in a vote on fracking, revealing the depth of anger among conservative mps. we have a special report from the frontline in ukraine's donbas — with russian positions just a few hundred metres away. some small arms fire, probably from a russian scouting party. so they've been telling us to get out of here, back to the main headquarters. president biden signs off the release of oil supplies from the us strategic reserve in an attempt to limit global price rises. rediscovering iraq's cultural heritage — archaeologists find ancient rock carvings, six years after the islamic state group tried to destroy them.

the british government has been plunged into fresh chaos after the resignation of its home secretary, suella braverman, and accusations by some members of the governing conservative party that they had been manhandled into supporting the government in a vote in parliament. in her resignation letter, ms braverman accused the prime minister liz truss of pretending there had been no mistakes and hoping everything would "magically come right". later, two ministers in charge of party discipline were rumoured to have resigned, but it was later announced that they are to remain in post. here's the bbc�*s political editor chris mason. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos — crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns.

those at the highest level in government don't even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is that there is a very importantjob to do, people expect their government to ensure there is security for them, the home office is at the heart of that in so many different ways, it is a great office of state, and i'm honoured to do that role. how long can the prime minister last? never mind the prime minister — well, for now at least — it is suella braverman who has gone. this was her yesterday, today she is out, because this morning she sent an official document from her personal e—mail account — a breach of the rules. in a zinger of a resignation letter to the prime minister, suella braverman wrote, "pretending we haven't made mistakes, "carrying on as if

everyone can't see "that we have made them and hoping "that things will magically come right is not serious "politics. "i have made a mistake, i accept responsibility, "i resign." she continues, "i have concerns about the "direction of this government — not "only have we broken key pledges that "were promised to our voters, but i have had serious concerns "about this government's commitment "to honouring manifesto commitments." last month, suella braverman was promoted to one of the great offices of state. she cheered on a prime minister in trouble at the party conference. today, she becomes the shortest serving home secretary since the second world war. all that after a summer in which she pitched to be prime minister herself. don't vote for me because i am a woman. don't vote for me because i am brown. vote for me because

i love this country and because i would do anything for it. a hellish week for liz truss has got worse. earlier, she had to endure a prime ministers question time loaded with humiliation. a book is being written about the prime minister's time in office. apparently it is going to be out by christmas. is that the release date or the title? i have been in office forjust under two months, and i have delivered the energy price guarantee, i have reversed the national insurance increase. mr speaker, that is more of a record of action and the honourable gentleman in his two and half years in the job. the prime minister defiant, the labour leader said she had crashed the economy, put bills up and was now cutting spending. and, he said, she ditched everything she had stood for. 45p tax cut, gone.

corporation tax cut, gone. 20p tax cut, gone. two year energy freeze, gone! economic credibility, gone! they are all gone! so why�*s she still here?! the prime minister stands up, the folder is slammed down, and liz truss insisted: i am a fighter and not a quitter! but what policies will survive given the new chancellor is looking over all sorts of promises? news from the prime minister — the state pension will rise in line with spiralling prices after all. can the prime minister perhaps turn to a chancellor right now, get permission to make another u—turn and commit to raising the state pension at the rate of inflation? prime minister! we will maintain the triple lock, i and i am completely committed to it, - so is the chancellor.

tonight, the next flashpoint — a vote on fracking, drilling into the land to extract gas — was turned by downing street into a serious test of loyalty in the government itself. division, clear the lobby! compelling conservatives to back it will face being kicked out of the parliamentary party — a weak government attempting a show of strength and then seemingly changing its mind. in the voting lobbies, confusion, tory mps not even knowing the consequence for them of their vote. and afterwards, this extraordinary allegation from a labour mp. i saw members being physically manhandled into another lobby and being bullied. while crying! if we want to stand up against the bullying in this house of our staff,

we have to stop bullying in this chamber as well, don't we? we will have a little bit of good - behaviour for a moment — i on both sides of the house! the mp who it was suggested was manhandled and said he had had what was described as a frank and robust conversation. some conservative mps then told the bbc the chief whip, in charge of party discipline, had resigned — livid at the chaos over whether this was a vote of confidence in the government or not. and then watch this, a senior cabinet minister who didn't know what was going on. i'm not entirely clear on what the situation is with the chief whip, there has been an element of confusion over whether it was a confidence vote or not. tory mps cannot believe the dysfunction they are witnessing. i think it is a shambles and a disgrace. i think it is utterly appalling. you seem quietly furious.

iam livid, and i really shouldn't say this, but i hope all those people that put liz truss in numberten, i hope it was worth it, i hope it was worth it for the ministerial red box, to sit around the cabinet table, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. what is happening with chief whip? it was a great victory today, chief whip, great credit to her. tonight, many senior conservatives gathered at a private members club. is it right to be having champagne while the government is collapsing, sir graham? they don't know, we don't know, how long this government has left. after a day like today, its life expectancy has shortened further. president putin has announced heightened security measures across russia, including the annexed crimea, and declared martial law in the four unlawfuilly occupied regions of ukraine.

the move, in the luhansk, donetsk, zaporizhzhia and kherson regions — allows the stopping of people's movement, forced labour for defence purposes and the confiscation of property. the new general in charge of the russian invasion has admitted that the situation for his troops remains tense. in kherson, russia has started moving civilians, as ukrainian troops on the counter—offensive are closing in. in the east, ukrainian troops have also recaptured thousands of miles of territory. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has been with ukrainian forces on the frontline as they advance east of the city of lyman. and a warning that this report contains some distressing images. the road of retreat. a dead end for some, where these russian forces met their own armageddon. the carcasses of tanks, armoured vehicles and bloated dead bodies scatter the ground

of the recently liberated east. a village now the new front line for these ukrainian troops. artillery still within range of russian artillery, the signature sound of this war. russian positions are just 500 metres away. you can see they're getting... telling us to get down here. come on, let's go. but this war also involves close quarters combat, as we're about to find out. gunfire shouting gunfire

a grenade�*s fired into the tree line from where the russians were firing. as we make a speedy exit. let's get out. we're getting out of here. some small arms fire, probably from a russian scouting party. so they've been telling us to get out of here, back to the main headquarters. russian forces have been trying to outflank them. gunfire radio chatter many of these troops only volunteered

at the start of the war. months of fighting has transformed them into a professional army. but these counter—attacks are slowing their advance. volodymyr, the captain, tells us they need more armour and they need more reinforcements. the push east is testing supply lines. most bridges blown, ukraine has had to lie on amphibious craft and boats to keep feeding the frontline. they have onlyjust completed the construction of this new crossing. ukraine is still advancing, but it is getting harder.

some of the other news around the world. united has bronte round the world will be watching how they treat uranian climber who returned home after treating abroad after not wearing the hijab. large crowds turned out to meet her at the tay run airport. eight people have been killed in explosions at a notorious prison in myanmar, the blast thought to have been caused by parcel bombs which tore through a office with the mall is sorted. many in the present detained resisting the army coup last year. the world health organization has announced a shortage of cholera vaccines has led to a change in strategy to using a single dose rather than two, there has been an unprecedented increase in outbreaks of the waterborne disease worldwide. 23 countries

have reported cases this year. president biden says the us will sell off a further 15 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency supplies. the release is meant to prevent prices rising after the oil—producing nations, led by saudi arabia, said they would cut production. speaking in washington, president biden called on american oil companies to pass on lower prices to consumers. my message to the american energy companies is this you should not be using your profits to buy back stock for dividends. not now. not while a war is raging. you should be using these record—breaking profits to increase production and refining. invest in america for the american people. bring down the price you charge at the pump to reflect what you pay for the product. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you why these ancient rock carvings in the iraqi city of mosul are being celebrated by archaeologists.

a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades — the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer and, as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside korum, it lights up a biblical famine now, in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion — in argentina today, - it is actually cheaper— to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain, but as good friends, we have always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style. after almost three decades in service, an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time.

this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the uk government has been engulfed in further chaos — after the home secretary resigned and launched an attack on liz truss's premiership. a short while ago iceberg to nine news australia's political editor to gauge the reaction from canberra.— editor to gauge the reaction from canberra. ~ , ., from canberra. with seen enough of these over— from canberra. with seen enough of these over the _ from canberra. with seen enough of these over the last _ from canberra. with seen enough of these over the last decade, - of these over the last decade, decade and a half when it comes to leaders losing power but still being in office and all the hallmarks of that has been a remarkable 2a hours, it has been a remarkable 2a days over the last few weeks as well, and so we have seen it, we know what it looks like and sadly we know how it ends as well and politically it is really tough

times for the uk and it's been watched around the world but certainly from here in australia.— certainly from here in australia. �* , ., certainly from here in australia. �* australia. and when you say there is something - australia. and when you say there is something that - there is something that australians are very much used to, what lessons do you think there are that westminster could learn from the experience of canberra? i could learn from the experience of canberra?— of canberra? i think what the tories are — of canberra? i think what the tories are going _ of canberra? i think what the tories are going to _ of canberra? i think what the tories are going to find - of canberra? i think what the tories are going to find out i of canberra? i think what the j tories are going to find out is that these internal battles result in wiping out an entire generation. we had similar fights between factions of both our parties here, the labor party here and the liberal party here and the liberal party which is our conservative party which is our conservative party and it really has impacted them both for the last decade, even for the 15 years we have seen a rotating door in the parameters ship. we never got to quite the stage where we went through them as quickly, went through them as quickly, we did have three different prime ministers in one year backin prime ministers in one year back in 2013, it is difficult for everyone to get the policy through. i would say the one

difference that we are used to is that in australia this has been happening in the past when there is a majority in the lower house in parliament not the thumping majority that the conservatives are experiencing right now. there are plenty around australia and around the world watching what is going on and particularly here where our treasure is about to hand down his first budget, the first budget of a new government and a budget that includes, albeit two years away, some pretty hefty tax cuts for middle and higher income earners and i think that has been a few lessons learned, at least especially from the halls of the treasury here on exactly what happened there. find the treasury here on exactly what happened there. and when we have a situation _ what happened there. and when we have a situation where - what happened there. and when we have a situation where one i we have a situation where one tabloid paper here in the uk is running a live stream of whether a lettuce can outlast the british prime minister, what does that do to the uk standing and the way it is viewed by countries like

australia as a political, as a trading, as a serious partner on the world stage? the world is stron: on the world stage? the world is strong in — on the world stage? the world is strong in the _ on the world stage? the world is strong in the west - on the world stage? the world is strong in the west alliance i is strong in the west alliance is strong in the west alliance is strong in the west alliance is strong in the uk is strong in particular during the uncertain times of the last two decades, we've leaned on the uk and on each other. for australia to somewhat concerning, mostly because of how much we are tending to rely on the uk. we have the aukus defence pact but also a new free trade agreement which has onlyjust been signed both brexit and of course signed with of all people that then trade minister or trade secretary liz truss, so australia looks to that and wonders what is going on. the impact on the pound and indeed on world economic market will be seen that the 10% rise that you had in inflation is something that australia is trying to avoid but as that continues, as we see it growing around the world, that is something australia probably can't afford, so if there is a global recession coming, and none of that is contributed to

or blamed on liz truss alone. it certainly hasn't helped and it is going to drag the rest of us down, so i think australia is looking on with sympathy, with empathy because we have been there before but also with some satisfaction that, as bad as it got here, i don't think it has ever been quite as bad or bizarre or as bold as you are seeing in the uk over the last five weeks, but the five years since brexit as well. charles crouch from nine news australia, their political editor. the former us president donald trump has testified in a defamation case brought against him by a prominent former american columnist who says he raped her in the 1990s. he denies the allegation. a little earlier, our north america correspondent, peter bowes told me what this case is about. ejean carroll is a long—time columnist with elle magazine, and in a book in 2019, she claimed that she had been raped by donald trump in the changing room of a department store in new york city in the mid—1990s.

when she made this allegation, donald trump was the us president. he responded by saying that he had never met her, and he said, "she's not my type and she's totally lying." and in response to his response, she launched this lawsuit, saying that his comments had damaged her reputation. in the last two or three years, there has been a lot of legal back and forth, but it has got to the point where the judge in the case ordered both sides to provide their sworn depositions, and that is what we understand had just happened — that in giving confidential evidence, donald trump has given his side of the story. and so, what happens from this point on then, peter? what's the next stage in all of this? the trial is scheduled to take place in february of next year. there is another complication to this already—complicated case in that for some time now donald trump's lawyers have been arguing that since he was a federal employee, he was the us president,

that under a law he in fact has — or had — immunity to this kind of defamation lawsuit, and there is an appeal court ruling still pending on that. we have in the last few hours had a statement from donald trump's lawyers, and it says — i willjust quote part of it — it says: "as we have been saying all along, "our client, donald trump, "has been pleased to set the record straight." the statement goes on: "this case is nothing more than a political ploy "like many others "in a long list of witch—hunts against donald trump." archaeologists have discovered ancient rock carvings at the city of mosul�*s monumental mashki gate, a site the islamic state group tried to destroy in 2016. they include 2,700—year—old works depicting scenes from the ancient city of nineveh.

tom brada reports. in early 2016, the city of mosul in iraq was under the control of the islamic state group. when is took over major cities, its militants would often lay waste to cultural treasures they'd come across, and would target ancient artefacts with impunity. that was the case with the mashki gate in mosul. this is what it once looked like. it was one of the monumental gates to the ancient assyrian city of nineveh, which was, at one point, the largest city in the world. mosul was effectively bulldozed by the islamic state, but from within the ruins, archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery — 2,700—year—old rock carvings preserved in magnificent detail. translation: these are | marble bas relief carvings, showing different scenes, including trees and soldiers in battle, as well as details of the gate.

the chiselled artworks show a soldier preparing to fire his bow, as well as intricate vine leaves and flowing palms. the grey stone carvings date back to the rule of king sennacherib, who was in power from 705 to 681 bc. translation: the importance of this gate lies in the fact - that it is the only piece containing completely preserved carvings. iraq was the birthplace of some of the world's earliest cities, and home to some of humanity's first examples of writing. it was feared that the ruthlessness of the islamic state meant that many of iraq's treasures were lost forever. but with discoveries such as this one, there seem to be reason still to be hopeful. tom brada, bbc news. one of the most iconic paintings of 20th century british art, ls lowry�*s "going to the match"

has been sold at auction for a record—breaking $8.81 million. the 1953 artwork features lowry�*s emblematic stick figures set in an industrial landscape of northwest england, in this case, a crowd of people heading to a football match in bolton. it was bought by the lowry arts centre in manchester, which means the painting will remain in britain and accessible to the public. you can reach me and most of the team on social media. thank you very much for watching, i will see you soon, goodbye. hello. wednesday brought a top temperature of 22 degrees celsius in jersey. it was a warm day for some, but a wet day for others, and that is all because of this big, broad area of low pressure, really the engine room of our weather at the moment. it's been sucking warm air up from the south, but it's also been throwing

pulses of rain northwards and it will continue to do so. a soggy start to thursday for many, but a mild start. some of the heaviest rain through the morning will be found across the south—east of england, up into east anglia, the east midlands, then into lincolnshire and parts of yorkshire. but some of that rain likely to get as far west as, say, east wales and parts of the west country. this lump, though, of really heavy rain will be working its way northwards through the day, essentially hugging this north sea coast, so running into north—east england and south—east scotland. all the while, things brightening up from northern ireland — a much drier day to come here. some sunny spells developing for wales and the south and south—west of england. not as windy as it was on wednesday and still quite warm. actually, temperatures through south wales, south—west england and the channel islands could well get close to 20 degrees. but into the evening, this lump of very heavy rain justjourneys northwards across scotland. it may tend to ease a little as the night wears on as we get into the first part of friday, then another swirl of showers

pushes in from the south—west. it does feel a little relentless in terms of these weather systems pushing up from the south, but it will be another mild start to the day. so, low pressure's still in charge for friday, quite a few white lines, isobars, squeezing together here — that shows that we will have some really strong winds. a windier day on friday, certainly around some of these western coats. showers or longer spells of rain with some thunder and lightning drifting northwards, some spells of sunshine in between. these are the wind gusts. we can expect winds gusting up to around 50mph for some of these exposed coasts of south—west england and west wales. but that wind direction, it's a warm wind direction, so where you see some sunshine in east anglia, highs perhaps of 21 degrees and a fairly warm day elsewhere as well. now, into the weekend, this first low will weaken a little, drifting northwards. there's another one hot on its heels. in between, though, this brief ridge of higher pressure, so a slice of something a little drier. i think we can say for the weekend, there will be some drier interludes, but still the chance of some rain at times. bye for now.

of party discipline this is bbc news. i'm ben boulos. the headlines: the uk government has been plunged into fresh chaos after the resignation of its home secretary, suella braverman. she accused prime minister liz truss of pretending

there had been no mistakes. later two ministers in charge