welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines. on the day that her new finance minister completely tears up her economic plan, liz truss vows to fight on. i want to accept responsibility at stake for mistakes that have been made. at stake for mistakes that have been made-— been made. will you lead the conservatives _ been made. will you lead the conservatives into _ been made. will you lead the conservatives into the - been made. will you lead the conservatives into the next . conservatives into the next general _ conservatives into the next general election? | conservatives into the next general election?— conservatives into the next general election? i will lead the conservatives _ general election? i will lead the conservatives into - general election? i will lead the conservatives into the l general election? i will lead i the conservatives into the next general election. we'll have that interview with the british prime minister and ask can she really survive?

as the china party conference begins, the united states says president xi is leading the country in a more "aggressive" direction. and one of the literary world's biggest prizes, the booker, is won by sri lanka's shahaan karunartilaka, about his country's civil war. i country's civil war. was writing a murder mystery and i was writing a murder mystery and itjust seemed every sri lankan atrocity, we never deal with it, we kind ofjust move on. the british prime minister, liz truss, has said she is sorry and accepts responsibility for mistakes in her economic plan. the majority of measures in her so—called mini budget have been reversed by her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. in an interview with our political editor, chris mason,

she said the plans had gone "too far and too fast", but insisted she would lead the conservatives into the next election. inside ten downing street tonight, today's prime minister in the corridors, those of yesterday on the wall. prime minister, who is to blame for this mess? first of all, i do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. i wanted to act to help people with their energy bills, to deal with the issue of high taxes, but we went too far and too fast. i've acknowledged that, i've put in place a new chancellor with a new strategy to restore economic stability, and now what i'm focused on is delivering for the public. let's be clear and blunt — your very vision for britain is dead, isn't it? what i'm focused on is delivering on energy supplies,

on delivering on new roads, opportunities across oui’ country. we have to make sure that we have economic stability and that has to be my priority as prime minister. i've acted in the national interest. i remain committed to the vision, but we will have to deliver that in a different way and that's what i'm determined to do with the new chancellor, jeremy hunt. i do think it is the mark of an honest politician who does say, "yes, "i've made a mistake, i've addressed that mistake and now we need to deliver for people what we have said we will deliver." do you accept that what you have done in the last five weeks since you took office has made it worse for people? it's made it harderfor people to pay their bills? first of all, i have said sorry

for the fact we did act too far, we went too far and too fast. that has consequences for people, on people's bills. the reason i did that was to make sure we were dealing with the immediate issue of the energy crisis and we did help people with their energy bills. do you feel humiliated? i feel, first of all, that i did make mistakes and i've been upfront and honest about that. yes, it hasn't been perfect — it's been a difficult time, and i think we did an interview before i got thejob and i said it would be tough because of the circumstances we're facing... has it been harder than you could possibly have imagined? i was expecting it to be tough and it has been tough. and will you lead the conservatives into the next general election? i will lead the conservatives into the next general election. definitely? well, look. i'm not focused on internal debates within the conservative party. but you know you need to be in order to stay in office. the important thing is that i have been elected to this

position to deliver for the country. we are facing very tough times. we simply cannot afford to spend our time talking about the conservative party rather than what we need to deliver, and that is my message to my colleagues. first thing this morning, it felt like a government on the run. sorry about the rain, guys. the new chancellor was even apologising for the weather. jeremy hunt was jogging before dawn thought of breaking. any more u—turns? the answer was yes. news was already breaking. mr hunt was performing the last rites on almost all of liz truss's plans — her programme for government dead. living hour by hour. this is what hand—to—mouth governing looks like. camera crews were called to the treasury, ministers so petrified by the pace of events, yanking big

chunks of a massive announcement forward by a fortnight isn't enough. even leaving it to this afternoon was too late for them. there was a statement filmed just after 11 o'clock, too. no government can control markets, but every government can give certainty about the sustainability of public finances. and they're doing that byjunking pretty much everything liz truss said she stood for. we will reverse almost all the tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago that have not started parliamentary legislation. cancelling a rise in national insurance and changes to stamp duty in england in northern ireland, the only bits held onto. the planned cut in income tax in england, wales and northern ireland is off. at a time when markets are rightly demanding commitment to sustainable public finances, it is not right to borrow

to fund this tax cut. so, i've decided the basic rate of income tax will remain at 20% and it will do so indefinitely. and that wasn't it. the very crutch against which the prime minister has lent through weeks of criticism, for help with energy bills for two years — that was watered down, too. the prime minister and i have agreed it would not be responsible to continue exposing public finances to unlimited volatility in international gas prices. so i'm announcing today a treasury—led review into how we support energy bills beyond april next year. there will be more difficult decisions, i'm afraid, on both tax and spending. stark and blunt. taxes will be higher and government spending will be lower than was planned. by 3.30 this afternoon, labour were demanding answers from liz truss.

they tried to get her to turn up at the commons, but she said no and sent along a cabinet minister instead. with apologies to the leader of the opposition and the house, the pm is detained on urgent business. laughter. from the opposition parties here, derision. how can britain get the stability it needs when all the government offers is grotesque chaos? how can britain get the stability it needs when instead of leadership, we have this utter vacuum? how can britain get the stability it needs when the prime minister has no mandate from her party and no mandate from the country? where on earth is the prime minister, and if she doesn'tl even have the backbone to show up here today, i is there really any point - in her showing up here again? surely time's up. she needs to go and let the people decide. - for the damage and pain they

have caused across our country, will the leader of the house on behalf of her whole party address the people and businesses of our great country and apologise? and this labour mp suggested... and all we know right now is, unless she tells us otherwise, that the prime minister is cowering under her desk and asking for it all to go away. the prime ministerl is not under a desk, as the honourable lady... listen to the barracking and just look at penny mordaunt�*s facial expression. wherever she had been, we finally did spot liz truss making her way to parliament. i know the prime minister... just before a50, she arrived in the commons and her ministers shuffle along to make space for her as a growing number on her own side wonder when she might shuffle off as prime minister.

i asked our political correspondent for his take. well, ithink it'll go some way to calming the nerves of conservative mps that she's said sorry, that she's acknowledge that mistakes were made and she accepted, using the phrase she used in her brief news conference on friday, that she went too far and too fast in cutting taxes and trying to provide support for people with their energy bills. but i don't think there was very much in the way the prime minister engaged with that interview or the way she attempted to mount a defence of her premiership so far that will convince any of her critics that she should stick around any longer than she has to. the trouble for those who want to see liz truss removed from office is that there's no

clear path to doing that at the moment, and no clear candidate they can unite around in order to replace her. so, i think it might well buy her some time, but after that news conference we saw on friday, this was not a particularly confident or full throated defence of her premiership so far. and no real detailed answer to why she has had to throw out or put in place a chancellor who was thrown out a chancellor who has thrown out the majority of her programme for government. a russian warplane has crashed into a residential area in the southern russian resort town of yeysk, close to the occupied ukrainian city of mariupol. at least four people have been killed with several more missing. russia's defence ministry said the plane crashed during a training flight from a military airfield due to an engine fire.

the un security council is holding an urgent session to discuss the situation in haiti, which is facing gang violence, rising inflation and a cholera outbreak. gangs have taken control of the country's main port and are blocking fuel, water and food imports. the un is calling for international armed forces to be deployed to restore peace. the real madrid and france footballer, karim benzema, has won the men's ballon d'or award for this year's best player. he scored 44 goals last season to help real madrid win the spanish title. russia has attacked the ukrainian capital, kyiv, with a wave of iranian—made explosive drones. the strikes killed at least four people, including a pregnant woman and her husband.

airstrikes have also hit critical infrastructure in three regions beyond the capital cutting off electricity to hundreds of towns and villages. among them the area close to the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, cutting it off from mains electricity. it is currently running on back—up energy from a nearby coal—fired power station. our correspondent, paul adams reports from kyiv. ukraine's capital under attack again. moscow determined to keep kyiv on the front line. the city's defender is equally determined to tackle the threat any way they could but the drones came thick and fast. of 28, five got through. one tore this elegant apartment building in two. half of it is gone. one elderly resident's balcony was just a few feet away from her balcony. it is terrible.

i heard the second one out of nowhere. it has been a few hours since the explosion in the city, but there is still frantic rescue work going on. this is the second time in a week that the centre of kyiv has been hit. among those who died here. a young couple. the woman was six months pregnant. the russians want to make a catastrophe in our home towns. russia has used hundreds of iranians made attack drones in recent weeks, they are low—flying and hard to shoot

down. ukraine says it needs more help to deal with them. offices of ukraine's national energy company were hit today, infrastructure facilities targeted outside the capital too. moscow's assault on the daily fabric of life goes on. as the china party conference begins, the united states says president xi is leading the country in a more "aggressive" direction. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited forfor decades. the former dictator in the dock older, slimmer and, as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plane, it lights up a biblicalfamine —

now, in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion — in argentina today, it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies - in the past with great britain, but as good friends, _ we have always come to a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines. prime minister liz truss has acknowledged her government has made mistakes, and said she's sorry for them.

earlier, the new chancellorjeremy hunt announced u—turns on major plans, including tax cuts and long—term support for household energy bills. the united states has said president xijinping is leading china in a more "aggressive" direction. it follows the opening of the ruling party congress in beijing. president xi addressed the issue of taiwan, which china claims as part of its territory. he said the "complete reunification of our country must and will be realised". translation: resolving the taiwan question _ translation: resolving the taiwan question is _ translation: resolving the taiwan question is a - translation: resolving the taiwan question is a matter. translation: resolving the | taiwan question is a matter for taiwan question is a matterfor the chinese, we will continue to strive for the peaceful unification with the greatest sincerity and the utmost effort. we will never promise to announce the use of force, and we reserve the option of taking all measures necessary.

interference by outside forces and separatists leaking taiwan independence... inaudible. it is no means targeted at our taiwan compatriots. kerry brown is a professor of chinese studies and director of the lau china institute at king's college london. i think the speech is a reaffirmation of many other policy positions his administration have had in the last five years, maybe longer. a strong commitment to environmentalism, nationalism, which is a problem for much of the rest of the world. interesting commitment to educational development, and underlying that, a desire to be more autonomous and have less dependence technologically and may be economically on the rest of the world. and then finally, a very big assertion about the importance of the party, and the big vision of delivering a

powerful, strong china. not new things, just reasserted and reaffirmed as he looks to his third term in this position. abs, third term in this position. a more powerful china means a big economy, and with the zero covid policy, he is not wavering. we expected some figures today on gdp however they decided to hold them, what do you read into that? i they decided to hold them, what do you read into that?— do you read into that? i think they may _ do you read into that? i think they may have _ do you read into that? i think they may have taken - do you read into that? i think i they may have taken inspiration from the big collapse in confidence in the uk economy, because of data people didn't really trust and believe. china is clearly going through economic hard times at the moment, and the question is, is it going to be the new normal, a low growth economy for a while, or can they stimulate growth and do things about it? they have a lot of policy instruments, they certainly can do things that other governments might not be able to do so quickly. but there is no doubt at the moment, the

housing market in china is in a bad state. zero covid is taking a big sa toll on supply chains and growth, youth unemployment is going up in particular. there needs to be urgent attention. i there needs to be urgent attention-— there needs to be urgent attention. ., ., ., attention. i want to turn to another — attention. i want to turn to another story _ attention. i want to turn to another story concerning i attention. i want to turn to - another story concerning china, the uk government has said it is deeply concerned after a hong kong pro—democracy protest was pulled into a chinese consulate in manchester on sunday and attacked. around a0 people had gathered outside the consulate for a peaceful protest, and this is the moment the demonstrator was dragged inside and beaten up. he eventually escaped with the help of the police, however he suffered injuries and spent the night in hospital. the consulate says the protesters

had insulting protests of chinese president xijinping. they say he had been asked to move to the other side of the road. let's go back to kerry. in terms of what happened, we have seen this kind of thing happen in hong kong and mainland china, but nothing quite like it, especially in the uk. ., , the uk. yeah, the chinese... inaudible. _ inaudible. don't interfere in the affairs of other countries, and this seems way over that red line. consulate land is obviously a bit different because it regarded as the territory of the government represented on that land, and so this is a shaky area. but at the moment, the uk china relationship is in a very critical position, it's not easy. liz truss, the current prime minister, how much longer she continues in that position, has named china as a threat, which no prime

minister has ever done before. this kind of behaviour played into that narrative. the government in china might see this as patriotism and the rest of it, but certainly the optics in the outside world, particularly in britain, are extremely negative. now to a novel with a protaganist who is dead that's been described as full of life and won the coveted booker prize for 2022. the seven moons of maali almeida "is a supernatural satire' set amid the horrors of the sri lankan civil war. its author shehan karunatilaka spoke to our reporter katie razzall. congratulations, i wonder how it feels to join the likes of salman rushdie, hilary mantel, and win this prize?— and win this prize? look, i am used to releasing _ and win this prize? look, i am used to releasing books - used to releasing books to little fanfare, and that's what i thought for this, i thought

it would come out, maybe some people might like it, and then we got the book a long list. that was phenomenal. every step, the party as continued, and yeah, i was going to have a drink and go home, and this is fabulous. , ., �* , drink and go home, and this is fabulous. , ., �*, ., fabulous. turns out it's a better story _ fabulous. turns out it's a better story and - fabulous. turns out it's a better story and you - fabulous. turns out it's a better story and you get| fabulous. turns out it's a l better story and you get to win. as i said, ifa better story and you get to win. as i said, if a ghost story and your protagonist wakes up dead on the first page of the novel and has to spend seven days trying to find out who killed him and expose the horrors and atrocities of war. how important is it for you to get the message of the sri lankan civil war out to a wider audience? i lankan civil war out to a wider audience?— audience? i wasn't thinking in those terms, _ audience? i wasn't thinking in those terms, i _ audience? i wasn't thinking in those terms, i was _ audience? i wasn't thinking in those terms, i was writing - audience? i wasn't thinking in those terms, i was writing a l those terms, i was writing a murder mystery and itjust seemed that every sri lankan atrocity, we never deal with it, we kind ofjust move on. the idea of a ghost story where the dead get to speak, ijust thought that was an abs erred conceit for a novel. and that's really what i was doing. but

yeah, 1989 was a grim time forgotten by many including people in sri lanka. it was interesting to assert that. members of the south korean pop band bts have announced they will fulfill their military service. public opinion has been divided over whether to allow the stars an exemption because of their contribution to south korea's economy. all south korean men, have to serve between 18 and 21 months. here's michael bristow. bts are global pop superstars. they've contributed billions of dollars to their country's in south korean culture. they've even got involved in issues outside the pop world. perhaps the world's biggest band has spoken at the united nations and met president biden at the white house. but in south korea, all able—bodied men have to undergo military service before the age of 30. they have to join up

for between 18 and 21 months. there's been a national debate about whether bts should be given an exemption because of the huge service they've already given to south korea. the issue has even been discussed in the national assembly. the seven band members have now ended the speculation about their futures. in a statement, they said they would serve in the military out of respect, they said, for their country's needs. that means resisting north korea. among the glamour and glitter of the music business, it's easy to forget that seoul is under constant threat from its belligerent neighbour to the north. so, for a few years, bts will say goodbye to the red carpet and screaming fans. they'll exchange formal wear for army fatigues. but they'll be back in three years, when their time in the military is done. michael bristow, bbc news. that's all for now —

stay with bbc world news. hello there. monday brought plenty of afternoon sunshine across england and wales and it was very mild for the time of year, with temperatures reaching as high as 20 in london. that's four degrees above the october average. meanwhile, in scotland, an area of low pressure was with us all day, bringing cloudier weather and outbreaks of rain that struggled to clear away. now, what we're looking at over the next couple of days is this area of low pressure will move out of the way, and in its place, an area of high pressure will build in from the north. but because it's coming in from the north, it will have some colder air trapped in that — that reaches scotland. meanwhile, to the southwest, low pressure lurks. that's going to be flicking bands of rain across the uk over the next few days from the southwest. looking at the weather picture at the moment, it's quite quiet weather—wise. clearing skies for most

of us and it's a much colder night as well, so temperatures starting off tuesday morning down into low single figures and, for some, i reckon there will be some mist and fog patches around, probably the worst of it across parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern england. it'll take the first couple of hours before that mist and fog is cleared out of the way. then you can see the extent of the day's sunshine, just a few passing showers for orkney, shetland, clipping aberdeenshire, and there may well be a little bit of cloud just coming in across cornwall, threatening an odd spit of rain, but for most, it's dry. temperatures mild again — england and wales, ia—i8 degrees, bit close to average for scotland and for northern ireland. heading into the middle part of the week, we see this area of rain extending in from the southwest. now, as the rain comes in on wednesday, it's going to come in kind of sporadically in bursts here and there. might stay dry across northeast england and dry for scotland, but you'll notice more cloud building in here, probably quite misty as well. cooler weather for scotland and the far northeast of england — 9—i2 degrees is below average, but still mild further south,

even with the rain moving in. now, for thursday, we've got a heavier band of rain that's going to push its way northwards followed by probably a mixture of sunny spells and showers. if anything, it will get a little bit milder again with temperatures up to 19 degrees in london. mild as well for northern ireland, but still relatively cool in scotland. friday, the low pressure is still with us, but it's getting closer. really, we'll see some showery bursts of rain extending northwards across the country, and some of those downpours could be quite heavy at times. that's your latest weather, bye—bye.

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