today at six — a new prime minister, 3 new cabinet, and the pressure is on to help people with their energy bills. liz truss goes to face the house of commons for the first time as prime minister, knowing that the cost of living crisis is the number—one issue. she rejects calls for a windfall tax on the profits of energy firms, opting for more borrowing to help people out. i to help people out. as prime minister will take immediate i as prime minister will take immediate action to help people with the cost of their energy bills and giving people certainty to make sure that they are able to get through this winter. the money has got to come from

somewhere, and she knows that every single _ somewhere, and she knows that every single pounding excess profits she chooses _ single pounding excess profits she chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing — chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing that working people will be _ on borrowing that working people will be forced to pay back for decades— will be forced to pay back for decades to come. the first cabinet meeting of the truss premiership took place earlier. it's said to be the most diverse cabinet on record. we'll have more on the new cabinet and on the cost of living crisis, as another warning comes on the state of the economy. as business struggles, little can be done to stop the uk falling into recession — that the verdict of the bank of england. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country's biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation caused by the recent floods. and chelsea football club have sacked their manager, thomas tuchel, prompting anger from many of the fans. and coming up on the bbc news channel, alex hales has returned to the england fold for the first time in three years when he was dropped because of an off—field incident that's kept him in international exile since.

good evening. in her very first appearance at prime minister's questions, liz truss has been asked to spell out how she intends to help millions of households and businesses with theirfuel bills. today she ruled out imposing a windfall tax on the big profits of the energy companies to pay for an emergency package. she said that would undermine plans to grow the economy. labour's sir keir starmer said the money had to come from somewhere, and he accused the prime minister of drawing up a scheme which in effect would ask working people to foot the bill. the details of the government's support scheme are expected tomorrow. live to westminster to join chris mason for the latest. huw, today was about the opening skirmishes of tomorrow's arguments, and this intervention from the

government to help with our energy bills which will shape the perceptions of it in at least its early months in office. but there was a focus today as well on the newness around here — the change in the political conversation. journalists shout questions. the endless questions to those in power. and the new team tasked with answering them. the cabinet was told to turn up for a meeting at 8:30 this morning. some of them had only been officially appointed at nearly 11 o'clock last night. after a summer of visions and promises, the demand to do things and not just talk about them will be immediate for liz truss and her government. where's your cost of living plan, prime minister? energy bills, for a start, and an announcement is coming tomorrow. but first, a new—look prime minister's questions. to welcome the new prime minister to her place. - cheering.

mr speaker, iam honoured to take my place as prime minister in this house and to take on responsibility at a vital time for our country. i am determined to deliver for everybody across our united kingdom. i will work constructively with all members of this house those opening words carefully prepared, typed out and read from her ring binder. keir starmer! and the labour leader faced a new opponent. can i congratulate the prime minister on her appointment? when she said... when she said in her leadership campaign that she was against windfall taxes, did she mean it? a windfall tax is a one—off tax on companies that have benefited from something they were not responsible for. one was imposed on energy firms in may. labour, the liberal democrats

and the snp want it extended. the government must announce| an enhanced windfall profits tax, making sure that those oil and gas producers l pay theirfair share. from excess profits. but the prime minister repeatedly insisted to the snp and labour it was a bad idea. i am against a windfall tax. i believe it is the wrong thing to be putting companies off investing in the united kingdom just when we need to be growing the economy. gone where the verbal gymnastics of borisjohnson. instead, the instinctive dividing lines between the conservatives and labour seemed sharper. can't she see there is nothing new about a tory prime minister who, when asked, "who pays?" says, "it's you, the working people of britain"? well, there is nothing new about a labour leader

who is calling for more tax rises. the first full day of doing the job she dreamt of, and the first glimpse too of the new political stage and conversation. it's going to feel different. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. as we mentioned, liz truss has appointed the most diverse cabinet in history, with no white men in any of the most senior roles. it's also a cabinet made up of the prime minister's closest allies and supporters. kwasi kwarteng, who worked in finance before his time in politics, is chancellor. james cleverly, an army reserve officer and former education secretary, is foreign secretary. suella braverman, a barrister who's been a controversial and outspoken attorney—general, is the new home secretary. and therese coffey,

a long—time friend of liz truss, is health secretary and the first female deputy prime minister. familiar figure of jacob rees—mogg, one of the first mps to back liz truss for the leadership, has been given the role of business and energy secretary. ben wallace is one of the few who remains in post from borisjohnson�*s cabinet as defence secretary. and chris heaton—harris is the new northern ireland secretary. he prides himself on being a staunch brexit supporter, but he'll now have to engage with the eu in the difficult negotiations on the trade with northern ireland. so just sojust a so just a cross section for you there. back to chris at westminster. let's talk about the character of this new team, chris, what do you make of it?— make of it? after the first set of appointments. _ make of it? after the first set of appointments, it _ make of it? after the first set of appointments, it was _ make of it? after the first set of appointments, it was dubbed i make of it? after the first set of appointments, it was dubbed an make of it? after the first set of -

appointments, it was dubbed an abba cabinet, the winner takes it all, almost all of them supporters of liz truss. today the prime minister has started painting on the canvas a little bit in the background of her government, we have been hearing about morejunior government, we have been hearing about more junior appointments, government, we have been hearing about morejunior appointments, and about more junior appointments, and amongst about morejunior appointments, and amongst them there is a smattering of supporters of rishi sunak. but what we are hearing consistently from those within downing street is a desire for a clearerform of conservatism, perhaps not the kind of conservatism for all colours, for anyone depending on how they see it, what we might have seen with boris johnson, defining his politics quite loosely. instead a sense of a focus and a desire for a leaner government, a small estate. and yet we stand on the eve of this big, big intervention in the energy market. now, the argument from the government is that it is pragmatic, it is necessary, but not necessarily entirely politically consistent with some of the messages we are hearing from team truss over the summer. they know that politically it is

necessary because so, so many people are hurting, and tomorrow marks the first big moment for this government. it will define the opening weeks, even the opening months, potentially the entire time of the prime minister's time in office prior to the next election. that is the scale of the challenges confronted by. we will get the detail tomorrow lunchtime. chris, many thanks _ detail tomorrow lunchtime. chris, many thanks again, _ detail tomorrow lunchtime. chris, many thanks again, our _ detail tomorrow lunchtime. chris, many thanks again, our political l many thanks again, our political editor. in herfirst prime minister's questions, liz truss promised that both businesses and households would benefit from her energy price plan to be announced tomorrow. it's expected to freeze the energy price cap at around £2,500 for the average household. but will that provide sufficient support? our business editor, simonjack, examines the detail. heat means energy, means bills. huge bills. annette dolan employs 17 people

at her glass—blowing business in bath but won't for long without an energy lifeline. my staff are terrified, not only for their domestic bills but for theirjobs. 0ur gas bill has gone up from ia grand to 233,000. it's alice in wonderland. we cannot exist. now, if the government doesn't take action, businesses will fall like flies. annette is not alone. insolvency experts say over 53,000 substantial businesses, those with over £1 million turnover, more than ten employees, may fail in the next year. that is a colossal number of people whose businesses will fail, more than would've failed in the pandemic and more than have ever failed in any previous recession. the government has promised help is on the way for businesses and households tomorrow. for business, the cost of the energy they use will be reduced and capped. for households, the planned 0ctober hike in typical bills from £1,971 to £3549

will be reduced to a new cap, we think of around £2500. with a £400 rebate coming in october and possibly a cut in vat on energy, bills in october for many households may remain roughly the same as april. the cost of these subsidies could easily exceed £100 billion, which we expect the government to borrow and add to the uk's large and growing debt pile. now, the government may think that it's preferable to add money to consumer bills for the next decade or two, but the interest on that debt already costs us half an nhs per year and is forecast to rise. and while £100 billion definitely helps, bills are much higher than they were before the crisis, and there's no guarantee that people won't go cold, hungry or both this winter, and many businesses may still fail. inflation is brutal — it raises businesses costs while emptying their customers' pockets, which is why personal—finance campaigners welcomed these expected measures. we can argue that they are expensive, they are. they're not well

targeted, they aren't, but the most important is they will fulfil the remit of giving many people a sigh of relief that they are able to pay their energy bills in the short term. energy costs are pervasive, they push up the price of everything. if there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it's that if you can cool those, you can cool inflation. simon jack, bbc news. to underline the difficult economic climate, the governor of the bank of england has warned that little can be done to stop the uk falling into a recession. andrew bailey said the conflict in ukraine was having a huge effect on energy prices. the economy is expected to shrink in the last three months of this year and to go on shrinking until the end of next year. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is with me. let's talk about the warning first of all, what do we make of it? sobering words from the bank of england governor that they cannot do much to avoid a recession, and also

in the markets, certainly on her first full day in downing street, you would not want the news that was delivered from the foreign exchange markets, which is that the pound sterling, showing charts against the dollar, reached its lowest level since 1985, when margaret thatcher was prime minister. that is showing the trend over the last year, down about 15%. a lot of that is the dollar being stronger because interest rates in the us are going up interest rates in the us are going up faster than they are elsewhere, but the pound has also fallen over the timeframe and against the euro in a much smaller amount. in general terms, there is concern about the situation across europe as regards gas prices and inflation and recession, but even the bank of england itself said that there were uk specific factors here, perhaps the hiatus over policy—making and energy over the summer, but also the fact that although the uk is not dependent on russian gas, we are dependent on russian gas, we are dependent on russian gas, we are dependent on gas more generally, more than similar economies. weill. more than similar economies. well, we do have — more than similar economies. well, we do have a _ more than similar economies. well, we do have a new _ more than similar economies. well,

we do have a new chancellor - more than similar economies. well, we do have a new chancellor now who is in place, and obviously the chancellor will want to work closely with the governor of the bank of england. how will that pan out? we had an england. how will that pan out? - had an early meeting today, we can show you some pictures, between the chancellor and governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, you can see that there, and they agreed to meet twice weekly, a real sense, i think of emergency, crisis response is what we are getting here, and this matters, because in a situation like this, when you have got inflation really high but also the risk of recession of the same time, what we call stagflation, the classic response is to get the central bank, the bank of england, to hit inflation by raising rates and leave it to the government to help people and households. that is what i think we are getting, so the markets, households, businesses will be watching very carefully at the fine details of what we get tomorrow. fine details of what we get tomorrow— fine details of what we get tomorrow. ., ., ., tomorrow. faisal, thanks, faisal islam, tomorrow. faisal, thanks, faisal islam. oi — tomorrow. faisal, thanks, faisal islam, oi economics— tomorrow. faisal, thanks, faisal islam, oi economics editor. - we are told by buckingham palace that the queen has postponed her

privy council meeting with senior ministers, after being advised by doctors to rest. that is what the queen's staff are saying. her majesty, who is 96 and has mobility issues, is still at balmoral castle, where she appointed liz truss as the new prime minister yesterday. that is there —— the residence in aberdeenshire. it not require a hospital stay. just to recap, the queen has postponed the privy council meeting because of advice from doctors. as the cost of living crisis hits more and more households, some schools say they have become crisis centres for struggling families. but schools are not covered by the energy price cap, and headteachers in england say they're having to make tough choices — as our correspondent ellie price reports. i love you. bye. it's bahirah�*s first day of big school, and she's got a lot on her mind. maybe not fitting in. like, being the odd one out, and stuff. lucy's worried, too.

the work being too hard. for their mums, the new term can be an expensive time. my son started when it was year seven, and obviously with covid, he didn't get to use his uniform to the full potential. so i managed to keep hold of it for her. going forward, it will be a concern, financially. she needs to eat in school. because i think it will be cheaper to eat in school than to bring packed lunches, you know? i'm always really excited at the start of term. - it's always brilliant _ to welcome the students back. and for rachel hallam, their new head teacher, the class of 2023 isn't going to be an easy one. the looming energy crisis, _ changes to the examinations for 2023 are a concern for our students. we're bracing ourselves, - potentially, for another year where covid comes. back, staff absence. rachel says teachers have already left because they can't afford the higher petrol prices to commute. but it's the students and their parents in this already deprived area she worries about the most. some of our students - come here, and forthem, this is the only time _

that they have warmth, heating. and i do think that there is more and more emphasis on schools. becoming centres to support| families, and becoming crisis centres, almost, to support with absolutely everything. | are these going to be more efficient than the boilers that we had before? yeah, they are going to be more efficient for the heating. up in malton, north yorkshire, they're doing what they can at norton college. their gas bills have soared, they say, by 373%. there is another worry, too. higher than expected pay rises for teachers and support staff, set by the government injuly, that they hadn't budgeted for this year. i've taught for 30 years, i've never experienced anything like this. we're all faced with this potentially catastrophic shortfall in our finances. we're all looking at ways by which to balance our budgets. none of us has a single silver bullet here, because there isn't one. a massive welcome. hurrah, you finally made it. the department for education says it's increasing core funding by £4 billion this year alone, and providing schools with tools

to help them get the best value for money from their resources, including recommended deals for energy costs. these are your year seven ties. back in 0ldham, the students are getting to grips with the same old challenges. but their teachers are trying to find new ways to do more with less. ellie price, bbc news, 0ldham. the time is 6:18. our top story this evening... liz truss has gone on to face the house of commons for the first time as prime minister, with the cost of living crisis as the number one issue. and coming up, inside the cave in indonesia where a discovery has changed what we know about the history of limb amputations. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel... barcelona break the women's world transfer record to sign manchester city's keira walsh, the player at the heart of england's midfield in their winning run at the euros, for around £400,000.

more than 1300 people have died in pakistan's flooding disaster, which saw a third of the country badly affected. the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country's biggest lake from bursting its banks, putting tens of thousands of local residents at risk. this satellite image shows lake manchar as it was in latejune before the rains hit. and this is how it's grown, after the deluge. 0ur pakistan correspondent pumza fihlani reports from islamabad. sindh province is still drowning. it has not rained for days, but most of the land remains waterlogged. 0n the shoreline, the boats are still coming. the dangers of manchar lake have been contained for now, authorities say. its banks were deliberately breached to protect urban areas and what remains of the damaged infrastructure there. but the threat is not over,

and rescue teams are now working on evacuating thousands stranded in their villages. 125,000 people have been affected by the overflow of water. the people whose homes were sacrificed have been left with nothing. translation: my brother just died in my village - because of the water that came. we thought we were going to be able to save him, but we couldn't. around 20 people are still stranded there. some are unconscious, some are just sitting, waiting for help. water levels in pakistan's biggest lake are starting to recede officials have told the the bbc. but as an additional measure, they are enforcing flood dykes in the area. as rescue efforts continue, authorities are also under pressure to rebuild what has been lost. climate change minister sherry rehman told the bbc that pakistan will need international expertise. we are going to have to do some

very important thinking, notjust on our own, but with the climate specialists, really, for infrastructure. key communication lines naturally have to be restored. the railways have to be restored, all of that. so they've already started their reconstruction, and i was thinking because it has to happen, people have to crossover, it most of it will not be resilient. we neither have the money nor the technical capacity at this point. building with the future in mind may be a luxury for those whose entire livelihoods have been lost to the floods. for now, those who make it out of these treacherous waters are troubled by uncertainty, where they will sleep and what they will eat. pumza filhani, bbc news, islamabad. the family of a 23—year—old man who was shot dead by police in south london are accusing the metropolitan police of racism.

chris kaba was killed in a residential street in streatham hill on monday night following a police chase. the police watchdog, who's now investigating, said a single shot was fired from a police gun. 0ur correspondent greg mackenzie reports. a family still coming to terms with the killing of their son. 23—year—old chris kaba, who died following a police chase on monday night. officers say they used a tactic where they deliberately collided with the audi he was driving to make him stop and then chris was shot. we are shocked to see that in this century, from especially the law, the police can short cut someone's life, especially a young boy. there are tensions in the black community in south london,

all demanding answers. chris kaba was due to become a father within months. he was well known locally by his rap artist name, mattix. my heart is broken. i'm speechless. my heart is broken. police have taken chris from me. justice needs to be done. justice needs to be done for chris. the metropolitan police has expressed its condolences to the family but he says it won't be commenting any further, as the shooting is being investigated by the independent police watchdog, iopc. sobbing: where are you, my son? but the family say they want answers and are accusing the metropolitan police of racism. they want more details as to the circumstances behind the killing of their much loved son, who they claim

was unarmed. greg mackenzie, bbc news. in indonesia, scientists have discovered the ancient remains of a young person in a remote cave, showing what they believe to be the earliest evidence of surgical amputation. the remains are around 31,000 years old, which means the amputation was carried out some 24 thousand years earlier , than the previous estimatge. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has the story. home to our ancestors. these remote caves in indonesian borneo are adorned with some of the world's earliest rock art. but when archaeologists went in search of other signs of prehistoric life, they found something unexpected, a human skeleton carefully buried inside a cave with its left foot missing. forensic inspection revealed what researchers say is the first evidence of surgical amputation of a limb, carried out 31,000 years ago, when this person was a child.

this is a very clear surgical technique that's been done. it's concrete evidence, in the most extreme and clear way. very advanced surgery would have been required for this child to have survived. and if that's the case, people are sharing knowledge, people are learning and questioning their environment, like scientists do today. a detailed examination concluded that the person — depicted here in an artist's impression — lived for up to nine years after their surgery, dying in their late teens or early 20s. i think our ancestors were as caring as we are today, and hopefully we will be in the future. i don't think we can underestimate our ancestors. we have this idea that we know it all today. but i think they can teach us a lot about who we are today, and what we might be in the future. the team plan to search this

treasure trove of human archaeology to find out what methods and perhaps what stone surgical tools might have made this prehistoric medicalfeat possible. victoria gill, bbc news. chelsea have sacked their manager thomas tuchel, after their third defeat of the season. he has led the club to win three trophies in his 20 months in charge, but it's believed he'd lost the confidence of the squad and the board in recent times. 0ur sports editor dan roan is at chelsea's ground stamford bridge in west london with the latest. they may have just spent a record quarter of £1 billion on new players, but it was clear last night that not all was well at chelsea. consultation, they are. not happy at all. ., ., , . consultation, they are. not happy at all. ., . . ., all. thomas tuchel cutting a frustrated _ all. thomas tuchel cutting a frustrated figure, _ all. thomas tuchel cutting a frustrated figure, as - all. thomas tuchel cutting a frustrated figure, as his - all. thomas tuchel cutting a | frustrated figure, as his side all. thomas tuchel cutting a - frustrated figure, as his side were humiliated by lowly dinamo zagreb. it continued a poor start to the season. but even by this club's standards,

today's sacking of one of the world's best coaches particularly ruthless. ina in a statement, chelsea said... tuchel�*s departure came as a shock to many, but speaking after his team's third defeat of the season, his exasperation had been evident. this is a huge underperformance from all of us. it is not precise enough, it is not clinical enough, it is not aggressive enough on the ball. it is not determined enough. it was only last year that tuchel led chelsea to champions league glory, just months after taking over. more trophies followed, and the german gained praise for his calm leadership during the club's sale by roman abramovich, after the russian oligarch was sanctioned by the government. but amid suggestions the manager had lost the faith of some players the new owner, american billionaire todd boehly, wasted little time in making what is proving a hugely controversial change.

very surprised and also disappointed. i want managers to stay in theirjob. it's a difficult job. but i think we also understand it probably comes to us all at some time. . , , it probably comes to us all at some time. ., , , ., ., ' :: :: time. having spent more than £100 million on paying — time. having spent more than £100 million on paying off _ time. having spent more than £100 million on paying off a _ time. having spent more than £100 million on paying off a host - time. having spent more than £100 million on paying off a host of- million on paying off a host of sacked managers during the roman abramovich era, chelsea face the prospect of another massive severance package for thomas tuchel, thatis severance package for thomas tuchel, that is before they shell out on a replacement. new american owners, but an all—too—familiar sense of turbulence at stamford bridge. even abramovich never sacked a manager as early as 33 days into a new season. the club insists this makes sense. but at a time when the public are feeling the pinch, many will find it hard to comprehend the money spent on sacking managers and on a record transfer window. chelsea are set for talks with graham potter, and if they do recruit him, no doubt his club, brighton, will want millions

of pounds in compensation. it's time tojoin chris with of pounds in compensation. it's time to join chris with the latest on the weather. lots of storms in recent days. look at the weather watcher picture sent in the last 30 minutes. a lightning bolt flashing across the skies of liverpool. there is the lighter building. quite often, storms are quite localised. what we have seen over recent days and nights is storms that have been stretching for hundreds of miles. these have been more organised, coming in on troughs, caused by this area of low pressure that continues to spin to the south of the republic of ireland, throwing these features across the country. right now, we have another clump of really active storm is across north wales, stretching to the north west midlands, north west england. that is where the most spectacular displays of lightning are going to be heading overnight tonight, eventually reaching parts of southern scotland. could see a few

more storms across parts of south—east england, simply a slot here and there. then the rain turns heavier later in the night across central and eastern parts of scotland. temperature is about 12 or 14 degrees, give or take, if you mist and fog patches as well. tomorrow, another unsettled day. the rain could be heavy enough in scotland to cause some localised surface water flooding issues. 0therwise, surface water flooding issues. otherwise, a similar day with sunshine, showers widespread and most of you will see one or two downpours during the day. showers turning thundery as we head into the afternoon. between the downpours in the sunshine, it will continue to feel pretty warm. the wind continues to be liked. friday, another unsettled day with further showers widely. prolonged outbreaks of rain possible across eastern areas of scotland. there could be one or two issues with rainfall building up for a time. heading into the weekend, it looks like at least saturday should be a drier and acquired a kind of day most parts of the country. rain returns as we head into monday. a similar story further southwards

across england and wales. a drier slice of