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but most staff think it is. so who s right? we ll be hearing from the ceos of microsoft and linkedin. a new era for britain. that is how the new finance minister chancellor of the exchequer kwasi kwarteng is billing his plan for boosting the uk economy. mr kwarteng will be announcing the full details in the coming hours. but we already know the direction of travel. cut taxes, rip up regulations, and encourage more investment by the private sector. the government s already confirmed massive support for households and businesses to limit soaring energy bills this winter to be paid for by more borrowing. but some critics have questioned the affordability of the plan. and others argue lower taxes will do little to help the poorest in society. coletta smith reports. we will sit in here. i will brin: we will sit in here. i will bring it we will sit in here. i will bring it over we will sit in here. i will bring it over for - we will sit in here. i will bring it over for yo
all right, let s go to rome now, where pope francis is continuing to recover after undergoing abdominal surgery earlier this week. a vatican spokesperson said on friday the pope gathered in prayer and devoted himself to work. cnn s barbie nado is in rome. what s the latest on the pope s recovery? reporter: his spokesperson said this morning he had another tranquil night. that s really good news, this is an 86-year-old man who underwent his second surgery in the last two years, and the second hospitalization this year, he was in this hospital behind me in march for an infectious bronchitis. and now he s had this surgery. of course everyone s worried, it was a beautiful moment when the children of the children s ward in this hospital behind me drew pictures, and did, you know, some well wishes for the pope, and including some lovely little renditions of the pope himself in some of those images, of course, you know, everyone s really hoping that he continues
seemed to take a relatively soft stance against russia. its leader has been criticised as being an obstacle, whereas poland has taken a hard line against russia. giorgia meloni says she backs ukraine, but when you look at people in her right wing alliance, again it looks a bit more complicated, given some of the comments they have made in the past, and their ties to the kremlin. , ,, .., the past, and their ties to the kremlin. , ,, ., ~ the past, and their ties to the kremlin, ,, ., ,, ., ~ i. let s go to rome now, where i m joined by claudia mariotti. she s a professor of italian politics at university roma tre. what is your reading of what is going on here? how far to the right is this government going to go? thank you for inviting me. i don t think that giorgia meloni will try to change the balance of the european level, on the opposite i think that she would try to legitimise our government at the international level and at the european level because this is more
wing nationalist brothers of italy party giorgia meloni has held herfinal rally ahead of this weekend s election. an alliance of right wing parties including matteo salvini s league party and veteran silvio berlusconi s forza italia is widely predicted to win and if it does, it installs ms meloni as italy s first ever female prime minister. whoever comes to power, they will have some serious challenges. italy s one of the world s most indebted countries it owes some 2.7 trillion euros. it was heavily dependent on russian gas, and is receiving huge eu support as part of its covid recovery fund. let s go to rome now to speak to professor fabrizio pagani. he has held various italian government roles and now teaches at the guido carli international university of social studies in rome. thank you forjoining me. thank