ido i do think that coming together and having _ i do think that coming together and having that unity as a party is incredibly— having that unity as a party is incredibly important, so you won't hear— incredibly important, so you won't hear me _ incredibly important, so you won't hear me saying things like we need to get rid of the prime minister now and all of that. what i think it is we need to get a plan in place and we need to get a plan in place and we need _ we need to get a plan in place and we need to— we need to get a plan in place and we need to bring the party together behind _ we need to bring the party together behind that plan. i'm not taking anything off the table. i want to keep as many of those tax cut as they possibly can because our long—term health depends on being a low tax economy. this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. our top stories. the uk chancellorjeremy hunt tells the bbc that nothing is off the table over future tax changes, but says that the government will be compassionate. i'm not taking anything off the table. i want to keep as many of those tax cuts as i possibly can because our long—term health depends on being a low—tax economy.

china's president xijinping has been defending his controversial zero—covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the irainian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital tehran is now under control as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk's new chancellor, jeremy hunt, will hold talks with the prime minister liz truss later, as the government fights to salvage its economic credibility. speaking to the bbc, mr hunt warned some taxes will increase and all government departments will be expected to find additional savings. posting online today, the prime minister has said she's "going to do things differently" in her quest for economic growth, promising she will "always act in the national interest". let's talk more about this to our

political correspondent peter saull. welcome to the studio. let's start first of all with the heart of jeremy hunt's message that nothing is off the table, that whatever was in the original budget proposals he now has a clean sheet and can do what he thinks is necessary. one of the things he appears to think is potentially at least cuts.- potentially at least cuts. that's ri . ht, potentially at least cuts. that's right. yeah. — potentially at least cuts. that's right, yeah, and _ potentially at least cuts. that's right, yeah, and another- potentially at least cuts. that's right, yeah, and another day, i right, yeah, and another day, another interview from the brand—new chancellor doing his best to exude calmness, to say to the conservative party and the markets that is not an absolute handle on things. he's also got talks with liz truss today in chequers, so they are getting a bit of country away from the noise of westminster, and hopefully they can focus now on this economic statement on halloween, a fortnight away, which they hope will reassure members of their own party that they know exactly what they are doing but if you are drinking your morning coffee this morning or watching the laura kuenssberg programme, the message from the chancellor is we are going to have to take some more

medicine and, as you say, nothing is off the table. i'm going to be asking every government department to find further efficiency savings. and can you today rule out dumping the other tax cuts that liz truss has promised people? i'm not taking anything off the table. i want to keep as many of those tax cuts as i possibly can, because our long term health depends on being a low tax economy. and i have very strongly believe that. it sounds, chancellor, like you're preparing the country for a period of hardship when mortgages are going to go up, rents are going to go up, and public service are going to be stretched and squeezed again. i mean, this is a return to austerity, isn't it? well, i was in the cabinet in 2010 when we had that first period of austerity. i don't think we're going to have anything like that this time. we've already had two major u—turns since the not so mini budget. the next thing talked about is whether

or not bringing down other basic rate of income tax which was brought forward in that mini budget, is now going to be delayed, again, that is something the treasury at the moment is not confirming or denying but as you head there from jeremy hunt they really are considering all elements of this. why this matters politically of courses that liz truss got into ten by promising a load of tax cuts and appointing a new chancellor now ripping all of that up. new chancellor now ripping all of that u -. . ' , new chancellor now ripping all of that u. . ', new chancellor now ripping all of thatu. . ., that up. that 1p off the basic rate of tax, it that up. that 1p off the basic rate of tax. it was _ that up. that 1p off the basic rate of tax, it was a _ that up. that 1p off the basic rate of tax, it was a proposal - that up. that 1p off the basic rate of tax, it was a proposal that - that up. that 1p off the basic rate of tax, it was a proposal that was going to be introduced in 2024 by rishi sunak, he'd already announced it, so she was going to do it sooner and now she is back to rishi sunak�*s timetable. you mentioned chequers holding a meeting later, on sunday, the beautiful country retreat, there must be some conservatives who wonder whether actually it should be jeremy hunt's country retreat because it feels like he is now in charge of the government? a, lot because it feels like he is now in charge of the government? a lot of --eole charge of the government? a lot of eo - le will charge of the government? a lot of people will question _ charge of the government? a lot of people will question who _ charge of the government? a lot of people will question who is - charge of the government? a lot of people will question who is leading | people will question who is leading those conversations at chequers

right now. this is another area of questioning this morning on the laura kuenssberg programme, jeremy hunt of course, himself, he ran for the leadership a couple of times. not very successfully. he came second to borisjohnson the time before last if you can think that far back, but he actually said in the interview that any leadership ambitions of his have been excised now, but have a listen to this, him being asked directly who was actually in charge? well, what i would say to those colleagues is two things. the first is that when i talk to my constituents in south west surrey, what they want is stability. and the worst thing for that would be more political instability at the top, another protracted leadership campaign. i think that's the last thing that people really want to happen. the second thing i'd say is that when it comes to a general election, when the public give their verdict on this government, they willjudge us much more on what happens in the next 18 months than what's happened the last 18 days.

the sunday papers this morning are full of reports of potential leadership plots, various different names being bandied about to take overfrom liz names being bandied about to take over from liz truss and it was interesting to note the language jeremy hunt use there. he said we don't need a lengthy leadership contest. of course, what we understand is being discussed quite a lot in the corridors around westminster on that different whatsapp groups is a coronation, not allowing conservative members to have their say, this time, sol thought that was an interesting one but also on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning was a former cabinet minister, senior vice also in the conservative party, matt hancock. he was asked whether he thought it was time for liz truss to go. i do think that coming together and having that unity as a party is incredibly important, so you won't hear me saying things like we need to get rid of the prime minister now and all of that. what i think it is we need to get a plan in place and we need to bring the party together behind that plan.

pretty clear there from matt hancock and his concerns are concerned by others in the conservative party that a change in direction is needed, so i think liz truss has bought herself a bit of time by appointing someone who is seen as a safe pair of hands, a safe hand on the tiller over the next couple of weeks, but they will look now to that halloween budget and hope that that halloween budget and hope that thatis that halloween budget and hope that that is the moment where it looks like things are starting to improve. peter, thank you very much. the uk home secretary has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on disruptive protests carried out by environmental groups. suella braverman says the new public order bill will stop demonstrators holding the public "to ransom". ministers will be empowered to block protests causing "serious disruption" to key infrastructure and goods. activists said they would not be intimidated by law changes aimed at "silencing non—violent people". work hard to promote high quality development — the new message president xi jingping to the people of china.

he was speaking at the opening of the communist party congress. it's a week long event, convened every five years. it's expected to endorse president xi for a third term. in a wide ranging speech lasting over two hours, he spoke of "peaceful reunification" with taiwan, the administration of hong kong, and the maintenance of china's zero covid policy. the bbc�*s stephen mcdonell is in beijing and has been watching events at the congress. listening to this speech, the most important thing for most chinese people was to hear whether or not there might be an easing of the country's covid restrictions after the party congress. the short answer is no. the mass testing, the lockdowns, the scanning, the quarantine, they're all to stay. xijinping said there'd be no wavering on zero covid, because of the need to save people's lives. however, there was no acknowledgement in the speech of the pain that zero covid

is causing economically and socially. in fact, on several fronts, there was nothing from china's leader, for example, nothing about youth unemployment, nothing about the housing crisis. in fact, it was a two—hour speech, very long on standard rhetoric and very short on actual practical solutions to the serious problems that this country is facing. when it comes to hong kong, he defended the crackdown there, saying that order has been restored. with taiwan, he said that his administration would genuinely seek peaceful reunification with taiwan, however, that it was not going to rule out the use of force if necessary. so, in short, this is really a speech for the party faithful and in terms of ordinary chinese people, not a lot there to enlighten them. i'm joined by our asia pacific

editor celia hatton. when you look at the overall tone of this speech, what strikes you? i this speech, what strikes you? i think stephen summed it up really well, you know, the chinese leader really emphasised stability above all else. i mean, that really was the focus. he is the man in control, he has been at the helm for ten years, he's going to stay in power, no major policy initiatives announced today, but maybe that's kind of a point. hejust wants people to rest assured he is in charge and the country will continue on, so some were hoping that he would for example to china's zero covid strategy and there are hopes they will keep it in place until the important party congress and this will be the moment xi jinping would make many people happy, but that didn't happen. you know, really, it's a bit more of the same. he did allude to some big policy shifts coming down the pipe, perhaps something to do with climate,

china's climate goals, he alluded to the idea he wants to increase the birth rate and would be coming up with more strategies to do that but really, when it comes to the economy, security, taiwan, hong kong, all of those things, they are just staying the course. 50 kong, all of those things, they are just staying the course.— just staying the course. so no change for — just staying the course. so no change for example _ just staying the course. so no change for example on - just staying the course. so no change for example on the i just staying the course. so no - change for example on the desire for peaceful reunification with taiwan? no change over the crackdown in hong kong? the no change over the crackdown in hong kon. ? , ., . no change over the crackdown in hong k0"? , ., no change over the crackdown in hong kon.? , ., , kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting- — kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting. he _ kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did _ kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did say _ kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did say something l interesting. he did say something which is been saying for a while now which is been saying for a while now which is been saying for a while now which is we will remain the right to use force if necessary, so xi jinping has long had what china calls reunification, the people in taiwan would argue that they never belong to china so they would argue with that. xi jinping belong to china so they would argue with that. xijinping is belong to china so they would argue with that. xi jinping is wanted this for quite some time. quite strongly, yes, of course, he says he will do it peacefully of course, everybody in china wants that, but you know, he's also reserve the right to use

force. he also crucially called for military modernisation to continue, and this is a man who famously said he wanted a military that could fight and win wars. find he wanted a military that could fight and win wars.— he wanted a military that could fight and win wars. and on hong kona , fight and win wars. and on hong kong. where _ fight and win wars. and on hong kong, where there _ fight and win wars. and on hong kong, where there is _ fight and win wars. and on hong kong, where there is clearly - fight and win wars. and on hong . kong, where there is clearly unease in the international finance community which is operated happily there for so long, and has been relatively tolerant of china's changes, but there seems to be some concern about attracting new staff and all the rest of it. did he address any of that?- and all the rest of it. did he address any of that? no, he basically _ address any of that? no, he basically was _ address any of that? no, he basically was saying, - address any of that? no, he basically was saying, he - address any of that? no, he basically was saying, he put| address any of that? no, he - basically was saying, he put hong kongin basically was saying, he put hong kong in the column of successes he's overseen. he said order has been restored, hong kong is now being ruled by patriots, but it depends how you defend a patriot, but it's true that the opposition in hong kong, most people who were openly pushing for more of a democratic system, they are either in prison or exile orjust living their very silently. exile or 'ust living their very silentl . . ., ~ exile or 'ust living their very silentl. . . ~' , silently. celia, thank you very

much. the authorities in iran say a fire which broke out in teheran's evin prison is now under control. two ambulances and two buses have been escorted out of the prison. it's not known who was inside. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protestors arrested during the past four weeks of unrest. this report from azadeh moshiri. flames engulfing iran's notorious evin prison in the midst of widespread unrest. it's a scene that frightened iranians both inside and outside the country. officials say a riot broke out between inmates. what people saw on social media was fires raging across the compound and gunshots heard in the distance. scenes of riot police and firefighters rushing to the prison did little to calm people's fears. for the inmates' families, it's pure panic. they rushed to evin clogging the roads with traffic, trying to find out if their loved ones were safe. but evin is also known for housing hundreds of political prisoners,

as well as dual nationals, which is what prompted this tweet by ned price, the us state department's spokesperson. the incident will likely lead to further scrutiny from abroad. this is what us presidentjoe biden said when asked about the fire. the iranian government is so oppressive. you can't have anything but enormous amount of respect for those people marching in the streets. and it will add to the anger within the country, as protests continue in more than a dozen cities. they were throwing stones at authorities over the weekend, shouting "death to the dictator" — a reference to iran's supreme leader. the security forces are still clamping down on dissent

as they are in this scene, also believed to be in erbil. it's now been more than a month since the protests began. they're still led by women and schoolgirls, but also involve people from all walks of life. and, amidst a crackdown by the government and internet blackouts, it's clear the dissent is far from over. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. our bbc persian correspondent behrang tajdin is with us now. thank you very much for coming into the studio. what do you know, what's the studio. what do you know, what's the latest from the prison? so the studio. what do you know, what's the latest from the prison?— the latest from the prison? so right now, what the latest from the prison? so right now. what we _ the latest from the prison? so right now, what we know _ the latest from the prison? so right now, what we know is _ the latest from the prison? so right now, what we know is that - the latest from the prison? so right now, what we know is that last - the latest from the prison? so right| now, what we know is that last night may be after nine o'clock, there was a fire, flames were being seen from far away. a fire, flames were being seen from faraway. smoke a fire, flames were being seen from far away. smoke was seen. multiple gunshots were heard. multiple explosions were heard. there is a video of something falling into the prison and then there is a flash and an explosion, the sound of an

explosion, and right now the question is what happened? a newsagency close to the revolutionary guard has claimed that after the fire broke out in the workshop, some prisoners try to break out of the prison and they stepped on landmines, but other media outlets in iran are saying it's not true. we don't know exactly it's not true. we don't know exactly it started or how it started. the only thing which makes things a bit suspicious is that the son of a former president, whose father was the president in the 1990s, he is serving some sort of sentence there and his brother is saying he was supposed to go back after a short leave, but he was told not to go back which makes things very, very suspicious. back which makes things very, very susicious. ~ . ,

back which makes things very, very maiden-— suspicious. what is the significance of this prison? _ suspicious. what is the significance of this prison? it _ suspicious. what is the significance of this prison? it has _ suspicious. what is the significance of this prison? it has almost - suspicious. what is the significance of this prison? it has almost a - of this prison? it has almost a political status, doesn't it? it is theirfiagship— political status, doesn't it? it 3 their flagship prison where all the political prisoners are held, nationals are held there, most of them in 209, many of them given the chance to call their families and say they are safe. it is that sensitive. that's why evin prison is very important politically in iran and outside iran, but other prisoners like financial criminals and others are also held there. it's because of the political prisoners and the security forces have their own wings inside. a, and the security forces have their own wings inside.— own wings inside. a brief last thou . ht. own wings inside. a brief last thought. where _ own wings inside. a brief last thought. where are - own wings inside. a brief last thought. where are we - own wings inside. a brief last thought. where are we on . own wings inside. a brief last| thought. where are we on the own wings inside. a brief last - thought. where are we on the street protests? are they continuing? thea;e protests? are they continuing? they are continuing _ protests? are they continuing? they are continuing in _ protests? are they continuing? iie: are continuing in tehran protests? are they continuing? tie: are continuing in tehran and protests? are they continuing? tiez1 are continuing in tehran and several other cities from the videos that are colleagues in bbc pairs have been able to verify, and it seems

like the crackdown is getting more and more violent but it hasn't deterred protesters yet. thank you ve much deterred protesters yet. thank you very much for— deterred protesters yet. thank you very much for being _ deterred protesters yet. thank you very much for being with _ deterred protesters yet. thank you very much for being with us - deterred protesters yet. thank you very much for being with us from l deterred protesters yet. thank you i very much for being with us from bbc pairs. heavy flooding on the greek island of crete has killed at least one person. swept away cars and flooded dozens of homes. local authorities have evacuated tourists, and asked residents to remain vigilant. stefano fasano has more. mud and water and people shoveling away the consequences of yet another extreme weather event. heavy floods on the greek island of crete have wreaked havoc and flooded 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 rains battered towns and villages for hours. his passenger, a woman, is still missing. for everyone else, the tough job of rebuilding and cleaning up what's left. translation: it all- happened within seconds. i don't know how long it happened for.

we just barely managed to get everyone out at the very last minute when the water reached up to their shoulders because everyone was sleeping and they had no idea what was happening. cars were swept away to sea in what is one of the most famous tourist destinations on the mediterranean. now, several vehicles can be seen floating in front of one of the island's beaches. firefighters rescued one woman trapped inside her car before it, too, was swept out to sea. authorities said they were investigating more reports of missing people and fear others may have been trapped in their cars. the islands international airport was closed as the runway was underwater. tourists on the island were evacuated and authorities advised residents to remain vigilant. and this might be just the beginning. natural disasters such as flash floods are expected to intensify in greece and become more frequent as climate change takes hold. stefan fasano, bbc news.

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. uganda's government has imposed overnight curfews as it tries to stop the spread of ebola. the measures include closing churches and restricted movement into and out of the areas affected. 19 people have so far died from the disease one man has died and two others are missing after torrential rain caused flash flooding on the mediterranean island of crete. emergency workers say the victim had become trapped in his car. seaside villages have been inundated with water. 41 people have died following an explosion in a coal mine in northern turkey. the discovery of the final missing body brings the rescue operation to an end, more than 20 hours after friday's deadly blast. earlier the interior minister said 58 people were rescued off the mine or got out by themselves.

elon musk says his starlink satellite company will continue to provide internet to ukraine for free, despite threatening to start charging for the service. the government in kyiv 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. three, two, one, zero. ignition. liftoff. 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 3000 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 took over

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 wasn't welcomed by vladimir 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. fire crews have spent the night tackling a large blaze at a building in the centre of leeds in the north of england. the fire broke out on the top floors

of a derelict high—rise building near the city's millennium square. a number of nearby pubs and restaurants were evacuated. there are no reports of any injuries. it was one of the sites of the day is around buckingham palace after the death of queen elizabeth last month. more than 1,000 paddington bears and other soft toys, which were left outside royal residences in tribute to the queen, are being donated to the charity barnardo's. the bears will be professionally cleaned then delivered over the coming weeks, but, first, a select group of them were greanted an audience with the queen consort, camilla, as our royal correspondent daniela relph explains. keeping an eye on the hundreds of bears that have been left in tribute to her mother—in—law, camilla, queen consort, was photographed in clarence house last thursday, 64 years to the day since the first paddington book was published. after the queen's death, every royal residence was surrounded

by a sea of flowers and in amongst those floral tributes were the paddington bears, so many of them, in london, windsor, sandringham, balmoral, snuck in between the flowers, a nod to the queen's specialjubilee surprise when hejoined herfor tea. thank you for having me. i do hope you're having a lovelyjubilee. tea? oh, yes, please! even other members of the royal family noticed the impact of paddington as they thanked crowds in the days after the queen's death. i think paddington might knock the corgi off the top spot now. | the corgis won't take that very well. - after the funeral, the flowers and bears were carefully cleared away and moved to buckingham palace, clarence house, and the royal parks nursery in hyde park.

one of the sweetest thing was a little pair of boots and a little paddington bear. they will now be professionally cleaned and given to the children that barnardos cares for in the weeks ahead. i mean, it's absolutely wonderful that we've managed to find a home for these bears. they were all left there. paddington was left in paddington station seeking a home. these bears were left in the royal parks effectively seeking a home and it's wonderful to think that all of these bears will go to children who will appreciate them and love them for many years. donating the bears to barnardos is a tribute in itself. for more than 30 years, the queen was the charity's patron, carrying out a number of engagements for them before handing that duty over to the then duchess of cornwall six years ago. barnardos says the bears will be well looked after by the children they support and they will be told the story of this special group of bears and how they came to be donated. daniela relph, bbc news.

the marmalade to must have been by royal appointment. goodbye. hello there. a quiet settled sunny sunday shaping up for most of us but we have had some showers around this morning. this was scotland a few hours ago. you can start to see the shower is opening up. they will weaken and become few and far between as we go into the afternoon. for many, blue sky and sunshine. you could already see what day lay ahead across north yorkshire, a great opportunity for getting out and enjoying some of the beautiful autumn colour we have at this time of year. so for the remainder of the day, for many, it's all about the blue sky and the sunshine, as you can see, quite clearly. a few scattered showers across the northern islands and north—west of the great glen, lighter winds in comparison to yesterday as well. by

the end of the afternoon, the winds will strengthen, we'll see rain pushing and along the dorset coast down towards devon and cornwall. but it's going to take its time in doing so. so enjoy the sunshine. and the warmth as well. not too bad in terms of the feeling of the weather particular across england and wales. 16-18. particular across england and wales. 16—18. fresherfurther north, 10—13. we will see more wet weather arriving from this area of no pressure. it will push into the evening and overnight, rattling through at quite a pace, quite a few isobars once again, so we will see some blustery winds, gale force, on exposed coasts, with the heaviest likely to be through northern ireland and scotland, but that will be sitting to the far north during the early hours of the morning. you can see quite a mild start with a trailing weather front down into east anglia, essex and kent first thing. that's due in the morning rush hour and a lot of sunshine expected once again across england and wales. slowly improving through northern ireland in eastern scotland but we will continue to see plenty

of showers on those exposed north and west facing coast here, so again, temperatures, similar values, 10-13, the again, temperatures, similar values, 10—13, the highest where we got that sunshine 17—18. it looks likely that that little ridge of high pressure will stay with us as we move into tuesday. but then, no pressure starts to threaten out in the atlantic and it's an indication of what's to come later on in the week. so certainly the beginning of the week will be largely fine, settled and sunny. but from wednesday onwards, things will get a bit more unpredictable with some sharp showers and blustery wind.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk chancellorjeremy hunt tells the bbc that nothing is off

the table over future tax changes, but says that the government will be compassionate. china's president xijinping has been defending his controversial zero—covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the irainian authorities claim a fire the iranian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital — tehran is now under control — as protests continue. —— the iranian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital tehran is now under control as protests continue. now on bbc news... political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. and boy, there's quite a lot of politics to think about, isn't there? all the drama about this government mass, though, a dramatic shift in our politics.