hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. uk prime minister liz truss tells her first party conference as leader that she's ready to make hard choices to get britain moving. whenever there is change, there is disruption. and not everybody will be in favour of change. but everyone will benefit from the result. a growing economy and a better future. applause the tory conference has now rapped out. we will look at the highs and the lows. —— it has now wrapped up. also on the programme: warnings of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in somalia. displaced by war and drought,

hundreds of thousands are on the move, looking for food. most of the adults here and around these _ most of the adults here and around these camps are women. and that is because _ these camps are women. and that is because of— these camps are women. and that is because of somalia's conflict, which is ground _ because of somalia's conflict, which is ground on— because of somalia's conflict, which is ground on for three decades or so in one _ is ground on for three decades or so in one form — is ground on for three decades or so in one form or another. and after a string of gains by ukrainian forces, russia vows to take back all areas of annexed territory recaptured in recent days. liz truss has given her first major speech as prime minister to her party — exactly four weeks since taking over as conservative leader. but already her leadership is being tested. she's facing a revolt from within her party over her economic plans and has been forced to reverse one of her key policies. but today she had one clear message for her party. and it was this. i have three priorities for our economy. growth... and growth! applause

liz truss spoke for over an hour. there were no new policy announcements. her central message, though, continued. cutting taxes is the right thing to do, morally and economically. morally because the state doesn't spend its own money. it spends the people's money. economically because if people keep more of their own money, they are inspired to do more of what they do best. that is what grows the economy. but in a week marred by drama, today the chaos continued. take a look at this. ..to act... jeers what you're seeing here is the moment a pair of greenpeace activists brought the pm's speech to a halt. they held up this banner that read, "who voted for this?" before they were swiftly escorted from the auditorium. the prime minister pushed on. she had this pledge. i will not allow the anti—growth

coalition to hold us back. applause an "anti—growth coalition". the prime minister went on to explain who she meant. the list includes "opposition parties like labour and the snp, unions, brexit deniers, extinction rebellion — and the very protesters expelled from the room moments before." they prefer protesting to doing. they prefer talking on twitter to taking tough decisions. they taxi from north london town houses to the bbc studio to dismiss anyone challenging the status quo. but there are divisions within the conservative party, too — and they were on display this week. let's remind ourselves. on 23rd september, chancellor kwasi kwarteng presented a mini budget — a set of plans designed to boost the uk's economic growth. ten days later he was forced into an embarrassing u—turn over one of the policies in that budget — a proposal to cut taxes for the highest earners —

after senior party figures publicly opposed it. a day later on tuesday, there were more public divisions — this time over benefits. yesterday we showed you this, from house of commons leader penny mordaunt. i have always supported, whether it is pensions, whether it is in our welfare system, keeping pace with inflation. it makes sense to do so. so that is what i have voted for before and so have a lot of my colleagues. so that was cabinet minister penny mordaunt, backing a policy that liz truss as pm herself won't commit to. and this is important because it's one of several examples of the new pm moving away from what the conservative party campaigned on — and won with — in the 2019 election. today, liz truss defended the shift. let's hearfrom her again. whenever there is change, there is disruption. and not everybody will be in favour of change. but everyone will benefit

from the results. a growing economy and a better future. applause and liz truss' cabinet allies echoed that message. here's deputy prime minister therese coffey. distraction, done, dealt with, move on and we will get our growth going. all right. well, on that, "growth, growth, growth... you are still talking about news from a few days ago, jo. this is about the future and getting growth and that is what the prime minister set out very clearly today. well, except liz truss said... but there are more headaches for liz truss. this new poll — by yougov — shows liz truss is now less popular than her predeccessor, borisjohnson, just before he resigned in july. when his popularity was at its lowest level. and as her popularity has plummeted, her rival — labour leader keir starmer — has become more popular with voters. for more on this, i'm joined now by uk political correspondent rob watson — he's been on the ground at the conservative party conference this week. thanks forjoining us, rob. how do

people think she has done today? it has been an extraordinary few days at the conservative party conference, i can tell you that. i don't think i have seen anything quite like it in the 30 odd years i have been doing it. i think today, in terms of the party activists in the hall and i was in the hall, so you could sense the reaction, they loved it, they absolutely loved it because she gave an unashamedly right of centre vision of a post—brexit britain that they want to see. that is of low taxes, a smaller state, deregulated, tough on the enemies of britain and abroad, so that as president putin and others, but sort of tough on enemies at home such as liberals worrying about what kind of foods people are eating, whether they were getting fat and people worried about identity issues, so culture wars, wars against foreign enemies and a sort of vision of a right of centre state. now, the question is, will it

impress conservative mps? rather different to the activists and the markets and the voters. find different to the activists and the markets and the voters.- different to the activists and the markets and the voters. and we have seen olls markets and the voters. and we have seen polls showing _ markets and the voters. and we have seen polls showing a _ markets and the voters. and we have seen polls showing a labour - markets and the voters. and we have seen polls showing a labour lead. - what, if anything, can we make of these big poll leads for labour? well, they are massive, that is the first thing to remember. the conservatives beat labour at the last election by 12 percentage points. the polls suggest that has completely flipped around and that labour have a lead now over the conservatives of 20 percentage points. i mean, that is absolutely huge. what can we tell from it? i think it is not clear, according to pollsters i have spoken to, that this is what you would call a proper sea change. in other words, it is one of those moments that there is just nothing the governing party can do, it isjust just nothing the governing party can do, it is just over for them, just nothing the governing party can do, it isjust overfor them, people are sort of sick of the conservatives after 12 years, that is it, finished. whether it is that or whether it is a research... and it may be the latter, that is that

you are starting to see support move away from the conservatives, people are sort of interested in the opposition labour party, but they haven't sealed the deal yet, but either way whether it is sea change or reset, if you are a conservatives these are pretty catastrophic polling figures.— these are pretty catastrophic polling figures. rob, as always, thank you _ next we turn to somalia, which is in the grip of the worst drought in a0 years. hundreds of thousands of people are facing extreme hunger and death. a full—blown famine is likely within a matter of weeks. 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, has travelled to a city at the heart of the current crisis, and sent us this report. the parched plains of southern somalia. at the heart of what could soon be declared a famine. we have come to the dusty city of baidoa in a region plagued for years by conflict and now by the worst

drought in four decades. baby cries. in the main hospital, severely malnourished children in every bed. some fighting for breath. this crisis has been years in the making and yet it feels like a distracted world has been caught off—guard. we world has been caught off—guard. - need more supplies. we need more actors on the ground and people moving around to provide support to the population. fir a moving around to provide support to the p°pulati°"-_ the population. or a localised famine will _ the population. or a localised famine will turn _ the population. or a localised famine will turn into - the population. or a localised i famine will turn into something the population. or a localised - famine will turn into something much bigger? famine will turn into something much bi aer? , , on famine will turn into something much bigger?_ on the _ famine will turn into something much bigger?_ on the outskirts l bigger? definitely. on the outskirts of baidoa, hundreds _ bigger? definitely. on the outskirts of baidoa, hundreds of— bigger? definitely. on the outskirts of baidoa, hundreds of thousands l bigger? definitely. on the outskirts| of baidoa, hundreds of thousands of people have already gathered in search of food. 50—year—old habib is building a shelter for her family. there is nothing left on ourfarm, she says, there is no reason to go

back there. climate change is to blame for much of this, but there are otherfactors. as blame for much of this, but there are other factors. as you can't fail to notice, most of the adults here and around these camps are women. and that is because of somalia's conflict, which is ground on for three decades or in seizing mass-megs- cw...” . seizing militant sesame- cam... . the conflict, unable to trapped by the conflict, unable to receive aid. this two—year—old child has made it to safety in baidoa and is finally getting help. but her mother, too afraid to reveal her identity, told us that her relatives at home had just called to say they

were now in hiding after more fighting broke out in their village. and so, a fragile nation grapples with climate change and drought against a backdrop of an conflict. andrew harding, bbc news, baidoa, somalia. these two maps also illustrate the crisis. these two maps also 0n the left are food security levels in august and september — the areas in red are facing an emergency. 0n the right is where this crisis is heading. you can see the areas in red more than double. famine, a hunger crisis at its worst, is looming. petroc wilton is the spokesperson for the world food programme in somalia. this is his assessment. there hasn't yet been a declaration of famine, but the situation is incredibly grave and the key thing here is you can't wait for a declaration to act. the world can't wait. so we haven't waited. we have been scaling up for months to the highest numbers of people we have ever reached in somalia with food and nutritional aid,

but it is challenging. we still need more funding to sustain this push and get it into the areas where it is needed most, and we keep working with our partners, with our donors, with the government to make sure we are getting our aid further into the places where it is needed most because that migration issue that andrew noted is a real problem. i was there two weeks ago and in one of the camps there, one of the newer camps i saw overnight, within 2a hours an area of desert the size of a small village had filled with newly built camps. people were streaming in their hundreds of thousands. we have to stop this. it is not too late. but we really have to keep acting, keep scaling up and push that further right now. let's look at the figures. 8 million people are in need of assistance. and almost two—thirds of young children and pregnant women are suffering acute malnutrition. what's making the situation even more difficult is that more than half the population affected by the current drought are in areas controlled

by the militant group al—shabab. al—shabab militants, who control parts of the country seen here in black, regularly launch brutal attacks and restrict the delivery of aid. abdirahman abdishakur is the special presidential envoy for drought response for somalia. he's confident aid can get through to those who need it. the security is volatile, but the leadership of the government is taking serious to fight against al—shabab. there is a community uprising. this is a moment where somalis, the somali public and the somali government as well, as well as its international partners together are kicking out al—shabab and liberating areas. that means we have more access for humanitarian assistance and i am very, very optimistic that we can defeat al—shabab. the process of formally declaring a famine can be complicated.

often it relies on hard to pin down data. britain's ambassador in mogadishu is kate foster. she says the declaration of a famine is overdue. backin back in 2011 when famine was declared, that happened to later naturally around half of the 260,000 people who are thought to have died but died before that declaration. so the key is now for us and other partners, along with the somali government, to scale up as much support as possible. i think the other challengers, this will run through 2023. we know the next rainy seasonis through 2023. we know the next rainy season is highly likely to fail, so there is also a challenge about maintaining the tension on this crisis against the backdrop of a very high level of global pressures. to washington now where we can join frantz celestin. he's the chief of mission at the international organization for migration in somalia and joins me now from washington. thank you very much forjoining us. let me ask you first of all, how much do you think political insecurity has to do in terms of

being a driver for the insecurity has to do in terms of being a driverfor the famine insecurity has to do in terms of being a driver for the famine and the displacement we have seen being described in somalia? weill. the displacement we have seen being described in somalia?— described in somalia? well, it has to do with a _ described in somalia? well, it has to do with a lot _ described in somalia? well, it has to do with a lot of— described in somalia? well, it has to do with a lot of it. _ described in somalia? well, it has to do with a lot of it. the - described in somalia? well, it has to do with a lot of it. the drought| to do with a lot of it. the drought is a natural disaster, the famine is a man—made disaster. it is a failure to put the building blocks in place, to put the building blocks in place, to improve the resilience of the, you know, to deal with the climate shocks. the last few years of political instability, decades of conflict have reduced the people's capacity to cope and the government's ability to manage such a situation. so it is a failure to respond effectively and so, when we don't have the proper structures in place, lack of governance, we tend to see what is a drought that can be managed to turn into a famine. and we can see this instability push a lot of people to disconnect them from their social networks and that

tends to increase their vulnerability.— tends to increase their vulnerabili .�* ., , vulnerability. and of course, we have talked _ vulnerability. and of course, we have talked extensively - vulnerability. and of course, we have talked extensively about i vulnerability. and of course, we i have talked extensively about the role of al—shabab. they have been apparently destroying wells and other vital civilian infrastructure, which very much has been a feature of al—shabab rule in these rural areas. what is being done to try to counter the influence of al—shabab, the effect al—shabab is having on these rural areas and, indeed, on these rural areas and, indeed, on the drought? this these rural areas and, indeed, on the drought?— these rural areas and, indeed, on the drought? as you can see, there is the military _ the drought? as you can see, there is the military approach _ the drought? as you can see, there is the military approach the - the drought? as you can see, there is the military approach the kineticl is the military approach the kinetic activities in the communities, but we need to go beyond that. having a conversation to improve access, to improve access to the people because what we have seen, not a vast majority, but a significant number of these people are coming from hard to reach areas and our ability to access them, to provide support to them is restricted, but it is

incredibly important for us to be able to have that conversation and for al—shabab to recognise that the people are not targets and we should be able to provide that support to them, but sadly we are often seeing that convoys of supplies are attacked and as you're pointing out basic services or infrastructure are being attacked. but as the government moves forward with the kinetic activities, we should find a way to present, to build long—term structure for the people. as a whole, the international community should be able to come behind the government or even the government themselves to put this support in to help their people. fiifi themselves to put this support in to help their people.— help their people. ok, frantz celestin from _ help their people. ok, frantz celestin from the _ help their people. ok, frantz celestin from the mission - help their people. ok, frantzj celestin from the mission the help their people. ok, frantz - celestin from the mission the chief of an international organisation to help aid in somalia, thank you for your time.

russia is warning of an increased risk of a direct military clash with the west, in response to the latest us military aid package for ukraine. in a statement on the telegram messaging app, russia's ambassador to washington — anatoly antonov — described the us as "a participant of the conflict" saying, "we perceive this as an immediate threat to the strategic interests of our country. "the supply of military products by the us and its allies not only entails protracted bloodshed and new casualties, but also increases the danger of a direct military clash between russia and western countries." the statement followed this announcement by this announcement by the white house. president biden informed president zelensky that the united states is providing a new $625 million security assistance package to ukraine as they continue to defend their country from russia's invasion.

four more of these — high—precision himars multiple rockets systems — are included in that latest us military aid package. washington has now committed a total of almost $17 billion in military support since russia invaded ukraine on 24th february. our world affairs editor, john simpson, who's in kyiv, told us mr antonov�*s statement seemed to him more moderate than some from the kremlin in the past. i wonder, really, iwonder, really, whether the russians haven't kind of come to terms with the fact that the mission rocket systems and other systems are going to be supplied to ukraine and there nothing very much they can do about it, unless they really are prepared to push the whole thing forward to a major confrontation between russia and the west. and if thatis between russia and the west. and if that is the case, well, we are not seeing any signs of that at the moment. advanced us weaponry has been credited with helping ukraine to make recent gains. ukraine's president volodymyr

zelensky says his country's forces are making rapid and powerful advances into occupied territory, following successful attempts to disrupt russian supply lines. he says dozens of settlements have been liberated this week, including a string of villages in the southern region of kherson. this is one village, where soldiers raised the ukrainian flag on tuesday. yuriy sak — an adviser to the ukrainian defence ministry — told us progress is also being made in the luhansk region, which russia has held more or less in its entirety sincejuly. of course, we have had reports today, in particular by the governor of the luhansk region to the ukrainian army, is advancing very rapidly in that direction, but we will have to wait for the official confirmation from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. here's john simpson again: they have got the bit between their teeth at he moment. various russian figures in the administration are

saying that they are stabilising the situation, that the advances are coming to a halt and so on. again, impossible to know without actually being on the ground, but never the less, again, that is the kind of thing that they are obliged to say when they can see that territories really kind of drifting away from them. but russia has been retaliating. this is the village of bila tserkva, south of kyiv, away from the front line, where russian kamikaze drone attacks are being blamed for damage and fires. the target is thought to be buildings where a military unit was stationed. the kremlin says moscow will press ahead with plans to annexe four ukrainian regions — despite russian forces retreating from some of those areas. here's president putin. translation: of course, we expect that the situation _ translation: of course, we expect that the situation will— translation: of course, we expect that the situation will be _ that the situation will be stabilised and that we we will be able to develop those regions in a

calm manner, helping to consolidate the country as a whole. i say thank you and pay my respects to all the people there who have been going through hardships in those territories for many years. striving in their hearts to reunite with russia. let me just bring you the latest casualty figures for the war in ukraine, which show more than 6,000 civilians have been killed since the invasion, with more than 9,000 more injured. let's put all this into context with professor michael clarke, former director general of the royal united services institute and now fellow at king's college london. let at king's college london. me ask you about ukrain we let me ask you about ukraine because we it does seem to me making continuous gains in the east and also the self. what do you put this down to? , ., . ., down to? oh, it is the fact that the ukrainians have _ down to? oh, it is the fact that the ukrainians have prepared - down to? oh, it is the fact that the ukrainians have prepared for- down to? oh, it is the fact that the ukrainians have prepared for this l ukrainians have prepared for this for some time and they have adopted a western style of warfare. they have been training for this with western help since 2014, remember,

so they have completely redone the military, so what you are seeing is a western style military with quite reasonable weapon stocks now, this is a russian military which is still really a 20th—century military machine. it is quite interesting to see the differences. and so, the ukrainians are much more agile, they are working on real—time information on the battlefield, they are of course fighting for a cause which they really believe in and the russians are stuck with a really clumsy battlefield model, they can't integrate the forces very well and they don't seem to be terribly well motivated, so the ukrainians are actually doing extremely well, but they have got an awful lot further to go if they are to throw the russians out of their territory. and russians out of their territory. and what about — russians out of their territory. and what about supply lines to the russians and disruption there? how much that got to do with it? filth. a much that got to do with it? oh, a treat much that got to do with it? oh, a great deal- — much that got to do with it? oh, a great deal. one _ much that got to do with it? oh, a great deal. one of _ much that got to do with it? oh, a great deal. one of the _ much that got to do with it? oh, a great deal. one of the ways - much that got to do with it? oh, a great deal. one of the ways in - much that got to do with it? oh, a l great deal. one of the ways in which the ukrainians have adopted this western style of warfare is to look at all the russian supply lines and they have now got the artillery mainly from the west, the high

mobility rockets, the himars, with good ranges, they have some of the season weapons from france, they have a range of sweat systems with which they can target the supply lines well behind the russian front lines well behind the russian front lines and they have taken their time over this, that this offensive, particularly in caisson, has been building for a couple of months now and they have been —— particularly in kherso, so they have attacked the planners before they have attacked the front line, so they have put the russians in a state of distress with shortages of supplies and ammunition and they have let those situations get worse for the russians and then they have attacked them, which is why they are rolling up quite quickly and suddenly the russians are struggling to find a defensive line they can dig in that. they will find one, but at the moment every time they seem to try to define a line, which they tried to yesterday, they have lost it, so they are struggling now to begin somewhere to prevent this attack rolling them over. �* .,

prevent this attack rolling them over. . ., ., ,., prevent this attack rolling them over. . ., ., . ., over. and what about nuclear weapons? — over. and what about nuclear weapons? as _ over. and what about nuclear weapons? as president - over. and what about nuclear weapons? as president putinj over. and what about nuclear- weapons? as president putin has said that he will defend russian territory with all means available. what do you take that to mean? he is t in: what do you take that to mean? he is trying to frighten _ what do you take that to mean? he: 3 trying to frighten everybody. the fact is the russians are using a range of weapons. they have got what president putin calls the super weapons, so they have got new forms of missile, they have got the submarine, but carries this poseidon nuclear torpedo, a huge, submarine, but carries this poseidon nucleartorpedo, a huge, huge weapon, which is going up into the arctic, probably forsome weapon, which is going up into the arctic, probably for some tests in order to show the rest of us that they have got them, they have got some of the rest of their submarines travelling on the surface instead of under the sea, as they usually do, so that we can see them, so he's trying to frighten everybody. he doesn't talk about nuclear weapons directly in the context of a conflict with ukraine. he always implies the man lets usjump conflict with ukraine. he always implies the man lets us jump to the conclusion, but the fact is it would be very difficult to find a military logic for using nuclear weapons without all the political downsides. 0k,

without all the political downsides. ok, professor michael clarke, it has been so good to have you on the programme, thank you very much for joining us on outside source. i'm backin joining us on outside source. i'm back injust a joining us on outside source. i'm back in just a few minutes. stay with us on the bbc. a very blustery day, we have had gales that have spread from west to east, but it brightened up in the afternoon for many with sunny spells and gusty showers, some heavy across the north. it stays blustery through tonight with fairly strong winds and clear spells and then further heavy showers, most showers affecting the northern half of the country, weather fronts moving northern half of the country, weatherfronts moving in and lots northern half of the country, weather fronts moving in and lots of isobars on the chart, so it does stay quite windy. however, a lot of dry weather expected through central and southern and eastern parts of the uk, so lengthy spells of dry nurse here, most of the showers affecting north—west of england and scotland and wales, but it will be thresher tonight, scotland and wales, but it will be threshertonight, low scotland and wales, but it will be thresher tonight, low is typically down to 7 degrees. this is

thursday's pressure chart, again it stays windy across most of the country, less windy in the south and it will be further north. here we could even see gales around the coasts, and lots of showers rattling in from the rest of the south—west, again some of them could be heavy, merging together to form longer spells of rain, but some sunshine in between, probably the best in eastern scotland, southern and south—east england, blustery, these are mean web wind speeds. temperatures will be a little bit higher on thursday in the south, up to 19 degrees here. further north it is generally the mid—teens. then as we move through thursday night, once again it stays windy, further showers, longer spells of rain, heavy rain across scotland and northern ireland, this is actually a wind band which will start to spill southwards, but because the air is coming in from the south—west it will actually feel a touch milder to start friday morning. but looking at the pressure chart for friday again lots of isobars, a blustery day, that rain sinks southwards and

eastwards, another one following behind which will enhance the showers across scotland and northern ireland, so it will be dry across the south—east of through most of friday, breezy and mild here, that rain band reaching the south—east later in the day, so 19 degrees ahead of that. further north it will be one of blustery showers and sunny spells and again the low to mid teens celsius. a ridge of high pressure builds in for the start of the week and a fine day to come on saturday with lighter winds before it turns wetter and windy again, certainly across the north and the rest as we had through sunday. we had through sunday. not a bad day at all. today, plenty of sunshine around, lighterwinds, all. today, plenty of sunshine around, lighter winds, turning wetter and windy again in the north and west on sunday.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. uk prime minister liz truss tells her first party conference as leader that she's ready to make hard choices to get britain moving whenever there is change, there is disruption. and not everybody will be in favour of change. but everyone will benefit from the result. a growing economy and a better future. applause also on the programme: "we are going to stand with you." across the world, women demonstrate their solidarity with protesters in iran — many by cutting their hair. actor alec baldwin reaches a settlement with the family of cinematographer halyna hutchins,

after she was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. and it's a black and white case, according to chess.com. its investigation has found this player "likely" cheated in more than 100 online games. let's get the latest on the anti—government protests in iran. the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini at the hands of iran's morality police has sparked unprecedented protests across the country. pictures have emerged across social media showing young protesters, many of them women, demonstrating in defiance. this video shows a group of schoolgirls in south—western iran heckling a member of a feared paramilitary force. the teenagers wave their headscarves in the air and shout "get lost, basiji" — the name of the militia — at the man. the iranian government says protesters are a dangerous threat,

and has blamed the us and israel for spreading the unrest. the bbc�*s rana rahimpour looks at why this movement is unlike any the country has seen before. these are the videos iran does not want you to see. police firing in the streets, women cutting their hair, burning hijab is in student demonstrations. people have taken to the streets in iran, angry at the government after a woman died while in police custody. the iranian government is trying to shut down internet access. here is why this movement is unlike any iran has seen before.

in just 16 days it's clearjust how quickly and widely civil unrest has spread across iran. but it's also the nature of these protests that has been unprecedented. women publicly cutting their hair off, defying iranian modesty laws, confronting the riot police, plainclothes officers travelling with police, stopping to violently beat protesters.

these images have struck a chord with iranians. today's authorities are suppressing mobile data access in an attempt to control the narrative and stifle the ability to share videos online. we could track this by looking at key hashtags used by protesters. they drop off significantly as these restrictions increase. the government have painted protesters as vandals, accusing them of destroying ambulances. the bbc team has found footage showing this isn't the whole picture. people have warned that ambulances are being used by security forces to transport detainees. you can see people escaping from them. video also shows ambulances driving into police stations. the situation remains volatile. dozens have reportedly died in the demonstrations, fuelling the fury against escalating

government oppression. mahsa's death has created a tidal wave of opposition unlike anything seen in iran for decades. across the world women are showing their solidarity with protesters in iran — many of them cutting their hair. today, leading french actresses and singers, including juliette binoche, have cut locks of hair in a public display of protest over the death of mahsa amini. the same gesture was done by an iraqi—born swedish politician during a european parliament debate. until iran is free, ourfury will be bigger than the oppressors. to the women of iran, i stand with you.

abir al—sahlani joins me now from strasbourg. why did you do what you did? are what made you cut your hair in the european parliament today? i was what made you cut your hair in the european parliament today? i was so tired of these — european parliament today? i was so tired of these mumbling _ european parliament today? i was so tired of these mumbling press - tired of these mumbling press release condemning the violence against protesters. they do not even have the courage to say that it is the violence against the women who are protesting, the violence against the girls were protesting, taking so much courage to go out there against the regime, against the morality police, and protesting, demanding theirfreedom. here we police, and protesting, demanding their freedom. here we are, police, and protesting, demanding theirfreedom. here we are, in police, and protesting, demanding their freedom. here we are, in the european parliament, here we are in the eu, in the free world, in the un general assembly. the eu, in the free world, in the un generalassembly. no the eu, in the free world, in the un general assembly. no leader could even utter the word that iranian women speak and fight for freedom. i had to do something to show that the

women of iran and their voice in theirfight forfreedom is women of iran and their voice in their fight for freedom is echoed in this house in the european parliament, and we hear the women of iran and stand with them in solidarity. iran and stand with them in solidarity-— iran and stand with them in solidari . ~ . ., solidarity. what was the reaction when ou solidarity. what was the reaction when you did _ solidarity. what was the reaction when you did it? _ solidarity. what was the reaction when you did it? many _ solidarity. what was the reaction when you did it? many of - solidarity. what was the reaction when you did it? many of my - when you did it? many of my colleagues — when you did it? many of my colleagues came _ when you did it? many of my colleagues came to - when you did it? many of my colleagues came to me - when you did it? many of my colleagues came to me and i when you did it? many of my - colleagues came to me and thanked when you did it? many of my _ colleagues came to me and thanked me because i did something concrete. the high representative just looks numb. that is so far away from what i had expected from the only union of democracies in the world, where i thought the fight for equality, one of our core values in the union actually matters within the union and outside the union. apparently, this commission is not able to utter the words that gender equality, the fight for freedom,

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for former president donald trump — and if he could be about to stage a comeback. she starts her trip in arizona where she met trump endorsed candidate for governor, kari lake. nearly 70% of republicans believe the presidency was stolen. and in the run—up to america's midterm elections, some candidates are finding it's a useful election strategy. hi, arizona. i'm kari lake, the trump—endorsed candidate for governor. if you're watching this ad right now, it means you're in the middle of watching a fake news programme. you know how to know it's fake? because they won't even cover the biggest story out there. the rigged election of 2020. kari lake's campaign to be governor shows how strong trump's grip on the republican party still is. i've been invited to meet her in wickenburg, north of phoenix. hi, everyone. this is so nice. hello, everyone. for over 20 years, they've watched her on the local fox tv channel, but last year

she traded in journalism for politics. this field has gone full propaganda, and they're lying to the people. and i'm not interested in being part of that. you know, we've got the media here. i'm about to do an interview with them, and i hope they're fair. i am not afraid to take these people on and we need to start taking them on. they've been lying to the people of the world. thank you so much. thank you. to keep me in check, kari's team filmed the interview as well. if donald trump runs again in 2024, will you work and campaign for him? oh, my goodness, absolutely. do you think he will run again? i do think he will run again, yeah. will he win? he shouldn't have to run again because he won the last election. but he will win and president donald trump will come back with a vengeance. you talked about the 2020 election and saying that it's stolen. do you really believe the 2020 election was stolen? yes, absolutely. i'm not the only one

who believes it. but there was also, here in arizona, a review commissioned by the republican party that found thatjoe biden won the state. we know that hundreds of thousands of phony ballots were dropped into these drop boxes and they were counted. the media still won't believe it because they're on a mission to discredit that. but i'll tell you what, people are waking up to that election. trump's team repeatedly challenged the result in court. there were, what, 65 lawsuits? none of the evidence was presented. but you had even trump judges throwing out some of the lawsuits. evidence was not presented. bye, everyone. she has put herself very firmly in the trump camp. it is a litmus test of loyalty to donald trump to say that the 2020 election was stolen in america. it is almost the only thing that he cares about. the american actor, alec baldwin,

has reached a settlement in the civil case filed on behalf of the family of a woman who was killed with a prop gun on a film set last year. the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, was killed by a live round discharged by the actor during the filming of the western movie, "rust". our washington correspondent, emma vardy has the details. of course, this tragic incident happened on set, when the cast and crew were filming this western movie this time last year in new mexico. they were getting ready to film an action scene, a scene, it seems, when a prop gun was put into the hand of alec baldwin, but a live round was discharged, and that hit halyna hutchins, the experienced cinematographer, and she was killed. in the wake of that, the civil case was brought by her loved ones and herfamily against alec baldwin and the production team, essentially accusing them

of the standard onset not being tight enough, safety protocols not being adhered to, and cost—cutting measures which led perhaps to her death. that civil case has been settled, we don't know the terms of it, but there was a statement today from halyna hutchins's husband saying that the case was now dismissed. tellingly, he said, i have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attributions of blame, all of us believe that halyna's death was a terrible accident. they want to continue to film the rest of the film as a tribute to her, as it was her last work. that filming, with all of the original cast is continuing injanuary, and perhaps remarkably, you might say, halyna's husband himself is coming on with alec baldwin as an executive reducer. as an executive producer. you might think one aspect of this is resolved, but it is not, as a criminal investigation still continues. it may still be possible that, if someone is deemed responsible for the fatal shooting,

they may face criminal charges. that investigation is still ongoing. still unanswered questions about how a live round of ammunition ended up in the gun that was put into alec baldwin's hand. stay with us on outside source — still to come... rapper kanye west is accused of promoting a hate statement by wearing a "white lives matter" t—shirt at paris fashion week. as we're reporting, liz truss has given her first speech to conservative party members as tory leader. but what did the public make of it? alex forsyth has been talking to voters in the village of high peak, in derbyshire. it voted in a conservative mp in 2019 but with a tiny majority. after a rocky start, an attempt to get back on track and the view of voters is key. in the peak district, this village woolshop is run by karen. people are starting to buy to make blankets

because they are worried about the energy. she says things have picked up since help with energy bills was announced. a conservative voter last time round, she is prepared to see how things unravel for the new prime minister. this constituency is often a symbol of the wider political mood, changing colour with the national picture. it narrowly turned conservative last time. the test will be whether the new prime minister can command similar support. these are stormy days... watching her speech, cathy, who runs glossop business network, and accountant catherine, were sceptical. we have had a cut in tax which is positive for everyone struggling at the moment, but how that is funded by us as a country, it has a knock—on effect somewhere, it is just where it has a knock—on effect. i am not convinced she has got the right priorities. they are too much into trickle down and i don't think trickle down will work. the people on the lower and probably a lot of people on middle

incomes are struggling. and on liz truss herself? i think she needs to start doing her homework and she needs to think before she opens her mouth! yeah, she's very optimistic about the future and what she can do but i think we need to wait the time and see if what she hopes will happen does actually happen. many will be waiting to see the shape of things to come, which will of course determine how this political landscape looks down the line. alex forsyth, bbc news, high peak. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: britain's prime minister has fought back after her mini budget caused a run on the pound — saying her priorities are growth, growth, and growth.

rapper kanye west has been accused of promoting a hate statement at his yeezy fashion show at paris fashion week. this is why he's caused controversy. here he is wearing a �*white lives matter�* t—shirts in his paris fashion week show — next to him is the conservative influencer candace owens. for context, the anti—defamation league, a civil rights group, categorises the phrase white lives matter as a hate statement. many weren't impressed. rapperjaden smith was among those who attended the show and tweeted: i don't care who's it is if i don't feel the message i'm out. he then followed up: black lives matter. also critical was vogue's global fashion editor at large gabriella karefa johnson who called the show �*deeply offensive, violent and dangerous.�* that story has been very controversial over the past day or

two. paris fashion week has been the place where many of the world�*s top fashion designers and celebrities have attended. in a moment we will be talking to a correspondent about why we think that kanye west made those comments. i�*m joined any second now by bbcjournalist yasmin khatoon deewan. kanye ka nye west is kanye west is not shy of controversy, he has had a few controversial issues over the past few years, in particular with regards to the way that he promotes music and produces it. this is very different, because in terms of what happened, can you west has been receiving a lot of criticism about this. tell us about what happened. kanye west, the artist who now

prefers to be known as ye, this is the first time that he is presented in paris fashion week. he stoked controversy before, but we did not expect to see what he did show. the model on the runway, a young black woman who happens to be the daughter of bob marley were a t—shirt with the slogan white lives, matter. it is affiliated with neo—nazi groups. jaden smith, the son of will smith, left the show. he sent out a flurry of tweets saying he doesn�*t care who

it is, if he doesn�*t like the message, he is out. the fashion critic called the show a shock of provocation. the editor of british vogue, probably the most senior black male media figure in the industry called it insensitive will stop the editor at vogue magazine called it deeply offensive, violent, and dangerous. she was singled out by carney in quite a personal and targeted attack, noting her appearance and close she chose to wear, noting herweight, and appearance and close she chose to wear, noting her weight, and vogue magazine subsequently put out a statement to support the editor, saying that she had been bullied by west, and industry figures rallied behind her. if west, and industry figures rallied behind her. iii west, and industry figures rallied behind her-— behind her. if i was going to be nicall behind her. if i was going to be cynical i would _ behind her. if i was going to be cynical i would say _ behind her. if i was going to be cynical i would say this - behind her. if i was going to be cynical i would say this is - cynical i would say this is obviously getting the show a lot of

attention. what has kanye west, or ye, said about why he has done this? the only thing he has said so far is that everybody knows black lace matter is a scam, now it is over, you are welcome. he said that on instagram. he hasn�*t provided a framework for questioning, the question is about whether or not he was trying to be ironic or he did it for the attention that he knew he would garner. for the attention that he knew he would garner-— for the attention that he knew he would carner. ., ~ , ., , . would garner. thank you very much for “oininu would garner. thank you very much forjoining us- _ there�*s been a development in the cheating scandal that�*s rocked the world of chess. a 72 page investigation from chess.com has found the player at the centre of the cheating claims "likely" cheated in more than 100 online games.

this is the player at the centre of the investigation— 19—year—old american hans niemann. an investigation by chess.com found that it is likely niemann has cheated "much more often" than he has acknowledged. and this is how the scandal began. last month magnus carlsen, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time, was defeated by niemann at the sinquefield cup in a major upset. the pair then met in an online tournament — with carlsen quitting in apparent protest after making only one move. this is the moment it happened. it is important to note though that the investigation found no evidence niemann had cheated in his game against carlsen or in any "over—the—board" games — the american has admitted cheating in informal games when he was younger but denies doing so in competition. he has been approached by the bbc for comment. alex therrien is a bbcjournalist and a fide master chess player — the third highest title a player can achieve. what you make of the story? this is

another massive _ what you make of the story? this is another massive development - what you make of the story? this is another massive development in - what you make of the story? this is| another massive development in the cheating scandal that had been going on for more than a month. it looked at 102 games that hans niemann had played, and it found that it was likely that he had cheated in at least 102 games. that word lightly kept being recruited through the report, because it is very hard to prove cheating, but it is seen as a really big scandal that has gripped the chess world. has really big scandal that has gripped the chess world.— the chess world. has been any response _ the chess world. has been any response from _ the chess world. has been any response from hans _ the chess world. has been any| response from hans niemann? the chess world. has been any - response from hans niemann? there has not. response from hans niemann? there has not- he — response from hans niemann? there has not- he has _ response from hans niemann? there has not. he has been _ response from hans niemann? there has not. he has been very _ response from hans niemann? ii—ii” has not. he has been very quiet since the scandal broke. last month heissued since the scandal broke. last month he issued a strenuous denial, where he issued a strenuous denial, where he denied ever cheating in competitive, over the board game, and he said he was even willing to play naked to prove his innocence and show that he wasn�*t concealing electronic devices that were potentially being used to help him cheat. the scandal has developed many times, and he has not commented

again. it is interesting to note that he is currently playing in the us chess championships, so you can only assume he will be asked about this in that tournament. bond only assume he will be asked about this in that tournament.— this in that tournament. and there is no proof — this in that tournament. and there is no proof at _ this in that tournament. and there is no proof at all, _ this in that tournament. and there is no proof at all, is _ this in that tournament. and there is no proof at all, is there? - this in that tournament. and there is no proof at all, is there? it - is no proof at all, is there? it depends which bit we are talking about. when it comes to cheating online, just says there is evidence thatis online, just says there is evidence that is cheated online, but when it comes to over the boards chess, which the real issue, has he cheated in over the board game such as the ones against magnus carlsen. there are doubts about his meteoric rise, that they can�*t conclude that he had cheated over the board? hoop that they can't conclude that he had cheated over the board?— that they can't conclude that he had cheated over the board? how is this rock the world _ cheated over the board? how is this rock the world chess? _ cheated over the board? how is this rock the world chess? it _ cheated over the board? how is this rock the world chess? it is - cheated over the board? how is this rock the world chess? it is what - cheated over the board? how is this rock the world chess? it is what it . rock the world chess? it is what it massively. _ rock the world chess? it is what it massively. it _ rock the world chess? it is what it massively, it is _ rock the world chess? it is what it massively, it is brought _ rock the world chess? it is what it massively, it is brought a - rock the world chess? it is what it massively, it is brought a huge i massively, it is brought a huge amount of attention to the world of

chess. ., , amount of attention to the world of chess. . , ., , chess. that is it from outside source. goodbye. _ it has been a very blustery day, with gales which are spread from west to east, brightening up with scattered showers, some of them heavy across the north. it stays heavy tonight, further heavy showers, whether the fun is moving on, lots of isobars on the chart, so it does stay quite windy. there is a lot of dry weather expected through central and southern england, lengthy clear spells, lots of cloud affecting scotland and southern ireland. it will be a cooler, fresher night tonight, low is

typically down to 10 degrees. this is thursday�*s pressure chart, it stays windy across most of the country, less windy in the south thenit country, less windy in the south then it will be further north, we could even see gales around the coast, and there will be lots of showers rattling in from the west of the south—west. some of them could be heavy, merging through longer spells of rain. there will be some sunshine in between, properly the best in eastern scotland and southern and south—east england. these are mean wind speeds, gas will be higher than that, but in the sunshine temperatures will be a bit higher on thursday, up to 19 degrees here. further north is generally the mid—teens. as we move through thursday night, once again, it stays windy, further showers, longer spells of rain, sell them heavy across scotland and northern ireland. it will feel a touch milder to start with on friday morning. if you look at the pressure chart, lots

of isobars, a blustery day, that rain bouncing southwards and eastwards, and it will enhance the showers across scotland and northern ireland. it will be dry across southern and south—eastern areas for most of friday. the rain band will reach the south—east later in the day, 19 degrees ahead of that. further north it will be blustery showers and sunny spells again, the low to mid teen celsius. a ridge of high pressure builds on for the start of the weekend, a fine day to come on saturday, before it turns wetter and windier again across the north and the west as we had to sunday. not a bad day at all on saturday, plenty of sunshine around, lighter winds, wet and windy again in the north—west on sunday.

this is bbc news. the prssse— she is ready make hard choices to get britain to make hard choices to get britain moving. liz truss said the government�*s task was difficult, but necessary, and they must stay the course. whenever there is chan . e, stay the course. whenever there is change. this _ stay the course. whenever there is change. this is _ stay the course. whenever there is change, this is disruption. - stay the course. whenever there is change, this is disruption. and i stay the course. whenever there is change, this is disruption. and not| change, this is disruption. and not everybody will be in favour of change. but everyone will benefit from the result. a growing economy and a better future. applause the average two mortgage rate hits its highest level for 14 years. if you are burgled in england and wales, a police officer will come to our home. that is the new pledge from police chiefs. warnings

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