if climate change is not prioritised, we are all doomed, that is the dire warning from the head of the un. a sharp rise in the number of people crossing the channel in small boats more than 38,000 have arrived in the uk this year. and millions of children used to watch this every dayjust before the six o clock news. as the bbc turns 100, we look back at children s tv over the decades. and on bbc london. day one for prime minister rishi sunak coming on the bbc news channel, liverpool and tottenham in testing delicate touching distance of the knockout stages. good evening. 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 for growth. the ban on fracking in england is back in place after it was briefly lifted by the former prime minister. the government s economic statement due to be delivered on monday has now been pushed back by almost three weeks to november 17th. and the decis
plus rising prices falling ratings. can president biden win the argument on the us economy with just days to go until the midterm elections? and a pressing crisis. the cost of olive oil set to soar with harvests shrivelled by europe s summer heatwave. hello. we start here in the uk which is now facing the longest recession since records began, a century ago. that was the bleak warning from the bank of england on thursday, as it raised interest rates to 3% to try to dampen down soaring inflation. the bank says the uk economy is already in recession, and could keep declining until the middle of 202a. the pound slumped on the news to its lowest in more than two weeks. here s our economics editor faisal islam. the end of a decade and a half of ultralow interest rates was always going to be difficult, but dealing in mortgages has in recent weeks felt more like the stock market than the housing market. , , stock market than the housing market. , , . ., , market
stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, very, very probably. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are us
machines. see how long they can perform that, flying birthing people. as we honor the air force s 75th birthday we are grateful for the air force. they drop us off places and they drop bombs on people and they were preceded i was correct, u.s. army air corporation 1926 to 1941. we transformed into the air force in 1947. rachel s father a master sergeant in the air force will join us. rachel: yeah. will: that is great. i think sean went up in an army fighter jet. rachel: i think national guard. maybe it was national guard. will: i have had the honor going up with the air force with luke air force base in arizona in an f-16. in awe of what those men do, the fighter pilots, the entire apparatus of support behind them. absolutely amazing. meanwhile 50 days until the midterms. last night donald trump was out campaigning in ohio for senate candidate jd vance. this is what he had to say what is at stake 350 days from now. the choice this november is simple, if you want to continue