this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds and these are the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world... britain's main opposition party opens its annual conference with expectations that it will set out the dividing lines between labour and the new conservative government. the chancellor defends the tax cuts announced on friday is the key to growth... what i'm focused on is growing - the economy and making sure that britain is an attractive place to invest, and so that it is l a competitive global arena. voting is under way in italy's general election with opinion polls suggesting victory for the far right

which would usher in the country's most right—wing government since world war two. heavy rains and huge waves cutting power to tens of thousands of people in canada. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. speaking at the labour party conference in liverpool in the last few minutes, its deputy leader angela rayner has told delegates that britain is at a �*crossroads' moment, claiming that the rights of ordinary people are under attack from a government more interested in the rights of big business. earlier the party leader sir keir starmer told the bbc that labour would reverse the government's cut to the top rate of income tax , saying the move was "the wrong choice" during a cost—of—living crisis. so long as i have breath in my body i will defend those rights and including the right to strike.

and when in power, we will repeal the anti—worker and anti—trade union laws this conservative government has enacted, all of it. the tories are not on the side of working people in britain today, liz truss has already made that clearer than it has ever been. she has chosen to stand for the vested interests, the oil companies and the bankers. for those profiting from this crisis and not suffering from it. and it is working families who have been bearing the brunt.— working families who have been bearing the brunt. take us through the first few _ bearing the brunt. take us through the first few hours _

bearing the brunt. take us through the first few hours of _ bearing the brunt. take us through the first few hours of the _ bearing the brunt. take us through the first few hours of the labour i the first few hours of the labour party conference.— the first few hours of the labour party conference. firstly i think it was interesting _ party conference. firstly i think it was interesting to _ party conference. firstly i think it was interesting to hear— party conference. firstly i think it was interesting to hear angela i was interesting to hear angela rayner pointedly saying there to delegates at the conference here on the repo that she supported the right to strike. and there was a pause on the applause as you heard, that does not put her at odds with the labour leader sir keir starmer, he said the same thing this morning, but that is an issue which is really hanging over the conference at the moment with so many public sector workers going out strike action amid the rising cost of living. a real pressure from trade unions and some on the left of the labour party who want to see the leadership throwing its weight behind the striking workers, allowing mps and shadow cabinet members to get out on the picket line and support them. sir keir starmer stopping short of that thing this morning he supported the rights of people to strike as a last resort and understood the frustrations that had led them to do that but it is a tricky one for him because he does not want to be seen as too beholden to the trade unions,

which tell of course have huge influence within the party, and has also been forced into position relate this morning about tax cuts on friday we saw the chancellor unveil huge sweeping tax cuts, bending the conservative government's economic policy, particularly on income tax, that controversial decision to cut or abolish the highest rate of income tax on those earning more than £150,000 a year, and also to reduce the lowest rate of income tax from 20 to i9p in the pound. 0n the lowest rate of income tax from 20 to i9p in the pound. on that higher rate, affecting the very highest earners, allowing them to keep more of their income, sir keir starmer as pyloric laurie ginsberg this morning whether he would put that back in place. yes. i do not think that the choice to have tax cuts for those that are earning hundreds of thousands of pounds is the right choice when our economy

is struggling the way it is, working people are struggling in the way they are and our public services are struggling, so it is the wrong choice. would you go further? we would reverse the decision they have made on friday, be absolutely clear about that. the effect of that decision was, if you are earning £1 million, you have got £55,000 in tax cuts as a result of that decision on friday. that is more than enough to employ a nurse. i don't think many people watching this programme will say that that is fair and that is the way to grow our country. it is hugely risky and hugely divisive, and i would reverse it. quite literally this far out from an opposition goal election an opposition goal election an opposition leader setting out what he would do on tax, but from those close to keir starmer, the feeling is it would not be a particularly controversial move to reinstate that top rate of income tax, given how relatively few people it affects,

and also that they wanted to clear up and also that they wanted to clear up the issue now rather than keeping asked the question about what they would do about it between now and closer to the election, so that is one tax that the labour government will reintroduce. it was first put in place by gordon brown in the closing months of his premiership and has remained there ever since. as for the government, they have said that there are onlyjust getting started with the tax cuts unveiled on friday last week, so they could be more to come, putting labour and perhaps a difficult position about how it would fund its policies and its pledges that it makes between now and the election, potentially having to raise taxes which have been, if it were to to come to power between now and then. as we heard, the chancellor say this morning, there may be more to come. also asked by laura ginsberg about the response by the financial markets and particularly the resulting fall in the value of a pounds after his announcement last

week. 0ur viewers will have seen very dramatically what happened in response to your statement on friday directly. what happens if the pound continues to slide like that? you know as chancellor _ of the exchequer i don't comment on market movements. what i'm focused on is growing - the economy and making sure that britain is an attractive place to invest, and so that it is l a competitive global arena, . and we have to show that this country is open for business . and that we're driving growth, and that's what my friday statement was all about — let us reflect on the opening of this conference, starting unusually witty playing of the national anthem. how did that go down? it seemed to go down well in that i think there is a general feeling amongst most people here in liverpool that it was the right decision and that a respectful thing to do in the wake of the death of

her majesty the queen. not normally what you would expect at the start of the labour conference and we are unsure if it has ever been done before. as i say, the minutes silence that preceded the singing of the national anthem and the anthem itself was observed without incident in the main conference hall. sir keir starmer spoke about the queen, echoing labour values in her record of service as monarch. there was one verse song, not by everyone in the hall, but i must recall, is the conference got under way a couple of hours ago this morning. # god save our gracious king. # long live our noble king. # god save the king.

ill while it felt odd to some people are not wholeheartedly embraced by everyone. 0verwhelmingly the feeling is that so soon after the death of her majesty the queen it was a fitting tribute and something that people were, on this occasion at least happy to see and happy to participate and, and were not sure it will necessarily become a permanent fixture at the start of the labour conference but it is being seen in the proper context by those close to sir keir starmer as a sign the labour party has changed. try that a couple of years ago and it would not have necessarily been able to happen. they argue. pointing to it as a definite signal that they labour party is any different place, certainly that was underjeremy corbyn and as a party comfortable to align itself with that sort of

patriotic sentiment, if you like, for the monarchy. there are reports from several cities in iran of more clashes between anti—government protestors and the police, including in the capital, tehran. police say they've arrested more than 700 protesters at anti—government demonstrations and officials say 35 people have been killed. claudia redmond reports. cheering and applause. protesters push back and overwhelm a fire engine that was being used to disperse demonstrations in this town north of tehran. siren wails. it's one of many protests that have ignited in dozens of cities across iran following the death of a young woman in police custody. in another town, protesters

are defacing the image of the supreme leader ali khamenei from the walls of the university. yelling. in the capital, demonstrators lit fires, reportedly to act as a barrier against the security forces and to alleviate the effects of tear gas. dozens of protesters have been killed, and this woman told us what happened to her husband at one demonstration. translation: we went out to protest for our rights - and this is what they did to my husband. what you see on my husband's body are bruises from baton strikes and kicks from the members of the security forces. afterwards, we went to all the pharmacies, but they refused to help us. even the doctors in hospitals didn't dare help us. i hope we win. i hope iran becomes free. the protests were triggered by the death in custody of a young iranian kurdish woman, mahsa amini, who'd been detained for not wearing the hijab properly. the police say she suffered from sudden heart failure, but they had reportedly

beaten her. herfather says she had no prior health problems. earlier, it was reported that areas of the majority kurdish city 0shnavieh, near the border with iraq, had been taken over by demonstrators. authorities say they have regained control of the town. they accuse kurdish separatists of stirring up unrest in iran and say they have launched a cross—border artillery attack on militant bases in the kurdish region of northern iraq. iran has rarely seen widespread protest like this over a civil rights issue, but what started as a movement against mandatory hijabs and for equality between the sexes has escalated to calls for regime change, and women are leading the way. claudia redmond, bbc news. borzou daragahi is international correspondent at the independent newspaper. he explains the next steps protesters may take.

some leadership is emerging within the broader movement so to speak as far as it is a broader movement, and there is talk about going to certain movements and trade associations and perhaps trying to convince them to put on a general strike, and kind of escalate the situation against the regime by hitting them where it counts, in the economy. it is interesting you say there are attempts at leadership. what is the situation on the ground that we know of in terms of a lot of these protests seeming to be quite organic? is it going to take an organised, coordinated effort to be able to sustain these and put up some real, long—term resistance to the regime? when you have a protest movement in a situation like this going up against an authoritarian regime, there needs to be some organisational backbone, a strategy, to plan etc,

but iranians are so used to this at this point, this is not the first time that they have erupted in this way, and so there will be informal networks that are not dependent on electronic communications. there will be messages passed back and forth. but i have a feeling that this will probably given the determination and the willingness of the regime to use violence, i have a feeling this will probably sputter out. i wanted to ask you about that because you have been following iran for many years now, and you were there in the country in 2009 when there were similar protests. voting is under way

in italy's general election. polling stations opened two hours ago. 0pinion polls taken during the campain suggest the country will get its first—ever female prime minister, and its first far right leader since mussolini, in giorgia meloni. a win for her party would be expected to see the return of silvio berlusconi and matteo salvini to government, two men who've had ties to russia's president putin. 0ur rome correspondent, mark lowen, reports: there are some things that italians agree on — they've got the best coffee and food — and many they don't. politics is one of them, and it's at the fore today in a crunch election. it was sparked injuly when the prime minister mario draghi lost the support of his coalition partners. so—called super mario had stabilised this politically volatile country amidst the covid pandemic and war in ukraine. giorgia meloni's far—right brothers of italy has led the polls. she wants tax cuts, a naval blockade of libya to stop migrant boats, and is hard—line on lgbt rights. her party has neo—fascist roots but she vehemently rejects the label. she is in coalition with the ultranationalist league of matteo salvini and the ex—prime minister silvio berlusconi, known as much for his

bunga bunga sex parties as his centre—right politics. fighting them is enrico letta, pro—europe and pro—civil rights, but he failed to form a broad centre—left coalition. he fell out with the once anti—establishment five star movement that came top last time, but has plummeted. it's hoping its social welfare policies will save it now. so, how will the poll affect the war in ukraine? mario draghi has been a big supporter of kyiv and while giorgia meloni backs that, her coalition partners have had close ties with vladimir putin, and salvini has even suggested dropping sanctions on moscow due to the energy crisis. so, this election matters, both here with italy perhaps about to elect its first woman prime minister and first far—right leader since mussolini, and abroad with implications for its relationship with europe. but this country has had almost 70 governments since the second world war, so we mightjust be back

here again next year. let's cross live to our europe correspondentjessica parker who's in verona in northern italy. what are people saying to you about their concerns and what they will be voting about?— voting about? first of all i think the most striking _ voting about? first of all i think the most striking thing - voting about? first of all i think the most striking thing talking l voting about? first of all i think. the most striking thing talking to people _ the most striking thing talking to peoriie is— the most striking thing talking to people is the sense of apathy are other_ people is the sense of apathy are other people are a bit fed up that they are — other people are a bit fed up that they are having to go to the polls after the — they are having to go to the polls after the collapse of mario drag's unity— after the collapse of mario drag's unity government in the summer. certainly— unity government in the summer. certainly quite a lot of people i've spoken— certainly quite a lot of people i've spoken to — certainly quite a lot of people i've spoken to yesterday, head of polling day saying they didn't even know who they were _ day saying they didn't even know who they were going to be voting for. in terms _ they were going to be voting for. in terms of— they were going to be voting for. in terms of the issues people talk about — terms of the issues people talk about, tax often comes out, so i think_ about, tax often comes out, so i think the — about, tax often comes out, so i think the pledge of tax cuts has gone _ think the pledge of tax cuts has gone down quite well with voters here in_ gone down quite well with voters here in northern italy. we are any region— here in northern italy. we are any region that — here in northern italy. we are any region that is relatively wealthy part of— region that is relatively wealthy part of the country, that policy seems — part of the country, that policy seems to— part of the country, that policy seems to be popular although the centre—left are promising a level of

tax cuts _ centre—left are promising a level of tax cuts. immigration comes up is an issue _ tax cuts. immigration comes up is an issue that _ tax cuts. immigration comes up is an issue that people want to see a tough _ issue that people want to see a tough line on and energy costs. that is an issue _ tough line on and energy costs. that is an issue familiar with people across— is an issue familiar with people across europe at the moment, surging energy— across europe at the moment, surging energy costs _ across europe at the moment, surging energy costs a real problem for households, businesses as well. they really _ households, businesses as well. they really want _ households, businesses as well. they really want to see some help or further— really want to see some help or further help on that. i think those are some — further help on that. i think those are some of the kind of key issues that come — are some of the kind of key issues that come up when you speak to voters _ that come up when you speak to voters here as they head to the polls _ voters here as they head to the olls. ., . ., . voters here as they head to the olls. ., u. . ., eu by meloni's potential election? it is a mixed picture, she has talked about asserting it to the's national interest analysis is the eu has been battling with hungary's picture, so if you add another nationals into the mix they sense it will be problematic for the european

union. italy, the third—largest economy within the eu and it really matters what happens here, however, some diplomats we have spoken to in brussels relatively relaxed about the situation, because they think if she does become prime minister in some sort of coalition, domestic issues are going to keep a very busy and she has softened her tone in terms of the eu over recent years. i think it is quite hard at the moment to know for sure how big the impact could be on brussels, but of course the outgoing prime minister very much liked in brussels, former head of the european central bank, so if meloni does become prime minister of italy it will be seen as something of a challenge for the european union. as i say, the already feel they are dealing with what they regard as errant national governments in poland, but vertically hungary, and would not want the prime minister there to have another ally in the room. ukraine's president has accused

russia vladimir�*s putin of sending conscripts to their death in ukraine. he made the comment as huge queues were building up a rush of�*s borders, created by people trying to avoid being called up to fight. fears they may close the borders although the kremlin says reports of an exodus are exaggerated. the military has been deployed to canada's nova scotia province after tropical storm fiona battered the coastline. hundreds of thousands of people across five provinces have been left without power and officials have warned of severe damage to critical infrastructure. in newfoundland, over 20 homes were damaged or destroyed. rescue services saved a woman who had been swept out to sea but there are reports that another is missing.

this typhoon has been throwing rain across the philippines for the last 24 across the philippines for the last 2a hours, but in those 2a hours it has been developing intensively into that powerful storm, a life—threatening storm that has destructive winds, will give extreme amounts of rainfall, potentially catastrophic flooding and a large storm surge will inundate the cost of flooding and when it moves out into the south china sea, open water is expected to still be a typhoon, could intensify again and head into parts of vietnam, threatened china with some heavy rain and also give ranged to thailand, cambodia and where it has been really rare in the last month already —— white. some destructive winds could cause power cuts, most certainly costs, sustained winds. large storm surge

inundating the coast with water and therefore flooding and flash flooding because we will see exceptional amounts of rain, some catastrophic flooding here. mudslides and clearly it is a cause for concern as it moves its way across the philippines. largely populated areas of the philippines, and even in its wake, lots of heavy showers before it moves across the south china sea. america's spy agency, the cia, has many secrets to keep, but to mark its 75th anniversary it has unusually opened up a little about its past, inviting a select few to visit its normally undercover museum. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera was the only international broadcaster to be let in. here's what he saw. one of the most secret organisations in the world offers a rare glimpse inside its operations. to mark its 75th anniversary, the cia opened the doors to its in—house museum. closed to the public, we were among a select few given access. inside this most unusual of museums are exhibits and artifacts marking the cia's history and its operations

right from its foundation soon after world war ii through the cold war and right up to the present day. among the 600 artefacts on display are a dead rat in which messages were hidden, a pigeon with a spy camera attached, and even an exploding martini glass. welcome to the cia... but as the museum's director showed me on a tour, there are also details of more high—profile operations. and how was this model then used by the agency? this model is used to brief top policymakers, including the president. on display is a scale model of the compound where it was suspected al qaeda leader 0sama bin laden was hiding in 2011. the level of detail gave president 0bama the confidence to approve the mission to go

after bin laden, who was killed in the raid. so over here we have our newest artefact in the collection. - the most recent exhibit is another model, this time of the compound in kabul, afghanistan, where bin laden's successor, ayman al—zawahiri, was killed thisjuly. some failures, like plots in cuba and iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction do get a mention, although other controversies like over torture are downplayed or absent. the intended audience are primarily cia staff. this museum is notjust a museum for history's sake. this is an operational museum. we are taking cia officers exploring our history, both good and bad. we make sure that our officers understand their history so that they can do a better job in the future. the story begins... amongst the more bizarre stories are how the cia worked with an eccentric billionaire

to come up with a cover story so that a ship could secretly try and recover a wrecked soviet submarine. and injuly 01:1974, the gigantic claw goes to the bottom of the ocean, scoops up that submarine and starts bringing it to the surface. that story may now be public, but there are others, officials say, still too classified even for this secret museum. gordon corera, bbc news, cia headquarters. nasa has called off another scheduled launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the moon — which was due to take place on tuesday. that's because of tropical storm ian, which could become a hurricane as it approaches florida. it's the third delay in a month for the test flight, which suffered a fuel leak and other technical glitches at the end of august. nasa had previously said that a further delay would force them to roll the spacecraft back

from the launch pad. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it was a beautiful start for early risers out there today, but yes, it was on the chilly side. in fact, temperatures quite widely across the country dipping down to low single figures. it was glorious, a lot of sunshine, but quickly we had a veil of high cloud. this weather watcher picture from 0xfordshire just illustrates the point quite beautifully. as we go through the day today, though, england and wales will continue to see some cloud, but sunny spells and quite a quiet story. a few scattered showers across northern ireland, western scotland and then a weather front gradually arriving to the north—west of the great glen, with the winds strengthening to gale force.

here a little cooler, 13 or 1a degrees, but with that sunshine we should see temperatures widely between 16 and 18 celsius. the winds will be quite a feature over the next few days, a westerly at the moment, but as the weather front continues to descend its way steadily southwards, they are going to change to more of a northerly, and that is going to drive in plenty of showers across scotland and northern ireland overnight. 0ur weather front takes some welcome rain south. with the cloud and rain around, and the winds, temperatures will hold up into double figures quite widely. so, early morning rain easing away, but it is going to be a windier and colder story as we move into monday. that northerly flow driving that cool air further

south across the country. so certainly on monday some early rain easing away from the south coast, and then sunny spells and scattered showers, but a blustery wind will drive those showers through at quite a pace, but it is going to make it feel really on the cool side. gusts of wind in excess of a0 or 50 mph on exposed west—facing coasts, so that's going to have an impact. here are the temperatures on the thermometer, 8—10 degrees if we are lucky in scotland, maybe as high as 16 somewhere in the south—east. as we move out of monday into tuesday, the winds will fall a little lighter, still coming in from the north and still driving in some showers. some of these could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder potentially as well on tuesday, so again those temperatures struggling, around 10—111. maybe in the south—west we'll see highs of 16 celsius. it stays cooler with further showers to come as we go through the remainder of the week. take care.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds and these are the latest headlines. britain's main opposition party opens its annual conference as its leader prepares to set out the dividing lines between labour and the new conservative government. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, defends the tax cuts he announced on friday as being the key to growth despite his measures having a negative impact on the financial markets.

voting is under way in italy's general election, with opinion polls suggesting victory for the far right which would usher in the country's most right—wing government since world war ii. hurricane fiona slams into canada's eastern coast with heavy rains and huge waves, washing away homes and cutting power to tens of thousands of people. now on bbc news, click. this week, we're back in berlin as europe's largest tech show powers up. yeah, we'll glide through the halls to see what's big, what's new and what's bonkers. what are you doing? multitasking.

meanwhile, lara has been to the british seaside.