this is bbc news with the latest headlines. in the uk and around the world. the uk will have a new prime minister in place within a week, after liz truss quit yesterday, barely six weeks into the job. nobody has declared their intention to run yet, but among the possible contenders are former finance minister rishi sunak, and the current leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt. the question also remains whether borisjohnson could attempt a return to downing street — and speculation is rife. the school of thought there is no unity candidate. boris' supporters blame rishi sunakfor what happened in the summerand blame rishi sunakfor what happened in the summer and rishi sunak�*s supporters will never support boris johnson so the truth is there is a

stand—off. there is a question, can someone come through the middle and when that? meanwhile, parties of opposition in england, scotland and wales have called for an immediate general election. we don't have to go on like this, we can have stability and to have an economy that works for working people, that's why we need a general election. i'm samantha simmonds. in other news this morning: a warning — the health and social care system in england is �*gridlocked' and unable to cope with the demand, putting vulnerable people at risk. president zelensky says russian forces have planted mines at a dam in kakhovka, upstream from the city of kherson, as the ukrainian offensive gets closer. oscar—winning actor kevin spacey has sexual assault allegations dismissed by a jury in new york. the chess grandmaster hans niemann sues rival magnus carlsen, after the five—time world champion accused him of cheating.

hello and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. liz truss moved into 10 downing street when she became uk prime ministerjust six weeks ago. by the end of next week — at the latest — she'll be gone, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. she tendered her resignation to king charles iii yesterday after a premiership marred by financial turmoil, a series of humiliating u—turns and key ministerial sackings, and a day of chaos in parliament, in which party discipline fell apart speaking outside downing street, liz truss said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected. there will now be a fast—tracked leadership election to decide who will be the new leader of the conservative party and, ultimately, prime minister. nobody has announced their intention to run yet — but penny mordaunt and rishi sunak

are seen as contenders, and backers of borisjohnson are urging him to stand. let's take a look at how the contest will work. conservative mps have until monday to nominate their preferred candidate. each candidate needs at least 100 nominations — if only one candidate achieves that, they'll be declared prime minister on monday afternoon. if more than one candidate gets at least 100 nominations, then there'll be a vote by conservative mps. depending on the result of that, the final decision could be made by tory party members voting online. one thing we know for sure is the latest date for the next prime minister to be announced will be next friday. let's talk to our political correspondent, helen catt, who's in millbank. this is going to be much faster and a higher bar than we have seen in previous leadership contest earlier in the air? �* ., , , in the air? and absolutely deliberately _ in the air? and absolutely deliberately so _ in the air? and absolutely deliberately so and - in the air? and absolutely deliberately so and that i in the air? and absolutelyi deliberately so and that is in the air? and absolutely - deliberately so and that is because there is a recognition within the

party that they need some stability and some continuity and they need that correctly, and so they had sped up that correctly, and so they had sped up this process massively. if you think back to the summer when there was that process, over several weeks of touring the country and speaking to members, that has been very much truncated. as you say, we could even have, if only one candidate gets 100 mps to back them, gets over that 100 threshold, we could in fact have a result by monday for a new prime minister. 50 result by monday for a new prime minister. u, , result by monday for a new prime minister. , ., , , ., minister. so we can be assured that this weekend _ minister. so we can be assured that this weekend there _ minister. so we can be assured that this weekend there will _ minister. so we can be assured that this weekend there will be - minister. so we can be assured that this weekend there will be a - minister. so we can be assured that this weekend there will be a lot - minister. so we can be assured that this weekend there will be a lot of. this weekend there will be a lot of phone calls being made, a lot of lobbying being done but nobody has actually said foreshore that they are standing yet?— actually said foreshore that they are standing yet? they haven't. we have had peeple — are standing yet? they haven't. we have had people who _ are standing yet? they haven't. we have had people who have - are standing yet? they haven't. we have had people who have ruled - have had people who have ruled themselves out, jeremy hunt, the chancellor and james cleverley, the foreign secretary. tom tugendhat, they have said they will not stand this time around. whereas we haven't had anyone who has come forward yet and said they definitely will. i think partly that might be because this process is so different to a

normal leadership contest, when you would expect there to be launches and people want to build momentum early. actually, what i think you might find with this one is a lot more of it is done behind the scenes, to try and make sure they are getting towards that magic 100 number. i think people we are waiting to hearfrom our suella braverman, a journalist outside her home this morning, they spoke to her and asked if she would stand and she said she wouldn't say if she was standing or ruling herself out. she said she would make a statement later. other names in the frame are people like the defence secretary ben wallace. we are looking to hear from those on a course penny mordaunt and rishi sunak, who are seen as really serious contenders for this, we will be looking to see if either of them come forward and say they are definitely standing. there are lots of mps who have come out and said they would back either of them, or, as you said, boris johnson. another name in the frame that people have come out and said they were back him if they stand for some who are those people given there are huge numbers of

resignations by his own ministers towards the end of his time as prime minister and even the public opinion turned against him? this is the issue with a boris johnson can density —— candidacy. borisjohnson is let a divisive figure. the reason he is not still be prime minister is because he lost the confidence of a significant chunk of his colleagues but those are back and say the argument for this is at least he was the leader of the party at the point when it was elected. therefore, he has a mandate from the people. so it is putting someone back in who has at some point been chosen by the people rather than putting on a completely new person. but there are those who feel very, very strongly that if that were to happen, they could not stay in the parliamentary party and they have been telling the bbc that. there is a lot to look at here but as yet, nobody has actually formally declared. for as yet, nobody has actually formally declared. ., ., ., ~ , ., declared. for the moment, thank you

very much- — declared. for the moment, thank you very much. helen _ declared. for the moment, thank you very much. helen catt. _ declared. for the moment, thank you very much. helen catt. so _ declared. for the moment, thank you very much. helen catt. so how- declared. for the moment, thank you very much. helen catt. so how is- declared. for the moment, thank you very much. helen catt. so how is the| very much. helen catt. so how is the resignation of liz truss being viewed internationally? 0ur guess nowjoins us from chatham house. to what extent is the uk a laughing stock around the world after liz truss's 44 days at number 10? it is truss's lulu days at number 10? it is a lau~ahin truss's 44 days at number 10? it is a laughing stock — truss's 44 days at number 10? it 3 a laughing stock and that truss's 44 days at number 10? it 1 a laughing stock and that is the phrase i hear again and again and you have diplomats, officials, business people coming through from other countries, sometimes just having been to the foreign office and they are incredulous, they are appalled and absolutely fascinated, the jokes come through the door with them. it is not the image of britain that they have had, it's not the image of that britain has wanted to have, a country that often advises other countries on how to set up governments. and yet can't apparently run a stable government itself. it has been enormously damaging and i think that that sense of instability is going to hang

their even, when, britain acquires a stable government again. how their even, when, britain acquires a stable government again.— stable government again. how will liz truss be _ stable government again. how will liz truss be remembered? - stable government again. how will liz truss be remembered? she - stable government again. how will i liz truss be remembered? she made the point that she had brought in the point that she had brought in the energy cap to keep people's bills are slightly more under control and also cut national insurance contributions. those were the two things _ insurance contributions. those were the two things she _ insurance contributions. those were the two things she said _ insurance contributions. those were the two things she said in _ insurance contributions. those were the two things she said in a - insurance contributions. those were the two things she said in a very - the two things she said in a very short leaving speech. she did, she did, buti short leaving speech. she did, she did, but i don't think people are going to remember that. even though those were things she did, people are going to remember the chaos, the bravado of trying to have a budget and have huge tax cuts and not begin to say where they are coming from and then the financial turmoil that that created and the pushing above interest rates and mortgage rate that has hit many, many people, even though they come down a bit. jeremy hunt appearing to bring a bit of peace back to it all. she will be remembered for that chaos and as the

pub quiz answer of what was the shortest prime minister. i pub quiz answer of what was the shortest prime minister.- shortest prime minister. i think that will be _ shortest prime minister. i think that will be committed - shortest prime minister. i think that will be committed to - shortest prime minister. i think. that will be committed to memory shortest prime minister. i think- that will be committed to memory for a lot of people. tell us, what do you believe is required of the next conservative party leader? you say that britain needs its standing in the world to recover. i that britain needs its standing in the world to recover.— the world to recover. i think the first thing _ the world to recover. i think the first thing it _ the world to recover. i think the first thing it needs _ the world to recover. i think the first thing it needs to _ the world to recover. i think the first thing it needs to do - the world to recover. i think the first thing it needs to do is - the world to recover. i think the first thing it needs to do is sort | first thing it needs to do is sort out relations with europe. really so many roads lead to death. the idea that a dispute over the northern ireland protocol, the famous brexit phrase, could lead us into a trade war with europe is something the financial market would be more appalled by. and yet it remains our closest trading partner. you have to go and travel there, do business there and sorting out those relations is a priority. it affects so many aspects of british life is that i think the next government can

build on the position that britain has taken in ukraine, which came from borisjohnson, was absolutely backed by liz truss and very clear. this is one of the stronger bits of british foreign policy, standing out for our values and the ukrainians, supplying arms and so on and giving a bit of leadership to many other countries, including some in europe that have been less clear about what they wanted to do. so there is that to build on. with those two planks, you could then improve relations with the us. but this is going to be something of a long haul, because the image of chaos isjust something of a long haul, because the image of chaos is just hanging there and has made the world headlines and all kinds of countries, particularly the us, which is really fascinated and appalled by this.— which is really fascinated and a--alledb this. �* ., ., appalled by this. bronwen maddox from chatham _ appalled by this. bronwen maddox from chatham house, _ appalled by this. bronwen maddox from chatham house, thank - appalled by this. bronwen maddox from chatham house, thank you . appalled by this. bronwen maddox i from chatham house, thank you very much forjoining us. let's get more on their at the conservative peer

lord hayward who hasjoined me outside the houses of parliament will stop thank you for being here. we heard that a very strong interview from sir charles walker, the conservative mp, earlier in the week, saying he was sick of talentless people being in charge. he was appalled, disgusted by the chaos, the pandemonium. what is your view of your party this week? i the pandemonium. what is your view of your party this week?— of your party this week? i spoke to charles yesterday _ of your party this week? i spoke to charles yesterday and _ of your party this week? i spoke to charles yesterday and said - of your party this week? i spoke to charles yesterday and said to - of your party this week? i spoke to charles yesterday and said to him l charles yesterday and said to him that i sympathised with a lot of the views he had expressed. not the criticisms of individuals per se but just the general mess. 0ne criticisms of individuals per se but just the general mess. one has to remember that whilst this is a very internal conservative party matter, it affects the whole population of this country because it is the government of the country. what would ou government of the country. what would you say — government of the country. what would you say to _ government of the country. what would you say to those _ government of the country. what would you say to those people who are heartily sick of years and years of infighting in the conservative party, which was meant to be somewhat resolved by the eu referendum, that doesn't seem to have steadied the ship, does it? there are many people calling for a general election. i

there are many people calling for a general election.— general election. i think a general election doesn't _ general election. i think a general election doesn't solve _ general election. i think a general election doesn't solve the - general election. i think a general| election doesn't solve the problem because it goes on for x number of weeks. i've been listening to businessmen and political commentators this morning who have said they don't actually know what the labour party policy is. so it wouldn't ease the problem. but we have to identify that we had a protracted leadership election in july, into august and two september which we should never have had and we have now had the chaos of the last few days. but we have now had the chaos of the last few days-— we have now had the chaos of the last few days. but there is now -- there is now _ last few days. but there is now -- there is now a _ last few days. but there is now -- there is now a much _ last few days. but there is now -- there is now a much faster- last few days. but there is now -- there is now a much faster way i last few days. but there is now -- there is now a much faster way of| there is now a much faster way of selecting the next leader. sir graham brady and his 1922 committee had to change the rules, of course. that it could be still be conservative party membership you get to decide. how sensible is that when they delivered liz truss mark kelly you cannot blame the conservative party membership, it's the rules. they could have voted for rishi sunak. it they could have voted for rishi sunak. , ., ., _ they could have voted for rishi sunak. , . . a ~' sunak. it is a democracy. i think we all believe — sunak. it is a democracy. i think we all believe in _ sunak. it is a democracy. i think we all believe in a _ sunak. it is a democracy. i think we all believe in a democracy -

sunak. it is a democracy. i think we all believe in a democracy of - sunak. it is a democracy. i think we all believe in a democracy of one i all believe in a democracy of one form or another and the labour party have exactly the same process of giving the decision to their members. so, as you said, the 1922 have substantially dramatically shortened the process. nominations close at 2.00 on monday. 100 nominations, which means you can only have a maximum of three candidates and then votes on monday. and there is also significantly the indicative vote, taken at the end, which says two members, here's the view of all the members of parliament in relation to the final two, if there is a fine or two, because one of the candidates may withdraw. brute because one of the candidates may withdraw. ~ ~ , ., ., ., withdraw. we kept hearing for a time and time again _ withdraw. we kept hearing for a time and time again over _ withdraw. we kept hearing for a time and time again over liz _ withdraw. we kept hearing for a time and time again over liz truss - withdraw. we kept hearing for a time and time again over liz truss over i and time again over liz truss over the 44 days that she was at number 10 that there were some big problems to solve. the cost of living crisis, connected to the ukraine situation, with russia's invasion there and also we hear statistics about what

is happening in the nhs and social care. what do you want to hear from anyone who doesn't throw their hat in the ring, to try to bring about unity within the party and get on with trying to steady the ship nationally? i with trying to steady the ship nationally?— with trying to steady the ship nationall ? ~' ,., ., nationally? i think the important thin is nationally? i think the important thing is not _ nationally? i think the important thing is not so _ nationally? i think the important thing is not so much _ nationally? i think the important thing is not so much from - nationally? i think the important thing is not so much from the i thing is not so much from the candidates, although they have messages to convey and they will be talking to each other over the weekend to decide who is and who isn't going to run. that it is also from the other mps, making absolutely clear that if you do have absolutely clear that if you do have a government which is made up of people from all sides of the party, and that was one of liz truss' biggest errors, is she just produced a team of her own supporters and actually sacked a lot of people, then i want to hear mps and people in the house of lords saying, we will get behind the victor. in the house of lords saying, we will get behind the victor. b, in the house of lords saying, we will get behind the victor.- will get behind the victor. a very ruick will get behind the victor. a very quick question — will get behind the victor. a very quick question about _ will get behind the victor. a very quick question about boris - will get behind the victor. a very i quick question about boris johnson, quick question about borisjohnson, how welcome would return by him be given he's been investigated by the standards committee? aha, lat given he's been investigated by the standards committee?— given he's been investigated by the standards committee? a lot of people have stron:

standards committee? a lot of people have strong views _ standards committee? a lot of people have strong views on _ standards committee? a lot of people have strong views on both _ standards committee? a lot of people have strong views on both sides - standards committee? a lot of people have strong views on both sides and l have strong views on both sides and will be shouting.— have strong views on both sides and will be shouting._ i - have strong views on both sides and will be shouting._ i won't| will be shouting. your view? i won't exress will be shouting. your view? i won't exoress my — will be shouting. your view? i won't exoress my own _ will be shouting. your view? i won't express my own personal _ will be shouting. your view? i won't express my own personal view. - will be shouting. your view? i won't l express my own personal view. thank ou ve express my own personal view. thank you very much — express my own personal view. thank you very much for _ express my own personal view. thank you very much for talking _ to us, lord hayward. rishi sunak is expected to throw his hat into the ring for the job at number 10. here he is leaving home earlier this morning. can we see those pictures? i am not sure we can. there we are. of course, he was the person who was on the ballot for the conservative party members to pick earlier in the year. the last time we had the conservative leadership contest, which of course liz truss won, maybe it will be different this time for rishi sunak. crispin blunt is the conservative mp for reigate and said he would back rishi sunak in the leadership race. he was speaking to bbc breakfast and explained why. i was torn betweenjeremy hunt and rishi sunak in the last week. jeremy

hunt's picking up of the chancellorship and the astonishing way in which he stabilised the economy in the markets and everything else around the plans he put forward, within three days of taking thatjob, was incredibly impressive. it spoke to all of his qualities. now the principal difference betweenjeremy qualities. now the principal difference between jeremy and qualities. now the principal difference betweenjeremy and richey is jeremy has difference betweenjeremy and richey isjeremy has been in the cabinet for more than a decade and rishi as chance of a two or three years. they both have quite similar personal qualities and when people within your group in parliament, clearly in a different league to everyone else, they do stand out. bothjeremy and rishi have what i believe it takes, the capabilities to be leader of the country, to be the prime minister. ifjeremy isn't going to stand, then plainly the alternative should be rishi. rishi got to the final last

time, had the race gone on a little longer all the votes of the conservative party members taken at the end of it, i think there is no doubt he would have won. but he started with the disadvantage of a very popular prime minister boris johnson, he'd been seen to be responsible for him leaving office. we have to get past the great psychodrama around boris and that is going to be the question for us in the next week. but i don't think we want to go back to where we were six weeks ago. we need to look forward for the next two years of having a leader who can be prime minister and rishi can. absolutely no question in my doubt, great qualities, as well as being able to get the message across to the country that has it serious the situation is.- serious the situation is. crispin blunt. the former home secretary suella braverman — who resigned on wednesday — stood in the last conservative leadership election and she was asked this morning whether she would be

be running again. mrs braverman, are you going to l stand or can you rule yourself out? i'll be making statement in due course. mrs braverman, are you goingi to stand, can you give us some indication whether. you'll stand or not? earlier, i spoke to will walden, who ran borisjohnson's successful 2019 leadership campaign — i asked him whether he thought the former prime minister would decide to run in this contest. boris hates losing and i suspect that he won't do it if he can't make the threshold of 100 mps needed to go to a vote of tory mps. and particularly, i don't think he'll do it if he can't see a path to second place, because the truth of this is that rishi sunak is clearly the front runner among mps.

but in boris' case, if he can get to second, i suspect he thinks he can win because what happens is it goes to the membership and i think this is a membership that elected liz truss. borisjohnson, to a certain extent, is still the darling of that membership and if he can get to second, he thinks he can win the thing. so that's the simple answer. i think the other more complicated answer is that because he hates losing, i think one of the things in boris' mind that he'll be considering is that there's a 31% gap between labour and the tories at the moment. he will inherit a cost of living crisis that he has to own and, you know, he and the tory hierarchy know that their private polling is probably even worse than the public polling and they face annihilation at a general elections. so he will be thinking, is it worth it for me to potentially go and lose that election? so i don't think it's a given that he'll stand but i suspect that he's under a lot of pressure to stand, and if he thinks he can get past the threshold and get to second place, he probably will. why would conservative mps

put their name behind him, when he was ousted by so many of them? they are where all of those ministerial resignations because of his conduct. we'd be here all day if we listed the criticisms of him butjust a couple of them... he broke the law, the covid laws, his own rules during lockdown. accepted donations that were against the rules. he's facing scrutiny by the standards committee. why risk it? yes, i think that's a perfectly fair and very valid question. i think the simple answer is, a lack of a unity candidate and a lack of a sense that the tory party knows what it stands for any more. look, at the end of the day, he won't tell you this but the truth is that the situation a few weeks ago was largely his own doing. he has an elastic relationship with the truth, everything that's come before, patterson affair, partygate, the pincher affair, the way he governed and two horrific by—election defeats injune, he was the one that behoved

liz truss on the country and only six weeks ago, 70% of the country wanted him out — including a majority of tory voters. now, there's no evidence that those voters have changed their mind but what's also clear is that it's the same old boris. in his mind, he's done nothing wrong, he's unrepentant and he wouldn't do anything differently. and he won't do anything differently if he's re—elected. but i think the school of thought is there's no unity candidate and boris' supporters blame rishi sunak for the events that happened in the summer, and rishi sunak�*s supporters will never support boris johnson. so the truth is, there is a stand—off and there is a question about can someone come through the middle and win that? i think the blunt reality of this is there's no favourite candidate and whoever wins this election in a week's time, it will lead to disunity that already exists and i expect the only result of that is probably a general election ahead of when it's supposed to happen. that from a little earlier.

well, how might the british public react to its next prime minister? let's speak to ben page who's the chief executive of the pollster, ipsos. thank you very much forjoining us. talk to us about how public opinion regarding liz truss changed over time. it regarding liz truss changed over time. , ., regarding liz truss changed over time. , . , ., time. it started badly and ended worse. time. it started badly and ended worse- we _ time. it started badly and ended worse. we have _ time. it started badly and ended worse. we have never _ time. it started badly and ended worse. we have never seen - time. it started badly and ended worse. we have never seen a i time. it started badly and ended . worse. we have never seen a prime minister with no honeymoon period and with a sharper decline in her personal ratings. she said she was prepared to be unpopular but i don't think she expected to be as unpopular. literally record—breaking. so no, unfortunately, very low emotional intelligence, poor connection with the voters, unpopular policies. it was a disaster, quite frankly. the question now is, of course, what next? , ., ., next? indeed. judging from what eo - le next? indeed. judging from what people are _ next? indeed. judging from what people are telling _ next? indeed. judging from what people are telling you _ next? indeed. judging from what people are telling you in - next? indeed. judging from what people are telling you in the - next? indeed. judging from what| people are telling you in the polls you are conducting, are there any names that are coming forwards that are realistic?—

are realistic? let's look at the vafious are realistic? let's look at the various runners _ are realistic? let's look at the various runners and _ are realistic? let's look at the various runners and riders. i are realistic? let's look at the various runners and riders. ll are realistic? let's look at the - various runners and riders. i think all of the data i have suggests that probably rishi sunak is seen as the most viable candidate. he's got experience and when you put him up against keir starmer and asked the public who would make the most capable prime minister, it is neck and neck. this at a time when labour is 20 or more points ahead in the opinion polls. so rishi sunak probably has the edge. borisjohnson of course would like to be considered, but frankly the numbers don't sustain it. there is a myth in some parts of the conservative party that boris was a wonderful prime minister, much loved by the public, they were just waiting to have him back and it is a myth. seven out of ten people were dissatisfied with his performance back injuly, at the time he left office, stood down. there is no signs that any of that has changed. when we asked people which politicians they trusted, he

was pretty much the least trusted of any front line politician in britain. so adding that to a currently unpopular conservative party that is trying to have a new start, i think at least in an opinion poll in terms, maybe not for those and has a comment, but in opinion polling terms with the general public would be crazy. so probably at the moment it is rishi sunak. who knows how the deliberations of the conservatives in the house of commons go but in terms of public recognition and i would say that out of all of them is probably rishi sunak�*s at the moment to lose. probably rishi sunak's at the moment to lose. ~ ., ., probably rishi sunak's at the moment to lose. . ., , to lose. what are people telling you about the priorities, _ to lose. what are people telling you about the priorities, that _ to lose. what are people telling you about the priorities, that they - to lose. what are people telling you about the priorities, that they want | about the priorities, that they want the conservative party, the governing party, to be getting on with? . ., . , , governing party, to be getting on with? ., . ,, , with? the cost of living crisis is absolutely _ with? the cost of living crisis is absolutely front _ with? the cost of living crisis is absolutely front and _ with? the cost of living crisis is absolutely front and centre - with? the cost of living crisis is absolutely front and centre of l with? the cost of living crisis is i absolutely front and centre of the things the public want to hear from the conservative party about. the energy shock. it is those things, interestingly, rather than tax cuts

per se, or interestingly, rather than tax cuts perse, or even interestingly, rather than tax cuts per se, or even migrants in the channel. those are the things, economic competence. and one of the features of the last month or two in british politics is that normally the conservatives have held a lead over the labour party on managing the economy. in the last month, they have managed to completely obliterate that and now the labour party are seen as likely to be more competent on that, and that is really, really important, because you've got to be ahead of managing the economy. particularly at a time like now, and to have sacrificed that by the liz truss mini—budget is a very difficult position to row back. in terms of the polling, the sort of situation they have got themselves into is like the black wednesday situation of the early 19905, wednesday situation of the early 1990s, whenjohn major's lead just evaporated overnight and then labour were ahead consistently until their enormous victory in 1997. it is very aood to enormous victory in 1997. it is very good to have _ enormous victory in 1997. it is very good to have that _ enormous victory in 1997. it is very good to have that polling - enormous victory in 1997. it is very good to have that polling data - good to have that polling data because you rely on social media and

the gossip and hearsay would tell you a very different story. i the gossip and hearsay would tell you a very different story.- you a very different story. i love twitter but _ you a very different story. i love twitter but i _ you a very different story. i love twitter but i wouldn't _ you a very different story. i love twitter but i wouldn't rely - you a very different story. i love twitter but i wouldn't rely on . you a very different story. i love twitter but i wouldn't rely on it | twitter but i wouldn't rely on it for knowing what everybody thinks. it really is not the real world. ben page from ipsos, thank you very much. let's get some international reaction now, to see how what's been happening here in westminster is viewed by politicians outside the uk. joining me now is ingrid feuerstein, who's the uk correspondent for the french newspaper, les echos. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. what are people telling you when you are talking to them, to get reaction to the political situation caused by the conservative party here? situation caused by the conservative pa here? ~ ., , situation caused by the conservative pa here? ., , party here? well, of course, as you can imagine. _ party here? well, of course, as you can imagine, there _ party here? well, of course, as you can imagine, there is _ party here? well, of course, as you can imagine, there is a _ party here? well, of course, as you can imagine, there is a huge - can imagine, there is a huge astonishment in front of such a political instability, for what we call in france the mother of democracies. even before liz truss

left, it was always a surprise when i was explaining that a prime minister could be elected by thousands of conservative party members that were not representative of the population. of course, it played a role in this misadventure and outing a leaderjust after 44 daysis and outing a leaderjust after 44 days is seen as a kind of radical allergy in british politics that interest a lot in france but that is often not understood and it is a bit like the word for brexit, you know? it is still not understood in france and people are often drawing a relationship between the current instability and brexit, because for them, all this has started with the referendum of 2016. the collapse of the government is another episode showing that this was a deadlock and the politics cannot escape for this

any more. what should be understood is that brexit has been perceived as a defiant choice in france, because britain was saying, we are going to do better without the europeans. and to some extent, this misfortune around the mini—budget shows that the low tax and deregulation was kind of a dream. the market said no, and the population as well, because liz truss made herself very unpopular with this budget. six years after brexit, the uk seems still not able to achieve this project. in still not able to achieve this ro'ect. ., , ”i , still not able to achieve this ro'ect. . , , , , still not able to achieve this ro'ect. . , , , ~ ., ., project. in many ways, yes. a lot of commentators _ project. in many ways, yes. a lot of commentators saying _ project. in many ways, yes. a lot of commentators saying that - project. in many ways, yes. a lot of commentators saying that brexit i project. in many ways, yes. a lot of| commentators saying that brexit has a lot to do with the fracture within the conservative party even now. to what extent is the french interest a

morbid fascination for what they are seeing here? i morbid fascination for what they are seeing here?— seeing here? i wouldn't say it is a morbid fascination, i seeing here? i wouldn't say it is a morbid fascination, you i seeing here? i wouldn't say it is a morbid fascination, you know. it. morbid fascination, you know. it appeals also to many things. we could be facing in france with the far right, the far left, but i wouldn't say a fascination. i'm quite sure that the french government is looking very closely at what's happening currently in the uk because we usually have very intense political debate in france, we have one currently, it's regularly the case. there is always a pressure to increase public spending and what happened in britain may be shown as an example that you cannot do whatever you want with public money, that one day the markets will backlash and at some point your economic credibility will

be at stake. 0n the more political level, you might have noticed there was a statement from emmanuel macron yesterday, our president, who went more in the direction of appeasement, after the years of relationship with borisjohnson that were quite difficult. he said he had started to build a relationship with liz truss and that he hoped for a return to stability in current troubled times. it can look quite contradictory because liz truss had a very ideological stance on taxes, but she has shown in such a short mandate some pragmatism in her relationship to europe and there is a wish in france that such pragmatism can go on. ingrid feuerstein — pragmatism can go on. ingrid feuerstein from i pragmatism can go on. ingrid feuerstein from les i pragmatism can go on. ingrid feuerstein from les echos, i pragmatism can go on. ingrid i feuerstein from les echos, the french newspaper, very good to get your perspective on what is

happening here in westminster, thank you very much. that's all from westminster. we'll be here getting more reaction to this latest conservative party leadership contest. first of all, let's go back to the studio. official figures show a gloomy picture for the uk economy. with government borrowing up and people shopping less than before the coronavirus pandemic. retail sales volumes fell more than expected by 1.4% last month, continuing their slide from august. meanwhile government borrowing rose to its second highest september on record. joining me now is our business correspondent caroline davies. welcome to you. tell us more about these figures. pretty gloomy picture. these retailfigures were worse than people had been predicting which is more of a worry because the bank of england has said we're sliding towards a recession. these figures are important, people keeping a close eye on high

consumers are spending on what they are spending on. looking at these figures, sales of petrol and diesel are down by more than 10% compared to february 2020. people trying not to february 2020. people trying not to fill up quite as much as they were doing before. we also know that sales volumes and shops have gone down by 1.8%, people are trimming down by 1.8%, people are trimming down what they are buying. that is the volume of goods. they might see prices are going up but they will reduce how much they are going to buy. as you mentioned, as well as these figures we've also got data about the amount of money the government is borrowing and this is the difference between the money coming in and the many going out. that has increased, it is the second highest since records began. the first high in september was during the pandemic in 2020, this has still to be related to the five interest rates have gone up so the government is spending more to tighter service those interest rates as well. the

big concern is that these are the figures for september, this is before the government started to pay large amounts of money to be able to help people with their energy bills. that'll be 0ctober. help people with their energy bills. that'll be october. the expectation is this borrowing might arise as well. we've heard the chancellor jeremy hunt who has talked about spending down, the debt it needs to be reduced. but this is a big concern. be reduced. but this is a big concern-— be reduced. but this is a big concern. . . , , ,, be reduced. but this is a big concern. . , ,, concern. what a business is a big concern. what a business is a big concern. what i concern. what a business is a big concern. what are i concern. what a business is a big concern. what are businesses i concern. what a business is a big i concern. what are businesses saying what they want to hear from the chancellor?— what they want to hear from the chancellor? ~ �* , ., ,, ., chancellor? we've been taking a look at their markets _ chancellor? we've been taking a look at their markets since i chancellor? we've been taking a look at their markets since liz i chancellor? we've been taking a look at their markets since liz truss i at their markets since liz truss resigned. most of the markets are clear about what they want, they want credibility and stability. they want credibility and stability. they want to know what is going to happen in the economy, they want decisions to be made and kept to. it is looking unlikely there will be any u—turns on the u—turns. anyone who comes into power will know they are limited because they can't come in with a whole load of tax cuts. we saw what happened when liz truss and

kwasi kwarteng introduce those a few weeks ago. it is difficult to know exactly what they are going to suggest. businesses wants more clarity about what will happen and how they will be supported, how the labour markets will be supported. businesses want to know who have the answers. and we want to know how we will be supported on energy bills in six months' time.— six months' time. originally, when the ener: six months' time. originally, when the energy help — six months' time. originally, when the energy help was i six months' time. originally, when the energy help was coming i six months' time. originally, when the energy help was coming in i six months' time. originally, when l the energy help was coming in from the energy help was coming in from the government, it was going to be two years and that was reduced to six months. that is up to whoever becomes prime minister, he will have to give clarity as well. we've looked at these figures, we can see people are reducing the amount of things they are purchasing. if they have a certainty about their energy bills, they might spend more to keep us going. these are all the big questions whoever comes to power it needs to answer. who

questions whoever comes to power it needs to answer-— needs to answer. who is going to be our new prime _ needs to answer. who is going to be our new prime minister? i needs to answer. who is going to be our new prime minister? even i needs to answer. who is going to be our new prime minister? even as i needs to answer. who is going to be i our new prime minister? even as soon as monday. the race is on but we don't have any declared candidates. let's see how you feel about this so let's listen into nicky campbell. 0ur let's listen into nicky campbell. our basic question is, it is gathering the most response this morning. this is a man who makes marmite look like take it or leave it. extraordinarily divisive figure but those who love him, love him to the moon and back. people are getting in touch with us and the question is, to put it in the informal vernacular, bojo or no? remember how he signed off at pmg is, was that a threat, a promise or a pledge? will this be the last

borisjohnson debate on many more strutting into the phone in in future? the conservative groups will be a cacophony of pinging this morning. andrew bridge and has said there is a real possibility, he is not a borisjohnson there is a real possibility, he is not a boris johnson fan there is a real possibility, he is not a borisjohnson fan but he reckons he's got the numbers. we've got another boris johnson reckons he's got the numbers. we've got another borisjohnson supporter on saying, yes, he's going to get a fair and he's going to do it. maybe he has a head of steam. as things stand, he may well stand. we've got carroll from cambridge and scott in nottingham. morning, scott, morning, carol. you join an elite but big group of listeners this morning who want to get in touch on this one. carol, lots of people coming on saying, bring him back, bring it on. what do you say? i can't believe what i'm listening to this morning. i went to bed last night thinking,

this isjust flying i went to bed last night thinking, this is just flying a kite. i went to bed last night thinking, this isjust flying a kite. i i went to bed last night thinking, this is just flying a kite. i wake up this is just flying a kite. i wake up and half the population has been lobotomised while i was sleeping! it's like, honestly, it's like the film, invasion of the body snatchers. i can't believe it. people, they have been lobotomised or that has been an outbreak of something. or that has been an outbreak of something-— or that has been an outbreak of somethina. .,, ., ., ,., , something. the invasion of the body snatchers is — something. the invasion of the body snatchers is exchange i something. the invasion of the body snatchers is exchange force i something. the invasion of the body snatchers is exchange force came i something. the invasion of the body| snatchers is exchange force came out from outer space and their appearance was similar but they've been taken over by some strange force which made them kinder from as you said, zombified. believers have always been believers, haven't they? i understand that but all this is,

this is the tories protesting themselves because they know there is a general election, they are going to be obliterated. the likes of jacob going to be obliterated. the likes ofjacob rees—mogg and a gentleman from blackpool and the other tory from blackpool and the other tory from grantham, they don't care what ordinary people want. they only want to keep theirjobs and that is the bottom line. that is why they don't want a general election and they want borisjohnson back. they want mrjohnson back because they see it as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob _ as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob rees-mogg i as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob rees-mogg has i as an election winning thing. stefan in stowe, jacob rees—mogg has come out for borisjohnson in stowe, jacob rees—mogg has come out for boris johnson today. in stowe, jacob rees—mogg has come out for borisjohnson today. stefan, how are you doing? irlat out for boris johnson today. stefan, how are you doing?— how are you doing? not too bad, ourself? how are you doing? not too bad, yourself? this — how are you doing? not too bad, yourself? this is i how are you doing? not too bad, yourself? this is interesting. i how are you doing? not too bad, | yourself? this is interesting. from the off, the _ yourself? this is interesting. from the off, the believers i yourself? this is interesting. from the off, the believers were i the off, the believers were believing and the haters were hating. what do you reckon? let’s hating. what do you reckon? let's call it as it —

hating. what do you reckon? let's call it as it is, _ hating. what do you reckon? let's call it as it is, a i hating. what do you reckon? let's call it as it is, a party i hating. what do you reckon? let's call it as it is, a party who are i call it as it is, a party who are absolutely— call it as it is, a party who are absolutely fearful of u—turns who will kill _ absolutely fearful of u—turns who will kill off a prime minister for making — will kill off a prime minister for making too many of them and will make _ making too many of them and will make the — making too many of them and will make the biggest u—turn they have made _ make the biggest u—turn they have made. they know that if anyone is able to— made. they know that if anyone is able to save them from a p45 at the next general election it isjan —— boris _ next general election it isjan —— borisjohnson. stuff integrity next general election it isjan —— boris johnson. stuff integrity and morality. — boris johnson. stuff integrity and morality, we need to hold onto our 'ob morality, we need to hold onto our job so— morality, we need to hold onto our job so we _ morality, we need to hold onto our job so we will get this guy again and hopefully he will produce a rabbit— and hopefully he will produce a rabbit out of the hat. we'lljust have _ rabbit out of the hat. we'lljust have to — rabbit out of the hat. we'lljust have to swallow our pride, swallow any sense — have to swallow our pride, swallow any sense of integrity. there looming _ any sense of integrity. there looming issue of the standards committee, the integrity committee. we hoverfl— committee, the integrity committee. we haven't got any pride, that is the issue — we haven't got any pride, that is the issue. they don't have any. the thing _ the issue. they don't have any. the thing is _ the issue. they don't have any. the thing is though, they want

stability, also they claim. what happens — stability, also they claim. what happens when he is a fine to have lied to _ happens when he is a fine to have lied to parliament? the whole can of worms _ lied to parliament? the whole can of worms. let— lied to parliament? the whole can of worms. . ~' lied to parliament? the whole can of worms. . ~ . ~ ., ., worms. let me take it back to what ou worms. let me take it back to what you decide. — worms. let me take it back to what you decide. you _ worms. let me take it back to what you decide, you said i worms. let me take it back to what you decide, you said they i worms. let me take it back to what you decide, you said they know i worms. let me take it back to what you decide, you said they know he | worms. let me take it back to what. you decide, you said they know he is their only chance. you acknowledge objectively and i don't sense you are a lifelong tory, you acknowledge this is my political and ten i, you think though that realistically he could be a winner again? he could have that magic dust?— have that magic dust? tragically, es. if he have that magic dust? tragically, yes. if he passes i have that magic dust? tragically, yes. if he passes through i have that magic dust? tragically, yes. if he passes through the i yes. if he passes through the internal— yes. if he passes through the internal parliamentary party vote, there _ internal parliamentary party vote, there is _ internal parliamentary party vote, there is a — internal parliamentary party vote, there is a very high likelihood that he will— there is a very high likelihood that he will get — there is a very high likelihood that he will get through. if he there is a very high likelihood that he will get through.— he will get through. if he gets to the danso- _ he will get through. if he gets to the danso. colin, i he will get through. if he gets to the danso. colin, what i he will get through. if he gets to the danso. colin, what do i he will get through. if he gets to the danso. colin, what do you i he will get through. if he gets to i the danso. colin, what do you think is heard from carol, we've heard from stefan. colin is in sunderland. i was in sunderland the other day,

the bbc did loads of stuff from there about the cost of living crisis. colin. i recognise you! i didn't have a chance to speak. i'm a local— didn't have a chance to speak. i'm a local landlord. _ didn't have a chance to speak. i'm a local landlord. for— didn't have a chance to speak. i'm a local landlord. for me, i didn't have a chance to speak. i'm a local landlord. for me, this- didn't have a chance to speak. i'm a| local landlord. for me, this morning when _ local landlord. for me, this morning when it— local landlord. for me, this morning when it was— local landlord. for me, this morning when it was back _ local landlord. for me, this morning when it was back to _ local landlord. for me, this morning when it was back to a _ local landlord. for me, this morning when it was back to a leadership i when it was back to a leadership contest — when it was back to a leadership contest and _ when it was back to a leadership contest and i_ when it was back to a leadership contest and i thought, i when it was back to a leadership contest and i thought, no, i when it was back to a leadership contest and i thought, no, not. contest and i thought, no, not again — contest and i thought, no, not again and _ contest and i thought, no, not again. and that _ contest and i thought, no, not again. and that boris i contest and i thought, no, not again. and that boris my- contest and i thought, no, not| again. and that boris my flight back — again. and that boris my flight back i— again. and that boris my flight back i was _ again. and that boris my flight back. i was quite i again. and that boris my flight back. i was quite euphoric- again. and that boris my flight back. i was quite euphoric this| back. i was quite euphoric this morning — back. i was quite euphoric this morning thinking i back. i was quite euphoric this morning thinking if— back. i was quite euphoric this morning thinking if we i back. i was quite euphoric this morning thinking if we get- back. i was quite euphoric this. morning thinking if we get boris back _ morning thinking if we get boris back its — morning thinking if we get boris back. it's like _ morning thinking if we get boris back. it's like you _ morning thinking if we get boris back. it's like you get i morning thinking if we get boris back. it's like you get tickets i morning thinking if we get boris back. it's like you get tickets to| morning thinking if we get boris. back. it's like you get tickets to a micky— back. it's like you get tickets to a micky flanagan _ back. it's like you get tickets to a micky flanagan concert. i back. it's like you get tickets to a micky flanagan concert. he i back. it's like you get tickets to a micky flanagan concert. he is. micky flanagan concert. he is charismatic. _ micky flanagan concert. he is charismatic, he's i micky flanagan concert. he is charismatic, he's a i micky flanagan concert. he is charismatic, he's a fantastic i charismatic, he's a fantastic speaker~ _ charismatic, he's a fantastic speaker. when— charismatic, he's a fantastic speaker. when the i charismatic, he's a fantastic speaker. when the queen i charismatic, he's a fantastic i speaker. when the queen died, he would _ speaker. when the queen died, he would have — speaker. when the queen died, he would have said _ speaker. when the queen died, he would have said the _ speaker. when the queen died, he would have said the right— speaker. when the queen died, he would have said the right words- speaker. when the queen died, he would have said the right words ati would have said the right words at the right— would have said the right words at the right time _ would have said the right words at the right time. liz— would have said the right words at the right time. liz truss i would have said the right words at the right time. liz truss sat i would have said the right words at the right time. liz truss sat therel the right time. liz truss sat there like a _ the right time. liz truss sat there like a wooden _ the right time. liz truss sat there like a wooden doll. _ the right time. liz truss sat there like a wooden doll. this i

the right time. liz truss sat there like a wooden doll. this morning, somebody— like a wooden doll. this morning, somebody was— like a wooden doll. this morning, somebody was asking i like a wooden doll. this morning, somebody was asking pointedly, i somebody was asking pointedly, asking _ somebody was asking pointedly, asking keir— somebody was asking pointedly, asking keir starmer, i somebody was asking pointedly, asking keir starmer, asking i somebody was asking pointedly, | asking keir starmer, asking what somebody was asking pointedly, i asking keir starmer, asking what he would _ asking keir starmer, asking what he would give _ asking keir starmer, asking what he would give the — asking keir starmer, asking what he would give the nurses. i asking keir starmer, asking what he would give the nurses. he i asking keir starmer, asking what he would give the nurses. he said i asking keir starmer, asking what he would give the nurses. he said thatl would give the nurses. he said that would _ would give the nurses. he said that would be _ would give the nurses. he said that would be up — would give the nurses. he said that would be up to— would give the nurses. he said that would be up to the _ would give the nurses. he said that would be up to the committee. i would give the nurses. he said that would be up to the committee. his| would be up to the committee. his front— would be up to the committee. his front go— would be up to the committee. his front go on— would be up to the committee. his front go on the _ would be up to the committee. his front go on the picket i would be up to the committee. his front go on the picket line, i would be up to the committee. his front go on the picket line, it i front go on the picket line, it would — front go on the picket line, it would be _ front go on the picket line, it would be a _ front go on the picket line, it would be a disaster- front go on the picket line, it would be a disaster to i front go on the picket line, it would be a disaster to have i front go on the picket line, itj would be a disaster to have a front go on the picket line, it i would be a disaster to have a labour government— would be a disaster to have a labour government now _ would be a disaster to have a labour government now. oh, i would be a disaster to have a labour government now.— would be a disaster to have a labour government now._ but. would be a disaster to have a labour| government now._ but it government now. oh, my god. but it had an each — government now. oh, my god. but it had an each seat _ government now. oh, my god. but it had an each seat majority. i government now. oh, my god. but it had an each seat majority. he i government now. oh, my god. but it had an each seat majority. he was i had an each seat majority. he was ready— had an each seat majority. he was ready guy— had an each seat majority. he was ready guy at — had an each seat majority. he was ready guy at the _ had an each seat majority. he was ready guy at the helm i had an each seat majority. he was ready guy at the helm with i had an each seat majority. he was ready guy at the helm with rishi i ready guy at the helm with rishi sunak— ready guy at the helm with rishi sunak as — ready guy at the helm with rishi sunak as chancellor. i ready guy at the helm with rishi sunak as chancellor. yesterday, ready guy at the helm with rishi i sunak as chancellor. yesterday, i was watching _ sunak as chancellor. yesterday, i was watching all— sunak as chancellor. yesterday, i was watching all the i sunak as chancellor. yesterday, i was watching all the broadcasting from sunderland _ was watching all the broadcasting from sunderland and i was watching all the broadcasting from sunderland and it i was watching all the broadcasting from sunderland and it was i was watching all the broadcasting i from sunderland and it was almost zero youth — from sunderland and it was almost zero youth unemployment i from sunderland and it was almost zero youth unemployment in i zero youth unemployment in sunderland. _ zero youth unemployment in sunderland.— zero youth unemployment in sunderland. �* ., ., , ., ., sunderland. and how many of them are on zero-hours — sunderland. and how many of them are on zero-hours contracts? i sunderland. and how many of them are on zero-hours contracts? boris i on zero-hours contracts? boris johnson was — on zero-hours contracts? boris johnson was responsible i on zero-hours contracts? boris johnson was responsible for. on zero-hours contracts? boris johnson was responsible for allj on zero—hours contracts? err“ 1 johnson was responsible for all of that, was he? johnson was responsible for all of that. was he?—

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breaking news from pakistan. this is about in the who was ousted back in april. he has been disqualified today from running for political office for five years, his lawyer has said that after the country's electoral commission ruled he didn't declared gift he received while he was in power. his lawyer said they will challenge it at the high court right now. the former pakistan prime minister imran khan disqualified from running for political office for five years. to australia now where the flooding crisis continues in the county's southeast. it's a nervous wait for for people living near australia's biggest river, with warnings of further flooding and forecasts for more rain. residents in echuca near the victoria—new south wales state border are preparing for the murray river to peak later on friday.

abc reporter clint jasper is on the ground in echuca. essentially last week we had a pretty epic rainstorm. our local bureau of meterology described it as a tropical rain bomb. in the year that's been very wet in australia, different parts of the country have been flooding since december last year, the soil is already soaked with moisture and all the dams are full. there's only one way the water could go and that is across the land and down the murray river, our biggest river. residents of echuca are waiting for that huge flood peak to hit. the forecasts change every day so everyone is nervously waiting to find out when that water will come down stream. this of course is a country still reeling from previous disasters. yes, feels like we can't catch a break. we rolled from the summer bushfires which spread right up and down the east coast, straight into the coronavirus pandemic and just as we were coming out of that, the floods began in christmas last year.

we are currently in a la nina weather cycle which brings wetter temperatures. with the forecast of a third la nina on the way, people are very worried about the types of conditions heading into the summer here. since russia's takeover of the ukrainian city of kherson in march, communications there have been heavily restricted, making it difficult for people to share their stories with the outside world. journalist and kherson resident dmytro bahnenko documented the start of the invasion and three months of life under russian occupation the bbc�*s dzhafer umerov has this special report. translation: armoured vehicles have gone by, i and about 50 soldiers. on march 1st, russian tanks rolled in and take control of the ukrainian city of kherson.

taking a big risk, journalist dmytro bahnenko films the start of the invasion from his window. he and his wife lidia try to distract their five—year—old daughter ksusha from the war outside. the family tries to stick to routines. translation: beetroot. potatoes. cabbage. tomato sauce. ksusha, take a spoon and put it here. chanting. after weeks of peaceful protests, everything changes. the russian security forces

start to crack down. translation: they were throwing some grenades. j everything is burning. dmytro documents as much as he can. reports of russian forces intimidating locals start to emerge. dmytro's friend sasha is threatened. translation: they took him, | put a gun to his head and asked, what are your last words? he said something like, "to live." they said, "count to 100" and then they left. the war is starting to take a toll on ksusha. translation: i don't want them to drop bombs on me. i i saw a robot today. it was flying.

it wanted to kill me. dmytro�*s brother in law is also threatened by russian forces who have taken over the luxury resort he manages. both families decide it's not safe to stay any longer. translation: i really don't want to leave, . but the decision has been made. i have written down information about ksusha just in case. who her guardians will be if we don't make it. i will put the papers inside here. this is your library card. i will put it in the back here and it will get ksusha to wear it.

the journey out of kherson is risky. civilians trying to escape have been attacked. but after 36 hour journey and three months of living under occupation, dmytro and his family make it to safety. the bbc put the allegations made in this film to the russian security services. we did not receive a response. you can watch the full documentary "occupied" on bbc world news this weekend. the united nations says colombia has broken its own record for cultivating coca —

the main ingredient of cocaine. a new report has revealed colombia's coca harvest area increased by 43 % last year, the highest figure in two decades. emer mccarthy reports. these rolling green crops in colombia may look idyllic, but they hide an illicit ingredient — coca, the base of cocaine. and the world's largest producer of the drug has broken its own record for coca productions. colombia harvested some 204,000 hectares of the plant last year, a 43% increase according to the un office on drugs and crime. it's also the highest figure since the body started monitoring colombia's cocaine production in 2001. the report found the increases are due to more productive varieties, better technical assistance, and the replanting of coca bushes. most of colombia's cocaine goes to the us and europe. at the presentation of the report in bogota, the country's justice minister said the numbers were clear evidence of the failure of the war on drugs. translation: if we continue to do

what we have been doing _ for the last ten or 20 years, the result will not change. if we want to reverse the figure, we have to do something different, something new. that's a view held by the country's new president, gustavo petro. he has raised, among other things, an amnesty to gangsters willing to give themselves up and abandon the trade. he has also proposed purchasing arable land to redistribute to small farmers, to make a living from legal crops. in the past, the government has struggled to get farmers to move away from coca production, but promises to provide incentives and subsidies haven't materialised. emer mccarthy, bbc news. that is all from me. there is plenty more to come. please stay with us

for all the twists and turns from westminster. it won't be quite as wide today as it was yesterday but they will be downpours around today, a mixture of sunshine and showers across many areas of the country, it is going to be windy to the far south—west but that wind coming in from the south means it is a mild day. the area of low pressure it is creeping in will bring the strong winds. we will have those milder conditions with it. the remnants of yesterday's raine is confined to orkney and shetland over the afternoon. other parts of scotland and northern ireland will brighten up. shy was more frequent across england and wales, especially to the west where they could become slow moving. as i said, windy day,

50 mph gusts possible across wales. temperatures still above where they should be for the state of october, 13-18. a should be for the state of october, 13—18. a place between two or 4 degrees to what we expect. overnight, showers continue to spread eastwards. eastern areas of england will see more of the showers was in the evening. so is becoming confined to scotland, northern ireland in the night. any mist and fog patches will be isolated and it is going to be a mild night, 10—14 into tomorrow morning. as we start the weekend, we've got a little break between one weather system clearing and the next one arriving and that means it is going to be the drier day of the weekend for england and wales. we started northern ireland and scotland with clouds and heavy bursts of rain. england and wales, most places staying dry through the day with sunny spells but the far south, south—west and through wales will see a few showers develop mid afternoon onwards.

another mild day, not quite as breezy as it will be today. the winds are pick—up into sunday. the next area of low pressure will push its way in by this stage. with it, so more coherent bands of rain. one sweeping its way northwards, heavy and send it in the morning, a brief dry spell and then more showers petting up later. scotland and northern ireland seeing the driest conditions in the morning, rain for a time in the warning. another mild day into sunday and another mild week next week that it will be changeable with thundery showers.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the uk will have a new prime minister in place within a week, after liz truss quit yesterday, barely six weeks into the job. nobody has declared their intention to run yet but among the possible contenders are former finance minister rishi sunak, and the current leader of the house of commons penny mordaunt a question also remains whether borisjohnson could attempt a return to downing street — and speculation is rife. meanwhile, parties of opposition in england, scotland and wales have called for an immediate general election we don't have to go on like this, we can have stability and have an economy that works for working

people, that's why we need a general election. i'm samantha simmonds. in other news this morning... a warning the health and social care system in england is �*gridlocked' and unable to cope with the demand — putting vulnerable people at risk. the uk chancellor vows to do anything necessary to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less. oscar—winning actor kevin spacey has sexual assault allegations dismissed by a jury in new york. good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. liz truss moved into 10 downing street when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. by the end of next week — at the latest — she'll be gone, making her the shortest serving

prime minister in british history. she tendered her resignation to king charles the third yesterday after a premiership marred by financial turmoil, a series of humiliating u—turns and key ministerial sackings, and a day of chaos in parliament in which party discipline fell apart speaking outside downing street, liz truss said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected. there will now be a fast—tracked leadership election to decide who will be the new leader of the conservative party and ultimately prime minister. nobody has announced their intention to run yet, but penny mordaunt and rishi sunak are seen as contenders, and backers of borisjohnson are urging him to stand. and backers of borisjohnson let's take a look at how the contest will work. conservative mps have until monday to nominate their preferred candidate. each candidate needs at least 100 nominations — if only one candidate achieves that, they'll be declared prime minister on monday afternoon. if more than one candidate gets at least 100 nominations, then there'll be a vote by conservative mps.

depending on the result of that, the final decision could be made by tory party members voting online. one thing we know for sure is the latest date for the next prime minister to be announced will be next friday. this report from our political correspondent, lone wells. the shortest—serving prime minister in british history. her position unsalvageable. we set out a vision for a low—tax, high—growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognise, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore have spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. so attention now turns to who will replace her. tory mps have until 2pm on monday to nominate a new leader. they will need 100 nominations to make it onto the ballot.

that means a maximum of three tory mps could make the cut. if only one gets 100 nominations from colleagues, they will automatically become leader. if there's more than one there'll be an mps vote, and then tory members will pick between the final two in an online vote, with the whole thing done by 28th october. so, who are tory mps talking up for the top spot here? no mps have officially said they will run yet, but rishi sunak, who came second in the summer, is someone a lot of mps have already come out in support of. cabinet ministers penny mordaunt and kemi badenoch, who ran for the leadership this summer, are also being mentioned by some tory mps. as is suella braverman, who resigned just this week as home secretary. and then there's this man, the former prime minister boris johnson, forced to resignjust months ago after mass resignations from his own government. hasta la vista, baby. add a series of scandals over downing street parties, and revelations that he knew about sexual misconduct allegations involving one

of his senior government colleagues. some tory mps said they'd consider resigning as a conservative mp if he was elected again. others are now calling for him to return. conservative sources say the business secretary jacob rees—mogg has encouraged colleagues to back him. and other mps have said he is the only person with a mandate from the general public in an election. opposition parties, though, think it's time for a new election now. i really don't think another revolving door of chaos, another experiment at the top of the tory party, is the way out of this. what needs to happen now? well, on a uk level, there must be a general election. it is a democratic necessity. we don't need another- conservative prime minister. they need to go. we need another general election. let mejust get a show of hands. it's not scientific, but it's just to get an idea. who here would like a general election? an election is something tory mps will want to avoid, with the polls looking

bad for them. the immediate race is to see which of them can get the support of 100 colleagues over the weekend to have a shot at that top job. lone wells, bbc news. let's speak to the conservative mp for barrow and furness, simon fell. thank you forjoining us. who in your party is fit to lead. sir charles walker saying he was tired of talentless people being in charge. of talentless people being in charae. ~ ., �* ~ ., ., , charge. we don't know who will be standin: charge. we don't know who will be standing here _ charge. we don't know who will be standing here but— charge. we don't know who will be standing here but there _ charge. we don't know who will be standing here but there are - charge. we don't know who will be standing here but there are some l standing here but there are some names in the frame. rishi sunak, penny and boris being three i hear about a lot. i personally think rishi sunak is the candidate who should come forward and take us forward as a party and has proven himself and he is tested and has the experience and is honest and can provide the stability that the country needs on the party needs. he

traded blows with liz truss and came second last time. he could be regarded as the i told you so candidate. why would people choose him this time when they did not last? he gave an honest description of the description of the public was facing on the way to deal with them and to be honest he has been proven right. what we will need right now is experience at the top of government and we have seen what jeremy hunt has poured oil on troubled waters and calm the markets and that is reassuring but we need that as top spot in prime minister and in the cabinet around him. it doesn't matter if you are left or right or you voted for brexit or to remain, it's about people who can grip government and take the country forward and show people in my

constituents, up and down the land, that every day they get up we are saying we are on your side and working to the manifesto commitments to level up communities like the one i represent and we are working hard to deal with the cost of living crisis, working hard to solve the problems of the energy crisis while supporting ukraine. we need that cabinet talent and i think richey is the person who can bring the party together and bring them forward. you sa doesn't together and bring them forward. you say doesn't matter if you are leave or remain, which side you stand on on a variety of different subjects, but those things do matter. we see the conservative party constantly falling out amongst its elves on the damage it causes to the country. what do you say to a public that does not believe that the conservatives can continue governing?— conservatives can continue auovernin? . , ., conservatives can continue roverninf�*) . ., , ., , governing? what i say is that these are exceptional— governing? what i say is that these are exceptional times. _ governing? what i say is that these

are exceptional times. i _ governing? what i say is that these are exceptional times. i was - governing? what i say is that these l are exceptional times. i was elected for the first time in 2019 and therewith thereabouts 80 and it defied critics expectations and we had a simple manifesto commitment, let's level up and get communities to look different in four and a bit years' time and then we had a global pandemic and all of the implications of that have flown from it and we have the cost of living issues which again we had the pandemic on the war in ukraine and it's fair to say we've had a challenging run of it but despite all that and the strong views held by people from different wings of the party, what we have seen is reacting to the challenges we face. with the furlough scheme and making sure businesses did not

fall over and whether it is the vaccine roll—out. but fall over and whether it is the vaccine roll-out.— fall over and whether it is the vaccine roll-out. but we have seen our vaccine roll-out. but we have seen your party — vaccine roll-out. but we have seen your party preside _ vaccine roll-out. but we have seen your party preside over _ your party preside over extraordinary economic turmoil that has caused damage, even if those policies are rewound, some of the damage will remain. this time the contest is very different, 100 nominations needed per candidate and should be done within the week. how important is it that mps decide this time rather than putting it to the membership? the time rather than putting it to the membership?— time rather than putting it to the membership? time rather than putting it to the membershi - ? , ., . membership? the threshold that the 1922 committee — membership? the threshold that the 1922 committee has _ membership? the threshold that the 1922 committee has set _ membership? the threshold that the 1922 committee has set is _ membership? the threshold that the 1922 committee has set is hard - membership? the threshold that the 1922 committee has set is hard to i 1922 committee has set is hard to get even on the ballot paper and realistically that means we can have a maximum of three candidates and we've been through this before very recently and it feels like yesterday, so these candidates are tested and we as mps know them well, but it's important we have a contest and it's important we get to sound

them out and when it gets to the membership, because they have been through it before and they can come to the conclusion of who is the best person there and again, that is rishi sunak. he is by far head and shoulders the best one. but what is important that we go through this quickly because you reference the fact we need to show stability and get a grip of the situation and i think rishi sunak is the candidate to do that. we think rishi sunak is the candidate to do that. ~ . ~ think rishi sunak is the candidate to do that. ~ . ,, ., wider public is very low and has not recovered since he stepped down, so how welcome would it be if he threw his hat into the ring? i how welcome would it be if he threw his hat into the ring?— his hat into the ring? i have huge resect his hat into the ring? i have huge respeet for _ his hat into the ring? i have huge respect for boris? _ his hat into the ring? i have huge respect for boris? why _ his hat into the ring? i have huge respect for boris? why do - his hat into the ring? i have huge respect for boris? why do you i his hat into the ring? i have huge l respect for boris? why do you have hu . e respect for boris? why do you have huge resueet _ respect for boris? why do you have huge resueet for — respect for boris? why do you have huge respect for a _ respect for boris? why do you have huge respect for a prime _ respect for boris? why do you have | huge respect for a prime ministerial broke his own rules about lockdown and donations and is being

investigated by the standards committee because what if you let me answer the question i will tell you. he is a remarkable politician, absolutely marmite, i give you that. but i've been in rooms with him where it's been a hostile environment and people are frowning at the bottom of their faces environment and people are frowning at the bottom of theirfaces in their eyes are gleaming because he is so engaging that he grips the room and one of the last things he did as prime minister was to commission one of the submarines here and it was a remarkable event and he is a fantastic public speaker, but you have listed some of theissues speaker, but you have listed some of the issues which he had, and i think so soon after the party rejected him with the standards inquiry coming down the road, i don't think now is the time. i think we need someone who is proven and has the

experience, who can walk into number ten and command a team from day one and not learn on thejob, and frankly i think rishi sunak is the person to do that rather than looking backwards at the stories of the past. looking backwards at the stories of the ast. ., i. ., the past. some of your own colleagues _ the past. some of your own colleagues have _ the past. some of your own colleagues have described i the past. some of your own i colleagues have described the the past. some of your own - colleagues have described the last few days as pandemonium and chaos. why not go to the country and ask whether in a general election the conservatives really are fit to lead britain for the next two years? fin britain for the next two years? q�*i wednesday i had had enough. it was not an edifying time to be in the house of commons and it felt like the wheels were coming off the wagon. and we have the opportunity to show people that we can get a grip of the situation and take the

country forwards. we have to get back to delivering on manifesto that we were elected on, delivering on levelling up, letting people know that we we are getting up every day and fighting for them. and that is where we will be at the end of this very short contest.— very short contest. simon fell, thank you _ very short contest. simon fell, thank you for— very short contest. simon fell, thank you for talking _ very short contest. simon fell, thank you for talking to - very short contest. simon fell, thank you for talking to us. - labour leader sir keir starmer has repeated calls for a general election. he said borisjohnson returning as prime minister would be the most powerful argument for going back to the country. he also added liz truss should turn down the £115,000—a—year grant she is entitled to as a former prime minister. the risk is not a general election, the risk is continuing with this chaos. what you've seen in the last few weeks is real damage to the economy and our reputation as country, and people are paying the

price for that whether in mortgages or other things, so the risk is not changing, and there is an alternative. you can either have more of this chaos under the conservatives or stability under a labour government, stabilise the economy with a plan for growth and jobs. that is the choice and i think the public are entitled to their say on that choice. we have got to get away from this idea that there is a revolving door of chaos and we just get the next experiment at the top of the tory party. what matters is what happens to this country and there is the contrast. more of this chaos or stability under a labour government and its very important that everybody watching this appreciates we don't have to go on like this, we can have stability and we can have an economy that works for working people which is why we need a general election. give people a choice. do you want to continue with the chaos that damages the economy or would you prefer a labour

government on the stability brings to this country? i remind myself that only three months ago boris johnson left office because most of those who were serving him on his front bench had declared he was unfit office. so to go from the kamikaze budget under liz truss to a man that his own party has declared is unfit for office is the most powerful argument you can possibly have for a general election so we can put the alternative case of the country, which is stability, growth, and an economy that works for everyone rather than this chaos. we have set out that we want a fairer, greener britain. we have set out that what that means is good, secure jobs across all parts of the uk with the infrastructure to back that up. this is a plan that recognises that our economy needs to work for working people. the contrast with liz truss is she believes, and the conservatives believe, but it's only those at the top that create our wealth. ifundamentally those at the top that create our wealth. i fundamentally disagree. those at the top that create our wealth. ifundamentally disagree. we

have set out our plan which is based on working people and recognising that they create the wealth and they should benefit from that well. earlier, i spoke to the conservative peer lord hayward and asked him if he wanted to see a general election take place. a general election doesn't solve the problem because it goes on for any number of weeks and i've been listening to businessmen and political commentators this morning who have been saying that they don't know what labour party policy is, so it would not ease the problem, but we have to identify that we had a protracted leadership election in july into august and into early september which we should never have had and we've now had the chaos of the last few days. but had and we've now had the chaos of the last few days.— the last few days. but there is now a much faster— the last few days. but there is now a much faster way _ the last few days. but there is now a much faster way of _ the last few days. but there is now a much faster way of selecting - the last few days. but there is now a much faster way of selecting the | a much faster way of selecting the next leader, said graham brady and his 1922 committee changing the rules, but it could still be the conservative party membership you get to decide. how sensible is that

when they delivered liz truss? you can't blame — when they delivered liz truss? you can't blame the _ when they delivered liz truss? moi. can't blame the conservative party membership, and it is the rules. they could have voted for rishi sunak. , . ., . ., they could have voted for rishi sunak. , _, . ., , sunak. they could have done but it is a democracy- — sunak. they could have done but it is a democracy. a _ sunak. they could have done but it is a democracy. a democracy - sunak. they could have done but it is a democracy. a democracy of. sunak. they could have done but it. is a democracy. a democracy of only 60,000 is a democracy. a democracy of only 60.000 people- _ is a democracy. a democracy of only 60.000 people- i — is a democracy. a democracy of only 60,000 people. | think _ is a democracy. a democracy of only 60,000 people. i think we - is a democracy. a democracy of only 60,000 people. i think we believe l is a democracy. a democracy of only| 60,000 people. i think we believe in a democracy — 60,000 people. i think we believe in a democracy of _ 60,000 people. i think we believe in a democracy of one _ 60,000 people. i think we believe in a democracy of one form _ 60,000 people. i think we believe in a democracy of one form or - 60,000 people. i think we believe in a democracy of one form or another. a democracy of one form or another and the labour party have the same process of giving the decision to their members, as you said, the 1922 committee have substantially, dramatically shorten the process and nominations close at tpm on monday and there are 100 nominations which means you can only have a maximum of three candidates and then votes on monday, so there is also, significantly, the indicative vote taken at the end which says two members, here is the view of all of the members of parliament in relation to the final two, if there is a final two, because one of the candidates might withdraw. we kept heafina candidates might withdraw. we kept hearing time — candidates might withdraw. we kept hearing time and _ candidates might withdraw. we kept

hearing time and time _ candidates might withdraw. we kept hearing time and time again - candidates might withdraw. we kept hearing time and time again from i candidates might withdraw. we kept| hearing time and time again from liz truss over the 44 days that she was in 10 downing street that there were big problems to solve. the cost of living crisis, connected to the ukrainian situation with russia's invasion there, and we also hear statistics about what is happening in the nhs and social care. what do you want to hear from anyone who does throw their hat in the ring to try and bring about unity within the party and get on with trying to steady the ship nationally? i party and get on with trying to steady the ship nationally? i think the important _ steady the ship nationally? i think the important thing _ steady the ship nationally? i think the important thing is _ steady the ship nationally? i think the important thing is not - steady the ship nationally? i think the important thing is not so - steady the ship nationally? i think| the important thing is not so much from the candidates, although they have messages to convey and they will be talking to each other over the weekend to decide who is and who is not going to run but it's also from the other mps making absolutely clear that if you do have a government which is made up of people from all sides of the party, and that was one of liz truss's biggest errors, that she produced a team of her own supporters and sacked a lot of people, then mps and

people in the house of lords will say we will get behind the victor. i've mentioned that penny mordaunt and rishi sunak are seen as contenders in the new leadership race and we've seen suella braverman say she'll be speaking about her plans "in due course" — but kami badenoch could also be a contender. she's currently international trade secretary and also ran in the last leadership election. here was her reaction when she was asked if she would put herself forward again good morning. good morning. are you auoin to good morning. good morning. are you going to make — good morning. good morning. are you going to make a _ good morning. good morning. are you going to make a run _ good morning. good morning. are you going to make a run this _ good morning. good morning. are you going to make a run this time? - good morning. good morning. are you going to make a run this time? my - going to make a run this time? my answer going to make a run this time? m answer is the going to make a run this time? mg answer is the same as yesterday, the party needs to find a party to unite behind. thank you very much. thank you. our political correspondent, rob watson, is with me now. here we are again and it's only been a short few weeks since we were talking about the previous contest. yes, here we are indeed and we don't

even know yet who is actually running but i'm always a great fan of looking at the political betting odds for the simple reason that there is money at stake and if they get the odds are wrong, then the betting companies will lose lots of money so it's worth reminding where things standing and we look at the first three, the favourite, rishi sunak, formerfinance minister or sunak, former finance minister or chancellor as sunak, formerfinance minister or chancellor as he is known in the uk and numbertwo, drum roll, drum roll, could he be back? boris johnson and then the 30s penny mordaunt who is a senior minister in the government but maybe not as well—known as the other two. the well-known as the other two. the odds were — well— known as the other two. the odds were shortening quite quickly last night for borisjohnson, a keen betting friend of mine was telling me. how governor bill is the conservative party? we keep hearing everybody say we need unity. there are two big — everybody say we need unity. there are two big questions _ everybody say we need unity. there are two big questions in _ everybody say we need unity. there are two big questions in british - are two big questions in british politics on the obvious one, and you don't need to be a political correspondent for this, who will win? but the second one which in many ways is just as important if

not more is the one you raise, will that person be able to govern the party and govern the country? and i think whoever it is is going to have a real challenge based on the challenges of conservative mps, because whoever wins, fundamentally the conservative party is not united about who should be their best leader and adding complications of that, they are not united about where the direction should be and about who should leave them and leave them where. i don't think there is an agreed vision on post—brexit britain. it seems to me whether we get to maximum chaos depends on whoever gets elected, if you're a conservative mp and the person who gets elected next week is not your cup of tea, what do you do? do you bite your lip and think, goodness and woke —— vote with that person week after we can decide, my principles and beliefs are more important than party loyalty in which case you have more chaos and a deepening crisis. sorry for the long answer. don't apologise at all

because there's plenty of airtime to fill. �* . ., , , because there's plenty of airtime to fill. . ., , ., fill. but all of this is played out in public- _ fill. but all of this is played out in public. all _ fill. but all of this is played out in public. all of _ fill. but all of this is played out in public. all of the _ fill. but all of this is played out in public. all of the various - in public. all of the various divisions, and there are many in the conservative party at the moment and you mention brexit which was supposed to settle a lot of them but this is having an impact on the people of the united kingdom who are facing a winter of rising fuel bills, whether they heat their homes or eat a proper meal. many people are saying they are heartily sick of the psychodrama as it is described. absolutely, and the reputation abroad, and we can come to that in a second. you are absolutely right. what is different about this crisis is unlike a lot of the stuff we talk about, nobody cares about that stuff, abstract, surreal stuff, this is not like that, this is a country where people are really worried about how they will pay for their housing, food, heating, whatever it is and this is a country facing a cost of living crisis and a country where people are bruised and battered. so if you look at social

media and talk to people, anecdotal evidence, you are seeing something extraordinary, the level of mockery and i don't know how often you look at your phone. far and i don't know how often you look at your phone-— and i don't know how often you look at your phone._ our i at your phone. far too often. our politicians — at your phone. far too often. our politicians are _ at your phone. far too often. our politicians are being _ at your phone. far too often. our politicians are being utterly - politicians are being utterly ridiculed in this country and that is a very, very unhealthy place to be, and just to extend that, the uk's plummeting international standing and we have gone from a country being seen as perhaps the sanest and most reasonable in europe to being cool britannia to crazy britannia, so if you look domestically or you look further afield, our politics is not in a good place. we afield, our politics is not in a good place-— afield, our politics is not in a good place. afield, our politics is not in a mod lace_ . ., ., ., , good place. we are a laughing stock accordin: good place. we are a laughing stock according to — good place. we are a laughing stock according to chatham _ good place. we are a laughing stock according to chatham house - good place. we are a laughing stock according to chatham house to - according to chatham house to monitor these things abroad, and there is a real need and a desire, to be fair to our allies across the world that some stability should be brought back into westminster. yes. brought back into westminster. yes, and i'm brought back into westminster. yes, and i'm sure — brought back into westminster. yes, and i'm sure you _ brought back into westminster. yes, and i'm sure you will— brought back into westminster. yes, and i'm sure you will see _ brought back into westminster. yes and i'm sure you will see that, whenever the candidates emerge over

the weekend that they are going to be stressing stability now and clearly if you are a senior conservative these days, the stability one is the hard sell because they have been in power for 12 years and i'm guessing that stability would be probably what rishi sunak would go for. boris johnson's pitch would be rather different. his pitch will be the one i am the one who won the election in 2090 and i am the candidate that reaches parts of britain and other politicians cannot reach. but let's be realistic about this. i don't think anybody in the conservative party that whoever they elect as leader they are looking at anything other than an absolute drubbing at the next election. that other than an absolute drubbing at the next election.— other than an absolute drubbing at the next election. that is supposed to be 'ust the next election. that is supposed to bejust over— the next election. that is supposed to be just over two _ the next election. that is supposed to be just over two years _ the next election. that is supposed to be just over two years away. - the next election. that is supposed l to be just over two years away. yes, to be 'ust over two years away. yes, and to be just over two years away. yes, and people — to be just over two years away. yes, and people need _ to be just over two years away. yes, and people need to _ to be just over two years away. yes, and people need to be _ to be just over two years away. yes and people need to be reminded to be just over two years away. le: and people need to be reminded that constitutionally the conservative party, they could change their leader another five, party, they could change their leader anotherfive, six, seven, leader another five, six, seven, eight, leader anotherfive, six, seven, eight, nine times and they are not obliged to hold another general election but i go back to the other

point that say the next leader cannot take the party from one vote to the next from one saturday to the next. i suppose you could see chaos before the election.— before the election. have you got the energy _ before the election. have you got the energy for— before the election. have you got the energy for that? _ before the election. have you got the energy for that? you - before the election. have you got the energy for that? you are - before the election. have you got| the energy for that? you are going to need windscreen wipers for your glasses and a minute but thank you. we do have a gazebo, so we shall step underneath it in a moment. labour mp christian matheson has been found to have breached parliament's sexual misconduct policy. parliament's independent expert panel has suggested he be suspended from the commons for four weeks. if he is suspended for four weeks, a recall petition will be opened in his constituency of city of chester. if 10 per cent of the electorate sign the petition within six weeks, the seat will be declared vacant and a by—election held. that's all from westminster. i shall get undercover and handed back to the studio. please go and take shelter. thank you.

official figures show a gloomy picture for the uk economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less than before the coronavirus pandemic. retail sales volumes fell more than expected by 1.4% last month, continuing their slide from august. meanwhile, government borrowing rose to its second highest september on record. our business correspondent caroline davies has more about the figures out today. a pretty gloomy picture in the uk. these retailfigures a pretty gloomy picture in the uk. these retail figures were worse than people predicted, which again is more of a worry because the bank of england have said we are sliding potentially towards a recession, so these figures are particularly important and people are keeping a close eye on how consumers are spending on the market and what they are spending on. looking at some of these figures we can see sales of petrol and diesel are down by more than 10% compared to february 2020, so people are trying not to fill up as much as they were doing before and we also know that sales volumes in shops have gone down by 1.8% as

people are trimming down what they are buying and that is the volume of goods so they might see the prices going up then they will reduce down how much they are going to buy as well. and as you mention, as well as these figures, we have data about these figures, we have data about the amount of money the government is borrowing and this is the difference between the amount of of money the government has coming in and going out, and that has increased and is now the second highest level since records began in 1993, four september. the first tie in september was during the course of the pandemic in 2020. this is related to the fact that interest rates have gone up in the government is spending more to service the interest rates as well but the big concern is that these are the figures for september, before the government had started to pay large amounts of money to be able to help people with their energy bills as well. that will be october, so the expectation is that this borrowing might rise as well and we've heard from the chancellorjeremy hunt who has talked about the fact it's

important to get some of the spending down, that the debt needs to be reduced but at the moment it is a big concern. the health and care system in england has been described by regulators as gridlocked, with patients at risk because they can't get the assistance they need. the care quality commission says more than half of patients are unable to leave hospital when they are ready because of the health and care system in england has been described a lack of support in the community. with me now is our social affairs editor alison holt. another worrying and damning report into the state of the health and social care system. lt’s into the state of the health and social care system.— into the state of the health and social care system. it's like all of the indicators _ social care system. it's like all of the indicators are _ social care system. it's like all of the indicators are flashing - social care system. it's like all of the indicators are flashing red i social care system. it's like all of the indicators are flashing red in| the indicators are flashing red in terms of social care in particular, but in this report by the care quality commission you see the impact of the problems in social care on the wider health and care system. this report says that there are about 300,000 unfilled posts across health and social care. that is roughly the equivalent of the population of newcastle. 165,000 of

those vacancies are in the care sector, and the report also found that three in five patients get stuck in hospital because they do not get the support, the support is not get the support, the support is not available in the community to get them out and that has a knock—on effect with delays in emergency departments and what are described as dangerous waits for an ambulance handovers. and what about solutions? any discussed in the report? the report says a lot of the problems are rooted in historic underfunding, say what it calls for is long term investment and a workforce plan for health and care, but also targeting what it is saying in terms of social care. and there is an issue which comes up in this report, and we had one from a body that monitors the social care workforce, a couple of weeks ago, and both say the same thing. we need to value the work thatis thing. we need to value the work that is done by care staff and

increase pay, because at the moment, many could be paid more if they worked in a supermarket, and think of the different levels of responsibility. we are asking care staff to look after very vulnerable, elderly or disabled people of all ages. elderly or disabled people of all aces. . ~' elderly or disabled people of all aces. . ~ m now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. it is a dry and sunny day for some of you compared to yesterday but we can see downpours around. they will be frequent across parts of wales, western england. fewer showers in the east so much drier day here compared with yesterday. the damp started in scotland, the rain confined to orkney and shetland so many places dry this afternoon but if you showers it here and in northern ireland. mild day for all, 13—18, but a windy one in wales and the south—west. those winds remain strong tonight, easing into tomorrow, showers are sweeping across most

areas into the morning and becoming confined to scotland and northern ireland. another mild nights, temperatures in double figures. saturday, england and wales are largely dry and bright another mild night, temperatures in double figures. england and wales are largely dry and bright with lots of sunshine. saturday is the driest day of the weekend. scotland, northern ireland, outbreaks of rain but brightening up in the south and east of both. temperatures up to where they should be in october. sport now, let's get a full roundup, from the bbc sport centre. there has been a big upset in australia. ireland have knocked out the two—time champions the west indies. there's been a big upset at the t20 world cup in australia, ireland have knocked out the 2—time champions west indies to reach the super 12's, the next stage of the tournament it was a winner—takes—all match in hobart, windies won the toss and batted first, but were restricted to 146 for 5.

gareth delany took a career best 3 for 16. ireland were never in trouble chasing that down, thanks to their opener paul stirling, who was unbeaten on 66 at the end. they only lost one wicket, the skipper andrew balbirnie for 37, before lorcan tucker hit the winning runs, he made a5. joy for ireland, who have made it past the first round at a t20 world cup for only the second time. it's a double—header in hobart, scotland and zimbabwe are playing right now for the final spot in the super 12's. scotland made 132—6 after winning the toss. opener george munsey made 5a. zimbabwe are 55—3 in reply. looking good for scotland at the moment. stephen gerrard has been sacked by aston villa after 11 months in charge. he leaves the club 17th in the table, only above the reelgation zone on goals scored, they didn't get any last night, a 3—0 defeat at fulham harrison reed gave the home side a first half lead, and it then went from bad to worse for gerrard's team in west london, douglas luiz was sent off for this head buttjust after the hour mark.

they then conceded a penalty, before tyrone mings completed the 3—0 defeat, with an own goal. they were booed off the pitch by their travelling support at the end, gerrard was sacked an hour and half later, but not before he had faced the cameras vowing to turn things around. listen, i'm a fighter and i am not going to quit, it is not in my dna, but i certainly share the frustration and understand it. i won't shy away from it. you are covered it _ won't shy away from it. you are covered it you _ won't shy away from it. you are covered it you can _ won't shy away from it. you are covered it you can turn - won't shy away from it. you are covered it you can turn it - won't shy away from it. you are l covered it you can turn it around? won't shy away from it. you are . covered it you can turn it around? i covered it you can turn it around? l will continue to fight and continue to do what i do, unless i am told any different and i will move forward in that position. leicester were also playing last night and after their 2—0 win against leeds, the foxes boss brendan rodgers, who used to manage gerrard at liverpool, was told about his former captain's sacking.

it seems every day a manager is threatened to lose his job. stability and patient seems to be running out in football so i am really disappointed in him —— for him because i believe with time and patience, he could have got them where they wanted to be. cristiano ronaldo says the "heat of the moment" got to him, in explaining why he walked down the tunnel before the end of their win over tottenham on wednesday. he's been dropped from the squad to face chelsea this weekend as a result ronaldo's taken to social media saying, he's "always tried to set an example for the youngsters in the teams he's represented. he said, "sometimes the heat of the moment gets the best of us. ijust feel that i have to keep working hard, support my team—mates and be ready for everything in any given game." not this weekend he won't be! the wbc world heavyweight champion tyson fury says he won't take derek chisora lightly when the pair meet for

the third time in december at the tottenham hotspur stadium. many fans have been left underwhelmed by the fight, but fury, who beat chisora in 2011 and 2014 says a lot has changed. idid i did outbox him comfortable in the second time but his style has changed and guess what? so has mine. i used to be a tip tap boxer, gillian and jabbing around the ring, and now i am hms destroyer. so when you have two heavy forces colliding with massive bombs, guess what? someone is getting knocked out. that's all the sport for now. let's head to college green because martin is there.— martin is there. oddly, thank you very much- _ martin is there. oddly, thank you very much. welcome _ martin is there. oddly, thank you very much. welcome back- martin is there. oddly, thank you very much. welcome back to - very much. welcome back to westminster, the drizzle has stopped, thankfully.

the race is now on to replace liz truss as prime minister. she'll be gone by the end of next week at the latest, becoming the shortest serving pm in british history. i've been getting the view here outside parliament this morning, but what's the situation across the nations of the uk? charlotte gallagher is in northern ireland. stormont should be full of politicians making decisions about it has been mothballed, it has been empty for months because power—sharing here has collapsed. the democratic unionist party are refusing to go back until the northern ireland protocol, in their words, is axed. now, an election is due to be called here next friday by the current northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris, he said that is definitely going to

happen. but next friday, who is going to be prime minister but a mug who is going to be the northern ireland secretary? will it still be chris heaton harris or someone different who will delay this election? at the moment, everything really feels in limbo here. and while things aren't happening, of course, no decisions are being made about health care, public transport, education, things that really concern people here in northern ireland who like the rest of the uk living in a cost of living crisis. so there is a feeling that politicians in westminster and here in northern ireland need to get their act together. but one is that going to happen? chris heaton harris said it wanted to be the northern ireland secretary for a long time but that was a few days ago when liz truss was still in total charge, and now she's on her way out, is chris heaton harris on his way out as well? and of course different views from all the different regions. let's hear from alexander in glasgow. in scotland, all of the party

leaders say liz truss made the right decision to resign. the leader of the scottish conservative party, douglas ross, he said we must now move forward quickly and a new leader and prime minister will need to restore stability for the good of the country. last time, he didn't say whether he supported liz truss or rishi sunak so not sure whether he will publicly support anyone this time. in the end, he wasn't a supporter of borisjohnson. would he want him to make a comeback? well, who knows? scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has described this as an almighty mess, and she said they must now be a general election. she has said it is a democratic necessity now to have a general election and she said of liz truss that she would at most be a footnote in history. liz truss had said that nicola sturgeon was an attention seeker and someone that should be

ignored and we understand from nicola sturgeon that there had been no formal communication between the pair since liz truss took up office at number ten. nicola sturgeon has said now that she is happy to wait for the fifth prime minister that she has had during her term as first minister here in scotland. when she was asked if borisjohnson should return as prime minister, she said that that would be ludicrous. and although nicola sturgeon doesn't want to have a general election, she said that that wouldn't solve the problem here in scotland. she said that the democratic case for independence is growing by the hour. the scottish labour party, they have also called for a general election, the leader has said that the next tory leader will have no mandate as prime minister, he wants to see keir

starmer as prime minister and a labour government at westminster. the scottish liberal democrats, they have also called for a general election, so hit of political unity here in scotland, following liz truss's resignation. now for what happening in wales, he is my colleague in cardiff. welsh tory mps have returned to their constituencies. they will probably have a frosty reception from their members and the general public. most people are asking why there is the general election. those tory mps know that wooden boat physically well for them at the moment if you look at the polls. not many have so far declared who they want to succeed liz truss, fewer than half, but of those, most are calling for rishi sunak to be the next tory leader and therefore the next tory leader and therefore the next prime minister. one backing penny mordaunt but don't be surprised if a few by monday start

to back borisjohnson, because he does have a legacy here in wales. in the last general election, just less than three years ago, several of them won their seats on the back of them won their seats on the back of the burris bounce, picky about a traditional labour seats in north wales that turned blue in that election. as they look to the next general election, did i think that borisjohnson could be the leader who once again get them over the line to hold onto those seats? in terms of the other parties, well, labour, who are in charge here at the senate, the welsh parliament, they have joined the calls for a general election, their lead at the first minister druck —— mark drakeford saying that the uk government led by the conservatives no longer had the authority to govern and therefore the only democratic solution is a general election. that echoed by clyde camry. there leader adam price wanting an election. —— that echoed

by clyde camry. he says people should look to westminster and turn away from that chaos and let wales have its own destiny by backing independence, something we think he will argue when he makes his speech to plaid cymru members this afternoon. thank you very much to all of our correspondents. thank you for the descriptions of how things are going down in the nations in the uk. a development in the breaking news we brought you a little while ago regarding the labour mp for the city of chester, christian matheson, who had been found to have breached polymer�*s sexual misconduct policy. well, he is now saying he has tendered his resignation as labour mp for the constituency of the city of chester, after a parliamentary watchdog recommended he be suspended

from the commons for serious sexual misconduct, which he denies. labour suspended the whip from christian matheson and asked him to stand down as an mp after the parliamentary commissionerfor as an mp after the parliamentary commissioner for standards upheld to allegations of sexual misconduct against him. an independent panel has recommended he be suspended from the commons forfour has recommended he be suspended from the commons for four weeks for serious sexual misconduct. he has now decided to tender his resignation, and that will trigger a by—election in the city of chester. let's find out what the view of members of the conservative party are outside the houses of parliament. we are joined are outside the houses of parliament. we arejoined now by sally ann marx who is chairman of maidstone conservatives, thank you for much forjoining us, i spoke to you as you are heading home from the conservative party conference just a short time ago, you felt that liz truss had done well that day, what is your view of her now?— is your view of her now? well, i thou . ht is your view of her now? well, i thought she _ is your view of her now? well, i thought she did, _

is your view of her now? well, i thought she did, actually, - is your view of her now? well, i thought she did, actually, and l is your view of her now? well, i i thought she did, actually, and she did a lot better than i had expected. i have always said you should follow that leader and be loyal, particularly to your party and your prime minister, it didn't work out very well, did it? and i think the mini budget was obviously a huge mistake, it certainly destabilised the markets. and when she last lost the chancellor of the exchequer and the home secretary, frankly, the writing was on the wall. no, it didn't work out very well. we are very lucky, aren't we, that we have other very good contenders. that is howl that we have other very good contenders. that is how i feel, anyway. contenders. that is how i feel, an a .~ i, i, contenders. that is how i feel, an a. i, i, , contenders. that is how i feel, an i, , ~ anyway. who would your preferred mp be to lead the — anyway. who would your preferred mp be to lead the party? _ anyway. who would your preferred mp be to lead the party? i _ anyway. who would your preferred mp be to lead the party? i believe - anyway. who would your preferred mp be to lead the party? i believe last - be to lead the party? i believe last time around, rishi sunak was your choice. i, i,, time around, rishi sunak was your choice. i, . choice. for me, the most important thin is to choice. for me, the most important thing is to find _ choice. for me, the most important thing is to find the _ choice. for me, the most important thing is to find the unity _ thing is to find the unity candidate. we simply have to get all

of the mps, those who were named, those who were not named about not supporting liz truss in the last few weeks, they have got to get behind whoever is chosen. so, that is key to me. i think we have got one last chance, really, to get it right. and will only get it right if you're the mps really do pull together. i hope that they will understand that. i did hear earlier one of the mps saying that, you know, maybe some of them might withdraw themselves from them might withdraw themselves from the whip if the person they didn't want was elected. that is not democratic. that goes against the grain for everything that i believe in and week in a country should believe in. in and week in a country should believe in— in and week in a country should believe in. ~ . . ,, , . believe in. well it also makes it a bit of a mockery _ believe in. well it also makes it a bit of a mockery of _ believe in. well it also makes it a bit of a mockery of belonging - believe in. well it also makes it a bit of a mockery of belonging to i believe in. well it also makes it a| bit of a mockery of belonging to a political party as well, i suppose, doesn't it? how do you defend on the doorstep, if you're talking to people on your part of the country

in kent, about the party indisciplined that we saw on the house —— in the house on wednesday night. ll house -- in the house on wednesday niuht. , , ' i house -- in the house on wednesday niuht. , , , . i, night. it is very difficult to defend it _ night. it is very difficult to defend it but _ night. it is very difficult to defend it but however, . night. it is very difficult to defend it but however, onl night. it is very difficult to - defend it but however, on the doorstep, out of the shires, and i am in the middle of beautiful kent at the moment, life carries on, and i am very focused on getting our excellent councillors re—elected at local council. having good services delivered to our communities. that is what is important on the doorstep. of course people are mentioning westminster at the moment. excuse me. but and, mentioning westminster at the moment. excuse me. butand, of course, it makes a difference to the way people think. but, actually, the reception isn't as bad as people might think. and we have been winning by—elections around the country. winning by-elections around the count . ~ i, .. , country. well, i accept the conservatives _ country. well, i accept the conservatives did - country. well, i accept the conservatives did lose - country. well, i accept the conservatives did lose two l country. well, i accept the - conservatives did lose two rather spectacularly in the summer. l am spectacularly in the summer. i am

talkin: spectacularly in the summer. i am talking about _ spectacularly in the summer. i am talking about local— spectacularly in the summer. l —n talking about local council elections and they are very important to us. let elections and they are very important to us.— elections and they are very important to us. let me ask you about iivoris _ important to us. let me ask you about boris johnson. _ important to us. let me ask you about boris johnson. he - important to us. let me ask you about boris johnson. he is - important to us. let me ask you about boris johnson. he is on i about borisjohnson. he is on holiday at the moment, parliament is sitting, he is still an mp, he is not shown up but people are still talking about him potentially being a candidate in his next leadership contest. how welcome, how wide would that be for the party, given that he was only booted out a short while ago? was only booted out a short while auo? ~ was only booted out a short while am? i , ., ., , ago? well, i understand that he is back in the — ago? well, i understand that he is back in the country, _ ago? well, i understand that he is back in the country, perhaps - ago? well, i understand that he is back in the country, perhaps you l back in the country, perhaps you know more than i do.— back in the country, perhaps you know more than i do. well, he has been on holiday _ know more than i do. well, he has been on holiday while _ know more than i do. well, he has been on holiday while parliament i know more than i do. well, he has| been on holiday while parliament is sitting. he been on holiday while parliament is sittin. i, been on holiday while parliament is sittini. i, , been on holiday while parliament is sittini. , i, i, been on holiday while parliament is sittini. i, i, sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now — sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now so _ sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now so i _ sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now so i am _ sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now so i am quite _ sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now so i am quite sure - sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now so i am quite sure he i sitting. he may be on holiday but he is back now so i am quite sure he is| is back now so i am quite sure he is in discussions with all sorts of mps to try and see whether it would be right to put his hat in the ring. well, i note that it's happening, of course it is. in many ways, it is quite difficult. i hearfrom a lot of people that the only saving that we might have is boris. i'm not sure

that that is right, that he is the only saviour for us. but amongst the people of my children per back generations, so they are in their late 30s, 40s, they all want boris. those who are of a mind to support the conservative party. and we had to listen to the younger people. i know that burris comes with a big question but it will so depend on how he presents himself if he doesn't throw his hat in the ring. i want to see a degree of contrition, of self—awareness, of a determination to do better, and i want to see this but, the good spark of the old boris back. but i don't know whether he will put himself forward, and i don't know whether he will be in the final two that are offered to the membership, if indeed we get the choice. halal offered to the membership, if indeed we get the choice.— we get the choice. how important is it, finally and _ we get the choice. how important is it, finally and briefly, _ we get the choice. how important is it, finally and briefly, do _ we get the choice. how important is it, finally and briefly, do you - it, finally and briefly, do you believe the party members outside parliament to get essay? weill.

believe the party members outside parliament to get essay?— believe the party members outside parliament to get essay? well, i'm a bit convicted — parliament to get essay? well, i'm a bit convicted here. _ parliament to get essay? well, i'm a bit convicted here. i _ parliament to get essay? well, i'm a bit convicted here. i don't _ parliament to get essay? well, i'm a bit convicted here. i don't think- parliament to get essay? well, i'm a bit convicted here. i don't think we i bit convicted here. i don't think we did terribly well last time. the most important thing is to get somebody in post quickly. we won the right person, of course we do, but we do need to get them in quickly. i understand that we are going to be offered two, if two remain, that is probably a good thing because i think the party in many ways would rebel, i suspect, think the party in many ways would rebel, isuspect, if think the party in many ways would rebel, i suspect, if that was not offered. but if anyone comes forward, then i would like to think that we, the voluntary party, and as importantly, in fact more importantly, in fact more importantly, the parliamentary party, get behind whoever that is, whether it is rishi sunak or it might be penny mordaunt, ifeel whether it is rishi sunak or it might be penny mordaunt, i feel —— whether it is rishi sunak or it might be penny mordaunt, ifeel —— i hear she is abundantly flash i hear she is a positivity, or boris. lziergr she is a positivity, or boris. very kindl to she is a positivity, or boris. very kindly to talk— she is a positivity, or boris. very kindly to talk to _ she is a positivity, or boris. very kindly to talk to us _ she is a positivity, or boris. very kindly to talk to us here - she is a positivity, or boris. very kindly to talk to us here on -

she is a positivity, or boris. very kindly to talk to us here on the bbc news channel, thank you. and for the moment, that is all from us at westminster but we are here for a good few hours yet, we'll see you later. the health and care system in england has been described by regulators as "gridlocked", with patients at risk because they can't get the assistance they need. the care quality commission says more than half of patients are unable to leave hospital when they are ready because of a lack of support in the community. ian trenholm is the chief executive of the care quality commission, hejoins us now. the situation has deteriorated significantly in the past year, why? i think what we are saying in our annual report that the system has become gridlock. people are unable to access care. we are finding they are stuck pig, people are stuck at home waiting for ambulances, there is endless as i stuck outside hospitals and people are stuck in hospitals, unable to go home, because i can't access the social care that they so desperately need

in order to go home safely. and in addition, we have identified two other areas of particular concern, one is maternity services and the second one are acute services for people with learning his abilities and autistic people. 500 people with learning his abilities and autistic people.— and autistic people. 500 people awaitini and autistic people. 500 people awaiting the _ and autistic people. 500 people awaiting the council— and autistic people. 500 people awaiting the council funded - and autistic people. 500 people | awaiting the council funded care. what can be done? == awaiting the council funded care. what can be done?— awaiting the council funded care. what can be done? :: :: :: :: :: , i, , what can be done? -- 500,000 people. we have identified _ what can be done? -- 500,000 people. we have identified two _ what can be done? -- 500,000 people. we have identified two big _ what can be done? -- 500,000 people. we have identified two big areas - we have identified two big areas that we think need to change, the first is a long—term sustainable funding solution for adult social care. each winter, ligament put a small amount of money into social care in addition to the normal amount. —— the government puts a small amount. that isn't enough for the long—term. the second thing is about recruitment and workforce. we know there are lots of vacancies across social and health care, 300,000 vacancies in health and, and the sector struggles to compete with

hospitality and retail and other sectors. 300,000 people is that the population of newcastle, it is a significant recruitment challenge. and without filling those posts, what happens is people end up in queues, the backlogs continue, and what has happened this year is that the system has a sort of ground to a halt and is in gridlock. 50. the system has a sort of ground to a halt and is in gridlock.— halt and is in gridlock. so, you are askini for halt and is in gridlock. so, you are asking for more _ halt and is in gridlock. so, you are asking for more long-term - halt and is in gridlock. so, you are | asking for more long-term funding halt and is in gridlock. so, you are i asking for more long-term funding to asking for more long—term funding to put the system on a sustainable footing, you need masses of recruitment, how hopeful are you of either of those things happening in the short—term? l either of those things happening in the short-term?— the short-term? i think it is a false economy _ the short-term? i think it is a false economy not _ the short-term? i think it is a false economy not to - the short-term? i think it is a false economy not to do - the short-term? i think it is a| false economy not to do those things. i think we recognise that it costs more to look after someone in a hospital bed than it does in a care home or indeed in their own home with double celery care support, so unless we can find ways to unlock the system, there is also an economic cost as well i think the arguing that we would make to the chancellor, to the new prime minister is simply that we don't do

these things the next winter and the winter after the system will still be in gridlock and the economic consequences of that will be significant. consequences of that will be significant-— consequences of that will be siinificant. i, i, . , significant. you mention maternity care as well- _ significant. you mention maternity care as well. two _ significant. you mention maternity care as well. two out _ significant. you mention maternity care as well. two out of— significant. you mention maternity care as well. two out of five - care as well. two out of five services are not good enough. how frightening is that for expectant parents, how are they supposed to react to this? lh parents, how are they supposed to react to this?— react to this? in our report, we identified _ react to this? in our report, we identified two _ react to this? in our report, we identified two out _ react to this? in our report, we identified two out of— react to this? in our report, we identified two out of five - react to this? in our report, we l identified two out of five services are in our words requiring improvement or are inadequate, to be not good enough, and i don't think anyone of us would honestly say that is acceptable. and there are some hidden inequalities. black women are four times more likely to suffer complications in childbirth than a white woman is. and that again, that isjust white woman is. and that again, that is just unacceptable. what we are saying is that needs to change. figs saying is that needs to change. as you mention, the system is gridlocked, there are an awful lot of people stuck in hospital because there is in the care for them to leave. what are your thoughts and fears, as we head into the winter

months, and we know that there is always this huge pinch point for the health care service?— health care service? well, i think we are starting _ health care service? well, i think we are starting to _ health care service? well, i think we are starting to see _ health care service? well, i think we are starting to see that - health care service? well, i think i we are starting to see that already. i think when we talk to people who work in health and so, there is fantastic people that spend their day working in health and so, what we see is already services are starting to breakdown, there are queues outside hospitals with people stuck in ambulances, there are people not getting the care that they need in hospitals and people not getting the specialist and the community care that they need in social care, so we are already starting to see this happen. and people are going to come to harm, as a consequence. ildit people are going to come to harm, as a consequence-— people are going to come to harm, as a consequence. ian trenholm from the care quality — a consequence. ian trenholm from the care quality commission, _ a consequence. ian trenholm from the care quality commission, thank - a consequence. ian trenholm from the care quality commission, thank you. i the election commission of pakistan has disqualified the former prime minister, imran khan, from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. the governing coalition had sought the ruling — accusing mr khan of not sharing details of presents from foreign dignitaries, and proceeds from their alleged sale.

his aides say they will challenge the election commission's verdict in the high court. bulgaria has become the third country to say it won't take part in the eurovision song contest next yearin the eurovision song contest next year in liverpool. north macedonia and montenegro have already withdrawn, citing an increased entry fee. participants have been asked to pay more by the decision to ban russia from the contest. the contest is being staged in liverpool on behalf of ukraine which won this year competition. a chess grandmaster has filed a lawsuit against a rival player after the norwegian world champion accused him of cheating. he is seeking 100 maties —— $100 million in damages. time for a look at the weather.

the remnants of yesterday's rain, they become confined to orkney and shetland for the afternoon, quite a blustery day but other parts of scotland and northern ireland are frightening up with sunshine, a few showers. showers most frequent crossing land and wales, especially across the west. a windy day, full __ up across the west. a windy day, full —— up to 50 miles an hour gust possible. temperatures still above where we should be for the stage in october, 13 to 18 degrees. two and 4 degrees more than we would normally expect. this evening, showers spread eastwards, mark showers during the

evening during the day, showers confined to scotland northern ireland later in the night and even though we have clear skies in the south, any mist and fog patches will be fairly isolated and it is going to be another mild night, ten to 14 degrees into tomorrow morning. as we start the weekend, we got little break between one weather system clearing annexed one arriving and that doesn't mean it will be overall, but if you are england and wales with a dry day the weekend. we do start with outbreaks of rain, the odd heavier burst as well, brightening up to south—eastern northern ireland, southern parts of scotland later, england and wales, most places staying dry through the day with sunny spells but the far south, south—west and wales, a few showers developing mid—afternoon on was. again, another mild day, not as breezy for some is today. the winds will pick up saturday night into sunday, next out low pressure pushes in by this stage, with it some more coherent bands of rain, one sweeping northwards, heavy and tangerine places across england and wales in

the morning, a brief dry spell and more thundery showers take in later. scotland and northern ireland will see dry conditions in the morning, rain in the afternoon for a time, staying dry in northern scotland. and mild week ahead next week but it will be another fairly changeable one with thundery showers around at times.

i'm martine croxall, live at westminster, where candidates to be the new prime minister are racing to gather the support of tory mps. the uk will have a new prime minister in place within a week, after liz truss quit yesterday, barely six weeks into the job. nobody has declared their intention to run yet but among the possible contenders are former chancellor rishi sunak, and the current leader of the house of commons penny mordaunt we need that cabinet of talents and rishi sunak is the person who can bring the party together and take us forwards. a question also remains whether borisjohnson could attempt a return to downing street — and speculation is rife meanwhile, parties of opposition in england, scotland and wales have called

for an immediate general election. we don't have to go on like this. we can have stability and an economy that works for working people. that's why we need a general election. i'm samantha simmonds. in other news this morning... a warning the health and social care system in england is 'gridlocked' and unable to cope with the demand — putting vulnerable people at risk. the uk chancellor vows to do anything necessary to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less. welcome to bbc news live from westminster. liz truss moved into 10 downing street when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. by the end of next week —

at the latest — she'll be gone, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. she tendered her resignation to king charles the third yesterday after a premiership marred by financial turmoil, a series of humiliating u—turns and key ministerial sackings, and a day of chaos in parliament in which party discipline fell apart. speaking outside downing street, liz truss said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected. there will now be a fast—tracked leadership election to decide who will be the new leader of the conservative party and ultimately prime minister. nobody has announced their intention to run yet — but penny mordaunt and rishi sunak are seen as contenders, and backers of borisjohnson are urging him to stand. let's take a look at how the contest will work. conservative mps have until mondayto nominate their preferred candidate. each candidate needs at least 100 nominations — if only one candidate achieves that, they'll be declared prime minister

on monday afternoon. if more than one candidate gets at least 100 nominations, then there'll be a vote by conservative mps. depending on the result of that, the final decision could be made by tory party members voting online. one thing we know for sure is the latest date for the next prime minister to be announced will be next friday. this report from our political correspondent, lone wells. the shortest—serving prime minister in british history. her position unsalvageable. we set out a vision for a low—tax, high—growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognise, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore have spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party.

so attention now turns to who will replace her. tory mps have until 2pm on monday to nominate a new leader. they will need 100 nominations to make it onto the ballot. that means a maximum of three tory mps could make the cut. if only one gets 100 nominations from colleagues, they will automatically become leader. if there's more than one there'll be an mps vote, and then tory members will pick between the final two in an online vote, with the whole thing done by 28th october. so, who are tory mps talking up for the top spot here? no mps have officially said they will run yet, but rishi sunak, who came second in the summer, is someone a lot of mps have already come out in support of. cabinet ministers penny mordaunt and kemi badenoch, who ran for the leadership this summer, are also being mentioned by some tory mps. as is suella braverman, who resigned just this week as home secretary. and then there's this man, the former prime minister boris

johnson, forced to resignjust months ago after mass resignations from his own government. hasta la vista, baby. add a series of scandals over downing street parties, and revelations that he knew about sexual misconduct allegations involving one of his senior government colleagues. some tory mps said they'd consider resigning as a conservative mp if he was elected again. others are now calling for him to return. conservative sources say the business secretary jacob rees—mogg has encouraged colleagues to back him. and other mps have said he is the only person with a mandate from the general public in an election. opposition parties, though, think it's time for a new election now. i really don't think another revolving door of chaos, another experiment at the top of the tory party, is the way out of this. what needs to happen now? well, on a uk level, there must be a general election. it is a democratic necessity.

we don't need another- conservative prime minister. they need to go. we need another general election. let mejust get a show of hands. it's not scientific, but it's just to get an idea. who here would like a general election? an election is something tory mps will want to avoid, with the polls looking bad for them. the immediate race is to see which of them can get the support of 100 colleagues over the weekend to have a shot at that top job. lone wells, bbc news. our political correspondent, rob watson, is with me now. it isa it is a new, fast track process and thankfully, a lot of people will say because we are only going through a conservative leadership contest a few weeks ago. ll conservative leadership contest a few weeks ago-— conservative leadership contest a few weeks ago. it seems like only a week an few weeks ago. it seems like only a week ago i — few weeks ago. it seems like only a week ago i was _ few weeks ago. it seems like only a week ago i was here _ few weeks ago. it seems like only a week ago i was here for _ few weeks ago. it seems like only a week ago i was here for the - few weeks ago. it seems like only a week ago i was here for the final. week ago i was here for the final hustings between rishi sunak and it seems like it was a couple of years ago but here we are with the short and sweet version, and you have to

get your nominations in and we don't know who is running but we sort of know who is running but we sort of know who is interested, but we are in what might be called the whatsapp phase. a sort of whatsapp phase sorry, i'm being asked to move a bit, but those who are interested in the leadership are messaging conservative mps and saying if only whatsapp was not so secure. an interesting question from somebody on social media is if you need 100 nominations to get through but only four mps get fewer than a hundred, what happens then. made such a fantastic question and spot on but the short answer is, i don't know. we are allowed to show our workings. we are allowed to show our workings. we are allowed to show our workings. we are being encouraged to do that, but i suspect if you are supposed to

come along to the committee that is organising this race in parliament, the conservative committee, you would have to say, nobody has got the 100 and then go around. [30 a the 100 and then go around. do a list of some _ the 100 and then go around. do a list of some sort, _ the 100 and then go around. do a list of some sort, like _ the 100 and then go around. do a list of some sort, like a _ list of some sort, like a preferential list.- list of some sort, like a preferential list. list of some sort, like a referential list. i, . i, preferential list. you have to call around your _ preferential list. you have to call around your mates _ preferential list. you have to call i around your mates and but whoever wrote in, it's a cracking question. jake berry and sir graham brady will have the answer. there is something serious, the fact that the conservative party is divided over so many issues were so many issues so many issues were so many issues on so many issues were so many issues on the impact on the country is enormous. on the impact on the country is enormous-— on the impact on the country is enormous. , . , i, enormous. even conservatives would have admitted _ enormous. even conservatives would have admitted that _ enormous. even conservatives would have admitted that they _ enormous. even conservatives would have admitted that they are - enormous. even conservatives would have admitted that they are in - enormous. even conservatives would have admitted that they are in a - have admitted that they are in a poor place and getting rid of liz truss is not the end of this long

rolling political crisis because it is difficult to see the party, it's hard to see them uniting behind the leader who they all think is the person to lead us to the promised land but they can't even agree what the promised land is and the conservative party is so factionalised about what it should look like and it's a near impossible job, but as to your point, this is different and most of the stuff that has a seer on college green is abstract, surreal debate that nobody cares about and people aren't that bothered about politics anyway, but this is different because people are genuinely worried about housing, expenses, all of those natural things and they are looking at westminster and seeing that the place is a laughing stock.- westminster and seeing that the place is a laughing stock. there has been a clamour _ place is a laughing stock. there has been a clamour for _ place is a laughing stock. there has been a clamour for a _ place is a laughing stock. there has been a clamour for a grown-up - place is a laughing stock. there has been a clamour for a grown-up to l been a clamour for a grown—up to take control, as some commentators and politicians have put it, and opposition parties say, why can't we

just have a general election, but the conservatives still hold the 80 seat majority and don't have to have a general election. fishd seat majority and don't have to have a general election.— a general election. and they don't, and it's important _ a general election. and they don't, and it's important to _ a general election. and they don't, and it's important to remind - a general election. and they don't, | and it's important to remind people of the constitutional position because technically speaking the conservatives can have another five leaders if they wanted between now and when an election must be held at the end of january 2025 and i and when an election must be held at the end ofjanuary 2025 and i think more than five leaders might be pushing it a bit, but technically speaking, that is the case. whether there will be a general election depends on an incredibly serious point and question in british politics, and that is, whoever is elected leader next week, if you are conservative mp, what do you do if you don't like that leader and their policies? do you bite your lip and say, goodness, and you side with them, week in, week out.- say, goodness, and you side with them, week in, week out. that's kind ofthe them, week in, week out. that's kind of the point — them, week in, week out. that's kind of the point of— them, week in, week out. that's kind of the point of belonging _ them, week in, week out. that's kind of the point of belonging to _ them, week in, week out. that's kind of the point of belonging to a - of the point of belonging to a political party. of the point of belonging to a political party-— of the point of belonging to a political party. true, but do you take the view _ political party. true, but do you take the view that _ political party. true, but do you take the view that these - political party. true, but do you - take the view that these ideological beliefs do trump party loyalty,

because if it is the latter and mps really want to stand on particular issues then obviously you have chaos, and that might lead to a general election before the end of 2025, january 2025.— 2025, january 2025. don't wish to many more _ 2025, january 2025. don't wish to many more of _ 2025, january 2025. don't wish to many more of these _ 2025, january 2025. don't wish to many more of these contests - 2025, january 2025. don't wish to many more of these contests on i 2025, january 2025. don't wish to i many more of these contests on us. i'm not sure we have the stamina. conservative party leaderjake berry conservative party leader jake berry has conservative party leaderjake berry has tweeted say that the new leader could be announced as late as today and kind and a minimum of 100 could be announced as late as today and kind and a minimum of100 note —— votes from mps to get on the ballot with an indicative vote of mps once there are two candidates on monday afternoon with the result announced at 6pm. once that is done and there are still two candidates, party members will vote online with a result to be announced on friday. and we still don't have an answer to the question about what if there are four candidates and they don't have a hundred each. we have been getting

the view outside of parliament this morning, but what is the situation across the nations of the uk. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent james landale who's looking at the international perspective on this. how is the uk viewed at the moment with all of this turbulence? weill. with all of this turbulence? well, with all of this turbulence? well, with all of this turbulence? well, with a substantial— with all of this turbulence? well, with a substantial degree - with all of this turbulence? well, with a substantial degree of - with a substantial degree of bemusement. in the short term, the public, the words leaders have altered in response has been the main focus on stability whether it was president macron or the irish leader, all of them saying we just want some political stability in the uk at the moment. that's because of the obvious reasons, the energy crisis gripping europe and there is a war gripping europe and they are looking for the uk, is a key player in the european field, and just to bring a degree of political stability, because what the uk does

and says matters. there is that concerned, and more broadly, a general sense of where is the uk now on the world stage? they long for what they see as the uk of old, bringing a degree of diplomatic stability and common sense to the international scene and they are not getting that, and there are worries about what this means about the debate for democracy against the other authoritarian states, so there is a lot of concern. hour other authoritarian states, so there is a lot of concern.— is a lot of concern. how critical will it be _ is a lot of concern. how critical will it be that _ is a lot of concern. how critical will it be that whoever - is a lot of concern. how critical will it be that whoever leads i is a lot of concern. how criticali will it be that whoever leads the conservative party has a good relationship with the eu? ll matters. everybody will deal with whoever is elected, but there will be some eyes raised if it's a return to mrjohnson because relations with mrjohnson and the rest of the world were not always great so there will be some concern if he comes back. james, for the moment, thank you.

james, for the moment, thank you. james lansdale with the perspective from outside the uk as the governing conservative party tries to find a new leader. someone who will become prime minister. you are watching bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a moment to think about how all of this is being perceived in the nations of the united kingdom. there have been calls for a general election to be held from a number of opposition parties. earlier i spoke to my colleagues hwyel griffith in cardiff, alexandra mackenzie in glasgow and charlotte gallagher in northern ireland. i think there is a mood of depressed resignation about the state of politics at the moment, and in anger as well, because a lot of people are saying that there really needs to be

a stable and strong government in westminster to sort out the problems here. so, stormont, the building behind me, it should be full of politicians making decisions but it has been mothballed, empty for months because power sharing here has collapsed. the democratic unionist party are refusing to go back until the northern ireland protocol, in their words, back until the northern ireland protocol, in theirwords, is back until the northern ireland protocol, in their words, is axed. an election is due to be called here next friday by the current northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, and he says it will definitely happen by next friday, who will be prime minister and the northern ireland secretary? is it still going to be chris heaton—harris or someone completely different? who might perhaps delay the election. so at the moment everything feels in limbo here, and while things are not happening, no decisions are being made about health care, public transport, education, things that really concern people here in northern ireland who, like the rest of the uk, are living in a cost of living

crisis. there is a feeling that politicians in westminster and here in northern ireland need to get their act together, but when is it going to happen? chris heaton—harris said he wanted to be northern ireland secretary for a long time but that was a few days ago when liz truss was still in total charge. now she's on her way out, so is chris heaton—harris on his way out? and different views from of the different views from of the different regions. let's hearfrom alexandra in glasgow. here different regions. let's hear from alexandra in glasgow.— alexandra in glasgow. here in scotland all _ alexandra in glasgow. here in scotland all of _ alexandra in glasgow. here in scotland all of the _ alexandra in glasgow. here in scotland all of the party - alexandra in glasgow. here in i scotland all of the party leaders has have — scotland all of the party leaders has have said that liz truss made the right— has have said that liz truss made the right decision to resign. the leader— the right decision to resign. the leader of— the right decision to resign. the leader of the scottish conservative party. _ leader of the scottish conservative party, douglas ross, says we must now move _ party, douglas ross, says we must now move forward quickly and a new leader— now move forward quickly and a new leader and _ now move forward quickly and a new leader and prime minister will need to restore _ leader and prime minister will need to restore stability for the good of the country. last time he did not say whether he supported liz truss or rishi _ say whether he supported liz truss or rishi sunak, so not sure if he will publicly support anyone this time _ will publicly support anyone this time but — will publicly support anyone this time but in the end he was not a

supporler— time but in the end he was not a supporter of boris johnson, and would _ supporter of boris johnson, and would he — supporter of boris johnson, and would he want him to make a comeback? who knows? scholar's first minisler— comeback? who knows? scholar's first minister nicola sturgeon has described this as an almighty mess and said _ described this as an almighty mess and said there must now be a general election_ and said there must now be a general election and _ and said there must now be a general election and she has said it is a democratic— election and she has said it is a democratic necessity to have a general— democratic necessity to have a general election. and she said of liz general election. and she said of liz truss— general election. and she said of liz truss that she would, at most, be a _ liz truss that she would, at most, be a footnote in history. liz truss had said — be a footnote in history. liz truss had said that nicola sturgeon was an attention— had said that nicola sturgeon was an attention seeker and someone that should _ attention seeker and someone that should be _ attention seeker and someone that should be ignored. we understand from nicola sturgeon that there had been no _ from nicola sturgeon that there had been no formal communication between the pair— been no formal communication between the pair since liz truss took up office — the pair since liz truss took up office at— the pair since liz truss took up office at number ten. nicola sturgeon has said now that she is happy_ sturgeon has said now that she is happy to— sturgeon has said now that she is happy to wait for the fifth prime minister— happy to wait for the fifth prime minister that she has had during her term as _ minister that she has had during her term as first minister in here scotland _ term as first minister in here scotland. when she was asked if boris _ scotland. when she was asked if borisjohnson should return scotland. when she was asked if boris johnson should return as scotland. when she was asked if borisjohnson should return as prime minister. _ borisjohnson should return as prime minister, she said that that would

be ludicrous. although nicola sturgeon does want to have a general election— sturgeon does want to have a general election she said that that would not solve — election she said that that would not solve the problem in scotland, and she _ not solve the problem in scotland, and she said the democratic case for independence is growing by the hour. the scottish labour party have also called _ the scottish labour party have also called for _ the scottish labour party have also called for a — the scottish labour party have also called for a general election. their called fora general election. their leader— called for a general election. their leader has— called for a general election. their leader has said that the next tory leader— leader has said that the next tory leader will— leader has said that the next tory leader will have no mandate as prime minister— leader will have no mandate as prime minister and leader will have no mandate as prime ministerand he leader will have no mandate as prime minister and he wants to see keir starmer— minister and he wants to see keir starmer as— minister and he wants to see keir starmer as prime minister and a labour— starmer as prime minister and a labour government at westminster. the scottish liberal democrats have also called _ the scottish liberal democrats have also called for a general election, so a bit _ also called for a general election, so a bit of— also called for a general election, so a bit of political unity here in scotland — so a bit of political unity here in scotland following liz truss's resignation. now forwhat scotland following liz truss's resignation. now for what is happening in wales, here is my colleague — happening in wales, here is my colleague in cardiff.— colleague in cardiff. yes, well, welsh tory _ colleague in cardiff. yes, well, welsh tory mps _ colleague in cardiff. yes, well, welsh tory mps have - colleague in cardiff. yes, well, welsh tory mps have returned | colleague in cardiff. yes, well, i welsh tory mps have returned to their— welsh tory mps have returned to their constituencies— welsh tory mps have returned to their constituencies to _ welsh tory mps have returned to their constituencies to take - welsh tory mps have returned to their constituencies to take the i their constituencies to take the political— their constituencies to take the political temperature _ their constituencies to take the political temperature and - their constituencies to take the . political temperature and probably

have quite — political temperature and probably have quite a — political temperature and probably have quite a frosty— political temperature and probably have quite a frosty reception - political temperature and probably have quite a frosty reception froml have quite a frosty reception from their— have quite a frosty reception from their members— have quite a frosty reception from their members and _ have quite a frosty reception from their members and may— have quite a frosty reception from their members and may be - have quite a frosty reception from their members and may be the i have quite a frosty reception from - their members and may be the general public _ their members and may be the general public the _ their members and may be the general public. the people _ their members and may be the general public. the people i_ their members and may be the general public. the people i speak— their members and may be the general public. the people i speak to, - their members and may be the general public. the people i speak to, most - public. the people i speak to, most people _ public. the people i speak to, most people are — public. the people i speak to, most people are asking _ public. the people i speak to, most people are asking why— public. the people i speak to, most people are asking why there - public. the people i speak to, most people are asking why there is - public. the people i speak to, most people are asking why there is not. public. the people i speak to, most| people are asking why there is not a general— people are asking why there is not a general election— people are asking why there is not a general election but— people are asking why there is not a general election but those _ people are asking why there is not a general election but those tory- people are asking why there is not a general election but those tory mst general election but those tory mps will know— general election but those tory mps will know it — general election but those tory mps will know it will _ general election but those tory mps will know it will not _ general election but those tory mps will know it will not bode _ general election but those tory mps will know it will not bode well - general election but those tory mps will know it will not bode well at - will know it will not bode well at the moment— will know it will not bode well at the moment if— will know it will not bode well at the moment if you _ will know it will not bode well at the moment if you look- will know it will not bode well at the moment if you look at - will know it will not bode well at the moment if you look at the i will know it will not bode well at - the moment if you look at the polls. not many— the moment if you look at the polls. not many have — the moment if you look at the polls. not many have so _ the moment if you look at the polls. not many have so far— the moment if you look at the polls. not many have so far declared - the moment if you look at the polls. not many have so far declared whoi not many have so far declared who they want— not many have so far declared who they want to — not many have so far declared who they want to succeed _ not many have so far declared who they want to succeed liz— not many have so far declared who they want to succeed liz truss, - not many have so far declared whoj they want to succeed liz truss, but most _ they want to succeed liz truss, but most are _ they want to succeed liz truss, but most are calling _ they want to succeed liz truss, but most are calling for _ they want to succeed liz truss, but most are calling for rishi _ they want to succeed liz truss, but most are calling for rishi sunak- they want to succeed liz truss, but most are calling for rishi sunak to| most are calling for rishi sunak to be the _ most are calling for rishi sunak to be the next — most are calling for rishi sunak to be the next tory _ most are calling for rishi sunak to be the next tory leader— most are calling for rishi sunak to be the next tory leader and - be the next tory leader and therefore _ be the next tory leader and therefore the _ be the next tory leader and therefore the next - be the next tory leader and therefore the next prime i be the next tory leader and - therefore the next prime minister. one is— therefore the next prime minister. one is backing _ therefore the next prime minister. one is backing penny— therefore the next prime minister. one is backing penny mordaunt i therefore the next prime minister. i one is backing penny mordaunt but don't _ one is backing penny mordaunt but don't be _ one is backing penny mordaunt but don't be surprised _ one is backing penny mordaunt but don't be surprised if— one is backing penny mordaunt but don't be surprised if a _ one is backing penny mordaunt but don't be surprised if a few, - one is backing penny mordaunt but don't be surprised if a few, by- don't be surprised if a few, by monday— don't be surprised if a few, by monday start _ don't be surprised if a few, by monday start to _ don't be surprised if a few, by monday start to back - don't be surprised if a few, by monday start to back boris i don't be surprised if a few, by- monday start to back boris johnson because _ monday start to back boris johnson because he — monday start to back boris johnson because he does— monday start to back boris johnson because he does have _ monday start to back boris johnson because he does have a _ monday start to back boris johnson because he does have a legacy- monday start to back boris johnson because he does have a legacy in. because he does have a legacy in wales _ because he does have a legacy in wales in— because he does have a legacy in wales in the— because he does have a legacy in wales. in the last _ because he does have a legacy in wales. in the last general- because he does have a legacy in. wales. in the last general election, less than— wales. in the last general election, less than three _ wales. in the last general election, less than three years _ wales. in the last general election, less than three years ago, - wales. in the last general election, less than three years ago, severali less than three years ago, several of them _ less than three years ago, several of them won— less than three years ago, several of them won their _ less than three years ago, several of them won their seats _ less than three years ago, several of them won their seats on - less than three years ago, several of them won their seats on the i less than three years ago, several. of them won their seats on the back of them won their seats on the back of a boris _ of them won their seats on the back of a boris bounce, _ of them won their seats on the back of a boris bounce, particularly- of them won their seats on the back of a boris bounce, particularly a i of a boris bounce, particularly a belt on — of a boris bounce, particularly a belt on traditional— of a boris bounce, particularly a belt on traditional labour- of a boris bounce, particularly a belt on traditional labour seats| of a boris bounce, particularly a i belt on traditional labour seats in north— belt on traditional labour seats in north wales — belt on traditional labour seats in north wales that _ belt on traditional labour seats in north wales that turned - belt on traditional labour seats in north wales that turned blue i belt on traditional labour seats in north wales that turned blue in i belt on traditional labour seats in i north wales that turned blue in the election— north wales that turned blue in the election and — north wales that turned blue in the election and as _ north wales that turned blue in the election and as they— north wales that turned blue in the election and as they look— north wales that turned blue in the election and as they look at - north wales that turned blue in the election and as they look at the i election and as they look at the next _ election and as they look at the next general _ election and as they look at the next general election, - election and as they look at the next general election, do- election and as they look at the next general election, do theyi election and as they look at the i next general election, do they think boris _ next general election, do they think borisjohnson — next general election, do they think borisjohnson could _ next general election, do they think boris johnson could be _ next general election, do they think boris johnson could be the - next general election, do they think borisjohnson could be the leader. borisjohnson could be the leader that gets — borisjohnson could be the leader that gets them _ borisjohnson could be the leader that gets them over— borisjohnson could be the leader that gets them over the - borisjohnson could be the leader that gets them over the line i borisjohnson could be the leader that gets them over the line to i borisjohnson could be the leader. that gets them over the line to hold onto those — that gets them over the line to hold onto those seeds? _ that gets them over the line to hold onto those seeds? in _ that gets them over the line to hold onto those seeds? in terms - that gets them over the line to hold onto those seeds? in terms of- that gets them over the line to hold onto those seeds? in terms of the i onto those seeds? in terms of the other—

onto those seeds? in terms of the other parties. _ onto those seeds? in terms of the other parties, labour, _ onto those seeds? in terms of the other parties, labour, in _ onto those seeds? in terms of the other parties, labour, in charge i onto those seeds? in terms of the other parties, labour, in charge ofj other parties, labour, in charge of the welsh — other parties, labour, in charge of the welsh parliament, _ other parties, labour, in charge of the welsh parliament, they- other parties, labour, in charge of the welsh parliament, they have. the welsh parliament, they have joined _ the welsh parliament, they have joined the — the welsh parliament, they have joined the calls _ the welsh parliament, they have joined the calls for— the welsh parliament, they have joined the calls for a _ the welsh parliament, they have joined the calls for a general- joined the calls for a general election— joined the calls for a general election and _ joined the calls for a general election and their— joined the calls for a general election and their leader, i joined the calls for a general. election and their leader, mark drakeford. _ election and their leader, mark drakeford, saying _ election and their leader, mark drakeford, saying that - election and their leader, mark drakeford, saying that the i election and their leader, mark drakeford, saying that the uk i drakeford, saying that the uk government— drakeford, saying that the uk government led _ drakeford, saying that the uk government led by— drakeford, saying that the uk government led by the - drakeford, saying that the uk - government led by the conservatives no longer— government led by the conservatives no longer have — government led by the conservatives no longer have the _ government led by the conservatives no longer have the authority - government led by the conservatives no longer have the authority to - no longer have the authority to govern — no longer have the authority to govern and _ no longer have the authority to govern and therefore _ no longer have the authority to govern and therefore the - no longer have the authority to govern and therefore the onlyi govern and therefore the only democratic— govern and therefore the only democratic solution _ govern and therefore the only democratic solution would i govern and therefore the only democratic solution would be| govern and therefore the only. democratic solution would be a general— democratic solution would be a general election. _ democratic solution would be a general election. that- democratic solution would be a general election. that is- democratic solution would be a l general election. that is echoed democratic solution would be a i general election. that is echoed by plaid _ general election. that is echoed by plaid cymru. — general election. that is echoed by plaid cymru, and _ general election. that is echoed by plaid cymru, and their— general election. that is echoed by plaid cymru, and their leader- general election. that is echoed by| plaid cymru, and their leader adam price _ plaid cymru, and their leader adam price wants— plaid cymru, and their leader adam price wants an _ plaid cymru, and their leader adam price wants an election _ plaid cymru, and their leader adam price wants an election and - plaid cymru, and their leader adam price wants an election and arguesl price wants an election and argues that the _ price wants an election and argues that the chaos _ price wants an election and argues that the chaos we _ price wants an election and argues that the chaos we have _ price wants an election and argues that the chaos we have seen - price wants an election and argues that the chaos we have seen in- that the chaos we have seen in westminster. _ that the chaos we have seen in westminster, in— that the chaos we have seen in westminster, in days, - that the chaos we have seen in westminster, in days, weeks, | westminster, in days, weeks, arguably— westminster, in days, weeks, arguably months, _ westminster, in days, weeks, arguably months, is _ westminster, in days, weeks, i arguably months, is potentially a recruitment— arguably months, is potentially a recruitment tool— arguably months, is potentially a recruitment tool for— arguably months, is potentially a i recruitment tool for independence for wates— recruitment tool for independence for wales and _ recruitment tool for independence for wales and says _ recruitment tool for independence for wales and says people - recruitment tool for independence for wales and says people shouldi for wales and says people should look for wales and says people should took to— for wales and says people should look to westminster— for wales and says people should look to westminster and - for wales and says people should look to westminster and turn - for wales and says people should. look to westminster and turn away from _ look to westminster and turn away from that _ look to westminster and turn away from that chaos _ look to westminster and turn away from that chaos and _ look to westminster and turn away from that chaos and let _ look to westminster and turn away from that chaos and let wales - look to westminster and turn away| from that chaos and let wales have its own _ from that chaos and let wales have its own destiny— from that chaos and let wales have its own destiny by— from that chaos and let wales have its own destiny by backing - its own destiny by backing independence, _ its own destiny by backing independence, something its own destiny by backing. independence, something we its own destiny by backing - independence, something we think its own destiny by backing _ independence, something we think he will argue _ independence, something we think he witt argue for— independence, something we think he will argue for when— independence, something we think he will argue for when he _ independence, something we think he will argue for when he makes- independence, something we think he will argue for when he makes his - will argue for when he makes his speech— will argue for when he makes his speech to — will argue for when he makes his speech to plaid _ will argue for when he makes his speech to plaid cymru _ will argue for when he makes his speech to plaid cymru members| will argue for when he makes his - speech to plaid cymru members this afternoori _

the reason we are at westminster is to look ahead at this latest conservative party leadership contest, triggered by the resignation of liz truss yesterday, standing down as prime minister afterjust 44 days on the job, making her the shortest serving british prime minister in our nation's history. there is a very different way in which the new leader of the conservative party and prime minister will be chosen, as we have been reporting today. it will not be over a matter of weeks. it will be this time next week at the latest that we are due to hear who has won the contest. the influential backbench1922 committee led by sir graham brady have changed the rules on how it will work this time and instead of there being a large number of nominations, there will only be the ability to get on the ballot if you can get at least 100

nominations of your fellow mps. ballot if you can get at least 100 nominations of your fellow mp5. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has been touted as someone who might stand but has ruled himself out. the -a has stand but has ruled himself out. the party has to — stand but has ruled himself out. tie: party has to settle stand but has ruled himself out. tt;e: party has to settle down stand but has ruled himself out. tt9 party has to settle down and get on with delivering the mandate it was elected on in 2019 with a massive majority, to govern on behalf of the citizens of the country and that means tackling the economic challenges we face, tackling the global threats we face and to make sure that is done. well, we don't seem to have the right start point in that interview with the defence secretary, but he is ruling himself out and i understand he is leaning towards the idea of borisjohnson making a comeback. he's been on holiday lately and a lot of people are saying, where has the former prime

minister been while all of the shenanigans have taken place within his party. but will he get the right number of nominations and will he want to risk not coming first? who knows? rishi sunak, the former chancellor, his name is being touted as well, along with penny mordaunt and we heard her speaking up for liz truss in parliament the other day and people thought that had gone well for her and she had put on a good show to unite the party and thatis good show to unite the party and that is one of the words we keep hearing, we need unity and stability, notjust for the stability, not just for the conservative stability, notjust for the conservative party, but for the country, and because they are the governing party, that should fall from party unity, you would hope, to settle things down after the recent weeks of turbulence. we will come back to the conservative leadership contest and a little while, but let's pause and get some support and a full round—up from the bbc sport

centre. there's been a big upset at the t20 world cup in australia, ireland have knocked out the 2—time champions west indies to reach the super 12's, the next stage of the tournament it was a winner—takes—all match in hobart, windies won the toss and batted first, but were restricted to 146 for 5. gareth delany took a career best 3 for 16. ireland were never in trouble chasing that down, thanks to their opener paul stirling, who was unbeaten on 66 at the end. they only lost one wicket , the skipper andrew balbirnie for 37 , before lorcan tucker hit the winning runs, he made a5. joy for ireland, who have made it past the first round at a t20 world cup for only the second time. scotland have failed to join them , losing to zimbabwe by 5 wickets in the last few minutes, also in hobart scotland made 132—6 after winning the toss, with opener george munsey making 5a but zimbabwe chased that down easily.

steven gerrard has been sacked by aston villa after 11 months in charge. he leaves the club 17th in the table, only above the reelgation zone on goals scored, they didn't get any last night, a 3—0 defeat at fulham. harrison reed gave the home side a first half lead, and it then went from bad to worse for gerrard's team in west london, douglas luiz was sent off for this headbuttjust after the hour mark. they then conceded a penalty, before tyrone mings completed the 3—0 defeat, with an own goal. they were booed off the pitch by their travelling support at the end. gerrard was sacked an hour and half later, he is the fourth premier league sacking this season. manchester united manager erik ten hag has confirmed that

cristiano ronaldo refused to come on as a substitute in wednesday's 2—0 win over tottenham, instead leaving the field before the end of the game. he's been left out of the squad to face chelsea on sunday it is like, i am the manager, i am responsible for the culture here and i have to set standards and values and i have to control them. after reflection, and for him, and i think for everyone else, i set a warning at the start of the season and then the next time there has to be a consequence. that's all the sport for now. let's head back to some answer in the london studio. we are here at westminster all day, looking forward to the conservative party leadership contest triggered by the resignation of the prime minister, liz truss, who will be out

of the job this time next week at the latest. let's pause for a second and talk about this story. the labour mp christie matheson has resigned after it was discovered he committed serious sexual offences. —— sexual misconduct. it had been recommended that he be suspended and then the labour party withdrew the whip, and in the end, mr matheson decided to step down and tended his resignation, so it means that there will be a by—election in the city of chester constituency. let's look ahead to how this contest is going to run because there have been some changes, and i'm sure you will remember, it took several weeks to get liz truss into number ten through the way that the

conservative party around the leadership contest previously and everybody agreed they did not want to have to wait that long because of the crisis facing the country, not least the cost of living crisis and energy bills going up and people making difficult choices across the uk between heating and eating, which is the shorthand for the kind of difficult decisions are balancing every single day and that's also connected to the russian invasion of ukraine which has made a huge difference to how much gas and electricity cost. and let's hear from my colleague, phil mccann, who is gauging reaction in this morning. this constituency has a long history of voting for the conservatives, since the first world war they voted either conservative or unionist and when i was here yesterday i was speaking to people and i could not find, ora speaking to people and i could not find, or a struggle to find a single

person who told me they would definitely vote tory if an election was held tomorrow and this is what people told me just after liz truss resigned. just wondering if you have heard the news that the prime minister has resigned?- heard the news that the prime minister has resigned? that's good. that didn't last — minister has resigned? that's good. that didn't last long, _ minister has resigned? that's good. that didn't last long, did _ minister has resigned? that's good. that didn't last long, did it? - minister has resigned? that's good. that didn't last long, did it? 45- that didn't last long, did it? 45 days. that didn't last long, did it? 45 days- who _ that didn't last long, did it? 45 days. who would _ that didn't last long, did it? 45 days. who would you _ that didn't last long, did it? 45 days. who would you like? - that didn't last long, did it? 45 days. who would you like? at i that didn't last long, did it? 45. days. who would you like? at the moment, days. who would you like? at the moment. i _ days. who would you like? at the moment, i wouldn't _ days. who would you like? at the moment, i wouldn't have - days. who would you like? at the moment, i wouldn't have a - days. who would you like? at the moment, i wouldn't have a clue. | days. who would you like? at the | moment, i wouldn't have a clue. i don't moment, i wouldn't have a clue. don't know who to suggest. moment, i wouldn't have a clue.“ don't know who to suggest. could moment, i wouldn't have a clue]. don't know who to suggest. could we brin- don't know who to suggest. could we bring back— don't know who to suggest. could we bring back boris? let's get boris back _ bring back boris? let's get boris back. :, ~' bring back boris? let's get boris back. :, ,, �* :, , bring back boris? let's get boris back. :, ,, 1, , : back. you like getting boris back? he didn't do _ back. you like getting boris back? he didn't do a _ back. you like getting boris back? he didn't do a bad _ back. you like getting boris back? he didn't do a bad job _ back. you like getting boris back? he didn't do a bad job considering | he didn't do a bad job considering what _ he didn't do a bad job considering what he _ he didn't do a bad job considering what he had to put up with. i�*ve what he had to put up with. i've 'ust seen what he had to put up with. i've just seen it _ what he had to put up with. i've just seen it on _ what he had to put up with. i've just seen it on my _ what he had to put up with. i've just seen it on my phone, what more can you _ just seen it on my phone, what more can you say— just seen it on my phone, what more can you say customer _ just seen it on my phone, what more can you say customer 45— just seen it on my phone, what more can you say customer 45 days, - just seen it on my phone, what more can you say customer 45 days, and l just seen it on my phone, what more can you say customer 45 days, and i i can you say customer 45 days, and i think— can you say customer 45 days, and i think we _ can you say customer 45 days, and i think we att— can you say customer 45 days, and i think we all knew _ can you say customer 45 days, and i think we all knew it _ can you say customer 45 days, and i think we all knew it was _ can you say customer 45 days, and i think we all knew it was coming, - can you say customer 45 days, and i | think we all knew it was coming, and i'm think we all knew it was coming, and i'm glad _ think we all knew it was coming, and i'm glad she — think we all knew it was coming, and i'm glad she actually— think we all knew it was coming, and i'm glad she actually did _ think we all knew it was coming, and i'm glad she actually did it _ think we all knew it was coming, and i'm glad she actually did it in - think we all knew it was coming, and i'm glad she actually did it in the - i'm glad she actually did it in the end because _ i'm glad she actually did it in the end because it's— i'm glad she actually did it in the end because it's what _ i'm glad she actually did it in the end because it's what everybody| end because it's what everybody wahted — end because it's what everybody wahted i— end because it's what everybody wanted. :, ~' end because it's what everybody wanted. :, ,, :, , wanted. i would like to see them -auttin wanted. i would like to see them putting someone _ wanted. i would like to see them putting someone in _ wanted. i would like to see them putting someone in like - wanted. i would like to see them putting someone in like rishi - wanted. i would like to see them - putting someone in like rishi sunak, i putting someone in like rishi sunak, i would _ putting someone in like rishi sunak, i would like — putting someone in like rishi sunak, i would like to see him going. have ou heard i would like to see him going. have you heard the _ i would like to see him going. have you heard the prime _ i would like to see him going. h:9 you heard the prime minister has resigned? you heard the prime minister has resiuned? , , :, resigned? somebody 'ust told me in the street. what _ resigned? somebody 'ust told me in the street. what you _ resigned? somebodyjust told me in the street. what you make - resigned? somebodyjust told me in the street. what you make of - resigned? somebodyjust told me in the street. what you make of it? - resigned? somebodyjust told me in the street. what you make of it? i i

the street. what you make of it? i think it's overdue. _ the street. what you make of it? i think it's overdue. just _ the street. what you make of it? i think it's overdue. just after- the street. what you make of it? i think it's overdue. just after 45 i think it's overdue. just after 45 da s? think it's overdue. just after 45 days? yes. _ think it's overdue. just after 45 days? yes, have _ think it's overdue. just after 45 days? yes, have you _ think it's overdue. just after 45 days? yes, have you not - think it's overdue. just after 45. days? yes, have you not noticed think it's overdue. just after 45 - days? yes, have you not noticed the chaos? lots — days? yes, have you not noticed the chaos? lots of— days? yes, have you not noticed the chaos? lots of mention _ days? yes, have you not noticed the chaos? lots of mention of— days? yes, have you not noticed the chaos? lots of mention of boris - chaos? lots of mention of boris johnson yesterday _ chaos? lots of mention of boris johnson yesterday from - chaos? lots of mention of boris johnson yesterday from people | chaos? lots of mention of boris - johnson yesterday from people who really wanted him back and people who did not want him back, but of course, it is the conservative party who will end up deciding on one of the people who might get a choice of the people who might get a choice of the mps cannot decide amongst themselves is liz, a chester ease council and a member of the local conservative because —— association. what have you made of the last few weeks? , , . :, . weeks? very frustrated, let down and disappointed — weeks? very frustrated, let down and disappointed am _ weeks? very frustrated, let down and disappointed am personally _ weeks? very frustrated, let down and disappointed am personally very - disappointed am personally very angry, _ disappointed am personally very angry, so— disappointed am personally very angry, so fairly negative emotions about— angry, so fairly negative emotions about what we are feeling, certainly speaking _ about what we are feeling, certainly speaking for myself, that's how i feet _ speaking for myself, that's how i feel. ~ :, speaking for myself, that's how i feel. . :, :, speaking for myself, that's how i feel. 9 . . . speaking for myself, that's how i feel. 9 . . , speaking for myself, that's how i feel. 9 . . . . , , , feel. what about what happens next? i know ou feel. what about what happens next? i know you don't _ feel. what about what happens next? i know you don't like _ feel. what about what happens next? i know you don't like the _ feel. what about what happens next? i know you don't like the idea - feel. what about what happens next? i know you don't like the idea boris i i know you don't like the idea boris johnson coming back. boris did a really good job back when we needed him and got a massive victory and a huge majority and we were thrilled with that but that was then and we've had the pandemic and all the difficulties that he brought with

him, so time to move along. it would be good if he stepped away and let someone else come through. you will be really facing _ someone else come through. you will be really facing the _ someone else come through. you will be really facing the consequences - someone else come through. you will be really facing the consequences someone else come through. you will be reall facin: the conseuuences of be really facing the consequences of this, is in the case that actually you have lots of conservative colleagues that do like the idea of borisjohnson coming back? t colleagues that do like the idea of boris johnson coming back? i have not boris johnson coming back? i have rrot actually _ boris johnson coming back? i have not actually spoken _ boris johnson coming back? i have not actually spoken to _ boris johnson coming back? i have not actually spoken to a _ boris johnson coming back? i have not actually spoken to a single - boris johnson coming back? i have j not actually spoken to a single one of my colleagues who would bring boris back but i am hearing it on the twitter world and things like that. not my personal local colleagues, i haven't heard anyone say bring boris back. if so, it has been very tongue—in—cheek. local politicians, we work for local issues, we worked very hard and have done right through the pandemic trying to deliverfor our done right through the pandemic trying to deliver for our local residents and we just have to hope that i had seen that and trust us to go forward. that i had seen that and trust us to go forward-— go forward. what you think in this traditional conservative _ go forward. what you think in this traditional conservative voting - go forward. what you think in this | traditional conservative voting area want? taste traditional conservative voting area want? 9 , , . : .

want? we need stability, financial securi , want? we need stability, financial security. we _ want? we need stability, financial security, we need _ want? we need stability, financial security, we need to _ want? we need stability, financial security, we need to know- want? we need stability, financial security, we need to know that i want? we need stability, financial| security, we need to know that we are a competitor in the world market, i am cruising towards pensionable age and i need to know my pension is safe, i need to know my pension is safe, i need to know my children can afford their mortgages, the same as everyone else needs. 9, ~' , :, , : mortgages, the same as everyone else needs. :, ,, , :, , : :, needs. thank you very much, liz, one member of— needs. thank you very much, liz, one member of the _ needs. thank you very much, liz, one member of the local _ needs. thank you very much, liz, one member of the local conservative - member of the local conservative association. lots of words that like stability, and additional values. we can, fingers crossed, now here from the defence secretary ben wallace. the tory party has to settle down and get on with delivering its mandate that it was elected on in 2019 with a massive majority, which is to govern in behalf of the citizens of this country, and i think that means tackling the economic challenges we face, tackling the threats, globally, that we face, and make sure that... {lilia t we face, and make sure that... ok, i

am rolling- — we face, and make sure that... ok, i am rolling- mr— we face, and make sure that... ok, i am rolling. mr wallace, _ we face, and make sure that... ok, i am rolling. mr wallace, this - we face, and make sure that... ok, i am rolling. mr wallace, this all- am rolling. mr wallace, this all seems a bit... _ am rolling. mr wallace, this all seems a bit... 0k, _ am rolling. mr wallace, this all seems a bit... ok, i'm - am rolling. mr wallace, this all seems a bit... ok, i'm rolling. | well, crossing my fingers didn't really work, did it? that was ben wallace. we will try to sort it out. he's basically saying that he is not going to stand in this leadership election, he said that what we need is a focus on sorting out the economic problems and also the global challenges and global threats that the country faces, along with this —— with his international allies. mine did, we understand, to perhaps lean towards borisjohnson who has been away on holiday but we understand is heading back if he is not already here. even though, parliament has been sitting, he has been absent. whether or not he will get enough nominations over the weekend to get it onto the ballot on monday when the vote takes place, we

don't know. nobody is really saying whether they are standing not but quite a few names have been touted. amongst them rishi sunak, former chancellor, of course, who lost in the previous conservative leadership contest to liz truss. he had been very critical of her economic policies, which of course in the end created huge turmoil on the market and saw interest breaks rise. because of her plans had not been costed. and now of course we have jeremy hunt as the chancellor, and he had essentially rowed back on pretty much everything that liz truss had said she wanted to implement. and in the end, her position became untenable and she went yesterday, having resigned. we are going to try for a third time to hearfrom the defence are going to try for a third time to hear from the defence secretary, ben wallace. the hear from the defence secretary, ben wallace. :, , , ., hear from the defence secretary, ben wallace. :, , , :, wallace. the tory party has to settle down — wallace. the tory party has to settle down and _ wallace. the tory party has to settle down and get _ wallace. the tory party has to settle down and get on -

wallace. the tory party has to settle down and get on with i settle down and get on with delivering its mandate that it was elected on in 2019 with a massive majority which is to govern on behalf of the citizens of this country and that means tackling the economic challenges, tackling the threats globally that we face and make sure that is the real number one priority for us all. can make sure that is the real number one priority for us all.— one priority for us all. can you say whether you _ one priority for us all. can you say whether you would _ one priority for us all. can you say whether you would be _ one priority for us all. can you say whether you would be standing i one priority for us all. can you say whether you would be standing in | whether you would be standing in this leadership race? last whether you would be standing in this leadership race?— this leadership race? last time i said i wouldn't _ this leadership race? last time i said i wouldn't stand _ this leadership race? last time i said i wouldn't stand it - this leadership race? last time i said i wouldn't stand it was - this leadership race? last time i said i wouldn't stand it was not. said i wouldn't stand it was not something that i was prepared to do, you really have to want it as a prime minister, to do thatjob, you have to really, really think it is the job for you. have to really, really think it is thejob for you. for me, ifeel that i can have the best value in keeping people safe at defence, by being the defence secretary. it is a job that i have been doing and it is thejob i have been doing and it is thejob i intend to stay doing sol i have been doing and it is thejob i intend to stay doing so i am not going to be standing for panellist at this time in the same reasons really apply as last time. can you tell us who _ really apply as last time. can you tell us who you _ really apply as last time. can you tell us who you would _ really apply as last time. can you tell us who you would be - really apply as last time. can you tell us who you would be putting | tell us who you would be putting your weight behind? l tell us who you would be putting your weight behind?— your weight behind? i think it is really important _ your weight behind? i think it is really important to _ your weight behind? i think it is really important to consider - your weight behind? i think it is l really important to consider which candidate will recognise the very pressing security concerns that face

this country at the time, that will take decisions to invest in defence and security, it is really important, without national security there is no economic security i think that is important that whoever are the candidates putting their name forward, they indicate that, but also at the same time i have to —— recognise the issue of the mandate, this will be our third prime minister since the general election in 2019 and we have to think about the legitimacy question that the public will be answering itself and all that who could went the next election, that is a pity it wouldn't for any little party at the time. at the moment, i lean towards borisjohnson, i think he still has questions to answer about the —— about the investigation but he supported me in defence, he supported me in defence, he supported the actions this country has taken to keep us safe so in the moment i am leaning toward that but i think there are a few days to go and we will see what will happen. there are other candidates who are just as excellent putting that name in the ring but fundamentally we had

to answer those first two points. 50 to answer those first two points. so you would not support rishi sunak? i am leaning towards borisjohnson, i will be keen to see what rishi sunak says on defence and security and investment, and it is important to reiterate to your viewers they cannot be economic security without national security and therefore those candidates need to answer that question as much as what they are there to do in here on out about the economy. d0 there to do in here on out about the econom . ,, there to do in here on out about the econom . i. ~ :, ~ economy. do you know whether mr johnson would _ economy. do you know whether mr johnson would be _ economy. do you know whether mr johnson would be in _ economy. do you know whether mr johnson would be in favour - economy. do you know whether mr johnson would be in favour of - johnson would be in favour of keeping the commitment to keeping defence spending at 3% of gdp in the next decade? his defence spending at 396 of gdp in the next decade?— next decade? his track record is of investin: next decade? his track record is of investing in _ next decade? his track record is of investing in defence, _ next decade? his track record is of investing in defence, he _ next decade? his track record is of investing in defence, he gave - next decade? his track record is of investing in defence, he gave me i investing in defence, he gave me extra £24 billion into defence when other departments one to getting a settlement at the time and i think that shows his actions, he showed his true colours on that, and i think we have to continue to look at the impacts of the comic situation. but the direction of travel has to be an increased investment in defence are sadly recognising that there are real threats to this country and there is not a date

going by without me working on that and i am in a position where i see those threats. often, the public can't see them because an intelligence, but nonetheless they are real and i will look for a candidate and a leader that can do that. borisjohnson has always had that. borisjohnson has always had that track record and that is why i will lean towards him at this moment. will lean towards him at this moment-— will lean towards him at this moment. :, ,, ~ will lean towards him at this moment. :, ~ ~ , moment. do not think mrjohnson is tainted by previous _ moment. do not think mrjohnson is tainted by previous scandals - moment. do not think mrjohnson is tainted by previous scandals and - tainted by previous scandals and that the electorate really wouldn't vote for that? in that the electorate really wouldn't vote for that?— vote for that? in 2019, he won a aeneral vote for that? in 2019, he won a general election _ vote for that? in 2019, he won a general election with _ vote for that? in 2019, he won a general election with a - vote for that? in 2019, he won a general election with a huge - general election with a huge majority. he was legitimately sent into parliament as the prime minister based on the vote of the whole electorate, notjust on tory members, notjust on members of parliament, that he got a mandate and i think that is an important thing for us to bear in mind. we will see what happens. of course, unity is still important. i will be looking for how the canvas upper bed to bring the party together because without unity we cannot than either. some would say that mrjohnson will be even more devices because it seems a number of mps have said they will resign the whip if he becomes

the candidate. taste will resign the whip if he becomes the candidate.— will resign the whip if he becomes the candidate. we have seen sadly for the last — the candidate. we have seen sadly for the last leadership _ the candidate. we have seen sadly for the last leadership election - for the last leadership election that the party had lots of finalists, they were not, there wasn't a clear winner head and shoulders above the other and that is cause for concern and here we are back again, i'm afraid, and the last time, they didn't choose, rishi sunak, they didn't chose others, they chose liz truss, i would hope we would settle down and give people space and deliver new budget, that hasn't happened, so therefore we have to recognise that we need to focus on unity, many developers who is best placed to win the next election as well. [30 is best placed to win the next election as well.— is best placed to win the next election as well. do you think it is realistic that _ election as well. do you think it is realistic that b _ election as well. do you think it is realistic that b halloween - election as well. do you think it is| realistic that b halloween budget, given the new leader will be in place two days before this budget takes place? i place two days before this budget takes place?— takes place? i think the timing of the buduet takes place? i think the timing of the budget is _ takes place? i think the timing of the budget is and _ takes place? i think the timing of the budget is and can _ takes place? i think the timing of the budget is and can be - takes place? i think the timing of. the budget is and can be important when it comes to the advice you get from the treasury. the treasury has to make sure that it keeps, it in international markets and if that deems the budget on the 31st of october, then that is what the day she has to happen, but i will leave that decision to the chancellor who has the best interests of the

economy at his heart. [30 has the best interests of the economy at his heart. do you think any potential— economy at his heart. do you think any potential leader _ economy at his heart. do you think any potential leader will _ economy at his heart. do you think any potential leader will have - economy at his heart. do you think any potential leader will have to i any potential leader will have to really work hard with jeremy any potential leader will have to really work hard withjeremy hunt, the chancellor, is it reallyjeremy hunt who is going to be in charge? l hunt who is going to be in charge? i hope jeremy stays as chancellor. i hopejeremy stays as chancellor. i had a meeting with him yesterday. jeremy is, like me, a very experienced member of the government, hejoined me in 2005, he is calm, experienced, knowledgeable about what needs to be done. i have about what needs to be done. i have a lot of faith on him that i have a lot of faith in him being our chancellor.— lot of faith in him being our chancellor. :, . , : :, chancellor. how realistic do you think it is that _ chancellor. how realistic do you think it is that any _ chancellor. how realistic do you think it is that any candidate - chancellor. how realistic do you | think it is that any candidate will get 100 votes? taste think it is that any candidate will get 100 votes?— think it is that any candidate will get 100 votes? think it is that any candidate will aet100 votes? 9 . :, g; :: ~ , get 100 votes? we have over 350 mps, think that is possible, _ get 100 votes? we have over 350 mps, think that is possible, we _ get 100 votes? we have over 350 mps, think that is possible, we have - get 100 votes? we have over 350 mps, think that is possible, we have got - think that is possible, we have got from now until monday and will get on with it. the from now until monday and will get on with it. , : ,, : . , on with it. the defence secretary, ben wallace. _ on with it. the defence secretary, ben wallace, third _ on with it. the defence secretary, ben wallace, third time _ on with it. the defence secretary, ben wallace, third time lucky, - on with it. the defence secretary, i ben wallace, third time lucky, worth persevering, leaning towards boris johnson, but he is being investigated as to whether he misled parliament and the standards committee are looking into that, and we still hadn't heard the result of that inquiry. elsewhere, so in

politics, labour mp for the city of chester christian matheson has resigned after an independent panel found he had carried out serious sexual misconduct while in office. let's speak to our correspondents and andy gill, tell us about the background to this. this and andy gill, tell us about the background to this. this follows an inuui on background to this. this follows an inquiry on behalf _ background to this. this follows an inquiry on behalf of _ background to this. this follows an inquiry on behalf of the _ inquiry on behalf of the parliamentary standards committee and by an independent investigation. it says that chris matheson invited this woman who was a junior employee of his on a trip overseas and that that intervention was sexually motivated. —— into cash that invitation. he licked arms with her and tried to kiss her on the mouth and tried to kiss her on the mouth and made —— he linked arms with her and made —— he linked arms with her and tried to kiss on the map and made lewd comments to her. he was seeking to have a relationship with her, this was unwarranted and —— i'm

wanted and unwelcoming. they were undermining humiliating and threatening. the commissioner said he failed to acknowledge the full extent of his misconduct and that this was an aggravating factor, as was the complainant's vulnerability and her reliance on him for employment. the report recommended that mr matheson be suspended from the house of commons phobics but he has now quit as the mp for chester. he said in a statement on his website, he accepted he committed a minor breach of the standards code but he is dismayed that he has been found guilty of several allegations which he says he knows to be untrue. he says that the penalty is excessive and unfair but it can't challenge the process further and he says the honourable and right thing to do now is to resign his seat and rebuild his life elsewhere. he has also asked for privacy for his family, and the statement also says

that the stress of all this has led to him being hospitalised. he won chesterfor to him being hospitalised. he won chester for the labour party in 2015, his majority then was less than a hundred. in 2019, his majority wasjust over than a hundred. in 2019, his majority was just over 6000 but he has quit because of this report and they will be a by—election in the city of chester. they will be a by-election in the city of chester.— city of chester. andy, for the moment. _ city of chester. andy, for the moment, thank _ city of chester. andy, for the moment, thank you - city of chester. andy, for the moment, thank you very - city of chester. andy, for the i moment, thank you very much, city of chester. andy, for the - moment, thank you very much, andy gill in liverpool. let's return to our top story, conservative mp is hoping to be next by minister have begun gathering support from their colleagues. liz truss resigned yesterday triggering the second conservative leadership election this year. candidates have until monday afternoon to get the support of 100 mps they want to get onto the ballot paper. nobody has so far declared that they are running, but the defence secretary has what himself out of the race. what if you have and that to as well. turbulent times everyone would agree. ijoins

us now you've had ten years at the heart of government, what is it like compared with what we are seeing at the moment? i compared with what we are seeing at the moment?— the moment? i don't recall a time so frenetic and — the moment? i don't recall a time so frenetic and so _ the moment? i don't recall a time so frenetic and so turbulent _ the moment? i don't recall a time so frenetic and so turbulent and - the moment? i don't recall a time so frenetic and so turbulent and so - frenetic and so turbulent and so full of u—turns. it feels like every five minutes now. there were tough times but i don't think anything like this. in your view, at what point did it become untenable for liz truss to carry on? t point did it become untenable for liz truss to carry on?— liz truss to carry on? i think the not so liz truss to carry on? i think the rrot so many _ liz truss to carry on? i think the not so many budget _ liz truss to carry on? i think the not so many budget which - liz truss to carry on? i think the not so many budget which set i liz truss to carry on? i think the | not so many budget which set out what she said what she wanted to do in her leadership campaign, which many people had questioned, it was perhaps too libertarian and untested. it started to unravel a lots of governments have to change policy and make a u—turn here or there but to u—turn so dramatically, in such a huge way, on your entire

economic platform, you end up alienating the people who actually supported you and wanted you to be radical, wanted you to tell the orthodoxy and do something different, and you end up adopting the very methods that you were attacking throughout the whole summer, that is not going to be a good place any prime minister to be in and ferment more unravelling and appointing a chancellor that you gave your power to, the frantic things we saw in the house of commons over the fracking vote, which vote of confidence or not, different messages on that, sol think it started definitely from the unravelling of the many budget and then got worse. hasta unravelling of the many budget and then got worse-— then got worse. how did the conservative _ then got worse. how did the conservative party _ then got worse. how did the conservative party make - then got worse. how did the - conservative party make themselves covetable? 9 , , , covetable? well, this is the big cuestion covetable? well, this is the big question that _ covetable? well, this is the big question that a _ covetable? well, this is the big question that a lot _ covetable? well, this is the big question that a lot of— covetable? well, this is the big question that a lot of people i covetable? well, this is the big | question that a lot of people are trying to tackle with now. the issue it seems to me is that there are many wings and factions and there is lots of talk about a unity candidate, that is a red hanging —— a red herring, there is no such thing as a unity candidate, there

were people in the frame who will get support and do well, a lot of what rishi sunak said in a summer has come through so his economics and ability is up but he's not liked by the boris johnson and ability is up but he's not liked by the borisjohnson supporters, of whom blame him further dethroning of the former prime minister. other people as well might appeal more to the right of the party and therefore will not appeal to centre. it seems like there is no longer a political narrative. what is a political argument, what are the dividing lines with a labour party if what we have seen is whoever the prime minister is, they are all going to be facing the same economic challenges, the market reaction, they are going to be looked into the decisions that have been made by the treasury and by the current chancellorjeremy hunt, and as they try did something different in the two days before when we are expecting the next financial statement. hopefully, we aren't going to hear lots of promises on funding tax cuts but some more

real—world, in terms of how they deal with the challenges ahead. given away borisjohnson left office, as that after many of his ministers resigned and the fact that he has got this standards committee investigation over whether he misled parliament still outstanding, broke his own covid laws while he was in office, how wise would it be for him to stage a comeback?— office, how wise would it be for him to stage a comeback? well, there is clearl a to stage a comeback? well, there is clearly a lot — to stage a comeback? well, there is clearly a lot of _ to stage a comeback? well, there is clearly a lot of testing _ to stage a comeback? well, there is clearly a lot of testing the _ to stage a comeback? well, there is clearly a lot of testing the water - clearly a lot of testing the water and i think they are waiting to see will they definitely get more than 100 mp5 will they definitely get more than 100 mps because if he goes for the members, it is very likely he would win that, such is his popularity with the members. but i don't think it would be wise, in terms of what is in the interests of the party of the government, the country, because, yes, he is an excellent campaigner, he won seats in parts of the country that knows conservative has before, but there is a huge difference between campaigning actually governing, and on the

latter, he did not do so well at. there are the negatives, the scandals, pinch again, partygate, patterssen get, the loss of two significant by—elections as well, and also this pulmonary committee hanging over his head sol and also this pulmonary committee hanging over his head so i think sometimes it is very easy when things are so bad to look back through roasted glasses but they will be mps who will not be happy with this and want to try and draw a line and move on.— line and move on. everyone keeps talkin: line and move on. everyone keeps talking about _ line and move on. everyone keeps talking about stability _ line and move on. everyone keeps talking about stability and - line and move on. everyone keeps talking about stability and that - talking about stability and that country is crying out for that and that stems from the governing conservative party, we are supposed to be two years, more than two years away from a general election, the conservatives still have an 80 seat majority, but at what point might next by minister have to call it a day? iiii next by minister have to call it a da ? , , 9 next by minister have to call it a da ? , , : :, : , next by minister have to call it a da ? , , : , , next by minister have to call it a da? day? if the public outcry is so loud and if mps — day? if the public outcry is so loud and if mps have _ day? if the public outcry is so loud and if mps have to _ day? if the public outcry is so loud and if mps have to keep _ day? if the public outcry is so loud and if mps have to keep on - and if mps have to keep on explaining why there isn't an election, then i think it will be quite difficult to hold this

position. it is not in the conservative party per mac interest to have an election, the way the polls are at the moment, depending on who the new parameter is there may be something of a grace period, they may want to have a different approach that is a bit more in sync with what people actually want to see. however, there is no real unity because there will still be factions of the party who don't agree with the prime minister, and at the moment, there will be lots of bartering behind—the—scenes to get people support. what promises are being made in terms ofjobs in a future government, in terms of the policy platform. until we know who is in apposition how they form the government, someone is going to be a native. even if you are trying to put forward an agenda and you have got that long to do that, if you can't get something through the house of commons, you are facing rebellious mps, house of commons, you are facing rebellious mp5, i do think the public will have something to say about that and they probably won't have the stomach for that much longer.

have the stomach for that much loner. ~ , have the stomach for that much loner. , ., longer. mostly sane, former conservative _ longer. mostly sane, former conservative special - longer. mostly sane, former| conservative special adviser, longer. mostly sane, former- conservative special adviser, thank you for talking to us here on the bbc news channel. —— mo hussein. join us again later. president zelensky says russian forces have planted mines ukraines president volodymyr zelensky has accused russia of planting mines at a hydroelectric dam in the kherson region of southern ukraine, which is under the control of moscow's forces. mr zelensky said that if the kakhovka hydropower plant is destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people around the lower dnipro river — including the city of kherson — would be threatened with catastrophic flooding. everyone in that world must act powerfully and quickly to prevent another russian terrorist attack. blowing up the dam would mean a

large—scale disaster. our correspodent in kyiv hugo bachega has more. this is a massive dam in that region in the south of the country, and it has been under russian occupation since the very beginning of the war. president lenski saying that russian forces are planting mines at this dam. —— president zelensky. there has been staycation for a few days that russians are planning to carry out a false flag operation to accuse the ukrainians for attacking these dam. the ukrainians are carrying out a counteroffensive in that part of the country, they are moving along the country, they are moving along the dnipro river, recapturing visit villages in area. the big prize here is that city of kiss on, and over —— for some —— three. they say they are

doing it because the ukrainians are preparing a large—scale offensive to retake kherson. the authorities here in kyiv have dismissed these allegations, they say these evacuations are a propaganda show by the russian appointed officials. it is difficult to independently verify the claims coming from kherson. it is difficult to confirm the information about the counteroffensive. but it seems that the ukrainians are going ahead in that region of the country to try to take back territory that is now under russian occupation. a new series of the crown is released next month — and it's already causing a stir. the british actress, damejudi dench, has called the netflix drama "crude sensationalism", while the former prime minister, sirjohn major, dismissed it as "a barrel load of malicious nonsense." the plot covers royal

events during the 90s, including the very public breakdown of the marriage between prince charles — now king charles — and princess diana. our media and arts correspondent, david sillito reports. in light of the events of the last 12 months perhaps i have more to reflect on than most. so here it is in the trailer for the new series. it's not giving a great deal away, but the story is clear — the turbulent years of charles and diana. and we do see a glimpse of sirjohn major. and there is a scene imagining a conversation between the former prime minister and the then prince charles, which sirjohn suggests they discussed the queen's abdication. it is, he says, nonsense. a view echoed by someone who got to know the prince well during those years, broadcaster and royal biographer, jonathan dimbleby. it is inconceivable that he would have suggested to the prime minister of the day that one way or another his mother should be obliged to abdicate in his favour. moreover, he was very, very much

involved in public affairs, to which he was extraordinarily devoted. not least, of course, the environment and climate change. the idea, the very idea is nonsense, and this is nonsense on stilts. my worry about it is, i strongly favour freedom of dramatic expression and freedom of expression more generally. but this can very easily muddle people who are not familiar with how the constitution of this country operates. damejudi dench has also written to the times about what she fears is a cruel, unjust portrayal and says there needs to be an onscreen warning that this is fiction, not truth. however, netflix says it has always been open from the beginning that this is a fictional dramatization. the question is, of course, how much should we believe? tv critic scott bryan feels the public knows what it's watching. is it fact or is it fiction? i mean, that is the big question, isn't it?

you're not quite certain what's fact and fiction, then? i mean, the audience must bejust as confused. i feel that audiences don't expect that it is a fact based thing. if they did, they would watch a documentary. i think from the very start. .. do you think people understand that they're making stuff up? i think they do. i mean, the crown has never said that it's been a documentary. i feel that from the very beginning people have always seen this as a drama. i think an element of confusion can come in because of its attention to detail and how it looks. the fact that they have actors who portray, sometimes very accurately, the mannerisms of the royal family. it feels like reality to me. and i watch it and i keep on going back to google going, "did this really happen?" i mean, it is confusing. well, at the same time, though, i say that people see it as a drama. it's always been a clear drama. it's been an indication of a drama. i think viewers deserve more credit.

this was a difficult period for the royal family. the show�*s writer, peter morgan, admits it touches on painful memories, but says the show has not been unkind. how true it all is, is still unfolding. david sillito, bbc news. watch out for those shower clouds this afternoon. if you are not ready, you might have to run for cover. downpours are possible, maybe even a crack of thunder and overall the weekend is looking fairly unsettled with these areas of low pressure spinning around close to the uk, and ifi pressure spinning around close to the uk, and if i had the winds, you can see those winds are blowing and also from the south—west, so from a warm direction, that is why it feels so mild for the time of year right now. through the weekend, we will continue to see low pressure circling the uk, some rain in the way but also some sunshine. it won't

be raining today, you can see where showers are later in the afternoon, broken cloud, miles, 14 to 18 degrees, maybe even touching 20 of the next day or two in the south. lots of showers continuing this evening and overnight, they have a tendency to drift with the winds so from the south—west moving northwards. by the end of the night, does look as though things were dry out across england and wales, very miles, ten to 14 degrees, but cloudy and rainy at times at least from morning onwards across scotland and northern ireland tomorrow. tomorrow in england and wales, but a central and eastern areas, you are in full sunshine here, a sunny day in hull, 17 degrees, but in plymouth we could see some showers, and around 16. on sunday, a more substantial area of rain sweeps in from the south, remember disease areas of low pressure that keep circling the uk, they bring weather fronts in but the

air is still coming in from the south of the south—west so those temperatures in the high teens in their across southern england and wales, more likely the mid—teens further north. out of the two days, saturday and sunday, saturday is the brighter day. next week, below is with us, weather fronts will continue to blow off the atlantic, he is a snapshot of monday, heavy spells of rain potentially for scotland, showers out towards the west, brighter, drierweather scotland, showers out towards the west, brighter, drier weather also further east. and the outlook again shows a smorgasbord of weather icons there from sunny spells to showers, downpours, and a crack of thunder as well. and staying mild. bye—bye.

the race is on — candidates to succeed liz truss as prime minister have until monday to gather the support of 100 mp5. there's speculation about who may run — though no conservative mp has as yet formally declared. the party needs to find a leader to unite behind. thank you. whoever wins the contest faces the task of bringing the party together. they will be the third prime minister injust two they will be the third prime minister in just two months. they will be the third prime minister injust two months. the minister in 'ust two months. the defence minister injust two months. tt9 defence secretary ben wallace has ruled himself out. he says he is leaning to support borisjohnson. rishi sunak and penny mordaunt are drawing mps' support too. opposition parties are saying it's time for a general election. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime... new figures paint a gloomy picture for the uk economy —