this is bbc news. the headlines at six. more changes to the mini budget look set to come — amid talks this afternoon between liz truss and her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. they met at chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, as some of her mps continue to question herfuture. butjeremy hunt says voters do not need more turmoil 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 is the last thing people want to happen. china's president xijinping has defended his controversial zero—covid strategy communist party gathers for a congress in beijing that happens twice in a decade.

iranian authorities say four inmates are dead after a fire at a prison in the capital, as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. the new chancellor, jeremy 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. behind the 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 the power now? really? i think it is important that when you talk about ditching things, the biggest element of that mini budget was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think liz truss needs to go, but her chancellor had this warning to his party. when i talk to my constituents in south west surrey, what they want is stability, and the worst thing for that would be more political instability at the top, another protracted leadership campaign. i think that's the last thing that people really want to happen. but a former cabinet colleague said liz truss needed to get more talent in her team. she needs to bring the broad

conservative party into her government. so a reshuffle? she needs a reshuffle, because the reshuffle that she started her administration with, she took the decision — which was respectable but high—risk — to only put in the cabinet people who had voted for her, and that means, you know, that's only a third of the conservative party in parliament. as despairing tory mps trudge back to westminster tomorrow, they know this is a political crisis that directly affects their constituents, and if the last few weeks have shown anything it's that decisions made by politicians here can have an instant impact on people's lives and the economy, on the value of the pound, on borrowing costs, mortgage payments and rents. and it seems many tory mps have resolved that liz truss cannot be left in office to sort it out. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up. and it's now a question as to how the succession is managed. he's the first conservative mp

to publicly say it should now be curtains for liz truss, but the criticism from others is hardly veiled. power is a very fickle thing - and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but is not in power. over the past few weeks the government has looked like libertarianjihadists and treated the whole country as kind of laboratory mice in which to carry out ultra, ultra free—market experiments. watching on, the leader of the uk's closest ally, who may have chilled relations with number 10 with this highly unusual bite of commentary... the idea of cutting taxes on the super wealthy at a time when... anyway, ijust think... i disagree with the policy, but that's up to great britain to make thatjudgement, not me. reaction to the 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 from the start of a new week of trading on the international markets which could give some clue as to whether the new chancellor's words today have soothed market nerves. earlier we heard from tim bale — who's politics professor at queen mary university in london. he says if the markets are noit heading in a positive direction for the uk, the pressure on liz truss will almost become too much for downing street to bear. 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. _ it is bad enough now. but, when they are 70, what will the world be like? a short time ago we heard from the human rights lawyer adam wagner who outlined the scale of the new plans the home secretary has announced. it's a big suite of changes.

lots of different new laws which focus on disruptive protest and nonviolent protest. so things like blocking infrastructure projects, tunneling, allowing police to stop and search protesters like, in the past, they've been able to stop and search in areas where there is suspicion of knife violence. lots of restrictions on particular protesters who will be to get protest banning orders against individual protesters. also all of those provisions have been reheated from provisions or proposals 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 and protests when it's against public interest, and there is going to be serious disruption to public services and that sort of thing.

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. xi jinping entered the great hall of the people as a leader confident that he 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. there was no acknowledgement of the pain this country has suffered, that cities have shut down for months on end, nor the rising youth unemployment as businesses close their doors. translation: the epidemic has

really hit that economy, - and i was hoping to hear new policy to help people. if we could find a job . we wouldn't be studying for a masters degree right now. on matters of great international concern, mr xi said he wouldn't rule out taking taiwan by force. china considers the self—governing island part of its territory, and military drills have accompanied rising tensions in recent months. he also defended the hong kong crackdown, which he said had restored order. 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 o'donnell, bbc news, beijing. 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. 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 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 toe over each other if you wanted to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre 209. and the solitary confinement is on the first floor where i spent quite a long time there. the headlines on bbc news... more changes to the mini budget look set to come — amid talks this afternoon between liz truss and her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. china's president xijinping has defended his controversial zero—covid strategy communist party gathers for a congress in beijing that happens twice in a decade

iranian authorities say four inmates are dead after a fire at a prison in the capital, as protests continue. elon musk says his starlink satellite company will continue to provide internet to ukraine for free, despite threatening to start charging for the service. ukraine has described starlink as vital, saying it helped the country survive critical moments during the russian invasion. for more on this about—turn, here's stephanie prentice. three, two, one, zero. ignition. liftoff. elon musk�*s starlink satellites launching in 2019 his bid to provide broadband around the world that a few years later would become critical to the ukrainian war effort. the company's 3000 stations in low earth orbit have been crucial to communications by troops

for the past eight months as they monitor russian movements. but on friday, a different battle was raging. mr musk said his company could no longer provide the service, suggesting the pentagon took over the alleged $20 million a month internet bill. so why the sudden change? it all seemed to start when he weighed in on ukraine's military strategy, asking twitter users if it should accept territorial losses, including crimea, in the interest of a peaceful end to the war. it wasn't welcomed by vladimir zelensky or ukrainian ambassadors, including one who tweeted a profanity, saying, that is my very diplomatic reply to you. in pulling his internet services, mr musk said he was just following their recommendation. now, though, the world's richest man has had another change of heart and in another tweet has said he'll continue his support. and for now at least, ukraine has one less battle to worry about. stephanie prentice, bbc news.

since president putin announced a partial military mobilisation last month, tens of thousands of men of fighting age have left the country. one such man, who fled with just a backpack and his bike, which he used to cross into georgia, has been speaking to our reporter anastassia zlatopolskai in turkey, where he is now. translation: this war is not solely against ukraine. - it's a war against our own people. it's a genocide of the russian nation inside the country. i'm 31 years old. i did my military service with the guard of honor battalion. it is considered to be an elite unit of the russian army. i was supposed to be drafted in the first wave. i really didn't want to end up in the war because it's not our war. amat sergei, which is not his real name, in istanbul. he was sure he would be drafted and had hurried to escape after russia announced it was calling up reservists. i have a newborn son.

i couldn't imagine going away in such circumstances, leaving everything behind. i packed my backpack, took a small sum of money, and left across the land border at the last checkpoint. after prices for airline tickets out of russia skyrocketed, tens of thousands try to leave over land to georgia. as sergei approached the frontier, he found a queue of cars stretching back 20 kilometers from the checkpoint. so he decided to cycle. i was stopped by an assistant policeman and he took my passport. he said, "we have the mobile military commissariat here. "follow me and i will bring you there." sergei tells me he was freed after paying the policeman a bribe of 5,000 roubles, about $80, and continued cycling. the nervous tension was very strong. the column of military cars arrived with roadblocks. i did not stop cycling. we spent the whole night in the neutral territory between the borders.

it was hard to stand still. there were a lot of cars and people. many were suffering from headaches. some were losing consciousness. there was a lack of water and food. after an exhausting 1a hours, sergei was able to cross into georgia and then took a flight to istanbul in turkey. i went by myself without my family. i wouldn't want them to live through what i had to. i believe that it is impossible to change anything in russia, at least now, because we have a siloviki state, state of force, and we are not able to change the people in power in a lawful way because elections are only fictional. in the end, it is only one big prison camp. sergei says what he wants most is to be back together with his wife and son. but this will have to be somewhere other than russia. anastasia topolsky, bbc news, istanbul.

more than one thousand paddington bears and other soft toys — which were left outside royal residences in tribute to the queen — are being donated to the charity barnardo's. the bears will be professionally cleaned then delivered over the coming weeks — but, first, a select group of them were greanted an audience with the queen consort, camilla, as our royal correspondent daniela relph explains. keeping an eye on the hundreds of bears that have been left in tribute to her mother—in—law, camilla, queen consort, was photographed in clarence house last thursday, 64 years to the day since the first paddington book was published. after the queen's death, every royal residence was surrounded by a sea of flowers and in amongst those floral tributes were the paddington bears, so many of them, in london, windsor, sandringham, balmoral, snuck in between the flowers, a nod to the queen's specialjubilee surprise when hejoined herfor tea.

thank you for having me. i do hope you're having a lovelyjubilee. tea? oh, yes, please! even other members of the royal family noticed the impact of paddington as they thanked crowds in the days after the queen's death. i think paddington might knock the corgi off the top spot now. | the corgis won't take that very well. - after the funeral, the flowers and bears were carefully cleared away and moved to buckingham palace, clarence house, and the royal parks nursery in hyde park. one of the sweetest things was a pair of boots and a little paddington bear. they will now be professionally cleaned and given to the children that barnardos cares for in the weeks ahead. i mean, it's absolutely wonderful that we've managed to find a home for these bears.

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

love hello this is bbc love news with samantha simmonds. the headlines. more changes to the mini budget look set to come — amid talks this afternoon between liz truss and her new chancellor, jeremy hunt.

the communist party gathers for cash china's president xijinping has defended his controversial zero—covid strategy communist party gathers for a congress in beijing that happens twice in a decade 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. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. 0ur headlines... it might not be a title decider this season, but a statement win nonetheless. mo salah gives liverpool victory over manchester city. scotland stunned in their opening game of the rugby league world cup as italy run away with it in newcastle