lots of things happening, but the big thing that happened on thursday was the government not launching, but updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2015, which they marked by releasing and we have got so much news to chew over, lots of things happening in westminster at the moment, but the big thing that happened on thursday as the government launching, well, updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. which they marked by releasing pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and more pages of documents with all sorts of charts and dates and pledges and consultations. we will talk about that. and the way that rishi sunak marked it was by saying this on a visit to oxfordshire. we have decarbonised faster than any other major economy. our carbon emissions have been reduced by over 40%, much more than all the other countries we compete with. at the same time we have grown our economy. so we have a good track recor
live from london, this is bbc news. jack teixeira the us airman accused of leaking classified pentagon documents appears in federal court. talk to our correspondence live in a moment or two. here in the uk, a mother and father are convicted of the savage and brutal christmas day murder of their baby son. and could certain types of nail gel be causing life changing allergies? we ll speak to one woman who says it happened to her. welcome back to bbc news. let s return to the breaking news from boston surrounding jack teixeira. because the us intelligence officer has just appeared in federal court. he has been charged with the unauthorised removal and retention of classified documents and materials. thejudge of classified documents and materials. the judge and justice department listening to the various requests that have been made. he is going to be detained pending trial, as you would expect. those are the live pictures. jessica parker is monitoring everything. tell us a
katty kay said earlier, has 2% inflation over 10% inflation, an energy crisis, the possibility of blackouts, 1970-style blackouts coming this winter, and strikes looming on the horizon. things are dark, indeed, for whomever replaces liz truss. she was sort of the ultimate simplistic free marketeer. she felt whatever the circumstances, the tax cuts the solution. of course that s what the markets reacted to. so in a way the ultimate free marketeer was defeated by the free markets. you can t afford this, the timing is offer. the british political system and british people won t accept this in a time of growth. she couldn t defeat the markets. so, whoever comes after her is going to have to first and foremost adhere to james carville s saying, if i died and came back and were recree itted, it would be as the bond markets. but, you know, if you judge britain as a balance sheet, as an economy, as a society, it s actually it looks fine. these are all unforced errors. these are
queen elizabeth ii dead. her son, prince charles, is now king charles iii, officially. we learned queen elizabeth s doctors were quote, concerned about her health this morning. it was at the time, an extraordinary statement from a notoriously private buckingham palace. those words sent news outlets like ours into rolling wait and see coverage and thousands of well wishers to buckingham palace itself, watching those railings. that fencing. where all the royals most significant news is so often posted. from the birth of an heir to the death of a monarch. the queen did not pass at buckingham. she passed in scotland at the family s summer vacation home. balmoral castle. here is a post on that gate. you re seeing it here. the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. as the word broke about her health troubles, her family rushed up there. all of her children are at balmoral. prince william is also there, seen driving his uncles through the gates. prince harry is on his way
earlier, liz truss travelled to balmoral castle in aberdeenshire where she accepted the queen s invitation to form a government. borisjohnson had already left downing street his words prompting speculation that he might want to return at some point. that he might want to a that he might want to day of transition and an ever for a day of transition and an evening for the new prime minister of shaping her government. we ll have the latest on the shape of the new cabinet and on the policy challenges. one other story, following the fatal shooting of a school girl in liverpool. for the first time, the mother of olivia pratt korbel makes a public appeal for the killer to come forward. i m hoping that they come forward. that this doesn t happen to anybody else. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a busy evening of european football celtic among the british teams in action but can they overcome the european champions real madrid at celtic park? good evening. the new prime mi