this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera, our top stories: he will be the third uk prime minister in four months — and the youngest in two hundred years. his message is one of unity we now need stability and unity and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. speaking to the bbc, russia's foreign spy chief denies moscow is engaging in nuclear sabre rattling —and accuses ukraine of planning to use

a so called �*dirty bomb�* disgraced former hollywood mogul — harvey weinsteen — faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. and as hindus around the world celebrate divali, we'll look at the significance of what indians are calling a divali gift — britain's first ever prime minister of indian descent hello and welcome to bbc world news. we begin here in london, where rishi sunak has been named as the uk's next prime minister. he'll be appointed by king charles on tuesday morning, the country's third pm in seven weeks. mr sunak was declared leader of the conservative party, when his rival penny maudant pulled outjust before the deadline. he'll be the first person of colour ever to hold

the post, and at forty—two — the youngest in more than two—hundred years. his challenges include tackling the highest inflation in forty years, and restoring confidence in the government, after the brief but chaotic administration of predecessor, liz truss. here's what he said after winning the contest. i would like to pay tribute to liz truss _ i would like to pay tribute to liz truss to — i would like to pay tribute to liz truss to a — i would like to pay tribute to liz truss to a dedicated service to the country _ truss to a dedicated service to the country. she had dignity and grace at a time _ country. she had dignity and grace at a time of— country. she had dignity and grace at a time of great change and under exceptionally difficult circumstances both at home and abroad — circumstances both at home and abroad i— circumstances both at home and abroad. i pledge that i will serve you with — abroad. i pledge that i will serve you with integrity and humility and i will you with integrity and humility and iwiii work— you with integrity and humility and i will work day in and day out to deliver for— i will work day in and day out to deliver for the british people. well it's been a rapid rise to the top for rishi sunak who has only been a member of parliament for seven years — here's our deputy

political editor, vicki young. addressing the nation during a pandemic a after becoming chancellor. rishi sunak was the face of the government's economic response during this national crisis. to all those at home right now anxious about the days ahead, i say this. you will not face this alone. the furlough scheme paid 80% of millions of people's salaries for months and cost billions. hello! he also masterminded the eat out to help out scheme, encouraging diners back to restaurants when they reopened. i have worked with rishi for some time and i would say everyone knows he is smart and competent but he is also incredibly dedicated, really hard—working and just a really kind person. i saw how much effort he put into coming up with things like the furlough, coming up with all of those packages

for support for business and i think everyone has seen that. big boots to fill. all of that came just five years after he was elected as the conservative mp for richmond in north yorkshire. his parents of indian descent came to the uk from east africa. he has spoken about the sacrifices they made to send him to winchester college, a top private school. after oxford university, a career in banking and his marriage to the daughter of a billionaire made him extremely wealthy. political opponents have commented on his expensive houses, clothes and shoes, suggesting he is out of touch with ordinary people. the revelation that his wife had non—dom tax status proved politically toxic. he said he had informed senior civil servants when hejoined government but a u—turn followed. she has always followed all the rules but she recognises this goes beyond just following those rules so she has decided to pay both uk and foreign taxes. the episode was a low point for rishi sunak.

he was visibly angry at what he saw as an intrusion into his wife's financial affairs. colleagues, though, felt it betrayed a certain political naivety and some even predicted that his career would never recover. rishi sunak is a long—standing brexit supporter but, as chancellor, he rarely trumpeted the benefits of leaving the eu. he got caught up in the scandal about downing street parties, receiving a fine for breaking covid laws. friends say he had just turned up early for a meeting in the cabinet room. tackling the costs of transport... there had been rumours of tensions between him and boris johnson over spending. after a number of scandals, mr sunak resigned in protest. he was blamed by mrjohnson�*s friends for bringing him down. please welcome rishi sunak. when he stood to be tory leader in the summer,

he warned that liz truss's tax—cutting agenda would lead to higher interest rates for the government and homeowners. liz, your plans, your own economic adviser has said that that would lead to mortgage rates, interest rates going up to 7%. can you imagine what that is going to do for everyone here and everyone watching? that is thousands of pounds on their mortgage bill. a few weeks ago, rishi sunak was rejected by conservative members. today, colleagues have decided he is the man to bring stability. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart in westminster. what a difference a few weeks make it in terms of what we can expect tomorrow, to struggle through the procedure. tomorrow, to struggle through the rocedure. , ,, .,~ , procedure. rishi sunak will become prime minister _ procedure. rishi sunak will become prime minister tomorrow _ procedure. rishi sunak will become prime minister tomorrow at - procedure. rishi sunak will become prime minister tomorrow at this - prime minister tomorrow at this point, he'sjust been prime minister tomorrow at this point, he's just been elected leader of the conservative party but would we can expect and we don't really need to reflect ourselves too much because we just went through this a couple of months ago when liz truss

took over for borisjohnson, what will happen is, we expect her to come out to downing street to make a statement to the media awaiting their before she leaves for the last times prime minister and she will go to buckingham palace and she was seeking charles and will resign as prime minister and that is how it works and that is a part of the constitution and shortly after she leaves, rishi sunak will go see the king in the king will invite to form a government and that's the point in which they become prime minister. and he would and make his way to 10 downing street and it used to be the next door but this�*ll be the first time he goes into number ten is prime minister and that will happen to shortly after he makes a statement to the media and normally that will be done weather permitting on the street and he will see a bit of history acted out as britain gets its first british asian prime

minister and the youngest prime minister and the youngest prime minister in over 200 years. in minister and the youngest prime minister in over 200 years. in terms of creatin: minister in over 200 years. in terms of creating his _ minister in over 200 years. in terms of creating his government, - minister in over 200 years. in terms of creating his government, to - minister in over 200 years. in terms of creating his government, to be i of creating his government, to be have any indication that he needs to bring on the conservative party together and something that liz truss, she brought all of her supporters in as opposed to people had differing views. fix, supporters in as opposed to people had differing views.— had differing views. a common criticism of _ had differing views. a common criticism of liz _ had differing views. a common criticism of liz truss _ had differing views. a common criticism of liz truss very - had differing views. a common criticism of liz truss very soon | criticism of liz truss very soon after she had assembled her top team is that she had a stacked team of people who supported her during the campaign and injunioryanks, it really did represent the widespread conservative part and rishi sunak when we spoke for the first time, we heard him be on the spacer campaign that in this conservative party, one of his priorities was to get more unity in the conservative party in a thing therefore, we can expect and

perhaps reaching out to people who perhaps reaching out to people who perhaps he has not always agreed with and perhaps people over the last time he ran to conservative party leaders when liz truss was victorious, press and people who backed liz truss in the contest can still expect to find themselves given a seat at the table. of course, liz rishi sunak has to grapple with the economic situation the uk and in jeremy hunt was broad enough that long ago by liz truss and his work to calm the markets and we know he is working on economic plan to be published on october the 31st and then, it will be quite a lot of pressure on rishi sunak if he is wanting to, perhaps keep the economy and as much of a stable situation as he can get it and perhaps a bit of pressure to keepjeremy hunt in place for the stability there. i don't think that someone would find

it particularly difficult to work with in terms of getting the uk finances in a better state. of course, opposition parties watching this all play out saying that we've now got the third prime minister off the back of the 2019 general election to know the inner turmoil with the conservative party, the sadist on three general election it's time for the uk to have another say —— public. it's time for the uk to have another say -- public-— say -- public. thank you for “oining us in westminster. * say -- public. thank you for “oining us in westminster. anotherh us in westminster. another historical day in uk politics. the us attorney general has accused china of trying to undermine the american justice system as he announced indictments against 13 chineese nationals. against 13 chinese nationals. in one of three cases, the department ofjustice accussed two agents of paying thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery to obstruct an investigation into a major communications company, thought to be huawei.

for more on this story, let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. tell us more about what the us attorney general has been saying. this is indeed a complex series of three cases, 13 chinese individuals that are facing these allegations and in one case, two of those chinese officials accused of attempting to obstruct the investigation those referred to into a chinese telecommunications company said or understood to be huawei. reported to be huawei by us media were accused of attempting to get details about the investigation into perhaps a witness list. one involves

putting pressure on chinese dissidents and in one case, getting a dissident to return to china and in us academics professor in the university to work for the chinese. with reference to the chinese telecommunications company, they said it was an egregious attempt to shield the chinese company from investigation from us justice, shield the chinese company from investigation from usjustice, to undermine usjustice and he investigation from usjustice, to undermine us justice and he also went on to say this. is undermine usjustice and he also went on to say this.— undermine usjustice and he also went on to say this. is these cases demonstrate. _ went on to say this. is these cases demonstrate, the _ went on to say this. is these cases demonstrate, the government - went on to say this. is these cases demonstrate, the government of. went on to say this. is these cases - demonstrate, the government of china site interview with the rights and freedoms — site interview with the rights and freedoms of individuals —— interfere. _ freedoms of individuals —— interfere, and undermine our judicial— interfere, and undermine our judicial system that protects those rights _ judicial system that protects those rights. they did not succeed. the justice _ rights. they did not succeed. the justice department will not tolerate attempts by any foreign power to

undermine the rule of law upon which our democracy is based. what undermine the rule of law upon which our democracy is based.— our democracy is based. what are we to make of the _ our democracy is based. what are we to make of the timing _ our democracy is based. what are we to make of the timing of _ our democracy is based. what are we to make of the timing of this - to make of the timing of this because we've just had the chinese communist party reelect or reaffirm president xijinping of his communist party reelect or reaffirm president xi jinping of his third term in power and the timing is significant, i guess. it term in power and the timing is significant, i guess. it significant --erhas. significant, i guess. it significant perhaps- it _ significant, i guess. it significant perhaps- it is — significant, i guess. it significant perhaps. it is certainly _ significant, i guess. it significantl perhaps. it is certainly interesting us officials will be watching events in china or the last few days recklessly given the current tensions between the two countries, specifically the news conference asked whether there was any direct connection and while not directly answering the question, the answer was when cases like this come up and there have been many over the past few months, it is appropriate when it cons. . ~ few months, it is appropriate when

it cons. ., ,, , ., few months, it is appropriate when it cons. . ~' , ., , few months, it is appropriate when it cons. ., ,, y., , . lots more on her website and stay with us. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... a diwali gift — india celebrates as rishi sunak becomes first uk prime minister of british origin. we'll get the reaction from a hindi news reporter. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of a country and said, i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty about what each day might bring. booster ignition, and lift—off of discovery with the crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right, this is beautiful.

a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. rishi sunak, the former chancellor, will become the uk's first british—asian prime minister after being announced as the new conservative party leader. the us attorney general has accused china of trying to undermine the american justice system as he announced indictments against thirteen chinese nationals. the head of russia's foreign spy service speaking exclusively to the bbc has denied that moscow is provoking fears about nuclear weapons, in its war with ukraine.

sergei naryshki was speaking as the head of russia's armed forces alleged that ukraine intends to detonate a so—called �*dirty bomb', that's a device that combines conventional explosives and radioactive materials. mr naryshkin repeated the claim, as he spoke to our moscow editor steve rosenberg. he is not only russia's spy chief. sergei naryshkin heads the russian historical society, too. and he is here to remember one of the most dramatic moments in history. when khrushchev and kennedy sparred in the cuban missile crisis 60 years ago, and the world came dangerously close to a nuclear apocalypse. a chance for me to ask about the kremlin�*s current nuclear sabre rattling. will you categorically rule out using a nuclear weapon in ukraine, i ask.

he dodges the question but points a finger back. translation: we are of course very concerned about western rhetoric - regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons. it is simply unacceptable. and yesterday our defence minister telephoned his counterparts in turkey, america and france and told them about the possible plans of ukraine's leaders to use a so—called dirty nuclear bomb. but there is no evidence of that, i say. and i'm asking about russia's nuclear rhetoric. do you admit it has been happening? no, no. absolutely not. the evidence suggests otherwise. days before the russian invasion, president putin oversaw massive nuclear drills and since then,

several times he has dropped unsubtle hints that he would be prepared to use a nuclear weapon in the ukraine conflict. and what about moscow's claim that ukraine is about to explode a dirty bomb and then blame it on the kremlin? well, the british, american and french governments have issued a joint statement rejecting what they call russia's transparently false allegations against kyiv adding that the world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation. as for the cuban missile crisis, stas namin�*s grandfather was the soviet official who helped end the stand—off. he fears nuclear rhetoric can lead to catastrophic mistakes. i don't think it's a real danger that somebody will decide to push the button. but it's not a matter of decision of one person, it's the matter of even a mistake, but the result will be the same.

compromise diffused the missile crisis. so far, though, vladimir putin has shown little desire for that. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. opening arguments have begun in the latest sexual assault trial of the former hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. the seventy year old, already serving time in a new yorkjail, faces eleven charges of attacking women in beverly hills and los angeles hotels over a ten—year period to twenty thirteen. he's pleaded not guilty. sophie long reports from los angeles. he was convicted and incarcerated in new york. now, as the man who once ruled hollywood falls further into the darkness with failing eyesight and rotting teeth, it is those who say they survived and shed light on his abuse that shine, and continue the fight forjustice. harvey weinstein is facing 11 charges in los angeles,

including four counts of rape alleged to have taken place here in beverly hills. the charges carry a sentence of more than 100 years. if he is convicted, he will almost certainly die in prison, a far cry from the luxury hotels his accusers say he used as his hunting ground. it has been five years since the new york times published even hollywood royalty referred to as "god". the premiere of the film dramatising the investigation coincided with the start of his trial, despite his lawyers' efforts to prevent that. i hope that this film will show how much effort and how many people had to be involved in, in the process of showing the truth, because harvey seemed to be untouchable, like, he used to say that he's the sheriff of this town and nobody can do nothing. we need to remember, we need to keep talking about this, because it's something that happens

so much, and it is unfortunate. we need to stop it. i can still see it. the hotel and the floor plan. but the findings of a survey by women in film show that while progress has been made, 69% say they are still experiencing sexual harassment at work in the entertainment industry. what do we want? justice. and there is concern the #metoo movement is losing momentum. when the #metoo movement was really taking root in the entertainment industry five years ago, you just felt everybody leaning in, so many people caring about it, putting new policies in place, launching programmes, and it definitely has, you know, there is less of that happening now. the la trial is likely to be less of a spectacle than what we saw in new york. this is, after all, the equell to a story this is, after all,

the sequel to a story the world has already heard. it is nonetheless an important opportunity for the women who say they were silenced to be heard, and for the legendary hollywood producer who still protests his innocence to clear his name. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. rishi sunak will make history tomorrow when he becomes the uk's first british asian prime minister. the former chancellor is a pracisting hindu and lit candles in downing street, two years ago, to mark diwali. his parents are of indian origin and moved to the uk from east africa in the 1960s. rohit sharma is the white house reporterfor hindi news outlet dainik bhaskar and joins us from washington. joins us live and there's a lot of interest understandably about the origins of the background of rishi sunak and what have you found in terms of the background to rishi

sunak who will become the new prime minister of the uk?— minister of the uk? essentially, the eo - le minister of the uk? essentially, the peeple have — minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken _ minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to _ minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to in _ minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to in the - minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to in the uk, i people have spoken to in the uk, they have varied reactions. a majority of them added that they're happy to see an asian or of indian origin getting the top job happy to see an asian or of indian origin getting the topjob in origin getting the top job in the uk. the topmostjob in the uk. and they are thinking of pride and not shying away from this because he's never shied away from his roots or his heritage, for that matter i think the summer, he went to the hindu temple and 11 supporters who practice the same religion, people i've spoken to, they take this as a moment of pride, much like our african—american student does in it with barack obama. —— much like african—americans did

with barack obama. -- much like african-americans did with barack obama.— -- much like african-americans did with barack obama. what about the new upcoming. _ with barack obama. what about the new upcoming, incoming _ with barack obama. what about the new upcoming, incoming prime - new upcoming, incoming prime minister. fir new upcoming, incoming prime minister. , , minister. or the event is still auoin on minister. or the event is still going on right _ minister. or the event is still going on right now, - minister. or the event is still going on right now, and - minister. or the event is still going on right now, and you | minister. or the event is still - going on right now, and you know, it is interesting because when asked about it, he put out a statement saying that he's going to wait until he meets tomorrow and that is when you talk about it but we do know for a fact that he did let one comment slip when he talked about liz truss and her economics that did not bode well with the number of people including those in washington, dc. referring to the trickle down economics, that kind of policy but when it comes to rishi sunak, do you think i giving the honeymoon period just to see what happens next to see if there's instability across uk

politics? if there's instability across uk olitics? . . , , politics? that have been three prime ministers in — politics? that have been three prime ministers in as _ politics? that have been three prime ministers in as many _ politics? that have been three prime ministers in as many months. - politics? that have been three prime| ministers in as many months. there's a lot of concern about what's going on because the uk is a very natural ally and partner to the us and so, obviously, they cadet honeymoon period but again, i think rishi sunak left and putting a lot work to what's being seen as a destabilising event as occurred in the uk for some now and heading into elections, it's going to be here in the us and in india. fin going to be here in the us and in india. , , , ., india. on the news website and outlet, thank _ india. on the news website and outlet, thank you _ india. on the news website and outlet, thank you very - india. on the news website and outlet, thank you very much . india. on the news website and j outlet, thank you very much for speaking to us on bbc news and yes, fascinating time and lots more on our website where we are covering all the twists and turns in the big bed tomorrow as rishi sunak will

meet king charles and will be asked to appoint and create and form a new uk government. to get in touch with me on twitter. it would be lovely to hear from you. me on twitter. it would be lovely to hearfrom you. goodbye me on twitter. it would be lovely to hear from you. goodbye for now. hello, there. one of the most notable features of the weather over the next few days will be the temperature. it is going to feel very mild, it is actually going to feel warm in places where we get some sunshine, but there will equally be some rain at times. it is all being driven by this big area of low pressure churning, spinning to the west of the uk, throwing showers or longer spells of rain northwards, but also sucking up this very warm air from a long way south, you can see the orange colours surging northwards towards our shores. now, that said, tuesday morning is getting off to a relatively cool start, certainly not a particularly cold start for an october day but a little bit on the cool side first thing, clear skies overhead,

but that means there will be some spells of sunshine. equally, a scattering of showers here and there but many places will avoid them and state largely dry. thickening cloud will push rain into south—east england and parts of south—west wales late in the afternoon. temperatures, 13 degrees in stornaway, 18 degrees in london, those values a little bit above what we would expect to see it this time of year. a wet evening across the south—west of england, wales, there is heavier and perhaps thundery rain driving its way northwards into north—west england, northern ireland, and then across scotland. so, a wet start to wednesday, particularly across the northern half of scotland, and there will be bands of heavy, thundery showers following on behind. but once again, we will see some spells of sunshine developing. quite a strong wind, it is going to be breezy where ever you are, but as you can see from our wind gusts, particularly windy around some of these western coasts, easily a0 mile our gusts, maybe those gusts touching 50 mph in some exposed spots, but with the wind coming from the south, it will be mild, even one in places, 15 for glasgow,

20 degrees for norwich, and for thursday, we will see some further showers here and there, some of which could be heavy, possibly thundery, this weather system trying to bring rain into the west but ahead of that, that surge of warmth from the south with temperatures in parts of eastern england potentially getting to 21 or 22 degrees. another warm day, particularly in the south and the east on friday, where we were see too many showers, where is further north and west, there is a bit more rain in the forecast. and as we head into the weekend, well, it will start to feel just a bit cooler.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are natasha clark, who's the chief political correspondent for the sun and professor anand menon, the director of the think—tank, uk in a changing europe. tomorrow's front pages... starting with... and the main focus on the front pages is the announcement of britain's latest prime minister — as the metro declares, �*here comes the sunak�*. the international edition of the financial times points

to the difficulties facing the 57th uk leader — as he vows to tackle,