this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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. gunfire. the irainian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital — tehran is now under control — as protests continue.

elon musk says his rocket firm spacex will continue funding its starlink internet service in ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer do so. hello and welcome to bbc news. good to have your company this hour. we begin in the uk. where the country's new chancellorjeremy hunt is holding talks with the prime minister later at the country retreat as a government fights to salvage his 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". earlier i spoke to our political correspondent who had the latest. another day, another interview from the brand—new chancellor doing his best to exude calmness to say to the conservative party and to the markets that he has got an absolute handle on things. i should say also that he has got talks with liz truss today in chequers. they are getting a bit of country air, away from the noise of westminster. and hope that they can just really focus in on this economic statement in a fortnight away which they hope will again, just reassure members of their own party that they know exactly what they are doing. but if you were drinking your morning coffee this morning while you were watching the laura kuenssberg programme, really the message from the chancellor was that 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 costs 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 very strongly believe that. it sounds, chancellor, like you are preparing the country for a period of real hardship when mortgages are going to go up, rents are going to go up and public services 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 are going to have anything like that this time. now we have already had two major u—turns, haven't we, since the not so mini budget. the next thing talked about is whether or not the breaking down of the basic rate and income tax which was brought forward in that mini budget is now going to be delayed again. —— bringing down the basic tax rate. that is something the treasury at the moment it is not confirming or denying,

but as you heard there from jeremy hunt, they really are considering all elements of this. and why this matters politically, of course, is liz truss got into number ten by promising a load of tax cuts and now she is appointing a new chancellor who is basically ripping all of that up. that ip off the basic rate of tax, was a proposal that was going to be introduced in 2024 by rishi sunak. he had already announced it. so she was going to do it sooner, now she is back to rishi sunak�*s timetable. you mentioned chequers where they are holding the meeting later on sunday, the premises, this beautiful country retreat. there must be some conservatives who wonder whether actually it should bejeremy hunt's country retreat because it feels like he is now in charge of the government. a lot of people will be questioning who is actually leading those conversations in chequers right now. this is another area of questioning this morning on the laura kuenssberg programme. jeremy hunt, of course, himself ran for the leadership a couple of times. not very successfully. he came second to borisjohnson in the time before. if you can think that far back.

but he has actually said in the interview that any leadership ambitions of his has been excised now. but have a listen to this. this was him being asked directly who is actually in charge. what i would say to those colleagues is two things. the first is, when i talked to my constituents in southwest surrey, what they want a stability. and the worst thing for that would be more political instability at the top, another protracted leadership campaign. i think that is the last thing that people really want to happen. the second thing i would say is 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 has happened in the last 18 days. now, the sunday papers this morning are full of reports of potential leadership plots. various different names being bandied about to take over from liz truss and it was interesting to note the language that jeremy hunt used there. he said we don't need a lengthy leadership contest. of course, what we understand

being discussed quite a lot in the corridors around westminster and on the various different whatsapp groups is a coronation. so perhaps not allowing conservative members to have their say this time. i thought that was quite an interesting one. but also on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning was a former cabinet minister, very senior voice, also in the conservative party in matt hancock. and 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 at is incredibly important. so you won't hear me saying things like that we need to get rid of the prime minister now. and all of that. what i think is we need to get the plan in place and we need to bring the party together behind that. so, pretty clear there from matt hancock and his concerns are shared by others in the conservative party that a change in direction was needed. i think liz truss has bought herself a little bit of time by appointing someone who seems a safe pair of hands, a saved hand on the till over the next couple of weeks,

but they will look now to that halloween budget and hope that that is the moment where it looks like things are really starting to improve. that was our political correspondent. 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 xijingping 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. that was steven mcdonnell there. earlier, our asia pacific editor, celia hatton, gave us her analysis of president xi jingping's speech. 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 is going to stay in power.

no major policy initiatives announced today, but maybe that is kind of the point. he just really wants people to rest assured that he is in charge and the country will continue on. so, some were hoping that he would, for example, lift china's zero covid's strategy. there were a lot of hopes that maybe they would keep that in place until this all—important party congress and this would be the moment that xi jinping would make many people happy. but that did not happen. it is a lot more of the same. he did allude to some big policy shifts coming down the pipe. perhaps something to do more with climate. china's climate goals. he alluded to the idea that he wanted to increase the birth rate and that he would be coming out with more strategies to do that. but really, when it comes to the important things, economy, security, taiwan, hong kong, all those things, well, they are alljust staying the course. so no change, for example, on the desire for a peaceful reunification with taiwan? no change over the

crackdown in hong kong? well the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did say something that he has been saying for a while now which is that we will maintain the right to use force if necessary. and so, you know, xijinping has long had what china calls reunification... people in taiwan would argue that taiwan has never belonged to china. so even the use of that term... even mao said it is not chinese. it's different. so, xijinping has wanted this for quite some time. quite strongly. yes, of course, he says he wants to do it peacefully. of course, everybody in china wants to that. but you know, he has also reserve the right to use force. he also, crucially, called for military modernisation to continue. this is the man who famously said he wanted a military that could fight and win wars. and on to hong kong there clearly is unease among at least international finance community that has operated quite 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? no. i mean, he basically was saying, you know, he put hong kong in the column of successes that he has overseen. he said that order has been restored. hong kong is now being ruled by patriots. you know, it depends on how you define patriot, but you know, it is true that the opposition in hong kong, most people who were openly pushing for a more democratic system, they are either in prison or in exile or they are just living there very silently. were going to go to iran now. 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. gunshots. 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. we are following reports from evin prison with urgency. 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. earlier, i spoke to our bbc persian

correspondent behrang tajdin gave us this update on the story. 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. 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 tried 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 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. what is the significance of this prison? it has almost a political status, doesn't it? it is their flagship prison where all the political prisoners are held, dual 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 brief last thought. where are we on the street protests? are they continuing? they are continuing in tehran and several other cities from the videos that are colleagues in bbc persia have been able to verify, and it seems like the crackdown is getting more and more violent but it hasn't deterred protesters yet. he we were speaking a little earlier. the fire broke out in a derelict high—rise in leeds. a number of nearby pubs and restaurants were evacuated and there are no reports of injuries.

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. churches across the uk open their doors for services, increasing

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that firm was founded and run by a husband and wife — who now say they believe the same technology could be used to fight cancer. our medical editor fergus walsh has been finidng out more. 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. were going to move on to —— one man has died and two have died after torrential rain caused flash on the mediterranean island of crete. iaustere mediterranean island of crete. were movinu mediterranean island of crete. were movin: on mediterranean island of crete. were moving on from _ mediterranean island of crete. were moving on from one _ mediterranean island of crete. were moving on from one condition that has good news to one that isn't receiving effective treatments. 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 you are watching world news from the bbc. more is available online. we have said goodbye to the international viewers. we've spoken a lot in recent days about the political turmoil in british politics — but the effects of that uncertainty are being felt right across the uk — on mortgages, savings, and the value of the pound in our pockets. vincent mcaviney has been hearing what voters in norfolk and coventry make of the last few days. i've acted decisively today. in the bar at thetford's bell hotel in liz truss constituency, punters are wondering if it's tolling last orders for her. i personally think it's untenable. she she has to go at the end of the day. what a mess we're in. ijust feel that she's just sort of been led into doing these things because everybody sort of says, oh, yeah, that's a good idea. that's a good idea.

and then she goes and does it. and then somebody goes, huh? no, it wasn't. who is she going toi sack next, i wonder. you know, it's a shame i she doesn't sack herself. at the neighbouring estate agents, theyjust want confidence restored through competence. we've had so many properties fall through over the last couple of weeks. people that were told they'd be able to get mortgages now because the rates have gone so high has made a huge impact to them. yeah, she may be doing all these things, but what is she doing in order to replace the debt that she's getting us into? even loyal conservative supporters of liz truss have been left shocked. i didn't think she would do that. i thought they were all going to stand together. she oversaw it, surely. she's you know, she's the head, isn't she? i hope. voters in the middle of the country in coventry were equally baffled by recent events. i think in the short period of time that she's been in power, i think it's been a sham, one sham after another. so i think she needs to leave

and we need to get someone who's a bit more in touch with what's going on. she's got to be given time to get on with it. that's the only thing she can do. she can't just walk away because that'd be wrong. just in terms of what truss is saying, she's got no clue. she's got no idea. and then the laughable bit is is actually sacking kwasi kwarteng when she and him came to put the budget together so it doesn't make any sense. as for her new chancellor, voters down in southampton had mixed feelings onjeremy hunt's reappointment to cabinet. i think he's a decent fellow who's reviving a career, and i wish him well. well, good luck, good luck. he's got quite a task on his hands to put things back in order. i can remember him as health secretary and he completely screwed it up then. disaster. a big week ahead for both the prime minister and her new chancellor as they try to regain the trust of both the markets

and the wider conservative party. 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, 6a 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 things was a 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