this is bbc news the headlines at 8pm: the labour leader, sir keir starmer is in liverpool as his party conference starts, he tells crowds he'll set out the dividing lines between labour and the new tory government. and 12 after long years of tory failure, didn't they just show their true colours, yesterday? cheering. their driving ideology — make the rich richer and do nothing for working people. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has defended his tax cuts aimed at boosting economic growth, saying they're fair for all — but they're receiving a mixed reaction from the public. it will help, yes, to a degree but it depends what bracket you're in, of course, in terms of income. i mean, does that. even touch the sides? i don't know, we'll see.

violent anti—government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people — at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self—styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has arrived in liverpool ahead of the start of the party's annual conference. he's condemned the package of tax cuts unveiled yesterday, economics", which — he says — are gambling with the finances of every family in the country.

the government insists its package of measures, including scrapping the top rate of income tax, will help kickstart economic growth. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. labour has been out of power for more than a decade but they now believe their political fortunes could be turning around. just as their party conference gets under way, liz truss has made the political dividing lines with the opposition far more stark. applause arriving in liverpool, the labour leader believes this will work to his advantage. and after 12 long years of tory failure, didn't they just show their true colours yesterday? crowd: yes! and earlier, the party's deputy leader argued that yesterday's tax—cutting, not so mini budget, had now given labour an opportunity to set out a distinct vision on the economy. the conservatives have failed to grow our economy over 12 years and now we're seeing that there is a last—ditch casino attempt at going for the risky strategy byjust helping those at the top.

i don't believe that will give us the growth and investment we need for the future or will help those that are working hard today. over loudspeaker: my city, my people, my heart. # my city, my people, my heart. but not everything in the wider labour movement is harmonious. keir starmer has told his senior mps to stay away from picket lines but not far from his conference a strike has flared up at liverpool docks. the people on the picket line here are members of unite, the union that gives more money to the labour party than any other. that union's leader met keir starmer in recent days and what she wants to see is a more ambitious economic policy from him and perhaps, unsurprisingly, far more support for striking workers. i think he wants to make it very clear that he's supporting workers and the reality is actions will speak louder than words. for me, jam tomorrow does not pay the bills as far as workers are concerned. and therefore, today is the time they are struggling, today is the time they're on the picket lines, today is the time that they want

labour to put their arm around them. this is a crucial moment, a crucial conference for us on the left... and left—wing delegates are pushing for a motion to be debated that would support mps joining picket lines and which would call for pay rises to be at or above inflation. but keir starmer will be keen to show that his party has emerged from the political storms of thejeremy corbyn era, and that the clear blue water in british politics is now between government and opposition. iain watson, bbc news, liverpool. earlier our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, gave us the latest from liverpool. even before yesterday's budget which to all intents and purposes pretty much was that, they were going to focus on what they call a fairer, greenerfuture and i think in many ways they will feel that this has even sharpened up the focus on that. in that they believe there are issues of fairness they can attack the government on for what was announced yesterday,

the distribution of those tax cuts, where the vast majority of the benefits accrue to the very richest, people earning over £150,000, over £1 million, getting many benefits from it or large tax reductions. those on the lowest incomes getting much smaller ones. the government will say that is because if you are on a higher income you pay more tax but labour saying that the fairness of this is what they will focus on. and the issue about who should be really footing the bill here so looking at things like that top rate of tax, that 45% rate, that is something that the government has said it will be scrapping and should not be happening. equally, not going ahead with corporation tax on the biggest companies, the rise that was going to come through, tax and the biggest companies. labour, again, saying those sorts of firms, should be forcing some of the bill.

and particularly the big energy companies should be footing more of the bill in the energy crisis. aligned with that, they certainly say they should be more focus on, in an energy crisis, energy measures that would sort of future proof the economy. go growing renewables, insulating homes, that sort of thing that the focus should be there rather than subsidising or using the situation, at the minute, which will be what they say the oil and gas companies continuing to make big profits. so, labour pushing on that sort of thing and thinking that that budget yesterday gives them an opportunity. and both the labour leader and the chancellor will be on �*sunday with laura kuenessberg' — tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. a leading think tank — the resolution foundation — has said that middle income earners stand to lose the most money from the tax policies announced yesterday by the government — with the very richest benefitting most. but the government insists the tax cuts are fair to all —

and will get the economy growing. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, reports. a bit more money for everyone will get businesses investing and people spending — that's the government's aim — but at this market in buckinghamshire there's scepticism about who will benefit most from these tax cuts. well, the higher end will be a lot better off, but lower end, is it a penny? it's nothing. considering the cost of living and inflation and the bills. it will take six months to kick in, really, won't it? and see if it does help. just hopefully it does. according to the thinktank the resolution foundation the top 5% of earners will overall be about £2,500 better off, while the lowest 5% will be about £9 worse off, but the middle fifth of earners, labelled by some as the squeezed middle, will be about £780 worse off. this was a budget where the distributional impact was very clearly. . . the biggest gains goes to those

who have the highest incomes. it's a growth or bust kind of strategy, which is certainly different to what we have seen before. a lot of what was announced yesterday was simply reversing planned tax rises, personal and corporate, and ministers insist these plans will grow the economy for everyone. we're not into the politics of envy, where we deliberately penalise people who have been working hard. we want to cut taxes for everybody. and the danger, by the way, if you have tax rates that are too high, for either companies or individuals, you drive them away. the previous chancellor froze the basic rate at which everyone starts paying tax which, with inflation so high, is currently leaving everyone worse off. treasury insiders confirm that might now be looked at as part of a wider review of all taxes. a full budget could be on the cards before the year is out. the chancellor might not be done with tax cuts just yet. marc ashdown, bbc news. let's get a little more now on what the announcements could mean for young people.

joining me is claire reindorp, who's chief executive of the young women's trust — an organisation which offers support to young women aged 18 to 30 in the uk. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. why is an organisation like yours needed? in news. why is an organisation like yours needed?— news. why is an organisation like ours needed? , ., ., yours needed? in short, young women are at the sharp _ yours needed? in short, young women are at the sharp end _ yours needed? in short, young women are at the sharp end of— yours needed? in short, young women are at the sharp end of this _ are at the sharp end of this financial crisis, the cost of living crisis, because they earn one fifth less than young men on average per year. we have been championing young women and want people to tackle that financial penalty that young women face. it is holding young women back, stopping them having a fairer financial future. back, stopping them having a fairer financialfuture. and, critically, financial future. and, critically, given financialfuture. and, critically, given where we are in the economy right now, we want young women to be able to contribute to the economic growth that the chancellor and our new prime minister wanted to see. we think young women can be a key part of that. but there is a number of

things at the moment which is holding them back. we things at the moment which is holding them back.— things at the moment which is holding them back. we will get to the barriers _ holding them back. we will get to the barriers in _ holding them back. we will get to the barriers in a _ holding them back. we will get to the barriers in a moment. - holding them back. we will get to the barriers in a moment. as - holding them back. we will get to the barriers in a moment. as the | the barriers in a moment. as the announcement was made yesterday, take us through the bullet points. the issue for young women is that they are much more likely to be in low pay. a budget like this, which gives tax cuts to the higher earners who are more likely to be men is not going to help young women stop and when we talk about those main barriers, how white would a budget or some sort of fiscal adjustment help women. or some sort of fiscal ad'ustment help women.* or some sort of fiscal ad'ustment help hemmfi or some sort of fiscal ad'ustment hel women. . ., , ., , help women. what is actually needed? we think three — help women. what is actually needed? we think three things _ help women. what is actually needed? we think three things are _ help women. what is actually needed? we think three things are needed. - we think three things are needed. firstly, when we recently did a survey at young women's trust, one third of women we spoke to wanted more hours but they can't often get them because many of them are doing unpaid work and caring responsibilities and they can't access the affordable child care that they need. the government has

told us that they are going to announce something on child care. we hope that will be the universal flexible and affordable childcare but young women need. many of whom are working shifts and in insecure work. secondly, what we are looking for is an increase in the minimum wage. at least in line with inflation. and an end to discrimination in minimum wage. if you are on the 23, you get a lower rate and we think that is a nonsense, it isn't cheaper to live when you are 21, 22 then when you are 23. thirdly, we want support to enable young women to get on in the workplace. they are facing so much sex as not getting ahead in the way they could. really, they have the talent and drive —— facing so much sexism and not getting ahead. they could be the engine of economic growth that the chancellor and prime minister want to see.— minister want to see. when you talk about the minimum _ minister want to see. when you talk about the minimum wage, - minister want to see. when you talk about the minimum wage, how- minister want to see. when you talk about the minimum wage, how is i minister want to see. when you talk| about the minimum wage, how is the universal credit and its recent change helped, has it helped, is it enough?

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their children out of poverty. if you can get it right, you can then tackle b pension gap. at the moment it is standing at 40% or 50% later in life for women —— tackle the pension gap. i5 in life for women -- tackle the pension gap-— in life for women -- tackle the pension gap. is the fact that earn less something _ pension gap. is the fact that earn less something that _ pension gap. is the fact that earn less something that government | less something that government should be concerned with or companies and organisations like yours should be targeting to get the wage difference rectified to it fairer? ., �* , wage difference rectified to it fairer? ., v ., ., wage difference rectified to it fairer? ., �*, ., ., , ., fairer? that's a great question because some _ fairer? that's a great question because some of _ fairer? that's a great question because some of this - fairer? that's a great question because some of this is - fairer? that's a great question because some of this is in - fairer? that's a great question because some of this is in the| fairer? that's a great question - because some of this is in the hands of government, for example affordable childcare. and legislating to require employers to advertise jobs as flexible from day one. 0bviously, advertise jobs as flexible from day one. obviously, there are things employers can do and many other forward—thinking employers are already, for example, practising salary transparency which is key in closing pay gaps. 0ften flexible working enables young women and those with disabilities and those with caring responsibilities to get into the workplace. and promoting young women. we know that change is possible.

young women. we know that change is hossible. ., ., , . possible. claire reindorp, chief executive of _ possible. claire reindorp, chief executive of young _ possible. claire reindorp, chief executive of young women's i possible. claire reindorp, chief- executive of young women's trust, thank you for your time.— executive of young women's trust, thank you for your time. reports suggest that authorities have regained control of large parts of a town in western iran from anti—government demonstrators. the protesters had briefly seized large parts of the city of 0shnaviyeh, which lies close to the border with iraq. footage appeared to show protesters in control of the town. police say about 740 people have been arrested nationwide, including 60 women, after protests were sparked by the death in custody of a woman who'd allegedly broken dress rules. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent, jiyar gol. it was a city, a small kurdish town, but it was the city on the first day of the protests, three people, three young people died there and i could hear them actually shouting "freedom, we will take revenge for those martyrs" and "you have nowhere to go".

and last night, actually, we managed to get in touch with some people because close to the iraqi border, sometimes the signal from iraqi kurdishtan, they can pick it up. so we talked to some people and they were telling us many of the officials left the city, or they took their families out of the city. they went to the place where there was a military of revolutionary guard barracks. but at this point in time, we know in the morning the protesters somehow went back, they come out at night. so, they have been doing house by house. they've arrested so many people. but it is notjust in that city. in multiple different cities in iran, as i'm talking to you again, it's night, two and a half hours, or maybe three and a half hours ahead of us, we are hearing numbers of people are out in the street in some neighbourhoods, in some of the cities. the police cannot even go because they are using cocktail molotovs and attacking them with stones. so, the protests are continuing in so many different places as we talk.

how do these protests compare to those in 2009 when we look at the crackdown from the government? first of all, there's a saying in the middle east, "if women lead, men don't retreat." when you see so many women going out there, standing up to revolutionary generals, removing their head scarves, something is punishable, and we see so many people there... but by internet outage, judging from past experience, the fear so many people have — the government might deal with this protest heavy handedly. in might, you know, use force, which we have seen the footage — they are using live ammunition and directly aiming at protesters with weapons. is the... i'm just thinking of the context and background to what we are seeing on the streets in iran now. generally, what is the state of the economy and the country? is there a much deeper malaise going on? i think, for so many years, women,

they imposing this strict islamic rules on women and controlling them. and many women, well educated, they see it as a humiliation. on top of it, corruption, economic situation in iran, sanctioning and inflation, unemployment. there are so many elements. hand to hand and people believe the government, day after day lying to them and they don't care about their future. the current situation of the economy — that is why so many young people who have been educated in the system have nothing to lose. they are out there in the street. sport and we have a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. st helens have won a record fourth successive super league grand final at old trafford. they beat leeds rhinos by 24—12. st helens controlled much of the first half. they ran in two tries,

the second from jon bennison, and led by 12—6 at the break. leeds had fought back at the end of the first half but the contest started to go away from them when first konrad hurrell and then mark percival broke through. leeds pulled a try back but it was too late. they'd been second best for most of the game and the st helens players lifted the trophy for the fourth year on the trot. a history making victory at the end. there was a sensational comeback at windsor park. northern ireland came from behind to beat kosovo in stoppage time and gain a crucial win in the nations league. defeat today could have left them in real danger of finishing bottom. but they're off the mark in the competition, after such a long wait. lydia campbell reports. still no one in the nations league and under threat of relegation they needed a fast start against kosovo and this wouldn't have been what

they had in mind with the best chancesin they had in mind with the best chances in the first half into the away side and the crowd are making their feelings known at half—time. in the second half, dion charles thought he had given his side the lead only to be ruled offside. and then the sucker punch, the kosovan captain opening the scoring, adding to the pressure on ian baraclough. his response was to make a triple change and it paid off. shayne lavery set up gavin whyte to level the scoring. and then be moment the northern ireland had been waiting 15 games for the moment that. josh mcguinness with an injury time winner. a nations league win under a freeze for barraclough. scotland are taking on the republic of ireland, in their league b group. 0ver over half an hour played.

a momentous day in women's football to celebrate now — with a record crowd in the wsl that saw arsenal hammer tottenham in the north london derby at the emirates. it was a rather one—sided affair, in front of the 47,367 in attendance — beth mead carrying on her great run of form. she opened the scoring after five minutes. vivianne miedema was on the scoresheet twice... the second of her goals coming in the second half— raffaela souza completed the rout. two 4—0 league wins in a row for arsenal — their players felt the power of the crowd today. you can hear it now. it does make a bit of a difference, to have that atmosphere. 0bviously visa at the euros, we felt that and i'm glad everyone came out today to show that support —— obviously at the euros. hgppy support —— obviously at the euros. happy to get a performance and the three points. there was a controversial end

to england and india's women's one day series with the non—striker run out by the bowler after england had threatened a surprising win. kate cross took four wickets as india only made 169 off their 50 overs at lord's. england also struggled with the bat, in her 204th and final 0di, jhulan goswami picked up two wickets as the home side were reduced to 118 for nine. but a last wicket partnership betwen charlie dean and freya davies took them to within 17 of victory. however, deepti sharma ran out dean as she was backing up and the so called mankad run out gave them the win by 16 runs. it is in the rules but whether it is in the spirit of the gamebeaten 3—0 by india who won convincingly in the end of that series. that is all the support, more later. thanks. reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door—to—door in occupied parts

of the country to collect votes for self—styled "referendums", onjoining russia. russian state media says door—to—door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south — and cover around 15% of ukraine's territory. the so—called referenda have been widely condemned. the us president, joe biden, described them as a sham — and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. 0ur ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, reports from kyiv. russia's version of their so—called referendums. a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want to join russia. but, on the same spot today, in the city centre, it's deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this.

loud knocking apparently ballots being taken door—to—door, with the support of armed men. on this unverified cctv clip, a man is asked what apartment he's from. "i don't live here." "are you sure?" "yes," he says. he carries on down without looking over his shoulder. we've spoken to several people under russian occupation. outgoing dialling tone. hello. hi. including natalia — not her real name. nice to hear you, too. a producer has voiced her words. what are your friends and family thinking about this? do they want to go and vote? translation: all of my friends are against the referendum, - because we are sure that the referendum will be rigged. we don't understand why we should answer the question

that is written on the ballots. we don't want to be part of russia. driven by losses on the battlefield and growing criticisms back home, the kremlin wants to legitimise its presence in ukraine, while threatening an escalation if ukraine keeps pushing back. this isn't about democracy. it's a move straight out of the russian playbook. the result will be what russia needs it to be. and ukraine is calling on the world to see right through it. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. human rights groups say more than 700 people have been arrested at anti—war protests in russia, since president putin called up reservists to fight in ukraine. his decision to mobilise hundreds of thousands of extra troops has also led to big queues of people trying to leave the country. this is the border between georgia and russia where a 10—kilometre queue has been building, with people waiting up to 20 hours to cross.

russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has criticised western nations for their "grotesque" fear of russia — saying that such states were seeking to "destroy" his country. addressing the united nations general assembly earlier this evening, mr lavrov was highly critical of washington and what he described as �*russophobia' in the west. translation: washington is trying to turn the entire world _ into its own backyard and the way of doing this is through unlawful unilateral sanctions, which have been for many years used in violation of the charter and used as a tool of political blackmail. this cynicism here is obvious because these restrictions hit civilians. i'm joined by tomila lankina, professor of international relations at london school of economics and political science.

here in london. thank you very much forjoining us, professor.— for “oining us, professor. thank you forjoining us, professor. thank you for havinl forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me- _ forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we _ forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we have _ forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we have seen - forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we have seen some| for having me. we have seen some reaction to — for having me. we have seen some reaction to the _ for having me. we have seen some reaction to the conscription - for having me. we have seen some reaction to the conscription with i reaction to the conscription with people leaving. who is leaving russia or attempting to leave? people attempting to leave russia our people who can afford to do so. and it is the informed segment of russian population. because there is still a large chunk of russian society that is in now is actually a turn, a shift in the awareness of that other larger percentage of the population that have been... have had the wool over their eyes but are now realising that war has actually come to russia. but the people who are fleeing people who can afford to do so, who have the resources, and who are informed and who have been aware, perhaps for a long time or perhaps recently have become aware,

of the reality of the aggression that russia is pursuing in ukraine. but also that this is now personally affecting many more people than has been the case before. but the interesting thing to observe is that the people who have been perhaps watching russian propaganda and not as informed as the kind of liberal may beat moscow and saint petersburg —based middle—class groups, they are also realising that, you know, the war is affecting them personally —— liberal maybe moscow. it is an interesting shift to observe, people interesting shift to observe, people in villages and rural areas, who are not necessarily all willingly responding to this call to come to the conscription centres and be taken away, they are actually thinking about plan a, plan b, what should they do? what is interesting is that their opinion now is shifting. anecdotally, and i have

friends and family in russia, anecdotally even people who have been very, very supportive of the regime, some of them live in rural areas, don't have very many sources of information, they watch state propaganda news, all of a sudden, they are realising their nephews and sons have been taken away. and possibly taken very quickly to face certain death as cannon fodder in this war they are becoming critical of the regime in the way but perhaps they haven't been before. and that is something interesting to observe. because i think there is a massive... we are observing a shift in public opinion, this layer of the population that have not been very informed orjust simply population that have not been very informed or just simply thought that the war is not something that affects them. it the war is not something that affects them.— the war is not something that affects them. it is very different when it is impacting _ affects them. it is very different when it is impacting on - affects them. it is very different when it is impacting on you - when it is impacting on you personally. forthose when it is impacting on you personally. for those who are leaving, those images at the border, for example, we showed the border

between georgia and russia, it is not the best optics for president putin. are they being allowed to leave safely? fist putin. are they being allowed to leave safely?— putin. are they being allowed to leave safel ? �* ., ~' leave safely? at the moment, i think the reality of — leave safely? at the moment, i think the reality of russia _ leave safely? at the moment, i think the reality of russia is _ leave safely? at the moment, i think the reality of russia is that _ leave safely? at the moment, i think the reality of russia is that it - leave safely? at the moment, i think the reality of russia is that it is - the reality of russia is that it is a country that... we think of it as a country that... we think of it as a totalising state, much like the stalin system was. but much like the soviet system, even under stalin, even during the darkest decades and years of repression, it was still a not very well... managed country in the sense that, for instance, you can have people escaping from one region to another. even within russia, to avoid getting the conscription notice or if they get that notice, they can move to another region but the record keeping is so poor and so primitive, in many cases it is... by the way, there have also been arsons, which have intensified. the conscription

commissariat. all of a sudden, people are trying to set them on fire or throw molotov cocktails at these centres. so, the reality of bureaucratically organising this conscription is also something that is a mirror mismanagement. the limited resources that the regional managers have. anecdotally we know that some villages which only have 150 people will have received a quota of ten people, ten men, they have to provide. and there are not that many men in a lot of these villages because they are dying. that is the demographic reality of russia. indeed, the optics are not good because the people are also amassing on the borders with