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our thanks. your rewards. as we begin a new hour, we turn to the biden agenda. joe manchin says he wants a spending bill not too big. in moments, how the poor people s campaign is putting pressure on the west virginia senator. plus, a humanitarian crisis in del rio, texas. new developments about how the biden administration is responding. and the woman who designed the dress that has the worlds of fashion and politics buzzing. this is american voices. we begin this hour in texas where the state s ultra-conservative legislature kicks off a new special session tomorrow. this time around, texas republicans plan to focus on redistricting. they are already busy working to redraw maps to favor republican incumbents. the texas tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the state population becomes younger and more diverse. this is a process ....
of war before it pulled out of afghanistan and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic and what a legacy. and walking in the air the french slackliner wowing the crowds in paris. france s most senior diplomat says relations with australia and the united states are in crisis because of what he called their duplicity and lies over a new security alliance. the pact resulted in australia cancelling a multi billion dollar contract to buy french submarines. hugh schofield reports. for the americans, the australians and the british, it s a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. but australia s decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. their contract with australia has been simply binned. ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france s anger. i think this has been a huge ....
dozens of universities have set up pop up clinics and walk in centres for students to receive covid vaccines, as the new academic year begins. students who are not yet vaccinated, are being urged to getjabs during freshers week. megan paterson has the details. a new addition to the usual freshers week festivities at oxford brookes university pop up clinics and grab a jab drop ins, all aimed at encouraging as many students as possible to get vaccinated, amid some concern about covid spread in young people. we are aware just before the summer there was quite a high increase in covid infection rates amongst the 18 24 year olds, so we re really keen to try and sort of capture them just as they re coming back to university, to make sure in the environment they live in maybe in shared houses that we minimise the spread and the transmission of covid as much as possible. obviously we want people to really enjoy their university terms and so it s to really make it possib ....
unbeaten this season. a new documentary about the duke of edinburgh reveals his favourite celebrity chefs. we ll get their reaction. we have got some rain in the forecast today, moving east through the course of the day. they could be localised flooding across parts of eastern england in particular, but things will brighten up from the west later on. i ll bring you all the details throughout this morning s legrand. it s sunday the 19th of september. our top story: the impact of soaring wholesale gas prices will be discussed at a series of meetings between the government and industry leaders over the coming days. the increase in the cost of gas has led to warnings of a knock on effect on food supplies. the business secretary kawsi kwarteng says he will meet with industry figures to plan a way forward. our business correspondent katy austin reports. the reasons wholesale gas prices have soared include high demand and lower wind and solar generation. the business secretary ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. the british foreign secretary liz truss has defended the uk s new security agreement with the united states and australia, which has caused a growing diplomatic row with france. the deal known as aucus will see australia given the technology to build nuclear powered submarines. liz truss has said it will make the uk safer and protectjobs. but the french, whose own submarine deal with australia has been cancelled, are angry about that. courtney bembridge reports. at the centre of this diplomatic row is an agreement with the us and the uk to give australia the technology to build a fleet of nuclear powered submarines. the problem is australia already had a submarine deal with france that s been torn up and france is furious duplicity. been torn up and france is furious. there has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt. this will not do things are not going well between us. and i m with the president of france. it s h ....