donald trump calls president biden an enemy of the state at his first rally since the fbi searched his florida resort for sensitive files. hello and welcome. the frontrunner in the uk conservative leadership race, liz truss, says she ll act within a week, to help people with soaring energy bills, if she becomes prime minister. her rival, rishi sunak says he d target further financial help, to the poorest. the victor will be announced as the next tory leader on monday, with the result expected around lunchtime. the queen will then formally appoint the winner as the new prime minister on tuesday at balmoral, in a break with tradition. that would usually take place in london. here s our our political correspondent, iain watson. with serious economic challenges to confront, you might wonder why anyone would want to move in here, but this week there will be a new occupant of number ten. the pollsters favourite is liz truss. rishi sunak has described himself as the underdog. the
scale of that that a good line of action? iie: scale of that intervention that a good line of action? tie: scale of that intervention is eye catching and a lot of people would welcome that support. it will provide the most support to people that consume the most energy which tends to be more affluent households and they have said they would remove certain elements of the common support package that was put in place in may, which we do have concern about but it is that level of thinking or scale of intervention that we need to combat this energy crisis, which is completely unprecedented in its scale. peter smith, thank unprecedented in its scale. peter smith, thank you unprecedented in its scale. peter smith, thank you for unprecedented in its scale. peter smith, thank you for your - unprecedented in its scale. peter smith, thank you for your thoughts and no doubt we will find out more details about what the government or new prime minister does plan to do in the next few days. p
than expected. i would at the london hostel ins and he had the room, the energy, he will make a fantastic prime minister. i’m energy, he will make a fantastic prime minister. energy, he will make a fantastic prime minister. i m sure everybody admires your prime minister. i m sure everybody admires your enthusiasm prime minister. i m sure everybody admires your enthusiasm and - admires your enthusiasm and positivity. like you say, it is not over until it s over and we will not know until lunchtime tomorrow. holly, do you think liz has always been the front runner? is it hers to lose? i been the front runner? is it hers to lose? ~ ,., been the front runner? is it hers to lose? ~ ,., , ., ,., been the front runner? is it hers to lose? ~ ,., , . ,., . lose? i think so. they have both ran really good lose? i think so. they have both ran really good campaigns lose? i think so. they have both ran really good campaigns and - lose? i think so. they have both ran really good campaign
this is bbc news. our latest headlines in the uk and around the world: a promise to help millions with the sky rocketing cost of energy this winter, from the two candidates for uk prime minister on the eve of the conservative leadership result. within one week i will make sure there is an announcement on how we are going to deal with the issue of energy bills. we are facing a genuine emergency. i think anyone pretending that isn t the situation isn t being straight with the country and by the way, across europe. meanwhile, german chancellor olaf sholtz announces a financial package to protect its citizens from soaring energy prices. three men have been arrested over the killing of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool one of the suspects was detained on suspicion of murder.
either vat s reduced or just cut completely. rosita s fears for her business are also felt at home. like all of us, she ll face an energy price increase next month when the price cap is set to rise to £3,519 a year for a typical household. and just up the road in the busy suburb of chapel allerton, people want action now. costs need to come down and the government need to take action and help support people. i want them to think about working class people, because we work hard and we can t afford lots of things. everything, everything s going up, so everyone s feeling the pinch. . it s a struggle when you ve got children because you feel- like you can t do the fun things you used to be able to do. - yeah, it s a difficult one. i wouldn t want to be a politician trying to figure all this out, because where s the money come from? i guess they re gonna have to pull it from somewhere else, aren t they? the rising cost of energy