welcome to bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories: britain's third prime minister in a matter of weeks, rishi sunak warns of difficult economic times ahead, but says he's not daunted. i fully appreciate how hard things are. and i understand too that i have work to do to restore trust after all that has happened. and the work begins with shaping the new cabinet, some returning, some retained. mourners march in nablus during funerals of five palestinians, killed in an israeli raid. and, adidas cuts ties with the rapper ye, calling his anti—semitic postings on social media " hateful and dangerous".

britain's new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he needed to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here's our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street's security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium,

to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king's invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i'm standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. a businesslike, sober tone, a blunt, direct assessment of the country's predicament and future. i want to pay tribute to my predecessor, liz truss. she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country, but some mistakes were made, and i have been elected as leader of my party and your prime minister, in part, to fix them. this will mean difficult

decisions to come. translation — spending cuts and/or tax rises appear likely. and here's why the new prime minister doesn't think there needs to be a general election. the conservatives won the last one, he said, not borisjohnson. the mandate my party earned in 2019 is not the sole property of any one individual. he concluded by addressing the political crisis that has raged in recent weeks. i understand, too, that i have work to do to restore trust after all that has happened. all i can say is that i am not daunted. we will create a future worthy of the sacrifices so many have made, and fill

tomorrow and every day thereafter with hope. thank you. the era, or at least stint, of rishi sunak begins. an extraordinary moment. he was plunged into the political wilderness just weeks ago and now he is prime minister. his task colossal. the photographers shouted at the prime minister, asking for a smile. cheer up, rishi! he pretty much resisted. chris mason there. well, rishi sunak has spoken on the phone to president biden, who's described his appointment as "a groundbreaking milestone". mr sunak comes to office facing a series of major challenges on the global stage from the war in ukraine to the global energy crisis. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, explains what's ahead. we've got breaking news on who will be britain's new prime minister. rishi sunak is the name...

he may be britain's fifth prime minister in six years but rishi sunak�*s arrival in downing street still made headlines. world leaders offered their congratulations, even if they didn't quite get his name right. rashi, rashi sanuk is now the prime minister. pretty astounding. a ground—breaking milestone. and it matters. it matters. and notjust in america. history has been scripted in britain as rishi sunak... the fact that mr sunak is a british—asian resonated around the world, especially in india, where the prime minister, narendra modi, spoke of the living bridge of uk indians that he hoped could transform historic ties into a modern partnership with britain. gunfire. but mr sunak takes office while a war rages in europe. and for all the warm welcome, many leadersjust want

to know his policy on this and other international challenges. the prime minister may struggle to be as popular in kyiv as borisjohnson, but he's made clear he will reinforce britain's total support for ukraine. in a tweet, president zelensky congratulated mr sunak and said he was ready to continue strengthening the strategic partnership between ukraine and britain. but supporting ukraine in the long run will cost money, largely from the coffers of the ministry of defence. and on this, mr sunak�*s plans are less clear. liz truss promised to spend 3% of national wealth on defence. that's a huge increase, as much as £100 billion a year. mr sunak dismissed that as an arbitrary target. the prime minister will also have to deal with china, which recently launched missiles into the sea near taiwan. he says china is a long—term threat to britain. but it's also a trading partner,

so getting the balance right won't be easy. and then there's europe. mr sunak campaigned as a committed brexiteer, but some in the eu are hoping he'll adopt a more pragmatic approach on energy prices and trade disputes left over from brexit. ultimately, what many foreign leaders want to know is whether mr sunak can give britain the political stability his predecessors have not. james landale, bbc news. ukraine has urged its citizens who are abroad not to return until the spring, to help ease the pressure on the severely damaged energy system. russian missile and drone attacks on power plants and other infrastructure have reportedly destroyed a third of the country's energy sector. five people, including at least three palestinian gunmen, have been killed in an israeli raid against a militant group in the occupied west bank. it follows the killing of an israeli soldier earlier this month. from nablus, our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports on the latest violence.

explosion. israel's special forces move in after midnight. they say they've come to target the leader of the lions�* den, a rising palestinian militant group. palestinians use loudspeakers for a call to defend the city. speaks arabic. and many answer. gunfire. gunfights break out between militants and israeli troops. israel's search—and—arrest raids in the occupied west bank have been mounting for months and this was one of the biggest in years, killing five, including the militant commander. with the strike now closing shops, people emerged to streets cleared of trade but full of the talk of death. the lions�* den rejects the traditional palestinian leadership and has rapidly grown a popular base. israel says this was the group's bomb factory.

rayek lives next door and told me he was blown out of bed by the missile strike. "i saw it come in. "all this glass fell on us," he says. "the building exploded. "we took the kids and we ran downstairs." the big fear now is of a much further collapse into violence, and that is because you have a new generation of militants prepared, willing to fire at the israelis during these raids, and the israelis using a level of force here that hasn't been seen in the west bank in years. at the funerals, there are calls to resist. israel says it's responding to a deadly wave of attacks by palestinians. this mohammed escaped death in the strike that killed his militant brother. some here mourning say it adds to the group's appeal. "for everyone who dies,"

this boy tells me, "there will be ten more ready to fight." israel says it will keep striking hard to counter the threat, but the queues of mourners are growing and so too the grip of militancy. tom bateman, bbc news, nablus. let's get some of the day's other news. thousands of protesters in sudan have been marking the first anniversary of a military takeover. security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to prevent protesters from reaching the presidential palace. the plane carrying the body of a prominentjournalist who was shutting kenya has touched down in islam a bag. it was killed when his car was fired upon when his car was fired upon when going through a checkpoint. investigations are under way. talks aimed at ending ethiopia's civil war are underway in south africa. the head of the african union says he's encouraged by early signs of a commitment to peace by the government delegation

and rival tigray forces. fighting in and around ethiopia's northern tigray region has left tens of thousands dead and created a humanitarian emergency in its aftermath.. nasa has unveiled a prototype lunar rover with living space for astronauts. the move is part of the agency's push to send astronauts to the moon for the first time in half a century under its artemis project. the rover was put on display in the us state of arizona. this vehicle can crawl across rocks, drive in all directions, and comes complete with a toilet. wednesday marks a0 days since the death of the young iranian woman mahsa amini. her death while in custody of iran's morality police sparked nationwide protests that are now in their sixth week. a0 days after someone has died is significant in iran as it marks the end of the mourning period. i asked our news reporter azadeh moshiri what we can expect, given the day of mourning. authorities tend to be very concerned when it comes to funerals, or any sort of mourning ceremonies for that

matter, because they tend to turn into protests. that's been happening in the last six weeks, people chanting anti—government slogans, women have started taking their hijabs off and it tends to galvanise more anti—government sentiment. because this is a0 days, as you said, one of the most significant days in the mourning period, and it is for mahsa amini, the same woman who triggered these nationwide protests. it's going to concern the government a lot so they've taken certain steps to mitigate what they think could be renewed protests. that includes, for example, the iranian state tv broadcasting a statement from her family saying they aren't going to mark the ceremony, which is unusual, and they said i don't want any trouble. of course certain rights groups are saying it was a coerced statement. in some other provinces like kurdistan, the government has decided to shut down schools for that day. they say it's because of an influenza outbreak

but of course schools are a gathering place a lot of these protesters, students tend to be at the heart of these protests, but despite all of this mitigation and all these decisions the government has taken, civil unions within iran are still calling on more protests. more generally, how are protests now, do they still have momentum, or are they fading out a bit? they haven't lost any steam. this week we've seen more protests in universities, two of them in tehran, one in alborz, and the crackdown is continuing as well, there is one instance that is concerned people and that's security forces strip searching schoolgirls in a school in tehran, sadr school, and that's seemingly because they are trying to avoid students bringing in mobile phones into schools, because they don't want protests and scenes of defiance to be broadcast. given the a0—day mark, it's worth taking a look and drilling down into some figures as to what this

crackdown has looked like these past six weeks. according to the ngo group iran human rights, at least 23a people have been killed during these protests. they also say that that figure includes 29 children. now in terms of attentions, 12,500 people have been arrested, many of them held in the infamous evin prison. there is also a crackdown going on against the press, with a aa detained, according to the committee to protect journalists. there are still censorship going on, with the government blocking all vpns and international messaging services. aside from all this, the bbc has also received reports of beatings, even of young schoolgirls, so, in short, no, these protests have not lost steam, protesters are still calling for change, still rejecting

the system of the islamic republic and that's why this crackdown is happening. azadeh moshiri there. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: from pugilist to pop star — why tyson fury is hoping to be a knockout in the charts. 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 ag 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 news. the latest headlines: britain's third prime minister in a matter of weeks — rishi sunak warns of difficult economic times ahead, but says he's "not daunted". the first pictures have emerged of a recent military air strike in kachin state in northern myanmar. around 50 people were killed and a hundred injured when a concert organised by one of the country's biggest ethnic insurgent groups was bombed. earlier, our south east asia correspondent,

jonathan head, gave us the latest on the attack. even by the standards of myanmar�*s really brutal civil war in this region, kachin state, that's been fighting the central government for more than 60 years, was what the concert was commemorating, 62 years since the kachin independence army started the struggle, even by their standards, and the region has a lot of violence, and this is a particularly shocking attack. people at the concert, which hadn't started, gathering in this open area, controlled by the kachin independence organisation, so all ages were here because it was a concert, a community event. they said there was no warning, they didn't even hear the aircraft, there were three very, very large explosions, very accurate as well, suggesting, as it was nighttime, that the myanmar air force was using some kind of precision munitions to hit that area so precisely it caused absolute mayhem, it was dark, so many people killed and injured.

the kachin have lost two of the most popular singers, loved all through kachinland, who are about to perform. another actor we thought who was killed had escaped with injuries but it was a tremendous blow, killing a number of kachin independence organisation leaders but a lot of others were hit as well and the whole community in myanmar is a substantial part of the country in the north, in mourning today, holding candlelit ceremonies, they are mostly christians, and there have been christian services. the myanmar government, the military government, has denied hitting civilians and claimed it was a military base that they struck and referred to conflict with the kachin independence army as justification, saying there has been a lot of clashes and kidnappings. this is an area where there have been regular clashes that go back a long way between the government and kachin

forces, also where a lot ofjade mining is, a crucial source of income for insurgents, and the myanmar military so tightly contested, fighting is nothing new, but something on this scale it is shocking, and many people refer to it as a war crime. a global survey commissioned by the bbc shows how mental health has been profoundly affected by the covid pandemic. a third of people polled in 30 countries reported that they had lost a loved one during the pandemic. stephanie hegarty reports from vietnam. giang lost most of the business at her printing company during lockdown in vietnam, but she has found one silver lining in all of this. millions of people have died from covid—19

and it has had a profound impact on mental health, according to the who, affecting different groups in varied ways. in a poll of 29,000 people by globe scan, commissioned by the bbc, 36% say they feel better now than they did even before the pandemic, while 27% say they feel worse. people in vietnam were particularly positive. in ho chi minh city's harsh lockdown last year, ngan could not leave the house, even to buy food, and she had a newjob and a new baby to content with. when surveyed, women were more likely than men to say the pandemic negatively affected their mental health. for some time, i was so exhausted, and if i needed some time for myself, i just went to the toilet, and stayed there for a few minutes. then after you get, ok, breath in, breath out. but the survey suggests that

parents of children under 18 are faring better now, on average, than most other groups. i think for me, it is easy for me to recover, because i was so busy with what's happening in the daily life. you know, about work, about my child, and then i need to take some rest and then learn chinese. i am braver after the covid. if i want to do something, then ijust do it, yeah, don't delay. therapist vi has been surprised to see how well her clients are recovering and she has an idea why. at ho chi minh�*s university of social sciences, she is working on a programme called vaccine for the mind, which started during lockdown when reports of anxiety

and suicidal thoughts surged. vi says people are more aware of their mental health than ever, especially younger people. which may explain why, in many parts of the world, they report bouncing back faster than any other age group. stephanie hegarty, bbc news, in vietnam. you bbc news, in vietnam. can find a link to the full results you can find a link to the full results of that pandemic: the bbc news site. the clothing giant adidas, which has factories in china and india, has ended its partnership with the musician ye, formerly known as ka nye west. adidas says it doesn't tolerate hate speech. hours later, gap said it would remove his yeezy products from its stores. it comes after yay posted anti—semitic comments on his twitter account. here's the bbc�*s north america correspondent peter bowes.

very costly for the company but it seems as if, in the end, they really had no choice. and you're absolutely right, they had faced some criticism for taking some time to reach this decision. ye and adidas had had a fractious relationship forsome time, and in a now—deleting instagram post, he'd accusing the company of stealing some of his designs, and then earlier this month, he turned up at a paris fashion show, wearing a white lives matterjacket, and it was at that point that adidas said it was putting their relationship under review and then came the anti—semitic comments in social media that saw him banned from a twitter and facebook and instagram as well. and now we hear that they have indeed reached that decision to end what has been quite a long—term relationship with kanye west, now ye, with adidas saying that his comments were unacceptable, hateful and dangerous. and they are indeed not the first company to take this decision.

you mentioned gap removing his products, the company in los angeles and other major cities, caa, the talent agency has dropped him. it seems that his many commercial partnerships are imploding. so how do these partnership contracts work? i spoke to entertainment and fashion lawyer melissa dagodag. i think they have been under a lot of pressure and i am a bit surprised they did not act sooner, yes, i think our viewers would really be interested to know that there is a clause that's called a moralist clause or a morality clause, and it dictates that the person under contract, like ye in this example, must adhere to certain behavioural standards, and if they fail to adhere to those standards, then the contract can be terminated, typically right away and more over, those clauses are usually written in favour of the company or the brand, like adidas, so that they have great latitude to be able to terminate the agreement at their sole discretion. and do they have to define what the behavioural standard

is in advance or is it up to their interpretation? if the clause is well written, when a lot of money is involved — in these contracts it usually is — adidas would have great latitude so that they do not have to specify the reason, except that the moral clause has been violated and, typically, that language would include something like the fact that if it tends to put the brand in a bad light, then that is sufficient enough for them to be able to terminate. so they can decide that. ye has been no stranger to controversy in recent years. adidas must have just decided that the risk was worth it? agreed. this controversy has been kind of looming over the years, with regard to his anti—semitic remarks, unfortunately, so they finally took action which i think most people would agree is a good thing. melissa dagodag. that's all from me for now.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ lucy e grey. hello. we're going to see out the rest of the month with temperatures above where we might expect them to be for this time of year, by day and by night. staying unsettled, a windier day again for wednesday, the chance of catching a shower, after some early wet weather clears away. the bulk of the wet weather from this area of low pressure coming through overnight and into the first part of wednesday morning. before then, sunshine and the chance of catching a blustery shower. and, if anything, temperatures edge up a few degrees in the next couple of days. we are drawing the air up into the uk from a long way south of us. and these are the starting temperatures for wednesday morning, for the most part in double figures. now, we have got some rain into scotland that will push into the northern isles, clearing shetland in the afternoon. a band of showers across all parts following on behind.

but look at the timeline. this is lunchtime, and then into the afternoon, it is sunny spells. showers mainly in scotland and northern ireland, some heavy and thundery, a few pushing into wales and western parts of england, but the further east you are, the bulk of the afternoon could well be dry. these are average wind speeds. gusts are going to be higher. coastal gales through the irish sea, some gusts in the western isles to around 50 miles an hour or so. out of that breeze and in the sunshine, there'll be some warmth around in the afternoon in parts of eastern and south—east england, not just wednesday, but for the rest of the week. a few spots will get to 20, if not a bit higher than that. as we go on through wednesday night and into thursday morning, we'll see cloud and rain gathering and starting to push up across parts of england and wales. another weather front may just bring some rain into the far west of northern ireland and northwest scotland early on thursday. another very mild start. so cloud and outbreaks of rain to clear away from england and wales on thursday, and a brighter, dry afternoon following. some of that rain pushing through northern ireland into scotland, where we keep a lot of cloud around into the afternoon. and again, these temperatures are well above the long—term average.

now, looking at the big picture going into friday, low pressure weather fronts again, with a lot of the wet weather, though, again going through overnight and into friday morning, clearing from scotland and northern england, for example, quite quickly on friday morning. maybe just a weaker area of showers for east anglia and the south—east — not much in the way of rainfall here. then it's a case of sunny spells, the chance of a shower, though many places with a dry afternoon, before some rain edges back towards southern areas later on friday. for the weekend, staying unsettled, yes. it does look like a lot of the wet weather, though, will move through overnight saturday and into sunday morning before clearing to sunny spells and showers.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the new british prime minister, rishi sunak, has been shaping his new cabinet after taking office. he has already run into controversy by re—appointing suella braverman as home secretary. she resigned last week after admitting that she sent out an email which broke ministerial security rules. thousands of mourners in the occupied west bank have marched through the streets of nablus during funerals held for five palestinians killed in an israeli raid. earlier this month, and that the army had targeted an emerging armed group. the clothing giant adidas has ended its partnership with the musician ye, formerly known as kanye west. adidas says it doesn't

tolerate hate speech. hours later, gap said it would remove his yeezy products from its stores. it comes after ye posted anti—semitic comments on his twitter account. now on bbc news, talking movies: bbc centenary special. hello from london, i'm tom brook. the bbc is 100 years old, and as part of the bbc 100 celebrations, talking movies is going to look at the contribution the corporation has made to the british film industry over the decades, through five top directors who have picked up their skills here at the bbc. i went to meet these filmmakers who've shaped modern cinema. the multi—award—winning ken loach, whose credits include the landmark movie kes.

mike leigh, known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven oscar nominations.