welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. 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. china's president, xijinping, stresses the need for continued economic development but defends the nation's covid policy, as the communist party gathers in beijing. we have a special report

on the impact of somalia's drought, the worst in a0 years, with people walking for days in search of life saving help. we are headed for a catastrophe, this serious, really going to get worse. and private screenings of a film starring british and pakistani stars are being auctioned to raise funds forflood victims in pakistan. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk, where the new finance ministerjeremy hunt has been insisting the prime minister liz truss is in charge.

48 hours into thejob, he has the herculean task of restoring market confidence in her economic plans. he's made clear he will be looking at government spending as well as the planned tax cuts. mr hunt held talks with the prime minister on sunday. but her position did not appear secure — three conservative members of parliament have publicly called for her to resign. here's our political correspondent ben wright. behind the gates 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 strategy. so who has the power now? the prime minister is in charge. really? yeah, i think it is important... some tory mps think liz truss needs to go. 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 some of mr hunt's colleagues are still seething about the government's now abandoned plan for unfunded tax cuts. 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. i wasn't the only one that thought it was a mistake. even the us president has a view about what's been going on here. the idea of cutting taxes on the 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 and not me. and may have chilled relations with number ten with that highly unusual bit of commentary.

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. and this former cabinet minister thinks liz truss needs to get more talent into 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, that's only a third of the conservative party in parliament. reaction to the chancellor's budget plan could determine the prime minister's fate. some tory mps believe her time is up but allies says she can ride this crisis out despite the turmoil lapping at downing street's door. ben wright, bbc news. now to china, where president xijinping has said beijing would not renounce the right to use force in order to take control of taiwan, which beijing considers part of china. in his opening address to the communist party congress, president xi also stressed the need for continued economic development, despite signalling he won't ease the country's zero—covid policy that

has led to mass lockdowns. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. xijinping is on the brink of an historic third term in office. a move which will give him power not seen in decades. so at the great hall of the people, he was praising his government's performance, sounding strident, as he said the communist party would try to achieve peaceful unification with the self—governing island of taiwan, but warning that he wouldn't rule out seizing by force what he sees as part of his country's territory. translation: we will never promise to renounce the use| of force as an option. he defended the hong kong crackdown, which he said had restored order to the city. but what most chinese people wanted to hear from him was whether covid lockdowns and travel restrictions might be eased when the congress finishes. the short answer, no. translation: people's

lives come first. - we will not waver in our zero—covid policy. however, there was no acknowledgement of the pain this country has suffered, as cities have shut down for months on end, nor of the rising youth unemployment as businesses close their doors. translation: the epidemic has really hit the economy, - and i was hoping to hear new policies to help people. translation: if we could find a “ob we wouldn't be studying i for a masters degree right now. 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 reveal his new leadership team. his political rivals have been removed. in theory, he could

be leaderfor life. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. i'm joined now by charles parton, a former british diplomat who's worked in china for more than two decades and is now a fellow at the thinktank council on geo—strategy. thank you forjoining us. i want to begin by asking you, what did you think of president xi's speech yesterday?— think of president xi's speech esterda ? ~ ., , ., , ., yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he has - yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he has been i continuation of what he has been saying for the last ten years. i don't think it was unexpected, one wouldn't expect a whole raft of new policies or trends to come out. he is clear that the last ten years have been a great success and he seesit have been a great success and he sees it continuing. this was a statement, morale boosting as well as looking ahead at the hard struggle to come.—

as looking ahead at the hard struggle to come. as looking ahead at the hard stru: ale to come. ., , struggle to come. one of the things he did stress _ struggle to come. one of the things he did stress was _ struggle to come. one of the things he did stress was against _ struggle to come. one of the things he did stress was against any - he did stress was against any foreign interference on thailand. what do you think he will do if the us tries to protect it? —— on taiwan. what about the long—term strategy? i taiwan. what about the long-term strate: ? ., �* ~' taiwan. what about the long-term strate: ? ., �* ~ ., ,, strategy? i don't think the congress re ort strategy? i don't think the congress report revealed _ strategy? i don't think the congress report revealed anything _ strategy? i don't think the congress report revealed anything new- strategy? i don't think the congress report revealed anything new on - strategy? i don't think the congress| report revealed anything new on the chinese strategy. and indeed, the way you phrased it, as though america is going to take the initiative, whereas most people fear perhaps china might take the initiative. forsure, perhaps china might take the initiative. for sure, america will help taiwan defend its democracy and way of life, by supplying the right sort of arms and possibly training, but the initiative for catastrophe lies with china not america. what lies with china not america. what can ou lies with china not america. what can you tell _ lies with china not america. what can you tell us. — lies with china not america. what can you tell us, as _ lies with china not america. what can you tell us, as someone - lies with china not america. what can you tell us, as someone who has dealt with beijing, what is it like

to negotiate with them?- dealt with beijing, what is it like to negotiate with them? well, it's a very special— to negotiate with them? well, it's a very special skill, _ to negotiate with them? well, it's a very special skill, and _ to negotiate with them? well, it's a very special skill, and there - very special skill, and there are books written on it. it's hard work, it's tiring, i think they are very good at it in many ways. they don't necessarily behave in ways that we would expect. as an example, for instance, i don't think they think anything of keeping you there until well past midnight and not giving you very much food and water to wear you very much food and water to wear you down. you can always expect at the last minute having reached agreement it will be unpicked, and to put pressure on you to take a step back, because you think you have succeeded. there are many different ways. they are to. they have perhaps a longer timeframe and less leeway to make decisions. —— they are tough. it's a drawn—out process. thank you very much for

joining us. process. thank you very much for joining us— process. thank you very much for “oininr us. . ~ , . ., joining us. thank you very much for “oininr joining us. thank you very much for joining us- — somalia has a long history of droughts. but due to climate change, the intervals between them are getting shorter, and this one is the worst in a0 years. it's estimated that more than half the population, nearly eight million people, are currently living in drought—affected areas. the situation is getting worse. it's growing into a full—blown famine, where households have no food, and children suffer acute malnutrition. andrew harding's report comes from dolow, where people have come in search of life—saving help. a warning that you're likely to find parts of it difficult to watch. from the parched plains of southern somalia, a weary exodus. these families have trekked for days across a hostile wilderness in search of food. tens of thousands have made similar journeys in recent weeks.

drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vital role. the baby is really very severely malnourished. but pamela, a nutrition expert from neighbouring kenya, is afraid of what lies ahead. somalia needs help. now? yeah. and if it doesn't get it? we are headed for a catastrophe. this is serious. it's really going to get worse if nothing more comes in other than what's already there. today, that catastrophe is already taking shape in the crowded

stabilisation award. as usual, it's the under fives who act as the fragile sirens of famine. and today, a boy is fighting for his life. he is two years old, but weighs little more than a newborn baby. he has been hungry for most of his life? his mother tells me he had a fever for weeks. "the drought took everything from us, all our crops, our cattle," she says. "there was nothing left for the boy to eat." which is why they came here, to dolow. it took the boy and his family nine days to walk to this camp. they had to beg for food on the way. it was somalia's savage drought that forced them off their farm but the real culprit here is man—made climate change. almost no—one here thinks they will ever go back to their farms, to their old way of life. the next morning, we return to check up on the boy.

but he is struggling. his body temperature has dropped sharply. probably might be successful. we are not sure. but we are still trying to resusicate. the doctors try to warm him with a foil blanket, but he's too weak to respond. his mother and grandmother watch silently. but there is no more to be done. and with a light touch on her shoulder, his mother is told that it's over. her husband is there, too, to see the end. the number of children that we've lost here this year, 2022, also increased. it must take a toll on you and your staff to see that. yeah, it normally takes a toll, especially it is so sad and painful

when you witness something that can be prevented and can be corrected very easily. within hours, the boy's father is already helping to dig a grave. there are brief prayers. and as the women watch from a distance, a two—year—old's body is buried. it will not be the last here. andrew harding, bbc news, in dolow, somalia. this is newsday on the bbc.

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after almost three decades in—service, an aircraft that has controlled so many of its admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is newsday on the bbc. the new uk chancellorjeremy hunt meets the prime minister liz truss to discuss further changes to the mini budget. china's president defends his zero covid policy as the communist party gathers for a congress that happens only twice in a decade. sources inside iran's evin prison in tehran have said that shots were fired and teargas used during the fire that broke out on saturday night. iranian officials have said that four detainees were killed inhaling smoke and more than 60 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. parham ghobadi from the bbc persian service has more on the reaction to the official government account of what happened at the prison. one of the prominent iranian activists who was held in prison has told herfamily, and not many people have managed to call their family, that the prison, the situation last night was like a war zone. some of the female inmates were so scared for their lives that they managed to break the doors and get into the yard, but then faced snipers and riot police who were shooting tear gas. this is different from state media's account, who were showing a quiet and calm environment in the prison, but some of the journalists who spent time in the prison confirmed to bbc persia that they were showing different sections

of where the action took place, versus where they showed. a revolutionary guard news agency said that there was a prison break and some of the inmates tried to escape from the prison and ended up in a minefield, which is really bizarre. and they rejected that claim, but from the footage that we saw on social media, we see two objects, shot and fly from outside the prison into the prison and if you look at the trajectory, it is not something that can be thrown by hand, something that is probably shot and it is immediately followed by a sound, video of an explosion. renewed flood warnings have been issued for large parts of the australian state of victoria after days of heavy rain. residents in some areas have been urged to move to higher ground, while others have been told it is already too late to evacuate safely. the country's prime minister, anthony albanese, has been touring flood—hit areas

of the state, including melbourne. he's promised residents extra help is on its way. by the end of today, over 100 adf personnel will be on the ground here in victoria, providing support with evacuations, providing support with sandbagging, providing whatever support is required, and we'll continue to respond positively to further requests. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. diplomats are warning of a civilian bloodbath in ethiopia's northern region of tigray if rebels are pushed out of towns by ethiopian and eritrean troops. tigray residents say food and medical supplies are running out as a massive offensive on the region intensifies. the head of the world health organization, who is from tigray, says cities are being carpet—bombed. turkey's president has been

criticised for linking the deaths of 41 miners in an explosion to "destiny", saying such accidents "will always be". president erdogan made the comments during a visit to the site in bartin province on saturday. protests have taken place in istanbul objecting to his remarks, with some protestors describing the accident as a "massacre". the american r&b singerjoyce sims has died at the age of 63. she was best—known for her song come into my life, which was a chart hit in 1987. her work was also sampled by the likes of angie stone and snoop dogg. private screenings of a film starring british and pakistani stars including emma thompson and sajal ali are being auctioned to raise funds for flood victims in pakistan. around 1,700 people have died and nearly eight million people have been displaced by the floods.

emb hashmi has been speaking to the screenwriter and producer of the film what's love got to do with it, jemima goldsmith, about the auctions of the screenings. mo, here. mo the matchmaker. no photos? yeah, no photos yet. so, jemima, you have a new film out, what's love got to do with it?, and you are showing an awful lot of love for pakistan right now by auctioning off viewings of yourfilm, that is due out injanuary. tell me all about that. yes, i wrote this film a long time ago, produced it and it is partly set in pakistan. it's a predominately either british—pakistani or pakistani cast and it's just timely that we get to put it to good use at the moment, which is to help as a kind of fundraising tool. so, in terms of timing, it's been helpful because it means we can do various charity screenings and charity dinners to try to raise money for the flood victims in pakistan.

we're going to do another big fundraising event injanuary, which i would like to raise half—a—million at that. every single screening that we do will, in some way, hopefully, have a benefit charitably for the flood victims. emma thompson has been incredibly engaged, lilyjames has been very supportive with unicef, all the stars, and ali, a great pakistani actress, they have all said they will come out and take part in a fundraising event. a dinner and a screening, and regional events.

birmingham, manchester, will be various towns where there's a big south asian contingent. and another big fundraising event injanuary. i would like to raise half a million at that. . , ., would like to raise half a million at that. . ,, , would like to raise half a million at that. ., i. , ., would like to raise half a million at that. . , ., ., at that. have you spoken to anyone on the ground. _ at that. have you spoken to anyone on the ground, any _ at that. have you spoken to anyone on the ground, any victims, - at that. have you spoken to anyone on the ground, any victims, anyone from unicef working on the ground, and what are they telling you? the numbers -- _ and what are they telling you? the numbers... it's _ and what are they telling you? tue: numbers... it's really and what are they telling you? tte: numbers... it's really hard and what are they telling you? "tte: numbers... it's really hard to and what are they telling you? t'te: numbers... it's really hard to get and what are they telling you? tte: numbers... it's really hard to get a gauge on the actual numbers. they vary so much. it's an unprecedentedly terrible catastrophe. the environment minister estimated a third of the country was under water, 33 million people affected. 50 country was under water, 33 million people affected-— country was under water, 33 million people affected. so many millions of children affected. _ people affected. so many millions of children affected. yeah, _ people affected. so many millions of children affected. yeah, and - people affected. so many millions of children affected. yeah, and there i children affected. yeah, and there are no more _ children affected. yeah, and there are no more innocent— children affected. yeah, and there are no more innocent victims - children affected. yeah, and there are no more innocent victims than | are no more innocent victims than children of climate change. in particular, pakistani children in a country which has not been one of

the great carbon emission culprits. so it should be a real wake—up call to the rest of the world. we should all be on red alert watching what's happening in pakistan, because of course what happens there are effects everywhere in the world and it's coming for us.— it's coming for us. what other activities _ it's coming for us. what other activities do _ it's coming for us. what other activities do you _ it's coming for us. what other activities do you have - it's coming for us. what otherj activities do you have planned it's coming for us. what other. activities do you have planned to support victims of the floods? essen; support victims of the floods? every sin . le support victims of the floods? every single screening _ support victims of the floods? every single screening that _ support victims of the floods? every single screening that we _ support victims of the floods? every single screening that we do - support victims of the floods? er single screening that we do in some way will hopefully have a benefit charitably for the flood victims. the screenwriter and producerjemima goldsmith. more than 1,000 paddington bear toys left by the public to commemorate the queen will be sent to charity. camilla, the queen consort, is patron of the children's charity barnado's, who will receive the bears. paddington famously appeared alongside the queen during her platinum jubilee celebrations, in a sketch that saw the pair take afternoon tea together at buckingham palace.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello again. most areas of the uk enjoyed fine weather through most of the afternoon, with lots of sunshine initially. that's how things looked in east sussex. but later in the day, the cloud tending to build in from the south. and, indeed, we've started to see outbreaks of rain arriving. it is going to be quite a wet night for all of us. low pressure lurking to the south—west of the uk, and that is set to move north—east across the whole of the country overnight, bringing a spell of wet weather, some rain hanging around even into monday across the north—west. outbreaks of rain overnight, some quite heavy. but the most part, the rain is accompanied by fairly brisk winds, coming in from a southerly direction.

mild winds, which means overnight temperatures don't drop much below 1a, even 16 across parts of east anglia and south—east england. after an initial dip in temperatures for scotland, they start to lift towards the end of the night. tomorrow, this low pressure, outbreaks of rain pushing away from it quite quickly. england and wales has some fine weather and sunshine. scotland and northern ireland, slower to brighten up, and in the afternoon, some showers lingering around. temperatures 19 in london, three celsius above average for this stage of october. temperatures close to normal in scotland. the week ahead sees high pressure build in across northern uk, but that area of high pressure is associated with cool air, towards the south—west low pressure lurks, bringing outbreaks of rain in the week ahead. tuesday, for most of us, a decent day. mist and fog to start with, and a much colder start too. but for many, dry with sunshine, the threat of rain arriving from the south—west late on.

wednesday, an increasing threat of rain moving in across western england, wales, northern ireland, some of the rain quite heavy, the winds are strengthening, but for scotland and eastern england, dry with sunshine. temperatures if anything dipping below normalfor the time of year in scotland. further south, still very mild. thursday looks like one of the wetter days of the week, a pulse of rain moving north. the rain should clear later in the day across the south, 18 degrees, but close to normal with the temperatures in scotland.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the new uk chancellorjeremy hunt meets the prime minister to discuss further changes to the mini budget. jeremy hunt says voters do not need more turmoil as calls for liz truss to resign grow. china's president, xijinping, stresses the need for continued

economic development but defends the nation's covid policy, as the communist party gathers in beijing. renewed flood warnings have been issued for large parts of the australian state of victoria after days of heavy rain. the country's prime minister antony albanese has said extra help is on the way. and private screenings of a film starring british and pakistani stars are being auctioned to raise funds forflood victims in pakistan. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sebastian payne, whitehall editor for the financial times, and martin lipton, chief sports reporter at the sun. a very good evening to you,

gentlemen.