this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the pound steadies on international currency markets as the uk chancellor prepares to meet top bankers to try to reassure them his growth plan can work. uk opposition leader sir keir starmer will lay out his pitch to become prime minister at his party's conference in liverpool, saying the conservatives have lost control of the economy. dozens of world leaders attended a state funeral of formerjapanese state funeral of former japanese prime state funeral of formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe. oh, wow! i'm getting visual confirmation. all right! we got it? nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid,

to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone. cheering. so... right? so, yeah, well, i... yeah, i think the earthlings should sleep better. ukrainians in four russian—held regions have one final day to vote in a referendum that kyiv and its western allies dismiss as a sham. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, chancellor kwasi kwarteng is meeting fund managers this morning after days of volatility on global markets. banks and building societies in britain have withdrawn some of their mortgage deals, and interest rates are expected to rise significantly

over the coming months. so, what's caused it? well, the chancellor's mini budget last week has spooked the markets. it has been followed by a dramatic fall in the value of the pound. yesterday, it dropped to a record low against the us dollar, almost to parity. though, as you can see, it did rally later, to $1.07. and this morning the pound is at $1.08. the bank of england has said it would not hesitate to raise rates to keep inflation in check, but sir charlie bean, who was a deputy governor until 2014, says he would have gone further. he was speaking to nick robinson on bbc radio. the bank, are, ithink, rightly, reluctant to have emergency meetings every time there is turmoil in financial markets. there have been occasions, certainly after lehman's collapsed, we had an out—of—cycle meeting to cut rates,

along with other central banks. that said, i think, on this occasion, if i had still been at the bank in my role as deputy governor, i certainly would have been counselling the governor that i think this is one of the occasions where it might have made sense. um, the... even though the very calling of the meeting, the very talk of an emergency measure, would create its own instability? well, the key thing is if you call it, you have to take significant action. the boss of the world trade organization has warned that the 0rganization has warned that the world is edging into a global recession. earlier i spoke to theo leggett about how expensive it could get for ordinary uk households.

although the government has intervened to cap the prices that households will be paying, many, many households will still be seeing their energy bills going up and often by quite a lot. you have that and the effects of the weak pound, the pound has gone down in value and an awful lot of what we buy in the shops is imported, the clothes we wear, fuel for our cars is priced in dollars. when the pound goes down in value, the cost of these things go up. inflation will still be a problem. it is already at a very high level. all of this coming together and if you add on top of that for many people increased mortgage costs as well, you can see that it is going to be a very difficult yearfor many. in terms of where the pound has been, can you give us a sense of where it is at the moment? we keep being told there will be a lot of volatility this week. volatility is a significant factor. at the moment, the pound is trading at about $1.08 and to put that into

context, it is roughly where it ended the day on friday. before the chancellor stood up to make a statement, it was about $1.12.5, so still a significant fall over the past week. it has stabilised a bit. that reflects, to a certain extent, the assumption in the markets that when the bank of england policymakers meet in november, they will be an increase in interest rates. we don't know how much that increase will be but we know the trend is likely to be interest rates going up over the next few months. a certain amount of that is being priced in. we are seeing some stability compared to what we saw on friday and on monday. longer term trends do look like it will be down. in terms of whether, really, we can wait until the end of november, is that realistic? or is it likely that the bank of england still might have to have some sort of emergency meeting? well, it depends what happens with the value of the pound. if we see the currency going into another state going into another stage of very steep falls, the debate about whether the bank of

england needs to respond sooner rather than later will erupt again. if it remains at current levels, then you can say that the kind of reassurances that were put out by the bank of england yesterday may have worked. therefore we can anticipate that it will hold fire until november. that is probably what the bank would like to do. then again, if there is another precipitous fall, all bets are off. i asked for anyone who was worried about their mortgage here in particular to get in touch. some of you did. 0ne particular to get in touch. some of you did. one person perhaps defending the government a bit has tweeted to say the pound has been falling against the dollar for over 12 months and against the euro for more than a month, wrong to blame the falls entirely on kwasi kwarteng and the financial event last friday. i should say we have heard a few more of you talking about worries about the mortgage, one person, sam, saying three years left on a five year fixed saying three years left on a five yearfixed rate but still worried about how high interest rates could go. another person saying they voted for rishi sunak, the alternative

conservative contender for the prime minister's job this summer but they are very worried about their energy bills and a very worried about having to sell their house if they can't afford to remortgage. another person, dave, also saying that they were worried about buying a house, they've made a offer on a house yesterday and last week they had the money to extend it but now they have used up their savings and they are worried about, of course, future rates. that is a problem for anyone who is moving now or worried about remortgaging in the coming weeks and months. fears about what the interest rates are going to do comedy mortgage rates that are available. very concerning. that is what we will be trying to bring more information on —— going to do, the mortgage rates. the state funeral of japan's assassinated former prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taking place in tokyo. many world leaders are attending, including the us vice president,

kamala harris. but the decision to hold a state funeral has proved controversial, with some people worried about the cost and about the close links between mr abe's party and the controversial unification church. 0ur correspondent mariko 0i reports. i'm standing outisde budokan, where the state funeral forjapan�*s longest serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taking place. there are some 11,500 guests, including 700 overseas visitors as well as foreign ambassadors to the country. you mentioned kamala harris, us vice president, but also there was india's prime minister, narendra modi. australia's anthony albanese e. and from the uk, we had james cleverly attending the event. it has been dubbed funeral diplomacy in the three days for the current prime minister, fumio kishida. among the japanese public, opinions have been split. many protests throughout the weekend even today. people have been questioning the legitimacy of holding

a state funeral, which is usually for imperial family members. mr abe is only the second prime minister to have this service. the first one took place 55 years ago for yoshida/ 0ther protesters were questioning the huge price tag of 10 million to host this event. a protester we spoke to earlier said money should be spent on other more important things, especially when people have been struggling with the rising cost of living. but there was a long queue of people wanting to pay their respects outside. it really goes to show how polarising, how divisive mr abe is. when he was alive as prime minister and even after his death. his state funeral has been divisive among the japanese public. heavy fighting is continuing in ukraine's eastern donbas region, which russian forces have been trying to take for months but where ukrainian troops have been making gains in recent weeks. getting full control of donbas remains president putin's stated aim in ukraine.

0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, and camera journalist goktay koraltan report from the city of bakhmut where residents endure constant russian shelling and the destruction of their homes. i should warn you, her report contains some distressing images. shelling. inside a city under relentless attack. shelling. this is bakhmut. pounded by russian air strikes, and shelling. ukrainian forces still hold the city but the russians are at the eastern edge. "it's hard for us", says ludmila, one of the few venturing out. have you thought about leaving? "i don't want to. "this is my homeland", she says.

"i wish you well", she adds. others are desperate to go. but facing a dangerous wait. shelling. irina flinches at this all—too—familiar sound. shelling. her 14—year—old daughter, yelizaveta, is the main reason she wants to get away from her birthplace... ..which is now a battleground. shells explode. as we wait with them, we lose count of the shells. what a memory for a teenager to take away from home. shelling. it's easy to see and to hear what people need to get away from. in the last few minutes, we've been hearing incoming

and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. shelling. it really doesn't stop. this city is in the centre of a fierce fight now between russian forces and ukrainian forces. "everything is ok", irina says. trying to reassure yelizaveta. "it's very hard to go", she tells me. "it's only because of the war. "the main thing is to save my daughter's life and to take our cats "and kittens so that we all survive". rushing in to get them out, sergei ivanof, a volunteer with a van, and a tattoo that says, "seize the day." he's been doing just that for months, evacuating front line areas. i feel happy when i see the smiles on faces and hear the thanks.

it's perfect. it's why i'm here. it's like my main mission, like my life, for these people. and you are risking your life every day? i think it's usual for me and usualfor any ukrainian people, any ukrainians. loading up the essentials, yelizaveta has the pet carrier and irina grabs the final bags. they are beginning a journey to the relative safety of the capital, kyiv. shelling. nearby, we come across a victim of the morning shelling, called andrei. there's no letup. for over an hour, his body can't be moved. the living keep walking.

his sister, in red, can only take cover. andrei spent his life saving others. he worked as an ambulance driver. shelling. as russia tries to take this city, it appears ready to destroy it. a pattern that we have read in the ruins before. shell, kill, repeat. shelling. the russian army way. 0rla guerin, bbc news, bakhmut. we have had a mobilisation in russia of people being called up. the afp news agency is reporting that russians of arriving daily in georgia. that number has doubled since the draft, according to a minister. we have seen reports of

people trying to leave through land borders where visas allow. today is also the last day of voting in the circle referendums in four of the occupied regions in ukraine about whether they should become part of the russian federation. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk, and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia, are being asked to attend polling stations and vote. the government in kyiv and its western allies have dismissed the ballots as a sham. 0ur correspondent, hugo bachega, has been giving us the latest from the ukraine capital, kyiv. obviously, the ukrainians have dismissed this so—called referendum as a propaganda exercise, and western countries say this has no legitimacy. they say the result has already been decided by moscow and that this is going to be used by russia as an excuse to annexe parts of ukraine. we're talking about 15% of this country's territory that could be annexed by russia.

the international community, the ukrainians are saying they will not recognise any announcement by russia. obviously, the fear is that the russians may say, "look, these areas are now part of russia and any attack "on those areas will be seen as an attack on russia." last night, president zelensky said if russia goes ahead with any kind of announcement in terms of annexation of territory, the international community will be announcing tough measures. we heard from the biden administration that more sanctions could be imposed on russia if moscow goes ahead with the annexation of ukrainian territory. earlier today, we heard from the british ministry of defence, saying that there is a real possibility that president putin may use a speech on friday to parliament to announce the formal... to formally announce the annexation of those areas of ukraine by russia.

the uk opposition leader, sir keir starmer, will use his speech at the labour party conference today to accuse the conservatives of having lost control of the economy. he'll tell delegates in liverpool that labour is now the party of financial responsibility, and he is expected to echo sir tony blair by describing the party as the "political wing of the british people". 0ur political correspondent, ione wells, joins us from the conference in liverpool. for our global viewers, important to explain what the conference is and the mood. it seems to be fairly optimistic at the moment. that's ri . ht. to optimistic at the moment. that's right. to explain, _ optimistic at the moment. that's right. to explain, this _ optimistic at the moment. that's right. to explain, this is - optimistic at the moment. that'sj right. to explain, this is labour's annual conference and this will be the first time that sir keir starmer will really have this opportunity to address all his delegates here in person in a way which he hasn't necessarily had an opportunity to do while the mood in the party has been as high as it has been doing these last couple of days. the reason the mood is so positive is partly

because of the negative ratings of the government itself they are facing in the uk. largely because of things like the pound falling, the government's recent announcement about tax cuts last week have certainly contributed to that of unease amongst conservative mps about the economy at the moment. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will certainly embrace that as part of his speech today. he is likely to draw direct contrast between labour and the conservatives. a big message we have been hearing from shadow ministers here in liverpool is that they want to reclaim the narrative on the economy, portraying themselves as the party of fiscal responsibility. in other words, they argue they would be able to strike a better balance between taxation and public spending, compared to their conservative counterparts. we can also expect to hear quite a lot from the labour leader about what their alternative plan for growth will be. we have heard a lot from the government about their idea, which is to cut taxes to try to stimulator

the economy in the uk. labour has set out some of their ideas already so far at this conference —— stimulate the economy. the big one is they want to invest a lot in green technology and energy schemes and we will hear more on that from the labour leader today. one of the big themes is going to be how they paint themselves as a direct contrast to the conservative party. earlier, we had from one of the front bench mps, the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, who described voting for labour as a choice to end the continuity vote against the conservatives. the conservatives

took we have a reckless chancellor. the risk out of the country isn't change — the risk out of the country isn't change with labour, it is continuity with the _ change with labour, it is continuity with the conservatives. wes streeting- — with the conservatives. wes streeting- i— with the conservatives. wes streeting. i know _ with the conservatives. wes streeting. i know you - with the conservatives. wes streeting. i know you are i with the conservatives. 7" streeting. i know you are in liverpool but i am sure you are in touch with members of the conservative party, too, how much uneasy as there about the recent political events and the financial turmoil? how much pressure will there be on liz truss and kwasi kwarteng now?— there be on liz truss and kwasi kwarten: now? ., ., kwarteng now? you are right, there is certainly unease _ kwarteng now? you are right, there is certainly unease amongst - kwarteng now? you are right, there is certainly unease amongst a - kwarteng now? you are right, there l is certainly unease amongst a number of conservative mps, quite a few of them have been telling us they do feel like more sort of action, more reassurance is needed from those in government. and their plans are going to work. this has always been framed as a big bet on the economy, these plans for significant tax cuts for some of the highest earners in the uk. and the markets have reacted as we have seen over the last couple of days. which has certainly triggered unease amongst the

conservative party. some mps are worried this isn'tjust going down badly with the markets and public, too. interesting being here in liverpool last night and seeing the results of one yougov poll suggesting that the highest lead for the labour party they have ever recorded. the mood was very buoyant, we were seeing a number of very pleased looking labour aides running around but in westminster that was causing a lot of uneven amongst conservative mps, worried these plans are notjust landing badly with the market but with the public, as well. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has said that there will be further updates about things like trying to introduce more deregulation measures to try to stimulate growth later this year. certainly, there will be calls for some of them to answer these concerns by conservative mps in the coming weeks and days ahead. maw; coming weeks and days ahead. many

thanks. the prime minister's chief of staff will now be employed directly by the government instead of through a private company, downing street has confirmed. it follows the revelation that mark fullbrook was being paid through his lobbying firm, fullbrook strategies. the arrangement had been criticised by the opposition and by some the body of british aid worker paul urey will arrive back in the uk later today after his family raised £10,000 to bring him home from ukraine. paul went to help families escape after russia invaded the country, but he was captured by pro—russian forces and accused of being a mercenary. ian haslam reports. paul urey�*s family, led by his two daughters, have spent the last two months trying desperately to have his body repatriated. with the foreign, commonwealth and development office telling them it was unable to pay for the repatriation, the family have had to rely on thousands of pounds in donations. we never would have made this happen without everyone's support. when we first heard of the money we had to raise, we kind

ofjust come to terms with, maybe we'll never get this money. we set up a gofundme in hopes of raising... nowhere near the amount we've raised, and it's still going. people are still showing us support and we couldn't be more thankful for it. paul's family and the uk government say he was doing humanitarian work when in april he was detained by pro—russian separatists at a checkpoint in ukraine and accused of being a mercenary. no matter what the situation, he always tried to make a better outcome. and i think in this situation, that's what he wanted to do. as he said to our mum, "i need to go and help the women and children. it's not their fault they're in this war." i don't think he understood the risks. lyndsey, who spoke to paul during his detention, also addressed claims from the ukraine government that her brother had been tortured. devastated that a human being could do that to another human being. he didn't sound happy. he didn't sound himself. it's like he was being told what to say.

it wasn't him that i was talking to. he sounded depressed. last week, five british nationals held by russian—backed forces in ukraine were freed. foreign secretary james cleverly welcomed the news, but spoke of the tragedy of paul urey not making it back with them. i think that's the most important thing at the moment, is tojust bring him home and make sure he's is not suffering. he's died. he's died now and i don't want him to still be suffering. i want to lay him to rest. paul urey�*s family say his repatriation will help to give them closure. ian haslam, bbc news. nasa has deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to change its path — the first mission of its kind. this space rock posed no threat to our planet — but it was a chance to test whether one could be diverted if an asteroid were ever on a collision course with earth. this is the moment

the collision took place, when the spacecraft hit the asteroid. you should be able to see the flash. yes. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has been following the mission. closing in on the target. images beamed back from seven million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed, but this probe isn't here to study it. its job is to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it. ..two...one! oh, wow. and this was the reaction from mission control. cheering. this space rock poses no threat. this is a test to see how we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. i definitely think that, as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone. cheering. so... right? so, yeah, well, i...

yeah, i think that earthlings should sleep better — definitely i will! the people working here, we're definitely going to sleep better. and lift—off of the falcon 9... the mission, called dart, began last year, with the spacecraft starting its epicjourney to its destination. the target, a twin asteroid system. a larger space rock called didymos is orbited by a smaller space rock called dimorphos, that's about 150 meters — that's about 500 feet — across. the spacecraft travelling at 111,000 miles an hour crashes into dimorphos, giving the asteroid a kick. this changes its speed byjust a fraction — about a millimetre per second — but this is enough to alter its orbit, and scientists can monitor this from earth to see if it's worked. dart really is just the start.

it's just the first planetary defence test mission. it was spectacular and it's accomplished and we'll figure out how effective it was — that's really what we're going to learn in the next weeks to come. all right, we hit this asteroid — now, how effective was that at deflecting it and what would that mean for using it? the damage asteroids can do is well known — the biggest ones could cause global devastation, like the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. the challenge is to find them early enough, so a mission to divert could be carried out well in advance. the dart mission is the first step in finding a solution, and in the coming days and weeks, scientists will be assessing whether their test has been successful. it's a demonstration of a technology that could one day save our planet. rebecca morelle, bbc news. here with me know is dr adam camilletti, space systems lead at the uk space agency. thank you forjoining us. i guess

the big question is what risk is there that we will be hit by a really dangerous, damaging asteroid? well, as nasser was saying in that intro, what this mission aims to do is to test whether we can deflect the really large asteroids. the good thing is that they are easier to detect. the chance of us being struck by one is extremely small. can you give us an idea? how frequently would those sorts of things be flying around in our direction?— things be flying around in our direction? ~ , , , direction? well, typically, the sort of larue, direction? well, typically, the sort of large, devastating _ direction? well, typically, the sort of large, devastating asteroids - direction? well, typically, the sort l of large, devastating asteroids come close to the earth or impact the earth on the order of once every few hundred million years. the last one we are aware of is the one that we think wiped out the dinosaurs. it's

not something that happens very frequently. small asteroids come close to or even into the earth's atmosphere more regularly. there was atmosphere more regularly. there was a much smaller event where an asteroid exploded over russia in 2013 and the shock wave of that was big enough to break windows and things like that. 0bviously, that has a much smaller impact than the large asteroids such as the one that wiped out the asteroids. the importance _ wiped out the asteroids. the importance of _ wiped out the asteroids. the importance of what we have seen with this experiment, this move from nasser is to try to avert the asteroid hitting us, to divert, what information are they looking for in the next few days and weeks? we need to have a look — the next few days and weeks? we need to have a look at _ the next few days and weeks? we need to have a look at how— the next few days and weeks? we need to have a look at how the _ the next few days and weeks? we need to have a look at how the orbit - the next few days and weeks? we need to have a look at how the orbit of - to have a look at how the orbit of the small asteroids, dimorphos and the small asteroids, dimorphos and the larger at asteroid, didymos, that will give us an understanding of how you can deflect an asteroid's

trajectory with this sort of mission. that means that when we are thinking about the future and how to deflect asteroids in the future what sort of size and velocity we would need to impact with. to divert its trajectory. need to impact with. to divert its tra'ecto . ., . ., . need to impact with. to divert its tra'ecto . ., . ., trajectory. how much notice do scientists need _ trajectory. how much notice do scientists need to _ trajectory. how much notice do scientists need to launch - trajectory. how much notice do scientists need to launch this l trajectory. how much notice do i scientists need to launch this sort of diversion? we scientists need to launch this sort of diversion?— scientists need to launch this sort of diversion? we are really talking in the order— of diversion? we are really talking in the order of— of diversion? we are really talking in the order of years, _ of diversion? we are really talking in the order of years, really. - in the order of years, really. nasser moved from sort of conceptual design to actually building this machine in about 2017 —— nasa you are talking about four years. as i said earlier comment the large asteroids are easier to spot and if we were to spot one coming close to the earth, we would likely have, you know, years in which to design and build and launch a mission to impact it in this way. this

build and launch a mission to impact it in this way-— it in this way. as a possible next ste to it in this way. as a possible next step to divert — it in this way. as a possible next step to divert one _ it in this way. as a possible next step to divert one of— it in this way. as a possible next step to divert one of the - it in this way. as a possible next step to divert one of the small l step to divert one of the small asteroids, presuming this works? 50. asteroids, presuming this works? so, i think asteroids, presuming this works? sfr, i think what nasa will be doing is looking closely at the results of this one. depending on the results they find from this they will plan next steps. a potential one will go after a small asteroid. it depends on what they find on the results of this impact. there are missions, such as the hero mission which will come close to this same asteroid in the next few years and make more observations. there is a lot interest in this area and those results will determine next steps. it isn't something people should lie awake about worrying? because the likelihood of a really damaging hit is minimal? , likelihood of a really damaging hit is minimal?— is minimal? yes, that's exactly riuht. is minimal? yes, that's exactly riht. it is minimal? yes, that's exactly right- it is _ is minimal? yes, that's exactly right- it is a — is minimal? yes, that's exactly right. it is a vanishingly - is minimal? yes, that's exactly right. it is a vanishingly small i right. it is a vanishingly small chance that something of the size that wiped out the dinosaurs would come close to us. in

that wiped out the dinosaurs would come close to us.— come close to us. in that case, --eole come close to us. in that case, peeple might _ come close to us. in that case, peeple might say _ come close to us. in that case, people might say why - come close to us. in that case, people might say why are - come close to us. in that case, people might say why are so i come close to us. in that case, - people might say why are so much effort and money being spent on this? , ., ., , ., ., this? yes that... people do have that view- _ this? yes that... people do have that view. but, _ this? yes that... people do have that view. but, you _ this? yes that... people do have that view. but, you know, - this? yes that... people do have that view. but, you know, this i this? yes that... people do have that view. but, you know, this isj this? yes that... people do have i that view. but, you know, this is a sort of safety net. those asteroids are out there. i think what we should be reassured about is that now watch this mission has demonstrated is the feasibility to rendezvous and impact on asteroid. as we will find out in the next few weeks. they will probably be able to divert it. itjust gives us that extra safety net and that extra reassurance that if we do see one of these ones is coming, we know what to do about it. in these ones is coming, we know what to do about it— to do about it. in very simple terms, to do about it. in very simple terms. when _ to do about it. in very simple terms, when it _ to do about it. in very simple terms, when it is _ to do about it. in very simple terms, when it is diverted, . to do about it. in very simple terms, when it is diverted, i| to do about it. in very simple - terms, when it is diverted, i guess there is also, in terms of charting where it goes, once it is diverted, so there isn't any other rebound effect or whatever, it is complex, i imagine? effect or whatever, it is complex, i imauine? , �* , effect or whatever, it is complex, i imauine? , �*, , ,

imagine? yes, it's very complex. nasa and other— imagine? yes, it's very complex. nasa and other space _ imagine? yes, it's very complex. nasa and other space agencies i nasa and other space agencies including uk sa have all the expertise and technology we need to monitor and track these asteroids. i think it is important to note that this particular asteroid is not on any sort of trajectory that was coming close to the earth or posed a threat to the earth. and the sort of change that this impact would have caused is a millimetre per second. it is not going to pose any risk after the impact of the earth at all. �* ., , ., , ., all. and how did you feel when you saw those images? _ all. and how did you feel when you saw those images? i _ all. and how did you feel when you saw those images? i thought - all. and how did you feel when you saw those images? i thought it - all. and how did you feel when you | saw those images? i thought it was absolutely fantastic. _ saw those images? i thought it was absolutely fantastic. i _ saw those images? i thought it was absolutely fantastic. i mean, - saw those images? i thought it was absolutely fantastic. i mean, they l absolutely fantastic. i mean, they did an absolutely brilliantjob that nasa and john hopkins university did, it really incredible and hats off to them. did, it really incredible and hats off to them-— did, it really incredible and hats off to them. ., ~' ,, , . did, it really incredible and hats off to them. ., ~ i. , . ., off to them. thank you very much for our off to them. thank you very much for your time- — more on the uk financial position at

the moment. the chancellor — kwasi kwarteng — coming under renewed pressure to restore investors' confidence, and soothe their fears about the country's financial stability after a fall in the value of the pound. sterling's price has now steadied on the foreign exchange markets after slumping to an all—time low against the us dollar on monday. we're just going to bring you some insights for the many people who need more clarity on the sorts of terms that are being used when we report on the currency markets. let's start with a �*weak or strong currency�* — it might seem obvious, but this is to do with the fact that currency has a price. when the price is high, the currency is seen as strong. it doesn�*t mean that a �*strong currency�* can�*t have some disadvantages. it�*s just the term used when the price for a currency on the international markets is high. next, �*currency speculation�*. this is notjust the buying and selling of a currency on the international markets. it�*s when brokers buy or sell

or currency with the intention of guessing whether it will rise orfall in value, and making money if they get it right. it�*s essentially betting on whether a currency will rise or fall. that takes us to �*shorting the pound�*. here, shorting means selling. shorting the pound means taking a position that will earn you a profit if the value of the pound falls against other currencies. so who is doing the buying and selling? the �*international financial market�* is made up of a variety of institutions such as banks, investment firms, pension funds and so on — some of them will be doing it purely for the purpose of speculation. finally — �*parity�* — that�*s when a single unit of a currency has equal value to a single unit of another currency. it�*s not of any intrinsic importance — but it�*s very significant symbolically for the confidence of investors. you will have heard a lot of pound —

dollar parity talks, and that�*s one of the other terms being bandied about and we are trying to clarify a few of them for you and hoping it is helpful. our business correspondent, ben boulos, has been at the bank of england and says the governor appears to have ruled out any emergency meeting of its monetary policy committee, which sets the base interest rate. the next scheduled decision is in early november. but we have not seen falls like that in the value of the pound before. it was down at $1.03 about this time yesterday and it has since recovered a bit, it is currently at $1.08. but a lot of that being driven, that fall, that sharp fall, being driven since friday after the chancellor announced big tax cuts to try to boost the economy but funding it with increased borrowing. that spooked investors. their confidence in the uk economy dropped and with it so did the pound. what goes on at the bank of england may seem so distant from the lives of people up and down the uk but let me explain how

a weak pound is bad news for pretty much all of us. it costs more to import commodities that are priced in dollars. that includes things like oil, gas, food, raw materials. even if, say, things are made in the uk, it might be that the parts have to be brought in from abroad. that could push the ultimate price that we pay for goods and services higher than we have already seen them rise in recent weeks and months. as you have been discussing, the bank of england trying to calm the situation yesterday, saying that it would not hesitate to raise interest rates as much as needed. raising interest rates tends to rein in price rises and inflation. but it also has the effect of increasing borrowing costs. it makes mortgages and loans more expensive. the treasury, the government, has said that it will update the economic plans in november.

but the impact is already being felt. we have seen lenders like the halifax, the skipton building society, virgin money all withdrawing some of their mortgage products. if you are a potential first—time buyer, it will be harder to get a deal. and if you are already a mortgage holder, when you come to fix a deal when your current one expires, your costs could jump. let me illustrate it. if the bank of england puts the base rate up to 6%, which some traders are pricing in for early next year, if you have £200,000 remaining on your mortgage to pay off, you are coming off a two—year fixed deal, your repayments could rise by around £600 a month. that is an extra £600 a month just to pay your mortgage, that is on top of the other cost of living pressures, the higher price of fuel, the higher price of the weekly shop.

ben boulos outside the bank of england for us. sally mitchell is a mortgage advisor and broker from the mortgage mum. she�*s been telling me what it means that mortgages are being withdrawn from the market. if you are looking for a mortgage that pool of mortgages just got smaller and they are more expensive. how worried are the people that mortgage brokers are dealing with now? , ., , mortgage brokers are dealing with now? , . , ., now? clients are very worried. the media has — now? clients are very worried. the media has obviously _ now? clients are very worried. the media has obviously hit _ now? clients are very worried. the media has obviously hit on - now? clients are very worried. the media has obviously hit on this - media has obviously hit on this story today and i�*ve already had phone calls while doing these interviews about what shall i do, what do i do? it is a worrying time and clients are notjust having to deal with their mortgage rates increasing, the whole cost of living is increasing, so they are being bashed from all sides.- is increasing, so they are being bashed from all sides. what is the advice? should _ bashed from all sides. what is the advice? should people _ bashed from all sides. what is the advice? should people go - bashed from all sides. what is the advice? should people go for - advice? should people go for long—term fixes if they are

switching now, or might the rates fall? , , ., switching now, or might the rates fall? , .. fall? these things are cyclical, nothin: fall? these things are cyclical, nothing ever— fall? these things are cyclical, nothing ever stays _ fall? these things are cyclical, nothing ever stays the - fall? these things are cyclical, nothing ever stays the same i fall? these things are cyclical, - nothing ever stays the same forever. with mortgages i think it�*s really important that you take into account the individual�*s circumstances. what is right for you may not necessarily be what is right for your neighbour or your co—worker. so the most important thing is to get really good advice and access to the market, and you can do that through a broker. d0 market, and you can do that through a broker. , ., market, and you can do that through a broker. ,, , . market, and you can do that through a broker. i. , . ., , a broker. do you expect to see the number of — a broker. do you expect to see the number of properties _ a broker. do you expect to see the number of properties being - a broker. do you expect to see the number of properties being sold i number of properties being sold fall? do you think that people will withdraw property from the market? 0r withdraw property from the market? or is there a danger of a house price crash? i or is there a danger of a house price crash?— or is there a danger of a house price crash? i think all things are ossible. price crash? i think all things are possible- the — price crash? i think all things are possible. the access _ price crash? i think all things are possible. the access to - price crash? i think all things are possible. the access to property| possible. the access to property sites on friday was up 10%. and i�*m sure if they do the same analysis today they will probably find that actually that has dropped. it is true that there isn�*t enough property out there for people. it is becoming harder and harder to actually find a property, and i

don�*t think that will change. so the demand is still there but i think people might sit on their hands for the next couple of months, yes. ii'idtu�*e the next couple of months, yes. have ou an the next couple of months, yes. have you any idea — the next couple of months, yes. have you any idea how— the next couple of months, yes. have you any idea how many _ the next couple of months, yes. have you any idea how many people may be changing their mortgage rate within the next year? those people will potentially be very vulnerable because if the rates jump potentially be very vulnerable because if the ratesjump by potentially be very vulnerable because if the rates jump by several percentage interest rate points, that�*s hundreds and hundreds of pounds potentially on people�*s monthly bills. yeah, there are 300,000 mortgage customers coming to the end of their fixed every three months. time is that into a year, that is an awful lot of people what is your advice that people won�*t be able to meet their mortgage payments with these predict the predicted rate rises, what help can they get? there is a lot of expert help out there. firstly, find a broker who can guide you through the minefield. the market is changing everyday, every few hours. it is important you

have got someone who knows the market on your side to help you. presumably, some of the options... there were some quite good low rate long—term fixes available until relatively recently. are any of those out there? there are still some, yes and the gap between fixing between two and five years is narrowing. it is more economic in a way sometimes to do the five years. but you are betting against a future that we just don�*t know. i think the important thing is to look at your individual circumstances and make a bespoke decision, a bespoke mortgage for yourself. sally mitchell who is a mortgage adviser from the mortgage mum speaking to me earlier. banknotes with the face of king charles iii will not enter circulation until 2024 but it will reveal the new image by the end of the year. our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey has more.

the face, like the face value, has been unchanged for decades. the queen has been the one and only monarch on bank of england banknotes since the £1 note of 1960. but now it�*s all change. we have a new king, but you can still use notes and coins carrying the portrait of the late queen. even so, the process of creating new portraits of king charles is under way. recognisably royal... according to one design expert, that�*s going to be a tough job. they have to illustrate king charles�* values, and that�*s a very difficult thing to do in a portrait — and at the same time being aware that this has to become an instant icon. and on top of that, the portrait is crucial for anti—counterfeiting, because we read the human face very quickly, and we�*re very finely tuned for things that are mistakes. but there�*s high excitement among collectors.

whenever anything changes, the collectors always want an example of the new design or the new denomination, and the queen was up to her sixth portrait — that's over a period of obviously 70 years. so it doesn't change that often, and when it does, it attracts a great deal of interest. that�*s one side of the notes, but anyone with a £20 or £50 note should look on the other side, too. the adam smith 20, and the 50 — featuring the portraits of manufacturers matthew boulton and james watt — lose their legal—tender status on saturday. the pair will still be here on the golden boys statue in birmingham, but their high—value banknotes won�*t be accepted in the shops. they may have only been on our currency for a decade, but the withdrawal of the boulton and watt £50 note also marks a change in 300 years of history. that�*s because it�*s the end of paper banknotes in circulation. for the first time, the entire bank of england collection will be made of polymer. 2.50, then, please, lovely.

over the road in a cashless cafe that was once an old banking hall, the new plastic notes get a mixed reception. so they�*re a bit slippery. they're a bit slippery. they're quite, you know, difficult to keep hold of, really, yeah. notjust because you�*re spending them? no! - they laugh. yeah, feels a little bit cleaner and a little bit less concerned about it ripping in my pocket. i'm not sure, but looks like a plastic one looksj to be much better. very smooth. and i think i probably would like the plasticj one than the paper one. if you find you still have some paper banknotes after friday�*s deadline, you can queue here at the bank of england, at your own bank, or at some post offices to exchange the old notes. kevin peachey, bbc news. just on our major uk news on people�*s worries about mortgages and mortgage is being withdrawn in the

uk and the expected interest rates going up, there is lots of worry about that. if you have questions do get in touch because later today at 3:30pm uk time that we will answer your questions on mortgages, your questions answered at 3:30pm today, get in touch with questions on the social media. #bbcyourquestions, that�*s the best way to get in touch, or by emailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. we would love to hear from you. and thank you to everyone who has got in touch on twitter. we have been reading out some of your concerns. lots of people are worried about switching rates, or starting a new mortgage at the moment. in russia, an investigation is under way after a gunman went on a killing spree at a school in the city of izhevsk on monday. the attack has been condemned by the kremlin which claimed the gunman was a member of a neo fascist organisation. claudia redmond reports. siren wails there was utter chaos izhevsk on monday morning after a former

pupil went to school number 88 and opened fire on teachers and young children. police and emergency services rushed to the scene as soon as the alarm was raised, and officers scoured floor after floor in search of artem kazantsev, who was clad in black wearing a swastika t—shirt and armed with two guns and a large supply of ammunition. what they found was the bodies of 11 students and two security guards. at least 24 others were wounded. some of them were seriously hurt and required urgent surgery. kremlin spokesperson dmitry peskov said: this is not the first time there�*s

been a school shooting in russia. it was reported that probably he was one of those who wanted to commemorate those guys who perpetrated an attack in 1999 in the united states at columbine. it has happened before in russia. and those young men who were interested in those events were trying to carry out the same attacks in russia. police are investigating the gunman�*s background to determine whether he was a member of a neo fascist organisation. claudia redmond, bbc news. there are calls in the uk for greater help for victims of coercive and controlling behaviour, after a new study found it was a factor in more than half of cases where people were killed by a current or ex—partner. the analysis, based on detailed reviews of a sample of killings, comes as a new poll carried out for bbc news suggests a third

of women aged 25 to 64 had experienced some form of coercive and controlling behaviour. anna adams reports. so this was mum in her new flat. so she was really, really happy in that picture. gary�*s mother, marion, was killed by her ex—husband after she escaped a coercively controlling marriage. my mum went from bubbly to a shell of a woman. he would control what my mum spent her money on. he just always put her down. he tried to encourage her to leave work, so eventually it would just be her and him and she wouldn�*t be able to leave. when the relationship ended, her ex—partner started to follow her. months later, marion was murdered. we found out that he had used a tracking device to track her. he followed her back to her flat. he pulled up alongside her and shot her through the car window. and she hadn�*t even taken her seat belt off yet. coercive control is a crime. it�*s a pattern of psychological abuse used to intimidate

and frighten a victim. and according to a new study, it�*s a factor in half of all cases when a person�*s been killed by someone they were in an intimate relationship with. most of the victims were women of coercive and controlling behaviour. so in nearly...just under three quarters of cases, there was prior domestic abuse within the relationship. and across the whole data set — so that's the 300+ dhrs that we analysed — in half those cases, agencies were aware of it, which indicates somehow that more needs to be done to identify, recognise and intervene appropriately. it comes as a new poll carried out for bbc news reveals a third of women aged between 25 and 64 report having experienced coercive control. the figures were slightly lower for women aged 18 to 24, at 23%. mia — not her real name — said she didn�*t realise she was being abused.

there was extreme name—calling, death threats. then one day he attacked me. it was only when my doctor asked how things were at home that the situation changed. they said to pack an emergency bag for me and my baby, and put me in touch with a refuge. even though we have split, the abuse continues. it�*s relentless. gary hopes talking about his mother�*s death will highlight the dangers of coercive control. if someone sees this and realises there�*s a pattern in their own relationship, or they can see it happen to their mum or anyone in their family, i want them to realise that coercive control is serious, and it can end like this — in tragedy. anna adams, bbc news. a uk government spokesperson has said that strengthening their multi—agency response is their priority and through the domestic abuse statutory guidance, they are supporting front line services to better identify and respond to domestic abuse,

including coercive control and emotional abuse. for viewers in the uk — if you�*ve been affected by anything raised in that report, you can find help and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. work is under way to remove the sea of floral tributes left in london�*s parks to honour queen elizabeth. tens of thousands of bouquets have been taken, fittingly, by horses to kensington palace gardens where they�*ll be used as compost, as luxmy gopal reports. an outpouring of grief and love for the queen. a carpet of flowers and tributes. a week on from her late majesty�*s funeral, this fragrant shrine at green park will in turn give new flowers life, after a fitting final horse—drawn journey. all of our green waste in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and then composted, and reused in all of our flower beds and shrub

beds across all the royal parks. and we thought it would be a fitting tribute that all of these floral tributes will be used all across the royal parks — indeed in front of the flower beds in front of buckingham palace, as well. the first step is sorting the flowers from the rest. i think this will take weeks. a team of around 100 volunteers carefully separates non—floral tributes. i'm just cleaning up all the bits of paper that have been left between all the cards. all the toys, as well. i think one of the sweetest things was a little pair of boots and a little paddington bear and some diamond — some spoons, as well, from the diamond jubilee. those items are taken aside, dried and stored until it�*s decided how best to use them. for alessandra from battersea, joining the volunteer effort helps honour the queen�*s memory. i think the outpouring for the queen during this time has been so... it's been so beautiful. and there's so much kind energy amongst the people here. sojust being here and being a part of it is really...

i couldn't not... i think i had to do it. the next step is carried out by two shire horses — heath and nobby. they appeared at the royal windsor horse show for the platinum jubilee earlier this year. they�*ll be pulling a flatbed dray — a traditional open cart. these shire horses are often seen helping to plough the land at the royal parks, helping to manage the windflower meadows. they�*re better for the environment than machinery, as they have less of an impact on the earth. but today they�*ve got a slightly different task — transporting the flowers on the next stage of their journey. a particularly memorable moment of the nation�*s farewell to the queen was her little pony emma looking on as the coffin passed. now an equine royal duty for these two — who weigh a tonne each — taking the flowers to kensington gardens to be composted. the royal family are really big on conservation and sustainability, and so are we as the royal park, so i think it�*s really great that

and so are we as the royal parks, so i think it�*s really great that all of these flowers can go back into the parks in some way. at kensington gardens�* green waste plant, the process is completed. the primary green waste pile here on my left — that material is being blended with the floral tributes that are coming up from green park. we�*re processing them through our shredding machine. and then behind me, there�*s a pile of material which is then stacked for six months, where the natural composting process starts. and then in six months�* time, we screen that material and that produces this wonderful, friable, organic mulch that we replace back onto our floral beds. the mulch is used to enrich the royal park soil. the royal parks soil. floral tributes honouring the queen�*s life upon her death — helping new life to grow. luxmy gopal, bbc news. 0n cue to those of you who got in touch about mortgage fears and we will speak to one of you who got in touch, david martin will be back in a few minutes with that interview.

much more coverage on the current financial fears much more coverage on the current financialfears in the uk much more coverage on the current financial fears in the uk and much more coverage on the current financialfears in the uk and news around the world coming up. thank you for being with us. bye for now. hello again in the next couple of days, the forecast is one of bright spells, sunshine and showers. and today you can add blustery winds into thatjust by looking at the isobars. as you can tell, that low pressure is in the north sea with its attendant front. that�*s going to be bringing some showery outbreaks of rain southwards across northern in northeastern scotland heading down towards east anglia. later, another weather front will bring some cloud and rain in across pembrokeshire, devon and cornwall, eventually into the channel islands and in between we�*ll also see some showers, but there will be some sunshine as well. these black circles represent the strength of the wind gusts. so pretty windy today and that wind will be taking the edge off the temperatures, exacerbating the cool feel. those temperatures are lower than we�*d expect at this stage

in september anyway. now heading on through the evening and overnight, eventually we lose the rain from the southwest of england, but it lingers across the channel islands, could turn thundery first thing in the morning, and we�*ve got a new batch of showers heading southwards across scotland. in between, there�*ll be some clear skies and it�*s going to be a cool night. so tomorrow we�*ll start off on a cool note with once again the showers across northern and eastern parts of scotland moving southwards in the direction of east anglia. feeling cool along the coast, too, with the wind in the west also rather breezy. we�*ll have further showers coming in across wales and south west england. but in between the winds not as strong as today and there�*ll be a lot of dry weather with brighter sunny skies. temperatures 13 to about 16 degrees, not feeling quite as cool because the wind will be lighter. now, as we head from wednesday into thursday, the low pressure continues to drift off onto the near continent, allowing this ridge of high pressure to build in and later on thursday settle things down.

but we will start with some showery outbreaks of rain across southern england and the channel islands first thing. one or two showers starting up elsewhere. but generally it will be a drier and a brighter day during the course of thursday with temperatures creeping up to about 17 degrees. but then it�*s all change once again as this area of low pressure comes in with its attendant fronts. slower than we thought yesterday. but it�*s still going to bring wet and windy weather across us. and then into saturday, you can see this front dangling across the south. so there�*ll still be some rain in southern areas. so wet and windy on friday, but drier further north during the course of saturday.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: some of the uk�*s biggest mortgage lenders withdraw their deals after the turbulence on global money markets. sir keir starmer will lay out his pitch to become prime minister at his party�*s conference, saying the conservatives have lost control of the economy. dozens of world leaders attend the state funeral in tokyo of the assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe. awaiting visual confirmation. cheering. nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. the head of the metropolitan police pledges to be "ruthless" in rooting out corruption,

racism and misogyny in the force. he said the met had "failed" in the past to confront those who let it down. he also said he didn�*t want officers to take the knee. seven cities across the uk are in the running to host next year�*s eurovision song contest, we will be taking a closer look at one hopeful, manchester, a bit later. good morning. welcome to the bbc news channel. banks and building societies have withdrawn some of their mortgage deals because of the volatility on global markets. interest rates are expected to rise significantly over the coming months, with analysts predicting they could edge up towards 6% next year. what�*s caused it? well, the chancellor�*s mini budget last week has spooked the markets. it has been followed by a dramatic

fall in the value of the pound. yesterday, it dropped to a record low against the us dollar, almost to parity. though as you can see, it did rally later to 1.07 dollars. and this morning, the pound is at 1.08 dollars. sally mitchell is a mortgage advisor and brokerfrom the mortgage mum. she has been telling us what it means that mortgages are being withdrawn from the market. it means that if you are looking for a new mortgage or to remortgage, the pool you are fishing from has got considerably smaller and alongside that, obviously the fish in that pool are much more expensive now. clients are very worried. the media has obviously hit on this story today and i have already had a phone calls whilst doing this interview about what should i do, what do? it is a worrying time and clients are notjust having to deal with

mortgage rates are increasing, the whole cost of living is increasing so they are being bashed from all sides. these things are cyclical, nothing ever stays the same forever. with mortgages, i think it is really important you take into account the individual circumstances. what is right for you will not necessarily be what is right for your neighbour or your co—worker, so the most important thing is to get really good advice and access to the market and you can do that through a broker. i think all the things are possible, the access to property sites on friday was up 10% and i am sure if they do the same analysis today, they will probably find actually that has dropped. it is true there is not enough property out there for people, it is being harder and harder to actually find a property and i do not think that will change, so the demand is still there but i think people might sit on their hands for the next couple of months, yes. there are 300,000

mortgage customers coming to the end of theirfix every mortgage customers coming to the end of their fix every three months, so times that into a year, an awful lot of people who are facing quite a stark choice. there is a lot of help out there, a lot of expert help. the first thing i would say is find a broker who can guide you through the minefield. the market is changing every day, every few hours and it is important you have someone who knows the market on your site to help you. the economic uncertainty means those trying to negotiate or renegotiate a mortgage are facing up to the possibility of paying vastly more than they had anticipated or even losing their chance to get one altogether. i�*m joined now by david ketley, who is trying to buy a new home with his partner and has seen the amount he has been quoted skyrocket. david, thank you very much for joining us. just tell us a little bit about your position when it comes to buying and selling a house at the moment. 50 comes to buying and selling a house at the moment.—

at the moment. so we have two properties. _ at the moment. so we have two properties. we _ at the moment. so we have two properties, we sold _ at the moment. so we have two properties, we sold one - at the moment. so we have two properties, we sold one or - at the moment. so we have two properties, we sold one or had l properties, we sold one or had offers on both accepted with a cash buyer so we were quite lucky with that but the other was someone with a mortgage, so we need to check into our estate agents in regards to that, and we put on and off on a property yesterday but are now looking at a change from last week when i was told we would be paying per month and when i did the cognitions again yesterday evening, there is a huge difference in the monthly outgoing, something like £700 difference.— £700 difference. what were you exectin: £700 difference. what were you expecting to _ £700 difference. what were you expecting to have _ £700 difference. what were you expecting to have to _ £700 difference. what were you expecting to have to pay - £700 difference. what were you expecting to have to pay per- £700 difference. what were you - expecting to have to pay per month? we were looking at around 1100, 1200 a month, yes. stand we were looking at around 1100, 1200 a month. yes-— a month, yes. and now it has shot up to what, 1800. — a month, yes. and now it has shot up to what, 1800, £1900? _ a month, yes. and now it has shot up to what, 1800, £1900? how- a month, yes. and now it has shot up to what, 1800, £1900? how do - a month, yes. and now it has shot up to what, 1800, £1900? how do you l to what, 1800, £1900? how do you manage that?—

manage that? around that. you do not. we manage that? around that. you do not- we were _ manage that? around that. you do not. we were taking _ manage that? around that. you do not. we were taking money - manage that? around that. you do not. we were taking money out. manage that? around that. you do not. we were taking money out on| manage that? around that. you do - not. we were taking money out on the property to extend, when we were looking at anyway, the one we had the offer accepted on, but now that money is going to have to go into the property from day one, which puts all our plans on the back burnerfor puts all our plans on the back burner for at least a couple of years until the markets settle again. years until the markets settle aaain. ~ ., ., years until the markets settle aain, . ., ., , years until the markets settle aaain. . . , ., ., again. what have they mortgage lenders are _ again. what have they mortgage lenders are said _ again. what have they mortgage lenders are said to _ again. what have they mortgage lenders are said to you - again. what have they mortgage lenders are said to you about. again. what have they mortgage | lenders are said to you about why the cost have gone up so much? they must have passed the increase on pretty quickly? i must have passed the increase on pretty quickly?— pretty quickly? i have really good mortuaae pretty quickly? i have really good mortgage who — pretty quickly? i have really good mortgage who has _ pretty quickly? i have really good mortgage who has been - pretty quickly? i have really good mortgage who has been helping i pretty quickly? i have really good i mortgage who has been helping us throughout the last couple of weeks because of the uncertainty, so agreement on principles will moderately be working because they will change, he has not said much in regards to why it is being passed down, i understand it isjust based on interest rates and the expectation that everything will shoot up next year.— expectation that everything will shoot up next year. what does this mean for you _ shoot up next year. what does this mean for you then _ shoot up next year. what does this mean for you then in _ shoot up next year. what does this mean for you then in terms of - shoot up next year. what does this mean for you then in terms of the l mean for you then in terms of the type of property, the value of property you can now afford? it rare property you can now afford? if we do not aet property you can now afford? if we do not get the _ property you can now afford? if we do not get the one _ property you can now afford? if we do not get the one which _ property you can now afford? it we: do not get the one which we put property you can now afford? it w9: do not get the one which we put the offer in on, we will reduce our

budget by at least 100,000, which we know we are lucky to have that money, but it doesn�*t significantly hit what we can actually do. == money, but it doesn't significantly hit what we can actually do. -- does significantly — hit what we can actually do. -- does significantly hit. _ hit what we can actually do. -- does significantly hit. you _ hit what we can actually do. -- does significantly hit. you are _ hit what we can actually do. -- does significantly hit. you are slightly - significantly hit. you are slightly posting to looking to buy a property earlier than it is better because of the situation with the rental market, explain what has happened therefore is stop we moved into the property we are in now in march and specifically paid a property we are in now in march and specifically paid— specifically paid a higher figure to secure a property _ specifically paid a higher figure to secure a property for— specifically paid a higher figure to secure a property for two - specifically paid a higher figure to secure a property for two years. i secure a property for two years. then the landlord wanted to have a rate clause and we had a number of issues with the property, the property has been problematic since day one, we had doors which could not open for six or seven weeks in the height of the summer, which was a problem in the conservatory as our dog needs to go out. they said

you�*re really fortunate you have six orseven you�*re really fortunate you have six or seven months�* notice but they want you add in march, to be kind of expected it because we raised so many issues with the property. 50 many issues with the property. so ou many issues with the property. 50 you are looking for property to many issues with the property. so you are looking for property to buy, even though you are not expected to do that yet, and then you land in the middle of this instability, this turbulence. what impact is it having in a stressed terms? huge turbulence. what impact is it having in a stressed terms?— turbulence. what impact is it having in a stressed terms? huge amount. my artner did in a stressed terms? huge amount. my partner did not — in a stressed terms? huge amount. my partner did not sleep _ in a stressed terms? huge amount. my partner did not sleep at _ in a stressed terms? huge amount. my partner did not sleep at all _ in a stressed terms? huge amount. my partner did not sleep at all last - partner did not sleep at all last night. i have had sleepless nights over the last couple of weeks, but the news yesterdayjust hit really, really hard. i do not think i necessarily realised how it was until yesterday evening because i had switched off, we both ran our own businesses and so are under pressure already and it would just have an effect on while we are living but our businesses as well

because they are driven by the employment market, my partner runs a beauticians and people not get as many luxury appointments any more. you said you not sleep, i�*m sure there will be many people in that position. you said you are pretty fortunate and there will be people in much more difficult positions than you and i�*m sure you probably know some of them. than you and i'm sure you probably know some of them.— than you and i'm sure you probably know some of them. yes, we know we are very lucky- — know some of them. yes, we know we are very lucky- we _ know some of them. yes, we know we are very lucky. we put _ know some of them. yes, we know we are very lucky. we put a _ know some of them. yes, we know we are very lucky. we put a lot _ know some of them. yes, we know we are very lucky. we put a lot of - know some of them. yes, we know we are very lucky. we put a lot of work i are very lucky. we put a lot of work into the properties, we increase their value quite significant, we were extremely lucky to do that, but were extremely lucky to do that, but we know there will be plenty of people out there who will not be as lucky and you wonder what they are going to do, because you will not be able to buy a property, get a able to buy a propel’ty, get a mortgage, but able to buy a propel’ty, get a mortgage, but the able to buy a property, get a mortgage, but the rental market at the same time there is nothing coming onto the rental market for the same reasons, so that be an increase of people moving in. you have it coming —

increase of people moving in. you have it coming to _ increase of people moving in. you have it coming to you every which way, on the home front and the work front. thank you for talking to us, i hope you find a way through it and managed to sleep. thank you very much. :, ~ managed to sleep. thank you very much. :, ,, i. (pres) all this comes as the world trade 0rganization�*s all this c the s as the world one is �*food all this c the s as the world one is war >od all this c the s as the world one is war ind all this c the s as the world one is war in ukraine. all this c the s as the world one is got war in ukraine. all this c the s as the world one is got war of ukraine. all this c the s as the world one is got war of ukrainé the all this c the s as the world one is go things >f ukrainé the all this c the s as the world one is go things in ikrainé the

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up, those people are in a position to benefit. :, up, those people are in a position to benefit-— to benefit. how specifically to the wto and the _ to benefit. how specifically to the wro and the 0ecd _ to benefit. how specifically to the wto and the 0ecd comment i to benefit. how specifically to the wto and the 0ecd comment on i to benefit. how specifically to the l wto and the 0ecd comment on the actions, policies of individual governments? it actions, policies of individual governments?— actions, policies of individual covernments? , , :, : governments? it depends on which oint the governments? it depends on which point they are _ governments? it depends on which point they are talking _ governments? it depends on which point they are talking about i governments? it depends on which point they are talking about and i point they are talking about and what stage in the cycle they are. yesterday we had quite a competitive report from the 0ecd which pointed out that the uk for example is not going to see any growth at all next year, that is a forecast. they�*re quite happy to put weight behind it. when they start talking about what policy should be unfermented, they tend to talk more generally and globally and say these are the kind of policies that should be put in place other than naming and shaming. —— what policy should be implemented. -- what policy should be implemented.— -- what policy should be implemented. and later this afternoon at half past three we will be answering your questions on mortgages. that�*s on your questions answered at half past three today. get in touch with your questions on social media using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions, that�*s the best way to get in touch, or by emailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk.

the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will use his speech at the party conference today to accuse the conservatives of having lost control of the economy. he�*ll tell delegates in liverpool that labour is now the party of financial responsibility, and he is expected to echo sir tony blair by describing the party as the "political wing of the british people". 0ur political correspondent ione wellsjoins me from the labour party conference in liverpool. a lot for him to get his teeth into. that is right, i think there will be a big theme it to the labour leader�*s speech or later and that is, as you have been saying, during a clear dividing line between labour and the conservatives when it comes to the economy. it has been something which a number of shadow ministers here have been wanting to show is now clear dividing line. they have been using some of the market �*s response to those tax cuts

announced by the commons last week to demonstrate that they now want to be seen as the party of fiscal responsibility, making the argument there was like a better balance between taxation and public spending as well. —— they would make a better balance. we heard one minister talk about the fall of the stirling and the concern that has raised both individuals but also for example people seeking mortgages writing about interest rates going up further again as he said that this was not the result of external factors but a result of what he described as a tory party continuity. there are lots of things going on in the world at the moment that make the lives of all governments harder but so much of what we've seen in recent days is not due to external factors. it is not due to foreign wars, it's due to decisions made here at home by downing street. and just when you thought things couldn't get worse from the conservatives after 12 years, we have a reckless and irresponsible prime minister and chancellor who are now a real threat to family finances.

and so the risk now for the country isn't change with labour, it's continuity with the conservatives. that was the shadow health secretary talking there about blaming some of the economic situation on continuity with the conservatives. we can now speak to the shadow northern ireland secretary now who joins me here speak to the shadow northern ireland secretary now whojoins me here in liverpool. thank you forjoining us today. on that point about tory party continuity, clearly a big message here, labour is a sort of sense of optimism that they have been given this opportunity by the government to try and draw this clear dividing line, but is that enough? is there a risk of a labour therefore becoming complacent and not stressing enough what you would do different?— do different? warez is right, the continuity of— do different? warez is right, the continuity of the _ do different? warez is right, the continuity of the tories - do different? warez is right, the continuity of the tories got i do different? warez is right, the continuity of the tories got us i do different? warez is right, the l continuity of the tories got us into this mess but it was the irresponsible idiot that financial statement last week which meant the tories make it centre ground. —— it

was the irresponsible financial statement. was the irresponsible financial statement-— statement. that was a big opportunity _ statement. that was a big opportunity for _ statement. that was a big opportunity for the i statement. that was a big j opportunity for the labour statement. that was a big i opportunity for the labour party statement. that was a big - opportunity for the labour party and we want to grab it with both hands. we are using this as an opportunity to set up and when it comes to the fact of law and order, keeping people safe in their communities, running public services and crucially taxing fairly, spending wisely on the economy, getting the economy growing and firing on all cylinders and doing so in a way which actually makes our economy grow, but then we use the proceeds of growth fairly, that is what is right for our economy right now, what is right for our country right now. the labour party is shouldering a greater load, greater heavier weights today because at the tories have vacated the centre ground of politics. what we will see an keir starmer�*s speech today is that we are taking nothing for granted,

working much harder than ever before to make sure we get it right. it is to make sure we get it right. it is one thing selling _ to make sure we get it right. it 3 one thing selling that must adhere to labour party members, other ministers for example here, how do you sell that message to the public? how do you convince them labour�*s economic plan will grow the economy when you have accused the government�*s planner being a gamble? the labour party and keir starmer has been strategic. last conference we went about setting our house in order as a party, getting ourselves fit for purpose. this conference means we can beat 100% facing the public. yes, we are coming together as a party, but everything we are doing is outward facing. all of the policies are rooted in the mainstream aspirations of what the public needs, solving the problems the country tell us they have, some on the big issues, the cost of living, you have seen our policies, big, bold policies which are also sensible which match the scale of the challenge of cost of living, but you are also seeing this week on a crime, we are doing the same, we are making sure that tackling the crisis

under the tories whereby violent crime has gone up by 18% but convictions have fallen 18%, we have a plan for that and on public services, you had wes this morning, his speech is tomorrow setting out how we will fix the challenge of staffing in our nhs by having the biggest recruitment in the history of the nhs. all of this, we have spending plans for, it is doable, deliverable and it matches the scale of the challenge of our public have law and order and the country and thatis law and order and the country and that is what the labour party is about this week. i that is what the labour party is about this week.— that is what the labour party is about this week. i want to ask you about this week. i want to ask you about northern _ about this week. i want to ask you about northern ireland, _ about this week. i want to ask you about northern ireland, clearly i about this week. i want to ask you | about northern ireland, clearly one of the issues would you inherit if you won an election and became northern ireland secretary would be what to do about issues that have arisen. what would be your dividing line and what would you do definitely? we line and what would you do definitely?— line and what would you do definitel ? ~ :, :, ~ , definitely? we need to make sure we aet our definitely? we need to make sure we get our own — definitely? we need to make sure we get our own house _ definitely? we need to make sure we get our own house in _ definitely? we need to make sure we get our own house in order— get our own house in order domestically so we cannot build relationships internationally. peace, stability and progress politically and all the land is built on the back of a strong relationship between the irish, ten uk government. —— we can build

relationships. 0n the back of that, we cannot bring parties together again and start investing in the basement to government to stop facilitating the progress we need and getting back to the letter and spirit of the good friday agreement. —— can bring parties together. we say people play fast and loose with that, neglecting it northern ireland in westminster when northern ireland�*s politics is hurting. we wanted to actually restore the fact that we will respect northern ireland and do not look at my word, look at what labour did in northern ireland in the fast paced by delivering the good friday agreement, bringing parties together, coming up with a deal that bought power—sharing, progress, prosperity and the tools needed to overcome the challenges in northern ireland were delivered before, but we need to do it again because challenges are emerging once again in a way that is very profound. thank you very much forjoining us. back to you in the studio.—

back to you in the studio. thank ou. back to you in the studio. thank you- lone _ back to you in the studio. thank you. ione there _ back to you in the studio. thank you. ione there at _ back to you in the studio. thank you. ione there at the _ back to you in the studio. thank you. ione there at the labour i back to you in the studio. thank. you. ione there at the labour party conference in liverpool. the prime minister�*s chief of staff will now be employed directly by the government instead of through a private company, downing street has confirmed. it follows the revelation that mark fullbrook was being paid through his lobbying firm, fullbrook strategies. the arrangement had been criticised by the opposition and by some within the conservative party. the new head of the metropolitan police has promised to be ruthless in getting rid of officers who are corrupting the force�*s integrity. sir mark rowley, who replaced dame cressida dick as met police commissioner this month, has said his mission is about "more trust, less crime and high standards". his force has been beset by a series of scandals around racism, misogyny and disrespect of the public. sir mark was speaking to bbc radio 4�*s today programme. we need to be ruthless at rooting out those who are corrupting the integrity of the organisation, the racists and the misogynists. of course, the organisation hasn�*t deliberately supported them, but unless leadership,

culture, systems, technology, resources are all lined up to do it, then a wish doesn�*t become a reality and it hasn�*t been the reality. i know the public are intelligent and they know a massive organisation can never be perfect, but what they won�*t forgive us for is not being ruthless about rooting out those who let us down and we�*ve failed to do that and we will be doing that on my watch. let�*s talk to the assistant director of victim support, jeffrey di marco. thank you very much forjoining us. this is a very clear message about what sir mark wants to do. how do you think you need to bring about the changes he is speaking of? good mornin: the changes he is speaking of? good morning and — the changes he is speaking of? good morning and thank— the changes he is speaking of? (13mm morning and thank you for having me today. i will start by stating the obvious that these messages that were delivered by the new commissioner this morning were extremely powerful, extremely promising and from a victim support

perspective, extremely encouraging and how sir rally intends to ensure all victims of crime will have access to the support and the justice they deserve. —— sir rowley. what he shared this morning demonstrates thinking of strategy, a plan he has a motion in order to make sure that all of those positive outcomes for victims are met. however, his successes will only be determined in the long run and we will watch closely and engage were necessary to ensure that he is meeting those outcomes. 50 necessary to ensure that he is meeting those outcomes. so you say he has talked — meeting those outcomes. so you say he has talked about _ meeting those outcomes. so you say he has talked about the _ meeting those outcomes. so you say he has talked about the kind - meeting those outcomes. so you say he has talked about the kind of i he has talked about the kind of victim support that victims in need, what is that? what is missing? victims need support that is independent from the police and is a compassionate, empathetic and trauma informed. where an individual wants to report to the police, they should be encouraged to do so and the

police should be there, understanding the distressing and traumatic experience that those people have had. victimisation is an extremely individual experience and what i mean by that is whether it is serious violence or burglary, individuals will approach and experience that in a very different ways. what the police need to do and what sir rowley needs to ensure with his police force is that each victim is treated as the individual they are and that their case is taken seriously and they are felt as if what they have gone through is important and will be dealt with. this is not in any way to excuse any police force that is not supporting victims, but given the fact they are pressed for resources, how does a force, be at the met or any other, make sure that that support is bespoke as you are describing?

absolutely, very important question. across the complex criminaljustice system at the moment, we are seeing a lot of pinch points. we are seeing a lot of pinch points. we are seeing a crisis injustice with a lot of pinch points. we are seeing a crisis in justice with court delays, burglaries are not being attended to come up with individuals waiting for months if not years to have their day and cases heard. what is important from the system from the police to the courts is more investment in the system but also to ensure that signposting and awareness raising and outreach is undertaken. 0rganisations such as ourselves at victim support to provide that independent support from the police. what we do need though is to keep good positive working relations with the police so they can speak confidently, they can speak compassionately and they can speak compassionately and they can speak about who we are, what we can do for those victims and make sure that those people who experience

crime are directly refers to us inane appropriate way. jeffrey demarco. _ inane appropriate way. jeffrey demarco. we _ inane appropriate way. jeffrey demarco, we appreciate i inane appropriate way. jeffrey demarco, we appreciate your| inane appropriate way. jeffrey i demarco, we appreciate your time. nasa has deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to change its path — the first mission of its kind. this space rock posed no threat to our planet, but it was a chance to test whether one could be diverted if an asteroid were ever on a collision course with earth. this is the moment the collision took place, when the spacecraft hit the asteroid — you should be able to see the flash. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has been following the mission. closing in on the target. images beamed back from seven million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed, but this probe isn�*t here to study it. its job is to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it. ..two...one!

oh, wow. and this was the reaction from mission control. cheering. this space rock poses no threat. this is a test to see how we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. i definitely think that, as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone. cheering. so... right? so, yeah, well, i... yeah, i think that earthlings should sleep better — definitely i will! the people working here, we�*re definitely going to sleep better. and lift—off of the falcon 9... the mission, called dart, began last year, with the spacecraft starting its epicjourney to its destination. the target, a twin asteroid system. a larger space rock called didymos is orbited by a smaller space rock called dimorphos, that�*s about 150 meters —

that�*s about 500 feet — across. the spacecraft travelling at 14,000 miles an hour crashes into dimorphos, giving the asteroid a kick. this changes its speed byjust a fraction — about a millimetre per second — but this is enough to alter its orbit, and scientists can monitor this from earth to see if it�*s worked. dart really is just the start. it�*s just the first planetary defence test mission. it was spectacular and it�*s accomplished and we�*ll figure out how effective it was — that�*s really what we�*re going to learn in the next weeks to come. all right, we hit this asteroid — now, how effective was that at deflecting it and what would that mean for using it? the damage asteroids can do is well known — the biggest ones could cause global devastation, like the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. the challenge is to find them early enough, so a mission to divert could be carried out well in advance. the dart mission is the first step in finding a solution, and in the coming days and weeks,

scientists will be assessing whether their test has been successful. it�*s a demonstration of a technology that could one day save our planet. rebecca morelle, bbc news. here with me now is michael khan, who is a senior mission analyst at the european space agency. thank you very much forjoining us here on the bbc news channel. in your mind, how significant is this mission and its success? i your mind, how significant is this mission and its success?- your mind, how significant is this mission and its success? i think it was a spectacular _ mission and its success? i think it was a spectacular success - mission and its success? i think it was a spectacular success and i mission and its success? i think it was a spectacular success and it i mission and its success? i think it i was a spectacular success and it was really significant because it was the first time that it had been demonstrated that we can actually hit and deflect an asteroid. thud demonstrated that we can actually hit and deflect an asteroid. and the issue here is _ hit and deflect an asteroid. and the issue here is accuracy, _ hit and deflect an asteroid. and the issue here is accuracy, i _ hit and deflect an asteroid. and the issue here is accuracy, i suppose? i issue here is accuracy, i suppose? yes, getting an object ofjust 160 yes, getting an object ofjust160 metres across at a speed of more than 20,000 kilometres per hour, thatis than 20,000 kilometres per hour, that is no mean feat.— than 20,000 kilometres per hour, that is no mean feat. what happens to the spacecraft, _ that is no mean feat. what happens to the spacecraft, the _ that is no mean feat. what happens to the spacecraft, the probe? it i that is no mean feat. what happens to the spacecraft, the probe? it is l to the spacecraft, the probe? it is inevitable i suppose it breaks up? it is completely vaporised by the

energy, it the hit of the impact, so nothing left of it. 50 energy, it the hit of the impact, so nothing left of it.— nothing left of it. so you are able to watch the _ nothing left of it. so you are able to watch the pictures _ nothing left of it. so you are able to watch the pictures right i nothing left of it. so you are able to watch the pictures right up i nothing left of it. so you are able i to watch the pictures right up until the moment of impact, how useful were they?— were they? those were the first ictures were they? those were the first pictures we _ were they? those were the first pictures we see _ were they? those were the first pictures we see of _ were they? those were the first pictures we see of the - were they? those were the first pictures we see of the asteroid l were they? those were the first i pictures we see of the asteroid and its moon, dimorphos, the one that was hit, and no one had seen them before. they are extremely useful because the whole question is the inert composition of such an asteroid and how that would stand up to the push we are giving. we asteroid and how that would stand up to the push we are giving.— to the push we are giving. we then come on to — to the push we are giving. we then come on to how _ to the push we are giving. we then come on to how do _ to the push we are giving. we then come on to how do you _ to the push we are giving. we then come on to how do you detect i to the push we are giving. we then come on to how do you detect an l come on to how do you detect an asteroid that could pose a threat to us? how good are we at that? the auestion us? how good are we at that? the question is — us? how good are we at that? ti9: question isjust us? how good are we at that? ti9 question isjust how many telescopes question is just how many telescopes do you have a staring out the sky and registering all asteroid that happen to intersect the earth�*s orbit. you do not want to be

blindsided by some asteroid that you have not detected before, so there are several telescopes viewing these guys every night in all directions. a lot of those going to a computer database all the orbits and you can see how the orbit has changed so you can calculate that forwards in the future, so all of it works with large databases.— future, so all of it works with [are databases. :, :, :, :, : large databases. how far in advance, in terms of — large databases. how far in advance, in terms of time _ large databases. how far in advance, in terms of time and _ large databases. how far in advance, in terms of time and distance, i large databases. how far in advance, in terms of time and distance, it i in terms of time and distance, it would we need to try to deflect an asteroid from its path? 0n would we need to try to deflect an asteroid from its path? on a collision course with earth? iaiiui’itli collision course with earth? with sacecraft collision course with earth? with spacecraft that _ collision course with earth? with spacecraft that we _ collision course with earth? with spacecraft that we can _ collision course with earth? tn spacecraft that we can build collision course with earth? ii�*u spacecraft that we can build now, i think it would have to be at least ten years in advance, it depends a bit on the size of the asteroid of course. with a small asteroid you might have, also be able to cope with a shorter one, but you want to know all objects that could be

dangerous to the earth and have a satellite deflection mission which could launch at least 20 years or so before it is really dangerous. that is forward planning like i have never heard! thank you very much for talking to us. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. over the next few days, the weather does remain unsettled, with bright spells, sunshine and some showers, and windy at times as well. we certainly have that combination today, showers pushing across scotland, some down the east coast, some coming in across northern ireland, wales and into the midlands and we have some rain moving in across pembrokeshire and also devon and cornwall. cool today, temperatures 11 to 17 degrees. add on the wind and that will exacerbate the cool feel. tonight the rain in the south—west eventually clears, it moves across the channel islands and at the same time we have some showers pushing southwards across scotland.

a lot of clear skies and another cool night in prospect. so tomorrow, if we pick up the showers in scotland, you can see how through the day they drift down eastern parts of england as well, getting down towards east anglia. further showers developing across parts of wales and south—west england, but in between a lot of dry weather, still cool though, temperatures 13 to about 16, maybe 17. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: as some of the uk�*s biggest mortgage lenders withdraw their deals, one former top central banker says he would have urged the bank of england to have called an emergency meeting amid the turbulence on the global money markets. if you call it, you have to take significant action. the lesson is to go big and you go fast. the lesson is to go big and you go fast. sir keir starmer will lay out his pitch to become

prime minister at his party�*s conference, saying the conservatives have lost control of the economy. dozens of world leaders attend the state funeral in tokyo of the assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe. cheering. nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. as far as we can tell, are fast planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone! right? yeah, ithink that, everyone! right? yeah, ithink that earthlings should sleep better. yeah, i think that earthlings should sleep better. let�*s start with a little bit of a perilous situation for england over

the last few months because the england manager, gareth southgate, insist that the scrutiny and criticism his side have faced could help them at the upcoming world cup in november. england were winless in their last five games and have been relegated from the nation state top tier heading into the night last match against germany at wembley. it was their final game before qatar. they found themselves two goals down midway through the second half, but the team battled back, before harry kane scored a penalty. germany did come back, they levelled it to make it 3-3 come back, they levelled it to make it 3—3 late on, but there was cause for optimism. it 3-3 late on, but there was cause for optimism-— it 3-3 late on, but there was cause for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group — for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on _ for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on their _ for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on their own, i for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on their own, with us, and the whole experience has been one we needed to grow the next part as a team because you will have pressure in the world cup and you can try and avoid pressure, but it

is coming, you know? maybe it is the third group game, the quarterfinal, whatever it might be, it�*s coming, so better that we feel it and learn how to deal with it. gary neville has called the recent criticism of gareth southgate nonsense, but he also had plenty else to say in an interview with bbc breakfast this morning, including a response to eric cantona because my comments about the possible renaming of old trafford. he stated he would stop supporting the club if that happened. however, phil neville said he would be in favour if it led to a change of ownership. eric he would be in favour if it led to a change of ownership.— change of ownership. eric said yesterday _ change of ownership. eric said yesterday that _ change of ownership. eric said yesterday that he _ change of ownership. eric said yesterday that he didn't i change of ownership. eric said yesterday that he didn't think| change of ownership. eric said i yesterday that he didn't think old yesterday that he didn�*t think old trafford should be called anything else, i would disagree with that if it meant we could remove the ownership and get new owners sent, so we could bring in a better team and project are manchester united. everyone has their own view. scotland later will play ukraine in poland. avoid defeat and they will

be promoted from their group and also be assured of a play—off spot for euro 2024. they beat ukraine 3—0 last week. scotla nd scotland also beat the republic of ireland at the weekend. t scotland also beat the republic of ireland at the weekend.— scotland also beat the republic of ireland at the weekend. i think the -la ers ireland at the weekend. i think the players have _ ireland at the weekend. i think the players have shown _ ireland at the weekend. i think the players have shown what - ireland at the weekend. i think the players have shown what i - ireland at the weekend. i think the players have shown what i have i ireland at the weekend. i think the | players have shown what i have set for a long time about them that they are determined to do well for their country. the connection between the scottish public and the squad of players is as good as it has been for a long, long time. that is very important for us. everybody likes to feel loved so when you feel you have that support from the scottish public the players feel good about themselves. worcester warriors could face relegation from the top—flight of english rugby union after being placed into administration yesterday. there are fears other clubs could follow. the club had to prove a credible plan for the future by five o�*clock yesterday but failed

to do so. the men�*s team will not be banned from the premiership and the women�*s side from the premier fifteens. to be honest, it is almost bittersweet because i think we need this sort of thing was necessary and needed and we knew it was coming over the last couple of weeks, maybe longer, but it is nice in one way to get some information, which is why it is sweet, because we haven�*t had any information in so long, but obviously it is very sad news that the club has gone into suspension. we are hoping for some positive news further down the line. it we are hoping for some positive news further down the line.— further down the line. it has been announced _ further down the line. it has been announced at _ further down the line. it has been announced at this _ further down the line. it has been announced at this year's - further down the line. it has been announced at this year's bbc i further down the line. it has been announced at this year's bbc -- l further down the line. it has been i announced at this year's bbc -- this announced at this year�*s bbc —— this year sports personality of the year awards will come from salford on the 29th of december. it will look at the euros, the commonwealths, but also there is still more to come

with several different world cups. that is your sport for now. you see, we got through it fine! the bank of england has said it would not hesitate to raise rates to keep inflation in check, but sir charlie bean, who was a deputy governor until 2014, says he would have gone further. he was speaking to nick robinson on bbc radio(sot next) the banks are reluctant to have emergency meetings every time there is turmoil in the financial markets. there have been occasions, certainly after lehman brothers collapsed we had an out of cycle meeting to cut rates, along with other central banks. that said, i think on this occasion if i had still been at the bank in my role as deputy governor i would have been counselling the governor that this is one occasion

work might have made sense. eaten work might have made sense. even thou:h work might have made sense. even thou . h the work might have made sense. even though the very _ work might have made sense. even though the very calling _ work might have made sense. even though the very calling of the meeting, the very talk of an emergency measure would create its own instability? the emergency measure would create its own instability?— own instability? the key thing is, if ou call own instability? the key thing is, if you call it _ own instability? the key thing is, if you call it you _ own instability? the key thing is, if you call it you have _ own instability? the key thing is, if you call it you have to - own instability? the key thing is, if you call it you have to take i if you call it you have to take significant action. our business correspondent, ben boulos, has been at the bank of england and says the governor appears to have ruled out any emergency meeting of its monetary policy committee, which sets the base interest rate. the next scheduled decision is in early november, but we have not seen falls like that and the value of the pound before. it was down at $1.03 about this time yesterday. it has since recovered a bit it is currently at one dollar and 8 cents. a lot of that shortfall being driven since friday after the chancellor announced a big tax cuts to try to boost the economy, but funding with increased borrowing. investor

confidence in the uk economy drop and so did the pound. vocals on here at the bank of england may seem so distant from the lives of people up and down the uk, but let me explain how a weak point is bad news for pretty much all of us. it costs more to import commodities that are priced in dollars. that includes things like oil, gas, food, raw materials, so even if things are made in the uk, it might be that the parts have to be bought in from abroad and that could push the ultimate price that we pay for goods and services higher than we have already seen them rise in recent weeks and months. the bank of england tried to calm the situation yesterday, saying that it would not hesitate to raise interest rates as much as needed. raising interest rates tends to rein in price rises and inflation, but it also has the effect of increasing borrowing costs. it makes mortgages and loans

more expensive. the treasury, the government has said that it will update the economic plans in november, but the impact is already being felt. we have seen lenders like the halifax, the skipton building society, virgin money, all of them withdrawn some of their mortgage products. that means that if your potential first—time buyer it will be harder to get already being felt. we have seen lenders like the halifax, the skipton building society, virgin money, all of them withdrawn some of their mortgage products. that means that if your potential first—time buyer it will be harder to get a dealand if you are already a mortgage holder when you come to remortgage or fix a deal when your current one expires, your costs could jump. let me illustrate it. if the bank of england puts the base rate up to say 6%, which some traders are pricing and for early next year, if you have £200,000 remaining on your mortgage you are coming off a two—year fixed deal, your repayments could rise by around £600 a month! that is an extra £600 a monthjust

around £600 a month! that is an extra £600 a month just to around £600 a month! that is an extra £600 a monthjust to pay around £600 a month! that is an extra £600 a month just to pay your mortgage. of course, that is on top of the other cost pressures, the higher price of fuel, energy, their weekly shop. there are calls for greater help for victims of coercive and controlling behaviour, after a new study found it was a factor in more than half of cases where people were killed by a current or ex—partner. the analysis, based on detailed reviews of a sample of killings, comes as a new poll carried out for bbc news suggests a third of women aged 25 to 64 had experienced some form of coercive and controlling behaviour. anna adams reports. gary�*s mother, marion, was killed by her ex—husband after she escaped a coercive and controlling marriage. he used to control whatever my mum spent money on. we try to encourage her to leave work so it�*lljust be

her to leave work so it�*lljust be her and him her to leave work so it�*lljust be herand him and her to leave work so it�*lljust be her and him and she wouldn�*t be able to leave. her and him and she wouldn't be able to leave. ~ :, :, , , to leave. when the relationship ended, to leave. when the relationship ended. her— to leave. when the relationship ended, her ex _ to leave. when the relationship ended, her ex partner- to leave. when the relationship ended, her ex partner started i to leave. when the relationship| ended, her ex partner started to follow her. months later, marion was murdered. iaide follow her. months later, marion was murdered. ~ :, :, :, murdered. we find out that he had used tracking _ murdered. we find out that he had used tracking device _ murdered. we find out that he had used tracking device to _ murdered. we find out that he had used tracking device to track i murdered. we find out that he had used tracking device to track her. l used tracking device to track her. he followed her back to her flat, pulled up alongside her and shot her through the car window. she hadn't even taken her seat off yet. coercive control is a crime, a pattern of psychological abuse used to intimidate and frighten a victim. according to a new study, it is a factor in half of all cases when a person has been killed by someone they were in an intimate relationship with.- they were in an intimate relationship with. most of the victims were _ relationship with. most of the victims were women - relationship with. most of the victims were women of - relationship with. most of the l victims were women of coercive relationship with. most of the - victims were women of coercive and controlling behaviour, sojust under three quarters of cases there was prior domestic abuse within the relationship and across the whole dataset, so the 300 plus that we analysed, in half of those cases

agencies were aware of it, which indicate somehow that more needs to be done to identify, recognise and intervene appropriately. ll be done to identify, recognise and intervene appropriately.— be done to identify, recognise and intervene appropriately. it comes as a new oll intervene appropriately. it comes as a new poll carried _ intervene appropriately. it comes as a new poll carried out _ intervene appropriately. it comes as a new poll carried out for _ intervene appropriately. it comes as a new poll carried out for bbc - intervene appropriately. it comes as a new poll carried out for bbc news| a new poll carried out for bbc news reveals a third of women aged between 25 and 64 report having experienced coercive control. the figures were slightly lower for women aged between 18—24 at 23%. this woman said she did not realise she was being abused.— she was being abused. there was extreme name-calling, _ she was being abused. there was extreme name-calling, death - she was being abused. there was - extreme name-calling, death threats, extreme name—calling, death threats, then one day he attacked me. it was only when my doctor asked how things were a tome that the situation changed. they said to pack an emergency bad for me and my baby and put me in touch with the refuge. even though we have split, the abuse continues. ll even though we have split, the abuse continues. it is even though we have split, the abuse continues. , , , , continues. it is relentless. gary hoes continues. it is relentless. gary hepes that _ continues. it is relentless. gary hopes that talking _ continues. it is relentless. gary hopes that talking about - continues. it is relentless. gary hopes that talking about the i continues. it is relentless. gary. hopes that talking about the death of his mother will highlight the dangers of coercive control. if someone sees this and realises there

is a pattern in their own relationship or can see it happen to their mum or anyone in theirfamily, i want them to realise that coercive control is serious and a can end like this, in tragedy. a government spokesperson has said that strengthening their multi—agency response is their priority and through the domestic abuse statutory guidance, they are supporting frontline services to better identify and respond to domestic abuse, including coercive control and emotional abuse. if you've been affected by anything raised in that report, you can find help and support. it is the last day of voting in the so—called �*referendums' in four occupied regions in ukraine about whether they should become part of the russian federation. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia are being asked to attend polling stations and vote. the government in kyiv

and its western allies have dismissed the ballots as a sham. our correspondent, hugo bachega, has been giving us the latest from the ukraine capital — kyiv. obviously, the ukrainians have dismissed this so—called referendum as a propaganda exercise. western countries say this has no legitimacy and they say the result has already been decided by moscow and that this is going to be used by russia as an excuse to annex parts of ukraine. we are talking about 15% of this country's territory that could be annexed by russia. the international community, the ukrainians are saying that they are not going to recognise any announcement by russia and, obviously, the fear here is that the russians may say, look, these ares are not part of russia and any attack on those areas will be seen as an attack on russia. last night, president zelensky said if russia goes ahead with any kind of announcement in terms of annexation of territory,

the international community will be announcing tough measures. we heard from the biden administration that more sanctions could be imposed on russia if moscow goes ahead with the annexation of ukrainian territory. earlier today, we heard from the british ministry of defence saying that there is a real possibility that president putin may use his speech on friday to parliament to formally announce the annexation of those areas of ukraine by russia. hurricane ian is gathering strength as it pummels its way through the caribbean. florida is in the path of the storm and residents there are scrambling to secure their homes. a tropical storm warning is in effect in cuba, grand cayman, the west florida coastline and the florida keys. wendy urquhart reports.

torrential rain and 130 kilometre an hour winds are lashing the grand caymans and hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes as 14—foot waves crash onto the shoreline and flash floods swamp the islands. cuba's already getting a taste of what's to come. strong winds are already whipping up waves and the national hurricane centre says ian will strengthen to a category three storm, making a potentially life—threatening storm surge possible on tuesday. local residents are doing all they can to prepare for what's coming. but they're worried. translation: i need to get ready because i live three _ blocks away from the sea. i need to get water, provisions, light and kerosene in order to be able to cook if the power goes out. i live in a very vulnerable area. ian is expected to become much larger and slow down as it reaches the gulf of mexico, making its impact even more intense. and a formidable storm surge is forecast. people are taking no chances.

they're stocking up on food and water and the cue for petrol gets longer by the hour. i'm more, like, freaked out because now i understand the power and destruction of what hurricanes can do, i learnt it at school and all the news channels and all that stuff. storm surge and flooding is what you've really got to worry about the most. torrential rain and flash floods are forecast in urban areas throughout south and west florida, with up to 20 inches of rain possible in some places. high winds and driving rain could also bring down trees and power lines, so residents are being advised to stock up on supplies, pay attention to evacuation orders, and be prepared for power cuts. wendy urquhart, bbc news. seven cities across the uk are in the running to host next year's eurovision song contest. we have been taking a closer look at each of those city's chances. ahead of an expected

update from the bbc, we can head to manchester, where our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet its ukrainian community. singing. at manchester's ukrainian cultural centre, the choir is rehearsing. the city has the biggest ukrainian population in the uk outside of london... ..and there is much excitement about the possibility of eurovision coming here. i think that manchester deserves to host the eurovision contest because of the big community that's here, that's been here, and we've welcomed all the new refugees, as well. including maria and helena, who both arrived as refugees earlier this year.

singing has helped them settle. music is a huge part of my life. i sang in ukraine, i sing just here. ifeel at home, like returning! i will be happy if eurovision will be in manchester. it's great support for ukraine. it'sjust telling about our problems. # love. # love will tear us apart again..#. manchester has produced many of the most influential indie bands of the last 40 years. so thejohn rylands library have opened a british pop archive. johnny marr�*s guitar. music has played a crucial part in the city's post—industrial reinvention. # i would go out tonight. # but i haven't got a stitch to wear #. well, i think the manchester of today owes a lot to the tradition of music that the city has produced.

on the face of it, eurovision might seem to be at odds with some of the more monochrome myths of manchester. but on the other hand, of course, we've had take that... # could it be magic now? ..we've had lisa stansfield. # been around the world and i, i, i. # i can't find my baby..#. it's a great tradition of commercial pop coming out of manchester. if nothing else, that provides a very nice backdrop for eurovision. i've got my silver disc, look. beg, steal or borrow. # you know i'll beg, steal or borrow..#. i and one manc almost won eurovision. in 1972, lyn paul's group the new seekers came second to luxembourg. # i'll bring you love..#. walking on that stage and knowing that my mum and dad were in and, you know, my auntie

and uncle, it wasjust... it was not frightening — no nerves — it wasjust a real big thrill to think that we were representing our country. you know, it was great. we thoroughly enjoyed it. not quite so much when we got the scores! # i always knew..#. and she is hopeful her home city will host. manchester, we're all made of stem stuff and we'll get there if we can, any way we can. those behind the bid are certainly confident. we were the home of the industrial revolution, the home of the suffragettes, the making of the modern computer, the invention of graphene. and we're still on this really exciting journey about what manchester has to offer in the future. eurovision would certainly be a change from that, wouldn't it? absolutely. but i think that's the thing about manchester — we roll up our sleeves, we crack on, and we get things done. but i think we're a fun city. and for manchester's eurovision fans, it would be a dream. i think i would burst of excitement. i love eurovision, and for it to be in my home city it would just be incredible.

i mean, i got married in may and i specifically said we used to get married at the start of may because i don't know when eurovision's going to be and...it takes priority. manchester lives and breathes eurovision.| there are so many different fanj events, different national finals from all over the world - being streamed in different bars. we live eurovision in manchester. i can't believe we - haven't hosted it yet. # stefania mamo, mamo stefania..#. it's clear that kalush orchestra's eurovision triumph is also a source of pride to manchester's younger ukrainians. i was actually wearing it when they came on stage. i was like, "oh my god, look! hat! " this ii—year—old does his own version of their song. # stefania mamo, mamo stefania. # rozkvitaye pole, a vona siviye..#. and his friend anna, who's seven, has learned the rap. # vona mene kolysala i dala meni rytm i napevne sylu voli ne zabraty i v mene, bo dala..#. just a shame he isn't such a fan

of kalush orchestra's other work. er...mm... not... not massive. ido... i do like more, like, '80s stuff, like freddie mercury and abba. and, of course, abba won eurovision. now manchester is hoping for a eurovision win of its own. colin paterson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. the cipher of king charles iii has been chosen by buckingham palace. it was produced by the college of arms. the monogram will appear on government buildings, state documents and some postboxes in the coming months and years. there is a separate version for scotland which features the scottish crown. hello, again.

in the next couple of days, the forecast is one of bright spells, sunshine and showers. and today you can add blustery winds into thatjust by looking at the isobars. as you can tell, that low pressure is in the north sea with its attendant front. that's going to be bringing some showery outbreaks of rain southwards across northern in northeastern scotland heading down towards east anglia. later, another weather front will bring some cloud and rain in across pembrokeshire, devon and cornwall, eventually into the channel islands and in between we'll also see some showers, but there will be some sunshine as well. these black circles represent the strength of the wind gusts. so pretty windy today and that wind will be taking the edge off the temperatures, exacerbating the cool feel. those temperatures are lower than we'd expect at this stage in september anyway. now heading on through the evening and overnight, eventually we lose the rain from the southwest of england, but it lingers across the channel islands could turn thundery first thing in the morning and we've got a new batch of showers heading southwards across scotland. in between, there'll be some clear skies and it's going to be a cool night. so tomorrow we'll start off

on a cool note with once again the showers across northern and eastern parts of scotland moving southwards in the direction of east anglia. feeling cool along the coast too, with the wind in the west also rather breezy. we'll have further showers coming in across wales and southwest england. but in between the winds not as strong as today and there'll be a lot of dry weather with brighter sunny skies, temperatures 13 to about 16 degrees, not feeling quite as cool because the wind will be lighter. now, as we head from wednesday into thursday, the low pressure continues to drift off onto the new continent, allowing this ridge of high pressure to build in and later on thursday settle things down. but we will start with some showery outbreaks of rain across southern england and the channel islands, boasting one or two showers starting up elsewhere. but generally it will be a drier and a brighter day during the course of thursday with temperatures is creeping up to about 17 degrees. but then it's all change once again as this area of low pressure comes in with its attendant fronts slower than we thought yesterday.

but it's still going to bring wet and windy weather across us. and then into saturday, you can see this front dangling across the south. so there'll still be some rain in southern areas. so wet and windy on friday, but drier further north during the course of saturday. few ca n few can hear me yeah what a ship storm that was so that is a little taster of oh

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines: some of the uk's biggest mortgage lenders withdraw their deals after the turbulence on global money markets. sir keir starmer will lay out his pitch to become prime minister at his party's conference, saying the conservatives have lost control of the economy. dozens of world leaders attend the state funeral in tokyo of the assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe. the head of the metropolitan police pledges to be "ruthless" in rooting out corruption, racism and misogyny in the force, and he will get back to attending all reports are in london. oh, wow! cheering. nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid to test

whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. as clashes between police and anti—government protesters it continue in iran, we will be speaking to an iranians women's rights and equality researcher. good morning. banks and building societies have withdrawn some of their mortgage deals because of the volatility on global markets. interest rates are expected to rise significantly over the coming months, with analysts predicting they could edge up towards 6% next year. what's caused it? well, the chancellor's mini budget last week has spooked the markets. it has been followed by a dramatic fall in the value of the pound. yesterday it dropped to a record low against the us dollar, almost to parity.

though as you can see, it did rally later to 1.07 dollars. and this morning the pound is at 1.08 dollars. all this comes as the world trade organization's chief says she believes the world is heading towards a global recession due to multiple colliding crises, and called for policies to revive growth. our international business correspondent theo leggett told me more about the issues which are causing concern. well, the obvious one is the consequences of the conflict in ukraine, which has pushed up the cost of energy quite significantly and has also pushed up the cost of food. that comes off the back of the covid crisis which is still causing disruption to supply chains around the world. that pushes up the cost of transporting goods around the world, because they can't be got hold of a lot of the time, there are shortages. so all of this coming together — covid, the conflict in ukraine — it has led to a surge in inflation around the world and the scarcity of certain products and that is having an impact on economies.

so then, the call from the wto is for policies to revive growth, revive economies, how if a lot of those influences, as you say, are external? well, what ngozi okonjo—iweala have been saying is that at the moment the picture is getting darker, the economies are slowing down, there is the prospect of a global recession and we had a similar forecast from the oecd, the organisation for economic co—operation and development, the paris—based organisation, yesterday, so the overall global picture is getting weaker. so what we heard from the oecd was calls for interest rates to be hiked in order to curb inflation, but beyond that you have to help the people who are suffering the most, so the oecd was calling for targeted support for poorer people, the most vulnerable in society, to help them cope with the energy costs for example and i suspect what ngozi okonjo—iweala is calling for is the same kind of thing, targeted support to help the most vulnerable so that when things do start to look up, those people

are in a position to benefit. how specifically do the wto and the oecd comment on the actions, the policies of individual governments? well, it depends on what point they are talking about and what stage in the cycle they are. yesterday we had quite a comprehensive report from the oecd which pointed out that the uk for example is not going to see any growth at all next year, that is a forecast. they're quite happy to put their weight behind it. when they start talking about what policies should be implemented, they tend to talk more generally, more globally, and say these are the kinds of policies that governments should be putting in place. it is not a question of naming and shaming. all the uncertainty has led to several banks and building societies suspending new mortgage applications over concerns about the rising risk of default. i'm joined now by david hollingsworth, the associate

i'm joined now by david hollingsworth, the spokesman from rokers london & country. —— from brokers. what do you think has been done to the mortgage market? . ~ ., , has been done to the mortgage market? . ~ . , . has been done to the mortgage market? . ~ ., , ., , market? the market has needed a base rate rise in order— market? the market has needed a base rate rise in order to _ market? the market has needed a base rate rise in order to cap _ market? the market has needed a base rate rise in order to cap inflation, - rate rise in order to cap inflation, however yesterday we saw almost a turbo injection into the pace of change and a new development, although we have seen some a step back for a period, more lenders are just surveying how they price interest rates, and say it let's take a step back and see how the dust settles before we try and put products out there, so i think those lenders will come back to the market, but funding costs are rising and it is so volatile at the moment. lenders are trying to make sense of it right now. lenders are trying to make sense of it right nova— lenders are trying to make sense of it right now. what type of mortgages in articular it right now. what type of mortgages in particular are _ it right now. what type of mortgages in particular are they _ it right now. what type of mortgages in particular are they looking - it right now. what type of mortgages

in particular are they looking at? - in particular are they looking at? fixed rates are of course what borrowers are in the majority looking for because they like the security it gives them, peace of mind of knowing exactly what they will need to pay, and it is these rates which ensure fluctuating rapidly. before thursday we had already seen another flurry of activity from lenders, but as i say, we saw a huge amount of change yesterday and that is continuing through to today with lenders either repressing their deals or in some casesjust pulling repressing their deals or in some cases just pulling those for new customers altogether and just hoping to come back to the market in the days to come once they can see just how overpriced those rates were. the bottom line is borrowers will be looking at higher rates again and fixed rates will continue that upward trajectory we have seen throughout the year. figs upward trajectory we have seen throughout the year.— upward trajectory we have seen throughout the year. as you said, customers — throughout the year. as you said, customers tend _ throughout the year. as you said, customers tend to _ throughout the year. as you said, customers tend to like _ throughout the year. as you said, customers tend to like the - throughout the year. as you said, l customers tend to like the certainty

of a fixed rate, what are your customers telling you when they ring you because a lot must be very worried? ., ., , , ., worried? throughout this year we have seen a _ worried? throughout this year we have seen a borrower _ worried? throughout this year we have seen a borrower is - worried? throughout this year we have seen a borrower is starting i worried? throughout this year we i have seen a borrower is starting the process much sooner than they normally would, so as much as it's xmas before their current deal comes to an end they are looking to get onto the deal because they realise fixed rates have been rising rapidly. —— as much as six months before will stop only last october two and five year fixed rates could be found around or even a touch below i%. nowadays, although there are some just below 4%, very rapidly we are looking out four and above, so that is a quadrupling in rates borrowers are having to face so they are trying to pin down what is probably our single biggest outgoing and looking into a fixed rate as soon as they can.— and looking into a fixed rate as soon as they can. and looking into a fixed rate as soon as the can. ~ . ., i. soon as they can. what impact do you think this will — soon as they can. what impact do you think this will have _ soon as they can. what impact do you think this will have on _ soon as they can. what impact do you think this will have on house - think this will have on house prices? i think this will have on house rices? ~ ., ~ , prices? i think the market is anticipating _ prices? i think the market is anticipating demand -

prices? i think the market is anticipating demand levels l prices? i think the market is - anticipating demand levels have so far outstrips the supply is, not in a property on the market. however, with the cost of living and now rising interest rates, it does feel as though consumer confidence in making a move is something that borrowers are more likely to take a wait approach and see how things settle down. ijust think wait approach and see how things settle down. i just think that demand mayjust tail off. demand may 'ust tail off. what is our demand may 'ust tail off. what is youradvice— demand mayjust tail off. what is your advice to — demand mayjust tail off. what is your advice to people _ demand mayjust tail off. what is your advice to people who - demand mayjust tail off. what is your advice to people who have l your advice to people who have organised their mortgage through you, perhaps they have a tracker or on a standard variable rate and they will see that go up in line with the interest rate, they will worry. what is your advice to them?— is your advice to them? those who are on standard _ is your advice to them? those who are on standard variable _ is your advice to them? those who are on standard variable rates - is your advice to them? those who are on standard variable rates are | are on standard variable rates are paying a higher rate than they need to and really should take some action. whilst things are moving very quickly, there are still

options available and there will be options available and there will be option fixing if that gives them more peace of mind. some borrowers are taking the choice that variable rates may suit them, but those who feel more secure and will be able to deal with increases, i think the vast majority will be looking to tie down the rate and offer a fixed rate. often for five years and even possibly more. rate. often for five years and even possibly more-— rate. often for five years and even possibly more. that is the option of course to pay _ possibly more. that is the option of course to pay an — possibly more. that is the option of course to pay an early _ possibly more. that is the option of course to pay an early repayment i course to pay an early repayment charge which can run into thousands of pounds, there has been some coverage about people choosing to do that, even though it looks like a large amount of money to hand over in the first instance, when you think of where the rates might go, how sensible might it be for some people to consider cashing in early? you just do not know whether that would be a good decision until you have got the power of hindsight i'm afraid, because these rates are

changing very quickly and could change again at the other way quite quickly depending on what happens in the wider backdrop. i would urge some caution for breaking from a current deal. as you say, reaping charges can easily be thousands of pounds will stop what could be an option could be to try and readjust your monthly budget, maybe even overpay on the current rate you have, if you have the protection of a currently low rate to look ahead to when that deal comes to an end. it is a case of planning ahead and certainly starting that chopping around process earlier so as much as six months before the end of the deal is unlikely to improve that choice because you can locking your rates and may head off any further rates and may head off any further rate rises. ., , rates and may head off any further rate rises. . , , rates and may head off any further rate rises. ., , , ., rates and may head off any further rate rises. . , , ., ., . rate rises. really help and advice, thank ou rate rises. really help and advice, thank you very _ rate rises. really help and advice, thank you very much. _ and later this afternoon at half past three we will be answering your questions on mortgages. that's on your questions answered at half past three today.

get in touch with your questions on social media using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions, that's the best way to get in touch, or by emailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will use his speech at the party conference today to accuse the conservatives of having lost control of the economy. he'll tell delegates in liverpool that labour is now the party of financial responsibility, and he is expected to echo sir tony blair by describing the party as the "political wing of the british people". our political correspondent lone wellsjoins me from the labour party conference in liverpool. financially responsible, how can he prove that? financially responsible, how can he rove that? ., financially responsible, how can he prove that?— prove that? that is going to be a ke test prove that? that is going to be a key test really. _ prove that? that is going to be a key test really. obviously - prove that? that is going to be a key test really. obviously it - prove that? that is going to be a key test really. obviously it is i prove that? that is going to be a l key test really. obviously it is one thing selling that message here to labour party members in liverpool, it is another thing trying to sell that message to the public. they

have spelt out some other alternative ideas to the conservatives' plans for growing the economy, largely they want to invest a lot into green technology and green energy schemes that they argue would boost revenue and could be reinvested back into local communities around the uk. they have also been pretty clear they would reverse that tax cuts which the government has announced for those top earners, that top 45% tax rate. so i think those are two clear messages that they are selling at this party conference to draw that clear dividing line between them and the conservatives, but certainly as you say, the test will now be held today make that with the public? because one notable theme as you speak to any shadow ministers here or labour party aids for example, there is a realfeeling or labour party aids for example, there is a real feeling that in the words of some of them, conservatives have handed them a kind of gift to really differentiate themselves between labour and the conservative when it comes the economy. the

bigger challenge to show why keir starmer is the man to lead the country. some are recognising they might need to do more to sell this message to the public that their vision is a better one. hour message to the public that their vision is a better one. how likely with the policies _ vision is a better one. how likely with the policies it _ vision is a better one. how likely with the policies it be _ vision is a better one. how likely with the policies it be for - vision is a better one. how likely with the policies it be for labour| with the policies it be for labour to reverse the tax cuts the conservatives have introduced? this it conservatives have introduced? as it stands, conservatives have introduced? as it stands. there — conservatives have introduced? as it stands, there are _ conservatives have introduced? sip: it stands, there are some areas conservatives have introduced? gt.3 it stands, there are some areas where labour is actually aligned with the tax cuts that have been introduced, for example labour never supported that rise to national insurance and said they would keep that tax cut was the has announced. they are stressing though that they would scrap that tax cut for top earners and reduce that money instead to fund things like the nhs, so i think there are certainly some areas where they are aligned, others not so much. ., . , they are aligned, others not so much. ., ~ , ., g they are aligned, others not so much. 3, ~ , . ~' , much. ione wells, thank you very much, much. ione wells, thank you very much. with _ much. ione wells, thank you very much, with the _ much. ione wells, thank you very much, with the latest _ much. ione wells, thank you very much, with the latest there - much. ione wells, thank you very much, with the latest there from | much. ione wells, thank you very i much, with the latest there from the party conference looking forward to

the labour leader's party address. this is where we say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two and thank you very much for watching us here on uc new channel. —— bbc news channel. the prime minister's chief of staff will now be employed directly by the government instead of through a private company, downing street has confirmed. it follows the revelation that mark fullbrook was being paid through his lobbying firm, fullbrook strategies. the arrangement had been criticised by the opposition and by some within the conservative party. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. are you ready for the off? always rimed are you ready for the off? always primed and _ are you ready for the off? always primed and ready _ are you ready for the off? always primed and ready here _ are you ready for the off? always primed and ready here at - are you ready for the off? always primed and ready here at the - are you ready for the off? always| primed and ready here at the bbc sport centre. let's stop some football, because scotland are seeking nation's league promotion tonight in poland. if they when they

would be assured of a play—off spot for europe 2024. lyndon was amongst the top performers but he is one of a number of players who has been suffering the effects of a virus within the camp and there have been several other players who have withdrawn from the squad as well. i think the players have shown what i've said _ think the players have shown what i've said for a long term about them, — i've said for a long term about them, they are determined to do other_ them, they are determined to do other country. i think the connection between the scottish public— connection between the scottish public and this squad of players is as good _ public and this squad of players is as good as — public and this squad of players is as good as it has been for a long time _ as good as it has been for a long time that — as good as it has been for a long time. that is very important, everyone _ time. that is very important, everyone likes to feel loved, so when _ everyone likes to feel loved, so when you — everyone likes to feel loved, so when you feel as though you have that support from the scottish public, — that support from the scottish public, the players feel good about themselves. public, the players feel good about themselves-— public, the players feel good about themselves. . ., ., themselves. england manager gareth southuate themselves. england manager gareth southgate insisted _ themselves. england manager gareth southgate insisted the _ themselves. england manager gareth southgate insisted the scrutiny - themselves. england manager gareth southgate insisted the scrutiny and i southgate insisted the scrutiny and criticism hay and his team faced could help them in the world cup in november. england had already been relegated ahead of last night's drop at wembley and they are now six

games without a win before their final game. they did fight back yesterday and has given them cause for optimism. yesterday and has given them cause for optimism-— for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group — for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on _ for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on their _ for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on their own, - for optimism. they have collectively talked as a group on their own, with us and the whole experience has been what we needed i think to grow the next part as a team, because you are going to have pressure in world cup and you can try and avoid pressure, but it is coming. maybe it is the third group game, maybe it is a quarterfinal, whatever it might be, it is coming, so better that we feel it is coming, so better that we feel it and we learn how to deal with it. and worcester warriors could face relegation from the top—flight of english rugby union after placed into administration yesterday. there are fears that other clubs could follow. a financially stricken side had to provide proof of a credible plan for the future by 5pm yesterday, but they failed to do so,

so now the men's team will be banned from the premiership competition and the women's side from the premier 15s while they figure things out. it is nice almostjust 15s while they figure things out. it is nice almost just to get some is nice almostjust to get some information, which is why it is sweet, because we have not had any information for so long that obviously it is very sad news that the club has gone into suspension. we are hoping for some positive news of further down the line. there we are hoping for some positive news of further down the line.— of further down the line. there is actuall a of further down the line. there is actually a special _ of further down the line. there is actually a special edition - of further down the line. there is actually a special edition of - of further down the line. there is actually a special edition of the l actually a special edition of the rugby union weekly podcast on the situation at worcester warriors which is available now on bbc sounds. that is it for me. thank you very much. in iran, clashes between police and anti—goverment protestors are now said to have claimed more than 76 lives. the protests were prompted by the death of a young woman in police custody, mahsa amini. she'd been detained for allegedly flouting strict rules on wearing the hijab head—covering. the iranian president has threatened "decisive action" to stop the wave

of protests sweeping the country. this family is mourning the death of their loved one. one of many who got killed in the recent protests all around iran. videos verified by the bbc show anti—riot police shooting live bullets at the protesters in several cities in iran and plainclothed security forces locking up plainclothed security forces locking up people in the boot of their cars. but despite the brutal response from the security forces, protesters remain in the streets in all 31 provinces. here in tehran, people are chanting, they will not go home

until they hold a revolution. death to the republic is still one of the main slogans. after many days of protest, the police failed to take control of these stories. here in this small city, security forces are running away from the protesters. in this rare clip, the head of the judiciary admits that the security forces are exhausted. transition macro forces are exhausted. transition macr. , ., , , macro they did not sleep last night, they cannot — macro they did not sleep last night, they cannot sleep _ macro they did not sleep last night, they cannot sleep the _ macro they did not sleep last night, they cannot sleep the night - macro they did not sleep last night, they cannot sleep the night before. | they cannot sleep the night before. they cannot sleep for many nights now. , , . , , ., _ ., now. these pictures shared by human riahts now. these pictures shared by human rights groups — now. these pictures shared by human rights groups appear _ now. these pictures shared by human rights groups appear to _ now. these pictures shared by human rights groups appear to show- rights groups appear to show teenagers in security forces' uniforms only protest. the protests that were sparked by the death of a young woman who was arrested by

iran's morality police and then died after allegedly being beaten by them are now moving towards a new stage. several university students union have called for a strike. in a rare move, students refused to go to their classes and protested the arrest of their classmates and other citizens. these protests have been led by women. they summarise their demands in a slogan, women, life, liberty. i'm joined now by azadeh pourzand, iran women's rights and equality researcher at the university of london. thank you very much forjoining us. there has been activism for many years in iran, what makes this different?— years in iran, what makes this different? , , different? yes, as you rightly point out, there different? yes, as you rightly point out. there has— different? yes, as you rightly point

out, there has been _ different? yes, as you rightly point out, there has been activism - different? yes, as you rightly point out, there has been activism for. out, there has been activism for many years, iranian women's rights movement example is 100 years old in iran, but i think what is very unique about this round of protests is that women are in the centre, women have been at the forefront of protests before, but in this one, women are the centre. their body, the right to their body, which is a symbol for their demands further a larger pool of rights and freedoms is at the centre of essentially a nation's uprising and also as your report said, the slogan women, life, freedom, is essentially a symbol that a nation has come to a point where they believe that as long as their women are not free, their nation cannot be free. so essentially women's rights is now completely intertwined at a national level for a betterfuture

completely intertwined at a national level for a better future and a demand that essentially come as the slogan says, regime change in the end. it is women at the centre of highly political protest demanding for fundamental change. {line highly political protest demanding for fundamental change.— highly political protest demanding for fundamental change. one of the catal st of for fundamental change. one of the catalyst of course _ for fundamental change. one of the catalyst of course has _ for fundamental change. one of the catalyst of course has been - for fundamental change. one of the catalyst of course has been the - catalyst of course has been the death of mahsa amini. you mentioned the fact it is more than just a women's movement now, how important is it that men are seen out on the streets, taking part alongside those women? i streets, taking part alongside those women? , , . women? i believe it is critical. their presence _ women? i believe it is critical. their presence on _ women? i believe it is critical. their presence on the - women? i believe it is critical. their presence on the street, | women? i believe it is critical. i their presence on the street, the way they played their role as a support role, advocating for women's rights, but also finding common ground with women on the streets, chanting out slogans that are to do with all of their futures, is

incredibly powerful and must be quite alarming to the establishment, to the republic, as it threatens its survival. like most authoritarian regimes, the republic has benefited from survive and conquer, so they defend our own rights but not others. and lucy men advocating for women, tehran advocating for a woman who was killed. —— you see men advocating for women. you see the intellectual and cultural class also coming to the scene more heavily than before. this essentially is a coalition building on a street level which i say is unprecedented in this era. oi which i say is unprecedented in this era. , , era. of course, the people we see are involved _ era. of course, the people we see are involved in _ era. of course, the people we see are involved in the _ era. of course, the people we see are involved in the process i era. of course, the people we see are involved in the process of- are involved in the process of various different types, they are

advocating for change. what proportion of iranian society though does not want this change, is content to continue as it is? in the absence of— content to continue as it is? in the absence of a _ content to continue as it is? in the absence of a democratic _ content to continue as it is? in the i absence of a democratic environment where for example different types of polling site can take place away from the fear of repression and journalism is not free, no other permissions are not free, and personally hesitant to refer to any kind of numbers or percentages. what i would say is iran is a pluralistic society in every sense of the word pluralism. and of course people have different opinions, different political views and visions and different religious backgrounds and ideologies, but what we see on the street i think is significant enough portion of the population with use

at the centre of it and women at the centre of it, which is essentially key for the survival of any government. —— youth at the centre of it. and i am sure there are those who accept the invitation to go to the government prayers and so on, but the footage in my opinion is larger than ever, so i think that is what is in question. and even when you talk about the compulsory veil, do not forget at times women would be voluntarily failed but they are still fighting fair the rights of other women who would not want to wear the veil. —— voluntarily veiled. it is about not wanting the repression and violence that comes

with a set of rules from the top basically. with a set of rules from the top basicall . , ., , with a set of rules from the top basicall . , . , ., ., basically. yes, that is real freedom of expression. _ basically. yes, that is real freedom of expression, isn't _ basically. yes, that is real freedom of expression, isn't it? _ basically. yes, that is real freedom of expression, isn't it? thank- basically. yes, that is real freedom of expression, isn't it? thank you | of expression, isn't it? thank you forjoining us. of expression, isn't it? thank you forjoining us— the new head of the metropolitan police has promised to be ruthless in getting rid of officers who are corrupting the force's integrity. sir mark rowley, who replaced dame cressida dick as met police commissioner last month, has said his mission is about "more trust, less crime and high standards". his force has been beset by a series of scandals around racism, misogyny and disrespect of the public. mark was speaking to bbc radio 4's today programme. we need to be ruthless at rooting out those who are corrupting the integrity of the organisation, the racists and the misogynists. of course, the organisation hasn't deliberately supported them, but unless leadership, culture, systems, technology, resources are all lined up to do it, then a wish doesn't become a reality and it hasn't been the reality.

i know the public are intelligent and they know a massive organisation can never be perfect, but what they won't forgive us for is not being ruthless about rooting out those who let us down and we've failed to do that and we will be doing that on my watch. the new commissioner of the metropolitan police. the state funeral of japan's assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe has been taking place in tokyo. many world leaders are attending, including the us vice president, kamala harris. but the decision to hold a state funeral has proved controversial, with some people worried about the cost and about the close links between mr abe's party and the controversial unification church. our correspondent mariko oi reports. i'm standing outside budokan, where the state funeral forjapan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taking place. there are some 4,500 guests, including 700 overseas visitors as well as foreign ambassadors to the country. you mentioned kamala harris, us vice president, but also

there was india's prime minister, narendra modi. australia's anthony albanese. and from the uk, we had james cleverly attending the event. it has been dubbed funeral diplomacy in the three days for the current prime minister, fumio kishida. among the japanese public, opinions have been split. many protests throughout the week and even today. people have been questioning the legitimacy of holding a state funeral, which is usually for imperial family members. mr abe is only the second prime minister to have this service. the first one took place 55 years ago for shigeru yoshida. other protesters were questioning the huge price tag of 10 million to host this event. a protester we spoke to earlier said money should be spent on other more important things, especially when people have been struggling with the rising cost of living. but there was a long queue of people wanting to pay their respects outside.

it really goes to show how polarising, how divisive mr abe is. when he was alive as prime minister and even after his death. his state funeral has been divisive among the japanese public. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. over the next few days, the weather does remain unsettled, with bright spells, sunshine and some showers, and windy at times as well. we certainly have that combination today, showers pushing across scotland, some down the east coast, some coming in across northern ireland, wales and into the midlands and we have some rain moving in across pembrokeshire and also devon and cornwall. cool today, temperatures 11 to 17 degrees. add on the wind and that will exacerbate the cool feel. tonight the rain in the south—west eventually clears, it moves across the channel islands and at the same time we have some showers pushing southwards across scotland. a lot of clear skies and another

cool night in prospect. so tomorrow, if we pick up the showers in scotland, you can see how through the day they drift down eastern parts of england as well, getting down towards east anglia. further showers developing across parts of wales and south—west england, but in between a lot of dry weather, still cool though, temperatures 13 to about 16, maybe 17. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: as some of the uk's biggest mortgage lenders withdraw their deals, one former top central banker says he would have urged the bank of england to have called an emergency meeting amid the turbulence on the global money markets if you call it, you have to take significant action. the lesson is you go big and you go fast. sir keir starmer will lay out his pitch to become prime minister at his party's conference, saying the conservatives have lost

control of the economy. dozens of world leaders attend the state funeral in tokyo of the assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe. cheering. nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone! applause. right? yeah, i think that earthlings should sleep better. the head of the metropolitan police pledges to be "ruthless" in rooting out corruption, racism and misogyny in the force. he said the met had "failed" in the past to confront those who let it down. he also said he didn't want officers to take the knee. let's return to our main story —

the pressure on the pound. the bank of england has said it would not hesitate to raise rates to keep inflation in check, but sir charlie bean, who was a deputy governor until 2014, says he would have gone further. he was speaking to nick robinson on bbc radio. the bank, are, ithink, rightly, reluctant to have emergency meetings every time there is turmoil in financial markets. there have been occasions, certainly after lehman's collapsed, we had an out—of—cycle meeting to cut rates, along with other central banks. that said, i think, on this occasion, if i had still been at the bank in my role as deputy governor, i certainly would have been counselling the governor that i think this is one of the occasions where it might have made sense. um, the... even though the very calling of the meeting, the very talk of an emergency measure, would create its own instability?

well, the key thing is if you call it, you have to take significant action. our business correspondent ben boulos has been at the bank of england and says the governor appears to have ruled out any emergency meeting of its monetary policy committee, which sets the base interest rate. the next scheduled decision is in early november. but we have not seen falls like that in the value of the pound before. it was down at $1.03 about this time yesterday and it has since recovered a bit, it is currently at $1.08. but a lot of that being driven, that fall, that sharp fall, being driven since friday after the chancellor announced big tax cuts to try to boost the economy but funding it with increased borrowing. that spooked investors. their confidence in the uk economy dropped and with it so did the pound. what goes on at the bank of england may seem so distant from the lives

of people up and down the uk but let me explain how a weak pound is bad news for pretty much all of us. it costs more to import commodities that are priced in dollars. that includes things like oil, gas, food, raw materials. even if, say, things are made in the uk, it might be that the parts have to be brought in from abroad. that could push the ultimate price that we pay for goods and services higher than we have already seen them rise in recent weeks and months. as you have been discussing, the bank of england trying to calm the situation yesterday, saying that it would not hesitate to raise interest rates as much as needed. raising interest rates tends to rein in price rises and inflation. but it also has the effect of increasing borrowing costs. it makes mortgages and loans more expensive. the treasury, the government, has said that it will update the economic plans in november.

but the impact is already being felt. we have seen lenders like the halifax, the skipton building society, virgin money all withdrawing some of their mortgage products. if you are a potential first—time buyer, it will be harder to get a deal. and if you are already a mortgage holder, when you come to fix a deal when your current one expires, your costs could jump. let me illustrate it. if the bank of england puts the base rate up to 6%, which some traders are pricing in for early next year, if you have £200,000 remaining on your mortgage to pay off, you are coming off a two—year fixed deal, your repayments could rise by around £600 a month. that is an extra £600 a month just to pay your mortgage, that is on top of the other cost of living pressures, the higher price of fuel, the higher price of the weekly shop. there are not many people i have

spoken to who have an extra £600 a month lying around to meet that extra pressure. earlier, i spoke to david ketley, who is trying to buy a new home with his partner and has seen the amount he has been quoted skyrocket. they had budgeted for a mortgage of around £1,100 or £1,200 a month, but they are now looking at potentially having to pay an extra £700 on top of that. i have got a really good mortgage advisor who has been helping us over the last couple of weeks because of the last couple of weeks because of the uncertainty. he the last couple of weeks because of the uncertainty.— the uncertainty. he hasn't really said too much _ the uncertainty. he hasn't really said too much in _ the uncertainty. he hasn't really said too much in terms - the uncertainty. he hasn't really said too much in terms of- the uncertainty. he hasn't really said too much in terms of why i the uncertainty. he hasn't really said too much in terms of why iti the uncertainty. he hasn't really i said too much in terms of why it has been passed down but my understanding it isjust been passed down but my understanding it is just based on interest rates and the expectation that everything will sit out next year. that everything will sit out next ear. ~ ., that everything will sit out next ear. . . ., , that everything will sit out next ear, . ., ., , , that everything will sit out next ear. . .,, , ., ., that everything will sit out next ear.t . ., , , . ., year. what does this mean for you in terms of the — year. what does this mean for you in terms of the type — year. what does this mean for you in terms of the type of _ year. what does this mean for you in terms of the type of property, i year. what does this mean for you in terms of the type of property, the i terms of the type of property, the value of property you can afford? well, if we don't get the one that we put the offer in on, we will reduce our margin by at least

£100,000. i know we are lucky to have that money, but it does significantly hit what we can actually do. significantly hit what we can actually do— significantly hit what we can actually do. you were slightly -ushed actually do. you were slightly pushed into _ actually do. you were slightly pushed into looking - actually do. you were slightly pushed into looking to i actually do. you were slightly pushed into looking to buy i actually do. you were slightly pushed into looking to buy a l pushed into looking to buy a property earlier than you expected because of the situation with the rental market. explain what has happened there. igrate rental market. explain what has happened there.— rental market. explain what has happened there. we moved into the ro -e happened there. we moved into the property we — happened there. we moved into the property we are _ happened there. we moved into the property we are living _ happened there. we moved into the property we are living in _ happened there. we moved into the property we are living in now i happened there. we moved into the property we are living in now in i property we are living in now in march and paid a higherfigure two secure the property for two years. the landlords wanted to have a 12 month break clause. we had a number of issues with the property. it has been problematic since day one. doors which couldn't open for six or seven weeks. all of a sudden, six months into your tenth —— tenancy they say we want you out in march

because they are returning from the united states. we raise so many issues with the property, it wasn't in good order when we moved in. so you are looking for a property to buy, even though you won't expect them to do that yet, then you land in the middle of this instability, this turbulence. what impact is that having on you in terms of stress? abs. having on you in terms of stress? huge amount. my partner didn't sleep at all last night. i have had sleepless nights over the last couple of weeks, but the news yesterday itjust hit really, really hard. i didn't necessarily relate —— realise how bad it was until yesterday evening. it will notjust have an effect on us on where we are living but also on businesses, because they are both driven by the

employment market for myself, she runs her own business as well. people will be getting the treatments that she provides any more. three unexplained gas leaks have appeared in the controversial baltic sea gas pipelines nord stream 1 and nord stream 2, that run from russia to germany. danish authorities have stopped shipping traffic nearby the pipelines. officials first noticed a problem when pressure suddenly dropped, but say they don't know what has caused the leaks. investigators are not ruling out an attack. it is the last day of voting in the so—called 'referendums' in four occupied regions in ukraine about whether they should become part of the russian federation. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk, and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia, are being asked to attend polling stations and vote. the government in kyiv and its western allies have dismissed the ballots as a sham. our correspondent hugo bachega has been giving us the latest from the ukraine capital, kyiv.

obviously, the ukrainians have dismissed this so—called referendum as a propaganda exercise. western countries say this has no legitimacy and they say the result has already been decided by moscow and that this is going to be used by russia as an excuse to annex parts of ukraine. we are talking about 15% of this country's territory that could be annexed by russia. the international community, the ukrainians are saying that they are not going to recognise any announcement by russia and, obviously, the fear here is that the russians may say, look, these ares are not part of russia and any attack on those areas will be seen as an attack on russia. last night, president zelensky said if russia goes ahead with any kind of announcement in terms of annexation of territory, the international community will be announcing tough measures. we heard from the biden administration that more sanctions

could be imposed on russia if moscow goes ahead with the annexation of ukrainian territory. earlier today, we heard from the british ministry of defence saying that there is a real possibility that president putin may use his speech on friday to parliament to formally announce the annexation of those areas of ukraine by russia. there are calls for more help for those who suffer from coercive or controlling behaviour. the analysis, based on detailed reviews of a sample of killings comes as a new poll carried out for bbc news suggest a third of women aged 25—64 had experienced some form of coercive and controlling behaviour.

gary's mother, marion, was killed by her ex—husband after she escaped a coercively controlling marriage. my mum went from bubbly to a shell of a woman. he would control what my mum spent her money on. he just always put her down. he tried to encourage her to leave work, so eventually it would just be her and him and she wouldn't be able to leave. when the relationship ended, her ex—partner started to follow her. months later, marion was murdered. we found out that he had used a tracking device to track her. he followed her back to her flat. he pulled up alongside her and shot her through the car window. and she hadn't even taken her seat belt off yet. coercive control is a crime. it's a pattern of psychological abuse used to intimidate and frighten a victim. and according to a new study, it's a factor in half of all cases when a person's been killed by someone they were in an intimate relationship with.

most of the victims were women of coercive and controlling behaviour. so in nearly...just under three—quarters of cases, there was prior domestic abuse within the relationship. and across the whole data set — so that's the 300+ dhrs that we analysed — in half those cases, agencies were aware of it, which indicates somehow that more needs to be done to identify, recognise and intervene appropriately. it comes as a new poll carried out for bbc news reveals a third of women aged between 25 and 64 report having experienced coercive control. the figures were slightly lower for women aged 18 to 24, at 23%. mia — not her real name — said she didn't realise she was being abused. there was extreme name—calling, death threats. then one day he attacked me. it was only when my doctor asked how things were at home that the situation changed.

they said to pack an emergency bag for me and my baby, and put me in touch with a refuge. even though we have split, the abuse continues. it's relentless. gary hopes talking about his mother's death will highlight the dangers of coercive control. if someone sees this and realises there's a pattern in their own relationship, or they can see it happen to their mum or anyone in their family, i want them to realise that coercive control is serious, and it can end like this — in tragedy. anna adams, bbc news. a government spokesperson has said that strengthening their multi—agency response is their priority and through the domestic abuse statutory guidance, they are supporting frontline services to better identify and respond to domestic abuse, including coercive control and emotional abuse. if you've been affected by anything raised in that report, you can find help and support at the bbc actionline.

nasa has deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to change its path — the first mission of its kind. this space rock posed no threat to our planet, but it was a chance to test whether one could be diverted if an asteroid were ever on a collision course with earth. this is the moment the collision took place, when the spacecraft hit the asteroid. you should be able to see the flash. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been following the mission. closing in on the target. images beamed back from seven million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed, but this probe isn't here to study it. its job is to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it. ..two...one! oh, wow. and this was the reaction from mission control. cheering. this space rock poses no threat. this is a test to see how

we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. i definitely think that, as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone. cheering. so... right? so, yeah, well, i... yeah, i think that earthlings should sleep better — definitely i will! the people working here, we're definitely going to sleep better. and lift—off of the falcon 9... the mission, called dart, began last year, with the spacecraft starting its epicjourney to its destination. the target, a twin asteroid system. a larger space rock called didymos is orbited by a smaller space rock called dimorphos, that's about 150 meters — that's about 500 feet — across. the spacecraft travelling at 14,000 miles an hour crashes into dimorphos, giving the asteroid a kick. this changes its speed byjust a fraction —

about a millimetre per second — but this is enough to alter its orbit, and scientists can monitor this from earth to see if it's worked. dart really is just the start. it's just the first planetary defence test mission. it was spectacular and it's accomplished and we'll figure out how effective it was — that's really what we're going to learn in the next weeks to come. all right, we hit this asteroid — now, how effective was that at deflecting it and what would that mean for using it? the damage asteroids can do is well known — the biggest ones could cause global devastation, like the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. the challenge is to find them early enough, so a mission to divert could be carried out well in advance. the dart mission is the first step in finding a solution, and in the coming days and weeks, scientists will be assessing whether their test has been successful. it's a demonstration of a technology that could one day save our planet. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

michael khan, who is a senior mission analyst at the european space agency, spoke with me earlier to explain what happened. i think it was a spectacular success and it was really significant because it was the first time that it had been demonstrated that we can actually hit and deflect an asteroid. and the issue here is accuracy, i suppose? yes, i mean, hitting an object ofjust160 metres across at a speed of more than 20,000 kilometres per hour, that is no mean feat. what happens to the spacecraft, to the probe? it is inevitable i suppose it breaks up? it is completely vaporised by the energy, the hit of the impact, so there's nothing left of it. so you were able to watch the pictures right up until the moment of impact, how useful were they? those were the first pictures we see of the asteroid didymos and its moon, dimorphos, the one that was hit, and no one had

ever seen those before. they are extremely useful because the whole question is the inner composition of such an asteroid and how that would stand up to the push we are giving it. we then come on to how do you detect an asteroid that could pose a threat to us? how good are we at that? the question is just how many telescopes do you have staring at the sky and registering all asteroids that happen to pass or intersect the earth's orbit. you do not want to be blindsided by some asteroid that you have not detected before, so there are several telescopes viewing the skies every night in all directions. all of those will go into a computer database, all the orbits, and then when they are found again, you can see how the orbit has changed and you can predict that, you can calculate that forwards

in the future, so all of itjust works with large databases and computers and telescopes. how far in advance, in terms of time and distance, would we need to try to deflect an asteroid from its path on a collision course with earth? with spacecraft that we can build now, i think it would have to be at least ten years in advance, it depends a bit on the size of the asteroid, of course. with a small asteroid you might have, you might also be able to cope with a shorter one, but you want to know all objects that can be dangerous to the earth and you want to be able to plan a satellite deflection mission that could launch at least 20 years or so before it gets really dangerous. that is forward planning!

the cipher of king charles ii! has been picked by buckingham palace stop it was designed by the college of arms. it will appear on government buildings, official documents and on some post boxes. there is a separate version for scotland which features the scottish ground. let's hearfrom the scotland which features the scottish ground. let's hear from the garter king of arms. he told us about the design process. the king of arms. he told us about the design process-— design process. the artist who roduced design process. the artist who produced it. — design process. the artist who produced it, i'm _ design process. the artist who produced it, i'm sure - design process. the artist who produced it, i'm sure he i design process. the artist who produced it, i'm sure he has. design process. the artist who i produced it, i'm sure he has been thinking about the potential cipher for a very long time. there were ten sketches that were sent up to the king for consideration and i think those were produced by the artist over a period of three orfour days, formalising things which were clearly partly in his mind already, then working them out on paper. his majesty choose one, which is the one you have seen, then act coloured

worked up version of that was sent up worked up version of that was sent up and that was agreed, that was sent up last week for approval. it is very simple, the initial letter of charles, orfor is very simple, the initial letter of charles, or for racks, is very simple, the initial letter of charles, orfor racks, and in roman numerals three, and above that the symbol of ultimate authority, a stylised version of the royal crown. let's show you some pictures of anglesey, where the prince and princess of wheelchair making their first visit to wales since they were given the titles. it is their first official duty following the period official duty following the period of mourning following the death of the queen. they arrived in anglesey, they lived there of course when they first got married for about three years. kensington palace said there were no plans at the moment for prince william to have an investiture anything like his father

had when he became prince of wales. capitation has gathered 35,000 signatures saying that the title should be scrapped. seven cities across the uk are in the running to host next year's eurovision song contest. we have been taking a closer look at each of those city's chances. this morning, ahead of an expected update from the bbc on the next stage of the process, david sillito has been to liverpool. all: three, two, one! liverpool! welcome to bingo lingo in liverpool. sort of a rave with a bit of bingo on the side. which city should it be held in next year? liverpool was built on community. on pride. on strength. we are the best city in the uk. this is an amazing city. the city of culture.

it should be liverpool. but liverpool is the city aiming... tonight's bingo is being filmed by the bbc. cheering. but liverpool does think it has a special case. this is such a cultural city. it's like you can't go anywhere without meeting someone from somewhere in europe. give us a cheer! cheering. for me, it's eurovision every single weekend here. - city of music. but there's also something else — the connection with ukraine. translated: this is an official endorsement of liverpool by its twin city, odesa, in ukraine. translated:

and we also spoke to kharkiv�*s prime orchestra. kharkiv is, like liverpool, a unesco city of music. probably liverpool will proudly present ukraine in this really huge liverpool is also these days a huge tourist town. the docks are now a destination that feel purpose—built for a party. the plan, if you get it, would be to... what would you have here? this would be full of eurovision. so this would be the stages. this would be the party, this would be the village. this would be where the kind of, everything apart from the main event in the arena happens. this is where the fun bit will be. where the fun bit will be. you're looking quite excited. i am really excited. of course i'm excited. it's eurovision.

there is absolutely everything to be excited about. do you think you stand a chance? oh, gosh, yeah. i mean, liverpool and eurovision are kind of made for each other. meanwhile, back at bingo lingo, they were getting into the eurovision mood with sam ryder�*s spaceman. # i'm up in space, man... and at the end of the evening i had a chat to emelia from hartlepool. if you were going to choose a city for eurovision? it's got to be here. the atmosphere is a party, always, here. don't you think? liverpool, get your torches out! i think we can safely say when it comes to eurovision, the city is more than up for it. david sillito, bbc news, liverpool. # i'm up in space, man...# now it's time for a look

at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. in the next couple of days, the forecast is one of bright spells, sunshine and showers. and today you can add blustery winds into thatjust by looking at the isobars. as you can tell, that low pressure is in the north sea with its attendant front. that's going to be bringing some showery outbreaks of rain southwards across northern in northeastern scotland heading down towards east anglia. later, another weather front will bring some cloud and rain in across pembrokeshire, devon and cornwall, eventually into the channel islands and in between we'll also see some showers, but there will be some sunshine as well. these black circles represent the strength of the wind gusts. so pretty windy today and that wind will be taking the edge off the temperatures, exacerbating the cool feel. those temperatures are lower than we'd expect at this stage in september anyway. now heading on through the evening and overnight, eventually we lose the rain from the southwest of england, but it lingers across the channel islands could turn thundery first thing in the morning and we've got a new batch of showers heading southwards across scotland.

in between, there'll be some clear skies and it's going to be a cool night. so tomorrow we'll start off on a cool note with once again the showers across northern and eastern parts of scotland moving southwards in the direction of east anglia. feeling cool along the coast too, with the wind in the west also rather breezy. we'll have further showers coming in across wales and southwest england. but in between the winds not as strong as today and there'll be a lot of dry weather with brighter sunny skies, temperatures 13 to about 16 degrees, not feeling quite as cool because the wind will be lighter. now, as we head from wednesday into thursday, the low pressure continues to drift off onto the new continent, allowing this ridge of high pressure to build in and later on thursday settle things down. but we will start with some showery outbreaks of rain across southern england and the channel islands, one or two showers starting up elsewhere. but generally it will be a drier and a brighter day during the course of thursday with temperatures creeping up to about 17 degrees.

but then it's all change once again as this area of low pressure comes in with its attendant fronts, slower than we thought yesterday. but it's still going to bring wet and windy weather across us. and then into saturday, you can see this front dangling across the south. so there'll still be some rain in southern areas. so wet and windy on friday, but drier further north during the course of saturday.

today at one: lenders withdraw mortgage deals as the cost of borrowing soars. dozens of banks and building societies have stopped mortgage offers after a fall in the pound stoked forecasts of a steep rise in interest rates. we've seen a number of lenders take product off sale, and we've seen the total number of products available right across the market really decrease quite sharply, and that's, you know, obviously giving some concern for customers who are trying to lock in at the best possible rate. i'm coming out of what was an initial fixed term and was trying to sign and get another mortgage deal, and kind of the best rate and the best price that we could find was an increase in over 30%. the pound has stabilised today after hitting

a record low yesterday.