in the uk and around the world. good evening. king charles has set out the new government s plans at the state opening of parliament. amid all the traditional pomp and pageantry, 39 bills were unveiled. labour have prioritised economic stability, and say they ll boost growth and take the brakes off britain . there ll be reforms to the planning system in england to build new infrastructure and housing. britain s railways will be renationalised, the rights of workers renters will be improved. and there ll be a new publicly owned clean power company, great british energy. in a moment, we ll take a closer at the government s measures on housing and transport, but first, here s our political editor, chris mason. no space for passing traffic on a day whose rituals predate the motor car. a count them six horsepower carriage, the king on board. much of all of this unchanged in years. good morning, prime minister. but here is a bit not seen in a while these are the plans, to be
we have weather fronts tracking eastwards bringing behind it some much fresher feeding conditions. watch out for some thundery showers on saturday, perhaps showers on sunday, two but look at the drop in temperature as this programme continues on bbc one. it is my government s objective to see rising living standards in all nations and regions in the united kingdom. nations and regions in the united kinudom. . , nations and regions in the united kinadom. ., , kingdom. that is the government s aromise kingdom. that is the government s promise but kingdom. that is the government s promise but when kingdom. that is the government s promise but when will kingdom. that is the government s promise but when will it kingdom. that is the government s promise but when will it happen? l welcome to newsnight. obviously big day of politics here which we will come to but first, significant developments in the states tonight around president biden. this evening, he told interviewe
bodies feel warmth and touch have won the nobel prize for medicine. we will speak live to one of them late in the programme. it has been a pretty torrid day for facebook. two interconnecting stories that together have wiped $7 billion of mark zuckerberg s wealth. we will come to each of them in turn. let s start with a first, the whistle blower. two weeks ago the wall streetjournal published the facebook files, a damning series of reports that were based on a cache of the company s leaked internal documents. they reveal that facebook was aware of problems it was having with its apps, including the negative effects of misinformation and the harm that was being caused, especially to young girls, by instagram. we now have the identity of that whistle blower. francis hogan, who until recently worked as a product manager on the civic integrity team at facebook. ahead of her team tomorrow before a senate committee where she will be giving evidence she has given an explosive intervi
inside, a wall of noise, as the players sang their anthem, the passion echoing around the stands. the tartan army willed scotland to turn their tournament around. for a moment it worked a fumble in the box, but callum mcgregor recovered to set up scott mctominay. mctominay! it is deflected in! scotland lead! it didn t last long. a bad pass and switzerland pounced. the ball was a loose one. shaqiri! what a goal! that is an unbelievable finish. commitment is everything but kieran tierney pushed too hard, clutching at his hamstring and had to be stretchered off. this game is about fine margins. a perfect delivery from captain andy robertson. it was a teasing one, but the header ricocheted off the post. grant hanley pleading with the heavens and the fans begging for more. time for a nervy last minute winner? robertson sent a header dangerously across the face of goal. not quite. a draw keeps scotland s hopes alive, and the vocal tartan army will follow their heroes as they head
and north korea help each other in the event of aggression against either country. north korea s leader called the agreement a new high level of alliance , sparking concerns in western countries. but the full details of the pact and its consequences remain unclear. our correspondent shaima khalil reports from south korea. vladimir putin s pyongyang trip was choreographed to a t, with some surreal, made for tv moments, like this one of him driving kim jong un on the streets of pyongyang. earlier, kim il sung square, at the heart of the north korean capital, was buzzing with crowds and colour, as the two globally isolated leaders revelled in each other s company and what mr kim described as a new level of alliance. translation: we highlyl appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist policy imposed for decades by the united states and its satellites. since his war on u