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in prison. it s time now for ac 360 . tonight president biden issued a warning about the fate of democracy itself. we ll get senator bernie sanders take on it. the president began by talking about the attack on paul pelosi, the alleged plot to kidnap and ma am house speaker nancy pelosi. he framed the issue as the shared and urgent need to fight for the american survival of the experiment. all americans, regardless of party, to meet this moment of national and generational importance, we must vote knowing what s at stake, not just the policy of the moment, but institutions that have held us together as we sought a more perfect union. the extreme maga element of the republican party, which is a minority of the party, but its driving force. it s trying to succeed where they failed in 2020, to suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself. that means denying your right to vote and deciding whether your vote even counts. instead of waiting unt ....
u turn this afternoon, possibly abandoning plans for lower corporation tax. she s due to hold a news conference in about half an hour. kwasi kwarteng has confirmed his being sacked in a letter to the prime minister which begins by saying he had asked him to set aside and that he had accepted amongst the other quotes in a letter saying that the situation he faces is incredibly difficult with raising global interest rates and energy prices and following the status quo was not an option. his letter continues, the economic environment has changed rapidly since we set out the growth plan on the 23rd of september together with the bank of england we have responded to those events and it concludes that it is important now, as we move forward to emphasise the government commitment to fiscal discipline. the medium term financial fiscal plan is crucial to this end. let s go live to our political correspondent leila nathoo who s at downing street. kwasi kwarteng has gone as chancellor a ....
robinson, apparently tired, punched fairly well and rocked jake right to his heels. come on, ray. a director and actor finds a story at the right time and the right place. and out comes this amazing combination of cinematic virility and absolute fear. it s like watching an animal. i think raging bull is a great title. and the film fulfills the promise. the reality of the boxing and the great slow motion, all of the black-and-white gore, the violence of the flash bulbs going off. when he designed the movie, marty, he purposefully didn t put a clutch on the film. there s no clutch. hey, ray, you never went down, ray. you never got me down, ray. raging bull is a boxing movie for people who don t like boxing movies, but it s really not about that. it s about this man, jake, based on a real person, who s really at war with himself. come on. harder. harder. i didn t really understand boxing, but the character was interesting. he was just so ....
for an immediate general election we don t have to go on like this. we can have stability and an economy that works for working people. that s why we need a general election. i m shaun ley. in other news today. the uk chancellor vows to do anything necessary to protect the economy, with government borrowing up and people shopping less a warning the health and social care system in england is gridlocked and unable to cope with the demand putting vulnerable people at risk. and we meet the first wild bison to be born in the uk for thousands of years. welcome to bbc news coming to you live from westminster. senior conservatives hoping to become prime minister have begun seeking support from fellow tory mps. liz truss resigned yesterday, though remains in downing street until a successor is appointed. speaking outside downing street, liz truss said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected. there will now be a fast tracked leadership election to decide who wil ....
with columnists from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news and work of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions and the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start with you. is this gamble for growth that s going to pay off? it s certainly a gamble, but i have doubts about whether it will pay off. kwasi kwarteng says he want to booth grouped by two and a half percent. but that s delivering a bit of a sugar rush, and i m not sure that will be sustained over the long term. some people have compared this to hitting the accelerator and slamming on the brakes at the same time because what you have is on the one hand, the bank of england trying to control inflation. trying to cool demand by hiking interest rates while the treasury s pumping money into the economy. so i thi ....