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. it’s midnight statements from the bunker at downing street.— at downing street.untry- _ at downing street. it's not how you are a country. rishi _ at downing street. it's not how you are a country. rishi sunak - at downing street. it's not how you are a country. rishi sunak are - at downing street. it's not how you are a country. rishi sunak are now| are a country. rishi sunak are now set out his plans in downing street later this afternoon. —— run a country. no doubt it will be a significant move on a major issue. is under growing pressure to explain exactly why he is making it. in a moment, we'll talk to our climate editorjustin rowlatt who's with me, but first to our chief political correspondent at westminster, henry zeffman. we now know there will be this speech from the prime minister in just a few hours' time.— just a few hours' time. that's ri . ht. just a few hours' time. that's right- rishi — just a few hours' time. that's right. rishi sunak _ just a few hours' time. that's right. rishi sunak has - just a few hours' time. that's right. rishi sunak has s

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downing street have not denied they _ o'clock. downing street have not denied they have _ o'clock.ring j o'clock. downing street have not - denied they have been exploring some of these issues. sources say that the prime minister is aware that it is worth exploring the feasibility of some of these deadlines around some environmental measures and also cognisant of the cost to families of some of these measures, and they don't deny he is planning a speech in the coming days setting out his plans. beyond that, a reaction that was more than a raised eyebrow from those around liz truss, the former prime minister, who gave a speech yesterday advocating just some of these policies. clearly he was paying more attention than we thought said one person around the former prime minister. to be fair to downing street, the ideas are been in the works for some time. labour say it is a failure against the conservatives existing promises and measures. two questions tonight. what does the prime minister say when he gives his speech, and how does he square that commitment to net zero in 2050 with pot

and also contentions in downing street— and also contentions in downing street about the fact that francisin stopping boats. so this is a time to— weight in stopping boats. so this is a time to visit which was supposed to happen — a time to visit which was supposed to happen earlier in the year, but of course, — to happen earlier in the year, but of course, there was to keep disruption in paris and across fans because _ disruption in paris and across fans because of— disruption in paris and across fans because of the pension reforms pmposed — because of the pension reforms proposed by president macron. those tensions— proposed by president macron. those tensions have faded but now it is an interesting — tensions have faded but now it is an interesting time for controls to come — interesting time for controls to come over. of course, there is a sense _ come over. of course, there is a sense in— come over. of course, there is a sense in which rishi sunak prospect direction _ sense in which rishi sunak prospect direction towards this idea of britain — direction towards this idea of britain ha

the prime minister, rishi sunak, will give a speech in downing street in just over an hour's time, asculation grows that the government could slow down key climate change commitments. in a leak to the bbc yesterday, it emerged that mr sunak was considering a range of options, including pushing back a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035. that would put the uk in line with the eu's timetable. but as our political correspondent, helen catt reports, there's been concern in political circles about the plans. reducing the uk's emissions to net zero by 2050 is set in law. by then, the country will only be able to put as many pollutants into the atmosphere as it can take out. but rishi sunak is about to make a significant gear shift in how the government plans to get there. ministers insist it's just the route that's changing, not the destination. the prime minister is taking an approach of pragmatism and proportionality when it comes to delivering our net zero commitments. it's right that he assesses the issue as a whole, taking into account people's bank balances

we understand that rishi sunak will make a statement outside downing street at 430 this afternoon wateringkey among them the government commitment to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and it is expected to be pushed back to 2035 under has been the action from the automotive industry, ford uk they need certainty to put the plans in place and we heard from the home secretary suella braverman who said that the government green policies need to be pragmatic and they don't want to bankrupt people especially in our cost of living crisis. for now we are being told the prime minister will hold a news conference at half past four and is hosting a conference call with his cabinet at the moment to discuss that. and breaking news on the fact that a metropolitan police officer is being charged over the murder of a 24—year—old man who was shot last yearin 24—year—old man who was shot last year in south london. we have had a statement from the metropolitan police operation saying that being a firearms officer in london is one of the worlds toughest jobs firearms officer in london is one

downing street response, it says... downing street response, it says...gree with the report, which is the government may have broken the law on sewage regulation. the feminist�*s official spokesperson said they didn't agree with the environment office's findings, numberten with the environment office's findings, number ten didn't say why they are disputing the findings, but said there would be a formal response in due course and promised to work with the o response in due course and promised to work with the 0 ep constructively. it also went on to say they have gone further than ever before to tackle the growing sewage being discharged into our waters and also said the otp had identified possible failures to comply with environmental law by the department for environment, food and rural affairs, defra, the environment agency and ofwat, the regulator of combined sewage overflows, concert story is a popular one on our website today, we will hear more on that later in the programme. a charity in the uk has received the biggest single donation in its history.

bunker _ statements from the downing street bunker is _ statements from the downing street bunkerolute _ bunker is ever driven by the absolute chaos within the conservative party with a weak prime ministen _ conservative party with a weak prime minister. but conservative party with a weak prime minister. �* ., , ., minister. but there was no commitment _ minister. but there was no commitment from - minister. but there was no commitment from labourl minister. but there was no | commitment from labour to minister. but there was no - commitment from labour to restore any targets that are dropped. a leak within government and a huge row boiling over more than ever. and in a moment we'll speak to chris about what this all means, but first our climate editor justin rowlatt is here. what impact could these changes have? i have got repeat that we do not know what is coming back rishi sunak said he will stick to the 2015 net zero target which essentially means, we will kick these carbon targets down the road, we will have to cut it more in the future if we do not cut it now, and making the

he is going to down the street later _ country. going to down the street later this afternoon... - country. he is going to down the street later this afternoon... is l country. he is going to down the j street later this afternoon... is a significant move on a major issue. he is under pressure to explain exactly why he is making it. we are getting some reaction in as well. the former prime minister borisjohnson has been speaking morning and these are his words, we cannot afford to fall to now or in any way lose our ambition for this country. this is as we know rishi sunak is appearing prepared to ditch someone key net—zero commitments. if you're watching here in the uk, we are putting together a special answer to explain what it may mean. put your questions to experts until half past five this evening. tell us what you want to know and we will find the answer for you. there are several ways of getting in touch... you can treat or post on twitter and also contact us via whatsapp. details of all of those on the live page and website,

her majesty is not greeted on a grand scale, downing street is in a hurry to hit the cash register, afterhe second largest municipality. reported by fr. budget deficit. birmingham's treasury dropped $110 million in the red, not only western, middleland inflation eats up the income of royal universities. already on the streets railway workers lawyers workers air travel anti -crisis manager from downing street blames budget holes on seasonal clouding on lost bag ratings and suggest the kingdom is no longer the same but financial time pressure in british english evgeniy belousov if you want to know how to destroy your economy. ask the british the second largest city in the uk has declared bankruptcy, we're talking about birmingham authorities took this step because of a record budget deficit, which amounted to almost $110 million. the city council reported financial insolvency, as it was unable to balance its budget and was forced to. suspend all expenses, except urgent ones, members of the city council told the public that they were waiting for a golden decade just to get re-elected, but in

leaked and he has lost control of the choreography of his announcement, and i can tell you that downing streetents to consider delaying, watering down or not committing to eight environmentally related themes and we have reported if you already, let me read a few more... no new taxes to discourage flying, no policies to change people's diet are no measures to encourage carpooling. what we don't know yet is having considered these ideas, is exactly which ones he actually commits to. in new york this week as world leaders gather at the un, intense debate about climate change and what to do about it. amongst those there, this conservative mp, who led a review into the approach of the government to net zero. this is going to be an economic disaster, and we are missing out already, we see the us where i am here at un climate week, turbo—charging their efforts towards a green industrial revolution. why do we want to fall behind? did your heart sink when you heard about this? we still have days in which the prime minister might want to change his mind so hopefully if he listens to this programme, he

and it sort of came to the fore when i had an opportunity after i'd left downing street.f course, you get more time to think and reflect on my time in government. and it was in doing that that i recognised that the various issues i dealt with, like hillsborough, like primodos, child sexual abuse, other things as well. there was this sort of underlying theme throughout which was of people in power failing to use that power in the interests of the people they were actually there to serve. well, we're going to talk about one or two of those, not every one in the chapter, though. it isn't a memoir. it begins with who you are. it begins, if you like, with the values that maybe underpin this theme of the book, the values of the vicar�*s daughter, isn't it? really. yes. and there's perhaps no surprise there, because i am a vicar�*s daughter. i was brought up in a country vicarage. so i was very much saw that sense of public service, if you like, from my father, but also of many people locally who were involved in the church, in charities, in improving the lives of those in their

downing street refutes that, saying the fact rishi sunak created a department for net zero shows hisre's certainly a lot of discussion about this in uk politics at the moment. theresa may made her position on it very clear, saying the uk needs to go full throttle. if we poke, shake our things that people _ if we poke, shake our things that people and say, you can never fly again. _ people and say, you can never fly again. drive— people and say, you can never fly again, drive a car again, people and say, you can never fly again, drive a caragain, eat people and say, you can never fly again, drive a car again, eat meat again. _ again, drive a car again, eat meat again. we— again, drive a car again, eat meat again, we will never get where we need _ again, we will never get where we need to— again, we will never get where we need to he — again, we will never get where we need to be because people will say, han- need to be because people will say, hang on— need to be because people will say, hang on a _ need to be because people will say, hang on a minute, no, that's not me. we have _ han

the british prime minster will give a speech in downing street at 16:30 local time after the bbc reportednet zero policies. the bbc revealing on tuesday he was considering watering down environmental pledges. we tossed around these phrases and i think sometimes they also need an expert nation but what is it a zero? ned zero means putting no additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere so the hopers in the future, we reduce emissions close to zero as we can get and any emissions that will remain will find ways of ticking them out of the atmosphere and the technologies that would do that. the net would be zero, adding no new carbon. ~ ., .,, net would be zero, adding no new carbon. . . ., , , , carbon. what has the uk plus my commitment _ carbon. what has the uk plus my commitment been _ carbon. what has the uk plus my commitment been to _ carbon. what has the uk plus my commitment been to that? - carbon. what has the uk plus myj commitment been to that? there carbon. what has the uk plus my i commitment been to that? there is carbon. what has the uk plus my - commitment been to that? th

downing street said rishi sunak _ prime minister today.wning street said rishi sunak did confront - said rishi sunak did confront chinese officials yesterday though some in his own party sink the government's stances to sell. china's foreign ministry has hit back at the claim saying it is fabricated, a typically defensive response from beijing but whatever the claims and counter claims this has fuelled a live and complicated discussion about the uk's approach to china. a centralforeign policy question of our time. the list of tensions between china's ruling communist party and the west is long. ranging from accusations of espionage and human rights abuses to beijing's stance on russia's invasion of ukraine but it is a vast economic power that no one can ignore. jessica parker, bbc news in westminster. the home secretary says she has comissioned urgent advice on whether to ban a breed of dog — the american bully xl — saying they are a clear and lethal danger particularly to children. it follows a dog attack in birmingham on saturday. navtej

it is because — downing street, i am not.r after seeing that the economic growth was the central issue for— the economic growth was the central issue for our— the economic growth was the central issue for our country, and since then— issue for our country, and since then we — issue for our country, and since then we have heard a lot of people say that _ then we have heard a lot of people say that right across the political spectrum. — say that right across the political spectrum, there still is not agreement on what has caused the problems— agreement on what has caused the problems of a lack of economic growth, — problems of a lack of economic growth, but also what on earth we are going — growth, but also what on earth we are going to do about them. i think these _ are going to do about them. i think theseissues are going to do about them. i think these issues are only getting more urgent _ these issues are only getting more urgent. the reality is that over time, — urgent. the reality is that over time, we — urgent. the reali

downing street say it is all speculation. — say.ng street say it is all speculation, so _ say. downing street say it is all speculation, so they _ say. downing street say it is all speculation, so they won't - say. downing street say it is all. speculation, so they won't confirm it. with a party gathering this weekend, there are sure to be a raft of policies coming forward. we expect something, we aren't sure what it is going to be. we got a hint yesterday in a series of interviews with rishi sunak where he talks about the fact the vast majority of journeys talks about the fact the vast majority ofjourneys people make are in their cars. he's been unashamedly pro—motorists. the guardian newspaper is reporting what they might be looking out as a restriction on how councils can bring in those 20 mph zones. there may be fewer fines using cameras. and restricting when bus lanes can be for buses only. the government has already done a bit of a u—turn on this when it comes to talking about those low traffic neighbourhoods. we've seen this

and it sort of came to the fore when i had an opportunity after i'd left downing street.se, you get more time to to to to think and reflect to think and reflect on my time in government. and it was in doing that that i recognised that the various issues i dealt with, like hillsborough, like primodos, child sexual abuse, other things as well. there was this sort of underlying theme throughout which was of people in power failing to use that power in the interests of the people they were actually there to serve. well, we're going to talk about one or two of those, not every one in the chapter, though. it isn't a memoir. it begins with who you are. it begins, if you like, with the values that maybe underpin this theme of the book, the values of the vicar�*s daughter, isn't it? really. yes. and there's perhaps no surprise there, because i am a vicar�*s daughter. i was brought up in a country vicarage. so i was very much saw that sense of public service, if you like, from my father, but also of many people locally who were involved in the church, in charities, in improving the

when that leaked, even downing street, i think, record on the hop so everybody has been scrabbling totch up and what you see there is the labour party reacting to this so a little unclear at first but it seems to have been since that interview which you played a clip from their of darren jones, the shadow chief secretary to the treasury who speaks on many issues for labour, what he has said a little later this morning was that the labour party, even if the conservatives scrapped or pushback that target for banning sale of all new petrol and diesel cars, 2030 is it the minute, if they pushed it back to 2035, which seems a possible to, that labour would reinstate it, put it forward again to 2030. that is important because a couple of things. number one, the labour party clearly had listened to what companies like ford have been saying and they too have been trying to grapple with this and come out and formally to their own responses. a very strong response from ford this morning. ford saying that rishi sunak, it said, they said he lacked ambition, commitmentand ambition, commitment and

now, downing street official spokesman for rishi sunak was asked about that and they declined to urge and it's a very difficult area because at the moment. okay you've got multiple sets of allegations , actions, sets of allegations, actions, and if the sunday times are to be believed, other people have come forward as well . but the come forward as well. but the veracity of their claims still have to be established. so you've got allegations , but you've got allegations, but you've got allegations, but you've also got an individual on the other side in the form of russell brand, who completely and strenuously denies those allegations . and he is entitled allegations. and he is entitled to due process in that sense. so, you know, taking away his livelihood at that point when allegations have not been proved is a difficult area. it's going to have to for be individual organisations , as i say, those organisations, as i say, those that work with him at the moment that work with him at the moment that are probably more concerned about reputational damage to themselves. but at other organi

but paid for out _ caused in downing street but paid for out of— caused in downing street buta powerful advocate for workers' rights. thank you _ i come here with one message that the next _ i come here with one message that the next labour government will build _ the next labour government will huitd an— the next labour government will build an economy that works for working — build an economy that works for working people with a new deal for working _ working people with a new deal for working people. labour will start by bringing _ working people. labour will start by bringing forward an employment rights _ bringing forward an employment rights bill to legislate for this within— rights bill to legislate for this within the first 100 days of entering office. that is a cast—iron commitment. not only because this will he _ commitment. not only because this will be good for working people and -ood will be good for working people and good for— will be good for working people and good for our wider economy, but because — good for our wider economy, but because our fair work agend

called just after eleven a m minutes later, surveillance video captured across the street shows officers running down eddy street to arrest 27 year old oscar chapman . witnesses say they saw chapman running from windsor hotel down the street and into daldis community market, where the manager there tells me he hid in the back closet. police found him there with a knife. they started taping off everything with yellow tape. the victim, police say, was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the city's homeless and supportive housing department tells us in a statement. all city departments have a zero tolerance policy for violence at our work sites and osha is dedicated to maintaining a safe working environment that is free from violence and threats of violence. i don't feel safe and now i really don't feel safe because that could have been anybody. it just happened to have been the case managers. you know, it could have been any one of us that he decided to go off on. a director at the property tells me there are additional safety measures being put in place to ensure everyone's safet

terrified. >> i saw people running down the street, and when we saw the people running down the street, we gathered, something was going on. then we ran, too. >> reporter: oakland police have not released information on a suspect or motive. but, beyond his talents, peanuts positivity would reach friends and strangers. >> what will you miss the most about peanut? >> his passion for people, he did a giveaway, he would give them the shoes off his feet. >> reporter: at this time last year, oakland police have recorded 87 homicides, the city just caught up with that number this weekend. >>> crews have dug up an entire intersection of san francisco as they work to fix the giant sinkhole, this started sunday night on fillmore and green when water main broke, flooding businesses and homes. last night, crews were able to repair the break and they are working to patch up the sinkhole, no word on when they will be able to reopen the road. >>> to san jose, mayor matt mahan is speaking out against the looming cuts proposed by city leaders in the wake of recent labor agreements, the city council is

live desk, we will, of course, be talking about that press from downing press conference from downing streetto water down green policies. what do you think? you're with the live desk , the you're with the live desk, the temperatures rising , boxt solar, temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there . welcome to your >> hi there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. i'm alex burkill and we have some further wet and windy weather to come as we go through the next few days, but perhaps something quieter to end friday. at moment we're under at the moment we're under the influence to the influence of low pressure to the northwest this northwest of the uk. this is bringing winds also bringing strong winds and also a weather front across the south—east as we go through the afternoon into the evening afternoon and into the evening leading to some heavy rain could cause some as we go cause some problems as we go through rush in through evening rush hour in particular elsewhere, particular here. elsewhere, overnight, som

and i can tell you that downing street have asked government departments to consider delaying, wateringready, let me read a few more... no new taxes to discourage flying, no policies to change people's diet are no measures to encourage carpooling. what we don't know yet is having considered these ideas, is exactly which ones he actually commits to. in new york this week as world leaders gather at the united nations, intense debate about climate change and what to do about it. amongst those there, this conservative mp, who led a review into the government's approach to net zero. this is going to be an economic disaster. actually we are missing out already, we see the us where i am here at un climate week, turbo—charging their efforts towards a green industrial revolution. why do we want to fall behind? did your heart sink when you heard about this? we still have a couple of hours and days in which the prime minister might want to change his mind so hopefully if he listens to this programme, he will reconsider. but some conservatives and others have long campaigned forjust this kind of po

and report is like me are saying well, it is definitely on the table but downing street want to giveu make a big change like this, it takes a lot of persuasion, it takes a lot of planning and i think it will take time. so one thing i think is really unlikely is if this is going to happen, it will probably be well at least a year off because i don't think rishi sunak would find it particularly easy to do it before a general election, and then it would be up in the air because it would be up in the air because it would be up in the air because it would be by that the conservatives actually won that election and managed to bring it in. so it is an id at the moment. it's definitely on the table and number 10. it's definitely controversial. it's a most certainly expensive, it's one that rishi sunak is looking at, but until he gets us that detail of what exactly it will mean in practice, i'm afraid a lot of those questions are going to go unanswered. taste i'm afraid a lot of those questions are going to go unanswered. we will watch this space _ are going to go unanswered. we will watch th

mr brand denies all the allegations against him , downing street says against him, downing street says's members could step back from strike action this week. that's as rules ensuring a minimum level of cover in hospitals could be extended to doctors and nurses . consultants doctors and nurses. consultants in england are striking for 48 hours today over pay , with hours today over pay, with junior doctors joining them tomorrow and picketing until friday. the government's facing some criticism today for its decision to give avanti west coast post a new long term contract at the department for transport has announced the train operator will continue to run services on the west coast main line for at least three years. the line runs from london to glasgow through birmingham, liverpool , manchester and liverpool, manchester and edinburgh. that's despite the company having the second worst performance records in the country. on the railways , the country. on the railways, the financial conduct authority has concluded there is no evidence that banks closed the bank accounts of customers beca

mr brand denies all the allegations against him , downing street says against him, downing street saysbma's members could step back from strike action this week. that's as rules ensuring a minimum level of cover in hospitals could be extended to doctors and nurses . consultants doctors and nurses. consultants in england are striking for 48 hours today over pay , with hours today over pay, with junior doctors joining them tomorrow and picketing until friday. the government's facing some criticism today for its decision to give avanti west coast post a new long term contract at the department for transport has announced the train operator will continue to run services on the west coast main line for at least three years. the line runs from london to glasgow through birmingham, liverpool , manchester and liverpool, manchester and edinburgh. that's despite the company having the second worst performance records in the country. on the railways , the country. on the railways, the financial conduct authority has concluded there is no evidence that banks closed the bank accounts of customers b

street closures are seeing here in red. fillmore is closed from all the way down to lombard. every single cross street off of fillmore between steiner and kron four's dan kerman joining us now live from the scene tonight with the latest on the efforts to fix a hole and get things back open again. dan. >> a lot going on right behind me. here is the sinkhole. let me step out of the way so you can get a look at that. there's some digging going on here. we pan a little bit to the right. you can see where they're cutting out the existing 16 inch water main and eventually they will replace that with some new fights. but again, it's been a big mess here since about midnight last night. it got worse at 11 o'clock this morning. we're going to tell you a little bit more about that. what's to come? >> wednesday afternoon, repair crews began cutting up that 16 inch water main that ruptured at fillmore and green about midnight when the 70 year-old main burst, it sent water and sand cascading down fillmore street. >> right now the peuc priority is to conduct the necessary repairs as efficie

i premises that have come into downing street. . . , premises that have come into downing street. .,reet. i am really not daunted about the difficult decisions i street. i am really not daunted| about the difficult decisions you will have to make in government to get that far. i am worried about my children. that is probably the single thing that does keep me awake, as to how we will protect them through this. at the moment, we are on the stage of this is very much, me and my wife, take each day as it comes, we do not do the great planning or anything like that, that would be presumptuous. but we do try to protect them. we do not name them in public. my boy is 15, my girl was 12, i want to protect them. we don't use photos that of them in any way and i want for as long as i can to preserve that space for them. but i am worried. i preserve that space for them. but i am worried-— am worried. i know that it is and if, but if you _ am worried. i know that it is and if, but if you can _ am worried. i know that it is and if, but if you can and _ am worried. i know that it is and if, but if

those policies, authority quickly turned away and she had to resign ultimately on the steps of downing streetfrom liz truss, still talking up her ideas for that what was quite interesting from what we learn today is how different her approach would be had she stayed in office compared to the current prime minister, rishi sunak. she didn't mention him by name but she talked about the windfall tax that is introduced on the populace of gas and oil giants and she said that removed investment from the uk. she talked about how she would have decreased corporation tax, rishi sunak has put it up. she talks about how she would abolish the top rated tax. rishi sunak has increase that scope. have a listen to what liz truss had to say earlier. levels of tax and regulation are now too high to generate the amount of economic activity we need to help people's incomes get bigger and to fund government services. and that means our economy is now stagnating. people talk about the productivity puzzle, but it's really not a puzzle. if there's not enough incentive to go out and set up a business to take risks, to

this, then, the first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps as he left downing street and headedrst of all, i'll get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he's talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who'd done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter, he wrote: he also said: is grant shappsjust going to be a political appointee, whose primary task, if you like, will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the prime minister. it's a huge promotion for her. are you ready to tackle the global energy crisis, miss coutinho? it really doesn't matter how many newjobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it's still moving the deck chairs. they're still a sinking ship. this country really needs change. defence secretary is always a big job but claire coutinho faces the tricky business of delivering the government's climate promises with

in fact, in downing street, which he will, they are effectively what would be britain this new plan to achieve. net 0 by 2050, by easing, by walking back entirely, delaying some of the existing commitments. part of the existing plan. things like research proposals until they are concerned by the products this things like pushing back the dates for the binding of sales of new diesel and federal cause from 2030 to 2035, shifting targets for the phasing out of gas boilers inside, hired and scrapping new household energy efficiency rules and a bunch of others besides the funds through downing street raw, the insist that the government is not engaged to in an effort to try and undermine the 2050 go itself. it's merely looking for pragmatics for posting it on fair ways they say to meet those goals and be with the rising cost of living at the lights, full $5.00 of the skeptics. they don't want to visit these may for business, particularly some sectors like the car industry. they've invested heavily in meeting the existing targets. and a real sense of unease within the problem just as i couldn

damage is fixed because the damage, from the water, it not only did this intersection, it went down philmore street blocks worth of damage down there. this is 1 of the 75-year-old water pipes that broke last night under the intersection of philmore and green streets. hundreds of gallons of water rushed down philmore street. >> i saw this situation going on here. didn't know was it an earthquake? >> reporter: cyril came home and took this video from in front of his philmore street apartment. they followed the floodwater to where they did do damage. >> this torrential water, all the way down to lombard. you have cars halfway with water. >> reporter: an emergency cleanup company says 115 homes or businesses will damaged or impacted by the sand and water, including union street coffee roasters. >> it's pretty bad. sand was in here and water. we have to mop and clean up all morning. >> reporter: crews were out here day and night, replacing the old pipes with brand-new stuff. pg&e crews turned off three small gas pipes to be on the safe side. >> there was ground movement. it was causing movement on the l

we will bring in a speech live from downing street.ortionate way. after azerbaijan launches a military operation in nagorno—karabakh there are reports of a ceasefire with ethnic armenian forces. a police officer is due to be charged over the murder of chris, who was killed last year. iran passes legislation to increase penalties for women who defy strict islamic dress code. breaking the rules could mean up to a decade injail. and king charles meets with president macron at the elysee palace as he begins a three—day state visit to france. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the prime minister, rishi sunak, will give a speech in downing street in just over an hour's time, as speculation grows that the government could slow down key climate change commitments. in a leak to the bbc yesterday, it emerged that mr sunak was considering a range of options, including pushing back a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035. that would put the uk in line with th

we know this speech was signed off by downing street.ll be distinctive ahead of an election, and immigration is one of those to the labour saying this is a distraction from years of failure. president biden is thought to be the first sitting us president to havejoined a picket line. today he stood in solidarity with striking car workers in michigan in what the white house described as a "historic first". he used a megaphone to address members of the united auto workers union in wayne county who are taking industrial action over pay. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. joe biden clearly feels at home here, supporting striking union members byjoining them on the picket line. he is the first sitting us president to do that — as far as anyone can ever, anyway. he's living up to his boast that he is the most pro—union american president in history. wall street didn't build the country, the middle—class built a country. the unions built the middle—class. cheering. that's a fact. so let's keep going, you deserve what you've earned, an

ijust can't walk down the street. i can't walk across the room.t all. the scottish government has agreed a deal with junior doctors and there is a ballot in wales. there's no government, so no talks in northern ireland, but in england continued strike action leads to increased winter pressures on the nhs. hugh pym, bbc news, north devon. it's described by organisers as the uk's answer to the met gala , it's anna wintor�*s �*vogue world' and the stars have descended on london's west end for it. a warning there's some flash photography. the gala is billed as a celebration of britain's rich cultural scene, with proceeds going to a wide range of performing arts organisations. wintour — vogue's editor in chief — says she hopes it serves as a reminder of how important the arts are, and how much they need to be supported. our reporter annabel rackham was on the red carpet. this event is all about celebrating the arts in the uk. i spoke to dame ana wintour to her who is the editor of the us edition of vogue before the event, but more importantly, was invo

somewhat tired, the chief mousecatcher of the residence of the british ministers, who lives at 10 down streetnied information about his serious illness. this information was shared by several british media on their official website on the page on the x network, the former twitter, the main mesolov inscription: said, quote: i am healthy, but try to be happy , having lived with five prime ministers from the tories, that is, the conservative party, you know, yuri, there is such a thing, well, a joke , this is not a joke that if you meowed and nothing was put in your plate, then you are not a cat and you have to go to work, but this cat, he is not even a meow, he also has to go to work, such a unique cat that well, he has to work, he can't wait and get food, he has to go and to catch london mice at downing street. the video you saw before viewing the graphic right from the page of larry the cat's own microblogging site x, this video shows him officially walking up the steps of the downing residence to meet none other than the president of the united states of america, joe biden, and how he gracef

were called just after 11 a.m. minutes later surveillance video captured across the street shows officers running down year old oscar chapman . witnesses say they saw chapman running from windsor hotel, down the street and into his community market. where the manager there tells me he hid in the back closet. police found him there with a knife. they started taping off everything with yellow tape. the victim, police say was taken to the hospital with non life threatening and trees, the city's homeless and supportive housing department tells us in a statement. all city departments have a zero tolerance policy for violence at our worksites and hsh is dedicated to maintaining a safe working environment that is free from violence and threats of violence. i don't feel safe. and now i really don't feel safe because that could have been anybody. it just happened to be the case managers. you know, it could have been any one of us that he decided to go off on a director at the property tells me there are additional safety measures being put in place to ensure everyone's safety 24 hour security guard and say all

that hasjust coming to us from downing street.ry at the prison officers' association. hejoins me now. what is your reaction to what has happened with this manhunt? the media happened with this manhunt? tue: media coverage happened with this manhunt? tte: media coverage of happened with this manhunt? tt2 media coverage of this has been extensive, and from our perspective as a trade union, we don't want to see anybody escape from prison at all. i note with interest here that the prime minister's office has said there is no plans to have an independent inquiry into this. i think there should be, because i think there should be, because i think there should be, because i think the independent inquiry, if there was one, into this escape, would understand the difficulties that might members at wandsworth are absolutely facing. notjust absolutely facing. not just yesterday, absolutely facing. notjust yesterday, but on a daily basis, from short staffing levels to inexperienced, they got rid of experienced staff, with horrific budget cuts

joining us from downing street.es, exactly . the devil will >> yes, exactly. the devil will be in the detail, won't it? this very vexed issue of wind farms has been really a huge conservative row now for months and months and months. rishi sunak hadn't been long in the job of prime minister when they were forced to give in to rebels at the time. included liz truss and boris johnson . then over and boris johnson. then over this pretty much no wind farms have been built since 2015. onshore wind farms that is because it's been just so incredibly difficult. now the government agreed to make it eafien government agreed to make it easier, but then months and months have gone by and nothing has happened . now we come to the has happened. now we come to the energy bill back in the house of commons today, votes expected around 7:00. and we understand that the government is to going soften this ban. it will be possible to build onshore wind farms again. what we don't yet know are the specific details of how, because previously

changes and now rishi sunak is you turning via leaks _ and midnight statements— from the bunker at downing streetabour to restore any targets that are dropped. a leak within government, and a huge row boiling over — more than ever. home secretary, suella braverman, backed the prime minister for making "difficult decisions" on net zero and putting "household costs first". the prime minister is taking an approach of pragmatism and proportionality when it comes to delivering our net zero commitments. it's right that he assesses the issue as a whole, taking into account people's bank balances, livelihoods, the way they are living their lives and the cost of living challenges that many families around the country are facing. and ultimately, we are not going to save the country by bankrupting the british people. let's now speak to mike hawes, chief executive of the society of motor manufacturers and traders. thank you very much for coming on. what kind of reaction has there been from your members on this possible rowing back on the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030? as you would expect,

so now, the strategy in downing street is "we've got "to do a bit more."aid there was going to be more to come when i'm going to of the country and i'm going to tell you more hard truths and make tough decisions. any clues about what other things are on his list? i've been trying to find this out. the first and the most obvious one, because the government is not offering a straight answer to this particular question at the moment, is hs2, the high—speed rail line, and whether the second phase of it, birmingham to manchester, the line between those two cities, goes ahead on the current time frame or even goes ahead at all. and at the moment, ministers just simply will not answer those questions. so that is there, the hint that is coming out of government seems to be a timing issue. they keep talking about phasing, which is sort of whitehall language for delay. so let's see. so that's one. the other one is the european convention on human rights. i'm not saying... we know what the policy is at the moment, it is to stay within it, and if a party in government

downing street is said him.downing street is said today that the bma's members could step back from industrial action this week . that's as action this week. that's as rules ensuring a minimum level of cover in hospitals could be extended to doctors and nurses consultants in england are striking for 48 hours today over pay ' striking for 48 hours today over pay , with junior doctors joining pay, with junior doctors joining them tomorrow and picketing until friday. the financial conduct authority has concluded there's no evidence that banks closed the accounts of customers because of their political views . it follows the closure of nigel farage's account by coots, the gb news presenter revealed that internal memos at the bank deemed his views inconsistent with his position as an inclusive organiser nation. the telegraph says his account wasn't included in the fca's most recent report . you're with most recent report. you're with gb news across the uk on tv , in gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digita

there will be some 5ighs of relief in downing street.ugust, petrol and diesel co5ts fell slightly and we know they ticked up a bit this august. given the expectation and how important fuel and energy costs have been in the headline inflation rate around the world, the expectation was there would be a blip, if you like, headline inflation in the uk would go up slightly in august. instead, we had the reverse and a slight ea5ing. i think there are three key things the 0ns, who put the stats together point to — the restaurant and hotel prices, mainly due to accommodation, cheap overnight accommodation. a smaller rise in food and drink prices than there was last august and this fall in airfares you have mentioned. in august, usually 5ee5 airfares and plane ticket prices go up. all of those things probably a reflection that the economy is starting to suffer slightly, perhaps the bank of england�*s interest rate rises are starting to have an impact. and also i think probably a slight changing of what is important in the headline inflation rate.