more surplus food to those in need after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits, despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue the leader of the commons, penny morduant, has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning, the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she a
the west at the moment enhancing shower activity. this massive rain will arrive to tonight across the southern half of the country. it was a nice start to the day across many areas but that is fading with heavy rain pushing through wales, northern england and the midlands. that will tend to clear, showers following on behind. the rain pushing into northern ireland over night. and also very windy. a bit quieter across the north of the uk with a lighter wind and fewer showers. but turning quite cold with sub zero values. forthursday turning quite cold with sub zero values. for thursday the front across the south of the country with low pressure pushing into the north west of the uk. some sunshine around northern and eastern areas but then the low pressure bringing gales into northern ireland and the west of staying blustery across southern britain but in between a slice of dry weather. miles in the south and chile in the north. on thursday night those gales transfer from northe
with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was shot dead in her home. brazil s presidential election on a knife edge there ll be a run off between the far right incumbent jair bolsonaro and his left wing challenger. king charles and the queen consort visit dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning ended. and the 9,000 year old footprints giving us clues about the story of our coastline. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll bring you the outcome of the women s champions league draw as we find out who arsenal and chelsea will face in the group stage. good afternoon. it has been the sharpest of u turns the government is dropping its plans to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax for the highest earners. amid growing opposition to the policy, kwasi kwarteng, the chancellor, said it had become a distracton. we get it, he said, we have listened . but the plan is being ditched less than 2a hours after the prime mi
new york attorney general is coming after the trump organization, for what? lying about the property values of their stuff. we have got our legal experts here to bring it all down. and the countdown to midterms is on, and less than 45 days, heading to the polls for what i think is a critical election. so we are going to check in on some critical races, the new nbc poll finds enthusiasm for upcoming midterms that an all-time high. plus, we are launching a new series today focused on the organizations known as the divine nine. their efforts to drive voters to the poll. we are taking the series off with the national president of this sorority, she is giving us a peek into what he asked he is up to. i am simone sanders, i am back, and i have something to say. donald trump, he had a bad week. he is facing new legal challenges. first, there are developments involving the mar-a-lago case. and those documents seized by the fbi. three appeals court judges for the 11th circ