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
fears are raised of a recession this year. bank of england confirms its emergency bond buying system will end on thursday, despite reports could the experts ended. the court hears reports that a nurse accused. blood supplies falter critically low level in england, prompting nhs blood and transplant to have its first ever amber alert, meaning hospitals have to postpone some elective surgery. and in ukraine, the defence ministers were asking brussels to step up defence of its country so can create an air shield against russian missile attacks. . the bbc finds that donations to tick tock are being taken by the social media platform rather than given to families from syria. the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public spending. she was speaking at the first prime minister s questions since last month s mini budget, which provoked turmoil on the financial markets. the labour leader sir kier starmer said she should reverse what he called he
a woman in custody. mahsa amini who was 22 was arrested by the morality police, who d accused her of breaking strict rules on the wearing of the hijab. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are going green, although other colours of nature are available. oh, i can change the colour of my tree. we discover some highly unusual building materials. it is, in a sense, mould in here. that s the strangest case of rising damp i ve ever seen. no, the whole place is made of it. and spencer meets the man behind an icon. this is your baby. but as the ipod is laid to rest for good, we meet the robots built to break down your iphone. and also, cats big ones. a giant redwood the largest tree on earth. and this one s been laser scanned with lidar technology, capturing a sense of the endangered species so viewers don t have to physically visit california s sequoia national park to be inspired. it s beautiful. this digital art exhibition at london s barbican centre aims to get more peo
so let s now get down to business and we begin with the bank of england and the warning that interest rates could go up by as much as half a percentage point at its next rates meeting. that s according to the bank s governor, andrew bailey. he was speaking to financial leaders in london last night and pledged to do whatever it takes to get inflation under control. we will have to act forcefully. in simple terms it means a 50 basis point increase will be among the choices on the table when we next meet. but it is not locked in. and anyone who predicts that we will do that is doing that based on their own view. we do not pronounce rate decisions for one very simple reason, and pc decisions are based on deliberation at the time on nine people focused on retaining inflation to the 2% target sustainability. well, injust over an hour s time we will get the latest inflation figures for the uk. prices have already been rising at the fastest rate in a0 years at 9.1%. joining me now is