i hope it was worth it, i hope it was worth it for the ministerial red box because of the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. 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. the floating wind turbines that will hopefully improve britain's offshore wind revolution. how fast—growing trees at a scottish farm could be the key to tackling climate change and biodiversity. an early painting of the beatles, which some consider to be the inspiration for the sergeant pepper album cover, is to be sold at auction.

hello and welcome. pressure has intensified on the british prime minister, liz truss, following the resignation of a senior minister and chaos in parliament. on wednesday evening, opposition mps said they saw some members of the conservative party being physically manhandled into supporting the government in a key vote. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, used her resignation letter to criticise the prime minister, who has only been in office for six weeks. our political correspondent ione wells reports. another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps sacked by liz truss returns as her new home secretary. it’s

sacked by liz truss returns as her new home secretary. it's a turbulent — her new home secretary. it's a turbulent time _ her new home secretary. it's a turbulent time for _ her new home secretary. it's a turbulent time for the - turbulent time for the government but the most important thing is to make sure people in this country know they have security, and that's why it's a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over to data breaches, but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister... she was hinting what some conservative mps were saying privately and publicly last night here at westminster that the government has lost its authority and they think liz truss should go. he was the damning assessment from one veteran tory mp. i damning assessment from one veteran tory mp.— veteran tory mp. i think it's a shambles _ veteran tory mp. i think it's a shambles and _ veteran tory mp. i think it's a shambles and a _ veteran tory mp. i think it's a shambles and a disgrace, - veteran tory mp. i think it's a shambles and a disgrace, it's| shambles and a disgrace, it's utterly appalling. i am livid,

and, you know, really shouldn't say this but i hope all those people who put this trumpet at number ten i hope it was with it, worth it for the ministerial red box to sit around the cabinet table because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. done to our party is extraordina .�* ., . extraordinary. another source of tension _ extraordinary. another source of tension last _ extraordinary. another source of tension last night _ extraordinary. another source of tension last night was - extraordinary. another source of tension last night was a - of tension last night was a vote in parliament tabled by labour but with mps should get a say on the government plans to bring back fracking. downing street corrie in the vote would be considered a vote of confidence in the government itself, and if they didn't oppose it and back the government they would face been kicked out of the parliamentary party. in the voting lobbies confusion with some mps not sure what the consequences of their boat. then came this allegation from a labour mp. i saw members being physically manhandled into another lobby. and being bullied. mi manhandled into another lobby. and being bullied.— and being bullied. all the chaos and _ and being bullied. all the chaos and confusion - and being bullied. all the chaos and confusion here | and being bullied. all the - chaos and confusion here fewer questions among mps about

whether the government chief and deputy chief whips in charge of party discipline had resigned. at one stage even their government colleagues did not know the answer. i’m their government colleagues did not know the answer.— not know the answer. i'm not entirely clear _ not know the answer. i'm not entirely clear on _ not know the answer. i'm not entirely clear on what - not know the answer. i'm not entirely clear on what the - entirely clear on what the situation is with the chief, there has been an element of confusion over whether the vote was a confidence vote or not. they both remain in the post seemingly with the back it of the deputy prime minister who is on her way to a gathering of senior conservatives at a private club stop but it's the prime minister �*s position looking increasingly vulnerable today with some tory mps can damning they have sent letters of no confidence in this trust to graham brady who runs the backbench of mps. all this just six weeks into her premiership. f8 now depends on what her own mps here at westminster decide to do next. —— herfate.

ione wells, bbc news. let's speak to eleonora pasotti, a politics professor with the university of california santa cruz. shejoins me from there now. it's been an absolute whirlwind the last 2a to 48 hours, and chaotic as well, how is this being read where you are? the olitical being read where you are? the political crisis _ being read where you are? the political crisis in _ being read where you are? the: political crisis in the being read where you are? ti;e: political crisis in the uk being read where you are? ti9 political crisis in the uk is of course of enormous importance not least because of the key role yuki plays on the international stage in relation to the world and the ukraine. however i think in industrial relations face significant challenges at home so mainstream media and public and are not putting the uk crisis at the forefront of their attention, as you are well aware in the us we are in the middle ofan aware in the us we are in the middle of an electoral campaign thatis middle of an electoral campaign that is very heated with the house and senate up for grabs, in many state—level races, have the economic woes of inflation

and the possibility of a recession, and so when we look at the international stage, we look at american newspapers or turn on the tv right now tension is mostly on the war in the ukraine in part because of the ukraine in part because of the very newsworthy advances made by the ukraine and in part because of the threat of the news of a nuclear weapon, so overall there isn't much bandwidth among american viewers for the uk crisis, which is certainly there intensely as a crisis but let's not forget uk politics is all a little strange to the mainstream american viewer, british political traditions are very unfamiliar and the political system is also very unfamiliar and perhaps even exotic to american viewers, especially when we think of the drama displayed in the most recent house of commons question time.— recent house of commons question time. exotic, but the british are _

question time. exotic, but the british are known _ question time. exotic, but the british are known to _ question time. exotic, but the british are known to be - question time. exotic, but the british are known to be quite. british are known to be quite reserved, quite polite and when it comes to expressing our views and opinions we are not as passionate as seen as in italy, now, you are italian, we are used to chaos and this kind of activity in italian politics, what is the european perspective on what was going on in the uk at the moment? when you look at the european perspective there is some parallel with the us, we have a situation where domestic politics is interwoven with international politics and political concerns, therefore both us and europe look at the crisis, from afar, but, the crisis, from afar, but, the crisis with some perplexity because as you say, it is very unusual to see scenes we are seeing in recent days in the uk. but we have a situation thatis uk. but we have a situation that is quite different, and

very dramatic also on the continent, take italy, the prime minister is very focused on forming a government right now and negotiating with anti— nato elements of their own party so we see now the leading newspaper described as trust, well, they say they reflect the opinion of some newspapers in the uk by pointing out she is an office and not in charge, or they also point out to draw attention tojeremy hunt, whom they refer to asjeremy druggy in reference to the fact he is already seen from the italian side as the defect so premier and therefore drawing a comparison with our ex— prime minister. mario druggy. such comparison with our ex- prime minister. mario druggy. such an interesting _ minister. mario druggy. such an interesting conversation - minister. mario druggy. such an interesting conversation with . interesting conversation with so many parallels as you say. what is happening in ukraine is very much taking up the space

in terms of international news us,. ukrainians have been want to expect major power cuts today after sustained russian drone strikes devastated the energy infrastructure. people have been warned to charge mobile phones and how banks and make sure they have batteries for torches. the move comes after president putin declared martial law in the four unlawfully occupied regions of ukraine, along with heightened security measures across russia, including the annexed crimea. the movement of people living in luhansk, donetsk, zaporizhzhia and kherson regions will be restricted, there'll be forced labour for defence purposes, and property will be confiscated. meanwhile, in the east, ukrainian troops have 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. new technology is being used to grow trees at a super—fast rate at a vertical farm near dundee in scotland. it's the brainchild of forestry & land scotland and the growing technology specialist, intelligence growth solutions — and it could be the key for tackling climate change and biodiversity. wendy urquhart reports. scotts pine, oak, elder hazel and birch seedlings are growing to between a0 and 50 cm tall and just 90 days at this verticalfarm. that is six times quicker if they were planted outside and nobody is more surprised than the people in charge of the project.

initial results were astonishing to be honest with you. we obviously had to find a prescription for individual species and differences between conifers and broad leaves. but once we got that sorted we were into the really fine tuning stuff. and it has been remarkable really. they did it by tweaking the soil, light, water and nutrition recipe for each different type of tree during every trial. and they got the best possible results. in these machines everything that affects the place is in a recipe. so basically it has all of the lighting events, weather events for example, the watering events, inspections, science events, everything that interacts with the plant is in this recipe. the trees are planted in soil trays then moved around as they grow so that they get exactly the right amount of light and water. this project also uses a lot less water than plants

grown in poly—tunnels or glass houses. and the water on the vertical farm is recycled so nothing is wasted. when the seedlings are ready, they are transferred to a nursery and eventually planted out in the forest. igs and forestry land scotland reckon they can grow between three and 5 million trees every 90 days. which is great news for the environment and a huge step forward in the fight against climate change. wendy urquhart, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you about the fascinating, and alarming issues into the black death, which have been thrown up by pioneering new research. 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: pressure intensifies on the british prime minister, liz truss, following the resignation of her home secretary and chaos in parliament. ukrainian troops continue to recapture thousands of miles of territory in the east of the country. they're advancing east of the city of lyman. pioneering new research into the black death, which ravaged europe 700 years ago, has thrown up some fascinating, and alarming issues. with me is our news reporter tom brada. tom, what has been discovered? i would like to start with a little bit of context. the black death was one of the darkest moments in human history, around 200 million people died and around half of the population of europe was entirely wiped out so it was a big deal. and today researchers wanted to find out of something

so monumental had an impact on human evolution. what research did as they took the dna from around 200 ancient skeletons and they were able to precisely work out whether they died before, during or after the black death. and what they found which was really interesting is in relation to a very specific gene known as the earp2 gene and if you have the right mutations then you are 40% more likely to survive the black death and there are lots of people walking around today with that specific gene mutation.— with that specific gene mutation. �* , ., mutation. so it's all in the renes mutation. so it's all in the genes but _ mutation. so it's all in the genes but it's _ mutation. so it's all in the genes but it's not - mutation. so it's all in the genes but it's not all - mutation. so it's all in the genes but it's not all good news, is at? unfortunately it is not all— news, is at? unfortunately it is not all good _ news, is at? unfortunately it is not all good news. - news, is at? unfortunately it is not all good news. if - news, is at? unfortunately it is not all good news. if you l is not all good news. if you are lucky enough to have this mutation unfortunately it may put you on the back foot with regard to other diseases specifically autoimmune disease such as crohn's, you are more likely to have that if you have the type of mutation. although i should point out there are

lots of mutations that play when you come down with an autoimmune disease but the point is your health today may not be as good just because your survivors did well several hundred years ago. irate your survivors did well several hundred years ago.— hundred years ago. we are cominr hundred years ago. we are coming out _ hundred years ago. we are coming out of _ hundred years ago. we are coming out of a _ hundred years ago. we are coming out of a global- coming out of a global pandemic, nothing like is enormous and devastating as the black death but could we draw any parallels in terms of its impact on evolution going forward, what we have just been through? it forward, what we have 'ust been throu:h? , ~ , ., through? it is unlikely that there will— through? it is unlikely that there will be _ through? it is unlikely that there will be a _ through? it is unlikely that there will be a similar - through? it is unlikely that i there will be a similar genetic legacy from covid, thankfully, and that is because unfortunately or sadly many of the people who died from covid were elderly and the way that passing on these genes works is you need to pass it on into your children and many of the people who died from covid were already past the age of having children whereas with the black death that killed people in huge numbers across the age spectrum, young and old. so it is unlikely that covid will have such an impact on the way that humans evolved in the future. :, . , future. tom, really interesting. - future. tom, really interesting. thank | future. tom, really i interesting. thank you future. tom, really - interesting. thank you for sharing that.

time now for all the sports news. hello, i'm mark edwards with your sport. we start with football, and tottenham hotpur missed the chance to move up to 2nd place in the english premier league table after losing at manchester united on wednesday night. united won 2—0 with manager erik ten hag admitting it was their best performance since hejoined the club. guy mowbray was watching. spurs lose for only the second time in the premier legal season. they were never really in it from the start. manchester united were at it right from the off. i wonder if this might have been their best premier league performance yet under eric ten haag? they beat arsenal here by three goals to one, they beat liverpool by two goals to one but they played and inform tottenham of the pitch tonight with a performance that had intensity from the start to the finish.

goals from fred and bruno fernandez. there could have been many more but save after save being made. manchester united two, tottenham hotspur nil. in germany, bayern munich are through to the 3rd round of the german cup, but had to come from a goal down at augsburg to win. it was cameroon international eric maxim choupo—moting who helped turn the game in bayern's favour. he scored twice as the visitors fought back to lead 3—1 after an hour. augsburg pulled a goal back, but further goals from jamal musiala and alphonso davies, in stoppage time, sealed a 5—2 win for bayern. there was one game at the the rugby league world cup in england on wednesday, and as the tiny nation of the cook islands held off a fightback from wales who still haven't won a game at the tournament since 2000. the cook islands are the lowest—ranked team but were facing a wales side with just two fully professional players in their squad. steven masters scored one of three cook island tries, and kicked two goals, as they won by 18 points to 12. it's only the cook islands'

second win at a world cup, and their first was also against wales, back in 2013. the result means they're joint—leaders of pool d, alongside tonga. rory mcilroy has hit back at phil mickelson's claim that liv golf is on the rise and the pga tour is "trending downwards". mickelson is one of the highest—profile players who joined the controversial saudi—backed breakaway series this year. mcilroy, an outspoken critic of the liv series, and the players who've defected, has been consistently vocal in his support for the pga tour. i certainly don't see the pga tour trending downward at all. all the talent, 95% of the talent is here. you've got people like tom kemp coming through who are, that is the future of our game. and i don't agree with what phil said last week. i understand why he said at because of the position he

is in, but i don't think anyone that takes a logical view of the game of golf can agree with what he said. you can get all the latest sports news at our website including all the action from down under at the t20 world cup, head to bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. an early painting of the beatles, which has been in a private collection for nearly 60 years, is to be sold at auction. it's the work of one of scotland's best—known modern artists. is there a more famous image from 20th century pop music than the beatles' 1967 masterpiece? perhaps not, but there are earlier depictions of there are earlier depictions of the group. john alan eade was just starting out as an artist in edinburgh in 1964 when he created this painting, based on a 19th—century painting of

french soldiers grouped around a canon. these are very different paintings but the way the figures stand facing the viewer is similar to the composition of the sergeant pepper artwork created by peter blake and jan howarth. and there are other connections. here we havejohn lenin with his slightly red hair then we have paul here, the left—handed guitarist, with got george in the middle here and i think we worked out that where the drama normally is at the back is ringo up here. we know that blake knew bellamy and bellamy new blake. it is highly likely the work blake was aware of, certainly and you can see some of the influences i think in the sergeant pepper album cover. ,, ~' the sergeant pepper album cover. ,, ~ ., , ., ., cover. striking images are a bi art cover. striking images are a big part of _ cover. striking images are a big part of the _ cover. striking images are a big part of the appeal- cover. striking images are a big part of the appeal of- cover. striking images are a | big part of the appeal of pop music. some become world famous. 0thers music. some become world famous. others can stay and private collections for years. i've already shared a tear as a

pass to the space on the stairs where it used to hang until a few weeks ago, but you know, one can't become too attached to anything. one can't become too attached to anything-— to anything. ballan the's work ma not to anything. ballan the's work may not be — to anything. ballan the's work may not be as _ to anything. ballan the's work may not be as well-known - to anything. ballan the's work may not be as well-known as| to anything. ballan the's work i may not be as well-known as the may not be as well—known as the later iconic image of the beatles but it is expected to fetch tens of thousands of pounds. that's one way to make money, and where the money is flowing right now is what we are looking at next with the top business stories so do stay with us on twitter. i'm @sallybundockbbc. i will see you in a moment. 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.

shakier than ever. for viewers in the uk and around the world. is and around the world. it time to resign? uk turmoil — the pound slips, as prime minister liz truss's grip on power looks