tonight, bringing us the context are stefanie brown james, co founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics, and former ukjustice secretary and chief secretary to the treasury david gauke. welcome to the programme. for several days now western leaders have been providing political cover for the german chancellor, while privately venting frustration at his reluctance to send the leopard tanks to ukraine. according to german newspapers his refusal to approve the deliveries on friday, at a meeting of nato defence ministers, led to sharp words between him and the us secretary of defence lloyd austin. olaf schulz s office deny that, saying neither the tone nor content of the reports were true. but certainly there was frustration, and you could hear it when the bbc spoke, earliertoday, to the polish prime minister, who has decided to go it alone. let me put it this way, poland and the free world cannot afford not to send leopard ta
good morning from the centre of richmond in north yorkshire, rishi sunak s constituency. i will be speaking to people about the cost of living pressures they are facing and what they would like to see the new prime minister do to support them. in other news. the mother of murdered hull student libby squire is to meet her daughter s killer in prison. back with a point to prove how aston villa have moved to replace steven gerrard with the former arsenal manager unai emery. good morning. it is another mild day ahead following on from a mild start. for many it will be dry, although there are a few showers in the north and west. later, heavier rain and stronger winds in the south west. details coming up. good morning from downing street. it s tuesday, the 25th of october. rishi sunak will today become prime minister the third this year. it isa it is a day of firsts. he will be the first british asian to make it to number 10, and at 42, will become the youngest prime ministerfo
the ukrainian fighters who defended the mariupol steelworks until they had to surrender to russia we hear the story of one of them on his release. when i look at this, it actually reminds me of me, because it s the exact same as my glasses. and the young people hoping to see more emojis that look like them. and coming up on the bbc news channel, liverpool s 7 1 champions league win at rangers might be the result that galvanises them after a poor start to the premier league season, withjurgen klopp saying it s lifted the mood. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. downing street is insisting this lunchtime there will be no further u turns, despite pressure intensifying on the prime minister to rethink her tax cutting plans following last month s mini budget. last week, the government abandoned its plan to abolish the 45p rate of tax for top earners. but senior conservatives have continued to voice grave concerns at liz truss s tax cutting agenda without explaini
the nurse accused of murdering babies, wrote i killed them on purpose because i m not good enough on a post it note. ukrainian fighters who surrendered after weeks of sheltering under a steelworks, we have spoken to one who been released. former culture minister will chair a new body to examine returning the elgin marbles to greece. they are currently displayed in the british museum. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. liz truss is coming under more pressure from some of her own mps to rethink her tax cutting plans following last month s mini budget. it comes after the goverment last week abandoned its plan to abolish the 45p tax rate for top earners. but senior conservatives have continued to voice grave concerns at liz truss s tax cutting measures without explaining how she will balance the books. one mp last night accused the prime minister of trashing blue collar conservatism . downing street says its policy is the right one for growth. our political correspondent