BBC News – Politics

• Liz Truss resists calls for earlier tax plans assessment
  Some Tories believe publishing the forecast sooner would reassure markets following a turbulent week.
• Tax wealthiest 1% to fund home insulation, say Greens
  In a conference speech, the party's co-leaders say a new levy would raise around £70bn a year.
• Brexit: UK and EU to restart talks over NI Protocol
  The move comes after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly spoke to his EU counterpart Maroš Šefčovič.
• Truss to go to first meeting of European nations club
  More than 40 leaders, including from all EU countries, were invited to discuss security and energy issues.
• Minister Kit Malthouse 'surprised' at market reaction to tax cuts
  The education secretary says tax cuts were "advertised" during Liz Truss's leadership campaign.

BBC News – Business

• Liz Truss resists calls for earlier tax plans assessment
  Some Tories believe publishing the forecast sooner would reassure markets following a turbulent week.
• UK not in recession, new figures suggest
  The economy grew in the second quarter of this year, but it remains smaller than pre-Covid levels.
• Price cap to cushion blow of soaring energy costs
  A two-year government-set cap means price rises taking effect on Saturday are lower than expected.
• Phil Collins and two Genesis bandmates sell song catalogue for a reported $300m
  The deal is one of the biggest in music history, approaching the sum paid for Bob Dylan's music.
• EU agrees windfall tax on energy firms
  The EU has agreed to implement levies on energy firms which are benefiting from soaring gas prices.

BBC News – Scotland

• Doorstep murder: Police have new man in sights over banker shooting
  The development comes after a flurry of activity in the hunt for the killer of banker Alistair Wilson.
• Scotland's Covid levels remain highest in UK
  The latest ONS weekly survey estimates one in 45 people are currently infected.
• Man, 64, dies after two HGVs crash in Highlands
  Driver Alan Jones from Inverness died at the scene of the incident on the A9 near Carrbridge.
• Investigation into spikes in newborn baby deaths in Scotland
  It follows higher than expected neonatal deaths in September 2021 and March this year.
• Driver who caused Livingston woman's death spared jail
  David MacDonald, caused the death of a mother by driving the wrong way down a road in Livingston.

BBC News – Northern Ireland

• Cost of living: Meter readings urged as energy bills to rise again
  Several electricity and gas providers in Northern Ireland will increase prices in the coming days.
• Limavady: Ollie Simmons-Watt dies after being knocked off bike
  Ollie Simmons-Watt died after he was struck by a van on a street in Limavady on Thursday.
• Abdul and Aleksandra Wahab deny murder of Nadia Kalinowska
  Nadia Zofia Kalinowska died from injuries sustained in her home in Newtownabbey in December 2019.
• Prospect of united Ireland 'not now as remote'
  A son of the DUP founder, Ian Paisley, was speaking to the Irish Parliament on Friday.
• MI5 tapes can be used in Duffy terrorism trial
  Colin Duffy, Henry Fitzsimons and Alex McCrory are on trial in relation to a gun attack on police.

BBC News – England

• Moors Murders: Search for Keith Bennett's body restarts
  Police search for the body of Keith Bennett, killed in 1964, after "potential remains" are found.
• Molly Russell inquest: Father makes social media plea
  Tech firms should "stop monetising misery", the father of Molly Russell says as her inquest ends.
• No racial bias in missing nurse case, review says
  Police were criticised for releasing the wrong image of another black woman, among other mistakes.
• P&O Ferries admits Dover chef's unfair dismissal
  John Lansdown was the only seafarer out of the 800 sacked to take legal action against P&O Ferries.
• The Edenfield Centre: Bereaved family 'reeling with anger' at abuse
  A BBC investigation found a "toxic culture" of abuse and bullying at a Manchester mental health unit.

BBC News – Latin America

• Lev Tahor Jewish sect members held in Mexico escape
  Dramatic footage shows members escaping the site where they were held since a raid on their base.
• Brazil election: Do voting machines lead to fraud?
  President Bolsonaro says the voting machines used in Brazil are prone to fraud, but hasn't provided evidence.
• Brazil election: How the famous yellow football shirt has become politicised
  As Brazil's election – and the World Cup – approach, the famous yellow shirt is being politicised.
• Over 1,700 environment activists killed in decade – report
  Brazil and Colombia have recorded the highest number of deaths, a report finds.
• Hurricane Ian: Cuba begins restoring power after storm
  The island's electrical system experienced a complete collapse in the wake of the deadly storm.

BBC News – US & Canada

• Aerial views of destruction from Hurricane Ian in Florida
  Seen from above, the wreckage Hurricane Ian left in its wake shows the power of the historic storm.
• Hurricane Ian: Survivors speak of 'brutal' storm as Florida counts cost
  Flooding from Hurricane Ian traps people in their homes, as the storm takes aim at South Carolina.
• US Coast Guard airlifts residents out of Sanibel Island
  A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to Sanibel Island, where 6,300 people live.
• 'I hid from hurricane in my bath tub all night'
  Mobile home residents without any insurance are counting the cost of a devastating storm in Florida.
• Hurricane Ian devastates Fort Myers: 'The worst storm surge I've ever seen'
  The BBC's John Sudworth talks to residents who survived a direct hit from Hurricane Ian.

BBC News – Asia

• India: At least 12 dead in New Year temple stampede
  Pilgrims were visiting the shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi to mark the new year when the tragedy unfolded.
• Kim Jong-un: North Korea to focus on economy in 2022
  Kim Jong-un says the faltering economy will be the national priority as he marks 10 years in power.
• Map drawn from memory helps reunite kidnapped Chinese man with family
  Li Jingwei was kidnapped in Yunnan province in 1989 and sold to a family thousands of miles away.
• Ashraf Ghani: Ex-Afghan president describes moment he fled the Taliban
  Speaking to the BBC, Ashraf Ghani tackles criticism he left Afghanistan as the Taliban closed in.
• Xi'an: Cries for help and food in quarantined Chinese city
  Officials say there are adequate supplies, but some in Xi'an say they do not have enough to eat.