visions to the alternative visions to the voters in the finally lorna, back to you, we heard there from brian some of the longer term explanation about what happens next and the processes, more immediately you will be there gathering immediate reaction to the statement. what is your sense of what some of the voices will be saying? fix, of what some of the voices will be saying?— be saying? a lot of people will welcome a _ be saying? a lot of people will welcome a lot _ be saying? a lot of people will welcome a lot of— be saying? a lot of people will welcome a lot of what - be saying? a lot of people will welcome a lot of what has - be saying? a lot of people willl welcome a lot of what has been said today, but we will pick through over the next few hours the documents that back up that budget, because reform goes hand in hand with investment, thatis hand in hand with investment, that is perhaps one of the areas where opposition parties may sense weakness, what is going to change? there is a lot of offer but we heard the scottish conservatives have said this is more of the same. thank you both very much for your time and picking through

the immediate impact there of that statement. we will have plenty more of course, reaction and analysis to those announcements made on the website, in the hours ahead. for the moment, though i am lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news, goodbye. this is bbc news, the headlines. france's prime minister faces a no confidence vote after his attempts to push through an unpopular austerity budget. these are the live pictures from the national assembly in paris where michel barnier�*s political future hangs in the balance. a major hub for dirty cash. the national crime agency finds that britain is used by russian money laundering networks to help organised criminals around the world. and remember this video

which went viral. ukraine's most famous singer playing in the ruins of kharkiv. hejoins me live in the studio. now with all the latest sport here's.... hello from the bbc sport centre. there are six games in the english premier league later. league leaders liverpool have travelled to newcastle for their match later. arne slot�*s side are nine points clear of manchester city, and the head coach says that's partly because of his sides' winning mentality. that they are used to the fact they are top of the league or competing for every trophy, it helps they have experienced this. they also have experienced they competed for a long time and in the end they came to sure, so they also know that it a long season and to win the league against the likes of chelsea, arsenal and

city, they all know we have to be... for nine, ten months on top of our game because if you let down for a second, these clubs show up immediately. manchester city boss pep guardiola has denied any suggestions of a rift with kevin de bruyne, insisting he is "desperate" to have the midfielder back at his best. many have questioned why the belgium international has not been starting games amid the slump that city is experiencing. the team haven't won in seven consecutive matches in all competitions. guardiola insisted it was an injury keeping de bruyne out of his side and nothing else. people say, ah, kevin, you have a problem with kevin. do you think i would not like to play kevin? no, i don't want kevin play. yeah? the guy, he has the most talent in the final third than the other one. no, no, i don't want it. it's not a personal problem with him.

we've been nine years together. he delivered to me the big success in this club. but i've been five months injured, two months injured. they have 3a years old, so it needs time to heal the best. and like last season, happened step—by—step to do it, to try to do it and feel better. and i'm desperate to have his best. cricket, and england women were all out for 186 against south africa in their first odi in kimberley. england won the toss and chose to bat at the diamond oval but got off to a bad start with openers tammy beaumont dropped on nought, before going for ii, and then sophia dunkley edged one behind to go forjust four. sciver brunt was trapped lbw and then danni wyatt—hodge was bowled lbw by nadine de klerk. south africa are currently 22—1 in their reply. ollie pope will again keep wicket for england after they named an unchanged team for the second test against new zealand in wellington. pope filled in for the injured jordan cox during england's eight—wicket win in the first test in christchurch. 21—year—old jacob bethell remains at number three. captain ben stokes is fit to play a full part as an all—rounder, despite pulling up with a back

injury on the fourth and final day of the victory. england have the opportunity for a first away series win in two years when the second test begins on friday. meanwhile, jofra archer is "very interested" in playing test cricket that's according to captain ben stokes. the pace bowler has extended his central contract with england which means he could be included in next winter's ashes. archer hasn't played a test since 2021 because of multiple injuries to his back and elbow. he has been able to play white—ball internationals though since may. test captain stokes said he had exchanged messges with archer and that he would have to build up to handle the extra pressure of a test match. mvp nikola jokic rallied the denver nuggets to a narrow victory over golden state warriors. trailing by 15 points entering the fourth quarter, the warriors regained the lead with gary payton�*s 23—foot three pointer.

but denver hit back, to take the win 119—115. jokic fell four assists shy of his nba—leading ninth triple—double of the season. and that's all the sport for now. let's bring you some breaking news from the uk's national crime agency. russian money laundering networks are using britain as a key hub to provide services to organised criminals around the world. the nca has been carrying out a major investigation into two groups it's identified, smart and tgr, and says today it's arrested 84 people and seized 20 million pounds in cash and cryptocurrency digital currencies like bitcoin. the agency says these russian—speaking networks were supporting crime in the uk, middle east, russia and south america. they also helped russian clients to illegally bypass

financial restrictions to invest money in the uk. we will talk to our correspondent about that in a little while. france's government is on the verge of collapse, with the country's parliament expected to remove prime minister michel barnier in a confidence vote, just three months after he took office. the political turmoil follows the decision by mr barnier, to force through an austerity budget without the approval of parliament. the no confidence motion is supported by the majority of mps from across the political divide. if he loses, michel barnier will become the shortest serving prime minister in france's fifth republic. let's speak to sebastian maillard, associate fellow with the europe programme at chatham house. welcome to the programme, do you think it is archable he

will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it is _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it is a _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it is a scenario, l inevitable. it is a scenario, over 90% chance it happens, unless a miracle as michel barnier said himself, because as you rightly said, both the far right, and the most of the left is about to vote a no confidence vote which hasn't happened in france since 1962. there have been all day long and yesterday appeals to try to avoid this, macron himself called for responsibility to prevail, but it seems that mps want to get rid of this government, the big question mark is what happened next, because we are really then entering in unchartered territories.— entering in unchartered territories. ~ . , ., ., territories. we really are and i will come — territories. we really are and i will come back _ territories. we really are and i will come back to _ territories. we really are and i will come back to the - i will come back to the politics in a moment. a real quick thought, where is public

opinion on this?— opinion on this? public opinion. _ opinion on this? public opinion, the _ opinion on this? public opinion, the french . opinion on this? public. opinion, the french public opinion, the french public opinion is weary of public squabbles and bannier when he spoke on tv last night and the week before, he tried to put the politician, the mps in front of french public opinion who are tired of this political mayhem. but it is true the issue that le pen�*s party and the far left want to accelerate the far left want to accelerate the turmoil in order to perhaps try to get macron out, and so they, but the french public opinion is really questioning it what all this means for their pockets, for the budget, for the fiscal position of france and so there is much worry, also among smes and everyone the union, trade unions are quite cautious on, we wonder what the politicians

are playing about. let we wonder what the politicians are playing about.— are playing about. let us get down to some _ are playing about. let us get down to some really - are playing about. let us get down to some really big - down to some really big questions, because what was michel barnier trying to do here, with that budget, and also, if he loses this vote, who is likely to take over, because they can't have another general election, another snap election, so what is likely to happen? election, so what is likely to ha en? �* . election, so what is likely to hauen? , election, so what is likely to ha en? , ., happen? barnier was trying to net his happen? barnier was trying to get his budget _ happen? barnier was trying to get his budget through, - happen? barnier was trying to get his budget through, it - get his budget through, it wasn't, i wouldn't call it an austerity budget, but it is true the fiscal position of france is no doubt the deficit for 2024 is represents more than 6% of the gdp and he wanted to get it back to 5% of the gdp next year, with measures, and the european commission was supporting this, but of course it is meant more tax increases and decreasing public spending which any of the left orfar public spending which any of the left or far right parties wanted, and so what happens next, is that if he is dismissed and the government is

toppled ehave to go to the elysee to present his resignation and macron can of course theoretically reappoint him but that would be meaningless because he would face the same lack of any majority, but there are questions whether macron would turn a bit more to the left, trying to get the socialists out of their alliance with the far left and support some union with a centre and liberal and even some right—wing, sort of a grand coalition. but even some right-wing, sort of a grand coalition.— grand coalition. but it is so difficult because _ grand coalition. but it is so difficult because you - grand coalition. but it is so difficult because you have l grand coalition. but it is so - difficult because you have such a left—right split there in france, it is difficult to pinpoint anyone who could hold a government together long—term? a government together long-term?— a government together long-term? a government together lona-term? , , ., a government together lona-term? , , long-term? exactly. it is a big difference _ long-term? exactly. it is a big difference in _ long-term? exactly. it is a big difference in france, - long-term? exactly. it is a big| difference in france, compared to spain or germany, where parliament cannot topple a government if it doesn't have

another solution, government if it doesn't have anothersolution, here government if it doesn't have another solution, here there is no solution yet, the thing is that macron doesn't have much time, because last, injuly and he spent all the summer trying to delay and find the solution. this time, because of francis fiscal position and because of the necessity to have a budget for next year, he has to find someone close, we also may have a technical garment which is no real politician but a government that is there to more to run, regular business, and in the meantime barrier will stay in the role of caretaker, but of course, that don't solve the solution and we will any how we could expect, we could probably have another election next summer when it is possible again. so it will by a temporary government for the next six months. it temporary government for the next six months.— next six months. it is interesting _ next six months. it is interesting the - next six months. it is. interesting the italians next six months. it is - interesting the italians tried that as a crisis moment, so

that as a crisis moment, so thatis that as a crisis moment, so that is perhaps where france is reaching that point but it will be a fluid dramatic next couple of hours, we will leave it there. thank you forjoining us here on the programme. thank ou. now to the us where lawyers for president—elect donald trump have asked a new yorkjudge to completely dismiss the criminal case, in which he was convicted of falsifying business records to cover up payments to the adult film star, stormy daniels. meanwhile there is doubt over donald trump's pick for defense secretary pete hegseth. cbs correspondent jared hill explains who could replace him. so what we are hearing now, is that public sector trump is considering tapping the ron desantis as a possible replacement when it comes to position of defence secretary, none of this is set in stone, these are apparently conversations according to sources that are telling this to cbs new, all of this is coming as the allegations are

arising from past alleged impropriety on behalf of pete hegenbarth. they include things ranging from intoxication, relating to his position with a previous veterans group as allegations of sexual misconduct in other financial misconduct in other financial misconduct within that nonprofit for veterans as well. he and his attorneys have been denying any allegations of wrongdoing of any kind, but there is this rising tide, it seems of republican senators who are less than certain about him going forward it seems. so he is best known for being a television host on fox news on the weekend edition of fox news, he is someone who has been an ally of the conservative right, someone who has been an ally of public sector trump, who has been —— president elect donald trump

but as somebody who does not have a long storied history of dealing with the, you know, the bureaucracy of the military, he is an army veteran, he has worked for veterans organisations for years now, but again has not had a role, a formal role within the department of defense, and that is also been a big question for a lot of senators, who say, you know, this seems like a guy who has, if nothing else, his heartthe right place but does heartthe right place but does he have the formal background to lead this massive department, that has about 3 million or so employees. the chief executive of one of the united states's largest health insurance companies, unitedhealthcare, was shot and killed in new york this morning. the new york times reported that brian thompson, was shotjust before 7am at a hotel in the midtown district of manhattan.

here from live picture his quickly before we talks to our correspondent. the police very much still there at the scene, the cordon, a large police presence there in manhattan, john sudworth is our correspondent in new york. john, tell us a little more. well, as you say mr thompson was shot at about quarter to seven this morning local time, on his way into a united health care investors meeting on sixth avenue. i eyewitnesses say that avenue. i eyewitnesses say that a gunman wearing a hoodie, and a gunman wearing a hoodie, and a backpack fired a number of shots from a distance of about 20 feet away, before making his escape by bicycle. as you mentioned, at the moment, it looks like the police are treating this as more than just a random act of violence, as

something targeted. eyewitnesses say the gunman appeared to have been waiting for mr thompson outside the meeting venue but this is obviously very early day achilics deeply shocking news, for the city of new york, gun violence is part of the backdrop to daily life here in america but new york as a city, has much lower experience of that kind of thing than the national average, and this part of manhattan in particular, this is right in the centre of mid town manhattan, a few blocks south of central park, not far from trump tower, a part of new york visitors the and tourists will know very well, a large police presence in normal times, the subways and on the streets, so this is very very unusual and obviously now there is a major manhunt under way and a police investigation beginning. john sudworth for now, live in new york, thank you for that.

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you are watching bbc news. let's turn to ukraine, with people facing their third winter, since russia's full—scale invasion. resiliance and resistance come in many different forms — and my next guest is ukraine's most famous singer. slava vakarchuk has spent most of the last few years raising money for the war effort, keeping the issue front and centre in western capitals, and bolstering the morale of soldiers by visiting the frontlines and singing to the troops. he's currently in london — part of a world tour. before the war, he regularly packed stadiums, and just to give you an idea of how popular he is, one of his songs had 65 million views on youtube.

but millions may remember what i'm about to show you, him playing in the ruins of kharkiv in one of the city's most famous buildings, which had survived both world wars. have a look. music slava vakarchuk is here with me now. wow, it is incredible, every time you see its power is retain, what was that like? it is hard to explain when in the city you love, you have been to so many times, you visit it, play stadiums there, you love people there, and then you come and you see ruins, and even in that down town in the centre of

the city you see these old buildings like this one which survived even world war ii, didn't survive russian, russian atrocities and russian horrible things, so we decided to make this, this is, this special performance was made in venice so wejust decided performance was made in venice so we just decided to show the world that arts and music still exist, even during the wartime, even surrounded by, you know, debris and all these horrible things. debris and all these horrible thins. �* . .,, debris and all these horrible thins. �* . , things. and that has been consistent _ things. and that has been consistent throughout - things. and that has been consistent throughout the things. and that has been - consistent throughout the last couple of years where you have tried always as you continued singing to also send out very clear messages, let me just rewind though, because at the start of the russian invasion, you volunteered, didn't you. that is true, many people, not only me, many people, thousands, dozens of thousands of millions of ukrainians went

to convip scription points feeling it was our duty. some went to fight in the army, some were given different tasks, in my situation, i was asked to continue what i can do the most effective way, to sing, and to boost the morale of soldiers. i what i am trying to do now. combining with touring with my band, so it is like both things, double side sword. i go to the troops and sing to soldiers with my guitar and then we go to the west with our band to play this bigger places, biggervenueser places, bigger venueser spreading word places, biggervenueser spreading word about ukraine. without wishing to embarrass you you are considered a national treasure so there was a real effort to keep you away from the actual fighting, i know they made you in the end a military psychologist. that know they made you in the end a military psychologist.— military psychologist. that is true. military psychologist. that is true- what — military psychologist. that is true. what is _ military psychologist. that is true. what is it _ military psychologist. that is true. what is it like - military psychologist. that is true. what is it like when - military psychologist. that is| true. what is it like when you no to true. what is it like when you go to the _ true. what is it like when you go to the front _ true. what is it like when you go to the front lines, - true. what is it like when you| go to the front lines, recently ewe went to the eastern front and that has taken such a

pounding in recent months, what is morale like? is it beginning to dip given some of the losses we have seen in recent times? war is always difficult, and you will always find, you will never see black—and—white pictures there, so you see different people, you see heroes who don't care about anything else but fighting, you see people who are tired, but generally, i think ukrainian resilience and mood is very high, and although you can find obvious difficulties in the third year of war, i don't think that dramatically something changed. i go there, i have given 300 performances already there, so it is a lot. i have been there since the beginning of the war, and till like months ago, something. there are technical difficulties, there are things that military may discuss with

you, the difficulties from the military points of view but i see still like the eyes of people which are, i don't know, like, shining, and they know they... like, shining, and they know the , like, shining, and they know they- - -_ yes. i they... determined. yes, determined _ they... determined. yes, determined and - they... determined. yes, determined and they - they... determined. yes, | determined and they know they... determined. yes, - determined and they know why they are there. i think the motivation of ukrainian soldiers is very strong because we are defending our own land. it is notjust the order, it is something from inside. it is your internal order, to, to fulfil your obligation, and to make the best that your country wins the war. it make the best that your country wins the war.— wins the war. it is no 'ust you auoin wins the war. it is no 'ust you going to i wins the war. it is no 'ust you going to front h wins the war. it is no 'ust you going to front lines, _ wins the war. it is no just you going to front lines, we - wins the war. it is no just you going to front lines, we are i going to front lines, we are seeing the pictures there, but you have also been to stadiums, and played had concerts interrupted, and then continued, which i suppose underlines your point about resilience, a quick final thought, because all this pressure potentially that is coming to actually go to the negotiating table in your view, would that make the sacrifices void? i would that make the sacrifices

void? ~ g, , , would that make the sacrifices void? ~ . , , ., void? i think it all depends on how strong — void? i think it all depends on how strong the _ void? i think it all depends on how strong the world - void? i think it all depends on how strong the world will - how strong the world will support ukraine, and i think it is very important... support ukraine, and i think it is very important. . ._ support ukraine, and i think it is very important... thank you very much _ is very important. .. thank you very much for— is very important... thank you very much forjoining - is very important... thank you very much forjoining us, - is very important... thank you very much forjoining us, that| very much forjoining us, that clip there of you continuing in that concert in one of the subway, thank you for being with us, on bbc news. more headlines injust a moment with us, on bbc news. more headlines in just a moment or two. we have three separate areas of low pressure set to affect the uk in next three day, you can expect the weather to be wet and windy, we have another one developing just to the west in the mid—atlantic, this afternoon expect the weather to turn wet and windy, bit of drizzle towards the south—east, generally turning cloudy across eastern areas but you might see a bit of hazy sunshine, a bit of brightness poking through the cloud for a time. 0vernight tonight we get the rain pushing eastwards and it turns heavy for a time. the winds pick up

across the scottish islands, with gusts running at round 60 to 70mph, that is likely to lead to localised disruption, that takes us into thursday, and as that area of rain starts to move out of the way we will be left with strong gusts of wind especially through thursday afternoon, round the north channel, the next area of low pressure brings rain, gusts could reach 70mph, inland gusts late in the day across england and wales 40—50mph, strong enough to bring down a few tree branches, so again, some localised issues as we go through thursday, then, friday and saturday, we get the next area of low pressure, running in off the atlantic and this could brings multiple hazards, as we starts off friday it is a quote start to the day with early morning sunshine. the rain and the strong winds start to move into the west as we head through the course of the afternoon, we have some showers across northern areas, a bit of across northern areas, a bit of a wintry flavour on the high ground and the air is still

cold across northern areas, just five or six degrees, through friday night we may see some of the rain start to turn the snow. it depends on the track of this area of low pressure, and it could change however friday night there is a risk we could see heavy snow across the hills of northern england, maybe blizzard conditions bringing a significant threat of disruption, if the low pressure changes track it might not be so much of an issue, it is something we are keeping a close eye on. by saturday the low starts to work out of the way. we will be left with cold and blustery winds, bringing wintry showers across northern areas and our temperatures will continue to struggle for the time of year. with these low pressures firing across the uk, significant rainfall accumulations on the way and that could bring the threat of localised flooding over the next few days.

live from london. this is bbc news. 0n the brink — france's prime minister faces a �*no confidence vote' after his attempts to push through an unpopular austerity budget. these are the live pictures from the national assembly in paris — where michel barnier�*s political future hangs in the balance. iam i am michael owen, live outside the french parliament where barring a last—minute surprise, michel barnier is likely to become the first prime minister ousted by the french parliament since 1962. mps in south korea start impeachment proceedings against the president, after overturning his declaration of martial law.

a major hub for dirty cash — the national crime agency finds that britain is used by russian money laundering networks to help organised criminals around the world. and the inscrutable face of fashion. anna wintour gives a rare interview, from behind her famous sunglasses. well, they help me see, and they help me not see, and they help me be seen and not be seen, so they are a prop. let's start in france — where for the last hour the french parliament has been holding a no—confidence debate — which is expected to oust the prime minister, michel barnier, after, just three months in office. the government has been teetering on the brink of collapse since monday — when mr barnier forced through an �*austerity budget�*, without allowing mps to vote. the no confidence motion is supported by the majority of mps from across the political divide.