this is bbc world news. the headlines: uk prime minister liz truss meets her new chancellor to discuss further changes to the mini—budget as many in her own party question herfuture. jeremy 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. iranian authorities say four inmates are dead after a fire at a prison in the capital, as protests continue. china's president xi opens the communist party conference

stressing the need for continued economic development but defends the nation's covid policy. now on bbc news, our world: fighting putin's propaganda. tv rain, russia's last remaining opposition tv station, was forced off air in march 2022. our world follows senior presenters trying to relaunch tv rain from exile. in march, russia's last independent tv station went off air. tv rain opposed russia's war in ukraine and challenge the kremlin�*s propaganda machine. this narrative about massive support of this war is false, so that's why they have killed us. the journalists of tv rain, including senior presenters katya and tikhon, were forced

to flee the country. our world joins the power couple on their mission to relaunch the channel from exile. i'm scared to death. can they fight the kremlin? they believe their weapon is the truth. it's june 2022. with the war in ukraine, georgia's capital, tbilisi, has swelled with new arrivals. rock music plays. among them, tikhon dzyadko, from moscow. he's editor—in—chief of tv rain, russia's last

independent tv channel. his wife is katya kotrikadze. she's tv rain�*s director of news. having escaped russia, they and their colleagues have found temporary refuge in georgia. everyone here is united by their opposition to the war this is a ukrainian band. they're fighting for the country, just like every ukrainian is. sometimes i feel that i'm more ukrainian than russian. i want people to understand that there are russians who are against this. katya and tikhon are russian tv personalities. forfour months, tv rain has been off air. now, the plan is to relaunch

the channel as quickly as possible. cheering and applause. when tv rain — dozhd in russian — launched in 2010, the channel offered a new, progressive vision of russia. founded by media entrepreneur natalya sindeyeva, its programming focused on lifestyle and culture. voiceover: dozhd. optimistic channel. but that soon changed. during this period of time, tv rain has gone through the biggest events and biggest parts

of russian history. in 2011, tv rain exclusively covered mass anti—government protests in moscow, while state media self—censored. then, in 2013, it broadcast ukraine's maidan uprising. if you want to follow what is happening in kyiv, you should watch dozhd. by contrast, kremlin—controlled media portrayed ukraine's revolution as a western—backed coup.

to stay on air, the channel switched to viewer subscriptions. it's getting more and more subscribers — millions of people who watch youtube, not television, old—school.

0n 2a february, tikhon broke the news about russia's invasion of ukraine. the feeling was absolutely astonishing. like, you — gasps... you can't breathe. tv rain took a firm anti—war position. after the war has started, it became obvious that we were one of the biggest problems in terms of informational war for moscow. we had 25 million views

on youtube daily, which is a huge amount of people. this amount of people could show that this narrative about massive support of this war is false. so that's why they have killed us. meanwhile state media echoed the kremlin line that russia's invasion of ukraine was just a special military operation, not a war. then, president putin signed a law that could jail for up to 15 years anyone who questioned the war. this law was adopted specifically to get rid of anyone who would be against this government, openly and actively. 0n 1 march, the kremlin shut down tv rain�*s website. katya received a call

from a journalist friend. he said, "grab your kids and leave the country". and i was absolutely dead on that moment. we understood that it's impossible to work in such conditions, and we decided to stop operations. when tv rain made its last broadcast from moscow on 3 march, katya and tikhon had already left the country. staff were wondering whether they would ever work together again. since leaving russia,

katya and tikhon have spent the last four months in tbilisi. katya was born here, but moved to moscow when she was ten. katya's mother was one of more than 200 people killed after bombs destroyed two apartment blocks in moscow in september 1999.

chechen militants were blamed for the attacks, but there were credible allegations russian security services planted the bombs to justify a war in chechnya and to assist vladimir putin's rise to power. the memory of her mother inspired katya to pursue her career injournalism.

there are a lot of theories about responsibility of vladimir putin and the fsb of russia. as a journalist i don't have evidence, but what i know about his policy and russian state policy is that they — they really want to forget about these people. i used to live in the united states. i remember every single year on 11 september what was going on there, how they remember — how they say every single name of the 3,000 people who died. i was trying to understand what's wrong with my country, what is wrong with my president, and what's wrong with the whole

before the channel's official relaunch, tikhon and katya have been producing their own new stream on youtube, with the help of georgia's formula tv. one of the main ideas of russian propaganda over these last 20—plus years is to make people not believe anyone.

when you listen to so many different versions, you think that there is no truth, because it could be anything.

this is one of the main parts of the mission that we have, to reach the guys who are actually pro—war. i think that there is a possibility to talk to them, and it's one of the main things that we are working on right now is to find a tone of voice. tikhon has called an important meeting for the staff worldwide. tv rain is due to relaunch, but not here in georgia — its new headquarters will be

in riga, latvia, in the european union. many russians who have left their country oppose the war, but the channel must connect with those who have stayed behind.

the discussion turns to the question of language. while in georgia, katya has strived to give her children a sense of normality but once again, the family is preparing to move — to latvia, the new home of tv rain. david is sure that this is something very temporary and he's gonna be back to moscow soon, so, yeah. we are all very emotional.

it's not easy to understand that it's gonna last for a long time. it's like my son, david, who thinks he's going to be back to school in a year, maximum. there are a lot of colleagues who are saving their hopes about going back to russia soon. if i accept this thought that i am in immigration and i'm staying in latvia or in europe for a while, and maybe for ten years or 20 years, then, i mean, it's gonna be harder to work, it's gonna be harder to fight. it's july 2022, riga. it's the day of tv rain�*s relaunch.

the family have been in latvia for only a week. with the support from latvia's tv3 group and independent financial backing, tv rain has a newsroom again. a reunited team are discussing what will be in theirfirst programme.

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i am overexcited and i'm scared and i'm nervous. i know that tikhon will be absolutely perfect — he always is. i'm praying for everything to be right. tv rain is streaming live on youtube — which, for now, is still available in russia. already, tens of thousands are watching.

we are not there. we are not on the ground. we need to find the way to be as honest, as professional as we were. it's a huge stress and huge trauma for russians to understand, to acknowledge that their country right now is on the other side — that their country is an aggressor, actually. right now, the only thing that we can do is to spread information, fight propaganda, put the facts in front of people.

cheering. i don't want to be a part of a political fight. unfortunately, we are part of a political fight, but it's not our choice to be there. we just wanted to be journalists. our mission is to be there for russian citizens, for people who live in russia who want better russia. since its relaunch from latvia, tv rain�*s audience has grown. in september, 1a million viewers inside russia watched its content on youtube. i think tv rain can stop putin. i think that citizens of russia could stop putin.

hello, there. so far this month we have seen the normal amount of rainfall across the uk. it has been a bit dry across england and wales, but scotland and northern ireland did get some wetter weather. on sunday we had plenty of sunshine for the afternoon then it started to turn cloudier late in the day across northern ireland, wales and southern areas of england and that is the first sign of the next batch of rain on its way.

looking at the week ahead we will see some pretty heavy rain across western areas particularly as another batch of rain works through, particularly on thursday. it is an unsettled weather pattern. low pressures to the south—west of the uk and this will bring widespread outbreaks of rain as we go through sunday night. the rain still with us heading into the first part of monday, although there will be an improvement in the weather across england and wales particularly as we start to see this rain clear away. this ridge of high pressure follows in behind, so there will be quite a bit of dry weather once we have lost that rain. further north for scotland and northern ireland the rain will tend to ease to blustery showers so it still will stay unsettled with threats of outbreaks of rain into the afternoon. temperatures near normal across northern areas but mild across england and wales, 19 in london, three degrees above the october average for the capital. monday evening and overnight the area of low pressure finally moves out of the way. still showers feeding

in on the back edge across 0rkney and shetland for a time, one to clipping into the north—east of aberdeenshire. it is going to be a much colder night as well with temperatures getting down into single figures. there could be a few areas that get close to a frost if we keep the clear skies and light winds long enough. mid—week, high pressure brings in across northern areas of the uk. we have this low area of low pressure. something of a battleground across the uk. for many on tuesday it is a dry day with the ridge of high pressure initially dominating the weather picture. there will be a few areas of mist and fog. so in scotland 12 or 13 degrees, because the average, but towards the south—west of very mild at 17 or 18 degrees. for wednesday, that area of low pressure starts to throw bands of rain across the south—west of england, wales and northern ireland. the driest weather closest

to the high pressure in the north—east but for here in scotland it will be cooler, those temperatures dipping below average, whereas elsewhere, particularly for england and wales, the weather tends to be pretty mild again. a band of rain pushes its way across the country. the rain is likely to be widespread and heavy for a time. still mild across southern areas with southerly winds blowing in, 18 degrees or so, but relatively cooler in scotland. heading into friday, the low pressure bringing some further rain across western areas in particular. one or two showers in the east but not amounting to too much. those temperatures are starting to lift by a degree or so in scotland and northern ireland, 14—16 here as we end the week. into the weekend and the following week, that area of low pressure is going to still really be dominating the weather picture, it will not go anywhere very far very fast so we have showers or a lengthy spells of rain

in the forecast through next weekend and into next week as well. the heaviest rain is always likely to be across western areas, closest to that low centre.

tonight, the prime minister is still in charge, the new chancellor says, as some of her mps publicly question herfuture. liz truss and jeremy hunt met at chequers today for talks on further changes to her mini budget. he says voters don't want more turbulence. what they want is stability, and the worst thing for that would be more political instability at the top, another protracted leadership campaign. tomorrow at westminster, liz truss will see her cabinet and mps, but the criticism of her decision—making has come from across the atlantic too. cutting taxes on the super wealthy at a time when... anyway, ijust think,

i disagree with the policy. as a new week begins, we'll be looking at the options