this is bbc news with the headlines. the contest to become the uk's next prime minister heats up — with senior conservative penny mordaunt becoming the first to throw her hat into the ring possible rivals include the former finance minister, rishi sunak, and previous prime minister borisjohnson — but both have yet to enter the race officially former us president donald trump is issued with a legal summons, ordering him to give evidence to the congressional committee investigating the january sixth capitol riots georgia meloni is about to become italy's first far—right leader since mussolini, her government will be sworn in on saturday. and former pakistani prime minister imran khan says he will challenge the election commission's decision

to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world in a few days time, the uk will have a new prime minister — and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet — but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law.

they each need the backing of at least 100 colleagues to do so. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister — but opposition parties are calling for a general election. our deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. liz truss�* resignation means the conservatives have to choose their fifth prime minister injust over six years. but can anyone unify a party that seems to have lost its way. penny mourdant thinks she can, today the former defence secretary launched her campaign with a tweet saying she could offer a fresh start. supporters say she could bring confidence to thejob. i think penny is the unifying candidate. she is a robust brexiteer, she is a highly experienced and competent government minister. penny has already indicated that should she become prime minister, jeremy hunt will remain as chancellor. so she will not do anything that

risks businesses or the markets. remarkably, this man is being tipped by some for a comeback. yes, borisjohnson who was ousted in july after a series of scandals including lockdown parties. he has been weighing up his options while on holiday in the dominican republic. senior figures are offering support. at the moment i would lean towards borisjohnson. in 2019 he won a general election with a huge majority and he was legitimately sent into parliament as the prime minister based on the vote of the whole electorate. notjust on tory members or members of parliament, he got a mandate and that is an important thing for us all to bear in mind. mrjohnson is still being investigated by mps over allegations he lied to parliament about parties in downing street. 0ne tory said it would be catastrophic to bring him back. plenty of others are appalled. he was forced out by dozens resignations.

it is very hard to believe he can put together a stable government, as far as i can tell. it is a risk we cannot afford to take as a party and not one we should inflict on the country. momentum is building behind the former chancellor, rishi sunak, who lost out to liz truss. he predicted her economic policies would backfire. i am backing rishi sunak, because i think he is able to take us forward. i think his economicjudgment has been shown to be absolutely correct. i think he can unite the party by bringing all the talents, if you like, into the government. rishi sunak was rejected by conservative party members, not very long ago. i think in likely experience, we want to revisit that. unity is what conservative mps keep talking about, but putting aside their differences and agreeing on a lead it without a contest, that was always going to be a remote possibility. even the suggestion today that borisjohnson might stand has

reopened old wounds. and all this on the country faces difficult economic questions. liz truss is on her way out, her brief, unsuccessful spell in charge has made her successor�*s job a lot harder. earlier our political correspondent jonathan blake gave us this update. the thing is about this race as it is a very tight closed contest among conservative mps and they are the ones that these candidates need to get on board and just looking at the latest numbers we have of public declarations this evening as he been tracking those who been throwing their hat into the ring and the support they have, any mordaunt has 20 mp5 support they have, any mordaunt has 20 mps publicly coming out in favour of her. she needs a hundred to get on the ballot. but if penny, and her case, she's not the front runner but

when the very small number of viable contenders, but she is publicly declaring that she will stand today in order to, hopefully, declaring that she will stand today in orderto, hopefully, get declaring that she will stand today in order to, hopefully, get yourself up in order to, hopefully, get yourself up to that very high bar of 100 mps backing her so she can enter the race formally. and that is by no means certain at this point. it will be no surprise _ means certain at this point. it will be no surprise if _ means certain at this point. it will be no surprise if rishi _ means certain at this point. it will be no surprise if rishi sunak - means certain at this point. it will be no surprise if rishi sunak does stand because he did stand against liz truss, but what about boris johnson, he has been on holiday with the leaders we are hearing about whether he's going to stand? we’re whether he's going to stand? we've heard from the _ whether he's going to stand? we've heard from the trade _ whether he's going to stand? we've heard from the trade minister- whether he's going to stand? ,, heard from the trade minister who knows boris johnson heard from the trade minister who knows borisjohnson very heard from the trade minister who knows boris johnson very well as heard from the trade minister who knows borisjohnson very well as a ministerial aid as prime minister and says he is coming back and is up for it. described as having momentum in supporting the only election when we have that is a proven track record in london on brexit and gaining the mandate. so, there is supporting borisjohnson, even though he has not to formally the contest may still not, he has 41 mps

coming out in favour of him including a few cabinet ministers and the levelling of secretary and the transport secretary and trevelyan coming out in favour of borisjohnson, perhaps not too much of a surprise that the senior ministers are backing him because liz truss surrounded herself with those back in her campaign and so, it will be a natural switch for them and so tonight, rishi sunak very much out in front for those who have publicly declared 82 mps and counting back in the former chancellor. let's talk tojo gideon, conservative mp for stoke—on—trent central. she's backing rishi sunak to become the uk's next prime minister. why are you supporting rishi sunak? i am because quite frankly he is the

only one _ i am because quite frankly he is the only one who can command the confidence of the party and the parliamentary party in the country. he was_ parliamentary party in the country. he was rejected by the party, by the party membership in the leadership election that we have onlyjust add, a few weeks ago. i election that we have only 'ust add, a few weeks age-h a few weeks ago. i wouldn't say re'ected, a few weeks ago. i wouldn't say rejected, strong _ a few weeks ago. i wouldn't say rejected, strong second - a few weeks ago. i wouldn't say rejected, strong second behind| a few weeks ago. i wouldn't say i rejected, strong second behind liz truss_ rejected, strong second behind liz truss and — rejected, strong second behind liz truss and she promised a wonderful idea that _ truss and she promised a wonderful idea that you could have tax cuts and for _ idea that you could have tax cuts and for the — idea that you could have tax cuts and for the economy and nothing terrible _ and for the economy and nothing terrible would happen and clearly, that proved slightly to not be the case _ that proved slightly to not be the case. rishi sunak warned about that and i_ case. rishi sunak warned about that and i think— case. rishi sunak warned about that and i think we all see now that sometimes, the honest message which is that— sometimes, the honest message which is that you _ sometimes, the honest message which is that you have to be tough and deliver— is that you have to be tough and deliver fiscal responsibility is the one we _ deliver fiscal responsibility is the one we need an especially needed in this difficult times. if one we need an especially needed in this difficult times.— this difficult times. if rishi sunak were to become _ this difficult times. if rishi sunak were to become prime _ this difficult times. if rishi sunak were to become prime minister, | this difficult times. if rishi sunak i were to become prime minister, he would be to remove from the prime minister who was actually elected at the last general election. it is a

very democratic, should we just have another general election and that's what a lot of voters are screaming for? ., , ., . ., ,, for? no. general election basically decides the _ for? no. general election basically decides the party _ for? no. general election basically decides the party and _ for? no. general election basically decides the party and the - for? no. general election basically decides the party and the party - decides the party and the party itself— decides the party and the party itself decides who leads the party and that— itself decides who leads the party and that leader becomes prime ministen — and that leader becomes prime minister. we were elected on a manifesto in 2019 they be the key thing _ manifesto in 2019 they be the key thing is _ manifesto in 2019 they be the key thing is we need to return very firmly— thing is we need to return very firmly to — thing is we need to return very firmly to deliver that manifesto and on that— firmly to deliver that manifesto and on that basis, we have an absolute legitimacy— on that basis, we have an absolute legitimacy to stay there until that time a _ legitimacy to stay there until that time a general election needs to be held _ time a general election needs to be held ih— time a general election needs to be held in the — time a general election needs to be held. in the new prime minister to establish — held. in the new prime minister to establish him or herself.- establish him or herself. getting boris johnson — establish him or herself. getting boris johnson is _ establish him or herself. getting boris johnson is going _ establish him or herself. getting boris johnson is going to - establish him or herself. getting boris johnson is going to stand, | establish him or herself. getting i boris johnson is going to stand, the borisjohnson is going to stand, the borisjohnson is going to stand, the borisjohnson is going to stand comedy for borisjohnson as a rival candidate? i comedy for boris johnson as a rival candidate? ., comedy for boris johnson as a rival candidate? ~ . ., , candidate? i think the country will not forgive _ candidate? i think the country will not forgive us _ candidate? i think the country will not forgive us if _ candidate? i think the country will not forgive us if we _ candidate? i think the country will not forgive us if we lose _ candidate? i think the country will not forgive us if we lose three - not forgive us if we lose three prime — not forgive us if we lose three prime ministers in the space of a year— prime ministers in the space of a year and — prime ministers in the space of a year and my concern with boris johnson — year and my concern with boris johnson is _ year and my concern with boris johnson is clearly, he is still under— johnson is clearly, he is still under investigation and the people of this— under investigation and the people

of this committee needs to finish their— of this committee needs to finish their investigation and i do not want _ their investigation and i do not want to— their investigation and i do not want to see party gate part two. it is painful— want to see party gate part two. it is painful enough during the early summer— is painful enough during the early summer and we could not get along with any— summer and we could not get along with any of— summer and we could not get along with any of the policies that we so desperately wanted to deliver for our constituency in the same across the country — our constituency in the same across the country. and we ended up with nothing but party gate and i don't want _ nothing but party gate and i don't want to— nothing but party gate and i don't want to see it happening again and i think that _ want to see it happening again and i think that is the risk. for want to see it happening again and i think that is the risk.— think that is the risk. for the reasons why _ think that is the risk. for the reasons why he _ think that is the risk. for the reasons why he was - think that is the risk. for the reasons why he was forced i think that is the risk. for the i reasons why he was forced out think that is the risk. for the - reasons why he was forced out of office was rishi sunak stepping in the back and triggering that whole slew of resignations that led to borisjohnson slew of resignations that led to boris johnson leaving. slew of resignations that led to borisjohnson leaving. i slew of resignations that led to boris johnson leaving.- slew of resignations that led to boris johnson leaving. i would not acce -t boris johnson leaving. i would not accept that- _ boris johnson leaving. i would not accept that. before _ boris johnson leaving. i would not accept that. before that _ boris johnson leaving. i would not l accept that. before that happened, there's— accept that. before that happened, there's already a vote of confidence in the _ there's already a vote of confidence in the basis — there's already a vote of confidence in the basis of, we'd spend months talking _ in the basis of, we'd spend months talking about nothing but parties 10 downing _ talking about nothing but parties 10 downing street and was a real sense that my— downing street and was a real sense that my constituents are saying how upset _ that my constituents are saying how upset they— that my constituents are saying how upset they were of the behaviour

number— upset they were of the behaviour number ten upset they were of the behaviour numberten was upset they were of the behaviour number ten was totally unacceptable. thank— number ten was totally unacceptable. thank you _ number ten was totally unacceptable. thank you very much for being with us. thank you. the former us president donald trump has been sent a subpoena ordering him to give evidence to the congressional committee investigating the riots at the capitol building onjanuary the sixth last year — the dayjoe biden was formally declared as mr trump's successor. if he does not comply with the legal summons, he could face criminal carges. it comes on the same day that the former president's special advisor steve bannon was given a four—month prison sentence for contempt of congress after refusing to provide testimony to the same committee. earlier our washington correspondent gary 0'donohue told us what was in the summons to donald trump. key phrase of the top of the subpoenas as the committee believes there is overwhelming evidence and this was addressed to donald trump, overwhelming evidence that you

personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn the 20/20 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power in the list about a dozen or so different ways in which they believe the president did that in the former president did that, with documents on the 4th of november and they asked also for him to sit for a deposition and answer questions from the committee on the 14th of november which isjust the committee on the 14th of november which is just after the midterm elections. a number of donald from left tenants refuse to cooperate and steve bannon and the strategist was sentenced in court just a day to four months in prison with a fine of six $9,000 for refusing to comply with the subpoena there's a few people and say most people in washington believe donald trump has no intentions of complying with this either. imilli

trump has no intentions of complying with this either.— with this either. will talk about steve bannon _ with this either. will talk about steve bannon in _ with this either. will talk about steve bannon in a _ with this either. will talk about steve bannon in a minute - with this either. will talk about steve bannon in a minute but. with this either. will talk about - steve bannon in a minute but were able donald trump his reaction be to all of this? he able donald trump his reaction be to all of this? ., , , all of this? he has called this committee — all of this? he has called this committee a _ all of this? he has called this committee a hoax, _ all of this? he has called this committee a hoax, a - all of this? he has called this committee a hoax, a witch i all of this? he has called this - committee a hoax, a witch hunt, the kind of keywords he will always use for the molar investigation. he has refuse the work at every turn and i think he will not immediately say no, that is not his way. he may say he is prepared to cooperate even though he doesn't believe it's legitimate, they may also walk it, which is what he has done in the past. his lawyers don't particularly like exposing them to any kind of questioning like this and there are some significant things that could arise from the questioning given he is facing a number of other legal problems already. the other key thing here is time. if the midterm

elections in november the 8th, the democrats only have a very small majority in the house of representatives if they lose that i may believe it is likely they will, the republicans will take control and they can just disband this committee and the work is over. they're running up against a bit of a plot field and report out for evidence to get the recommendations put out there because the possibility is that their work will be forced to come to an end by the beginning ofjanuary.— be forced to come to an end by the beginning ofjanuary. donald trump's former strategist _ beginning ofjanuary. donald trump's former strategist has _ beginning ofjanuary. donald trump's former strategist has been _ beginning ofjanuary. donald trump'sj former strategist has been sentenced to four months injailfor former strategist has been sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of congress and he is been speaking outside the courthouse and he denied suggestions from the prosecution that he was above the law. find that he was above the law. and resect that he was above the law. and respect the _ that he was above the law. and respect the judge, _ that he was above the law. and respect the judge, the sentence he came _ respect the judge, the sentence he came down with today's his decision playfully— came down with today's his decision playfully respected and respectful

of this— playfully respected and respectful of this process on the legal side. today— of this process on the legal side. today was— of this process on the legal side. today was myjudgment day by the judge _ today was myjudgment day by the judge and — today was myjudgment day by the judge and he stated for the appeal and witt— judge and he stated for the appeal and will have a very vigorous appeals _ and will have a very vigorous appeals process and the great legal team and _ appeals process and the great legal team and there be multiple areas of appeat _ team and there be multiple areas of a- eal. ,, ., team and there be multiple areas of aueal. ,, ., , appeal. singh today was his 'udgment da , let's no appeal. singh today was his 'udgment day. let-s ge mi appeal. singh today was his 'udgment day, let's go back to h appeal. singh today was his 'udgment day, let's go back to gary _ day, let's go back to gary 0'donoghue. tell us a bit more about the colourful device of figure who polarises opinion in the united states. , ., , polarises opinion in the united states. , ,, , ., states. very key element on the ri . ht of states. very key element on the right of american _ states. very key element on the right of american politics, - states. very key element on the right of american politics, the i right of american politics, the chief strategist, the founder of breitbart news, big followers of podcast and he was a key witness they believed in what happened on january six, 2021. a part of a small group of trump associates there at the hotel on january five and group of trump associates there at the hotel onjanuary five and told his podcast audience to expect

trouble in the six and they really want to talk to him and he refused to supply a single document according to them and refused to answer questions and so, he was prosecuted and this is the result of that, he's going to appeal and so it could take some time and his, if he does in his appealfails, he will be the most senior left tenant to go to prison forjanuary the 6th, although indirectly because of refusing to answer questions by congress. to stay with us on bbc news. italy's new far—right prime minister — giorgia meloni formally accepts the job of forming the country's next government the care quality commission has warned that the social care system in england is gridlocked. it says it's seen a significant rise in the number of people stuck

in hospital because there isn't any social care provision for them when they leave. nadra ahmed, executive chair of the national care association, welcomed the commission's report. it's nothing new to us and have been shouting about it for quite some time, it's good to see the others acknowledge it and put it in print and i think the important thing is to use the term gridlock, again, if come up with the term that explains what's happening in the gridlock is that because we are not able to support our nhs colleagues, social care sectors holding the key to the solution if you can sort out social care and we can invest in it, then we will unlock it.

the leader of the far— right brothers of italy party, giorgia meloni, has been invited by the country's president to form a government, after winning elections last month. the new government will be formally sworn in on saturday morning. she heads a coalition with two other parties on the right, the league, led by matteo salvini, and forza italia of a former prime minister, silvio berlusconi. ms meloni will lead the italy's first far— right government since the second world war. i'm joined now by arianna giovannini, a professor of politics at de montfort university. what government will he be? we keep talking about it is the first far right government in italy since mussolini. the sight of her stating how far right it's going to be? i think we just think is correct. if you look at the composition of the

government, we can see there is a clear distinction in balance of power within the coalition and the far right element of the is clearly having a party that is got the most of the power within the coalition and we also have to keep in mind, the way in which the leader is approaching her role as prime minister. if we look at the way in which, for example, she has addressed the issues in terms of foreign policy, we have to realise that actually her stances are not as extreme as some might have expected. for example, she is made very clear that she is in support of the eu and the matters, she has looked at what we are and in the nato, she has

rejected any sort of pro—russia or pro—putin positions in sum, she wants to, she really is trying to project an image as a stable, credible leader on the international stage even though she comes from a far right background. so, i think that bit of scaremongering around her monica far right government may destabilise the relationship and context and it might be misleading. patel is a bit more about the history of the brothers of italy because they, a lot of people think they have echoes of the far right in italy. they have echoes of the far right in ital . , ., �* , ., , they have echoes of the far right in ital. , ., �*, ., italy. they do. it's undeniable and the -a italy. they do. it's undeniable and the party has _ italy. they do. it's undeniable and the party has got _ italy. they do. it's undeniable and the party has got roots _ italy. they do. it's undeniable and the party has got roots and - italy. they do. it's undeniable and the party has got roots and some | the party has got roots and some connections at the far right and the fastest part of the party, these

things are undeniable, but the party is also evolved over time in the leader of the brothers of italy is been particularly successful in carving it's of a space within the right wing side of the electorate and it has emerged and managed to create an image as an alternative to all the other right—wing parties that are present at the moment. and look at the elections that were held in september, is no coincidence that they gained most of their votes from within, most of their votes that they used to support the lead before and so, if another is that connection with the past, they've managed to craft a new image of the

party and it has been successful and projecting electorate that they can actually cater for and the means of those who support the right and unnecessarily the far right. in terms of the rest of the world, where does all of this leave italy, looking at the european union and the war in ukraine. ii looking at the european union and the war in ukraine.— the war in ukraine. if we look at the war in ukraine. if we look at the areas. _ the war in ukraine. if we look at the areas, others _ the war in ukraine. if we look at the areas, others fears - the war in ukraine. if we look at the areas, others fears about i the war in ukraine. if we look at i the areas, others fears about them bringing in a dangerous far right approach to the policies are not founded. they made very clear that italy and the eu need to event have rejected pro—putin and russia positions. and that she made some

controversial claims in favour of putin, she was very strongly against it and said whoever it takes those kinds of positions will be out of the government. this is the case because she wants to project a stable leader image but she's very aware of the fact that italy cannot afford to lose the support of the eu, especially in economic terms within the current context. so, she is determined to defend her carefully crafted image of the conservative pro—eu prime ministers. in terms of the consequences of this, i think this might mean that in the short—term, we will not see a lot of changes happening. she be keen to show that she is responsible and reliable and that she can be trusted on the international and national stage. what my change is what happens on the domestic level.

especially for what concerns issues such as migration and also the rise of minority groups, including ethnic, religious and special minority groups and migration coming up minority groups and migration coming up soon this was probably the reduction of rights.— up soon this was probably the reduction of rights. thank you for our reduction of rights. thank you for your analysis- _ and former pakistani prime minister imran khan says he will challenge the decision by the country's election commission to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. they accused him of not sharing details of presents from foreign dignitaries and proceeds from the alleged sale. his aides say they will challenge the election commission's

verdict in the high court — and mr khan says the case was politically motivated. saher baloch from bbc urdu was at the hearing. he has been disqualified by the election commission of pakistan for his, and stimulus of the office and this was followed by the coalition government against imran khan and they said he should've declared against these been given and even if he sold some of these gifts, he should've declared it and his list said that he had earlier, a fight in right now, loud protests of broken out across the country and supporters have gotten out and specifically in islamabad, you can see a lot of people are out here as well there is a sense of shock but the party has said that they were expecting this kind of a decision the former prime minister has been going on about the fact that there is a foreign responsibility against

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and there's an indication that this will continue for at least the next week or so. this is what it looks like early hours of saturday. so showers across some western and northern parts of england, northern ireland, too, showers expected then in the north of scotland. but for england and wales later in the night and towards saturday morning, it actually turns drier and clearer, very mild, ten celsius in lerwick, around 1a celsius in norwich. so the forecast for tomorrow shows plenty of sunshine right from the word go for england and wales, perhaps showers returning there to the southwest of england and wales later in the afternoon. and overall a cloudier picture, at least for a time in northern ireland and scotland, particularly in the morning, i think, the chance of catching some showers in belfast and glasgow and mild. and then a different picture on sunday. you can see this more substantial rain spreading across the uk. but look at the winds, yhey�*re still coming in from the south, a warm direction, so it's never going to be cold. sunny spells, occasional showers and those temperatures up to 18 celsius in london, around 15 celsius in belfast, and more or less the same for glasgow, edinburgh and stornoway. and this large area of low pressure,

which stretches all the way from scandinavia to pretty much greenland there, even further west, is with us here to stay. in fact, the showers keep on coming off the atlantic spreading into western parts of the uk, scotland, too, it remains mild. the high teens for the south and the southeast of the country, mid—teens for scotland and northern ireland. let's have a look at the outlook into next week because, if anything, it might turn even warmer. for example, in london, middle of next week, temperatures could reach 20 celsius. the average for this time of the year is closer to around 1a celsius. have a good weekend.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. in the uk, conservative cabinet minister penny mordaunt, has become the first to announce she will run in the contest to become britain's next prime minister. on thursday liz truss resigned afterjust six weeks in power. former us president donald trump has received a subpoena, ordering him to testify before the congressional committee investigating the january 6th riot at the capitol building. he could face criminal charges if he refuses to comply. italy's far right leader georgia meloni has accepted an offer from the country's president to form a new government. she will be formally sworn in on saturday morning. and former pakistani prime minister imran khan says he will challenge the decision by the country's

election commission to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. you are watching bbc news. let's bring you more on the conservative party election race. who will become the next leader of the party, who will become the next prime minister? what will the conservative membership make of all this? 0ur correspondent navtej johal has spent the day speaking to people in morley in west yorkshire, where the constituency has voted conservative in the last three general elections. age time with an increased majority. the local mp here has come out to publicly back borisjohnson returning to downing street. i've been speaking to party members here. whatever happens here they may or not get a say, depends on what

happens next week if tory mp select more than one candidate. they are also hoping to have a say. are these among the people who will decide the identity of an x prime minister? they helped choose the last one. so who here voted for liz truss last time? charles, lalit and alan are conservative party members who we're meeting in morley in west yorkshire. do you have any regrets? not really, because what's happening now is not all her fault. who will you be voting for if you get a vote this time round? i would like to see a joint boris and rishi ticket. if rishi runs, which i hope he does, i think he has a responsibility- to run, then potentially rishi. there's a lot of senior members are backing borisjohnson. i just saw some of the tweets and that makes sense. penny mordaunt, who declared she was running this afternoon, was not mentioned by these members. how certain are you that you want a say in this? i think in an ideal world, yes, members would get a vote, but it's important that the process

is concluded swiftly. if it comes down to anybody other than rishi sunak, - i might say i would like to vote, yeah. - how do you think the conservatives would fare in the next general election? well, i think pretty badly at the moment. it's not a great state of affairs, is it? so that's why i think it's important that the leadership candidates, they get they get it settled quickly. i don't think we need a general election, particularly in these trying times. if there is a general election this| year for whatever the purpose is, i i believe that the conservative i members are, our conservative mp will have elected the right - candidate and the conservatives will fare well with a strong, steady government. - the future looks unclear right now. and in morley markets today, most of the people we spoke to seem to think there's only one way out of the uncertainty. should we have a general election? yes. i'd say yes. yes, yes, definitely. yeah. can't leave it up to them lot, they don't know what they're doing.

i'd be happy with i a general election. why is that? because then we actually get to say. like, last time i didn't get a say and she resigned. i oh, yeah, definitely, we should have a general election now, yeah. all my life, my family have always been labour up to the last election. but with boris we voted conservative. but i won't vote again for conservative. would you like to see a general election? no, 100% not. why not? because at this moment in time, it would be a landslide victory for labour, which i don't want to see. for now, they won't have a say. but the next prime minister will need their support to survive. navteonhal, bbc news, morley. with the leadership party contest underway. the state of the economy continues to have a real impact around peoples lives. new figures show government borrowing rose in september. borrowing — the difference between spending and tax income was £20bn last month, up £2.2bn from a year earlier — it's the second highest september

borrowing since monthly records began in 1993. and retail sales figures experienced a bigger than expected monthly fall, of1.4%. meanwhile, the uk's financial services regulator has estimated that nearly 8 million people are finding their bills "a heavy burden". the survey by the financial conduct authority was carried out between february and june. andy verity reports. with consumer confidence now closer to a 50—year low, the crowds at shopping centres are thinner. in september retail sales were down by more than expected, 3.2% below where they were before coronavirus. normally the value and volume of retail sales move together but because of much higher prices the amount shoppers are spending rose 12% but the goods that money bought was down.

prices are putting customers resolve. each customer instead of buying this much thereby not much. you hear tales of woe from some businesses who have had the bills. massive, massive increases which are simply on sustainable that's a one thing we're concerned about businesswise.— businesswise. while some corporations— businesswise. while some corporations are _ businesswise. while some corporations are banking l businesswise. while some - corporations are banking record profits for 2% of businesses like these here don't expect to make any profit this year. these here don't expect to make any profit this year-— profit this year. we try and absorb the impact — profit this year. we try and absorb the impact is _ profit this year. we try and absorb the impact is much _ profit this year. we try and absorb the impact is much as _ profit this year. we try and absorb the impact is much as we - profit this year. we try and absorb the impact is much as we possiblyj the impact is much as we possibly can _ you play the long game, so there's 52 weeks in a year and you have to look after your customers. figures from the financial watchdog suggest it's not the government's deficit but those of households that are getting unmanageable, with 4.2 million people missing bills or loan payments in the first half of this year. government borrowing, by contrast, has dropped rapidly since the pandemic without any tax rises or spending cuts as the economy bounced back. but that's before the government starts to spend tens of billions subsidising energy bills. in the current financial year,

i think it's understandable that the government needs to step in and help people with their energy bills. at considerable cost to the exchequer. what really matters is that over the medium term we get the public finances back on track so that once these energy schemes expire and they're no longer needed, we have appropriate decisions over tax and on spending to give markets confidence. 0n the markets the pound has dropped again and shares in uk companies are down on reports that the new fiscal plan might get pushed back to november. all because of the new tory leadership race. andy verity, bbc news. thames valley police say the body of leah croucher, who went missing in 2019, has been formally identified. 0fficers launched a murder inquiry afterfinding human remains in a loft space at a house in milton keynes, last week. convicted sex offender neil maxwell was named as the prime suspect in the murder. the 49—year—old took his own life two months

after the 19—year—old went missing. police say he is their only suspect at this time. they labour mp for loeser has resigned the panel upheld two allegations against him made by former member of the star. he denies the allegations. he denies the allegations. let's look at the ongoing cheating scandal that's rocked the world of chess. us grandmaster hans niemann is suing his rival magnus carlsen for at least one hundred million dollars after the norwegian world champion accused him of cheating. he's also suing website chess.com, which published a report saying he had probably cheated in more than a hundred online games. malcolm pein is a chess international master and chess correspondent at the daily telegraph. it's all a bit of in unidentified

spectacle, isn't it? how much damage do you into the game of chess? imore do you into the game of chess? we're not sure it's — do you into the game of chess? we're not sure it's doing _ do you into the game of chess? we're not sure it's doing damage. _ do you into the game of chess? we're not sure it's doing damage. is - not sure it's doing damage. is giving just the kind of publicity it's not used to and increasing interest interest in the game. certainly problematic in a competitive sense. 0nce certainly problematic in a competitive sense. once you've lost that sense of trust with anyone, if you're worried that somebody�*s cheating, particularly this happens mainly online without it hardly happens over the board. there are some episodes show into a cheated death does make the competitive atmosphere obviously deteriorate. generally speaking, it's not like there's an epidemic of cheating going on over the board injazz, evenif going on over the board injazz, even if on line it's very difficult to place was he with his goes. at the kids got a long way to run for the kids got a long way to run for the lawyers must be rubbing their hands gleefully.— the lawyers must be rubbing their hands wleefull . , , ., ., , hands gleefully. huge sums of money at stake. hands gleefully. huge sums of money at stake- just — hands gleefully. huge sums of money at stake. just for _ hands gleefully. huge sums of money at stake. just for people _ hands gleefully. huge sums of money at stake. just for people who - at stake. just for people who haven't been following this closely, just recap on the story and where

we're so far. just recap on the story and where we're so far-— we're so far. the scandal erupted durin: a we're so far. the scandal erupted during a tournament _ we're so far. the scandal erupted during a tournament known - we're so far. the scandal erupted during a tournament known as i we're so far. the scandal erupted | during a tournament known as the sinquefield cup which takes place in st. louis. st. louis is a centre of chessin st. louis. st. louis is a centre of chess in the usa. as a view pupil chess clubs and talk to eight lots of tournaments was up there was a very important tournament that chaim stevens was playing in. and he played the world champion in that tournament and colson was on a winning streak of over 50 games but he lost two hands nieman. and colson threw something of a tantrum and withdrew from the tournament. and then issued a tweet reef furring to jose moreno when he got into trouble about criticising referees and his comments were if i say anything they will be big trouble. the implication of this tweet from colson is that something was not right and he had been cheating. there is no evidence to the fact that he has been. what

to the fact that he has been. what is our to the fact that he has been. what is your take _ to the fact that he has been. what is your take on _ to the fact that he has been. what is your take on it _ to the fact that he has been. what is your take on it personally? you followed it for many years was up is there anything in this?— there anything in this? nieman has admitted to — there anything in this? nieman has admitted to cheating _ there anything in this? nieman has admitted to cheating online - there anything in this? nieman has admitted to cheating online when l there anything in this? nieman has. admitted to cheating online when he was younger. his story in a way is similar to bobby fischer in that he just devoted himself totally to jazz, he left home, got a scholarship to columbia school in new york city. ad was trying to feed himself on his chest earning. 0n himself on his chest earning. on that point he admitted he cheated on mine. but to cheat over a board in a game when the referees are watching closely, when you are scanned by metal detectors before you the games, it's extremely difficult to do. there was a chap in serbia was found to be communicating with somebody through his shoes. he was eventually outed and indeed a chapel quite famously was spotted consulting his mobile phone in the toilet. at this top level everyone

is watch so closely it's extraordinarily difficult. i'd be very surprised if he cheated in recent games. when you put is gained through statistical analysis, we have chest computers who study the games of the human players to see they are playing like a computer, that can clue us in on whether they might be cheating it looked eight cheating. the evidence does not suggest that niemann has cheated. this is a case that could go on for quite a long time before we get any kind of results.— kind of results. indeed. one of the issues is that _ kind of results. indeed. one of the issues is that chess _ kind of results. indeed. one of the issues is that chess .com - kind of results. indeed. one of the issues is that chess .com will - issues is that chess .com will disqualify someone, kick someone off their server and say that they've been cheating but they won't release their methodology. and that makes it all a bit mysterious and one of the reasons they won't is to prevent sheets to find ways around it. i've got a funny feeling that some of this is going to come out in court. in the meantime, niemann is finding that a lot of his chest tournament invitations are drying up. allegedly

the german grand master refused to play him and a match. and the most prestigious tournament in the world in holland has stopped negotiating with them about playing there. he's claiming damages to the to his reputation caused by madness carlsen and the chess tournament. extraordinary story. thank you very much indeed. tesco has raised the price of its meal deal, as food prices are rising at their fastest rate in 42 years. a sandwich, snack and drink willjump from three pounds to £3.40 for tesco clubcard members, and from £3.50 to £3.90 for people who do not have one. tesco said its meal deal still represented "great value". other competitors including boots, greggs and mcdonalds have also increased prices. at the top of the hour we will have a full round—up of all the days news

but before that here is newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. another prime minister forced out of office. did the media have a role to play? and as the bbc reaches its centenary we discus one of its key goals and challenges — maintaining impartiality. not for the first time lately it feels like the political temperature in west minister has been rising every day this week. culminating in thursday's resignation by the prime minister. there had been two more top level ministerial departures before hand. the first being that of kwasi kwarteng, the former chancellor only last friday. der wego, his official car is leaving downing street. had been inside prime minister, his former boss. he would not return to the back benches. this college took

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