we can speak to ellie price. what have we been hearing today?— ellie price.ellie price. what have we been hearin: toda ? , ., ., hearing today? this morning, we have been hearing — hearing today? this morning, we have been hearing from _ hearing today? this morning, we have been hearing from gus _ hearing today? this morning, we have been hearing from gus o'donnell, - hearing today? this morning, we have been hearing from gus o'donnell, the| been hearing from gus o'donnell, the former top civil servant, if you like. it is important to say he was not the top civil servant during the pandemic, but i think his expertise is being called on this morning. a bit of context on how cabinet here, during a major crisis, how decisions should be made. it was interesting he was referring to his time when he was basically at the top table, helping politicians make decisions. bearing in mind he was there during the tony blair and gordon brown era, in the 2010s, and well into the david cameron time. he said there were obviously disagreements at that time during senior politic

ellie price reports from the inquiry.ld have appeared here yesterday, but the drilling of another number ten adviser overran and it's an insight intojust how seriously the inquiry is taking this evidence from government insiders on how crucial decisions were made at the time. i how crucial decisions were made at the time. ., ,., , how crucial decisions were made at the time. ., , , . , the time. i do solemnly sincerely and truly declared... _ the time. i do solemnly sincerely and truly declared... he - the time. i do solemnly sincerely and truly declared... he was - the time. i do solemnly sincerelyl and truly declared... he was boris johnson and truly declared... he was boris johnson is — and truly declared... he was boris johnson is director _ and truly declared... he was boris johnson is director of _ johnson is director of communications. they'd work together to the brexit campaign. he resigned in november 2020, at the time the former pm called him a true ally and friend, but lee cain said his old boss could be hard t

found guilty or not guilty, it is about learning lessons for the future, let us go live now to ellie priceho is at the inquiry. sorry, you go on- _ price who is at the inquiry. sorry, you go on- can — price who is at the inquiry. sorry, you go on- can you _ price who is at the inquiry. sorry, you go on. can you tell— price who is at the inquiry. sorry, you go on. can you tell us, i price who is at the inquiry. sorry, you go on. can you tell us, was i you go on. can you tell us, was there anything _ you go on. can you tell us, was there anything explosive i you go on. can you tell us, was there anything explosive that i you go on. can you tell us, was i there anything explosive that you heard in the evidence given by dominic cummings?— heard in the evidence given by dominic cummings? there was exolosion. _ dominic cummings? there was explosion, there _ dominic cummings? there was explosion, there was _ dominic cummings? there was explosion, there was some i dominic cummings? there was i explosion, there was some language i certainly can't tell you, back on the television i am afraid, which

ellie price reports. in fact, ellie has more from the enquirer macro.remely critical of his former boss in the two years since he left downing street. what can we expect from him today, do you think? put simply, i think we can expect explosions. we are a few days off bonfire night here in the uk. i think this is going to be quite explosive stuff. it has already been a very political week, and telling that yesterday, boris johnson's former head of communications was meant to give evidence. that was delayed because of what we heard from his former private secretary. baroness hallet, the chair of the inquiry, wants to get at the nub of what was going on at downing street at the centre of the decision making and the british government here during the time. yesterday for example we heard whatsapp messages from simon case, who was the cabinet secretary in essence, the top civil servant here at the time, talking about borisjohnson, how he was making the government look like a, quote, tragicjoke. that he couldn't make his mind up, and that in capital letters in

live now to west london and our correspondent, ellie price. isjohnson, and other senior officials at the time of the covid pandemic, whether they will be handed over to the inquiry. where do we stand on that this morning, as this second part of the inquiry begins? this this second part of the inquiry beains? a ,, this second part of the inquiry beains? a , begins? as you say, the second part of this inquiry _ begins? as you say, the second part of this inquiry is _ begins? as you say, the second part of this inquiry is set _ begins? as you say, the second part of this inquiry is set to _ begins? as you say, the second part of this inquiry is set to get _ begins? as you say, the second part of this inquiry is set to get under - of this inquiry is set to get under way in the next 20 minutes, or so. questions about whether all that evidence has been presented to the core participants, they are essentially interested parties within this inquiry. the family of the bereaved, representatives you can see behind me, they say they have not received all t

demonstrating against the oil industry, and the funds it uses around the world. 0ur correspondent ellie priceternoon. police say she was arrested along with another four protesters. they were arrested for obstructing a public highway. now, protesters are here today because there's a big meeting in the intercontinental hoteljust behind us here in central london, a collection of oil and gas executives meeting. the protesters here, they say that those people need to stop what they're doing, that they are essentially slowing down the transition from fossil fuel fuels to renewable energies. and that's wrong. and that's why they're protesting. now, i spoke to a few of them, a lot of solidarity, obviously, with greta thunberg and the sense really that the cameras only turn up, in essence, when a big name like that gets arrested. so in a way, they're pleased she's been arrested, obviously concerned that her voice has been quiet, at least for today. but yeah, a sense of solidarity here at the protest. people in the constituency of tamworth in staffordshire vote for a new mp later this week. the by—ele

our correspondent ellie price is here. what more do we know? . ether for what more do we know? they had been together for a — what more do we know? they had been together for a decade _ what more do we know? they had been together for a decade but _ what more do we know? they had been together for a decade but only - togetherfor a decade but only married four days ago and in south africa where celia barlow was originally from. tonight candles have been lit in a local church in the tiny village where they lived called hampstead norreys, just outside newbury in berkshire. david barlow, described as something of a pillar of the community, chair of the local cricket club and the parish council. this has been described as a terrorist attack, ugandan police are saying the killers were part of the allied democratic forces, a group with no ties to the so—called islamic state group. edu candid president, yoweri museveni, said these terrorists will pay with their wretched lives. the queen elizabeth national park, where this happened, is a well—known tour

live now to central london — and our correspondent ellie price. what has been heard so far?? as you say this has been _ what has been heard so far? as you say this has been an _ what has been heard so far? as you say this has been an inquiry - what has been heard so far? as you say this has been an inquiry that - say this has been an inquiry that started this morning. it started with harrowing video testimony from people who suffered during the pandemic and since, people who have lost loved ones and those suffering from non—covert. that is something quite notable about the start of this inquiry. baroness hallet keen to stress this was about people, the real people who had suffered, but she said quite strikingly there wasn't time to listen to any more testimony. the whole point of this was that there was a pressing need to get recommendations and conclusions from what had happened before, because she said it was a case of when not if there would be another pandemic. we have heard this morning from the lead counsel to the inquiry, hugo kyiv casey, who said the central question

ellie price reports.r his involvement in the partygate scandal — something he apologised for later. martin reynolds was borisjohnson�*s principal private secretary — in the room while the response to covid was decided. ..the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. did you have plans to deal with the crisis which had broken upon the united kingdom government? there is a standard set of protocols which are actually cabinet office protocols for dealing with crisis. where i agree with you is they were inadequate to deal with the crisis we were confronted with. the inquiry has also heard whatsapp messages from the cabinet secretary at the time, simon case, who said borisjohnson cannot lead, and was turning the government into a terrible, tragicjoke. there were quotes, too, from a diary kept by the then chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance, which included a damning judgement on the former pm. "we have a weak and indecisive prime minister." in the face of a viral pandemic... ..if those views are right,

some interesting moves when it comes to what we see with the aussie price the hotter inflation rate was not that exciting. lucy ellis would know, saying it does not change anything, she thinks that hike is still coming. >> i think, lucy made a call for it on november 7 hike. that service is inflation. the cpi, it got more than three quarters of the components, they are above 3% in terms of inflation. i think, when you look at that sort of thing, it's easy to make the argument. november is a done deal. you start pricing in december. it's probably getting ahead of ourselves. haidi: happy new year. >> it is christmas. but, you know it seems like we are going to end up playing the same playbook, all that time ago about putting the country in recession to tame inflation. i think that is resonating now. as long as the global rate watermark is lifting i think australia will get caught up in that. it is interesting, though the dynamic with aussie and the rates when rates come off like they did. when he spoke this morning, the aussie got tapped and rightly so. rights have recovered as treasury yields have recovered in asia.

about a worsening business environment with high energy prices, while right when populous movements are on the rise threatening chord democratic ellis. this week on to the point, we ask a great power in trouble. what's wrong? to the point, the next. on the w. b rocks use is struggling with the diction. many young people i using crystal meth to escape the leak out, looks a bit every day lives. he lives in the attic face severe penalties of prisons are already over crowded under systems that should be nonexistent. iraq drug prices in 60 minutes on d w, the the own house advocates like turning into your own ex best with your without any fiction and with no surprise be active. the way pain did show on dw what's happening to the world's 4th largest economy. in contrast to other large industrial nations and compare to europe, germany is economy is we can, companies are complaining about a poor business environment due to high energy prices. there is already talk of creeping d industrialization. some economists sample additions, believe germany is once again the so called sick man of you're in the same time right wing populist attitudes ar

elli. they say that it is important for generations to know from books. at what price independence was won. and i am glad that we have such a person who is really patriotic, came, came, a participant of ato , oos, saw a lot and was inspired by it, it is very good, writer-warrior ilya titko will be a participant in the literary and artistic meeting slovo in war as part of the via-carpathia forum, which will be held in ivano-frankivsk on october 14-15. from prykarpattia ivan haruk, volodymyr voloshchuk, for tv channel well, that was the news as of this hour, and now we will talk about topics, topics of international politics, of course with reference to ukraine, oleksandr krayev, we invited the expert of the council of foreign policy ukrainian prism. mr. oleksandr, i congratulate you. yes, congratulations, good evening to you. good evening of course, we will mainly talk about the situation in israel with reference, of course , to ukraine and to our enemy, the russian federation. how vices first of all, i am not talking about the course of hostilities now, they obviously have it military exper

elli is quite a surprise. they say that it is important for generations to know from books at what price independence was won. and i am glad that we have such a person. which really patriotically passed the participant ato, oos, saw a lot and it inspired him, it is very good, the writer-warrior ilya titko will be a participant in the literary and artistic meeting word in war as part of the via carpathia forum, which will be held in ivano-frankivsk on 14 - october 15. from prykarpattia, ivan haruk, volodymyr voloshchuk, for tv channel uso. and i will remind you about an important fee. the espresso tv channel and the vesna charitable fund are collecting funds for the purchase of modern drones for ours scouts the 23rd separate rifle battalion of the armed forces of ukraine, which is fighting in the hot donetsk direction, needs soldiers. our goal is uah 1.9000. thanks to you, more than a million have already been collected. we wish you health, we are the air intelligence branch of the company. the 23rd separate rifle battalion, which performs a combat mission on the territory of the donetsk region, urgently needs

i've got a little graphic for you, ellie and martin. house pricesnd the biggest falls in london and the south—east 43,000 mortgages were approved in september, according to bank of england figures out this morning. that's the lowest since january. as you say. but check this out, 20,600 remortgage houses were approved. that's a 24 year low . and that that's a 24 year low. and that is really a major sort of source of demand in the economy is when people remortgage and do up their house or or spend some more money on another house or whatever. and of course, we've got this of england got this bank of england interest this interest rate decision, this coming i will be coming thursday, and i will be reporting about about that from threadneedle street. of course, interest rates are now 5.25. we've seen 14 rate rises in a row. but last month the bank of england held interest rates . i england held interest rates. i sincerely hope they hold them again. on thursday . i personally again. on thursday. i personally think i use some strong language. i personally

ellis island of the west. that money was secured and the colleges should be refurbished and done by 2026. u.s. food giants are back to pitching deals and consumers are bulking at the high pricese wall street journal says that you should be seeing more promotional deals at your local supermarket this holiday season, food industry exacts execs had cut back on sales in recent years because of the supply chain issues and inflation. but for example, they're going to be offering p- some discounts this year and prices are still going to see high, though, by the way, compared to a year ago. reside veggies, health insurance premiums are going up. everything's going up and we're seeing the steepest yearly rising car insurance that's going up too. data shows inflation is cooling. some say we can expect to see these price hikes do crown for has a look with newsnation. stephanie haines. >> employer sponsored health insurance costs may be on the rise. a new report from kff found annual family premiums went up 7% on average in 2023. compared to virtually 0 change in 2022, that means the average family pays more than $6500, about $500 more than last year. if they're seeing their premiums go

ellie. now, residents of picturesque seaside villages are up in arms over the wealthy elite buying second houses in their home towns where they don't intend to live permanently. yet property pricesincreased over recent times, where houses can now go for well over £1 million. >> while some local authorities are now imposing kerbs to limit the amount of outsiders that can buy in the area. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so should we ban second homes? what do you think? let's get the views of property expert russell quirk actor model russell quirk and actor model sarah wingrove. good to see you both this morning. sarah do they need to go or are they just, you know, a good investment, a nice houday know, a good investment, a nice holiday for home people . yes holiday for home people. yes i do think they should be banned . do think they should be banned. >> it's lovely that you might be in a position where you can afford to buy a second home. but if , say, 80, 90% of the time if, say, 80, 90% of the time it's going to be sat empty, then that's not fair. on those of us who are trying to get onto the property ladder and are just trying to afford to actually have their own home, have one