this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. trade minister conor burns is sacked from the government we are not ready to kill people. like russia does it. trade minister conor burns is sacked from the government after a complaint of �*serious misconduct�*. overwhelmed with grief — parents and relatives the school district suspends its entire police force. the ironic protest, i reported to the death —— a report found she lost

her life to illness. herfamily rejects the claim. downing street intervenes and stops the launch of a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter. in the uk city that will host next year's eurovision song contest has been announced after the contest was moved from ukraine.— moved from ukraine. liverpool! congratulations! _ warm welcome. ukraine's president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden's warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon, and has urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops

continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. our world affairs editor, john simpson, has been speaking to president zelensky in the presidential palace in kyiv. hello. mr zelensky made a rare misstep yesterday. he was reported as calling on nato to stage a pre—emptive strike on russia to stop the russians using tactical nuclear weapons. but he wasn't talking about a nuclear strike, he said — he was talking about pre—emptive sanctions, and he said it in english to make sure people got the point about the russian threat. they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to do it, to use it, but they begin to communicate. you mean prepare society for using a nuclear weapon? you know, they don't know if they will use or if they will not use. i think that it's dangerous even to speak about it.

i said you have to do preventive kicks, not attacks. we are not ready to kill people like russians do it. then he switched into ukrainian. translation: we need to act now. we don't need to think about risks that's going to happen later. i agree, it is an armageddon and it is a risk for the whole planet, but why do we need to think whether it happens or not? russia has made the step already. it has seized the nuclear power plant. and he went on... translation: the world can, - it can stop, and stop immediately, the actions of russian occupiers. the world can implement a sanctions package in cases like that and do everything to make them leave the nuclear power plant. do you think that president putin is capable of launching nuclear weapons, of using them?

translation: |f| say, - for example, they are incapable of using nuclear weapons, then an inadequate person who has this power in his hands will say, "really, i can't?" "well, here see how i can." will say, "really, i can't?" and therefore use it. will say, "really, i can't?" now, if i say he can use it, it can cause panic mode is in many countries, including ukraine. all that putin is afraid of, it's not even a nuclear strike — he is afraid of his own society, he is afraid of his own people, because only these people can replace him, strip him of his power and give it to another person and so on. do you think they should stand up against him? translation: people should first fight for themselves. _ therefore go out, express their views, not be afraid, fight for themselves. and he had a word for the russian soldiers who are sent here.

translation: they come, | they've mobilised kids now, they come without machine guns, body armour. they're just cannon fodder, they are not people. if they don't want to be killed, they are people and they think it's their life, they need to fight. they don't need to fight for ukraine, we can fight for ourselves — but they need to fight for their own body, their freedom, their rights and their soul. if you do win, will vladimir putin survive? i don't care. president zalewski of ukraine there. the prime minister has sacked her international trade minister, conor burns — after allegations of serious misconduct were made against him.

he's also had the conservative whip suspended while an investigation takes place. mr burns is yet to respond. the prime minister's office said she had taken direct action after being informed of the allegation. well, downing street tonight clearly wa nt tonight clearly want to be seen to be acting quickly and with clarity. in dealing with this allegation of serious misconduct against conor burns. we don't know the nature of the allegation. i understand it's to do with behaviour at partner conference by conor burns. he took to twitter a short while ago, and he said, "i was not given any information about the complaint or was i asked to by the chief whip." when she contacted him to tell him the whip was being taken away from him and he was stepping down as a trade minister. he goes on in his tweets to say, "i hope the party will be as quick to conduct their

inquiry as they were to rush to judgment." he has told the sun newspaper that you will cooperate fully and he is eager to clear his name. do fully and he is eager to clear his name. ~ ., ., ~ ., name. do we know what kind of timing this could take _ name. do we know what kind of timing this could take a? _ name. do we know what kind of timing this could take a? we _ name. do we know what kind of timing this could take a? we don't. _ name. do we know what kind of timing this could take a? we don't. downing i this could take a? we don't. downing street are anxious _ this could take a? we don't. downing street are anxious to _ this could take a? we don't. downing street are anxious to be _ this could take a? we don't. downing street are anxious to be seen - this could take a? we don't. downing street are anxious to be seen to - street are anxious to be seen to be acting quickly and decisively on this, and that's partly to do with the fact that boris johnson, when he was the fact that borisjohnson, when he was prime minister, was the fact that boris johnson, when he was prime minister, was criticised for not acting decisively when allegations of misconduct were made against his ministers.

19 children and two teachers were killed when an 18—year—old gunman opened fire at robb elementary school in may. the local police had faced criticism in the days following the murders over its response on the ground as events unfolded. some of the victims' families have welcomed today's announcement. let's get more on this with no mia just explain what this means. this was run by — just explain what this means. this was run by the — just explain what this means. ti 3 was run by the school district for uvalde, so it basically provides security for schools in the area, including robb elementary school. their offices were the first to respond to the shooting that day. they were alerted to salvador ramose, who was killed by a border control agent. there's been huge

criticism about the response to the shooting that day. the head of that police department has arnie been fired back in august. he was one of the first officers on the scene, and he's been hugely criticised for the response to it. as i said. there's been ongoing investigations, and it's recently emerged that one of the police officers who has just recently been hired by the uvalde school district was under investigation for her response on the day of the shooting when she was working in anotherjob for the texas department of public safety. now we've come to this latest development where the entire police department has been suspended, which is indefinite. at the moment, there's been a request of the texas safety department to provide extra

state troopers for the schools. the family have reacted to this. a couple of tweaks from brett cross —— tweets. his son was killed in the shooting and he has been outside the school, and he has released a statement on twitter. "we did it and we are going home." the families have welcomed this decision today. no mia, for now, thank you. across thailand, flags are flying at half—mast for the more than 20 children who were murdered in their nursery school yesterday in the town of uthai sawan. they were among at least 36 people who died when a former police officer went on the rampage with guns and a knife. the country's prime minister has joined grieving parents placing flowers on the steps of the centre where the attack took place. jonathan head's report from thailand

has distressing detail. how do you deal with a loss like this? in this temple, not far from the school where so many young lives were ended in the most brutal way imaginable... ..it was with heart—tearing howls of anguish. as mothers and grandmothers saw the undersized coffins — and, for the first time, the little bodies they contained. what we've been witnessing at this temple is grief on an immeasurable scale, as the full impact of the inexplicable horror visited on this community has hit home. it is grief that's being shared among friends and neighbours and by much of the country. but it is still grief as raw and as harrowing as it gets. this couple rushed back here on news of the attack.

jobs are scarce in this part of thailand, and they have to work far away. their three—year—old son, phubet, who lived with his grandmother, was one of the victims. this is a national tragedy for thailand, and the big names in thai politics came to pay their respects at the gate of the nursery building where, just 2a hours before, the former police officer had gone on his mindless killing spree. the prime minister then handed out giant cheques to the bereaved — a sign, he said, that the state would take care of those who have lost so much. probably a welcome gesture in a poor region which usually gets little attention from the central government. but this community has been profoundly shaken by a terrible event which as yet

cannot be explained. jonathan head, bbc news, north—eastern thailand. covid—i9 infections have increased in england and northern ireland. in the week ending september 24th, the total number of people in private households in the uk who tested positive for the virus rose 25% on the previous week. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. ——joining me —— joining me now is christina pagel. welcome to you. what's your assessment of these numbers? you have to assessment of these numbers? 7m, have to remember that this is not relating to infections two weeks ago, so we're definitely in the middle of this new wave. we've also seen hospital admissions go up 33% in the last week, so there's more infection around it it's probably going to get worse. find infection around it it's probably going to get worse.— infection around it it's probably going to get worse. and why is that?

so far, it's mainly _ going to get worse. and why is that? so far, it's mainly been _ going to get worse. and why is that? so far, it's mainly been about - so far, it's mainly been about waning immunity. about nine months out... but there's also, as of this month, some new variants that are much more immuno evasive. we aren't heafina much more immuno evasive. we aren't hearing much — much more immuno evasive. we aren't hearing much about _ much more immuno evasive. we aren't hearing much about it _ much more immuno evasive. we aren't hearing much about it from _ much more immuno evasive. we aren't hearing much about it from the - hearing much about it from the government. should we be concerned? is actually over—50s who are eligible, but you're not hearing anything about it. i think there should be a campaign to get your booster, and i saw they put out tweets to be more careful around older people. it feels like the interest is gone but cove hasn't gone. i5 interest is gone but cove hasn't .one, , ,,., , interest is gone but cove hasn't

ione, , , ~ gone. is sage still meeting? we heard about _ gone. is sage still meeting? we heard about them _ gone. is sage still meeting? we heard about them during - gone. is sage still meeting? we heard about them during the - gone. is sage still meeting? we - heard about them during the pandemic and how important your meetings were. do you still need to? i’m and how important your meetings were. do you still need to? i'm not in the sage — were. do you still need to? i'm not in the sage that _ were. do you still need to? i'm not in the sage that advised _ were. do you still need to? i'm not in the sage that advised the - in the sage that advised the government, and as far as i know, those meetings stopped in february this year. those meetings stopped in february this ear. ,, ., , , .w this year. should they be taking lace? this year. should they be taking place? should _ this year. should they be taking place? should we _ this year. should they be taking place? should we be _ this year. should they be taking place? should we be more - this year. should they be taking i place? should we be more alert? yeah, i think we should be. we're on ourfourth wave this yeah, i think we should be. we're on our fourth wave this year. if nothing else, it causes mass destruction. d0 nothing else, it causes mass destruction.— nothing else, it causes mass destruction. ., ., destruction. do we actually know the numbers? people _ destruction. do we actually know the numbers? people aren't _ destruction. do we actually know the numbers? people aren't testing - destruction. do we actually know the numbers? people aren't testing like | numbers? people aren't testing like they were, not least because it is not free any more.— they were, not least because it is not free any more. that's the beauty ofthe not free any more. that's the beauty of the ons survey. _ not free any more. that's the beauty of the ons survey. it's _ not free any more. that's the beauty of the ons survey. it's based - not free any more. that's the beauty of the ons survey. it's based on - of the ons survey. it's based on random testing. they randomly tested 100,000 people, so it gives us a really good idea of community prevalence. and to give you a good idea, hospitals don't test you based

on someone coming forward. from what we've seen of— on someone coming forward. from what we've seen of hospital _ we've seen of hospital admissions, how concerned are you by those numbers? that was a big issue during the pandemic, the fear that hospitals would be overwhelmed. we're nowhere near that, but what is the trajectory as you see it?— the trajectory as you see it? we're certainly going _ the trajectory as you see it? we're certainly going uo- _ the trajectory as you see it? we're certainly going up. we're - the trajectory as you see it? we're certainly going up. we're back- certainly going up. we're back over 1300 a day. about half of those, slightly less, are directly because of covid, but that's a substantial number. the other people who have it as a session secondary issue. at the very least, it means you have to stay in hospital longer and can't be discharged. as winter happens, there's going to be more demand on there's going to be more demand on the nhs. you'rejust kind of creating this bottleneck where

people can't access care. professor christina pagel, _ people can't access care. professor christina pagel, thank _ people can't access care. professor christina pagel, thank you - people can't access care. professor christina pagel, thank you for - christina pagel, thank you for joining us tonight. it's been announced that liverpool will host next year's eurovision song contest on behalf of ukraine. it will be the first eurovision in the uk for 25 years. the event will be staged in may at an ii,000—seater arena after liverpool beat off competition from glasgow. here's how the announcement was made. the city that will host the 67th eurovision song contest in 2023 is... liverpool! congratulations! my goodness, huge congratulations to liverpool. let's go over to kevin to see how the news is going down there. i mean, that is- incredible, isn't it?

much excitement in liverpool and disappointment in glasgow. that’s disappointment in glasgow. that's the role of the _ disappointment in glasgow. that's the role of the dice. _ disappointment in glasgow. that's the role of the dice. hotel - disappointment in glasgow. that's the role of the dice. hotel rooms i the role of the dice. hotel rooms are already starting to get booked up are already starting to get booked up as fans from across europe decide how they're going to get there in may. 20 cities originally said to the bbc that they wanted to host your revision next year on behalf of ukraine. the reason it's in the uk is because... organisers said it couldn't be there for safety reasons because of the war there. it shows the passion and enthusiasm that britain has for the song contest, and it'll be the first time in 25 years that it'll be in the uk. how exciting. years that it'll be in the uk. how excitin. �* years that it'll be in the uk. how excitini. �* ., ., exciting. and the reason it came to us is because _ exciting. and the reason it came to us is because we _ exciting. and the reason it came to us is because we came _ exciting. and the reason it came to us is because we came second. - exciting. and the reason it came to i us is because we came second. after iuite a us is because we came second. after quite a few — us is because we came second. after quite a few years _ us is because we came second. after quite a few years of _ us is because we came second. after quite a few years of some _

us is because we came second. he quite a few years of some dismal results. ,, ., ., _ results. quite a few to say the least! do _ results. quite a few to say the least! do you _ results. quite a few to say the least! do you remember - results. quite a few to say the least! do you remember when results. quite a few to say the - least! do you remember when the uk started getting _ least! do you remember when the uk started getting points _ least! do you remember when the uk started getting points from _ least! do you remember when the uk started getting points from across - started getting points from across europe? everybody was so excited. i remember the words what is happening were trending. but it will be in liverpool in may, and there will be strong ukrainian influence in the bid. we've had this from the eurovision executive supervisor. he welcomed the choice and said it liverpool is the ideal place. they have been very impressed with the passion the city has shown and their increasing ideas from replacing ukraine front and centre. the bbc says hosting eurovision next year, it has a fantastic venue, and a rich history of music. name a city in the uk that has a better history. absolutely. and it's a huge deal

because logistically, it's massive. 11,000 seater stadium, and it brings in so many people from all over the world. �* , ., in so many people from all over the world. i ., ., in so many people from all over the world. �*, ., ., .,, world. it's one of the most complex productions — world. it's one of the most complex productions anywhere _ world. it's one of the most complex productions anywhere in _ world. it's one of the most complex productions anywhere in the - world. it's one of the most complex productions anywhere in the world. | productions anywhere in the world. it's needed for six to eight weeks before eurovision takes place. there are big end gigs that will have to be cancelled. some of those are people like eltonjohn. there will be phone calls being made it because of this. for context, eurovision tell me that for an average world tour, i say lady gaga, she has 30 trailers for her technology. she's known for putting on an elaborate show. eurovision has 200 trailers. between io—ii,000 production, journalist and crew. it between 10-11,000 production, journalist and crew.— journalist and crew. it will be fantastic- _ journalist and crew. it will be fantastic. thank _ journalist and crew. it will be fantastic. thank you - journalist and crew. it will be fantastic. thank you so - journalist and crew. it will bej fantastic. thank you so much journalist and crew. it will be - fantastic. thank you so much for taking us through. let's have a look at the promo video.

on behalf of the bbc... welcoming the star artists _ on behalf of the bbc... welcoming the star artists who _ on behalf of the bbc... welcoming the star artists who are _ on behalf of the bbc... welcoming the star artists who are here - the star artists who are here tonight _ the star artists who are here tonight- - -— the star artists who are here toniiht... :: :: ., , .,, the star artists who are here toniiht... ii: ., , tonight... 400 million people could be watching — tonight... 400 million people could be watching at _ tonight... 400 million people could be watching at this _ tonight... 400 million people could be watching at this moment. - tonight... 400 million people could be watching at this moment. lady l tonight... 400 million people could i be watching at this moment. lady and gentlemen. _ be watching at this moment. lady and gentlemen. the — be watching at this moment. lady and gentlemen, the moment— be watching at this moment. lady and gentlemen, the moment has- be watching at this moment. lady and gentlemen, the moment has come. . ask of the winner is. we will! now we're going to tell you.

that is what eurovision is all about. joining me now is liverpudlian alexandra cousins, who is on the acc liverpool board, and eurovision youtuber tom davitt. great to have you on the programme. congratulations, how did it feel when you are the news?- when you are the news? really lease. when you are the news? really please. there's _ when you are the news? really please. there's been _ when you are the news? really please. there's been a - when you are the news? really please. there's been a lot - when you are the news? really please. there's been a lot of. when you are the news? really - please. there's been a lot of across the country and friends over in glasgow as well.— the country and friends over in glasgow as well. how nervous were ou? glasgow as well. how nervous were you? really — glasgow as well. how nervous were you? really really _ glasgow as well. how nervous were you? really really nervous - glasgow as well. how nervous were you? really really nervous all - glasgow as well. how nervous were you? really really nervous all day. l you? really really nervous all day. reau you? really really nervous all day. really feeling _ you? really really nervous all day. really feeling sick. _ you? really really nervous all day. really feeling sick. you _ you? really really nervous all day. really feeling sick. you really - you? really really nervous all day. | really feeling sick. you really want it. i know we've been really great hosts to the ukrainians and the political party, and we really want it because there's a lot of these in

the city... it because there's a lot of these in the ci ~ �* it because there's a lot of these in the city- - -_ the city... we'll talk a bit more. tom, the city... we'll talk a bit more. tom. you're _ the city... we'll talk a bit more. tom. you're a — the city... we'll talk a bit more. tom, you're a eurovision - the city... we'll talk a bit more. tom, you're a eurovision super| the city... we'll talk a bit more. - tom, you're a eurovision super fan, but i believe you backed up more this time. i but i believe you backed up more this time. ~ . but i believe you backed up more this time. ,, ., ., ., this time. i did. i think a lot of us were really _ this time. i did. i think a lot of us were really sure _ this time. i did. i think a lot of us were really sure it - this time. i did. i think a lot of us were really sure it would i this time. i did. i think a lot ofj us were really sure it would be glasgow — us were really sure it would be glasgow. so, we were all surprised, but we _ glasgow. so, we were all surprised, but we don't — glasgow. so, we were all surprised, but we don't know what was in the bid yet _ but we don't know what was in the bid yet. we'll be really excited to see what — bid yet. we'll be really excited to see what convince the producers to pick liverpool. | see what convince the producers to pick liverpool-— pick liverpool. i believe you already booked _ pick liverpool. i believe you already booked a _ pick liverpool. i believe you already booked a hotel- pick liverpool. i believe you already booked a hotel in i pick liverpool. i believe you - already booked a hotel in glasgow? i did, ithinkl already booked a hotel in glasgow? i did, i think i got the last one in liverpoot _ did, i think i got the last one in liverpool-— liverpool. is it sold out? was a hard to get _ liverpool. is it sold out? was a hard to get a — liverpool. is it sold out? was a hard to get a room? _ liverpool. is it sold out? was a hard to get a room? lots - liverpool. is it sold out? was a hard to get a room? lots of. liverpool. is it sold out? was a - hard to get a room? lots of people who would've _ hard to get a room? lots of people who would've been _ hard to get a room? lots of people who would've been furious - hard to get a room? lots of people who would've been furious booking tickets _ who would've been furious booking tickets. �* ., ., ., �* ~ ., who would've been furious booking tickets. ., ., ~ ., ., tickets. alexandra, i don't know how much detail— tickets. alexandra, i don't know how much detail in _ tickets. alexandra, i don't know how much detail in the _ tickets. alexandra, i don't know how much detail in the bid, _ tickets. alexandra, i don't know how much detail in the bid, but _ tickets. alexandra, i don't know how much detail in the bid, but it's - much detail in the bid, but it's going to pay huge amount of respect and oma's to ukraine. you've got the

flag behind you. and oma's to ukraine. you've got the flag behind you-— flag behind you. what was coming across the paper, _ flag behind you. what was coming across the paper, there _ flag behind you. what was coming across the paper, there would - flag behind you. what was coming across the paper, there would be i across the paper, there would be three months of activity, so it's notjust three months of activity, so it's not just six weeks. three months of activity, so it's notjust six weeks. there will be cultural exchanges and stuff like that. our culture here are really amazing. they go above and beyond, so it'll be a lot of exchanges and stuff like that. it is all about visiting ukraine, representing them and... ., �* ., visiting ukraine, representing them and... ., ., , visiting ukraine, representing them and... .,�* ., ., , and... you're a youtuber, explain what you do _ and... you're a youtuber, explain what you do and _ and... you're a youtuber, explain what you do and white _ and... you're a youtuber, explain what you do and white eurovisionl and... you're a youtuber, explain i what you do and white eurovision is so important to you. i what you do and white eurovision is so important to you.— so important to you. i 'ust love eurovision. * so important to you. i 'ust love eurovision. it so important to you. i 'ust love eurovision. i love _ so important to you. i just love eurovision. i love these - so important to you. i just love | eurovision. i love these coming together— eurovision. i love these coming together of countries showing off their culture and language. this is pretty— their culture and language. this is pretty much the start of the season, knowing _ pretty much the start of the season, knowing there will be national finals — knowing there will be national finals coming up. this is like the

start— finals coming up. this is like the start of— finals coming up. this is like the start of six— finals coming up. this is like the start of six months of fun and drama and music _ start of six months of fun and drama and music. my channel'sjust celebrating that. and music. my channel's 'ust celebrating thati celebrating that. alexandra, for liverpool, it's going to - celebrating that. alexandra, for liverpool, it's going to bring - celebrating that. alexandra, for liverpool, it's going to bring in | celebrating that. alexandra, for| liverpool, it's going to bring in a huge amount of money.- liverpool, it's going to bring in a huge amount of money. yeah, last week, we huge amount of money. yeah, last week. we had _ huge amount of money. yeah, last week. we had a — huge amount of money. yeah, last week, we had a party— huge amount of money. yeah, last week, we had a party conference l week, we had a party conference and it was absolutely amazing. 10,000 people there. bars, restaurants, all full. everyone really happy to have this production. it's going to be great for the city. tom, i can't wait to see you!— great for the city. tom, i can't wait to see you! can i sleep on your couch? yeah! _ wait to see you! can i sleep on your couch? yeah! it's _ wait to see you! can i sleep on your couch? yeah! it's a _ wait to see you! can i sleep on your couch? yeah! it's a match! - wait to see you! can i sleep on your couch? yeah! it's a match! lovely! | couch? yeah! it's a match! lovely! save me money! — couch? yeah! it's a match! lovely! save me money! have _ couch? yeah! it's a match! lovely! save me money! have you - couch? yeah! it's a match! lovely! save me money! have you been i couch? yeah! it's a match! lovely! save me money! have you been to liver-ool save me money! have you been to liverpool before? _ save me money! have you been to liverpool before? i— save me money! have you been to liverpool before? i was _ save me money! have you been to liverpool before? i was very - save me money! have you been to| liverpool before? i was very young, so i'm liverpool before? i was very young, so in looking _ liverpool before? i was very young, so i'm looking forward _ liverpool before? i was very young,

so i'm looking forward to _ liverpool before? i was very young, so i'm looking forward to going - liverpool before? i was very young, | so i'm looking forward to going back as an _ so i'm looking forward to going back as an adult — so i'm looking forward to going back as an adult. i'm very aware of how culturally— as an adult. i'm very aware of how culturally rich it is a. | as an adult. i'm very aware of how culturally rich it is a.— culturally rich it is a. i know it's a fabulous _ culturally rich it is a. i know it's a fabulous city. _ culturally rich it is a. i know it's a fabulous city. i _ culturally rich it is a. i know it's a fabulous city. i used - culturally rich it is a. i know it's a fabulous city. i used to - culturally rich it is a. i know it's a fabulous city. i used to live i a fabulous city. i used to live there. congratulations to you. glad you managed to get a hotel room. thanks a lot. coming up shortly, the latest from my ron on the women's right to protest. we'll find out how all the stories we're covering are being handled in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm in the papers. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. the weather's been very changeable through the week, but this weekend, for many of us, it's looking fine. lots of sunshine on the way. rain clears the south—east this evening.

that's the weather front that swept across the country today and brought some very heavy rain and gusty winds. by the end of the night, it's clear in most places. however, a few showers and a brisk wind still affect western parts of the country. five degrees in many towns and cities first thing on saturday, so quite a chilly start. high pressure is in charge of the weather, so light winds, fairweather cloud building up. that's pretty much it. perhaps a few more showers there in western scotland, but particularly the north of scotland. here around 13 degrees, but further south, around 15—16, should feel fairly pleasant in that sunshine with the light winds. so, a fine saturday for the majority of the uk, but come sunday, we are expecting rain to sweep into northern ireland and scotland. so, wet and windy weather second half of the weekend in the north. bye— bye.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines — ukraine's president zelensky says ukraine will not fight the war russia wants them to in an interview with the bbc. we are not ready to kill people. like russians do it.

trade minister conor burns is sacked from the government after a complaint of "serious misconduct". five months after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students in texas, the school district in uvalde suspends its entire police force. the iran protests — tehran says a report into the death of mahsa amini found she lost her life to illness, not being beaten in custody. her family rejects the claim. downing street intervenes and stops the launch of a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter. authorities in iran have published a forensic report on the death of mahsa amini saying she died from a longstanding medical condition, not because of blows to her head. her death in police custody after allegedly breaking the strict law requiring women to cover their hair sparked protests across iran. someone who's been working to verify videos of the protests in iran is the bbc monitoring

journalist shayan sardarizadeh, and hejoins me now. welcome to you. thank you very much for being with us. take us through what you do to verify these videos and what it is you are seeing. so from and what it is you are seeing. sr from the first of these protests began, we have been verifying tonnes and tonnes of videos that have been coming through in order to make sure they are from these protests because protest happened every two or three years in iran. so we make sure they are new imaging secondly geo— locate to make sure they happen where they are claimed they happened and out on the date. on top of that, we monitor the online hashtags and discussion the online hashtags and discussion the from the moment my probably a week or ten days into the protest when they are being shut down, that was when a massive check was imposed by the iranian authorities and we monitored how that has impacted both the online discussion and the number of videos that have been coming through. because the first week of the protest, we are probably getting about 100 videos a day that were

coming in from different locations and after the internet shut down, there was a huge drop in the number of videos that were coming in. and then they also blocked lots of social networks to people had to find new ways to send videos to outside world. bud find new ways to send videos to outside world.— find new ways to send videos to outside world. and what are you seeini outside world. and what are you seeing from _ outside world. and what are you seeing from these _ outside world. and what are you seeing from these protests? - outside world. and what are you l seeing from these protests? what story are they telling un terms of the people who are coming out to protest and also how the authorities are dealing with them? i protest and also how the authorities are dealing with them?— are dealing with them? i think there are dealing with them? i think there are a few things _ are dealing with them? i think there are a few things that _ are dealing with them? i think there are a few things that are _ are dealing with them? i think there are a few things that are unique - are dealing with them? i think there are a few things that are unique to i are a few things that are unique to these protests. first of all, the number of reigning women that have come out obviously because mahsa amini was a young woman and she was arrested by the notorious morality police because she was shoving a little bit of hair and then obviously she died in custody. lots and lots women in iran who have similar experiences have been stopped by the morality police vans and have been insulted by the authorities because of the way they choose to dress in public. so the presence of women has been a very

significant factor in these protests. the other one if the presence of iran's you people, generations deep, sometimes even generations deep, sometimes even generation app up to my people who were schoolgirls or schoolkids and also students coming to people in iran seem to be completely not on board with the ideas and causes of the islamic republic and they are willing to come out and express it in a much more courageous and open way than the generations before them. and the other one is there seems to also have been a change in terms of the way people protest them is what we have noticed in these protests is that they have spread to all the 31 provinces of iran commode to something we have not seen before. in terms of raw numbers, and 2009 in the green movement, we had a protest in major cities, just a few and then we had large crowds in one specific area, but into ron on one

day we had 3.5 many people. that has not happened in these protest but instead we have dispersed crowds in different parts of cities and towns and sometimes even villages. basically getting into clashes with security forces, and the fourth one is wild in the previous protests including 2019 and 2018, we saw the authorities, the regime tried to crack down very violently. this time around, there seems to be a willingness on the side of the protesters to fight back with whatever they've got. and we have seen videos, like extraordinary videos of protesters basically getting into direct clashes with right police and security forces and plainclothes officers. you right police and security forces and plainclothes officers.— plainclothes officers. you are a “ournalist plainclothes officers. you are a journalist who knows _ plainclothes officers. you are a journalist who knows iran - plainclothes officers. you are a journalist who knows iran and i plainclothes officers. you are a i journalist who knows iran and its history and history of protest well, do you see anything emerging? talking about generational differences and mentor coming out, but anything you think would make something happen that would lead to something happen that would lead to some kind of effective change in the

regime because the response has been swift and it's been brutal, either many dozens have been killed, many protesters, and hundreds if not thousands hauled off to jail? thousands hauled off to “ail? yeah, i think there — thousands hauled off to “ail? yeah, i think there is t thousands hauled off to jail? yeah, i think there is something - thousands hauled off to jail? ie—i i think there is something happening in the sense that we have to be careful about say this is like a political revolution and a few months down the road there will be completely new regime in iran. i think that's wishful thinking. but what's happening is that as i said the generation seat and generation appa who art schoolkids, schoolkids and iran, something is culturally and iran, something is culturally and socially changing inside the country and it's being led by them. i think is probably due to the fact that they are very well fitted to the outside world due to the internet, social media, they know exact what is happening in the outside world and therefore more courageous because i can compare their own lives with the lives of people their age in different parts of the world and they see there are things that are different. and they think it's unjust. so i think iran in the next 10—15, maybe even five

years is going to be a place where some radical change is going to happen because of this generation that soon enough is going to be the absolute majority of the population while the generation that basically was responsible for the revolution becomes much, much older and many of them actually die. at becomes much, much older and many of them actually die.— them actually die. at the beginning of these protest _ them actually die. at the beginning of these protest and _ them actually die. at the beginning of these protest and we _ them actually die. at the beginning of these protest and we talked - them actually die. at the beginning i of these protest and we talked about experts in their analysis, this book about the fact there is protest but no leadership and that is a problem for those who want to see the regime overturned. and again the regime is brutal and people who oppose them are taken to prison, many spend decades they are or are given the death penalty. do you see any kind of leadership emerging that could tip the balance in the longer—term? i think that's one of the strengths of the regime in iran in the sense they have completely and utterly suppressed and destroyed any semblance of an internal opposition.

and when it comes to opposition outside because they don't live there, the probably don't have enough legitimacy to be accepted by the population. so the protests are leaderless but a 1 cent if that is one of the witnesses of it because there is not one person or group it is leading them, on the other hand is probably one of its drinks because one of the things it probably iranians believe was one of the mistakes it happened in the 1979 revolution against the shop was everyone was looking at one person and in that case it was the ayatollah who founded the republic, whereas in this case it seems to be from a people are saying online that the slogans we have heard that they think they should not look at one specific person and where that person wants to lead them. ok. specific person and where that person wants to lead them. ok, thank ou ve person wants to lead them. ok, thank you very much — person wants to lead them. ok, thank you very much for _ person wants to lead them. ok, thank you very much for being _ person wants to lead them. ok, thank you very much for being with - person wants to lead them. ok, thank you very much for being with us - person wants to lead them. ok, thank you very much for being with us and i you very much for being with us and thinking through these videos in your thoughts on the protests, thank you. a man has died after being shot by armed officers outside a police station in derby. they were responding to reports that a person wielding a knife was in the secure car park.

the man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. his identity has yet to be established. detective chief constable kate meynell from derbyshire police spoke to journalists a little earlier. during the incident, a window was smashed at the police station. armed officers were sent to the scene, and a police firearm was then discharged. the male's identity is currently unknown, but i can confirm he is a white man and we are working to establish who he is. he sustained a gunshot injury, and east midlands ambulance service were requested to attend. officers administered first aid until paramedics attended to the scene, and he was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. no officers, staff or other members of the public were injured during the incident. it is not believed to be linked to counterterrorism at this time. however, inquiries are ongoing.

as you can see, a cordon is in place and the drive is currently closed. and it's likely to remain so while the investigation continues. there were no evacuations of any businesses or homes. however, a number of local businesses located within the cordon took the decision to close, and shoppers were asked to leave by those who own the stores. the independent office for police conduct is now investigating the incident following a referral from derbyshire constabulary. and the force will be cooperating fully with the investigation. we are unable to make any further comment at this time. downing street has decided not to launch a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter after the prime minister's office raised objections to it. the department for business, energy and industrial strategy had been considering plans to encourage households to switch off appliances and heating to conserve energy whenever possible. earlier, our political correspondent damian grammaticas had this update.

what we don't have is any campaigning, and we're not going to get any campaign it's been confirmed to get people to reduce energy usage. in contrast to european countries which are taking measures to do that. now, i understand that in the department for business that they had been working for some time, they say, and had a reasonably well developed plan to get people to reduce their energy. but i've been told that downing street and the department of health put a stop to that. the department of health sources have said they don't think they played any specific role in it, but would have concerns about elderly people being afraid to turn their heating off. from downing street, what they're saying is that they're confident that their energy supplies to get people through the winter. ministers saying they don't believe a campaign would make a difference to energy security and they don't believe it would be needed.

the last thing you want to tell people to switch things off in the national lead when it makes absolutely no difference, so there is confidence about supply they're saying, but amongst those who have been working on the campaign, they say this would have urged people to use less and save money and could have save the country money because every unit of energy is going to be subsidised by the government if the prices remain high, so it makes sense to reduce it and they say not having a plan to curb usage, simply, they said, doesn't make any sense. slightly mystifying, they said. ministers have opened a controversial new licensing round for oil and gas exploration in the north sea. the business secretary, jacob rees—mogg, says exploiting reserves is more important than ever after russia's invasion of ukraine and will strengthen britain's future energy security. but climate scientists say new fossil fuel projects undermine the fight to control global warming. here's our environment correspondentjonah fisher. it will take years before any of these new licences yield oil or gas. what's extracted will be

british fossil fuel, but if global prices are still sky—high, our energy bills will be, too. about 100 licences are expected to be issued as part of this round, with areas where production could begin quickly off norfolk, lincolnshire and yorkshire set to be fast—tracked. supporters of the new drilling say this is about improving the uk's energy security, reducing our dependence on imported oil and gas. but burning fossil fuels emits the carbon dioxide that already warms our planet. so, why are we looking for more? our development of supply is not going to affect our usage. our usage is determined by the framework of the climate change act and the independent climate change committee which informs government policy, so you really can be assured that it's actually — i know it sounds contradictory — but it's actually good

for the environment that we're going to produce more of our gas and oil at home and that you can be confident because of the climate change act and our commitment in law to net—zero that we will not be using more oil and gas than is required in that transition. that won't reassure climate scientists, who say greenhouse gases are already leading to more extreme weather events, like heatwaves and drought. the advice of the united nations and the international energy agency is clear — that if we want to keep temperature rises under 1.5 degrees, then there can be no more fossil fuel projects. if you increase supply, so if you drill more oil and gas, then even if we're replacing imports, we're increasing the supply of oil and gas globally and that's likely to increase demand globally and therefore emissions. the first of these new north sea licences are expected to be issued early next year. jonah fisher, bbc news.

now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samina ahmed. how to report on the growing protest movement in iran when journalists can't operate in the country. and was bbc reporting at the conservative party conference too negative and snide? after a rocky couple of weeks for the government and for the prime minister personally, all eyes on wednesday morning were on the conservative party conference in birmingham. the bbc�*s political editor chris mason was in the hall for liz truss's speech and for some on—the—spot analysis straight afterwards. that was the speech of a prime minister trying to hold her party together. have you done enough, prime minister? this has been a conference defined by dysfunction, disagreement, even open civil war. i know that sounds like an exaggeration.

it really isn't. as for the prime minister, she couldn't leave quickly enough. she can run away from this conference, but not the immense challenges she confronts. john smith took exception to what he saw there on news bulletins later in the day. "it's a complaint many newswatch viewers will recognise," he wrote. "chris mason shouted at a passing liz truss. �*have you done enough, prime minister?�* did he seriously expect a reply to this question? or more likely, was it done for effect? shocking behaviour." and a viewer called doreen had a different objection. "total misrepresentation of liz truss rushing to leave conference after her speech. she was not running away. it was teeming down with rain, and she was rushing towards her car. the only comment made should've been why nobody had an umbrella for her." susan also contacted us about that latter sequence and recorded this video for us. my complaint is triggered

by some nasty, unkind, snide reporting i heard from chris mason at the tory conference.