we start here in the uk, where as you have been hearing the pressure on prime minister liz truss is building after another day of political chaos. the exit of a key cabinet member, home secretary suella braverman, who delivered a blistering attack on her former boss in her resignation letter. then a huge row in the house of commons over a vote on fracking, seen as a test of loyalty to the prime minister. it saw the pound fall sharply on wednesday, wiping out all the gains made this week after liz truss replaced her chancellor and abandoned the tax cutting plans that had rattled the markets. our political editor chris mason was following events. conservative mps are openmouthed in horror at what they are witnessing, government six week old histjunked the majority of its programme and removed a chancellor in a day of complete chaos, at lunchtime a senior adviser to the prime minister suspended over allegations of briefing against conservative mps, after prime minister s questi
i hope all those people that put liz truss in number ten, i hope it was worth it, i hope it was worth it to sit around the cabinet table, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. fix, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from - our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from one l prime minister flailing from one crisis to the next, and a big, blunt question tonight is this a government in its death spiral? is this your last prime minister s questions? earlier, the prime minister had been fighting off renewed demands to step down after the collapse of the mini budget. economic credibility, gone. and her supposed best friend, the former chancellor, he s gone as well. they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. sneers m
contaminated blood in the uk in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. british police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man is stabbed to death while riding a mobility scooter in the capital, london. voters in a republican primary in the us state of wyoming oust trump critic, congresswoman liz cheney, in favour of a candidate backed by the former president. harriet has received the most votes in this primary, she won, i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. this primary election is over. the british betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral, and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay more than 20 million dollars for safety and anti money laundering failures. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. prices in the uk increased by 10.1% in the year tojuly. that s the first time inflation has reached double digits since 1982. much of the rise is due to the fac
moment, but first, president biden in south korea today where he is issuing new warnings to china and north korea. jacqui heinrich is in seoul with the very latest. reporter: good morning to you, david. in case the subtext of the president s trip was not clear enough, he wrapped up his final full day in south korea with a not so veil ised warning the china that they better not invade taiwan, or they ll face at least the same treatment that that russia is getting over its invasion of ukraine. our alliance between our countries is built on shared sacrifice. our joint commitment to the freedom of the republic of korea and our opposition [inaudible] reporter: before his state dinner with south korean president yun, biden sopped to sign a $40 billion aid package funding ukraine s military, having that bill flown to the other side of the world for his immediate signature so there ll be no lapse in funding. the moment underscoring alliance after china buzzed taiwan with a do