this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the former uk prime minister, liz truss, blames what she's calls a "powerful economic establishment" for the failure of her tax—cutting agenda and the downfall of her premiership. iranian state television says the country's supreme leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including many who'd taken part in recent anti—government demonstrations. the former president of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79 following a long illness. pope francis�* historic visit to south sudan ends with an open air mass. he urged people to reject the "venom of hatred" and pleaded with leaders to find peace.

the former uk prime minister, liz truss, has blamed what she's called a "powerful economic establishment" — and a lack of support from the conservative party — for her downfall in number ten. ms truss was forced to quit after her package of tax cuts caused panic in the markets and the pound dropped to a record low. in a newspaper article, ms truss admitted she's not blameless, but doesn't think her tax policies were given a "realistic chance". speaking earlier to the bbc, britain's business secretary, grant shapps — who served briefly as home secretary for liz truss — said she had clearly taken the wrong approach to managing the country's economy.

liz truss does accept that, actually, you can'tjust go straight to those tax cuts without not only laying out the groundwork, that was her point. my point would be without dealing with the other things first. inflation, first of all, getting growth into the economy, keeping debt under control. your question is, in my heart, do i think we should have a lower tax economy? answer, yes, absolutely. my question is, in your heart, do you think that liz truss�* approach was the right one? well, clearly it wasn't. speaking to the same programme, labour's liz kendall criticised liz truss�* lack of apology for what happened during her short premiership. less than 20 weeks since the conservatives drove the economy off the cliff, liz truss is already back with no apology and no humility and people whose mortgages rocketed and whose pensions plummeted will knock on with, at best, shock and, at worst, anger.

joing me now is kate andrews, economics editor at the spectator — a right—leaning politics and culture magazine. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. we will aet programme. thank you for having me. we will get to — programme. thank you for having me. we will get to the _ programme. thank you for having me. we will get to the political— programme. thank you for having me. we will get to the political back - we will get to the political back and forth in a moment. first, i want to get to the substance of what liz truss actually wrote. what stood out for you? truss actually wrote. what stood out for ou? ,, , ., truss actually wrote. what stood out for ou? ,, ., , ., for you? she is asking readers of the telegraph — for you? she is asking readers of the telegraph to _ for you? she is asking readers of the telegraph to accept - for you? she is asking readers of the telegraph to accept a - for you? she is asking readers of the telegraph to accept a few- for you? she is asking readers of| the telegraph to accept a few big things, really tough asks of her readers. first, she asked them to accept that she diagnose the problem and that, fundamentally, being correct about the diagnosis, she thinks, is more important than being correct about her attempted solutions to fix the problems. so thatis solutions to fix the problems. so that is the first big ask. she is also suggesting, as you said, that she is not blameless, but really she does place most of the blame on

other people and other institutions. she called them all kinds of things, she referred to the treasury, the system, the wider economic orthodoxy. she doesn�*t get specific apart from direct criticism of the office for budget responsibility and their forecasts, office for budget responsibility and theirforecasts, but office for budget responsibility and their forecasts, but she says that political bias stop her from pursuing her agenda. she is confident that if she had been allowed to carry it on, she could have boosted growth.— allowed to carry it on, she could have boosted growth. what do you make of that _ have boosted growth. what do you make of that characterisation? - have boosted growth. what do you make of that characterisation? i i make of that characterisation? i think it is her perspective, it is clearly a one—sided perspective. it is generous to events that we remember vividly, because it was just a few months ago. one of the struggles she has always had is that, in the past and now, in this comeback piece, she has never acknowledged that she planned to add to spending, and that alone played a

huge role in spooking the markets. she talks about how interest rates were going up worldwide, but why was the uk leading the pack? she talked about difficult economic times, but why was the uk and outlier? it comes down to the fact that it was not a bias, it was the markets worldwide that looked at her numbers and thought, this is a lot of spending, it doesn�*t add up. she has a huge energy price guarantee package coming in. they thought the investment was unaffordable. she has never addressed that issue. in 4000 words, she still doesn�*t address it. this is nothing other than a liz truss perspective. fin this is nothing other than a liz truss perspective.— this is nothing other than a liz truss perspective. on the politics of it, what _ truss perspective. on the politics of it, what do _ truss perspective. on the politics of it, what do you _ truss perspective. on the politics of it, what do you make - truss perspective. on the politics of it, what do you make of- truss perspective. on the politics of it, what do you make of the i of it, what do you make of the timing of writing this now and what impact it will have, if any? it is interesting _ impact it will have, if any? it is interesting that _ impact it will have, if any? it is interesting that it _ impact it will have, if any? it is interesting that it is _ impact it will have, if any? it 3 interesting that it is coming so soon, because we all remember it vividly. clearly she think she is vindicated in the way that the

growth figures are projected for the uk do not go so well over the next year, so i think she thinks for it to be out there that she diagnosed it correctly. we will be thinking about what liz truss did to personal finances, and it does feel very early to really be trying to say with retrospect who was right or wrong. with retrospect who was right or wronu. ., ~' with retrospect who was right or wronu. . ~ ,, with retrospect who was right or wronu. . ~ i. with retrospect who was right or wronu. ., ~ ,, . with retrospect who was right or wronu. ., ~ . ., with retrospect who was right or wronu. . ~ . ., wrong. thank you so much for coming on the programme. _ iranian state television says that the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, has pardoned a large number of prisoners detained during the past few months of anti—government protests. let�*s get more on this with our middle east analyst, sebastian usher. what do we know about what has happened? what do we know about what has ha--ened? , what do we know about what has ha ened? , ., what do we know about what has hauened? , ., , ., what do we know about what has hauened? , . , ., . happened? there is a statement which has been put — happened? there is a statement which has been put up _ happened? there is a statement which has been put up by _ happened? there is a statement which has been put up by the _ happened? there is a statement which has been put up by the state _ happened? there is a statement which has been put up by the state media - has been put up by the state media in iran, essentially saying what you said, that the supreme leader has pardoned a large number of those who

were arrested for security reasons in connection with this recent wave of protests. there is another number of protests. there is another number of people who are being released as well. this comes on the eve of the anniversary of the 1979 islamic revolution, so there are pardons quite regularly for that. what we don�*t know, obviously the numbers, we don�*t know when or how this will happen. we do know the way it is written, it is a response to an appeal from the head written, it is a response to an appealfrom the head of a judiciary. it argues that many people were misled by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and they now want forgiveness. they are still described as riots, nothing more and nothing less. in terms of how the authorities framed this, nothing has changed. also it makes clear that people who are accused, being

charged with the more serious crimes, so spying, murder, destruction of state property, won�*t be pardoned. the issue about that is that many activists, many people are saying that those who are charged with the strongest offences have not had fair trials, they have been summary trials. so they have not had a fair look at what their case is anyway. i think this is an attempt by the iranians authorities to perhaps try to put a line under the protests. what we have seen in the past few weeks is certainly less of a sense of how big those protests are across the country, there are still videos coming out, it is difficult to get them out in anyway, but there has been a lessening on the street. what hasn�*t changed is a sense of a generational feeling that enough is enough, the way that iran has been governed for all these

years by theocratic elites must come to an end, that there must be reforms, cultural, social, political, religious. that won�*t go away. what may have happened is a sense that the protests as a direct threat to the regime for now, at least, is over.— united states�* navy and coastguard vessels are working to recover the wreckage of a chinese observation balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina on saturday. the debris came down in shallow water and is said to be spread over a wide area. a pentagon official said the recovery would enable us analysts to examine sensitive chinese equipment. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. pakistan�*s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for

seven years from 2001. at the time of his death, he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc�*s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self—serving politicians. in the past, our governments have ruled the people. it is time now for the governments to serve the people. pakistan had already been under army rule for more than half the time it had been independent. general musharraf portrayed himself as a moderniser out to rid pakistan of islamic extremism. the attacks in the us in september 2001 severely tested his resolve. controversially, within pakistan, he decided to support the american—led military campaign to oust the taliban regime in neighbouring afghanistan.

the best way to fight this common enemy is to join hands. he faced protests that he�*d sold out to the americans. later, he only narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. challenges to his authority were put down with military force. he later handed over control of the army. but the killing of the former prime minister benazir bhutto in 2007, soon after her return from exile, undermined president musharraf�*s claim that the nation was safe in his hands. then his party was trounced at the polls, and the coalition that came in decided to impeach him for his alleged misrule as president. pervez musharraf, though, moved first and resigned. he went into self—imposed exile but returned to pakistan six years later, intending to stand

in the forthcoming general election. but he was placed under arrest — a move musharraf described as politically motivated. allowed to seek medical treatment abroad, he was convicted in his absence of treason and accused of involvement in bhutto�*s assassination. pervez musharraf once said pakistan would help to shape the future for both islam and the west, and the relations between them. on that, there would probably be little disagreement, but there undoubtedly will be over pervez musharraf�*s own contribution. i�*m joined now by the journalist ahmed rashid, who is in lahore. thank you for coming on the programme. i want to pick up that final thought of gordon�*s, no doubting he had a significant impact on the recent history of pakistan. how do you think you will be remembered? i

think you will be remembered? i think he will be remembered as a contradictory personality. he was a general, but he aspired to be a democrat. he wanted pakistan to have a feasible democracy. he was in favour of peace with india, for example, which went against the whole military ethos in pakistan. but i think what he will always be remembered for is the whole issue of, how did osama bin laden come to be hiding in pakistan forfive years without being caught? even though the government at the time was pro—american and opposed to bin laden. one thing that i think he will be blamed for is the resurrection of the taliban. they were thoroughly defeated during 9/11 by the americans, and he encouraged the telephone to regroup in taliban,

which he admitted to in his book. that led to the rebirth of the extremist groups who turned notjust against afghanistan but pakistan, which we have seen in the recent bombing, with policemen being killed. {lin bombing, with policemen being killed. ., bombing, with policemen being killed. . , ~ , killed. on that, it feels like his lea is killed. on that, it feels like his legacy is one _ killed. on that, it feels like his legacy is one which _ killed. on that, it feels like his legacy is one which is - killed. on that, it feels like his legacy is one which is very - killed. on that, it feels like his. legacy is one which is very much alive right now, having real life consequences right now. yes. alive right now, having real life consequences right now. yes, i think ou're consequences right now. yes, i think you're right- — consequences right now. yes, i think you're right. that _ consequences right now. yes, i think you're right. that is _ consequences right now. yes, i think you're right. that is the _ consequences right now. yes, i think you're right. that is the case. - consequences right now. yes, i think you're right. that is the case. it - you�*re right. that is the case. it is always the case with the military dictators we have had, we have had four, and each one has left a contradictory legacy which has not bought any form of stability or a boost to democracy in pakistan. what

boost to democracy in pakistan. what do ou boost to democracy in pakistan. what do you make — boost to democracy in pakistan. what do you make of _ boost to democracy in pakistan. what do you make of the _ boost to democracy in pakistan. what do you make of the military's role do you make of the military�*s role in pakistan today? i do you make of the military's role in pakistan today?— in pakistan today? i think the military have _ in pakistan today? i think the military have no _ in pakistan today? i think the military have no desire - in pakistan today? i think the military have no desire to - in pakistan today? i think thej military have no desire to get involved politically. the last army chief was extremely involved and we have a new one now, who has made it clear that he doesn�*t want to get involved politically. he supports elections. but the situation in pakistan is very dire at the moment, with the economic crisis, political crisis, and the pakistani taliban attacking government institutions in pakistan. so this is the legacy of 9/11 and pervez musharraf�*s rule, because we are in a chaotic state of affairs. ., ~' , ., , because we are in a chaotic state of affairs. ., ~' ,, , . because we are in a chaotic state of affairs. ., ~ i. , . ., affairs. thank you very much for “oininu affairs. thank you very much for joining us _ affairs. thank you very much for joining us on — affairs. thank you very much for joining us on the _ affairs. thank you very much for joining us on the programme. .

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s chetham. we will start in the premier league, where manchester city are looking to make up ground. a win would put them just two points from top spot. it sees two of the best strikers go head—to—head. sees two of the best strikers go head-to-head._ sees two of the best strikers go head-to-head. . , ., ., , ., head-to-head. harry kane remains one ofthe head-to-head. harry kane remains one of the best strikers _ head-to-head. harry kane remains one of the best strikers i _ head-to-head. harry kane remains one of the best strikers i have _ head-to-head. harry kane remains one of the best strikers i have seen - head-to-head. harry kane remains one of the best strikers i have seen in - of the best strikers i have seen in my life. managers do not win titles. i think tottenham will be happy to have him, this young player that will give us many good years. tottenham head coach is set to miss the game following surgery to remove his gall bladder. they say the

situation is not ideal but they will have to adapt. we situation is not ideal but they will have to adapt-— situation is not ideal but they will have to adapt. we have to live the time we live _ have to adapt. we have to live the time we live and _ have to adapt. we have to live the time we live and we _ have to adapt. we have to live the time we live and we have - have to adapt. we have to live the time we live and we have to - have to adapt. we have to live the | time we live and we have to accept the situation. it is not easy to not be here _ the situation. it is not easy to not be here with us, but the work is more _ be here with us, but the work is more important than anything. at the — more important than anything. at the other end of the premier league table, leeds united look to move away from the relegation zone as they take on nottingham forest. it is very tight, which makes the match against nottingham very important for us. but i think we have finally created a process well be focusing on our development and our performance and our confidence and our belief. that has led to us playing better and now it is time to

pick up some more results. but you can look at a lot of ways, people talk about games in however many, but if you look at the last seven, we have lost one. after glasgow rangers won, celtic can restore their lead at the top of the scottish premiership. they are at stjohnstone, where they were put in front by an own goal. celtic are 3-1 in front by an own goal. celtic are 3—1 up. that is a latest score with 56 minutes played. gareth bale will miss out on the final round of the pebble beach pro—am after strong winds suspended the session. he and his playing partner have five holes remaining. it will be shortened to 54 holes and finish on sunday, before pga tour professionals play

their final round on monday. before pga tour professionals play theirfinal round on monday. head over to the bbc sport website to follow all the sport, including the football, in the uk and around the world. staying here in the uk, we�*re going to get the latest on the disappearance of nicola bulley. police say they�*ve spoken to a woman they�*d described as a key witness. officers said last night they were trying to trace the woman, who�*d been seen pushing a pram in st michael�*s on wyre, in lancashire, close to where nicola bulley was last seen, nine days ago. detectives said the woman had come forward "very quickly". our correspondent, danny savage, joins us from st michael�*s on wyre in lancashire. what is the latest? we are ten days now since nicola bulley disappeared, vanished from this river bank. we are about 250 miles north—west of london, in

lancashire, in a small village by a river, where people are simply perplexed and disbelieving, in a way, that somebody could just disappear while they are and their early morning walk by this riverside. that is to be what happened to nicola bulley, she was walking her dog on friday morning, shejust dropped a walking her dog on friday morning, she just dropped a children off at school, she was on a regular route for walking, and in school, she was on a regular route forwalking, and in a school, she was on a regular route for walking, and in a ten minute window, she disappeared. the working hypothesis from police as she accidentally fell into the river behind me and never got out again. however, no trace of her has been found, and no evidence of her falling into the river has been found where they believe she fell in. so there is lots of unanswered questions around this at the moment. the police say they believe this was an accident, that there was no criminal activity, there was no third—party involved. we had an

appealfor a local woman third—party involved. we had an appeal for a local woman who they caught on cctv on the day nicola bulley disappeared, she was pushing a child in a pushchair who stop we understand that woman came forward quickly once that appeal was made, it is unclear whether she had any more information to give to the officers, but i suspect she was a local mother from somewhere around this area. police are still searching for any trace of nicola bulley. the issue is that none has been found. until there is, people will wonder aloud, what has happened to her? able question police theory —— they will question that police theory. an aristocratic british family is due to travel to the island of grenada to publicly apologise for the ownership of more than 1,000 enslaved africans in the 19th century. the trevelyan family will also pay reparations to the people of grenada, where it owned six sugar plantations. one member of the trevelyan family is my colleague, laura trevelyan. she is a bbc presenter,

and she spoke to our news reporter, azadeh moshiri in a personal capacity. how do you make up for centuries of oppression? that�*s a question countries like britain and the united states are still trying to answer. bbc presenter laura trevelyan is confronting her ancestors�* own role in the slave trade. across the caribbean, there are calls for reparations. after she learnt her family was listed on a database of slave owners, ms trevelyan visited grenada to face her ancestors�* painful legacy. when i went to grenada and i saw for myself the plantations where slaves were punished, when i saw the instruments of torture that were used to restrain them. when i looked at the neck braces, at the manacles, at this system of dehumanisation that my family had profited from as absentee slave owners of these sugar

plantations, i felt ashamed. the trevelyan family has decided to apologise in a public letter. they write... they go on... five—times great grandfather... ms trevelyan explained the impact her family�*s actions still have today. poverty is rife. there�*s a lot of obesity, of hypertension, of ill health, which is linked to slavery, health experts feel, because of decades of poor diet, of stress.

and so some people could see what you�*re doing and argue, you know what, this is a drop in the bucket and that it�*s not going to fix the generations of difficulties and setbacks that these families have had to face. what would your response be to that? yes. i completely understand that this can seem like a very inadequate gesture that our family received the equivalent of about £3 million in compensation when slavery was abolished. we got that money in 1834. so for me to be giving £100,000, almost 200 years later, for a fund that�*s going to look at economic development in grenada and the eastern caribbean, maybe that seems like it�*s really inadequate, but i hope that we�*re setting an example by apologising for what our ancestors did. later this month, the trevelyans will return to grenada. they�*ll attend a public forum organised by its national

reparations commission. that�*s where the island will continue to reflect on what it�*s lost after centuries of colonisation and enslavement. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. pope francis is on his way back to rome after a historic visit to south sudan. addressing an open—air mass congregation injuba at the end of his visit, he told the congregation he brought a message of hope and pleaded with south sudan�*s leaders to focus on bringing about lasting peace. he was the first pope to visit the country since it achieved independence in 2011 and then swiftly descended into ethnic conflict. hundreds of boats have taken part in a parade along the waterways at the start of the annual carnival in venice. the two—week event attracts tourists from all over the globe, with dancers, costumes and music lighting up the city. it was scaled down during the pandemic,

but has returned to normal this year. hello there. part two of the weekend looking much brighter than part one. we had a lot of cloud around on saturday. today feels very different. lots of sunshine around, but feeling a little bit chillier than what we�*ve been used to. in fact, temperatures will be closer to the seasonal norm for the next few days, in fact, for much of this upcoming week. high pressure sitting right on top of the uk, bringing all this fine and settled weather through the afternoon. a bit more of a breeze there for the far southeast, east anglia and for northern and western scotland and many northern and western parts will see some high cloud at times which will turn the sunshine a little bit hazy. but a fine and bright afternoon to come. bit cooler than of late — 7 to 9 celsius. now through tonight, our area of high pressure or the centre of it pushes towards the eastern side of the country, influencing much of england and wales. so here, lighterwinds, clearskies.

it will turn cold with the widespread frost. also, some mist and fog patches, some which could be quite dense across the southeast. but for scotland, northern ireland, more cloud, more breeze. so, less cold here. but it does mean for monday we will see more cloud around generally. scotland and northern ireland, maybe the odd shower for the western isles, more of a breeze. england and wales, a cold, frosty start with some early mist and fog. but again, it�*s going to be bright with the best of the sunshine down here, albeit a little bit hazy at times. temperatures, again, single figures for most, up to ten degrees in the north and the west, though with more breeze for tuesday, generally, i think mist and fog could be stubborn to clear across parts of england and wales, but it�*s here where we�*ll see the best of the sunshine, although here will be the lowest of the temperatures. variable cloud, some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. for wednesday, a strong area of high pressure holds on across the continents, influencing our weather for the majority of the time. but these weather fronts will try to flirt with the north and the west of the uk,

so it will be windier on wednesday across the northwest, more cloud, maybe one or two showers generally. scotland and northern ireland, these are mean wind speeds. gusts could be quite higher than that. england and wales, lighter winds, a cold, frosty start with some mist and fog. probably the best of the sunshine as we head through the course of the afternoon. for most of us, temperatures remain in single digits closer to where we should be this time in february. could see a spell of wet, windy weather for a time across scotland on thursday. otherwise, for most, it�*ll stay fine and settled, and on the cool side.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the former uk prime minister, liz truss, blames what she�*s calls a "powerful economic establishment" for the failure of her tax—cutting agenda. the country�*s shortest serving prime minister says she wasn�*t given a realistic chance to implement her plans. iranian state television says the country�*s supreme leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including many who took part in recent anti—government demonstrations. some human rights groups believe 20,000 people have been detained over the protests since mid—september. the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died in hospital at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001.

pope francis�* historic visit to south sudan has ended