this is bbc news with the latest headlines. prime minister liz truss and chancellorjeremy hunt will hold talks at chequers, the pm's country house, later as the uk government tries to salvage its economic credibility. the uk chancellor, jeremy 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. i receive enough letters from people demanding a contest. and i think graham brady, its chairman, may well go to liz truss and say that, unless she agrees to step down, then a contest will have to be held.

the rules will have to be changed. china's president, xijinping, has been defending his controversial zero—covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the iranian authorities say four inmates are dead after a fire at a prison in the capital as protests continue. more than 1,000 paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has asked conservative mps to get behind the prime minister, liz truss. he has insisted that she remains in charge of the government and said the country needed stability, not another "protracted

leadership campaign". mr hunt is holding talks with ms truss today on further changes to the government's tax and spending plans, which led to turmoil on the financial markets. she's faced another blow to her authority with criticism from the us president, joe biden. 0ur political correspondent, peter saull, reports. from the din of westminster to the relative calm of chequers, she's meeting her new chancellor here as they together try to turn her faltering premiership around. the sunday papers are full of speculation about plots, with various different names doing the rounds as would—be successors. something this man is already running the show, but he says... the prime minister is in charge. i think it's important, when you talk about ditching things, the biggest element of that mini budget was the energy price guarantee. and then a message to restless mps. 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 people really want to happen. watching on, a former cabinet colleague with his own list of demands. she needs to bring the broad conservative party into her government. she needs a reshuffle, she needs to restore trust. trust with the voters but also not slagging off the institutions that are the bedrock of prosperity. organisations like the bank of england, like the office for budget responsibility, like the imf. and the criticism stretches way beyond westminster. 0n the other side of the pond, confidence in the uk seems to be melting away. | the idea of cutting taxes on the i super wealthy at a time when... anyway, ijust think... i disagree with the policy, - but it's up to great britain to make that judgment, not me.

it is highly unusual for the leader of the free world to speak out like this. jeremy hunt is preparing a menu that has very little sweet on it. instead, he can ask for us to swallow tax rises and public spending cuts. i'm going to be asking every government department to find further efficiency savings. 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. work now gets away in earnest on the economic statement due a fortnight tomorrow. but at just five weeks in, many conservatives think the liz truss administration is already beyond repair. peter saull, bbc news. let's get the latest from our political correspondent, peter saull. a short time ago we had the first tory backbencher break cover and call for the prime minister to go? crispin blunt has said effectively the time is up, it's a question of

when, not if. this is one person that has publicly put their head above the parapet, privately, there are other conservative mps of a similar mindset. if you cast your mind back to when borisjohnson was in charge, there was a steady trickle of individuals who came out and said, we no longer think the prime minister's position was untenable, questions about letters going into the 1922 committee, different situation now because they can't act in the same way, they can't act in the same way, they can't bring about another confidence vote for another 11 months. there is no obvious mechanism at this stage but if it were to be the case that crispin blunt prompts a groundswell of conservatives coming out and saying the same thing, then it would increasingly look like liz truss has lost the confidence of her party, but by no means we are at that stage yet, a lot of conservatives stressing they still have confidence in her, they will probably give her

until the economic statement in my report there, give her the new benefit of the doubt, the new chancellor in place as well. for now, chancellor in place as well. for now. peter. — chancellor in place as well. for now, peter, thank you. earlier, tim bale, professor of politics at queen mary university of london, gave us his view on events in westminster and liz truss' premiership. i think a leadership is in the balance, the markets and what happens to them on monday is important, if they have not been reassured byjeremy hunt being appointed and by some of the u—turns he has signalled, i think she is in a whole heap of trouble, she is in trouble anyway because her mps are looking at those terrible opinion poll results we have had recently, and quite honestly they know they can't win an election under her, and i suspect for many of them it is now a question of when and how they get

rid of her rather than if. so how could it play out if that is what is to unfold? the rules of the parliamentary conservative party say that a no—confidence vote can't be held for another year, but those rules are infinitely flexible, if the 1922 committee, as already looks to be the case, receive enough letters from people demanding a contest, then i think the chairman may well go to liz truss and say that, unless she agrees to step down, a contest will have to be held and rules will have to be changed. that in effect is what happened to borisjohnson in the summer after he made it through one no—confidence vote, but it was fairly obvious he would not make it through another. and how would they decide on a new leader? i can't imagine anyone in the party want another protracted election.

i think the main thing will be to cut the membership out of the decision. that can be done in a number of ways. the most obvious is for the parliamentary party to somehow get around one particular candidate, therefore negating the need for a contest out in the country, if you like. the other way of doing that is by holding a vote in parliament, there are a number of votes among mps, and then prevailing upon whoever comes second in a contest to stand down, then you would have one candidate, and a third possible way around this is for the 1922 committee to set the nomination threshold so high that basically only one candidate could get through, and then again you are only left with one candidate and you don't need to do a contest out in the country with grassroots members. and who might that preferred

candidate be right now? if there is only one person willing to take it on, it would be a simple matter, but i'm not sure that is the case, people have talked about rishi sunak and penny morden forming a joint ticket but that depends on one of them agreeing to be the deputy for the other and i'm not sure either of them are too clear on that, and then of course there may be other crown princes or princesses that want a crack the leadership once again, just as they did in the summer. for a while they seemed to be popular among tory mps and indeed some members, so it might be hard to agree on a coronation, but there are other ways of doing it, even if several people decide that they want to go for it. let's get more on this from the conservative home's andrew gimson, author of borisjohnson: the rise and fall of a troublemaker at number 10. you know plenty about what it is to

lead and then be kicked out, but first of all your reaction to crispin blunt, one backbencher, the first man to break cover and say he thinks liz truss should go, what do you make of that?— you make of that? there are many other backbenchers _ you make of that? there are many other backbenchers who _ you make of that? there are many other backbenchers who we - you make of that? there are many other backbenchers who we knowl you make of that? there are many - other backbenchers who we know think the same as crispin blunt, and they are the people who hold her fate the same as crispin blunt, and they are the people who hold herfate in their hands. if the tory tribe says their hands. if the tory tribe says the chief has become a liability, then they will slay her. [30 the chief has become a liability, then they will slay her.- then they will slay her. do you think that _ then they will slay her. do you think that is — then they will slay her. do you think that is what _ then they will slay her. do you think that is what will - then they will slay her. do you think that is what will happen l then they will slay her. do you - think that is what will happen now, it's inevitable that she will go in the short term, she will not be able to see this party through to the next general election? hits to see this party through to the next general election?- next general election? hits the 'e to next general election? hits the jetty to stay — next general election? hits the jetty to stay as _ next general election? hits the jetty to stay as a _ next general election? hits the jetty to stay as a caretaker- next general election? hits the | jetty to stay as a caretaker until the party decide with whom they will replace the because, although things are bad at the moment, they could be worse, if a punch—up to develop, if she were to go, more or less

immediately, and there was then for the succession between a number of not very convincing candidates, in order to lead the party you have to have a united, and she came in, having had this very divisive at six orseven having had this very divisive at six or seven weeks of battling and not getting even the largest number of mps on her side, rishi sunak and more, so it was a very divided party, the next leader has got to reunite it, but in the short term as her charity to reunite the party and putting onjeremy hunt is a big step towards doing that. the putting on jeremy hunt is a big step towards doing that.— towards doing that. the book outlines the _ towards doing that. the book outlines the problem - towards doing that. the book outlines the problem is - towards doing that. the book outlines the problem is that i towards doing that. the book - outlines the problem is that boris johnson faced, not very long ago, how do his problems compare with liz truss's smack his problems were fatal, but hers will be fatal to and in some ways even worse. just fatal, but hers will be fatal to and in some ways even worse.- fatal, but hers will be fatal to and in some ways even worse. just as in the mountains. _ in some ways even worse. just as in the mountains, you _ in some ways even worse. just as in the mountains, you can't— in some ways even worse. just as in the mountains, you can't tell... - in some ways even worse. just as in the mountains, you can't tell... you can tell an avalanche, there is a danger of it, but no one can tell at what moment the mountainside will

move, suddenly he had 50 or 60 of his own ministerial colleague saying he was going, that was unsustainable, at what point that will happen to her and whether it will happen to her and whether it will happen to her and whether it will happen or whether graham brady, another eminence is like that, from famous men in grey suits, whether they will arrange the whole thing, so there doesn't have to be an avalanche, and my editor, this morning he said her nearest and dearest were saying, look, you have suffered enough, why not call it a day? i5 suffered enough, why not call it a da ? , ., ., day? is there a point where we hear so much about— day? is there a point where we hear so much about it, _ day? is there a point where we hear so much about it, so _ day? is there a point where we hear so much about it, so many - day? is there a point where we hear| so much about it, so many briefings, anonymous briefings, and in the papers, people like your colleague saying it's over that it becomes a self—fulfilling prophecy commits an avalanche she will not be able to stop? it avalanche she will not be able to sto - ? . , avalanche she will not be able to sto i ? ., , , . ., avalanche she will not be able to sto? , ., stop? it has become a self-fulfilling - stop? it has become a| self-fulfilling prophecy stop? it has become a i self-fulfilling prophecy in stop? it has become a - self-fulfilling prophecy in the stop? it has become a _ self-fulfilling prophecy in the she self—fulfilling prophecy in the she can turn it around but one of the reasons why it seems unlikely that she will is that her recent public appearances have been extremely

unconvincing, especially the one before the 1922 committee which was universally reported as disastrous, not press conference at the end of the week where she had not got a list, she did not say, i will call the following five people, then she just walked off at the end, that's not the way friends and influence people and she needs to, if she can't become more persuasive and compelling, she really is doomed. fin persuasive and compelling, she really is doomed.— persuasive and compelling, she really is doomed. on the ominous note, we really is doomed. on the ominous note. we will _ really is doomed. on the ominous note, we will leave _ really is doomed. on the ominous note, we will leave it _ really is doomed. on the ominous note, we will leave it there, - really is doomed. on the ominousj note, we will leave it there, thank you very much for your thoughts. china's president, xijinping, has said his country will not renounce the right to use force in order to take control of taiwan. china has long claimed the self—governing islands as part of its territory. addressing the communist party congress, president xi also made clear there would be no easing of china's zero—covid policy despite its serious impact on the economy. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. xi jinping entered the great hall

of the people as a leader confident that he enjoys unchecked power. but in his opening speech, what many would've been listening for is a hint that strict covid restrictions might soon be eased. the short answer — no. translation: people's lives come first. - we will not waver in our zero covid policy. there was no acknowledgement of the financial or social pain caused by the policy and no mention of youth unemployment or the property crisis. those listening for specific solutions were not rewarded. translation: the epidemic has really hit the macroeconomy, _ and i was hoping to hear some new policies to help people. if we could find a job, i we wouldn't be studying for a masters degree right now. 0n matters of great international concern, mr xi defended the hong kong crackdown, which he said had restored order. with the island of taiwan claimed by china, he said beijing wouldn't rule out force to take it. a few days ago, protest banners

were hung off a beijing bridge, calling for xi jinping's removal. there's always increased security in the city when these big political meetings happen, but this time round these bridges are being guarded round the clock, and seeing these guard stations is probably the closest most people come to engagement with the congress. when this meeting finishes in a week's time, xijinping will have moved into a historic third term in office — the most powerful chinese leader since mao zedong. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. premier league leaders arsenal's match started nearly a0 minutes late after a power failure led to technical problems with some of the referee's equipment at elland road. a win for arsenal would take them four point clear at the top. and they have just called to take

the lead as they approach half—time. elsewhere there are leaves for chelsea and southampton. that is the latest from manchester united and newcastle united who are yet to break from deadlock. the late kick off in the premier league is a big one. but today's fixture between liverpool and manchester city might feel a little different. city are looking unstoppable with erling haaland at the helm while liverpool sit 11th in table after a poor run of domestic form to start the season. this game requires all of your focus, all the things you know about football. i enjoy preparing the game, but it is the biggest challenge to face in football because football is all about closing down spaces and players,

it's a home game, it's anfield, it is us against man city, at the moment they are definitely the best football team in the world, that is how it a try anyway, knowing there are no guarantees. rangers have moved to within two points of scottish premiership leaders celtic after a 2—1win at motherwell. it was a good way to respond to their heavy champions league defeat by liverpool. malik tillman and john lundstram with the goals. chelsea are still top of the wsl after winning 3—1 at everton in their first match since manager emma hayes stepped away to recover from emergency surgery last week. manchester united went top briefly earlier after thrashing brighton 4—0 at leigh sports village in today's early kick off. lionesses star ella toone led the way for united. she opened the scoring after 11t minutes and then added a second 12 minutes later to put the hosts firmly in control. she laid on united's third goal for leah galton before adriana leon completed the rout.

three other games as well today. arsenal play at reading later. next to this weekend's three world cups. the rugby league tournamnet started with a big win for england yesterday, and today it's scotland's turn. these are live pictures from bbc two. place in newcastle, they trailed 12-0, place in newcastle, they trailed 12—0, approaching half—time at kingston park. 12-0, approaching half-time at kingston park.— 12-0, approaching half-time at kingston park. 12-0, approaching half-time at kintston park. . ., . ., kingston park. italy had a chance to score a third — kingston park. italy had a chance to score a third try _ kingston park. italy had a chance to score a third try but _ kingston park. italy had a chance to score a third try but one _ kingston park. italy had a chance to score a third try but one of - kingston park. italy had a chance to score a third try but one of their- score a third try but one of their players dropped the ball over the line so scotland may be grateful for that but as it is it is 12—0. wales were beaten heavily by hosts new zealand at the women's rugby world cup. but are still in a good position to make the knockout stage. the reigning world champions ran in ten tries to win 56 points to 12.

wales did mange two of their own but were outclassed in front of a sell out crowd to sit third in their group. elsewhere emily tuttosi scored two tries as canada secured a spot in the quarterfinals with a 22—12 victory over italy in pool b. and in pool c fiji scored a try in the dying seconds against south africa to secure their first ever women's world cup win. it finished 21 points to 17. so rugby league, women's rugby union — plenty of world cups at the moment and another got underway this morning. cricket�*s t20 world cup in australia and there was a real shock in the first match. sri lanka one of the teams expected to qualify for the main stage of the tournament later in the month were beaten by namibia, a side ranked 14th in the world. and in the later match the netherlandsjust edged home against the united arab emirates, winning with one ball

and three wickets to spare. at the world track cycling championships, neah evans has won great britain's third gold medal — in the points race. winning the final sprint of the event to secure the first individual world title of her career at the age of 32. it follows on from the team pursuit silver that she helped great britain to win earlier in the week. and in the last half hour, ethan hayter and oliver wood have taken the silver medal in the men's madison. they needed a big effort from hayter to overtake the belgian pair in the last two laps to take second place. hayter and wood had already won gold in the team pursuit, and hayter also won the 0mnium last night. that's all the sport for now. the iranian judiciary says four

inmates at evin prison in tehran were killed and 61 others injured after a fire broke out there. four of the injured are said to be in critical condition. the evinjail houses hundreds of political prisoners, including some who were involved in recent anti—government demonstrations. azadeh moshiri reports. 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.

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, anoosheh ashoori, who was imprisoned for four and a half years at evin jail in tehran, shared his experience of conditions in the prison. i used to call it hell. you can imagine the situation there is really dire, medical care is next to zero, we are living with bedbugs, cockroaches and rats, you name it, and we have it there. there were 17 captives in a room with no is based

on a walk so we had to walk on tiptoe is over each other if you wanted to use the loo, but that is in the interrogation centre 209. the solitary confinement is on the first floor, where i spent quite a long time there. the home secretary, suella braverman, has announced plans for a crackdown on the kinds of protests used by some environmental groups. ms braverman said she wanted to stop protestors holding the public to ransom. activists say they won't be intimidated by changes to the law. there has historically been a right to protest in this country which has been used by all kinds of campaigns, and the climate nature crisis is so serious that anything this government does to clamp down on it will not stop it, it may even intensify it, at the moment, it's very peaceful and everybody is really grounded in that, and i would hate for them

to push it so far that people feel pushed to take even more severe action. it's so simple to get us off the streets, it is just to act on the climate and nature crisis. i think it's a disgrace that the government is trying to prevent us from telling the truth and exercising our human right to assemble and to protest, and we will carry on. the more that the government tries to undermine democracy, the more we will continue telling the truth and encouraging them to do the right thing. i think we have been put - in a position as environmentalists where there are no other options apart from protesting. _ i have been active for a long time and i signed endless petitions. i i have lobbied my mp and talk to my mp. nothing has made a difference. so for me it is a sense i of exasperation, that this is the only thing i can do, i and i cannot be a bystander, i cannot watch the world imploding,

environmentally, and just go, - fine, i have a conscience and duty to my children and grandchildren, and it really upsets me to think about their future. _ it is bad enough now. but, when they are 70, what will the world be like? let's get more on this from the human rights lawyer adam wagner. explain for us if you will how these changes will work. it is explain for us if you will how these changes will work.— changes will work. it is a big suite of changes. _ changes will work. it is a big suite of changes, lots _ changes will work. it is a big suite of changes, lots of _ changes will work. it is a big suite of changes, lots of new _ changes will work. it is a big suite of changes, lots of new laws i changes will work. it is a big suite| of changes, lots of new laws which focus on disruptive protests, so things like blocking infrastructure projects, tunnelling, allowing police to stop and search protesters like they have done in this past, stopping and searching in areas where there has been suspicion of knife violence, lots of restrictions on particular protesters, so they will be able to get banning orders

against individual protesters, and also... all of those provisions have been reheated from provisions that were defeated in the lords earlier this year. there is a new one for this year. there is a new one for this public order bill, which will be to allow the government to take out injunctions in the civil courts to prevent protesters protesting when it is against the public interest and there will be serious disruption to public services and that sort of thing. in disruption to public services and that sort of thing.— disruption to public services and that sort of thing. in which case, it sounds on _ that sort of thing. in which case, it sounds on the _ that sort of thing. in which case, it sounds on the face _ that sort of thing. in which case, it sounds on the face of- that sort of thing. in which case, it sounds on the face of it - that sort of thing. in which case, it sounds on the face of it that i that sort of thing. in which case, it sounds on the face of it that it | it sounds on the face of it that it could be effective in terms of protecting the public and emergency services. the protecting the public and emergency services. , , . ., protecting the public and emergency services. , , ., ., , services. the public are already well protected _ services. the public are already well protected by _ services. the public are already well protected by criminal i services. the public are already well protected by criminal law. services. the public are already. well protected by criminal law as services. the public are already i well protected by criminal law as it exists, all of the protests but people have been concerned about in the last few weeks such as blocking roads, throwing paintings, spilling

milk in a supermarket, they are potentially criminal offences so this is aimed at those although that is the hook the government is using to justify that, black lives matter and extension rebellion, any large protests in the city centre where protests in the city centre where protests generally take place will be prevented from going ahead will be prevented from going ahead will be severely restricted by these provisions. —— extinction rebellion. so what do you make of them, are you in favour or do you oppose them? i don't think there's a need for them, i can't see what the justification is, law is already significantly restricted to protests in this country, far more so than a few years ago, and on that basis i'm extremely worried. i am an advocate for a number of protesters who have been caught by civil injunctions, the government and public

authorities getting court orders to prevent protests outside a factory or fracking site, prevent protests outside a factory orfracking site, and now it prevent protests outside a factory or fracking site, and now it is prevent protests outside a factory orfracking site, and now it is on every major road in the uk. and i have acted for protesters who have been to prison for breaching these orders, they are very significant extensions of restrictions on protests, and they will lead now that they will be increased, if these measures go ahead, to a very significant number of peaceful protesters going to prison, i'm really worried. the protesters going to prison, i'm really worried.— protesters going to prison, i'm really worried. protesters going to prison, i'm reall worried. ., ' . , really worried. the home office says that olice really worried. the home office says that police will _ really worried. the home office says that police will be _ really worried. the home office says that police will be given _ really worried. the home office says that police will be given new- really worried. the home office says that police will be given new powers| that police will be given new powers to take a more proactive approach, some people say that at the moment emergency services can be prevented from reaching those who desperately need them, and that is indefensible and selfish and no way in the public interest, so are you saying that at the moment those people are protected, that emergency services do need to get through, when we know

they are not, sometimes they are stopped by roads being blocked and bridges being blocked, that kind of thing? bridges being blocked, that kind of thin ? . , bridges being blocked, that kind of thin ? , , . , bridges being blocked, that kind of thin? ._ . ,, ., ., thing? emergency services should not be blocked, but _ thing? emergency services should not be blocked, but they _ thing? emergency services should not be blocked, but they generally - thing? emergency services should not be blocked, but they generally are, i be blocked, but they generally are, for any large event, but with the current law, if somebody is blocking the road, the police can go in arrest and because it's an obstruction of the highway, so i don't think there is any difference with these new laws in terms of the ability to stop people blocking roads, it willjust lead to lots more police interventions on a large scale, and one of the issues we saw in the pandemic, when there was a preview of what happens when you put police in charge and the home secretary in charge of who gets to protest about what on our streets, and peacefully, you get into very significant difficulties like with what happened with the sarah everard vigil, so this government particularly will spend time in that

position quite soon, and