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to some of her mps, they continue to question herfuture. and her new chancellor. more changes to the mini budget look set to come, amid talks this afternoon between liz truss and her new chancellor. they met at the prime minister's country retreat, and as some of her mps continue to question her future. butjeremy hunt says voters do not need more turmoil. what we want to 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. with public spending as well as taxes in the spotlight we'll look at at the chancellor's options, and how welfare payments could be affected. and also coming up on this evening's programme...

china's president defends his zero—covid policy as the communist party gathers for a congress that happens twice in a decade. and a shock for scotland at the rugby league world cup as italy gain an easy win. good afternoon. the new chancellorjeremy hunt has been in talks with liz truss this afternoon as they consider further changes to the mini budget that had been the centrepiece of her economic plan. 48 hours into thejob, mr hunt has made clear nothing has been ruled out on taxes — or spending. he also said the prime minister is in charge. some of her own mps are continuing to criticise her, though, to call for changes to her team and question whether she can remain in office. here's our political correspondent ben wright.

doors of the prime minister's country retreat liz truss met her chancellor. not unusual in normal times, but these are not. jeremy hunt has been sent in to urgently rewrite the government's economic plan, so who has power now? the prime minister _ plan, so who has power now? tue: prime minister is plan, so who has power now? tte: prime minister is in charge. plan, so who has power now? the i prime minister is in charge. really? i think it is important _ prime minister is in charge. really? i think it is important that _ prime minister is in charge. really? i think it is important that when - i think it is important that when you talk about ditching things, the biggest element of that mini budget was the energy price guarantee. eame was the energy price guarantee. some to mps was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think— was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think liz _ was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think liz truss _ was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think liz truss needs - was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think liz truss needs to go but her chancellor had this warning to his party. but her chancellor had this warning to his party-— to his party. when i talk to my constituents _ to his party. when i talk to my constituents in _ to his party. when i talk to my constituents in south-west - to his party. when i talk to my - constituents in south-west surrey, constituents in south—west surrey, what they want instability, and the worst thing for that would be more political instability at the top, another protracted leadership campaign. ithink another protracted leadership campaign. i think that's the last thing people really want to happen. but a former cabinet colleague said liz truss needed more talent in her team. ,, , ., , , team. she needs to bring the broad conservative _ team. she needs to bring the broad

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to publicly say it should now be curtains for liz truss, but the criticism from others is hardly veiled. ., , ., , veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i think— veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz _ veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, _ veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, as _ veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, as i - veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, as i see - veiled. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, as i see it, i and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in_ and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office — and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but— and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but is— and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but is not— and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but is not in- and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but is not in power. i is in office but is not in power. 0ver— is in office but is not in power. over the — is in office but is not in power. over the past— is in office but is not in power. over the past few _ is in office but is not in power. over the past few weeks - is in office but is not in power. over the past few weeks the l over the past few weeks the government has looked like libertarianjihadists government has looked like libertarian jihadists and treated the whole country is kind of laboratory mice to carry out ultra, ultra _ laboratory mice to carry out ultra, ultra free—market experiments. ultra free— market experiments. watching — ultra free—market experiments. watching on, the leader of the uk's closest ally, who may have chilled relations with number ten with this highly unusual bite of commentary. the idea of putting taxes —— cutting taxes on the super wealthy at a time when... anyway, ijust think i disagree with the policy, but that's up disagree with the policy, but that's up to great britain to make that choice, not me.— choice, not me. reaction to the chancellor's _ choice, not me. reaction to the chancellor's budget _ choice, not me. reaction to the chancellor's budget plan - choice, not me. reaction to the chancellor's budget plan could l chancellor's budget plan could determine the prime minister's fate. some tory mps believe her time is up, but allies say she can ride this

crisis out despite the turmoil lapping at downing street's door. ben wright, bbc news. we're a few hours away now from the start of a new week of trading on the international markets, but what are the numbers around the possible changes to the mini budget? our business correspondent marc ashdown has been looking at them. marc. yes, some difficult decisions ahead, i have to say. a lot of the mini—budget has already been unpicked. the top rate of tax stays, and corporation tax will go up after all. but it's thoughtjeremy hunt still needs to find around £25 billion, money the last chancellor planned to give away in tax cuts. so what are the options? well, we're hearing he may delay the plan for a 1p cut in basic income tax. unconfirmed at the moment. but putting that off for a year would save £5 billion. but that would still leave around £20 billion to plug. it's hard to see how that can be found without tough cuts in spending. big departments like health, education and defence are normally protected.

but mr hunt says "nothing is off the table." that could mean less money for things people really care about. welfare and benefits are another big issue. the chancellor could limit increases below inflation. but many of these payments go to some of the most vulnerable, and to help people in low—paid jobs. the big problem in all of this is inflation. it's still at around 10%. public sector pay—rises aren't keeping up, so we're seeing lots of strikes as inflation bites into household finances. holding the line on pay will be another difficult choice for the chancellor. and the current bank of england interest rate of 2.25% could soon be rising as high as a.25% by the end of the year. for someone with a £200,000 mortgage, they would be facing an increase of £211 in their monthly repayments. difficult decisions for households, difficult decisions for the chancellor. he has two weeks before he delivers his own plan to make his sums add up. marc, thank you very much.

let's explore one of the points there — welfare payments going up by earnings rather than inflation. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports from sunderland now on how individuals and communities could be affected. every second day nicky telford has to spend five hours on this kidney dialysis machine, and will do so for the rest of his life. i need this machine to keep me alive. his illness means he isn't suitable for an organ donation, but his illness isn't his only concern. right now i'm sitting here now shivering. i'm freezing. unable to work any more, he relies on benefits, but it's not enough. he can't afford to put heating on and is struggling to put his youngest child through college. i'm worrying about my daughter and trying to worry about my house and where we are going to feed and things like that. it's a lot to take on. this shop is all about helping people — this shop is all about helping people. we have baby clothes for 50 p. when the english is an enthusiastic _ p. when the english is an enthusiastic volunteer . p. when the english is an enthusiastic volunteer in | p. when the english is an . enthusiastic volunteer in one p. when the english is an - enthusiastic volunteer in one of

sunderland's essential shops, in an area with the highest level of child poverty in england this store offers cheap second—hand clothes and free school uniforms. the cheap second-hand clothes and free school uniforms.— school uniforms. the amount of families that _ school uniforms. the amount of families that have _ school uniforms. the amount of families that have needed - school uniforms. the amount of families that have needed to . school uniforms. the amount of - families that have needed to access this is— families that have needed to access this is unbelievable to stop- this is unbelievable to stop benefit levels matter— this is unbelievable to stop benefit levels matter more _ this is unbelievable to stop benefit levels matter more in _ this is unbelievable to stop benefit levels matter more in cities - this is unbelievable to stop benefit levels matter more in cities like i levels matter more in cities like sunderland as deprivation levels are three times higher than the england average. yet recent government policy has consistently cut their value. increases in benefit levels have not kept pace with inflation in nine of the past 12 years, and that doesn'tjust mean those receiving the payments are poorer but also means local economies with high levels of welfare recipients have less money as well. the local citizens advice office is busier than ever as people search, often in vain, for help. than ever as people search, often in vain. for help-— vain, for help. recently can't afford to _ vain, for help. recently can't afford to pay _ vain, for help. recently can't afford to pay their _ vain, for help. recently can't afford to pay their council - vain, for help. recently can't. afford to pay their council tax, vain, for help. recently can't - afford to pay their council tax, the gas and electric bills, and they can't afford to buy enough groceries to last them the week.—

to last them the week. allison bailey lives — to last them the week. allison bailey lives for _ to last them the week. allison bailey lives for her _ to last them the week. allison bailey lives for her dogs. - to last them the week. allison | bailey lives for her dogs. what to last them the week. allison - bailey lives for her dogs. what you get out of them?— get out of them? pleasure, happiness- _ get out of them? pleasure, happiness. to _ get out of them? pleasure, happiness. to get - get out of them? pleasure, i happiness. to get universal get out of them? pleasure, - happiness. to get universal credit and carer's _ happiness. to get universal credit and carer's allowance _ happiness. to get universal credit and carer's allowance for - happiness. to get universal creditl and carer's allowance for attending to her elderly mother, giving her about £100 to live on after rent. she can't afford heating and has changed what she eats. ads, she can't afford heating and has changed what she eats. is. let she can't afford heating and has changed what she eats. a lot more sou - , tins changed what she eats. a lot more soup. tins of— changed what she eats. a lot more soup, tins of curry _ changed what she eats. a lot more soup, tins of curry in _ soup, tins of curry in the microwave. you try to keep to a healthy — microwave. you try to keep to a healthy diet and stuff like that, but it's— healthy diet and stuff like that, but it'sjust impossible to do. the fruit prices— but it'sjust impossible to do. the fruit prices have gone up. well, everything has really. but it'sjust the same — everything has really. but it'sjust the same -- _ everything has really. but it'sjust the same —— you through the world is shrinking _ the same —— you through the world is shrinking in— the same —— you through the world is shrinking in on you and you are dying _ shrinking in on you and you are dying to — shrinking in on you and you are dying to go _ shrinking in on you and you are dying to go out every day because you will— dying to go out every day because you will end up spending money you hevent— you will end up spending money you haven't really got. a you will end up spending money you haven't really got.— haven't really got. a big debate at the moment _ haven't really got. a big debate at the moment on _ haven't really got. a big debate at the moment on how _ haven't really got. a big debate at the moment on how much - haven't really got. a big debate at the moment on how much to - haven't really got. a big debate ati the moment on how much to raise benefits by. what would you say to them? ., ., , , ., , ., them? come into my shoes and 'udged b that. them? come into my shoes and 'udged by that. there — them? come into my shoes and 'udged by that. there is— them? come into my shoes and 'udged by that. there is nothing i them? come into my shoes and 'udged by that. there is nothing more _ by that. there is nothing more frustrating for a man like me who wants to go to work, and i can't work. i don't feel like a man any more because you can't support your

family. more because you can't support your famil . ~ , , more because you can't support your famil. ~ , , more because you can't support your famil. ~ , family. ministers say they are committed — family. ministers say they are committed to _ family. ministers say they are committed to helping - family. ministers say they are committed to helping the - family. ministers say they are l committed to helping the most vulnerable, but many of those most in need, however, they left behind. michael buchanan, bbc news, sunderland. the authorities in iran say four prisoners have died after a fire at evin prison in tehran, which holds hundreds of political prisoners as well as foreign detainees. 61 others were injured. evin prison also holds some of those detained in the current wave of anti—government protests. foreign governments, including the uk and the united states have expressed concern. 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 island 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. xijinping entered the great xi jinping entered the great hall of the people as a leader confident he enjoys unchecked power. but what many wanted to hear from enjoys unchecked power. but what many wanted to hearfrom him enjoys unchecked power. but what many wanted to hear from him was whether covid lockdowns and travel restrictions might soon be eased. the short answer, no. translation: people's lives come first. we will not waver in our zero covid policy. no acknowledgement of the pain this country has suffered. cities have shut down for months on end, nor the rising youth unemployment as businesses closed their doors. translation: the businesses closed their doors. translation:— businesses closed their doors. translation: , . ., , translation: the epidemic has really hit that company _ translation: the epidemic has really hit that company and _ translation: the epidemic has really hit that company and i _ translation: the epidemic has really hit that company and i was _ translation: the epidemic has really hit that company and i was hoping - translation: the epidemic has really hit that company and i was hoping to l hit that company and i was hoping to your new_ hit that company and i was hoping to your new policy to help people. that might _ your new policy to help people. that might hit _ your new policy to help people. that might hit the economy. ifi your new policy to help people. that might hit the economy.— might hit the economy. if i could find a 'ob might hit the economy. if i could find a job i _ might hit the economy. if i could find a job i would _ might hit the economy. if i could find ajob i would be _ might hit the economy. if i could find a job i would be studying - might hit the economy. if i could find a job i would be studying for might hit the economy. if i could i find a job i would be studying for a masters _ find a job i would be studying for a masters degree _ find a job i would be studying for a masters degree right _ find a job i would be studying for a masters degree right now. - find a job i would be studying for a masters degree right now. he- find a job i would be studying for a masters degree right now.- find a job i would be studying for a masters degree right now. he said he wouldn't rule — masters degree right now. he said he wouldn't rule out _ masters degree right now. he said he wouldn't rule out taking _ masters degree right now. he said he wouldn't rule out taking taiwan - masters degree right now. he said he wouldn't rule out taking taiwan by - wouldn't rule out taking taiwan by force. china considers the self—governing island part of its territory and military drills have

accompanied lot rising tensions in recent months. he also defended the hong kong crackdown which he said restored order. a few days ago protest banners were hung off like a beijing bridge calling for xi jinping's removal. there is always increased security in the city when these big political meetings happen, but this time round these bridges are being guarded round the clock. seeing these guard stations is probably the closest most people come to engagement with the congress. when this meeting finishes in a week, xijinping will have moved into his historic third term in office. the most powerful chinese leader since mousey tongue. stephen o'donnell, bbc news, beijing —— since chairman mao. with all the day's sport now, here's karthi at the bbc sport centre. thank you. good afternoon. after england and australia made winning starts to their rugby league world cup campaigns on the opening day of the tournament, it has been a disappointing day

for scotland who were defeated by italy by 28—4. adam wild reports global competition but here very much a european challenge. both scotland and italy are still developing rugby league nations, but taking the game to new areas and crucially to new fans is all part of the world cup mission. this may only be their opening match but for both already it feels like a must win if they are to hold onto that dream of making it through to the knockout stages. there may be a long way to go before that but italy seemingly are in no mood to wait, chasing from the start looked pulse earlyjust getting there first. soon italy were finding a and even more direct route, dean pira to further increasing the size of the task for scotland. they were now clinging on. within touching distance just at the break after italy got away completely. jake mason squeezing in at the corner. he added another

before he and italy broke away, and from there they wouldn't be caught. a hat—trick on his debut for italy! lachlan walmsley did eventually offer scotland something but it was never going to be enough. this appointment, then, and with matches against fiji and reigning world champions australia still to come this world cup is not going to get any easier. adam wild, bbc news, newcastle. premier league leaders arsenal beat leeds 1—0 in a game that was stopped for 20 minutes because of a power cut at elland road. fourth—placed chelsea beat aston villa 2—0. both goals were scored by mason mount. it is also 0—0 between champions manchester city and liverpool after 35 minutes. in the scottish premiership rangers bounced back from their mid—week mauling by liverpool to beat motherwell. this impressive run from malik tillman opened the scoring for the visitors. the 2—1victory means they are two points behind leaders celtic. also today aberdeen and hearts drew 0—0.

—— aberdeen beat hearts 2—0. wales suffered a heavy defeat to hosts new zealand at the women's rugby world cup. the reigning world champions ran in ten tries to beat wales by 56—12 in front of a sell—out crowd in auckland. wales slip to third place in what is a tough group, behind new zealand and australia. it was the first time two female boxers had headlined at a major venue in the uk, and it certainly lived up to expectations. in a fascinating fight, claressa shields from america became the undisputed middleweight champion by beating great britain's savannah marshall via a unanimous decision. the two rivals had both been undefeated. and there was a big shock in the opening game of the men's t20 cricket world cup with lowly ranked namibia beating sri lanka. michelle? thank you very much. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten o'clock. now on bbc one it's time

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hello. this is bbc news. more now on our main story — 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". earlier, i spoke to andrew gimson from the website conservative home — and also author of book that looks at boris johnson's time in number10. 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, 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 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.

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 her 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. 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, 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. _ him 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 significantly 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. officials in iran say four prisoners died and more than 60 were injured in a fire that broke out at prison in tehran. evin jail houses hundreds of political prisoners, as well as those who've been taking part 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, its 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. 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 the valley of hell. you can imagine. the situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, rats, cockroaches, you name it and we have it there. room 121 was the room where there were 17 captives there so we had to tip to over each other if you wanted to use the loo. but tip to over each other if you wanted to use the loo-— to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre _ to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre 209. i to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre 209. and i to use the loo. but that is in the l interrogation centre 209. and the solitary confinement is on the first floor where i spent quite a long time there. more than a thousand 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. for many of us, 2022 is the first year where life has started to feel close to normal after the privations of covid. some once familiar rituals are being performed once again. in chile, the so—called zombie—walk is back. tim allman's report contains a lot of make—up — but no real blood. after three years, the walking dead have risen once more. well, not really. instead, a lot of people dressed up as zombies for a sloping, staggering stroll around santiago.

it's an event we used to do every year, said this man. but due to the coronavirus, it had been suspended. it's a family event where everyone participates and people show their creativity. zombie walks date back more than 20 years. sometimes they're for a good cause. sometimes they're for no real cause at all. except for this one, of course. i come because it's fun, said this young zombie. it's fun because we can wear makeup. we came here to get out of the old routine, said this zombie, and be a kid again. this carnival of gory makeup and indiscriminate groaning has been replicated in plenty of other cities across the globe. but around these parts they'll tell you this one is special. a real chiller in chile. tim altman, bbc news.

time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've seen plenty of sunshine, really, for most parts of the country through the afternoon, but we are beginning to see signs of a change now with thickening clouds towards our southwest. that cloud is associated with this area of low pressure that's going to be pushing its way northeastward overnight and into tomorrow as well. so, rain arriving pretty quickly this evening across england, wales, northern ireland. a dry start to the night in scotland, the rain arriving later on. some of the rain will be quite heavy at times. the winds generally coming up from a southerly direction, so it is a mild night with temperatures 10—16 celsius across parts of east anglia and southeast england as we head into the first part of monday morning. monday sees rain clearing away from eastern areas of england, but in scotland, the rain just eases to blustery showers here, so it does stay pretty unsettled for northern areas,

the rain pretty persistent in shetland. should be increasing amounts of sunshine, though, through the afternoon across wales and england, and it's here where it will continue to be very mild for the time of year with highs up to 19 celsius tomorrow afternoon. now on bbc news the media show. hello. as the war in ukraine continues to escalate, what role does journalism play in peacemaking, in dialling down the rhetoric? the bbc'sjohn simpson, was in kyiv last week to interview president zelensky. in a moment, we will hear his take. and with me in the studio is another giant ofjournalism, emma tucker is the editor of the sunday times, only the second woman to have done thatjob in more than 100 years. emma, welcome to the media show. hello, katie. hello, presumably the fact that you are able to come in here on a wednesday means that wednesday isn't the day when you have to decide what the front page is? wednesday is definitely not the day

when we decide on the front page,