they re trying desperately to change the narrative here. and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. in his first interviews since being appointed, jeremy hunt told the bbc ministers had made mistakes when they announced plans to slash taxes without setting out how it would be paid for. in the three weeks since, the cost of borrowing money rose, both for the public and for the government. mr hunt said every government department would have to come up with savings. answering prime minister s questions this week, liz truss had suggested that public spending would continue to rise. there were some mistakes made
18 weeks. for six months now and it s can be 18 weeks. a jury has been told that lucy letby, the nurse accused of murdering babies, wrote i killed them on purpose because i m not good enough on a post it note. the metropolitan police is investigating more than 600 domestic and sexual abuse claims against its own staff. britain s most prestigious architectural award 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 a5p 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. this afternoon, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng said he s totally focused on delivering the growth plan, in response to speculation about a u turn on the measures. let s listen to what he had
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announced on friday. an actor very prominent in this country and internationally. now time for a look at the weather with louise. hello, there. it is a saturday afternoon of sunny spells and scattered showers driven along quite quickly by some blustery south west winds. most of the showers along southend west facing coasts, but some of them will start to filter inland. the best of any dry, brighter weather in sheltered eastern areas. the wind is a feature. 30 to 40 mph, perhaps even stronger. gail is a west facing coasts. top temperatures, 11 to 13 celsius in the north, 17 degrees somewhere across south and east england. through the evening and overnight, some of those showers across england and wales will fade away as the low pressure drift steadily north. we will continue to see some showers across scotland and northern ireland. clearer skies, single figures elsewhere. as we move into sunday, it will be a dry,
of showers driven in along west facing coasts. gusts of winds inland close to 30mph, but those west facing coasts, possibly 50mph at times. in terms of the feel of the weather, 10 13 degrees in scotland and northern ireland, 13 or 14 further south. moving out of sunday into start of monday and the start of a new month, the low pressure will drift off into scandinavia and the wind direction will swing north westerly, a cooler source, and that will drive the warmer yellow tones back to the continent, the cooler air mass pushing across the uk, meaning temperatures in the first few days of november could bejust a little bit under par for this time of year. we start off monday on a chilly note first thing where we have clearer skies and a frequent rash of showers driven along by the brisk north westerly wind, some showers pushed further south as we go through the afternoon. temperatures just 8 10 degrees into the north and may be a maximum of 12