Mexican and colombian cartels have infiltrated local gangs as they vie for lucrative drugs routes. Ecuador was hit hard by covid and theyve taken advantage of a country broken by a pandemic and by corrupt politics. The police are at pains to show me theyre fixing the problem, but when theyre having to protect themselves with sandbags in the police station, you realise this is a war without end. This used to be one of the main routes for traffickers. People would come up here with Stolen Phones and jewellery and exchange those goods for drugs up here, but the police have taken back this area. That said, the police have lost so much more control of the city of guayaquil. The bars on all the windows in this neighbourhood tell you all you need to know about the lack of security here. Angie fears for her four children. The police are powerless, she says. Just two weeks ago her neighbour was shot dead outside his daughters school. Translation all i want is security, thats the only thing that
market after government borrowing costs soar to a 20 year high. no end to the strong dollar. us interest rates are going higher and staying there for longer, according to policymakers at the federal reserve. also coming up: digging ourselves into a hole. how climate change is threatening the world s soil and our future food supply. we start here in the uk, where pressure is growing on prime minister liz truss and chancellor of the exchequer kwasi kwarteng to rethink their economic plans. financial markets have been in turmoil since they promised £45 billion worth of tax cuts funded by borrowing in a mini budget statement on september 23rd. the chancellor is due to set out how he will fund the package and reduce debt at the end of the month. facing questions in parliament on wednesday, the prime minister ruled out scrapping her tax cuts, but said spending on public services wouldn t be cut either. we are spending almost £1 trillion of public spending, we were spending 70
showing the queen s appearance on the buckingham palace balcony. the queen front and centre of the daily telegraph, as the paper reports on her statement to the public saying the monarch has reaffirmed her commitment to serve the nation. the times says the members of the royal family chosen to appear on the balcony are a message about the future of the monarchy. it was a slimmed down royal family, according to the i. but the paper also looks at boris johnson s future, saying a vote on his leadership could come this week. the guardian claims allies of the pm are preparing for a confidence vote, and says borisjohnson will launch a policy fightback focusing on health and housing. that story continued in the financial times, showing the prime minister and labour leader, keir starmer, watching the platinumjubilee pageant. but the paper leads with reports of a 90% drop in the value of public listings in the us and europe since the war in ukraine started. 0k, let us begin our chat
Who had served two terms in the role. The labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, was re elected for a historic third term. Overall, the conservatives lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections in england. This morning, the transport secretary mark harper said while the results were disappointing. The General Election was still all to play for. Lets speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan, who is in birmingham. That is where the West Midlands mayoral result was announced yesterday. She has been there getting reaction. It was already a difficult few days after thursdays local elections for the Conservative Party but i think many pin hopes on the West Midlands mayoral contest that declared in birmingham late last night, about nine oclock. That is because it was a close race, but the conservatives hoped their incumbent mayor andy street would hold on for another term but in the end, it was the Labour Candidate who is now the mayor, Richard Parker, who won by a squeak, by abou
the raid comes as a simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. un secretary general antonio guterres said there is real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. on x, the head of the world health organization said more than 10,000 palestinians are in gaza need urgent medical attention. he added that since the closure of the rafah crossing on may 7, no patients have been evacuated from the gaza strip. the us military said on thursday that a temporary pier off the coast of gaza has been re anchored,