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a huge rescue effort is taking place in the us state of florida in the wake of hurricane ian. fears are growing that there may have been many deaths. at least ten have been recorded since the storm struck. president biden said ian could prove to be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. it is expected to crash into south carolina on friday. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150 mph. residents who had ignored warnings to evacuate were told to shelter in place. with the biggest risk coming from the storm surge, well over six feet in places, that left homes and businesses quickly flooded. you re looking at a storm that s changed the character of a significant part of our state ....
struggling with symptoms. let s start here in the uk, where the new chancellorjeremy hunt has ditched almost all of prime minister liz truss tax cuts announced in the government s mini budget three weeks ago. the financial markets reacted positively to the news, with the pound rising against the us dollar and uk gilts falling. in total £32 billion of the £45 billion in tax cuts have been shelved, these include. the planned 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax is now on hold indefinitely, with the rate remaining at 20%. the cap on energy prices charged to households is now only guaranteed until april next year. for a typical household, it means an annual bill will not rise above £2,500 for the next six months. but plans to cancel the 1.25% increase in national insurance contributions will still go ahead, along with a reduction in stamp duty, and the cap on bankers bonuses will still be scrapped. joining me now is chris southworth, who s the secretary general of th ....
the atlantic, a really big area of low pressure slowly but surely starting to take control of the weather. notjust yet, most other state with sunshine through the rest of the afternoon, cloud feeding into eastern scotland and north east england on quite a chilly northerly breeze, temperatures just 12 degrees for aberdeen, 18 for plymouth, by the end of the day, things will change. we will see clouds and showers, some thunderstorms breaking out across the south west of england, drifting into wales through the evening. could be torrential downpours and places, frequent lightning and turning windy. some showers getting into northern ireland by the end of the night, most other areas dry but with extensive cloud and the odd spot of drizzle across northern and eastern scotland, north east england, 6 degrees for glasgow, very mild towards the south. this big area of low pressure starts to make a move, you can see various frontal systems rotating, showers and longer spells of r ....
markets. meanwhile, ministers continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday - continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday to - act really quickly last friday to give people confidence on energy. in give people confidence on energy. in the afghan capital kabul a blast targeting students preparing for exams kills at least 19 people. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england with more than 40,000 leaving in the last year. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in ukraine, 23 civilians have been killed in the southern city of zaporizhzhia after a russian missile struck a convoy of vehicles. that s according to the governor of the province. initial pictures that have started coming in show ambulances arriving at the scene. 0ur correspondent who s just arrived there report ....
longest squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. and we ll have more from westminster in just a few minutes. also this afternoon: ukraine s president says nearly one third of his country s power stations have been destroyed after another round of russian attacks. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who appeared in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and the climate activist greta thunberg says she will not pursue a career in politics because it is too toxic. welcome back to westminster, the prime minister liz truss has chaired the cabinet after apologising last night for mistake she had made since entering number ten as pm. speaking to the bbc, she admitted her premiership so far hadn t been perfect but said she would lead the conservatives into the next general election, this despite widespread criticism from within her own party. yesterday the new chancellor jeremy hunt scrapped most of her tax cutting plans, ann ....