welcome to bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: gunshots are heard after a huge fire breaks out at a prison in iran's capital, tehran. state media reports at least eight people are injured. this is live from beijing as china's communist party congress is under way. president xijinping is expected to secure a third term in power. welcome to bbc news.

we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control, but information is still trickling out of the country. well earlier i spoke to human rights activist sussan tahmasebi who is also one of iran's foremost feminist figures. i asked what she had learned about what's happening in evin prison in tehran. there is a lot of speculation and a lot of concern. we've had different stories, people who have seen the video say that it seems that two awards,

seven and eight, seemed to be the wards that have caught fire, and ward seven they next to the quarantine section of ward 240 where a lot of protesters who have been taken prisoner are being held. we don't know. it's a lot of speculation at this point. the authorities and government say one thing and people who are familiar with evin prison say a different thing, families who are outside of the prison when the fire broke out and were attacked by security guards and teargas, so they are not provided with any information. they can't provide clarity into the situation and it is very frustrating and concerning for us. we are not gonna know and i think your previous guest talked about how it is difficult to trust the iranian government what they are saying is not in line with what we are seeing. but they very much regularly lie about what is going on.

until we can hear from the prisoners inside the prison, until they are allowed to call, we're not going to have any clarity on what's going on. more broadly, looking at the protests and how widespread they are, and how fearless people seem to be, are you surprised at how long they have gone on for, looking at the fifth week of protests now, aren't we? we are. i am more amazed than anything. i understand the motivations behind these protests, i'm not surprised in that sense, but i am surprised, despite the incredible violence they face, protesters continue to go out into the street and demand freedom and equality and democracy. in that sense, i think they are very determined to get what they want. iran has seen protests before. why do you think the regime has been so far unable to stop these protests? these protests are a little bit different than previous protests because, first of all,

they were sparked by demand for women's rights and we see women in these protests and leading them more than any other protests in the past. the 2009 protests, which were against the presidency of ahmadinejad and the last two major protests in 2017 and 2019, women were present but not so front and centre. we also see a lot of young people including high schoolers is participating in these protests but these protests are across the country, very dispersed, decentralised, organised locally, in big and small cities, the provinces, we have cities that never participated in protests in the past who are participating in these protests. they're intersectional, so you see different people with different ages, different socio—economic backgrounds, different ethnicities, different religions participating in these protests so it's very difficult and they are very broad—based so it's difficult to quell them even though

there is a lot of violence being used. the chinese president, xijingping, hasjust begun his address at the opening of china's twentieth communist party congress. we can have a look at some live pictures. turkey says people have died in a combine after a suspected methane explosion friday. president erdogan visited the site and promised a thorough investigation. that's get more of what is going on in china. in a break of decades—long tradition, delegates are likely to hand mr xi a third term as party chief. it paves the way for him to become the most powerful leader since mao zedong. frank tsai is the founder of china crossroads. i asked him what he'll be watching out for in

the speech. we were looking for moves on zero covid policy which affects our lives greatly. you know, just recently, there's been an uptick in cases in shanghai — about 50 per day — and there've been more lockdowns of buildings, no doubt due to worry about the party congress and, you know, don't want a big outbreak. there have been forced closing of bars, more moderating on social media and innocuous articles deleted, and also an interesting rumour and i think is flase is revealing covid case counts may have been lowered intentionally by the government so as to not cause embarrassment and this may imply a big uptick or lockdown after the party congress ends. our correspondent celia hatton reports on how xijinping rose to power. applause when he strode onto the stage ten years ago, signalling he'd become china's new leader, he was a relative unknown. he was supposed to rule

alongside these six other officials. but now, it's clear that he's reshaped the communist party, the military and the government, so that he's at the top of it all. some call him the chairman of everything. so, how did he do it? how did he become so powerful? he started out with a bold vision — the china dream. it unleashed big projects to build things like high—speed rail networks and new global trading routes that aimed to revitalise the whole country. and through viral incidents like this — a visit to a beijing steamed bun shop. he cultivated a different image for himself, making sure everyone in china knew his story and saw him as the top leader. he reorganised the military, too. by ousting hundreds of generals and replacing them with his allies, he's firmly in control. and let's not forget the ongoing anti—corruption crackdown. this man, zhou yongkang, is the former top security chief, now in prison for amassing $14 billion in ill—gotten gains. more than a million party officials have been punished

under xi, silencing all rivals. the campaign's popular with the public, but it's also bred fear. xi is at the top of his game but he faces serious challenges — china's economy is suffering under tight covid restrictions and he's made quite a few enemies behind the scenes. china watchers will be looking to see if he begins to delegate any responsibilities, sharing the power — and also the blame. celia hatton, bbc news. britain's new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has indicated there'll be major changes to liz truss�* entire economic strategy. in a round of interviews with broadcasters on saturday mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called "very difficult decisions" ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and also talked about spending cuts. mr hunt was appointed after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here's our political correspondent, ben wright.

congratulations, mr chancellor! the fourth chancellor in as many months. jeremy hunt'sjob now is to try and urgently calm financial markets. he has just two weeks to write a budget that looks set to junk many of the prime minister's signature policies. on wednesday, liz truss said she was 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'm going to be asking all government departments to find additional efficiency savings. that's going to be... one person's efficiency savings is another person's cuts. yes. during the tory leadership contest, liz truss said the country couldn't tax its way to economic growth, but now... we're 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 the prime minister's pledge to boost defence spending 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 increase in defence spending will depend on stability in the economic situation and a healthily growing economy. cheering and applause spending cuts and tax rises is not what liz truss planned when she entered number 10 last month, but the economic and political turmoil that followed her first chancellor's mini budget has forced a fundamental rethink, plunging her premiership into chaos. um... yesterday, the smiles had gone and the prime minister's appearance in number 10 did little to convince her tory party critics that she's up to the job. some believe herfuture now hinges on the chancellor's budget at the end of this month. if that package doesn't work and the markets are still reacting all over the place, then i think she is in considerable trouble. she's admitted mistakes and if she admits those mistakes and puts them right, then i think she could conceivably get beyond this.

but i emphasise could, because i think it all depends on that financial statement on the 31st of october. the opposition said the prime minister's government was now clinging on. they didn'tjust 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. questions... liz truss clearly wants to battle on, hoping this turmoil will subside, but behind her in parliament sits a fractious, even mutinous party. some think it would be mad to try and oust the prime minister already. others say keeping her in place would be worse. rebuilding her political credibility will not be easy. ben wright, bbc news.

a reminder of the headlines: uganda's government has imposed overnight curfews and closed entertainment venues as it tries to stop the spread of ebola. the measures, which will last for three weeks initially, also include the closing of churches and movement into and out of the areas affected has been prohibited. 19 people have so far died from the disease. there have been large protests in the tunisian capital against president kais saied, denouncing him as an autocrat who's reversing the democratic progress in the country. mr saied took on full executive power last year, but protesters say there's been no improvement in living standards. heavy floods on the greek island of crete have claimed at least one life, swept away cars and flooded dozens of homes. local authorities have evacuated tourists, and asked the residents to "remain vigilant". stefano fasano has more.

mud and water. people shovelling away the consequences of your another extreme weather event. heavy floods in the greek island of crete have wrecked havoc and followed dozens of homes on saturday night. a 45—year—old man died after his car was dragged by currents in the northern part of the island where raines battered towns and villages four hours stop his passenger, woman, is still missing. for everyone else, the toughjob of rebuilding and cleaning up is left. translation: it cleaning up is left. translation: ., ., , , translation: it all happened in seconds. i don't _ translation: it all happened in seconds. i don't know _ translation: it all happened in seconds. i don't know how- translation: it all happened in seconds. i don't know how long, | seconds. i don't know how long, we barely managed to get everyone out at the very last minute when the water reached up minute when the water reached up to their shoulders because everyone was sleeping and had no idea what was happening. cars were swept away to sea. and what's one of the most famous tourist destinations in the mediterranean. now several vehicles are seen floating in front of the island's features.

firefighters rescued one woman inside her car before it was switched to see. authorities say they're investigating more reports of missing people and the others may have been trapped in their cars. the islands international airport island's international airport was closed as the runway was underwater. tourist on the island were integrated and authorities advised residents to be vigilant. this mightjust be the beginning. natural disasters like flash floods are expected to intensify injuries and becoming more frequent as climate change takes hold. stefano fasano, bbc news. the chinese president, xijingping, hasjust begun his address at the opening of china's 20th communist party congress. we can have a look at some live pictures. he is speaking to over 2200 delegates that have gathered there and he is expected to

secure a third term as leader and we will listen to what he says to congress and bring use a summary of little later. this is bbc news. a reminder of the headlines: gunshots. gunshots are heard after a huge fire breaks out at a prison in iran's capital tehran. state media reports at least eight people injured. as the uk's prime minister fights for herjob, the new chancellor signals he'll make major changes to her economic policy. russia's defence ministry says that 11 people were killed and 15 more wounded at a military training ground when two citizens of an ex—soviet state opened fire on trainees during an exercise. the authorities described the incident in the belgorod region as a terrorist act. those killed were described as volunteers who wanted to fight for russia in ukraine. russia's defence ministry said the assailants were shot dead. elon musk says his starlink satellite company will continue to provide internet to ukraine for free, despite threatening to start charging

for the service. ukraine has described starlink as vital, saying it helped the country survive critical moments during the russian invasion. for more on this about—turn, here's stephanie prentice. mission control: three, two, one, zero. _ ignition. lift—off. elon musk�*s starlink satellites launching in 2019. his bid to provide broadband around the world that, a few years later, would become critical to the ukrainian war effort. the company's 3,000 stations in low earth orbit have been crucial to communications by troops for the past eight months as they monitor russian movements. but on friday, a different battle was raging. mr musk said his company could no longer provide the service, suggesting the pentagon to cover the alleged $20 million

a month internet bill. so, why the sudden change? it all seemed to start when he weighed in on ukraine's military strategy, asking twitter users if it should accept territorial losses, including crimea, in the interest of a peaceful end to the war. it was not welcomed by volodymyr zelensky or ukrainian ambassadors, including one who tweeted a profanity, saying "that is my very diplomatic reply to you". in pulling his internet services, mr musk said he was just following their recommendation. now, though, the world's richest man has had another change of heart and, in another tweet, has said he'll continue his support. and for now at least, ukraine has one less battle to worry about. stephanie prentice, bbc news. the husband—and—wife team behind one of the most successful vaccine say they believe the same technology

could help transform cancer treatment. they also said they would fight claims by a rival company that they infringed patterns in their covid jab. fergus walsh reports. if you have a covid booster this autumn, whether it's the pfizer—biontech or moderna jabs, they both rely on a new type of vaccine technology known as mrna. all done! among the pioneers were husband and wife team professors ugur sahin and ozlem tureci, who founded biontech. professor sahin, professor tureci. .. speaking to sunday with laura kuenssberg, the doctors said mrna is showing promise in cancer studies, where patients receive a personalised vaccine to prompt their immune system to attack their disease. every step, every patient we treat in our cancer trials helps us to find out more about what we are against and how to address that. therefore, as scientists,

we are always hesitant to say we will have a cure for cancer. we have a number of breakthroughs and we will continue to work on them. but it may be several years before we know if trials in bowel cancer, melanoma and other tumour types really do live up to the hype. covid vaccines, though, have been highly successful and made billions for biontech, but rivalfirm moderna has started legal action for patent infringement — in essence, claiming key elements of their mrna technology were copied. biontech says it will vigorously defend against the allegations. our innovations are original. we have spent 20 years of research in developing this type of treatment and, of course, we will fight for our intellectual property. these patent disputes

won't stop the rollout of covid vaccines. mrna technology came of age in the pandemic. the question now is can it take on cancer? fergus walsh, bbc news. the first european woman to command the international space station has spoken after arriving back to earth on friday. samantha cristoforetti had been on board for nearly six months conducting research. the italian astronaut says her mission to the space station is likely to be her last. it was great to experience again the re—entry into the atmosphere. it's quite a wild ride, but also quite amazing. i'm obviously very happy to be back with my loved ones and my family, so i look forward to spending time with them. and i also like to look to the future. i mean, it's a bittersweet moment for me. i'm happy to be back, obviously, but it was also bittersweet to say goodbye to space station, my home in space, most likely

for the last time. we are in the process of selecting a new class of astronauts. the coronavirus pandemic brought much of the world to a halt but now, as covid—19 fades somewhat into the background, things are beginning to return to normal. in chile, a popular event making a comeback is the so—called zombie walk. i should tell you tim allman's report contains a lot of make—up, but no real blood. after three years, the walking dead have risen once more. well, not really. instead, a lot of people dressed up as zombies for a sloping, staggering stroll around santiago. "it is an event we used to do every year," said this man. "but due to the coronavirus, it had been suspended. "it's a family event where everyone participates

"and people show their creativity." zombie walks date back more than 20 years. sometimes, they're for a good cause. sometimes, they're for no real cause at all — except for this one, of course! "i come because it's fun," said this young zombie. "it's fun because we can wear make—up." "we came here to get out of the old routine," said this zombie, "and be a kid again". this carnival of gory make—up and indiscriminate groaning has been replicated in plenty of other cities across the globe. but round these parts, they'll tell you this one is special. a real chiller in chile. tim allman, bbc news. it has taken 1a years to get to the screen but mexican director

guillermo del toro did not give up guillermo del toro did not give up and has finally seen his pinocchio brought to life. the director said it is not a movie made for kids but they could watch it if their parents talked to them about the dark themes. claudia redmond reports. it is a story you may think you know. but you don't. you may think you know. but you don't- the _ you may think you know. but you don't. the story _ you may think you know. but you don't. the story of _ you may think you know. but you don't. the story of the _ you may think you know. but you don't. the story of the wooden . don't. the story of the wooden boy. don't. the story of the wooden bo . , . ., don't. the story of the wooden bo. , . ., ., don't. the story of the wooden bo. ., g ., boy. director gea myrdal toppo roudl boy. director gea myrdal toppo proudly holds _ boy. director gea myrdal toppo proudly holds a _ boy. director gea myrdal toppo proudly holds a model - boy. director gea myrdal toppo proudly holds a model of - boy. director gea myrdal toppo proudly holds a model of his i proudly holds a model of his vision of pinocchio at the world amir which was held at the bfi film festival in london on saturday. —— guillermo del toro. the story of the property became a real boy comes from the 18th—century book but in this stop motion animation version the much darker tail is set against the sombre back drop of mussolini's fascist italy and the little boy is more feisty.— more feisty. yes, i think pinocchio _ more feisty. yes, i think pinocchio is _

more feisty. yes, i think pinocchio is normally - more feisty. yes, i think- pinocchio is normally obedient and about changing yourself to please what people think you should be but this pinocchio is disobedient and that you are who you are and you are a real boy no matter what or who you are and you don't need acceptance, you need somebody to see you for who you are. gregory mann celebrated his 13th birthday at the premiere and the newcomer talked about the moment he heard the news you the role. it the moment he heard the news you the role-— you the role. it was incredible. - you the role. it was incredible. i- you the role. it was - incredible. i rememberi you the role. it was - incredible. i remember i was you the role. it was _ incredible. i remember i was at my friend's house and i did not have a phone at the time is my friend's mumbled in and she said your mum is on the phone for you because i was confused because normally you would think it was a bad thing but it turns out she was calling me pinocchio and i realised i got the role and i was completely over the moon.— over the moon. gregory was “oined over the moon. gregory was joined on — over the moon. gregory was joined on the _ over the moon. gregory was joined on the carpet - over the moon. gregory was joined on the carpet by - over the moon. gregory was joined on the carpet by his l joined on the carpet by his father, the woodcarver geppetto, and other styles from the film, cate blanchett and christoph watts. del toro said this was a dream project for him and certainly pull the heartstrings of the audience.

claudia redmond, bbc news. time for the weather now with nick miller. hello. the weekend started with plenty of showers, some heavy and thundery in places, gusty winds. as one area of low pressure begins to pull away from the uk, there'll be fewer showers around for part two of the weekend. for much of the uk for much of the day, it'll stay dry. this is that area of low pressure pulling away. however, this is another one moving in towards the south—west later in the day, so there will be some wetter weather pushing north again by sunday evening. let's look at how sunday begins. there's still some showers around, especially in scotland — some heavy ones in the west. temperatures a little lower than this in rural parts. a cooler night across southern areas of the uk. the showers in scotland will tend to fade away and will still be around the northern isles in the afternoon. as you can see, though, elsewhere in the afternoon, for most places, it'll be dry, there'll be some sunny spells. cloud increasing in northern ireland and, indeed, southern england, south wales, so you could see a few showery bursts of rain heading in later in the afternoon and by evening, it'll be turning much wetter in northern ireland as this moves north. temperatures pretty much where they're going to be over

the next few days — around 12 degrees in glasgow, 18 in london. very wet on sunday evening in northern ireland. we'll see some wet and windy weather pushing north across the uk overnight and into monday morning. the winds picking up again through irish sea and adjacent coasts and into western scotland with gales in places. a much milder night, especially across wales and england. closer to that area of low pressure on monday, it's northern ireland and northern england that could well see some showers but it'll be scotland bearing the brunt of some heavy downpours once again. for much in england and wales in the afternoon, actually, it'll be dry, broken cloud and sunny spells and not as windy as it still will be across the northern half of the uk. temperatures on monday may well be a degree also higher in places. as we go into tuesday, this latest area of low pressure pulls away, then there's a ridge of high pressure settling things down. there is another area of low pressure, though, sitting to our south—west. and whilst on tuesday, most places are looking dry — just the odd shower here and there — cloud mayjust start to increase across eastern scotland, north east

england. the breeze will pick up later towards the south—west, closer to that next area of low pressure, which will gradually, on wednesday, start to feed some outbreaks of rain in from the south—west, whereas many places will actually have another dry day but wetter weather becoming more widespread again towards the end of the week. that's your forecast. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a big fire has broken out at evin prison in the iranian capital, tehran, where hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held. in videos posted online, gunfire and sirens can be heard. roads to the prison have been closed off. britain's new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has admitted the government made mistakes when announcing unfunded tax cuts last month and that very difficult economic decisions would now have to be taken. he has promised to restore certainty and predictability to public finances after weeks of turmoil. china's communist party congress is getting underway

in beijing, with president xi jinping due to start his speech shortly. delegates are expected to hand mr xi a third term as party chief. it paves the way for him to become the most powerful leader since mao zedong. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, has spoken to the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, and says there was a clear meeting of minds on the importance of stability. now mr bailey has also warned of the possibility of higher interest rates ahead, more than previously expected. our business correspondent marc ashdown has this analysis. all smiles launching the mini—budget at the end of september. and with it a new political phrase — trussonomics, describing liz truss's vision for a high—growth, high—wage, low—tax economy. but just three weeks later, her new chancellor

has buried it. have you been given a clean slate?