today at one — the prime minister rules out cuts in public spending to balance the books. liz truss was speaking at the first prime minister's questions since last month's mini—budget which provoked turmoil on the financial markets. we will make sure that over the medium term, the debt is falling, but we will do that not by cutting public spending, but by making sure we spend public money well. does she think the public will ever forgive the conservative party if they keep on defending this madness and go ahead with her kamikaze budget? it comes amid growing fears of a recession. latest figures show the uk economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.3% in august.

we'll be live with our deputy political editor and our business editor and asking how the government can pay for its committments without cuts in public spending. also this lunchtime: manchester crown court hears how a nurse accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. and a bbc investigation shows how displaced families in syria are begging for money on tiktok, which then keeps a big slice of the proceeds. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england's preparations for the t20 world cup continue in canberra, testing their credentials against the hosts australia in the second of their three—match series.

good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has said she'll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public spending. she was speaking at the first prime minister's questions since last month's mini budget, which outlined tax cuts and increased borrowing, and provoked turmoil on the financial markets. the labour leader sir keir starmer said she should reverse what he called her "kamikaze" economic plan. it comes amid fears of a looming recession. latest figures show the uk economy shrank by 0.3% in august. from westminster, leila nathoo. a government weathered by storms of its own making. it's hard to believe this was only liz truss's second

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delivered its security for families for the next two winters. it has made sure that we are going to see higher economic growth, lower inflation and more opportunities. the way that we will get our country growing is through morejobs, more growth, more opportunities. but lowertaxes— growth, more opportunities. but lower taxes have to be paid for somehow. sir keir pressed the prime minister on a pledge she made before she took office.— she took office. during her leadership _ she took office. during her leadership contest, - she took office. during her leadership contest, the - she took office. during her i leadership contest, the prime minisler— leadership contest, the prime minister said, leadership contest, the prime ministersaid, "i'm very leadership contest, the prime minister said, "i'm very clear. i'm not planning _ minister said, "i'm very clear. i'm not planning public spending reductions". is she going to stick to that? — reductions". is she going to stick to that? ~ ,,., , reductions". is she going to stick tothat? , , a to that? absolutely. absolutely. a clear commitment. _ to that? absolutely. absolutely. a clear commitment. what - to that? absolutely. absolutely. a clear commitment. what we - to that? absolutely. absolutely. a clear commitment. what we will l to that? absolutely. absolutely. a - clear commitment. what we will make sure is that over _ clear commitment. what we will make sure is that over the _ clear commitment. what we will make sure is that over the medium - clear commitment. what we will make sure is that over the medium term, i sure is that over the medium term, the debt is falling, but we will do that not by cutting public spending, but by making sure we spend public

money well. the but by making sure we spend public money well-— money well. the fallout from the bud . et money well. the fallout from the budget has _ money well. the fallout from the budget has overshadowed - money well. the fallout from the budget has overshadowed the i money well. the fallout from the i budget has overshadowed the prime minister's first weeks in office. she has already been forced into a major u—turn on scrapping the top rate of tax, with pressure coming from both outside and within her party, there is more that could yet come unstuck. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. our deputy political editor vicki young is at westminster for us. vicki, no cuts in public spending, says the prime minister, quite emphatically, and yet big tax cuts and spending commitments — so people are asking, how do the government's sums add up? i think conservative mps will be asking exactly that. there is a clash here, really, and i think the chancellor and the government are boxed in in many ways because of that many budget. you have got what the markets want, which is reassurance. they don't like the idea of these unfunded tax cuts, this huge amount of extra borrowing. they want to know how he's going to balance the books, how he's going to

get that down. then you have got what conservative mps will be willing to tolerate, the prime minister today is saying that they will not be any spending cuts. that could partly be to do with the fact that as the chancellor said before, the spending that has been outlined in the past is staying the same. but of course, with inflation going up so much, it means that actually, that will feel like cuts in many departments. what government figures are also saying is that people will end up paying more tax because wages are going up. there has also been a big intervention in the energy market by the government today, which will also bring in extra revenue. the details of all of this, we are not going to get until the sist we are not going to get until the 31st of october. in the meantime, you have got conservative mps looking and feeling extremely nervous, wondering how these figures will add up, nervous, wondering how these figures willadd up, how nervous, wondering how these figures will add up, how the markets will react in the meantime. they will be hoping the chancellor does have a

plan. how is he going to work all of this out, show that he has thought about it, calm the markets and calm his own mps?— as we've heard, there are growing fears the uk economy will go into recession after new figures show it shrank unexpectedly by 0.3% in august. and there's continuing turbulence on the financial markets. the bank of england has insisted its emergency intervention on the bond market to support pension funds will end this week. our business correspondent ramzan karmali has more. within three weeks of the chancellor's many budget, the warnings over his actions are coming thick and fast. yesterday in washington, the international monetary fund said that higher prices in the uk would stay here for longer and that the government's current course of action was at odds with what the bank of england is trying to do to get inflation down. imagine a carwith trying to do to get inflation down. imagine a car with two drivers, each

of them with a steering wheel, and one wants to go left on the other wants to go right. one is the central bank, trying to call off the economy so that price pressures will ease. and the other one wants to spend more to support families but beyond that is going to add to aggregate demand. the beyond that is going to add to aggregate demand.— beyond that is going to add to an acreate demand. ~ , , aggregate demand. the imf believes that the chancellor's _ aggregate demand. the imf believes that the chancellor's tax-cutting i that the chancellor's tax—cutting plans will only boost growth in the short term. and economists appearing front of mps today were not optimistic. front of mps today were not optimistic— front of mps today were not optimistic. front of mps today were not otimistic. ~ . ., ., ., optimistic. we are not going to hit medium term _ optimistic. we are not going to hit medium term 2.596 _ optimistic. we are not going to hit medium term 2.5% growth - optimistic. we are not going to hit medium term 2.596 growth in i optimistic. we are not going to hit medium term 2.596 growth in this| medium term 2.5% growth in this economy at the moment. this is something that i will have to be nurtured over decades. yesterday at the imf meetings, _ nurtured over decades. yesterday at the imf meetings, andrew - nurtured over decades. yesterday at the imf meetings, andrew bailey, l nurtured over decades. yesterday at l the imf meetings, andrew bailey, the governor of the bank of england, came underfocus. the bank has had to intervene in the bond market to help ensure the viability of many pension funds. he insisted that the current bond buying programme would come to an end this week, a move not welcomed by the markets. sterling has fallen in _ welcomed by the markets. sterling has fallen in response _ welcomed by the markets. sterling

has fallen in response to _ welcomed by the markets. sterling has fallen in response to what i welcomed by the markets. sterling has fallen in response to what you | has fallen in response to what you said, that they have three days. does that complicate matters? no. i'm does that complicate matters? no. i'm afraid _ does that complicate matters? no. i'm afraid this has to be done for the sake — i'm afraid this has to be done for the sake of— i'm afraid this has to be done for the sake of financial stability. since — the sake of financial stability. since the _ the sake of financial stability. since the many budget on september the 23rd, the pound has slumped in value against the dollar and the cost of government borrowing risen dramatically, which has sent a fixed mortgage rates rising at record speeds. the city is desperate for clarity on how the chancellor's proposals will add up, and although he has brought that day forward to the end of this month, to many, that is not soon enough. the the end of this month, to many, that is not soon enough.— is not soon enough. the first thing is not soon enough. the first thing is that the chancellor _ is not soon enough. the first thing is that the chancellor needs i is not soon enough. the first thing is that the chancellor needs to i is that the chancellor needs to reveal his plan. the government is playing its cards either very close to its chest, were literally doesn't know what its hand of cards is. growth right now also looks hard to come by. the uk economy unexpectedly shrank in august, and for small businesses like this source producer, things are already tough. things are definitely reducing in terms of sales. because it is something customers cannot sometimes

afford. the something customers cannot sometimes afford. ., , something customers cannot sometimes afford. ., ._ , , afford. the government says it is confident in _ afford. the government says it is confident in its _ afford. the government says it is confident in its growth _ afford. the government says it is confident in its growth plan, i afford. the government says it is confident in its growth plan, but| confident in its growth plan, but the pressure is intensifying on the chancellor to come up with a credible debt plan, and quickly. ramzan karmali, bbc news. our business editor simonjack is here. you've been at the bank of england and they are adamant they are going to end on friday this emergency intervention on the bond markets? that was always the plan. it was a short—term emergency programme to fight what was an outbreak of instability in the financial market which threatened some bits of the pension industry, not a huge part of it, but an important part. they came in and said, we will buy up these bonds so that they are not sold off in a fire sale and create disorder in a fire sale and create disorder in the financial markets. but they were not trying to bring interest rates down. this was not an exercise in bringing interest rates down, it was about financial stability. they are going to end that this friday. what has happened in the bond markets, the cost of government

borrowing, which has a massive knock—on effect for all of us, it dictates the price of our mortgages, is that the cost of government borrowing, which did come down when the bank of england got involved, has slowly crept right back to where it was before the bank of england intervened. and while it is undeniably true that interest rates have gone up around the world, it is also undeniable that the mini budget and those questions around how the books are going to balance did spook the markets big time, and they are right back in the questioning, on nervous, unsubtle place they were before. ~ ., nervous, unsubtle place they were before. ~ . , , , before. what will be their response to the statement _ before. what will be their response to the statement from _ before. what will be their response to the statement from the - before. what will be their response to the statement from the prime i to the statement from the prime minister we have had about no cuts in public spending, what is your view on how the government will balance the books? that view on how the government will balance the books?— view on how the government will balance the books? that is baffling in a wa , balance the books? that is baffling in a way, because _ balance the books? that is baffling in a way, because as _ balance the books? that is baffling in a way, because as things - balance the books? that is baffling in a way, because as things stand, | in a way, because as things stand, he has a £60 million a year hole in public finances. how is he going to feel that? one answer is to reverse some of the tax cuts they announced on the 23rd of september. that would be politically difficult. the other one is to have massive swingeing

spending cuts. there may be a bit of sleight of hand here. they might be saying, we are spending this money on capping energy bills, and maybe they are factoring that in to the overall rise in public spending. but that still could mean, because inflation is so high, big cuts in departmental spending. at the moment, the markets are scratching their heads. they remain unconvinced about the medium—term plan. simon about the medium-term plan. simon jack, our business _ about the medium-term plan. simon jack, our business editor. _ you can catch up on all the latest information to do with the economy and the latest political news from westminster online. a nurse accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward tried four times to kill a premature baby girl before succeeding, a court has heard. lucy letby is charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. she's denied the charges. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz is outside manchester crown

court. yes, the court has continued here in detail about the 17 babies as the prosecution continue to open their case. we are not referring to those babies by name for legal reasons, so we are using an alphabetical system. today the court spent quite some time hearing about the case of baby l, time hearing about the case of baby i, a premature little girl. nick johnson casey, who was prosecuting, told the jury that even by the extremes of this trial, hers is a particularly extreme case. he explained that it is the crown's case that lucy letby tried four times to kill that little girl, only succeeding on the fourth occasion. the jury was told that it alleged she had injected air into the babies stomach and bowels and that that had

had the effect of squashing her lungs, making it impossible for her to breathe. we heard in court that on the fourth and final occasion of these alleged attacks, lucy letby was not the designated nurse who had responsibility directly for caring for that baby. that les had left the room temporarily. she came back because she had alarms sounding on the monitor and she found that lucy letby was standing by the incubator. she said she wanted to intervene and to get help. lucy letby said things would settle. that didn't happen, and despite doctors' efforts to resuscitate her, the little girl died. the court was told that after it all happened, the little girl's parents were offered the opportunity to bathe the baby and that as they had done so, lucy letby had come into the room and had said she had been present at baby i's first bath and how much the baby had enjoyed it. the court also heard that after the baby had died, she had sent a sympathy card to that family. she

was asked in a police interview about that and she said she recognised that that was not usual. lucy letby denies all of the charges she faces and the case will continue this afternoon.— this afternoon. judith moritz reporting- — defence ministers from the nato military alliance are meeting in brussels discussing how to step up support for ukraine after this week's russian missile attacks there. nato's secretary general has said sending more air defences to the country is a top priority. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has called for what he calls an "air shield" against future russian attacks. our correspondent in kyiv is hugo bachega. has there been more russian attacks on ukraine today?— on ukraine today? yeah, in zaporizhzhia, _ on ukraine today? yeah, in zaporizhzhia, a _ on ukraine today? yeah, in zaporizhzhia, a city - on ukraine today? yeah, in zaporizhzhia, a city in i on ukraine today? yeah, in zaporizhzhia, a city in the l on ukraine today? yeah, in i zaporizhzhia, a city in the south on ukraine today? yeah, in - zaporizhzhia, a city in the south of the country that has become a frequent target by russian forces. officials say a rocket hit a residential area overnight, creating a huge crater. there were no casualties. this morning, seven people were killed after a russian

attack on the ukrainian controlled town in donetsk. the governor said the central market was hit, saying there was no military logic for such an attack. this is what the ukrainians have been saying, that russia has been responding to military defeats on the battlefield by attacking civilian sites and civilian infrastructure. the ukrainians have been saying they need air defence capabilities to protect cities from the threat of russian missiles. at the nato summit in brussels, the us defence secretary said ukraine had made some significant gains and changed the dynamics on the battlefield. hugo, thank ou. the nhs blood and transplant has declared an amber alert status as blood supplies have dropped low in england. our health correspondent catherine burnsjoins me.

what's going on? what are they saying they need?— what's going on? what are they saying they need? ideally nhs blood have about six _ saying they need? ideally nhs blood have about six days _ saying they need? ideally nhs blood have about six days blood _ saying they need? ideally nhs blood have about six days blood supply i saying they need? ideally nhs blood have about six days blood supply in l have about six days blood supply in england. oh negative right now, it is less than two. it's just over two for o is less than two. it's just over two for 0 positive and there are several other blood types with shortages to say this means we think since the first time since the late 1990s, hospitals in england are being asked to manage their blood supply of certain emergency measures. this could mean possibly cancelling up to i% could mean possibly cancelling up to i% of elective surgery, so this isn't going to affect emergency or cancer care, or transfusions for patients who have long—term conditions, but this is the last thing we need with waiting lists at about 6.8 million people waiting for treatment. as to why this is happening, the main reason is staff shortages and sickness, so we are talking about donor care, the people who look after you when you give blood. so right now this is an ongoing problem since the start of the pandemic, existing donors are being asked to make appointments if possible but it might not be that

easy because there is just a handful of cities in england right now that have more than 53 appointments this week. bill have more than 53 appointments this week. �* ., ., have more than 53 appointments this week. �* ., ~ , ., , week. all right, thank you very much. there are calls to offer all women an nhs health check once they turn 45 so they can discuss the menopause with their gp. a group of mps who have been investigating the issue say the current level of support is "completely inadequate". our correspondent anjana gadgil has this report. misunderstood, misdiagnosed and ignored. common complaints from women going through the menopause. it's an issue highlighted by these celebrity campaigners who went to parliament injune to tell their stories. a heat that you can never imagine, like a fire was set at your feet that grew further and further up into your body. your hormones are always fluctuating so you have this yo—yo effect. so, sometimes you think it's gone away, i've got it under control, and then itjust comes back full force. menopause usually happens between the ages of 45 and 55 when periods stop due to lower hormone levels.

the months leading up to that are called the perimenopause, where symptoms can start, including hot flushes, night sweats and migraines. what i'm classically seeing is that women will be on their knees, so they've got the point where they've sort of put up with symptoms because they don't want to disturb the doctor. i've had some women who have genuinely come and seen me and think, "i thought i've got dementia, doctor." women will have palpitations, anxiety, panic attack, mental health symptoms, lack of libido, which can really impact relationships as well. for the past year, a group of mps from all parties have heard from menopausal women, doctors and employers. today, their recommendations will be presented to the government. they include inviting all women for a menopause checkup at a5, scrapping prescription costs for hrt in england in line with the rest of the uk, and more training for gps. the shortage of hrt also needs to be addressed. the increased demand is down to the pressure groups

and the campaign groups and the davina effect and everything else that we've seen. that drives women to go to their gp and to ask for hrt. what the government are not doing is working with the manufacturers to make sure they're producing enough hrt and it's readily available. other recommendations include better support for women in the workplace. 51% of the population will experience menopause. it's an experience women are increasingly more willing to share. anjana gadgil, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. the prime minister rules out cuts in public spending to balance the books. she attends her first prime ministers question since last month ministers question since last month mini budget. and coming up, the image that won the wildlife photographer of the year award. we will be talking to the woman behind the camera. coming up on the bbc news channel, smiling now but it's not been

an easy season so far forjurgen klopp's liverpool. they play rangers tonight in the champions league with a win sending the scottish side out of the competition. three of the uk's biggest conservation groups are mobilising their supporters against what they call the government's "attack on nature". the national trust, wildlife trusts and the rspb, which have more than eight million members between them, are worried about changes to farming subsidies and legal protections for wildlife. here's our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall. this is the extreme end of environmental protest. this might not be the tactics of more mainstream conservation groups, but their direct action has begun, just in a more genteel way. going forward together.

this was in the environment secretary's constituency this weekend. and now in an unprecedented meeting in london to show their unity, the heads of three of the biggest conservation charities in the uk. this is the biggest attack on nature that i have come across in my lifetime, never mind my career. this is unprecedented, and that is why we are stepping forward, the same as the wildlife trust and rspb. to be fair to the environment secretary, he has said that these claims are simply not right, that going for growth will not come at the expense of the environment. there have been these assurances. we can see in black and white, tabled in parliament, - proposals to remove all eu—derived legislation on protecting the - environment, something around 570 pieces of legislation that have j taken decades to put in place. |it's going to take more than a few| bland reassurances from ministers to actually reassure us| that they are not trying to remove that legislation. so what do they see as an attack on nature? there is a u—turn on the fracking ban, the review of

environment—focused farming subsidies, the loosening of planning laws in new investment zones and the potential ditching of vital european wildlife protections. rspb members have written over 100,000 letters to mp5. what next? this is something that we just can't allow to go forward. it is such a threat to nature in terms of its cumulative impact that we have to be able to do something about it. so i think all options are on the table in terms of what might happen next. despite this pressure, the government says that it is committed to halting the decline in nature and that its obligations to the environment will not be undermined by the pursuit of growth. claire marshall, bbc news. a bbc investigation has found that up to 70% of donations sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. middlemen gave vulnerable families, including dozens of children, access to phones and accounts so they could livestream

for hours at a time, begging for digital gifts. hannah gelbart has more details. chanting: send me gifts! they're asking for help, for follows, for gifts. this is a new trend on tiktok. working with bbc arabic, we found more than 300 tiktok accounts posting these kinds of videos with viewers sometimes spending more than $1,000 an hour in total on gifts. the idea behind tiktok gifts is to reward creators for interesting content. these gifts are bought with real money and can cost up to $500. the gifts are converted to a virtual currency that you can withdraw as cash. but how much of that goes to the families? and how much does tiktok take for itself? you can see there's a pattern. the children seem to be saying the same kind of things. they are asking for likes and gifts and if you listen closely, sometimes you can hear there's a voice off—camera actually

telling them what to say. like, like, like. we asked a localjournalist to visit a camp in north—west syria. mona lives here with her six daughters. they go on tiktok for two or three hours at a time several times a day. she is saving up to pay for medical treatment for her daughter sharifa who is blind. translation: | tell them | about my life in the camps and how we lost our home. and about my daughter's situation, so that people will support me. hameed also lives in the camp and is known as a tiktok middleman. he sold his livestock to buy a phone and now works with 12 different families setting up their accounts, filming, and withdrawing their earnings. he says most of the gifts�* value is taken by tiktok before it even reaches his account. translation: the lion is the biggest gift. i it's worth $500, but by the time it reaches the money transfer shop, it's only $155.

tiktok wouldn't tell us how much commission it takes on gifts in the app, so we decided to check for ourselves. we asked this localjournalist to go live from an account in syria. we sent him $106, around £90 in gifts, from another account. then he went to withdraw the money. from the $106 in gifts we donated, tiktok took 73. that's almost 70%. the money transfer shop charged a further 10% and people like hameed, who provide the phones, take a cut of what is left. so, from those $106, our syrian family would have just $19, and often, the families we spoke to get much, much less. in a statement, tiktok said this type of content is not allowed on their platform and they would strengthen their global policies around exploitative begging. a charity that works in the camp told us it could help support these

families as an alternative to making money from tiktok live streams. but there are still hundreds of families going live from camps in syria every day. and the lion's share of the money donated lines the pockets of tiktok itself. hannah gelbert, bbc news. if you would like to see more. you can search for "tiktok begging in syria" on iplayer to watch the full documentary. the uk's supreme court has been hearing arguments on whether the scottish parliament can legislate for a second independence referendum without the agreement of westminster. let's get the latest with our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie, who's outside the court in london. bring us up to date on what's been happening. bring us up to date on what's been ha enina.~ �* bring us up to date on what's been hauenin~.~ �* , , ., happening. we've 'ust been hearing this happening. we've 'ust been hearing trimming— happening. we've 'ust been hearing this morning the i happening. we've just been hearing this morning the arguments - happening. we've just been hearing this morning the arguments sent i happening. we've just been hearing | this morning the arguments sent out by the uk government and that was done by sirjames eadie qc, and much

of that surrounded a draft referendum bill that has not yet gone through the scottish parliament. yesterday, the lord advocate for the scottish government said to the court she didn't have the confidence to clear that to go through the scottish parliament and had brought that to the supreme court to get some legal clarity. sir james eadie said they don't usually rule on unfinished legislation and said it must be completed before it is brought to the supreme court. now he also said that the lord advocate was right not to sign off that referendum bill and it was perfectly obvious that the scottish government was seeking to end the union. alexandra, thank you very much indeed. a mountain gorilla, an algae bloom suffocating a lake in guatemala and bird courtship rituals — some of the winning images of this

year's wildlife photographer of the year competition. but it was this picture of male cactus bees surrounding a single female that was crowned overall winner. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath has the story. every year in hot deserts of the southern us, the normally solitary cactus bees gather in large numbers. when a female emerges from a barrow in the ground, the desperate males descend and a fierce scrum in stews as they grapple for the to meet. this dramatic picture of the buzzing bundle was captured on a texas ranch by photographer carine eigen. only the fifth woman to win the grand title in their competitions 58 year history, thejudges praised the pictures movement and intensity. what i hoped this picture does is bring to light this other world of

beauty and all these lives are going on that we don't even know about and what i want this to do is to bring awareness and get people to pay attention. ,':f~ :: :: :: , attention. some 38,000 entries com eted attention. some 38,000 entries competed for — attention. some 38,000 entries competed for this _ attention. some 38,000 entries competed for this years - attention. some 38,000 entries competed for this years prizes. l competed for this years prizes. these ranged from this mournful photo of the last living moments of a much loved mountain gorilla to the death of a lake as algae blooms poison the water is in guatemala. there are also humorous scenes, as polar bears make themselves at home in a deserted house in the russian arctic. the true beauty of nature is also captured as a snake snatches a bat in midair. this amazing close—up of a wales mouth was captured by 16—year—old from thailand. the hairy baleen plates are used to filter food for that you can even see tiny anchovyis food for that you can even see tiny anchovy is flying through the air as they try to escape. all the winners and runners—up will be on display to the public at the natural history

museum in london from next monday.