i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines: mourners in moscow have been paying their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev. the head of the international atomic energy agency says the physical integrity of ukraine's zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been violated several times by military activity. china warns of �*counter measures�* after the us approves a $1—billion arms package to taiwan — saying it's to maintain its self defence capabilities. millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday — with care home residents first in line for the jab. ready for lift—off...again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered its first attempt. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show — i'am uncovering ancient treasures amongst spain's moving sand dunes. this is a melting pot of cultures, and all of those peoples have left their archaeological site, which have been kept perfectly intact, down t

i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. mourners pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, whose funeral is taking place. the head of the international atomic energy agency says the physical integrity of ukraine's zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been violated several times by military activity. china warns of �*counter measures�* after the us approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan — saying it's to maintain its self—defence capabilities. millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday — with care home residents first in line for the jab. ready for lift—off again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered its first attempt. (sot) it is not unusual for a rocket, it is not unusualfor a rocket, a new rocket to experience setbacks or delays but the team are confident they can overcome this and all eyes will be on the launch pad. we start in russi

i'm shaun ley. period of national mourning for her majesty queen elizabeth ii has now started, led by her successor king charles iii. earlier on friday, the new king arrived at buckingham palace after travelling from balmoral in scotland where the queen died on thursday at the age of 96. in his first address to the people as monarch charles fought to contain his emotion as he thanked his late mother for her decades of service. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports on the day's events. from buckingham palace, an address to the nation by britain's new king, beginning with a tribute to his mother, the late queen elizabeth. throughout her life, her majesty the queen, my beloved mother, was an inspiration and example to me and all my family. and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family could owe to their mother for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example. queen elizabeth's was a life well lived, a promise with destiny kept, and she is mourned most deeply in her passing.

my colleague shaun ley is in westminster.to the last 50 minutes or so until the midnight hour dons and we will have at least the consolation of the lovely peal of bells from the clock known as big ben that the other end of the palace of westminster which will resonate around here and remind people how close they are to westminster hall. you can see behind me what i have been calling the deceptive part of this operation. in an attempt to prevent any sort of logjam, people are walking backwards and forwards on themselves as you do to get through airport security. that chicane has been taking about two hours for people to clear. it is about 19 and a half hours now from time when you get inside and the time when you get inside and once inside the chicane have once inside the chicane they have perhaps a half—hour beside the river thames up towards the palace of westminster. how long have you been queueing for? 14 hours. the only consolation is you are five and a half hours quicker than the people joining the queue now, if that is

i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines.neral. moscow blames maintenance problems forfailing to resume the main pipeline that transports gas from russia to europe after a three day closure. more than half of manufacturers in the uk say they may have to cut production or close down completely because of rocketing energy bills. ready for lift—off...again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered the first. we'll be live in florida with our correspondent rebecca morelle. and, millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday — with care home residents first in line for the jab.

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, shaun ley. does laura kuenssberg's nous interview hardtalk �*s up to its predecessor. we will ask whether she interrupts her guests too much. first, if politics took something of a back—seat following the death of queen elizabeth, it's been back with a vengeance this week. the announcements from the chancellor from his mid you budget —— many budget unleashed a torrent from institutions. most of it negative. the bank of england is forced to intervene to bring stability to the financial markets. emergency help was needed, but amid the turmoil, the government is still refusing to change its plans. what about the reporting of the story? did the media and bbc news in particular present too apocalyptic? particular present too apocalyptic a picture of the economic fallout. this caller to the newswatch line thought so. heuo. — my name is anthony waites. i just wonder why the bbc doesn't talk about some of the plus sides of this budget and the falling of the pound. it's going to be very cheap for america

with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room.of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household. that process will continue, 2a hours a day, until monday morning at 6.30am. for the latest, we can nowjoin shaun ley in westminster. hello and thank you very much. hello to all of you watching, whether you're in the uk or around the world. here in westminster is the opportunity for members of the public, as well as the politicians who work any palace at westminster behind me, to pay their respects, to have their moment to mark the passing of the queen. now, the public opportunity to do so lasts as it began yesterday all the way through last night, through today, on

i'm shaun ley at westminster, where the palace has released more details of queen elizabeth's funeral

i'm shaun ley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.. it comes after a lavish signing ceremony at the kremlin in what is the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. translation: people | in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens forever. nato says it's the most serious escalation of the conflict since russia invaded ukraine in february. also on the programme. hurricane ian has now made landfall in south carolina after it hit florida earlier this week, causing severe devastation.

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, shaun ley.lizabeth, it's been back with a vengeance this week. the announcements from the chancellor from his mid you budget —— many

my colleague shaun ley has been speaking to the uk's permanent representative to the united nations,a woodward. he asked her the purpose of tabling the resolution, given that russia could have been expected to use its veto. the purpose was twofold. the first was to expose for what they are the sham and a legal annexations of the four provinces of ukraine totalling of a land area of about the size of portugal, the biggest annexation since hitler in world war ii. the second was to make russia isolated yet again. and we saw russia, the only country to vote against the resolution and to receive the same again next week when the general assembly, the full membership of the united nations, considers this question. i expect strong support for the key concepts of sovereignty and territorial integrity which is what this is fundamentally about. what ukraine has been fighting for the last seven months. the difficulty is that other important countries, china says it always believes in non—intervention and therefore you would have though would have been naturally uncomfortable and had express, or

now on bbc news — dateline london with shaun ley.nd welcome to the programme that brings together distinguished british commentators and foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast from the dateline: london. it's been a week for recalling the world's unfinished business. sectarian violence on city streets in iraq, a country which has endured nearly 20 years of instability. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, is being buried this weekend, in a country still struggling with his legacy. the british are still waiting for a new prime minister. in the studio to discuss all that are — bronwen maddox, director and chief executive of chatham house, an independent organisation, which under its royal charter exists "to advance "the sciences of international politics, economics, "andjurisprudence". the charter dates from 1926, bronwen maddox from last month, but her appointment is the culmination of a distinguished career reporting the world. michael goldfarb has been a foreign correspondent for npr, nation

i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines. mourners pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, ahead of his funeral. moscow blames maintenance problems forfailing to resume the main pipeline that transports gas from russia to europe after a three day closure. more than half of manufacturers in the uk say they may have to cut production or close down completely because of rocketing energy bills. ready for lift—off...again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered the first. we'll be live in florida with our correspondent rebecca morelle. now on bbc news, britain's new hong—kongers over 100,000 people from hong kong moved to the uk in the past year and more are arriving every day. probably one of the biggest migrations of our generation. they've got a one way ticket to a new life thousands of miles from everything they know. we can't go back to hong kong right now, but i think ten years or 20 years we can. if s

i'm shaun ley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.victory will be ours", that's what president putin told russians on red square on friday. it comes after a lavish signing ceremony at the kremlin in what is the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. translation: people | in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens forever. nato says it's the most serious escalation of the conflict since russia invaded ukraine in february. also on the programme. hurricane ian has now made landfall in south carolina after it hit florida earlier this week, causing severe devastation. burkina faso�*s army captain has ousted military leader paul—henri damiba and has dissolved the government. it is the country's second coup in eight months. the first round of brazil's presidential election is approaching. this sunday, people will head to the polls, in a vote billed as the country's most important one since returning to democracy in 1989. hello welcome to bbc news we begin this hour. president putin

let's cross live to westminster now and my colleague shaun ley. certainly more crowd here, and in factve just emerged from a kind of chicane, an airport style chicane, the sort of thing you would see just as you thought you were going to get your luggage, before you get to the immigration control at a big airport, and therefore the idea behind this is to try and reduce the prospect of a clog up of people, keep people moving, keep them going at a steady pace, but loses some time. yesterday, people were saying that you can, only a few hundred yards wide, was taking them two i was to get through. if we look behind us, you will notice people are wearing more codes this evening than 2a hours a girl, a noticeable chill in the autumn in london on friday evening, that certainly was not the case 2a hours ago, but it does not deemed the enthusiasm. the queue, which runs from lambeth bridge to southwark park, is now approximately five miles or eight kilometres long. earlier today, the government said the park had reached capacity, so the park had reached capacity, so the gates would be closed for

i'm shaun ley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.arch and the late queen. god bless the queen and the king. it's unbelievable, what a day. at this time when he's lost his mother that he's assumed the role of monarch, there must be mixed emotions. to my darling mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late papa, i want simply to say this. thank you.

hello — this is bbc news — i'm shaun ley live in westminster. the headlines at two...l help individuals and businesses. i, as prime minister, will take immediate action to help people with the cost of their energy bills. and i will be making an announcement to this house on that tomorrow and giving people certainty to make sure that they are able to get through this winter. protecting oil and gas profits and forcing working people to pay the bill. she's the fourth tory prime minister in six years. the face at the top may change, but the story remains the same.

iam shaun i am shaun ley with the headline set 2pm.to a record low this morning. chancellor, what are you going to do about the turmoil on the markets this morning? iam not i am not going to make any comment now. no comment on sterling's fall from the chancellor, the message from financial markets was clear. _ the message from financial markets was clear, even on friday. and this morning. _ was clear, even on friday. and this morning, that message is even more

for all the very latest we can now join shaun ley in westminster.ther in the uk or around the world because in a sense this is a global event now, following the death a week ago of queen elizabeth, the longest serving monarch in the country's history, after 70 years on the throne, years that began when britain was still an empire and ended with a commonwealth of nations who regarded her not only in some cases as a head of state but in other cases as the public face of their history, and it is the fact that she is part of their own personal history that led so many people to come here to westminster, the heart of political power in the uk, to pay their respects to the queen. members of the public have been queueing for about seven and a half hours, and you can see in this picture, the lit site of westminster, the only bit visible in the darkening skies, as victoria tower. just behind that, the sculpture of the burghers of calais, representing another part of british history. there was a time that france was represented, mps from calais and other part

i�*m shaun ley why from westminster. the headlines...sh economy and more importantly the energy crisis affecting notjust the uk but all of europe. you will hear more about that from the prime minister liz truss tomorrow but this was her first full day in thejob, still the job, still reshuffling thejob, still reshuffling her government. the cabinet met for the first time this morning, 24 ministers and another half dozen or so will attend cabinet. and around the old table of 30 or so mps, just one single mp who was a backer of rishi sunak. there have been rewards for rishi sunak supporters further down with another few announcements. but the most high—profile is the housing secretary who was sacked a few months ago by borisjohnson and returning as a minister of state for the department of health and social care under the new health secretary. one of the big issues facing the prime minister is this energy crisis and when she appeared before an ease in the house of commons behind me at lunchtime, in herfirst session, he gave assurances that

live now to westminster and my colleague shaun ley.re outside the uk, it is a little after 9pm on a cool, autumnal evening, friday evening, the last friday before the queen is laid to rest. the last opportunity this weekend, then, for the thousands of members of the public to pay their respects. those journey times are getting longer and longer. we were told yesterday that that chicane here thatis yesterday that that chicane here that is just off to my left —— left, close to the river thames here at westminster is taking about two hours to traverse from once side to the other as they sneak backwards and forwards. i would estimate this queue has got a little longer by now. certainly over the course of the evening, people had to wait earlier in the day when the gates were closed at southwark park, which is the starting point for those coming to pay their respects to the queen. the gates were open again after a few hours, but that kind of logjam of people had now cleared, and now some of those people who are outside of southwark this afte

i'm shaun ley, live in downing street. the headlines at 9am... new prime minister liz truss is holding herfirst cabinet meeting this morning, after a reshuffle of senior positions last night. ministers insist that the energy crisis is at the very top of her agenda. i think it is important that the tyres are kicked, as it were, to make sure that we have a robust energy proposal in order that it can be set out to help households and businesses and details on that will be coming this week. if liz truss announces that she's adopting labour's plans, we welcome and the country will welcome that, but we really haven't got the detail. liz truss will head to the house of commons this lunchtime — for herfirst appearance at prime minister's questions. and i'm geeta guru—murthy in the studio. also in the headlines this morning... the mother of nine—year— old olivia pratt—korbel appeals to the gunman who killed her daughter to hand himself in. univeral free school meals have been introduced for the youngest school children in wales — hello and welcome to down

i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines.t production or close down completely because of rocketing energy bills. ready for lift—off...again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered the first. we'll be live in florida with our correspondent rebecca morelle. now on bbc news, britain's new hong—kongers

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley.y for italy. giorgia meloni looked set to become its first ever woman prime minister. doncaster sheffield airport will close. its owner, the peel group, has made claims of a lack of financial viability and announced services would be wound down on the end of october. tick—tock is facing a fine of up to £27 million for failing to safeguard children�*s privacy. the information commissioner found the platform could have processed the data of under 13—year—olds without their parents consent. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. there is no place for trent alexander—arnold in the england squad for tonight�*s nations league match against germany. he was an unused substitute in the loss to italy. his omission comes as pressure mounts on gareth southgate. england have failed to win any of their last five matches scoring one goal and that was from the penalty spot and were relegated to the second tier after that loss to italy. however, raheem sterling is co

i'm shaun ley. our other main stories this hour...e in canada launch a manhunt for two suspects, after ten people are stabbed to death and many more injured in a series of attacks. a charity urges the uk government to abandon plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda, as the high court will hear legal challenges today. from today, millions of people in england will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine which is already availabe in wales and will be offered in northern ireland in the next two weeks. this comes as health bosses predict a resurgence of covid and flu this winter. good afternoon. welcome to downing street, home from tomorrow to liz truss who will be britain's next prime minister, after being declared the winner of the conservative party's leadership contest. she beat her rival rishi sunak by more than 20,000 votes, gaining 57% of the vote of conservative party members. she says she campaigned as a conservative, will govern as a conservative and deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow the economy. and she promise

get more now on the ongoing pressure on the pound with your questions answered with my colleague shaun leytouch to find out how it may impact on you — more on that in a second. first, let's look at some of the most important questions that are being searched online at the moment. well, let's talk to three guests who might be able to help with all of that. patrick reed, from the endowment�*s principle, specialises in currencies. tom selby is a finance expert at the accountants aj bell. and still with us is our economics correspondent dharshini david. let's start — let's pull some of those together if we could, patrick and tom. patrick, explain a bit about why the pound is falling and what we mean by a "weak pound", as opposed to a currency that we would describe as strong. the pound is falling for a number of reasons. firstly, the fundamentals of the uk are pretty dire. real wages are really, really poor. the outlook is dire, too — andrew bailey, the bank of england's governor, said himself the next five quarters will be negative. that sounds like stagflation to me. we've got a rising inter

for all the very latest we can now join shaun ley in westminster.ere no lack of enthusiasm, no lack of determination and very few regrets that people have spent so much of today standing at least in relatively dry conditions for the long wait to get inside westminster hall to pay their respects to the queen in her lying in state. it is worth remembering that people who join the it is worth remembering that people whojoin the queue it is worth remembering that people who join the queue now, it is worth remembering that people whojoin the queue now, which is currently stretching back to southwark park in south london on the other side of the thames will have to wait another nine hours. in other words, they will arrive here where i am standing just outside the palace of westminster at about eight o'clock on friday morning. that gives you just a sense, when you put it like that you begin to realise the commitment that people are showing in coming here this evening. and when they approach this point of the journey and when they approach this point of the

i'm shaun ley in westminster — where the public are queuing through the night — for their chance to pay

i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world: mourners pay their respectslaunch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered the first.

hello — this is bbc news — i'm shaun ley live in westminster. the headlines at 5pm... truss takes part in her first pmqs as prime minister — she ruled out a windfall tax on energy companies, promising to announce a package of support for bills tomorrow. i, as prime minister, will take immediate action to help people with the cost of their energy bills. and i will be making an announcement to this house on that tomorrow and giving people certainty to make sure that they are able to get through this winter. protecting oil and gas profits and forcing working people to pay the bill. she's the fourth tory prime minister in six years. the face at the top may change, but the story remains the same. as liz truss�*s cabinet takes shape — theresa may uses prime minister's questions to highlight diversity at the top of government. for the first time in british history, none of the offices are held by a white man. the question being asked in government is just how diverse is this government, a point raised by teresa may. i how diverse is this government, a point raised by teresa m

i'm shaun ley, live in downing street. the headlines at 11am...sal in order to set out how households and businesses will be held, and details will be coming this week. tt held, and details will be coming this week. , , ., ., . , this week. if liz truss announces that she is _ this week. if liz truss announces that she is adopting _ this week. if liz truss announces that she is adopting labour - this week. if liz truss announces that she is adopting labour 's - that she is adopting labour 's plans, — that she is adopting labour 's plans, we _ that she is adopting labour 's plans, we welcome that and the country— plans, we welcome that and the country will welcome that, but we really _ country will welcome that, but we really haven't got the detail. liz truss will head to the house of commons this lunchtime for herfirst appearance at prime minister's questions. and i'mjoanna gosling in the studio. our other headlines this morning... ryan giggs is to face a retrial on domestic violence charges. the mother of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel appeals

i'm shaun ley, live in downing street. the headlines at 9am...

i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world.