this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines. as the prime minister here in the uk fights for herjob the new chancellor signals he'll make major changes to her economic policy. we are going to take some tough decisions, i will be asking all government the persians to find additional savings. in northern turkey, at least forty one coal miners have been killed in an underground explosion. president erdogan promises an investigation as he visits the scene. translation: of course we will find out how this explosion happened - and if there are any people

responsible for with the prosecutions. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. we start here in the uk. it seems there will be big changes to country's entire economic plan. the new finance minister, chancellorjeremy hunt says taxes could rise to help reassure financial markets. on friday the prime minister liz truss sacked the previous chancellor and announced more u—turns on her big economic ideas, but is still facing criticism from her own mps. here's our political correspondent, ione wells. congratulations, mr chancellor. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked

with setting out his stall, it was a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is absolutely not planning public spending cuts but listen to this. we have some very difficult decisions ahead, difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as much as people hope and i am going to be asking all government departments to find additional efficiency savings. one person's efficiency savings is another person's cut. - yes. and remember when liz truss said the country cannot tax its way to economic growth? we are also going to have pressure on the tax—side, taxes are not going to come down by as much as people hoped and some taxes will have to go up. then there was her pledge to boost spending on defence to 3% of national income by 2030. but the defence department, too, is going to have to help find efficiencies. the long—term ability to fund an increasing defence spending will depend on stability in the economic situation

and a healthily growing economy. the prime minister moved in here just weeks ago, promising to cut taxes, to not cut public spending, and boost defence spending. the new chancellor, who will base himself here, just next door, has now said that all of those things are back on the table. this leaves massive questions for liz truss about what she stands for, and who is really in charge, after the economic plan that she won the tory leadership election on now all hangs on the balance. the opposition were quick to say it was not enough for the prime minister to just replace her chancellor. they did notjust tank the british economy, they also clung on, clung on as they made the pound sink, clung on as they took our pensions to the brink of collapse, clung on as they pushed the mortgages and bills of the british public through the roof. they did all of this. all the pain our country faces

now is down to them. and there is still one person clinging on, the prime minister. um... the prime minister's press conference yesterday did little to ease conservative mps' fears about her leadership. supporters of her policies are annoyed she has done a u—turn on some of her tax cuts. i have therefore decided to keep the increase in corporation tax that was planned by the previous government. mps who did not like them think she is not the right person for thejob. some think it would be mad to oust her already. others argue that would be better than the alternative. aren't you going to say sorry? and she faces more clashes with them ahead, on possible spending cuts, on her plans to bring back fracking, on changes to house—building and planning rules. she is still in the top job but feels far from being completely in control

of her increasingly divided party. ione wells, bbc news. staying here in the uk. interest rates may rise by more than previously expected. that's what the head of the uk's central bank says. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, spoke to the new chancellor yesterday — saying there was a �*clear meeting of minds' on the importance of stability. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. describing liz truss's vision for a high growth, high wage, low tax economy. butjust three weeks later, her new chancellor has buried it. have you been given a clean slate? can you change elements of the mini—budget if you want to? yes. and the fundamental thing the prime minister wants me to do and i need to do is to be completely honest with the country. trussonomics reversed, then. tax cuts likely replaced with tax

rises, huge investment replaced with a spending slowdown. this rethink has largely been driven by the turmoil in the financial markets since the mini—budget was announced. the pound has had a torrid time. the effective cost of government borrowing has soared and the bank of england had to step in with an emergency programme buying up government bonds to stabilise the pension sector. there is a pressing need, then, to restore some confidence and credibility. bank of england governor andrew bailey said he spoke to the new chancellor yesterday and had an immediate meeting of minds. but in a speech in washington dc, he had this warning on interest rates. we will not hesitate to raise interest rates to meet the inflation target. and as things stand today, my best guess is that inflationary pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps thought in august. the current base rate is 2.25%. investors are expecting a rise of up to one percentage point in november to 3.25%.

most mortgage offers are currently already around 6%, but a bigger rise in the base rate will affect the economy elsewhere. and even with a change of approach, the government's problems remain the same. how to find tens of billions of pounds to help people with their energy bills and make the sums add up. we're certainly looking at a really tough couple of years, we've got a very tough economic environment. we've got very stretched public finances. i think we're going to see some even further reversal of the tax cuts that we've had, and in addition, probably some very tight spending rounds. the first verdict will come when financial markets open next week. i don't expect a dramatic reversal, because the devil will be in the detail. and when we find out the detail of the budget on the 31st of october, that will be perhaps a more holistic judgement being made by financial markets. that's a fortnight away, a long time in the life of a chancellor.

marc ashdown, bbc news. to turkey now and the latest on the explosion in a mine. 41 people have died. it's thought methane gas caused the explosion. turkey's president erdogan has been to the scene where the last of the missing worker's bodies was brought out from the mine. this happened in the city of amasra on the black sea coast. anjana gadgil reports. a funeral for one of the miners killed in the blast in the black sea coastal town of amasra. other families waited outside the morgue where their relatives' bodies lay. it's one of turkey's deadliest industrial accidents in years, and left smoke billowing into the sky. over 100 people were working there at the time. more than 70 workers took part in rescue efforts, which went on throughout the night. crowds gathered around the head of the mineshaft. many were family members of the dead and injured.

it's believed methane ignited at a depth of 300 metres, causing a fire in one of the tunnels. president erdogan made a visit to the scene and said he hoped no more lives would be lost. translation: of course we will find out how this explosion happened - and if there any people are responsible for it with the prosecutions which already started. turkey suffered its deadliest coal mining disaster in 2014, when 301 workers died in a blast in the western town of soma. the local prosecutor's office said it was treating this incident at the state—owned coal mine as an accident and has begun an investigation. anjana gadgil, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. one man has died and two others are missing in greece after torrential rain caused flash flooding on the island of crete. emergency workers say the victim had

become trapped in his car. local media are reporting extensive damage in seaside villages, where streets have been inundated with water. residents have been urged to limit their movements. thousands of protesters took to the streets in madrid on saturday demanding higher pensions and better salaries in the face of high inflation rates. like many countries worldwide, spain is struggling with a cost of living crisis. energy and food prices have soared in recent months, with food prices growing nearly fifteen per cent last month, the fastest pace in nearly three decades. slovakia's president and prime minister havejoined large crowds marching in bratislava, in solidarity with the lgbt community, following the deadly shooting of two men at a gay bar on wednesday. the gunman who was found dead on thursday, was a radicalised teenager, and the son of a far—right politician. to iran now and the latest

on the protests. security forces have reportedly opened fired on anti— government demonstrators in the north—west of the country. a number of online videos show anti—government protests in the capital and four other cities. people have been out on the streets since the death of a young woman in police custody last month. kasra naji from bbc persian described how schools have been drawn into the latest wave of protest. the last two or three weeks school children havejoined the protests in various places, in towns and cities across the country. and that has been a new development. we have seen videos of security forces attacking and dispersing groups of students outside the school where they were marching and shouting slogans against the government and iran's supreme leader ali khamenei. but last week on wednesday,

what we witnessed was security forces actually going inside the school and beating schoolchildren inside the school because they were shouting slogans against the government. and we know that there was one schooled that there was a pretty serious incident where security forces went into classrooms and beat up people so severely that several of them have ended up in hospitals. the footballer mason greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. the 21—year—old manchester united striker was first arrested on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary, and was immediately suspended from playing or training by the club. he was re—arrested earlier today for allegedly breaching bail conditions.

you're watching bbc news, a reminder of our headlines. as the prime minister fights for her political life — her new chancellor admits mistakes were made in rolling out the government's new economic policy and that some taxes will rise. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. forty one turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion — 11 others were injured. now, does all this turmoil mean liz truss could soon be out of a job? with me now is our political correspondent ben wright. can you try to sum up where we are today. we have a new tensor we heard from him today what you make of his

comments. they are saying that he is going to embrace in a park upon a whole new economic plan. in a disk a little extraordinary. list truss is only been in the office for a0 days. she has one the tory leadership contest and rip up previous agenda and now that is all gone. and today the new chancellorjeremy hunt has been clear that he is willing to do pretty much anything to restore financial credibility in the british government and economic system and i will include tax rises, spending cuts, and other measures which just a few days ago truss was saying would not happen. so it is extraordinary about turn and leaves her clearly varied damage. postdoctoral and former minister today saying jeremy hunt is not the most powerful man in the very begin to government and is effectively the

de facto prime minister. let’s to government and is effectively the de facto prime minister.— de facto prime minister. let's get more on the _ de facto prime minister. let's get more on the reaction _ de facto prime minister. let's get more on the reaction of _ de facto prime minister. let's get more on the reaction of tory - de facto prime minister. let's get| more on the reaction of tory mps. presumably some people welcoming that's what has been the reaction? interestingly anger about this spans this divided party. so someonejohn redd would have said today that they are angry that liz truss has decided to potentially raise taxes. he doesn't think this is a way to go for growth. many others, probably with the majority of tory mps are furious that truss has led them into this position and can't see a way out of it. i talked one tory and be a couple of hours ago he said, a lot would hinge on the budget that jeremy hunt has now two weeks to prepare and will deliver to the house of commons on october the sist. house of commons on october the 31st. the market reaction to that will be critical. in determining whether truss can survive this next empty set. but mike will get some of that reaction to the new chancellor

on monday but that reaction to the new chancellor on monda , , . that reaction to the new chancellor on monda, ., _, , ., that reaction to the new chancellor on monda , ., , ., ., on monday but a couple of weeks for further action. _ on monday but a couple of weeks for further action. where _ on monday but a couple of weeks for further action. where do _ on monday but a couple of weeks for further action. where do you - on monday but a couple of weeks for further action. where do you think . further action. where do you think truss stands in her position? will she make it through the weekend? she lives she make it through the weekend? me: lives on day she make it through the weekend? sie: lives on day by day. which is a remarkably precarious position for a new prime minister to find themselves in. there is a lot of chat among the tory party in parliament about what might happen that are clearly a lot of tory mps who would love to see her gone, but there is lot of disagreement about strategy and how that could happen. according to tory part of rule book a new leader can't face a vote of confidence for the first year that they are in office. however, i think is made clear that she doesn't command the confidence of half perhaps, of tory mps in those views will be made known to her and it would be very hard for her to soldier on. i think what she hopes will happen is that the situation will happen is that the situation will stabilise, the budget that is coming will do enough to calm nerves on the tory party and the financial

markets. she will hope also that conservative mps will not have coalesced around an alternative and tory mps will frankly, just stop and think, is a another change of leader at this stage after all of this turmoil two years to before an election a possible thing to park upon. but they are jittery to say the least. upon. but they are 'ittery to say the least. ., ~ , ., , upon. but they are 'ittery to say the least. ., ~' , ., , . earlier i spoke to david gauke —— former conservative mp who was lord chancellor and secretary of state forjustice in 2018 and 2019. i started by asking him what he made of the comments made byjereny hunt this morning. i think he has demonstrated that you have to face up to reality. the fact that he is talking about taxes as well as spending. i think is realistic. i don't think there is any way in which we can civilly say, we have done enough contacts to fill

in the black hole in the public finances. just purely on spending. so i think that is a little encouraging, and he struck the right tone in recognising that in whatever the government does it needs to make sure that it protects the vulnerable. which has not been the impression that has been given up until now. ~ ., impression that has been given up until now. ~ . , ., ., ~ ., until now. what did you make of the prime minister _ until now. what did you make of the prime minister news _ until now. what did you make of the prime minister news conference - until now. what did you make of the prime minister news conference in l prime minister news conference in terms of tone and content? i don't think it was _ terms of tone and content? i don't think it was what _ terms of tone and content? i don't think it was what was _ terms of tone and content? i don't think it was what was needed. - terms of tone and content? i don't think it was what was needed. i i think it was what was needed. i don't think it was what the country or the markets were looking for. i think there were two problems, one was tone. a sense of contrition was needed i think. because a lot of problems have been caused by the governments actions of the last three weeks. and i think she needed to put her hand up and say sorry. and say what had happened has given many people sleepless nights whether

it is the mortgage or if their business going under. secondly i in terms of substance that she needed to read —— be realistic that we won't get all this from spending. and i think setting out a plan that is more balanced make sense. and i think whatjeremy hunt has said today suggests that they are going today suggests that they are going to have a more balanced plan. imilli to have a more balanced plan. will seak to have a more balanced plan. will speak now — i'm joined now by noa hoffman, a political reporter at the sun. let's get an assessment of where we are standing now talking about jittery conservative mps, i am sure you have been speaking to a few of them what have they been saying to you? i them what have they been saying to ou? ~' ., them what have they been saying to ou? ~ ., ., , ., you? i think from the ones that i have been _ you? i think from the ones that i have been speaking _ you? i think from the ones that i have been speaking to _ you? i think from the ones that i have been speaking to jittery - you? i think from the ones that i have been speaking to jittery isl have been speaking to jittery is somewhat of an understatement. they are absolutely fuming, there is a lot of plotting going on in the

black grounds —— backgrounds. talk about how to remove truss from office. ., ., ., , ., ~ ., office. extraordinary, the talk of removin: office. extraordinary, the talk of removing a _ office. extraordinary, the talk of removing a prime _ office. extraordinary, the talk of removing a prime minister - office. extraordinary, the talk of removing a prime minister so i removing a prime minister so quickly? it removing a prime minister so cuickl ? , ., ., ., , removing a prime minister so cuickl ? , .., ., , , quickly? it is extraordinary but the whole many _ quickly? it is extraordinary but the whole many budget _ quickly? it is extraordinary but the whole many budget and _ quickly? it is extraordinary but the whole many budget and fallout - quickly? it is extraordinary but the | whole many budget and fallout was extraordinary. so really it is a very big profound reaction to a major, catastrophic event. there is a lot of discussion now about who could replace truss as prime minister if she were to go. at the moment the main discussion is among the very angry and peas and let me tell you that there is a lot of them. around the mechanisms of how to give her differ and who could take her place.— to give her differ and who could take her place. let's not get too technical here _ take her place. let's not get too technical here but _ take her place. let's not get too technical here but internal- technical here but internal conservative party rules would normally rule outjust installing someone else as head of the party, therefore as prime minister. so are people really trying to get into the technical reads and how to work a way out how to actually do? yes they

are because — way out how to actually do? yes they are because at _ way out how to actually do? yes they are because at the _ way out how to actually do? yes they are because at the moment - way out how to actually do? yes they are because at the moment the - way out how to actually do? yes they| are because at the moment the mood among a lot of mps that i'm speaking to is, ok, at the next general election we are probably going to lose anyway. now the question is how badly we we lose? to be have a 1997 tony blair wipe out or do we lose 100 less seats than we could otherwise could. and in their view keeping truss in number ten or replacing her with some other candidate. what they are trying to do is think of ways that they can't get that new candidate in and if enough pressure is piled onto this 1922 committee that makes the rules about removing a sitting prime minister and that is what i think they will do. and i think we will see a lot of movements and in the next few days and weeks, don't rule out anything. she could seance the next election but at the moment, things need to change. what next election but at the moment, things need to change.— things need to change. what are --eole things need to change. what are peeple telling — things need to change. what are people telling you _ things need to change. what are people telling you in _ things need to change. what are people telling you in terms - things need to change. what are people telling you in terms of i things need to change. what are - people telling you in terms of names is, it is hard told mum, if some

mechanism was introduced and she was replaced, what kind of candidates screams unity candidate to you? i think the fundamental problem at the moment is that there is no one universal name. there are a few that are more common than others. and those are recent sunak, rishi sunak, penny mordaunt discussion of the two of them coming in on a joint ticket with rishi on number ten and jeremy hunt in number11 with rishi on number ten and jeremy hunt in number 11 and morton as secretary. some are also point to get ben wallace defence secretary. so if you names coming out of the moment. russian forces are continuing to lose ground in much of ukraine but they are making slow progress in their attempt to take the city of bakhmut, in the donbas region. the city — once home to more than 70—thousand people — has been under constant artillery bombardment. our defence correspondent jonathan beale went to meet some of those who are still there —

and the ukrainian troops who are resisting the russian advance. among them this woman who is packed all she could carry. it is very hard when you are almost 70 years old and have to go through all of this. you need to squat over the fire to cook food, carry buckets of water to your apartment. it is so hard. i curse

the one who started this war. i cursed him 100 times. she the one who started this war. i cursed him 100 times. she prays that one day she — cursed him 100 times. she prays that one day she will _ cursed him 100 times. she prays that one day she will return. _ cursed him 100 times. she prays that one day she will return. she - cursed him 100 times. she prays that one day she will return. she is - cursed him 100 times. she prays that one day she will return. she is not. one day she will return. she is not alone though and looking for divine intervention. so is this russian shoulder taking part in the assault. recent ukrainian german footage shows the ferocity of the battle. the russians are still quoting fully my closing in. this is one of the few places where russia is on the advance, incremental small gains and constant bombardment that you can hear all of the time. they are trying desperately to change the narrative here. and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. this is the image of russia's army that ukraine wants to show the world. a graveyard of tanks, armour, and even an aircraft

destroyed and its advance further north. and even ukrainian commanders admit this war still hangs in the balance. with russia calling that more troops. translation: it more troops. translation: , , ., moretroops. translation: , ., translation: it depends on how many the will be translation: it depends on how many they will be able — translation: it depends on how many they will be able to _ translation: it depends on how many they will be able to mobilise _ translation: it depends on how many they will be able to mobilise in the - they will be able to mobilise in the quality of those trips. so far we are seeing that they are of poor quality and don't have the numbers. there is another graveyard and nearby city. in this when they are picking up the remains of up to 200 civilians and soldiers buried during rush's brief... this war is proving costly for ukraine to. more coverage going online... this

is bbc news by. hello. for those of you who've had a wet and blustery saturday, sunday looks to be drier with some sunshine. this is the area of low pressure responsible for saturday's rain and gusty winds, only slowly pulling away north and eastwards through the evening and overnight. behind it, a quieter spell of weather for much of sunday, before our next system arrives from the south—west. back to tonight, still plenty of showers around, especially for northern ireland, scotland and northern england. further south, still some showers around at first, they'll tend to fade as the night wears on with some clearer spells developing. temperatures in range from 6—9 celsius, so we're frost free, although some rural parts of scotland could fall a few degrees lower. so for much of sunday, it's looking mainly dry with some sunshine. i say "for much of sunday" because there will be some rain arriving from the south—west through the afternoon and also some showers in the morning across northern ireland, scotland and northern england.

they'll soon be out of the way, then dry with plenty of sunshine for the uk before the cloud starts to build from the south and the south—west, eventually pushing rain into southern and south—western counties of england, wales and northern ireland through the afternoon. still some noticeable wind strengths, particularly along irish sea coasts and the northern isles. but the winds not nearly as strong as they have been on saturday, and temperatures on a par with saturday afternoon, 11—13 celsius for the north of the uk and 1a—18 celsius further south. then that band of rain continues on its journey, gradually north and eastwards through sunday evening and overnight. most of us will see a spell of sometimes heavy rain all tied in with this area of low pressure, which is still with us on monday. slow to clear from scotland. so we're likely to keep some rain here, and potentially first thing on monday as well, some cloud and rain slow to clear from the south east of england and east anglia, but behind it, for many on monday, mainly dry, plenty of sunshine, but still those showers lingering

across a large swathe of scotland with some gusty winds as well. temperatures on monday still in the mid to high teens for much of england and wales, 11—13 celsius for scotland and northern ireland. then from tuesday and into wednesday, tuesday looks to be a quieter day, but i'm sure you can see this next system arriving in from the atlantic as we head into wednesday. so it's a drier start to the week with a good deal of sunshine for many on both monday and tuesday before some rain arrives midweek, and with it, some stronger winds. bye— bye.

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