this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. there's been a huge fire at a prison in iran's capital tehran — where hundreds of political prisoners — and dozens of dual nationals are held. as the uk prime minister fights for herjob — the new chancellor signals... major changes to her economic policy. in northern turkey, at least 41 coal miners have been killed in an underground explosion. president erdogan promises an investigation during a visit of the scene. translation: of course we will find out how this explosion happened, i and if there are any people responsible for it with the prosecutions, which have already started. and astronomers have detected what might be the most powerful flash of light ever seen.

hello and welcome to the programme. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. the state news agency has reported that a riot by inmates has been put down and the situation is back to normal. it comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandatory headscarf. the internet was shut down

across much of the country on saturday, but videos have emerged showing protests in a dozen cities, including tehran. in the northwestern city of ardabitl, there have been reports of the security forces opening fire on demonstrators and protesters throwing rocks and chanting "death to the dictator". and a couple minutes�* time, we will speak with the correspondent with more details about what we do and don't know about that fire in evin prison. here in the uk, there's the expectation of big changes to come to the country's entire economic plan. the country's new finance minister, jeremy 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. back now to our top story coming events in iran, following the protests there that we have been covering, but we have seen these extraordinary pictures of a fire at a prison. i'm joined now by rana rahimpourfrom the bbc persian service. thank you very much for talking is through this. we can see the pictures here, and extraordinary fire at this prison. talk us through what we know about it and the significance of it. fix, what we know about it and the significance of it.— what we know about it and the significance of it. a few hours ago, we received _ significance of it. a few hours ago, we received videos _ significance of it. a few hours ago, we received videos from _ significance of it. a few hours ago, we received videos from evin - significance of it. a few hours ago, l we received videos from evin prison, a notorious prison, the capacity is 15,000 inmates, but over the last four weeks, 15,000 inmates, but over the last fourweeks, more 15,000 inmates, but over the last four weeks, more and more people have been taken to evin prison. in the videos, we can hear gunshots, many of them, and some of the

videos, we can hear explosions. we know that special forces have been deployed to the prison. it is a very significant prison because this is where many political prisoners are being capped. many dual nationals are kept in evin prison. we still don't know what is happening. state media says there has been a riot and it has been cleared, but that is not the sense we are getting. we are in touch with some family members of political prisoners. they say they cannot get a hold of their loved ones in prison. their phone lines are not working in the wi—fi around the prison has been shut down. it's difficult to get any information. there is heavy traffic. some people say that most of the roads near the prison are blocked and the videos that we received shows huge traffic and many people in the neighbourhood are on rooftops shouting death to the dictator. are on rooftops shouting death to the dictator-— the dictator. those are extraordinary - the dictator. those are extraordinary details i the dictator. those are - extraordinary details added the dictator. those are _ extraordinary details added thereto what we already know about what's going on. how does this fit into the

wider protests that we've been seeing across the country today? well, we still don't know what exactly happened inside the prison. whether it is a riot, and antigovernment protest, at this stage, it is too early to link this to the protests. it could easily be linked to that because many of the protesters have been taken to evin prison in the other prisoners are now aware of how intense the situation is outside the prison. as he said, we are now in the fifth week and this is now the longest and most widespread anti—regime protest in the history of the islamic republic since 1979 when the islamic revolution happened. it has been violently crackdown, and it hasn't succeeded to stop the protests. even today we had several cities, including the city that there are reports that a school student who had been arrested have died of internal bleeding. so the anger is a very serious and it's now all across

the country. very serious and it's now all across the country-— very serious and it's now all across the country. just as you are saying, these are the _ the country. just as you are saying, these are the pictures _ the country. just as you are saying, these are the pictures that - the country. just as you are saying, these are the pictures that we - these are the pictures that we are actually seeing right now. a slightly personal question. you and i sat exactly where we were five weeks ago when they saw first happened. we noted that there are worst some cash there weren't skirmishes —— their wares skirmishes and protests but they didn't tend to lead anywhere for obvious reasons. how different does this feel? how do you feel about what you have seen over the last five weeks? it is definitely _ over the last five weeks? it is definitely shocking. _ over the last five weeks? it 3 definitely shocking. as soon as protest started, the authorities shut down the internet and they massacred people and it died down. this time around, because of the level of violence that they are using against protesters, today, for example, there was a video in which plainclothes officers with guns were beating up a woman and they where dragging her inside a car, a normal

car, not even a police car, and they were pointing their guns at other protesters to deter them. these images are creating more and more anger and people are more defiant and ready to fight the islamic republic. so with every step of government is just creating more angen government is just creating more anger. killing teenagers, brutalising women, dragging protesters on the ground and putting them in horrible prisons isjust feuding this anger that has now taken the entire country. we believe that there, taken the entire country. we believe that there. but _ taken the entire country. we believe that there, but thank _ taken the entire country. we believe that there, but thank you _ taken the entire country. we believe that there, but thank you so - taken the entire country. we believe that there, but thank you so much . that there, but thank you so much for giving us that broader context and those new details we have about what is happening with that fire in that protest at evin prison. thank you. to turkey now — and the latest on the explosion in a mine on friday. earlier, whilst on a visit of the scene of the disaster, president erdogan confirmed that 41 people had died. it's believed a build—up of methane gas caused the explosion at the coal

mine in the northern city of amasra on the black sea coast. the bbc�*s, anjana gadgil, reports. a funeral for one of the miners killed in the blast in the black sea costal 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. a few more details now and what is happening in turkey. i'm joined now by ayla jean yackley, she's a journalist based in istanbul. thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme.— thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. . ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. what do we — programme. thank you for having me. what do we know? _ programme. thank you for having me. what do we know? the _ programme. thank you for having me. what do we know? the latest - programme. thank you for having me. what do we know? the latest details l what do we know? the latest details we have about what has happened there? rescue efforts have come to in and after 58 people where rescued from the mine and erewhon announced

that the death toll had reached a1. it's quite early to talk about the investigation, but the president did promise that one would take place. he said that this mine did comply with very high safety standards, but he also acknowledged that it is unacceptable that a significant number of people still die in mining accidents in turkey. but he also mentioned his belief in fate, that that may have played a role in this and that it might not be down to just safety standards. it's too early to say what caused this disaster. , �* , , disaster. the president's visit there, disaster. the president's visit there. how — disaster. the president's visit there, how will _ disaster. the president's visit there, how will those - disaster. the president's visit i there, how will those comments disaster. the president's visit - there, how will those comments be received this there, how will those comments be received , , ., ., received this is a part of the country that _ received this is a part of the country that is _ received this is a part of the country that is very - received this is a part of the country that is very much i received this is a part of the i

country that is very much part received this is a part of the - country that is very much part of his base. his family comes from the black sea. this is a province that has long supported his government that has been in power since 2002. it's hard to see whether to say at this early stage whether it would have any impact on his support there. and he was referring to this as a matter of faith that as people of faith, there is belief that fate plays an important role. his critics, however, are pointing out that as there has been in previous disasters after investigations into those, that negligence could play a factor. one report that is circulating now in social media comes from the 2019 inspection that revealed that there were risks of sudden gas discharges at the depths of these minors work. so as i said, it's very early to say, but there are concerns that they were risks

that were not taken as seriously as they should have been.— very much for setting out some of the potential questions at least that could come to light in the days ahead. thank you.— that could come to light in the days i ahead. thank you._ right, ahead. thank you. thank you. right, let's ause ahead. thank you. thank you. right, let's pause on _ ahead. thank you. thank you. right, let's pause on the _ ahead. thank you. thank you. right, let's pause on the news _ ahead. thank you. thank you. right, let's pause on the news there - ahead. thank you. thank you. right, let's pause on the news there and i let's pause on the news there and have a bit of sport. kathy is here. hello and thanks forjoining us. let's start in newcastle where the hosts, england, have made an excellent start to their rugby league world cup campaign by beating samoa in the opening match of the tournament. there had been suggestions before the match that samoa could cause an upset at stjames' park — but three first half tries meant that was never likely to be the case. england scored ten tries in total — as they ran out 60 points to 6 winners. lots of good things come i never expected that sort of score line, but we can get better. but i'm very

happy with the wind. no doubts about that. , ., , , happy with the wind. no doubts about that. ,., _ �* happy with the wind. no doubts about that. , , that. obviously wasn't the result we wanted, that. obviously wasn't the result we wanted. but — that. obviously wasn't the result we wanted, but england _ that. obviously wasn't the result we wanted, but england played - that. obviously wasn't the result we wanted, but england played very i wanted, but england played very well, _ wanted, but england played very well, so, — wanted, but england played very well, so, yeah, good luck to them. the head _ well, so, yeah, good luck to them. the head team, it seemed to drop. they had a lot of momentum and we coulditt— they had a lot of momentum and we couldn't swing it back. obviously we need to _ couldn't swing it back. obviously we need to he — couldn't swing it back. obviously we need to be a little bit more resilient _ need to be a little bit more resilient than that. we always knew we were _ resilient than that. we always knew we were a _ resilient than that. we always knew we were a bit underdone, but we probably— we were a bit underdone, but we probably didn't expect a result like that _ there's one match ongoing in leeds where australia are in action against fiji..... a short time ago it was....a2—8 a couple of minutes left in that game. to football — and spurs have moved to within a point of premier league leaders arsenal after a 2—nil win over everton at the tottenham hotspur stadium. having scored and missed a penalty in the champions league earlier in the week. harry kane was once again on target from 12 yards to give spurs the lead in the second half. pierre—emile hjobjerg wrapped up the victory for antonio conte's side less than five minutes from time

with his third goal of the season. they were coming thick and fast for sure. and nice bit of wind today, we played very well. patients, especially moved it quickly and the second half, got into better positions and took a couple of chances that we had. really important when coming off of the back of a game a couple of days ago, it's never easy. we enjoyed this one and got ready for manchester united. leicester have moved off the bottom of the table after a goalless draw at home to crystal palace. they have been replaced by nottingham forest who were beaten 1—nil by wolves. fulham and bournemouth drew 2—2. aleksandar mitrovic with the equalising penlty to secure the point for fulham. and in germany's bundesliga, eintracht frankfurt are up to fourth, after thrashing bayer leverkusen 5—1. there were wins for stuttgart and mainz whilst wolfsburg and borussia monchengladbach drew 2—all.

and in spain, athletico madrid have taken the lead in their match agianst athletic bilbao. elsewhere sevilla beat mallorce 1—nil. valencia against elche finished 2—2. and girona versus cadiz finished one goal apiece. meanwhile in brooklyn, after a year away, former heavyweight world champion deontay wilder makes his return to the ring on saturday. the american will come up against robert helenius — as he aims to make his way back to the top of the heavyweight division. wilder hasn't fought — since losing his wbc belt to tyson fury almost exactly 12 months ago. australia — a2, the g— eight in that rugby league world cup game. that's all the sport for now. thanks for that, kathy. a court in malta has sentenced two brothers to forty years each in jail, after they admitted murdering the investigative journalist, daphne caruana galizia. alfred and george degiorgio changed their plea on the first day of proceedings, after reaching a bargain with prosecutors. mrs caruana galizia was blown up

in her car five years ago — an attack that outraged maltese people and shook the political establishment. she was famous for exposing high— level corruption. a businessman accused of ordering the killing is yet to stand trial. azaday moshiri reports. five years after journalist daphne caruana galizia was murdered, her family are still trying to find out who killed her. she was taken from them in a brutal attack, a bomb detonating in her car right outside her home. after investigations and multiple arrests, the rap sheet is growing. mere hours after pleading not guilty, brothers george and alfred degiorgio admitted to murdering her, following in the steps of their accomplice, vince muscat. five years is far too long. our legal team, the ngos that have supported us in this fight, i mean, it is thanks to that humongous

teamwork that this has been possible. daphne caruana galizia was known as a one—woman wikileaks, a journalist so dogged that she riled some of malta's most powerful figures and uncovered networks of corruption at the top of the establishment. that is why the public has continued to demand answers for her. their calls being so loud it led to then—prime minister joseph muscat�*s resignation in 2019 after his close associates were implicated in the assassination. he has denied all allegations of corruption. this is what he said days before he stepped down. i want this case to close under my watch, i think the authorities have already delivered what many thought could not be delivered. that didn't, and still doesn't wash with the people of malta,

nor with herfamily, who say they are not just after the middlemen, but those who ordered her assassination. showing the same determination for the truth that daphne herself was known for. astronomers have detected what may be the most powerful flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.a billion light years from earth. the burst of gamma—rays was first detected by orbiting telescopes on the ninth of october, and its afterglow is still being watched by scientists across the world. it's believed to have been caused by a huge dying star as it collapsed into a black hole. let's find out a little more about this with tereza pulta—rova who is a senior reporter for space.com. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. . ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. writes, the first _ programme. thank you for having me. writes, the first job _ programme. thank you for having me.

writes, the first job is _ programme. thank you for having me. writes, the first job is to _ programme. thank you for having me. writes, the first job is to really - writes, the firstjob is to really explain what we are seeing and what is going on. this picture is strangely beautiful in a way. if we have a look at it again, if you can just try in simple terms describe what we are looking at. so just try in simple terms describe what we are looking at. 50 i just try in simple terms describe what we are looking at.- just try in simple terms describe what we are looking at. so i do not see our what we are looking at. so i do not see your picture. _ what we are looking at. so i do not see your picture, unfortunately i what we are looking at. so i do not see your picture, unfortunately myj see your picture, unfortunately my estimates the rings around. so, essentially, these rings are the interaction of the components dispersed with dust in the universe. they don't come directly, there is an interaction of the dust which we otherwise cannot see... this scattering of this dust, and it's making it visible. fist scattering of this dust, and it's making it visible.— scattering of this dust, and it's making it visible. at gamma ray, let's aet making it visible. at gamma ray, let's get to _ making it visible. at gamma ray, let's get to that. _ making it visible. at gamma ray, let's get to that. this _ making it visible. at gamma ray, let's get to that. this is - making it visible. at gamma ray, let's get to that. this is a - making it visible. at gamma ray, | let's get to that. this is a gamma ray burst. — let's get to that. this is a gamma ray burst, which _ let's get to that. this is a gamma ray burst, which is _ let's get to that. this is a gamma ray burst, which is the _ let's get to that. this is a gamma ray burst, which is the most i ray burst, which is the most energetic type of explosion ever observed in the universe. it is the most energetic type of explosion apart from the big bang which

created the universe. these gamma rays are not exactly rare. somewhere in the universe they happen multiple times a day. we do detect them once a day, but what is rare to see where they come from because usually they are so random and so short that we don't see them happening. this one is notjust powerful, but it's long—lasting, which is strange. it's also because they are able to point in the direction, they were able to start observing what is going on there and hopefully be able to learn a lot about this particular event. so it's a bit of luck on the scientists behalf that they were looking in the right place in the sky at the right time. it’s looking in the right place in the sky at the right time.— looking in the right place in the sky at the right time. it's the way the are sky at the right time. it's the way they are detecting _ sky at the right time. it's the way they are detecting it _ sky at the right time. it's the way they are detecting it is _ sky at the right time. it's the way they are detecting it is improving | they are detecting it is improving it. orbiting telescopes that detect

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stars exploding somewhere into black holes. this gamma ray burst is created by a newborn black hole. it's sort of like a beam of light, so we only see it when it's pointed in our direction. that's why it is quite rare to detect them. to see one so close and so powerful and all these telescopes now observing it will help astronauts to help better understand —— astronomers help understand —— astronomers help understand what is going on there when these things happen because there is still a lot of theory behind it. there is still a lot of theory behind it-_ there is still a lot of theory behind it. ,. ., ., ., there is still a lot of theory behind it. ., ., ., behind it. teresa, great to have you on. thank behind it. teresa, great to have you on- thank you _ behind it. teresa, great to have you on. thank you so _ behind it. teresa, great to have you on. thank you so much _ behind it. teresa, great to have you on. thank you so much for - behind it. teresa, great to have you on. thank you so much for talking i behind it. teresa, great to have you | on. thank you so much for talking us through that kind of mysterious but quite beautiful image that we were seeing. thank you. plenty more online, as always, and if you are online to me can get me there too. get me on social media. i'm louis vonjones and this is bbc

news. goodbye. 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 southwest. 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 southwest

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 southwest, eventually pushing rain into southern and southwestern 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.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the iranian capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. iranian state media says the fire is now under control. rescue workers have found the body of the last missing miner at a coal mine in northern turkey. president erdogan visited the scene and confirmed forty ——a1 workers were killed in the suspected methane blast. here in the uk, as prime minister liz truss fights for herjob, the new chancellorjeremy hunt has signaled he'll make major changes to her economic policy. astronomers have detected what may

be the most powerful flash