to downing street this afternoon and scrapped one of her key policies that she s championed for months. it is clear that parts of our mini budget went further and faster than markets were expecting, so the way we are delivering our mission right now has to change. i have therefore decided to keep the increase in corporation tax that was planned by the previous government. this will rais
a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a 22 year old danish man will appear in court today in connection with the killing of three people at a shopping centre in denmark s capital, copenhagen. one of the victims was a russian citizen. four people remain in a critical condition in hospital. police are investigating videos posted online which appear to show the suspect with weapons. they say there s no sign of a terrorist motive and the suspect had a history of mental illness. translation: there was nothing in | our investigation of the documentsl that we have been looking at, or the items we have found, or the witness statements we have that indicated this was an act of terror. our correspondent adrienne murray is following developments in copenhagen. the police chief said they have ruled out this could have been an ac
welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine, because, for the second time in a week, there have been explosions in crimea. it s not yet clear who is responsible for them. there were explosions at a russian military base there. a separate fire also broke out at a power substation, and a railway was damaged. crimea has a russian appointed local governor. he spoke after the explosion happened. translation: as of now, the information we have i is that two people were injured. one man was hit by a shrapnel fragment, the other wounded person was buried under a wall. i ve ordered 5km to be closed off. evacuation of all civilians within this 5km zone is under way. earlier this week, there was this other explosion this was on tuesday at an airfield. it s reported that destroyed at least seven russian aircraft. let s remind ourselves why crimea is important. russia illegally invaded it in 2014 and has occupied it since. since russia s invasion of ukraine this year, its
projected results from french parliamentary elections show that president emmanuel macron s centrist alliance is set to lose its majority. a coalition led by the far left leader, jean luc melenchon, is predicted to come second, but marine le pen s far right party has also done well. the two were in jubilant mood as they addressed their supporters, shortly after the first projections were announced. translation: the level of attention is still far too high, which means that a large part of the population does not know where to turn, so much so that the three blocks are at similar levels. it is not put us in first or in second place. it is a failure of macronism, the moral failure of those who gave lessons to everyone. translation: this group will be by far the biggest in history of our political party. i would like to give my gratitude to all our voters who have put their trust in us. you have my promise that we will defend in parliament the ideas on immigration, security, une