>> the united nations says there is evidence moscow was forcibly taking ukrainian children to pressure to be adopted and the thousands of other ukrainians are being forcibly deported from russian occupied areas. the u.s. says these actions amount to war crimes. kyiv says it is making advances in russian controlled areas surrounding kharkiv as well as an offensive last week to retake the port city of kars on --

kherson. ukraine's military chief has taken response ability for attacks on russian airbases. vladimir putin has accused ukraine of cheating developing countries out of grain shipments by sending them to the eu instead. last week a ship carrying 23,000 tons of ukrainian grain arrived in east africa. putin said western sanctions have backfired and now threaten the world. >> the sanctions from the west have been an aggressive attempt to get other countries to follow certain models. there are questions around sovereignty and subordinating to their will. these are policies which have been carried out for decades, but there has been a slipping of u.s. domination. they have not been able to perceive the objective facts. if we look at recent times, the entire system of international relations is going through tectonic changes. >> police in canada have arrested the suspect who had been on the run after a mass

stabbing. he was found and taken into custody near saskatchewan. pictures show emergency responders on a nearby highway. 10 people were killed and 18 injured on sunday. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says it cannot verify iran's nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes. a report find stockpiles of highly enriched uranium have grown and there are still questions over three undeclared sites. nuclear secrets of a foreign nation were found at donald trump's residence according to u.s. media reports. fbi agent's discover the documents during last month's search of the former president's florida mansion. you are up-to-date with the headlines. i will be back with more news on al jazeera after inside story. stay with us.

britain's new prime minister promises brighter days ahead. liz truss takes over from boris johnson after a divisive leadership contest. how will she confront the cost-of-living crisis at home and what will be her foreign priorities? this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. britain's new prime minister is taking over at a time of unprecedented challenges and abroad. liz truss is under pressure to act on the country's

cost-of-living crisis. families face soaring energy bills as inflation hits a 14 year high. she also needs to manage the post brexit relationship with the european union and the war in ukraine. her first task has been to form a cabinet. truss nominated mp's who supported her during the leadership contest. for the first time, the government's top four roles are not held by white men. truss is promising immediate steps to deal with high energy costs. >> we cannot just deal with today's problem. we cannot just put a sticking pasture on it. we need to increase our energy supplies long-term. that is why we will open up more supply in the north sea which the honorable gentleman has opposed. that is why we will build more nuclear power stations which the labour party did not do when they were in office.

that is why we will get on with delivering the supply as well as helping people through the winter. folly: xander simmons reports from london. petros: liz truss -- reporter: liz truss has had to hit the ground running. her first call with a foreign leader was with lemaire zelenskyy. she reassured him of long-term commitment by the u.k. to support him in war against russia. she attacked vladimir putin saying he was continuing to weaponize energy. next came joe biden, the u.s. president. he assured her the special relationship in the u.k. would continue. he thanked her for her commitment to the ukraine war and to challenge russian aggression. he went on to say though that the european union and negotiations over northern ireland had to be chased by the new prime minister. domestically, she has a major

problem with the energy crisis. u.k. families, millions of them finding it hard. she's going to announce a new plan for capping the energy bills across the country, limiting them to below 3000 u.s. dollars in a given year. this is a colossal commitment, over $100 billion committed to it, which could actually threaten her mantra about cutting taxes. somewhere, that money has to be found and it could be found in taxes for the future and that could put her under threat. >> let's bring in our guest now in london. rod dacombe at king's college london, director of the university center for british government and politics. in cambridge, lydia preig of the new economics foundation. and in brussels, petros

fassoulas secretary-general of the european movement international, civil society network. thank you for being on "inside story before we get into the details of domestic and foreign policy challenges, i want to ask each one of you first your general view of the uk prime minister, your impressions after her first speech. what did you think? can she deliver? >> that remains to be seen. one of the major issues is she is starting under seriously unfavorable circumstances. while it looks like she is in a powerful position, she has a large parliamentary majority, she can do whatever she wants in terms of legislation, she is in a very tricky position with her election looming and her party plummeting in the polls. i would suggest things are looking difficult from the

start, but it remains to be seen whether she can hit the ground running. >> can she deliver? lydia: it is going to be interesting to see what she does. until now she has been trying to appeal to a very specific and quite small group of people. conservative party members. obviously she needs to appeal to the public at large. we are already starting to see her pivot. for example, the big emergency energy package we are expecting tomorrow is very different to the sorts of things she is talking about a few weeks ago. i think she is going to have to backtrack on a lot of what she said in her conservative leadership campaign. it will be interesting to see exactly what she does. folly: how does the rest of your view liz truss, what today make of her vision for the u.k.? petros: after boris johnson

things cannot get worse as far as people in brussels are concerned. having said that, british politics have the tendency to surprise us and have done so over the past few years especially since the u.k. decided to leave the eu. people are hoping for the best but they are expecting the worst. folly: let's get into the details. a long and costly to do list for liz truss. the most pressing issue as we heard domestically is to have people cope -- help people cope with the huge rise than energy prices. this is not just affecting britain, but the whole of europe given what is happening in ukraine. do you think britain is in a better place to deal with it than other european countries? rod: that remains to be seen. we will not know until tomorrow the specifics of what liz truss is going to come up with. what we can say is that this is

the immediate battleground she is facing. we saw her in prime minister's questions when she faced kier starmer for the first time. the question over who is going to pay for it, and indeed benefit, is the core battleground. i think liz truss is immediately playing a big gamble that she will be able to cut through to the electorate immediately. i think what the media says is absolutely true. she is in a very difficult point, and pivoting from talking to her own party to talking to the country a large and governing. it is a difficult transition. folly: what does the country at large make of her? not just conservative voters. the country as a whole. rod: well, notwithstanding the fact she is not hugely well known, at least in comparison to other figures -- boris johnson was exceptional in his cut through to the country.

her numbers are not fantastic. in comparison to kier starmer on questions like who would make the best prime minister, not fantastic, a lot of ground to make. -- to make up. folly: one of the plans until she was elected seemed to be some kind of freeze on energy bills. how will that be paid for? what would that entail? lydia: there has been a lot of rumor about how it would be paid for. some people suggesting it would be paid for by loans to energy companies, which would mean energy companies would put up household bills possibly up to 20 years afterwards to be able to recoup these costs. it could mean prolonging the pain on households for quite a long time, with a lot of people particularly criticizing the

fact that it does not seem like there are plans to increase the windfall tax on oil and gas producers. to make sure they pay as they are able to. there has been a lot of criticism that -- of that and the suggestion it may be paid for by borrowing. against future taxation. that seems like potentially a more progressive alternative, as long as you have a progressive tax system. the burden is falling more on the wealthy. i would say if she's going to be borrowing large amounts to fund something with tax because she has been talking about, it will not be particularly helpful from a cost-of-living perspective. folly: her opponents said this would be political suicide, electoral suicide, yet here she is. is this package of tax cuts she is offering that she is announcing -- is that going to

help people with low incomes? lydia: no, all the ones we have heard being mooted are going to benefit wealthy people who do not need the help. for example the corporation tax. corporations are making profits. the tax cuts in my opinion are a very poor use of borrowing. having waist like that is never a good thing but it is particularly bad when a large package is needed and may be needed for many years, people talk about this crisis going on until 2024, possibly longer. folly: in brussels, petros, liz truss has worked well with the eu on issues like ukraine.

the eu is trying to find common ground and means of stabilizing these energy prices across the block. can they work with the u.k. on this? petros: there is desire in brussels and across the continent to cooperate with the u.k.. as you pointed out, the challenges we are facing, they require joint reaction, which is why it is better if liz truss adopts a more conciliatory and constructive plan. even though she was trying to appeal to a narrow section of the population, people were paying close attention here. describing the president of france as a fool and communicating confrontational messages when it comes to the eu has not been helpful. that has really made people have low expectations and it will

make corporations -- it will make cooperation harder. it is imperative that liz truss communicates messages that are based on a need to build mutual trust. certainly she is perceived as hostile to the european union. folly: which version of liz truss do you think the european union is going to get? her critics say she has used opposition to the northern ireland particle and the eu itself -- ireland protocol and the eu itself to garner support in the conservative party. do you think she will dial down the temperature now that she has been elected? >> i think that is likely. liz truss is no longer campaigning. she's going to be confronted by the realities of government. particularly realities of government in crisis. her options are going to be limited. she will have to adopt a conciliatory tone. it will be interesting to see when that happens.

once the political costs become apparent, you will see the tipping point. if nothing else, liz truss is a flexible politician. we can say this throughout her career. she has changed positions openly , repeatedly. absolutely we will see a different kind of figure. folly: do you agree with that? she was tough with the eu during negotiations for brexit. she was confrontational at times with brussels. are we going to see continuity when it comes to brexit, or a change? lydia: i certainly hope we will see a change because i think everybody loses from the current situation with regards to brussels. the u.k. continues to suffer. you look at something like business investment, it has been

down since the brexit referendum. it is still down and a lot of that has to do with the uncertainty, and so much of the brexit negotiations still to be worked out. we are already paying the price, plus like others have emphasized, while the u.k. may literally be an island, we are certainly not economically an island. we will see this because the eu has big problems potentially coming this winter with energy shortages, possibly blackouts, etc.. that's going to have lots of ripple effects through supply chains because our economies are so interlinked. it's going to be -- yeah, i hope to see liz truss working in a more constructive way with the european union. folly: on the northern ireland protocol which has been the heart of the dispute with the european union, where do you see things going?

what sort of flexibility is therefrom brussels on this? are they likely to give up a little bit to be on the same page as liz truss? petros: the eu leadership and institutions, most member states, they have said there is desire to work out any difficulties, but there is no appetite to renegotiate, reopen this agreement. how difficult the negotiations were, how difficult the issues are the need to be addressed, they don't want to go back to the start and see it again. there is appetite to find solutions to difficulties, but that appetite must be reciprocated. london needs to demonstrate its desire to respect agreements it has signed up to and then

constructively engage to find solutions. and unfortunately we have seen successive prime ministers from cameroon all the way to liz truss failing to adopt a confrontational stance, nor appreciating reality, but being victim to -- when it comes to the eu. folly: as you alluded to, during the campaign, when asked about emmanuel macron, she said the jury was still out. do you think that was a diplomatic mistake? do you think she will change her attitude when dealing with other leaders? petros: sure it was. even if you are in an election campaign, you are rehearsing to be a statesperson, prime

minister. this is not the tone anybody should adopt. it has left a sour taste in the mouth of people over here, but nevertheless, they have hard skin. as emmanuel macron demonstrated, he did not take it personally. there is desire to engage. the hope is there will be maturity. people will engage. folly: rod, i want to talk about another domestic issue. keeping the union together. northern ireland and scotland threatening to break away. will she be able to keep the union together? rod: that's one of the big questions. it's going to be high on the agenda. the scottish national party particularly see an opening. we can expect pressure from

them. one of the reasons that is less likely in the immediate future is that none of the major parties see it as a politically viable tool. it is very unpopular. at least in england. not immediately. it is starting to rise on the agenda. i suspect it is going to be buried by other things. liz truss's inbox is probably the worst of any prime minister in living memory. a collapsing nhs, the ongoing war in ukraine, there are semi-other things -- so many other things. it will be a problem, but not until the next general election. folly: what about her ability to reunite the conservative party? rod: well, this will be the question. her cabinet, i would suggest, is

not being designed to reach out to her critics. she has been promoting people who are supporters, primarily from the right wing of the party. her job will be to secure a broad coalition within the parliamentary party. she landed a punch or two on cure storm or -- on kier starme r. the question will be, will she be able to keep that going in the face of a seriously perilous electoral situation? folly: lydia, this seems to be high on the agenda for her, at least her foreign policy will be focused on boosting the british economy. do you expect any changes diverging from boris johnson's

government on china for example? what changes do you expect to see, or do you expect continuity? trading partners. lydia: i have not seen an enormous amount of rumored intel on that front. i think the jury is out to see what she does. but to go back to the previous point, will she be able to unite the conservative party, from an economic perspective it is going to be very interesting. lots of tax cuts she is advocating, a large number of conservatives, also because she is committed to these tax cuts, she's going to have to fund her rescue package through large amounts of borrowing and a lot of conservatives are going to view that as being very not conservative.

i think she has an enormous challenge, to bring the conservative party together on some of the big economic changes. it's going to be a very different treasury to the treasury that was run under boris johnson. folly: so you think domestic issues are going to be her focus as she starts her term as prime minister. let me come to you now, petros. has foreign secretary she promoted global britain, seeking to strengthen the u.k. role in international politics. how did she do then and how you think she's going to do taking the u.k. under her leadership? on issues like china and ukraine, the relationship with russia? petros: there is a contradiction in the mission for global britain and the distance liz truss and others have taken from the process -- from their closest neighbors, their most

intimate trading partner in the european union. the road to britain certainly goes through europe. if liz truss is to be true to that, the first thing she should do is ensure close and constructive relationships with the european union and key european nations. hardly any trade agreements. any agreements the u.k. has signed were just rolling over existing agreements the u.k. enjoyed as a member of the european union. and those new trade agreements were far from beneficiary for the u.k. itself. her record is poor and if she is to continue down this path, the intellectual dishonesty of the position that a global future exists far away from its closest neighbor and trading partner, i do not expect success. the key is in re-engaging with

the european union constructively, building a closer relationship because our challenges are common and only joint solutions can get us out of the situation we are in. folly: what about the so-called special relationship with the u.s.? president biden has been critical of the northern ireland protocol issue. where do you see the relationship headed? rod: continuity primarily. boris johnson always pursued that, i'm sure liz truss is going to do the same. in part it signals a break with europe, an alternative. i think you are right. i don't think it is going to be reciprocated to the same extent from the u.s.. at least not on the northern ireland protocol. i think however it is going to be one of those things that will be in the background, will be one of the main issues of her

agenda. i think the first couple months she's going to be dealing with crisis after crisis. folly: a long to do list. thank you for an interesting conversation. thank you to all three of you. thank you very much. and thank you for watching. you can always watch this program any time by visiting our website at al jazeera.com. for further discussion go to our facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twitter. from me to you and the whole team in doha, thank you for watching, goodbye for now.