he was perfect. if there s one man on earth that could explain the war on earth could benefit anyone by china, that would be boris johnson and we made the offer and he said he was interested. a few hours before air time, his publicist call sod say he wasn t coming and boris johnson reputed to be the smartest leader of any english speaking country in the world didn t want to publicly defend his position on ukraine and afraid to take questions about it. we found that disappointing. not just because we many assumed johnson was more impressive than that but mostly because it s a subject that badly needs to be debated and soon. millions would die in the war that boris johnson is promoting. the public has a right to know why are we doing this before it starts. as you can probably tell, it looks like it s starting very soon. so that was our experience with boris johnson yesterday. given all that, we were shocked, actually shocked. this afternoon to see johnson show up at a neocon th
thriving in one of the world s toughest environments, we meet the greenland communities on the frontline of climate change. a lot of places in greenland have a record and rain. nowadays, we never know how the weather is going to be. bother! i do hate shoddy work. and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood s golden age, has died at the age of 96. welcome to the programme. we will begin welcome to the programme. we will begin with what is going on on will begin with what is going on on financial markets. the pound has fallen sharply after the head of the bank of england announced an end to its emergency interventions in to the pension industry. the bed was made to support the pension the bed was made to support the pension industry. the bank had been buying government bonds to help stabilise the market, but andrew bailey says the support will stop on friday, despite calls to extend it. our economics editor faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial mark
or a living in a household already struggling financially? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i m @annitabbc or use #bbcyourquestions. bbc news has been told that conservative mps are in talks with opposition parties to oppose the government s fracking plans. calls for all women to be invited for a menopause check up when they turn a5, as a report criticises the current support as completely inadequate . last night the police arrested himm tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. there are more concerns for the uk economy this morning as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released this morning s
it has arrested eight people in connection with saturday s bombing of the kerch bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. a bbc investigation finds that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. and tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are more concerns for the uk economy as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released show the uk economy fell by 0.3% in the three months to august. if it falls again in the next three months we ll be in a recession. there s
europe is descending into poverty. did you know that? someone told you that? so the most advanced continent on the planet, the birthplacerta of western civilization,ce our civilization is getting much poorer very quickly. it s moving backward at high speed just a year ago,st ay europe was a modern place.ea for example, the overwhelminge r majority of europeans heatedwhle their homes with natural gas as modern people do in germany,l the continent s richest country, only about six percent of households, most of them6% o rural, heated with cord wood and you would expect that givena that again, germany is a moderna industrialny country with centrl heating and indoor plumbing and all the other trappings of a society that has moved beyonda the medieval period. year, only about six percent of germans used% of wood to heat their homes. but that has changed dramatically. demand for firewood in germany has risen so fast that there is none left to buy. you can t get it so desperate. ger