welcome to bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: cheering and applause making history — rishi sunak will be the uk's next prime minister, the first ever british—asian to hold the post. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my upmost priority to bring our party and our country together. 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'. the us issues criminal charges against 13 chinese citizens as part of an investigation into beijing's activities in america. and, disgraced former hollywood mogul, harvey weinstein faces charges of rape and sexual assault

in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk's formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. here's our political editor chris mason. cheering na applause today's new conservative leader, this week's new prime minister. rishi sunak arrived at conservative party headquarters this afternoon, his party's third

leader this year. waves, smiles and handshakes done, he wanted to talk to the country, but didn't want to face questions from reporters. i'd like to pay tribute to liz truss for her dedicated public service to the country. she has led with dignity and grace for a time of great change and under exceptionally difficult circumstances both at home and abroad. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party

and our country together. all week can this woman wanted to stand as well. just after 1pm, had team reckon they were ipm, had team reckon they were a few supporters shot of the magic number. an official announcement imminent and a statement from penny mordant...

and, a few minutes after that, confirmation of another new prime minister. i can confirm that we have received one valid... cheering and thumping drones speech ..and rishi sunak is therefore elected as leader of the conservative party. it's quite astonishing, isn't it, that the guy who was defeated by the current prime minister is replacing her a matter of weeks after she took office? autumn's second new prime minister, the third to call this place home. for however long it lasts, the era of rishi

sunak beckons. chris mason there. so who is britain's soon to be prime minister? here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. addressing the nation during a pandemic, a month after becoming chancellor. you will not face this alone. rishi sunak helped lead to the government's economic response. 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. there we go, brilliant. i have worked with rishi for some time and i would say everyone knows that he's smart and competent but he is also incredibly dedicated, really hard—working and just a really kind person. big boots to fill, that. 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. he talked about the experience in a bbc documentary. you know, i have friends who are aristocrats, i have friends who are upper class, i have friends who are working class but — well, not working—class — but i mix and match and then i go to see kids from an inner city state school and tell them to apply to oxford and talk to them about people like me. 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 that 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 gave this warning about liz truss�*s tax cuts.

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. in other news: the us department ofjustice says it has issued criminal charges against 13 chinese citizens as part of an investigation into beijing's activities in america. they are accused of stealing technology, and harassing dissidents our north america correspondent, peter bowes, talks us through these latest charges. this involves three cases, 13 individuals, two of those chinese officials, accused of paying a us official thousands of dollars, indeed tens of thousands in cash in jewellery, in bitcoin as well to attempt to obstruct investigation into

a chinese telecommunications company which was not named as this was announced by us officials but widely reported to be huawei. huawei, back in 2019, accused of stealing us trade secrets, amongst other charges, and these two individuals are accused of trying to get information about that investigation, including a witness list. the us attorney general has described this as an egregious attempt by chinese officials to shield a chinese company from accountability and to undermine the usjustice system. the two other cases involved — they are connected but slightly different — one involves an attempt to put pressure on chinese dissidents in the united states, wanting a us citizen

to get back to china, and another a long running attempt to put pressure on the american academics, including a us professor to work for the chinese. to the war in ukraine now and the chief of russia's foreign spy service has denied that moscow has been provoking nuclear fears. sergei naryshkin went on to repeat an unsubstantiated claim that ukraine could be planning to use its own �*dirty bomb�* — a device that combines conventional explosives and radioactive materials. mr naryshkin was speaking to our russia 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 the 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? translation: 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 and 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. this is bbc news. still to come: talk about good timing — the uk gets its first british—asian prime minister, as millions celebrate diwali, the festival of lights. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her 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- of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery,

with six astronaut heroes and one american legend! we're enjoying the show. this is beautiful. baby cries a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc world news. are tops to: the former chancellor, rishi sunak, will be the uk's next prime minister — the first ever british—asian to hold the post. let's talk more about rishi sunak. world leaders have been reacting to rishi sunak�*s victory in the contest to be the next british prime minister. in a moment, we'll hear

from our north america editor, sarah smith, and our europe editor, katya adler. but first, let's hear from our correspondent in delhi, rajini vaidyanathan. there is a huge sense of pride in india, 1 news network saying rishi sunak had given the entire nation a diwali gift. it is also seen are significant because of the history. it 75 years since india gained independence after british rule. and in news channel round these headlines today, saying: rishi sunak has deep ties with india, his grandparents were born in pre— partition paul jubb and his wife is indian. herfather is one jubb and his wife is indian. her father is one of this country's best known business in, the billionaire. tonight india's prime minister narendra modi offered his congratulations to rishi sunak,

they he looked forward to working closely with him. they remain a member early this year borisjohnson and narendra modi set a target to secure a free—trade agreement between the uk and india of diwali, that deal yet to materialise and many here hope rishi sunak can set that back on track. in public, what the white house are seeing is what you expect. the uk remains a strong ally and our countries have a strong friendship that whatever change, that of thing. of course, they have questions about what a change of prime minister means the policy and the relationship between the two countries. joe biden hasn't tried to call rishi sunak yet, protocol dictates he waits until an incoming prime minister has seen the monarch before offering his populations. i understand he plans to speak to rishi sunak in the coming days. when they talk, top of the agenda will be ukraine. what the white house most wants to know is that

rishi sunak will continue to stand up to russia and continue to help ukraine with its defences. they believe they worked well on the issue with both boris johnson worked well on the issue with both borisjohnson and liz truss and want to know can do the same with rishi sunak. on other issues, joe biden and rishi sunak are ideological soulmate anyway, a conservative and democratic but presidents and democratic but presidents and uk prime minister is from opposite ends of the spectrum have worked well together in the past but that depends on building a personal relationship, something which takes time. what will be wanting to know, is... all, wanting to know, is... first of all. there _ wanting to know, is... first of all, there are _ wanting to know, is... first of all, there are raised _ wanting to know, is... first of| all, there are raised eyebrows, cautious. — all, there are raised eyebrows, cautious. is_ all, there are raised eyebrows, cautious, is about losing count of the number of uk prime minister_ of the number of uk prime minister is this year but we live — minister is this year but we live in_ minister is this year but we live in very serious times. liver_ live in very serious times. liver is _ live in very serious times. liver is at _ live in very serious times. liver is at the helm in the uk, eu leaders— liver is at the helm in the uk, eu leaders want to work with us on three — eu leaders want to work with us on three main areas, again, iite— on three main areas, again, like sarah— on three main areas, again, like sarah said, ukraine,

ongoing— like sarah said, ukraine, ongoing military support ukraine and continued russia sanctions. secondly, ensuring energy— sanctions. secondly, ensuring energy supplies and working together where possible to bring — together where possible to bring down those exorbitant prices _ bring down those exorbitant prices. thirdly, trying to work on the ongoing thorny issue of the brexit agreement on northern ireland. known as the protocoi — northern ireland. known as the protocol. privately, eu leaders breathed— protocol. privately, eu leaders breathed a sigh of relief boris johnson — breathed a sigh of relief boris johnson didn't return, he is seen — johnson didn't return, he is seen as— johnson didn't return, he is seen as divisive and unreliable. rishi sunak is viewed _ unreliable. rishi sunak is viewed as a pragmatist and grown _ viewed as a pragmatist and grown up, one might say this evening, _ grown up, one might say this evening, known as a supporter of brexit— evening, known as a supporter of brexit on the campaign trail this summer said it wasn't in the uk's _ this summer said it wasn't in the uk's interest to have a trade _ the uk's interest to have a trade war with the eu. that is thinking — trade war with the eu. that is thinking economically but politically considering how fractious the conservative party _ fractious the conservative party is, _ fractious the conservative party is, it may be difficult rishi — party is, it may be difficult rishi sunak to be seen to making _ rishi sunak to be seen to making compromises with the eu. so in _ making compromises with the eu. so in brussels this evening their— so in brussels this evening their thinking is that at best eu business won't be a top priority— eu business won't be a top

priority for rishi sunak but at worst— priority for rishi sunak but at worst he _ priority for rishi sunak but at worst he could be tempted to court — worst he could be tempted to court controversy over the northern ireland protocol to show — northern ireland protocol to show a _ northern ireland protocol to show a political support in eurosceptic quarters back home. let's cross back to the us. david blanchflower formerly sat on the bank of england's monetary policy committee, and is currently a professor of economics at dartmouth college in new hampshire. thanks forjoining us. a lot of questions remain about what he will be like and do because we haven't heard much from him in the last few days. a lot of change since we did hear about his policy ideas when he was competing against liz truss for the leadership. he talked today about profound economic challenge, that it'll be a tough period.— challenge, that it'll be a tough period. what are you exoecting? _ tough period. what are you expecting? it's _ tough period. what are you expecting? it's going - tough period. what are you expecting? it's going to - tough period. what are you expecting? it's going to be | expecting? it's going to be very tough and he had the benefit of experience that he was the chancellor and he did very well with the furlough schemes and he did oppose what liz truss was going to do so he has all about going and the market knows him. i think he is into deep trouble and the

politics has been driven by the economics. the economics, markets are sitting on a knife edge, and what it seems is all the things that the new chancellor, i assume can't will do, is overtaken by the fact the evidence seems to be that the evidence seems to be that the uk already is in recession. we had arthur today on the pmi, purchasing manager indices, the services and manufacturing says uk in recession. retail sales falling, output falling, so the problem is if he says we're gonna going to spending cuts and raise interest rates, actually in a recession, you do the opposite. you raise spending and cut interest rates. so he has a real dilemma if he thinks he is gonna be able to go in there and say, lots of spending cuts are coming, unfortunately, the data will say something different and the markets will respond. he is more beholden to the bond vigilantes than he is to the politics or what happens in the

inside of the tory party or what happens on the northern ireland. it's about the markets, can he come them in the face of an economy that appears to be in the face of collapse? this appears to be in the face of collapse?— appears to be in the face of collase? a collapse? as you say, he has form as a _ collapse? as you say, he has form as a chancellor- collapse? as you say, he has form as a chancellor with - collapse? as you say, he has form as a chancellor with a i collapse? as you say, he has. form as a chancellor with a big giveaway, billions of pounds went into the furlough scheme. thirdly see something similar in this cost—of—living crisis? the first thing is he is going to try to work out what he is going to do to pay for the energy subsidy. one possibility is to go back and think about doing a windfall tax on the energy companies or perhaps even the banks. i think he is gonna have to be coming but nimble. that's what we saw that he did but i think the words that people said two weeks ago, they will not apply today. what happened in 2008, i recall, i was there, in the end, you had to cut interest rates by a lot, they were a 5% and went down to

half eventually lower, and gordon ralph and through literally the kitchen sink at the economy, that spending, sorry, raise spending, cut taxes, to try and stimulate the economy. that's what got us out of recession so the question is, which i was going to see, are we gonna see that sooner because as i've got to be fiscally responsible or other gonna either sunak that says we gotta save the country from this covid crisis? i suspect it's gonna be a test and it's hard to think it's not gonna be a test very quickly because those data i talked about came in today, came in this morning, and so data i gonna come in fast, he's gonna have to respond fast. the bond markets appear to do well, the exchange rate moved up a bit and later in the day moves down as the bad data came so he probably has had about 12 hours, only one period, we will see what happens tomorrow when he appoints his chancellor. my guess is it'll be all hands to the economic deck rather than

the economic deck rather than the political deck because that's what gonna drive the poles, his 35 points behind and if people can't pay their bills, and they see a government cutting spending that they like, the call for a general election is gonna be driven by the bad economics. right, thank you very much talking to us. sharing you up! david blanchflower, thank you very much. to the us now, where opening arguments have begun in the latest sexual assault trial of the disgraced former hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. he faces 11 charges of attacking women in hotels. he's pleaded not guilty. the bbc�*s sophie long is in los angeles. this afternoon we had from mr werksman, making his opening statement, saying two victims made up the accusations, to mark others he said had what he called transactional sex with them. he called jane doe for mark another bimbo, slept with weinstein to get ahead in

hollywood. weinstein nodded his head approvingly as he wound up the opening defence statement and return to the defence table. as you said, harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all the 11 charges that he faces including four of red, carry a sentence of up to 140 years. he is also appealing his 2020 conviction for rape and sexual assault in new york, the highest court in the state of new york said it will hear the case and should get under way next year. this case is critical, he is successful in his appeal in new york, this case in la will determine whether or not he goes free. more than hundred lambs were for diwali. some good pictures to leave you therewith.

let's look at the weather is making the headlines. fashion giant azara is facing because for a boycott of goods in israel after the company's israel after the compa ny�*s local franchise had israel after the company's localfranchise had posted an extreme leader for a campaign event. opinion polls suggest the has games have elections on first november which could see his far right alight emerge as the third largest bloc in parliament. ethiopian government officials are due to meet to green rebels in the south africa to and a civil war that's been raging for two years. headed by the african union, talks of the first formal attempt to bring peace to the northern region. fighting in northern cuba has intensified in recent weeks with reports of civilians there face a die humanitarian situation. the funeral has been

held in northern france for a trivial girl who was tortured and murdered in paris. a 24—year—old woman from algeria has been charged with murder. that's all for me. thanks for watching. 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 stay largely dry. thickening cloud will push rain into south west 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, this heavy 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 whereever you are, but as you can see from our wind gusts, particularly windy around some of these western coasts, easily 40mph gusts, maybe those gusts touching 50mph in some exposed spots, but with the wind coming from the south, it will be mild, evenwarm 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 won't 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: rishi sunak will be appointed britain's new prime minister by king charles on tuesday morning, after liz truss submits her formal resignation. mr sunak was declared leader of the conservative party, when his last rival pulled out just before the deadline. he'll be the first british—asian in the post. russia is to take its accusation that ukraine is planning a dirty bomb attack to the un security council. in a letter to the un secretary general and the security council, russia said the use of any such device would be seen as "an act of nuclear terrorism." the us attorney general merrick garland has accused china of trying to undermine the american justice system, as he announced indictments against 13 of its nationals. in one case, the department ofjustice accused two chinese intelligence agents of attempted bribery and espionage in america.