this is bbc news. the headlines at a... chancellorjeremy hunt has been pictured in the back of a car leaving chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, after meeting liz truss to discuss the government's economic plans. jeremy hunt tells the bbc that nothing is off the table over future tax changes, but says that the government will be compassionate. 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. if there is such a weight of opinion in the parliamentary party, we have to have a change, it will be affected, exactly how it is done and

exactly under what mechanism, but it will happen. 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's insisted that she remains in charge of the government and said the country needed stability, not another "protracted

leadership campaign". mr hunt has held 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. meanwhile, speaking on channel 4, the tory mp crispin blunt, who's stepping down at the next election, has called for liz truss to go. he's been speaking to andrew neil. can liz truss survive?

no, i think the game is up, and it's now a question as to how the succession is managed. well, if the game is up for, how could that succession be managed? i mean, let me put it bluntly, to begin with, how would you get rid of him? well, george was speaking to some of the mechanisms earlier. if there is a such a weight of opinion in the parliamentary party that she we have to have a change, then it will be affected, exactly how it's done and exactly under what mechanism. a short time, ago i spoke to our political correspondent, peter saull, about what this development means for the pm's chances of keeping a grip on her party. crispin blunt, perhaps not a household name, but pretty well respected figure on the conservative backbenches, has said effectively the time is up. it's a question of when, not if the new prime minister goes. this isjust one person, i should say, who's publicly put their head above the parapet. now we know privately there are other conservative mps who are of a similar mindset at the moment. but if you cast your mind back to when borisjohnson

was in trouble, it was a steady trickle, wasn't it, of individuals that came out and said that they no longer thought that the prime minister's position was tenable? there were questions about letters going into the 1922 committee. different situation now because they can't act in the same way. they can't bring about a confidence vote for another 11 months. it has to be 12 months after the new prime minister comes into office. so there's no obvious mechanism at this stage. but if it were to be the case that crispin blunt kind of 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 we are by no means at that stage yet. a lot of conservatives stressing that they still have confidence in her. certainly, they will give her probably until that economic statement that i was talking about in my report there, give them the benefit of the doubt with the new chancellor in place. jeremy hunt, who is seen by a lot of conservatives as a safe hand on the tiller.

earlier, i spoke to andrew gimson from the website conservative home, and also author of book that looks at borisjohnson�*s time in number 10, and he gave us his analysis on the first few weeks of liz truss's premiership. there are many other backbenchers who we know think the same as crispin blunt, and they are the people who hold herfate in their hands. if the tory tribe says their chief has become a liability, 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? it's her duty 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 were to develop, if she were to go, more or less immediately, and there was then a fight for

the succession between a number of not very convincing candidates, in order to lead the party you have to have it united, and she came in, having had this very divisive six or seven weeks of battling and not getting even the largest number of mps on her side, rishi sunak had more, so it was a very divided party, the next leader has got to reunite it, but in the short term it's her duty to reunite the party and putting onjeremy hunt is a big step towards doing that. your book outlines the problems that borisjohnson faced, not very long ago, how do his problems compare with liz truss's? his problems were fatal, but hers will be fatal too and 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 colleagues saying he must go, that was unsustainable, at what point that will happen to her and whether it will happen or whether graham brady, or other eminences like that, famous men in grey suits, whether they will arrange the whole thing, so there doesn't have to be an avalanche, and my editor, and my editor, this morning, he said her nearest and dearest were saying, look, you have suffered enough, why not call it a day? is there a point where we hear so much about it, so many briefings, anonymous briefings, in the papers, people like your colleague saying it's over that it becomes a self—fulfilling a self—fulfilling prophecy, it's an avalanche she will not be able to stop? it does become a self—fulfilling prophecy in the sense 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, her odd 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 to do it, not the way to win friends and influence people and she needs to, if she can't become more persuasive and compelling, she really is doomed. the headlines on bbc news... chancellorjeremy hunt has been pictured in the back of a car leaving chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, after meeting liz truss to discuss the government's economic plans. 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 dead have died after a fire at a prison in the capital.

good afternoon. 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. they lead in the first half, the second half has been a different story, laterfailed to second half has been a different story, later failed to equalise, they had a goal ruled out for offside, and dan patrick bamford also missed a penalty, so it remains 1-0 to also missed a penalty, so it remains 1—0 to arsenal. the other games all kicked off on time. the late kick—off in the premier league is a big one and, in the last few seasons, would have been considered a title decider, 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. it is always difficult, these last few years, since we arrived, a tough game. the table, i have... the game will be dictated, what happened on the pitch, not because we are in front or behind. rangers have moved to within two points of scottish premiership leaders celtic after a 2—1 win 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. aberdeen hearts... 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 1a minutes and then added a second 12 minutes later to put the hosts firmly in control. toone laid on united's third goal for leah galton before adriana leon completed the rout. three other games as well today... manchester city, leicester city finished 4—0, tottenham beat liverpool. arsenal play at reading later. next to this weekend's three world cups. the rugby league tournament started with a big win for england yesterday and today it's scotland's turn. they're struggling against a strong dominant italy side, who took a 12—point lead into the break, and they've increased that lead in the second half. scotland unlikely to get back into this match now. we can go to live pictures on bbc

two and as you can see it is 22—0 to italy, it really has been a particularly impressive opening game for italy in a group that contains australia and fiji so scotland have their work cut out and to make it through to the knockout stages there are ten minutes left, and bbc two will take you through this final minutes with scotland trailing 22—0. wales were beaten heavily by hosts new zealand at the women's rugby union 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—12. wales did mange two of their own but were outclassed in front of a sell—out crowd to sit third in their group. that could well be a qualification spot. 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—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.

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. i'll have more for you in the next hour. 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. 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 mpj and talked to my mp. nothing has made a difference. so for me it is a sense i of exasperation, but 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? earlier, i spoke to the human rights lawyer adam wagner about the plans. 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 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 which case, it sounds on the face of it that it could be effective in terms of protecting the public and the emergency services. the public are already well

protected by criminal law as it exists, all of the protests that people have been concerned about in the last few weeks, such as blocking roads, throwing paintings, spilling milk in a supermarket, they are all potentially criminal offences so this is aimed at those although that is the hook the government is using to justify that, they're aimed at black lives matter and extinction rebellion, any large protests in the city centre where protests generally take place will be prevented from going ahead or will be severely restricted by these provisions. 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, criminal law already restricts 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 a fracking 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, and i'm really worried. the home office says that police will be given new powers to take a more proactive approach,

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 can get through, when we know they are not, sometimes they are stopped by roads being blocked and bridges being blocked, that kind of thing? emergency services should not be blocked, but they generally are, for any large event in the city centre, but with the current law, if somebody is blocking the road, the police can go in arrest them 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 the police should be careful what they wish for because it could end up leading to more radicalisation on the streets rather than less because you can't express yourself in protest which we always have in this country and that has been taken away. 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 and amidst a crackdown by the government and internet blackouts, it's clear the dissent is far from over. azadeh moshiri, bbc news.

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 children's charity barnardo's. the bears were mainly left, along with flowers and marmalade sandwiches, at stjames' park and windsor castle in the days after her majesty's death. they've all been professionally cleaned, and queen consort camilla posed for a picture with a some of them before they were donated. we have seen plenty of sunshine for most parts of the country through the afternoon but we are beginning to see signs of a change in our thickening cloud towards our south—west, that is associated with this area of low pressure that will push its way north—eastwards overnight and into tomorrow. rain arriving quickly this evening, across england, wales and northern ireland, a dry start the night in scotland with the rain arriving later on. the winds generally coming

up later on. the winds generally coming up from a southerly direction so marred night with temperatures 10-16 of marred night with temperatures 10—16 of across parts of east anglia and south—east england. monday sees rain away from eastern areas of england scotland the rain eases to blustery showers so it stays pretty unsettled the northern areas, the rain pretty persistent in shetland, increasing amounts of sunshine through the afternoon across wales and england and it's here where it continues to be marred for the time of year with highs up to 19 degrees tomorrow afternoon. —— mild.

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