beaten feyenood 3—2, alvaro morata with two of the goals. and down in group h shakhtar donetsk came from behind to beat royal antwerp 3—2. the other games kicked offjust over half an hour ago — celtic took an early lead at home to lazio. newcastle, playing their first champions league game at stjames park in 20 years, are one up against paris saint—germain and the holders manchester city are one—up against rb leipzig — phil foden with the goal there. you can keep up to date with all of the games on the bbc sport website.

the 2030 football world cup will be held across six countires in three different continents, fifa has confirmed. the decision is set to be ratified at a fifa congress next year with spain, portugal and morocco as the co—hosts. but the opening round of matches will be played in uruguay, argentina and paraguay. that's to mark the world cup�*s centenary, as it'll be 100 years since the first tournament in montevideho. our sports editor says fifa are bound to face questions about the impact on the environment. you're going to have the prospect of the teams perhaps from europe flying thousands of miles to south america for just one thousands of miles to south america forjust one match before flying all the way back again across the atlantic, back to europe for the remainder of their tournaments. i think the optics of that are unhelpful and certainly according to many environmental campaigners has been condemnation already this evening. the supported groups who

say that it sets the wrong example. there's already controversy over the idea of staging the world cup in three countries. the idea of going even further with six countries in three separate confidence will add that controversy. three separate confidence will add that controversy. that news from fifa comes on the same day the uk and republic of ireland will now bid unopposed for euro 2028 after turkey withdrew to focus on a joint bid with italy for euro 32. in april, ten venues were selected for the uk and ireland bid, including dublin's aviva stadium, glasgow's hampden park, cardiff's principality stadium, wembley in london and belfast�*s casement park site, which still hasn't been built. uefa will award the hosting of two european championships next tuesday. liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, wants their premier league game against tottenham to be replayed after luis diaz's goal was wrongly disallowed by the video assistant referee. the var team failed to overrule the decision when diaz was flagged

offside when the game was still goalless. the referees�* body, the pgmol, released the audio of discussions between the match officials as they made the decision and when they realised the mistake that had been made. liverpool went on to lose 2—1. not as a manager of liverpool, so much more as a football person, i think the only outcome should be a replay. that is how it is. it would happen again. i think a replay would be the right thing to do or the referee has the opportunity to bring both coaches together and say, sorry, we made a mistake, but we can sort it. and we start from there. both england and new zealand have suffered injury blows ahead of their cricket world cup opener on thursday with ben stokes and kane williamson set to miss the match. stokes is a serious doubt with a hip injury, while williamson is working his way back

from a knee injury. the england captain, jos buttler, says there's no need to risk stokes if he's not fully fit. he's just got a little niggle with his hip. we will obviously no more today and after training this evening, but it is a long tournament so we won't take undue risk, but we will know more a little bit later. it is just a slight niggle. and that's all the sport for now. in america the people's assembly, is paralaysed. last night kevin mccarthy was ousted from his position as house speaker and if you thought that was chaotic, wait for the second course. right now the plan for republicans is to take a week off, elect a new speaker and forget this ever happened. but there isn't much confidence among republicans that they will be able to do that quickly. it's not for a lack of candidates, there are four or five in the ring, including the majority leader steve scalise, who despite his treatment for blood cancer has thrown his hat in the ring tonight. but the real challenge

for house republicans right now isn't finding someone, willing to do the job. it's whether a profoundly fractured conference can muster enough unity, to hand that new speaker a stable majority. something we have not seen since the mid terms. joining me now is aaron zitner, who is a reporter at wall streetjournal. good to see you this evening. unprecedented, uncharted territory here. what do you think happens next? ., ., , ., next? some one will emerge as a next seaker. it next? some one will emerge as a next speaker. it could _ next? some one will emerge as a next speaker. it could take as _ next? some one will emerge as a next speaker. it could take as long - next? some one will emerge as a next speaker. it could take as long as - next? some one will emerge as a next speaker. it could take as long as it - speaker. it could take as long as it took less time injanuary, it took 15 ballots, which also was unprecedented for kevin mccarthy to be elected speaker. he was a front runner all the way through but it was only after 15 ballots he could get enough of his own people on board within the party to support him. nine months later he is thrown out the window, which is the first time in american politics, the first

time in american politics, the first time we've seen a house speaker thrown out. they'll come up with someone. the question is will that person be someone who can govern in a time of a divided government? and they get things done? kevin mccarthy was punished for governing and getting things done that had to be done, otherwise the government would shut down in the us would have defaulted on debts. in doing those things to get things done he was punished by his own party. we're 'ust 42 punished by his own party. we're just 42 days _ punished by his own party. we're just 42 days away _ punished by his own party. we're just 42 days away from _ punished by his own party. we're just 42 days away from another l just 42 days away from another decision that has to keep the government open. is there anything to stop matt gaetz in the eight rebels last night from voting against the new speaker if they don't like the spending plans he or she is putting forward?— she is putting forward? that's the reall bi she is putting forward? that's the really big question. _ she is putting forward? that's the really big question. half - she is putting forward? that's the really big question. half of - she is putting forward? that's the i really big question. half of america didn't know who kevin mccarthy was. i doubt that really any americans know the names of these people who are trying to replace them other than the people who are directly them them. this has something very big about a big change in politics.

people like matt gaetz don't need to be team players. social media, ongoing fundraising, parties and media that allows people like matt gaetz to build their own profile independent of the political parties. they don't need the speaker of the house to campaign for them. kevin mccarthy ray something like $260 million for the party in the last election two year cycle alone. that didn't save him here. a lot of politicians can build their own profiles, be independent, do what they want to do and they don't have to support their own team. i they want to do and they don't have to support their own team.- to support their own team. i like to tell peeple — to support their own team. i like to tell people around _ to support their own team. i like to tell people around the _ to support their own team. i like to tell people around the world - to support their own team. i like to tell people around the world who i to support their own team. i like to i tell people around the world who are watching why this is relevant to them. if they are watching the markets at the moment they will see the ten year bond of a 30 year bond is starting to rise, the interest rates. that means that servicing debt becomes more expensive notjust for us government but because all these bond markets are links it becomes more expensive for the uk government as well put up to what degree do you think this political

chaos in washington is driving the bond prices? i chaos in washington is driving the bond prices?— chaos in washington is driving the bond prices? i can't draw a straight line from what _ bond prices? i can't draw a straight line from what happened _ bond prices? i can't draw a straight line from what happened yesterday bond prices? i can't draw a straight i line from what happened yesterday in the house of representatives to the bond market. buti the house of representatives to the bond market. but i think from a military standpoint and in economic leadership standpoint of the countries are wondering what kind of country the united states is after four years of donald trump, a lot of norms or international relations and relations with allies were changed. russia has changed. we keep going from crisis to crisis in trying to keep our own fiscal house in order. again, every few years we have a fight over whether we will pay off our bonds. the treasury on is sacrosanct that we keep running into the situations where our government is unable to smoothly find its way to raising the debt ceiling which is needed to pay our fiscal obligations. i amazed dues imagine thatis obligations. i amazed dues imagine that is raising questions all around

the world. �* , . , the world. indeed. big picture is the world. indeed. big picture is the us is the — the world. indeed. big picture is the us is the major— the world. indeed. big picture is the us is the major player - the world. indeed. big picture is the us is the major player on i the us is the major player on the stage. if there were to be a crisis or a terror attack or vagrant that we had not many months ago there is no one running the show. you would have to hope they could come and find someone quickly. but there are no guarantees for that.— no guarantees for that. there is a temporary _ no guarantees for that. there is a temporary speaker. _ no guarantees for that. there is a temporary speaker. he _ no guarantees for that. there is a temporary speaker. he is - no guarantees for that. there is a temporary speaker. he is an - temporary speaker. he is an institutionalist and a person who isn't doug mack is in the camp of getting things done. he may or may not run. his name is patrick mack can read, he's there now and if there was a crisis he was step and if there was a crisis he was stepping in at the support. 0n the longer—term look, this is a 15 year story going on. ever since president 0bama was elected in 2008, which engendered a big republican pushback and a loto politicalfighting. the animosity, you can say american politics are bigger now, they're more than that. there is outright

animosity between these parties. in the political space and campaigns it's all performative it it doesn't matter. at some point in a divided government with one party have in the white house and set in the other the white house and set in the other the house of representatives people have to come together and come to an agreement. you have a group that voted against kevin mccarthy in the house at engendered this chaos who are willing to live with chaos in their first impulse is are willing to live with chaos in theirfirst impulse is not are willing to live with chaos in their first impulse is not to come to compromise. we their first impulse is not to come to compromise.— their first impulse is not to come to comromise. ~ ., . . , to compromise. we will watch closely what happens- _ to compromise. we will watch closely what happens- as _ to compromise. we will watch closely what happens. as you _ to compromise. we will watch closely what happens. as you say _ to compromise. we will watch closely what happens. as you say it - to compromise. we will watch closely what happens. as you say it impacts l what happens. as you say it impacts all of us. aaron zitner, thank you forjoining us. fifa has confirmed today the 2030 world cup will be held across six countries in three continents. spain, portugal and morocco will co—host the men's world cup — but only after uruguay, argentina and paraguay have staged the opening three games. that deal brings to an end a dispute between the two rival bids. the three south american nations had claimed the right to host the world cup, to mark the centenary of the first fifa competition,

which was played in uruguay. and which uruguay won. joining me now from liverpool is kieran maguire. he is a specialist in sports finance at liverpool university. nice to see you. didn't we used to have bids in controversial votes at a little bit of corruption may extend to come to a decision like that? is it alljust done behind closed doors now? i that? is it alljust done behind closed doors now?— that? is it alljust done behind closed doors now? i think following some of the — closed doors now? i think following some of the unusual _ closed doors now? i think following some of the unusual patterns - closed doors now? i think following some of the unusual patterns that. closed doors now? i think following l some of the unusual patterns that we saw with the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 world cup, fifa now allocate the world cup using a slightly more transparent bases. i think they are also concerned about the level of cost, the 22 any two world cup in qatar caused a minimum of a to host. i don't think anyone individual country want to go down that particular road for that we've been left with this rather unusual compromise in which i think fifa felt the south american nation

didn't necessarily have the infrastructure or the finances to host the whole tournament and the big european clubs in conjunction with morocco were slightly big decision and so we've ended up with all six. , ., _, , all six. there is one country unique and rich enough _ all six. there is one country unique and rich enough to _ all six. there is one country unique and rich enough to afford _ all six. there is one country unique and rich enough to afford a - all six. there is one country unique and rich enough to afford a world l and rich enough to afford a world and rich enough to afford a world and that is saudi arabia who were pitching for the 2030 world cup. do you think something has been agreed for 2034? you think something has been agreed for2034? i you think something has been agreed for 2034? ~ �* , you think something has been agreed for 2034?

that because the financial gusts are irrelevant to the saudi team. we have the sustainability director for formula 1 on the programme recently, she was loading but they do an excellent, everyone cycling to the grand prix. here we have fifa staging a tournament across three continents. is that really a sustainable fashion? a sustainable way to run a tournament like the world cup? way to run a tournament like the world cup?— way to run a tournament like the world cop?— way to run a tournament like the world cu? ., ., ., ., ., _, world cup? no, not at all. you could take a look— world cup? no, not at all. you could take a look at _ world cup? no, not at all. you could take a look at a _ world cup? no, not at all. you could take a look at a few of _ world cup? no, not at all. you could take a look at a few of his _ world cup? no, not at all. you could take a look at a few of his initial- take a look at a few of his initial claims with regards to the qatar world cup and they claimed it would be net zero and carbon neutral. they quickly, quietly drop those expectations. i expect something similar to expectations. i expect something similarto take expectations. i expect something similar to take place. there will be an initial bombast from fifa, that's the way they intend to work. will be diversionary tactics and in the main focus will be on securing lucrative

tv rights and commercial partners for what looks like to be another 48 team tournament. there will be a lot of interest but i think the interest of interest but i think the interest of fans and the entrance of the planet are not particularly high on fevers agenda. i planet are not particularly high on fevers agenda-— fevers agenda. i suppose from a television perspective _ fevers agenda. i suppose from a television perspective it - fevers agenda. i suppose from a television perspective it will - fevers agenda. i suppose from a television perspective it will be l television perspective it will be good for the north american audience and then conversely when it comes back up here for the european audiences. the only question is, there are going to be some teams inevitably who are drawn against uruguay. if you think there's bombast from fifa imagine the team that gets into uruguay then has to fly to morocco.— fly to morocco. yes, i think the lo . istics fly to morocco. yes, i think the logistics and — fly to morocco. yes, i think the logistics and also _ fly to morocco. yes, i think the logistics and also the _ fly to morocco. yes, i think the | logistics and also the pragmatic issues here in terms ofjet lag and impact it will have on players if they have to go transatlantic. will they have to go transatlantic. will they be given sufficient recovery time between matches? have these

things been taken into consideration by fifa? what we've seen from fifa historically in the interest of the players seem to be relatively low priority. we see in the allocation of matches and kick—off times historically mainly to appease the tv companies and the broadcasting audience rather than the quality of play on the pitch. audience rather than the quality of play on the pitch-— play on the pitch. okay. i hear ou've play on the pitch. okay. i hear you've got _ play on the pitch. okay. i hear you've got a — play on the pitch. okay. i hear you've got a date _ play on the pitch. okay. i hear you've got a date tonight. - play on the pitch. okay. i hear. you've got a date tonight. where are you've got a date tonight. where are you going? i you've got a date tonight. where are ou uroin? , . you've got a date tonight. where are ou auoin ? , ., , . you going? i meeting up with a bunch of students- — you going? i meeting up with a bunch of students- i — you going? i meeting up with a bunch of students. i teach _ you going? i meeting up with a bunch of students. i teach in _ you going? i meeting up with a bunch of students. i teach in mba _ you going? i meeting up with a bunch of students. i teach in mba course i of students. i teach in mba course and they've invited me out for pizza. and they've invited me out for izza. , . ., , ., ., ,, and they've invited me out for izza. , . ., , ., .,~ ., pizza. very nice. lovely to talk to ou. i pizza. very nice. lovely to talk to vou- i will — pizza. very nice. lovely to talk to vou- i will be _ pizza. very nice. lovely to talk to you. iwill be here. _ i'm staying. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. for those interested in fostering in the north east, a unique hub has now been created. local authorities are working together. we've launched the first in

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i beg your pardon. after 148 days on strike — the hollywood writers reached a deal with the studios last week described as "exceptional" by the writers guild of america. which is good for the late night shows which are now back on air. but what about the films and the tv series we will be watching this winter? well i am afraid, the actors — are still on strike. their negotiators were back at it monday, the first time the two sides have returned to the bargaining table since mid—july. butjust how long is this going to last? joining me now is mike nelson, who is an actor and member of the screen actors guild. hello, mike. i presumed once i got the writers back to work the actors would quickly follow. is that not the case? ~ �* ., the case? we're waiting with baited breath. there's _ the case? we're waiting with baited breath. there's a _ the case? we're waiting with baited breath. there's a lot _ the case? we're waiting with baited breath. there's a lot of _ the case? we're waiting with baited breath. there's a lot of cautious - breath. there's a lot of cautious optimism right now because the negotiations that happened early on

in both strikes we found out it really wasn't negotiations in good faith. there was not a give and take him a lot of rejection. it is either writers and the writers guild of america go back to the table and get an exceptional deal in a matter of three to five days was very encouraging for us. we went back to the table on monday, we took a scheduled day off yesterday and back at it today. we're hopeful they are finally getting down to brass tacks. what is it you're pushing for, that there is duty is it refusing to give? there is duty is it refusing to rive? �* , . there is duty is it refusing to ive? �*, ., ., , ., ., ., give? it's a whole plethora of proposals _ give? it's a whole plethora of proposals and _ give? it's a whole plethora of proposals and ideas. - give? it's a whole plethora of proposals and ideas. there's| give? it's a whole plethora of - proposals and ideas. there's some parts of our contracts that haven't been updated since the early 1980s. we're not even talking about how inflation is gone up so much and we need our contract to reflect the increases in inflation. but protections against iras, streaming residuals, any streaming services

kind of change the entire marketplace. we did a contract that reflects the current state of affairs. a contract right now is very outdated. it hurts actors and writers and to see their writers get an exceptional deal we just want to feel deal that addresses all of our points. we know are probably not get 100% of all of our points, we know that's part a negotiation. we need each of these points should be addressed at least. i each of these points should be addressed at least.— each of these points should be addressed at least. i couldn't get into work on _ addressed at least. i couldn't get into work on a _ addressed at least. i couldn't get into work on a train _ addressed at least. i couldn't get into work on a train today - addressed at least. i couldn't get| into work on a train today because we've got a train strike here in the uk. it forced me to look at what is going on across america at the moment. 60,000 workers on strike in nevada, 75,000 kaiser employees, nevada, 75, 000 kaiser employees, that's nevada, 75,000 kaiser employees, that's the largest childcare strike in us history. 25,000 out in the car industry for the all told around 350,000 workers have walked off the job this year. it looks to me there's a domino effect happening

across america, which is rather unprecedented in the united states. what do you think is going on? i think you're starting to see collective action work and win. workers need to see collective bargaining victories. we haven't seen a lot of victories over the last 40 years. we see in union membership go down and down and bad—mouth and a lot of meds made about union work. i think you're starting to see collective action work and people are seeing it when. they get really great contracts post pandemic with high inflation you're starting to see victories. i think to see victories with your own two eyes, to see the writers fight so hard for almost 150 days, they get an exceptional deal that's going to change the of writers, that moves the needle. from yesterday sts one thing but to see it actually work and to see what goes into getting it

to work, i think it's changing peoples minds about organised labor. what's also interesting is the way the politicians are reacting to it. we knowjoe biden is the most pro—union president of all time. on the right, you don't hearfrom republicans and he attacks on the radical left union mob, everybody is conscious at the moment that this is the time of the worker. yes. conscious at the moment that this is the time of the worker.— the time of the worker. yes. it's a lona the time of the worker. yes. it's a long time — the time of the worker. yes. it's a long time coming. _ the time of the worker. yes. it's a long time coming. the _ the time of the worker. yes. it's a long time coming. the popularityl the time of the worker. yes. it's a i long time coming. the popularity or their support of unions when they do polls nowadays, it's the highest it's been in 60 years. i think this part of capitalism where only the rich get richer and every quarter companies record record profits but you are not seeing any of that equity go down to the workers that make these profits. i think you've seen a lot of workers that risked their lives during the pandemic to show up at a meat—packing factory or an amazon warehouse to see their ceo

blast off into space or to give themselves raises for the war with us not one of the studio heads is taken one petty decrease in their salary even though they talk about challenging times. —— 01p. i think a lot of workers are calling shenanigans on this type of capitalism where only the shareholders matter and only the front offers matters. i think workers that help companies and become profitable ijust asking for a fair share. become profitable i 'ust asking for a fair “with become profitable i 'ust asking for a fair smir— a fair share. my, best of luck. i hoe a fair share. my, best of luck. i hope you _ a fair share. my, best of luck. i hope you get — a fair share. my, best of luck. i hope you get a _ a fair share. my, best of luck. i hope you get a deal. _ a fair share. my, best of luck. ii hope you get a deal. thank you a fair share. my, best of luck. i- hope you get a deal. thank you for coming on the program.— hope you get a deal. thank you for coming on the program. thank you so much, i coming on the program. thank you so much. i really — coming on the program. thank you so much, i really appreciate _ coming on the program. thank you so much, i really appreciate it. _ earlier this week, a woman in san francisco was knocked over by a hit—and—run driver. but then, while lying injured, she was hit a second time, this time by a robot taxi — a self—driving car, which was not able to stop in time. the woman was then pinned beneath the driverless car and had to be

freed by the fire department. the incident is now being investigated by california officials and the us company cruise. driverless cars were first introduced in san francisco in 2014 with a mandatory human "safety driver" on board. but four years later, the human driver was scrapped. since then, the driverless cars have been involved in several problematic instances, such as becoming stuck in the middle of active roads, blocking bus lanes or even interfering in police or firefighter operations. joining me now isjohn rossant, who is founder and ceo of comotion, a conference and media platform focused on future mobility. good to see you. thank you for coming on the show. i suppose the question that is uppermost in my mind is wood that passenger, the pedestrian who was hit, would it have been possible for another car to hit her in the same way that a driverless car hit her?— driverless car hit her? look, i sus-ect driverless car hit her? look, i suspect so- — driverless car hit her? look, i

suspect so. let's _ driverless car hit her? look, i suspect so. let's keep - driverless car hit her? look, i suspect so. let's keep things| driverless car hit her? look, i i suspect so. let's keep things in perspective, this is one unfortunate incidents of a woman being hit by an autonomous vehicle. you have to compare that to the hundreds and thousands people in san francisco who are injured or killed by cars driven by humans every year. the effect of the matter is autonomous mobility is in theory infinitely safer than human driven mobility. i think that will come out in time. it's very unfortunate for this poor woman but we shouldn't get too bent out of shape by this. what woman but we shouldn't get too bent out of shape by this.— out of shape by this. what was it about the way — out of shape by this. what was it about the way the _ out of shape by this. what was it about the way the car _ out of shape by this. what was it about the way the car reacted? it took in instruction from police, did it? the problem is that at that point the driver car, the car being driven would move off the woman but that wasn't the case, correct? yes.

aiain, that wasn't the case, correct? yes. again. very — that wasn't the case, correct? yes. again, very unfortunate, _ that wasn't the case, correct? jazz again, very unfortunate, should never have happened. i'm sure that the teams, the operator of the car had been working on this problem and will solve it. it should never have happened, very unfortunate. more renerall , happened, very unfortunate. more generally. do _ happened, very unfortunate. more generally. do you _ happened, very unfortunate. more generally, do you think— happened, very unfortunate. more generally, do you think there is a future for the driverless cars? this experiment worked in san francisco. it's too soon to say if it's work for that is not really at scale yet. my own view is autonomous mobility can bring huge benefits for cities, for society in time. autonomous mobility, level five mobility, which is completely autonomous vehicles will be infinitely safer than cars driven by human beings. 0ver will be infinitely safer than cars driven by human beings. over the next decade or so we have this

period where autonomous vehicles, which are very much part of the scene now here in los angeles where i am speaking from or in san francisco, phoenix, arizona and other cities will have to coexist with cars driven by humans. that's a little bit complicated. 0ur with cars driven by humans. that's a little bit complicated. our view is that what's really needed is a very smart, regulatory framework that can allow autonomous vehicles to scale in a very safe way.— in a very safe way. we're out of time. in a very safe way. we're out of time- really — in a very safe way. we're out of time. really interesting. - in a very safe way. we're out of time. really interesting. thank| in a very safe way. we're out of- time. really interesting. thank you for coming on the program. to stay with us. hello. for many of us, it's been quite a cloudy day and across scotland, really quite wet, persistent rain, particularly in the west and also in the highlands, through the central lowlands. here's that weather front. really overcast here, but to the south, the clouds have been a little more broken, some bright spells and

just the odd shower. the forecast for this evening, then — that band of rain is starting to fizzle away early in the morning on thursday, but the next weather front is approaching. north of that weather front, quite chilly in the north and the east of scotland, around 4 degrees in aberdeen, but to the south with the south—westerly winds, it's going to be rather humid in the morning — temperatures around double figures in most towns and cities. so, here's the weather map for thursday. high pressure trying to build in from the south, with the warm southerlies coming our way. but, before that happens, this weatherfront, this bulk of cloud and damp weather, if not wet weather, needs to sweep through, initially through northern ireland, wales, then northern england gets the rain and also scotland. despite the cloud and the rain, 17 in belfast, 18 in hull, but in the south and the south—east, this is where the best of the weather will be on thursday and thursday evening, and temperatures mayjust nudge up to about 20 celsius. again, thursday evening, overall, a lot of cloud. we have to wait for that warm southerly to develop, at least till friday. still rain in the north—west of the country, so not warm

and sunny everywhere by any means. in fact, that sunshine is probably going to be reserved for the southern half of the uk, but still, temperatures nearly 20 degrees in belfast and newcastle on friday, about 22 or so in the south. and here's the all—important weekend. so, the weather fronts and all the rain—bearing cloud, that's moving northwards, whereas to the south, high pressure is building. now, the north of scotland, it's a different wind direction here, it'll be colder — stornoway only 12 celsius. but look at northern ireland — the bulk of england and wales all in the 20s, perhaps as high as the mid—20s in the south of the country. that is around 10 degrees above the average for this time in october. scotland, though, in the north, will be closer to the seasonal norm. look at this outlook for cardiff, for london. it looks like the middle of summer. in belfast, also the high teens, possibly exceeding 20 celsius at some point during the weekend. that's it for me. have a good evening.

hello, i'm christian fraser. this is the context on bbc news. i am ending this long—running saga. i am cancelling the rest of the hs2 project. i'm very disappointed that he announced that today. you should stand up, particularly when something is really important to your region. i don't see how you can take a plan that goes beyond the life of any . individual government and basically tear it up at a party conference. -

rishi sunak gambles on high—risk electoral strategy. three major policy announcements this afternoon — he is ditching the manchester leg of hs2, he's scrapping a—levels for a new broader qualification and there will be a phased ban on smoking. does that make rishi sunak the change candidate or is it a last desperate attempt to hang on to power? on our panel this evening, justine greening — who took the decision as transport secretary in 2012 to go ahead with the project all the way to the north despite the concerns over its cost. also with us the democratic strategist amanda renteria, who will also be scratching her head, at what is going on in the us congress. no speaker, no functioning government — so what happens if there is a crisis? and we will talk about the new beckham documentary,

which is pretty spice—y... ..by all accounts.