katya adler, our euro -e quarters back home. katya adler, our eur0pe editor. _ quarters back home.or, thank you. and before that, sarah smith in washington. 0n taking over today, rishi sunak admitted that the uk faced "profound economic challenges". indeed, the economic situation is significantly worse than it was when liz truss took office. higher mortgage rates, energy bills, and inflation are combining to make it a really difficult winter for millions of households and businesses. the nhs and social care system is struggling, and the business need for more foreign workers is causing more debate about immigration within the conservative party. we will look at the nhs and immigration in a moment, but first our economics editor faisal islam looks at the big economic challenges ahead. rishi sunak is going to be prime minister because of economic instability and a crisis partly the result of his predecessor's misjudgments in this area. he says, as we've been hearing, there are profound economic challenges, so let's have a look. inflation already at 10% right now, a ao—year high alrea

katya adler in prague.ssia's assault on the country has continued — at least seven people were killed after the city of zaporizhzhia was hit by seven missiles in a series of pre—dawn attacks. kyiv says the strikes were deliberately aimed at residential buildings. the city, close to the front line, is the capital of one of the regions that russia has illegally tried to annexe — though the city itself is still in ukrainian hands. the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, europe's largest, is nearby, in an area controlled by moscow. the missile strikes came as the ukrainian army continues to make dramatic progress against russian forces in the east and south of the country. 0ur correspondent paul adams reports from zaporizhia. when things go wrong on the battlefield, is this how russia responds? this was not a military target. this is where ordinary people lived, where they were sleeping. from dawn, rescue workers looked for survivors among five floors of smouldering wreckage. it's not known how many people died here. t

and for britain, this is also an important step and the details of the bbc's european columnist katya adlerdid not return to the eu, but to the wider european arena , this is a decisive message from litras, she was warmly welcomed here, this meeting would not have had the same significance without britain, the fact that taras forest came here with over forty other european leaders shows the sense of crisis on the continent, how important it is that britain is here today, it is very important because britain has provided leadership for the last nine months after the terrible aggression that russia launched against ukraine . can this meeting give concrete results and how important is it that britain is here? i think it is a very important fact that all the leaders of european countries have gathered here together to sit at the same table talks and to talk about security and energy energy was the focus of the british prime minister who spoke about possible power cuts at home many issues are on the agenda for discussion with the leaders from gas prices to russian aggression they share the same

he is katya adler.ws, caustic comments about losing count of the number of uk prime ministers this year but of course we do live in very serious times and whoever is at the helm in the uk, eu leaders really want to work with us on three main areas, again, like sarah said, ukraine, on growing military support for ukraine and continued russia's sanctions. secondly, ensuring energy supplies and working together where possible to bring down those exorbitant prices, and thirdly, trying to work on the ongoing thorny issue of the brexit agreement on northern ireland known as the protocol. privately, eu leaders have breathed a sigh of relief that borisjohnson has not returned to number ten, borisjohnson has not returned to numberten, he borisjohnson has not returned to number ten, he is seen as divisive and unreliable here. rishi sunak is viewed as a pragmatist, a grown up in the words of one eu diplomat i speak to this evening. he is known as a supporter of brexit but on the campaign trail this summer he said

in a moment, we'll hear from our north america editor, sarah smith, and our europe editor, katya adlerini vaidyanathan. there is a huge sense of pride in india, 1 news network saying rishi sunak had given the entire nation a diwali gift. it is also seen are significant because of the history. it 75 years since india gained independence after british rule. and in news channel round these headlines today, saying: rishi sunak has deep ties with india, his grandparents were born in pre— partition paul jubb and his wife is indian. herfather is one jubb and his wife is indian. her father is one of this country's best known business in, the billionaire. tonight india's prime minister narendra modi offered his congratulations to rishi sunak, they he looked forward to working closely with him. they remain a member early this year borisjohnson and narendra modi set a target to secure a free—trade agreement between the uk and india of diwali, that deal yet to materialise and many here hope rishi sunak can set that back on track. in public, what the white house are seeing is what you expect. the u