scottish mountains. that is it for now, by by. hello, and welcome to bbc news. iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. iranian media outlets say that a letter from the head of the judiciary said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. our middle east analyst sebastian usher gave us this update. this is a pardon that 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 that it's written says it's an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and they're still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame this, obviously nothing has changed. also, it makes clear that people who are accused, who have been charged with more serious crimes, so that's spying, murder, destruction of state property, won't be pardoned. the issue about that is that many, many activists, many people involved in this say that those people

who have been charged with the strongest offences have not had fair trials. they've been summary trials. so they haven't had a fair look at what their case is anyway. i think this is an attempt by the iranian authorities perhaps to try and put a line under the protest. what we've 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's difficult to get those videos out anyway. i think there's been a lessening on the street. what hasn't changed is this sense of a generational feeling that enough is enough. the way that iran has been governed these years by a theocratic elite must come to an end and there must be reforms, cultural, social, political, religious. that's not going to 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. the exiled former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died in hospital in dubai after a long illness. the former army general seized power in a coup in 1999, leading pakistan until he was defeated in elections in 2008. pope francis�* historic visit to south sudan has come to an end. he urged people to reject the "venom of hatred" and pleaded with leaders to find peace.

bbc africa correspondent merchuma has more. on his last day before departing, he was appreciative of the people of south sudan for being welcoming to him, for coming out in large numbers to seek audience with him. there were about 100,000 people who came to thejohn garang mausoleum, where he is. 0n the last day, he made an appeal to the individual south sudanese people. while the previous day, he has been speaking to political and religious leaders, today he talked to the people and told them of the importance of each one of them making individual small steps, in whatever way they can, to help their country be better, telling them as much as their political leadership is doing something else, each one of them has to be like salt, which he likened to the way it flavours food, telling them to just be the ones that flavour or bring peace in their own individual ways. maybe the people who will remember the visit the most will be those

parents of the small babies that the pope picked out from the crowd, and blessed, the young children who were in his audience. i would say it has been a beautiful day for the people ofjuba. you are watching bbc news. we just had to pause they to say goodbye to our viewers watching around the world. here in the uk, however... the former 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. truss was forced to quit after her package of tax cuts caused panic in the markets and the pound dropped to a record low. joining me now is the former conservative mp and cabinet member david gauke. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on - the programme._ what the programme. good afternoon. what ou make the programme. good afternoon. what you make of — the programme. good afternoon. what you make of liz — the programme. good afternoon. what you make of liz truss's _ the programme. good afternoon. what you make of liz truss's words - the programme. good afternoon. what you make of liz truss's words this - you make of liz truss's words this morning? i you make of liz truss's words this mornin: ? ~ , ., , , morning? i think it is a pretty unconvincing _ morning? i think it is a pretty unconvincing case, _ morning? i think it is a pretty unconvincing case, to - morning? i think it is a pretty unconvincing case, to be - morning? i think it is a pretty . unconvincing case, to be honest. morning? i think it is a pretty - unconvincing case, to be honest. the fact is that the government pursued a fiscal strategy, a tax and spend

policy that did not have credibility. the markets took fright, interest rates rose accordingly. the pound fell, and the uk faced a real problem, a market crisis. that was a consequence of a reckless approach to the public finances. i don't think there is really an indication for a liz truss that she properly recognises that, or recognises the errors that she made and her chancellor made in pursuing a policy that undermined market confidence. find pursuing a policy that undermined market confidence.— pursuing a policy that undermined market confidence. and there have been, market confidence. and there have been. since — market confidence. and there have been, since she _ market confidence. and there have been, since she left, _ market confidence. and there have been, since she left, and _ market confidence. and there have been, since she left, and today - market confidence. and there have l been, since she left, and today they have come back, jokes about the idea of a left—wing blob, or whatever, in the various economic bodies around the various economic bodies around the uk blocking this. is there something actually more nuanced and subtle here? would liz truss have any argument in saying that the thing she wanted to change and move,

just could not miss thing she wanted to change and move, just could not mis— just could not miss there may have been some — just could not miss there may have been some aspects _ just could not miss there may have been some aspects of— just could not miss there may have been some aspects of what - just could not miss there may have been some aspects of what she - just could not miss there may have - been some aspects of what she wanted to do, some planning that could have been economically beneficial over time stop what we saw in the mini budget was a set of tax cuts that put the uk's public finances on an unsustainable path. it wasn't, if you like, left—wing economists or politicians, it was essentially the markets, essentially the people who were deciding who to lend to concluding that the uk's position was unsustainable. if you're going to borrow tens of billions of pounds from people, the people that you are borrowing from will want to be reassured that they are winding to a country that can be trusted, and that has sustainable public finances, so that ultimately they are paid back. that was the problem,

it was a loss of market confidence that did for liz truss, and she should have been much more sensitive to that. there was no shortage of warnings for her, and rishi sunak, to be fair to him, throughout the leadership campaign in the summer was making that point. if you go ahead with all of these tax cuts and you do not have a plan for how you are going to sort out the public finances, you risk a crisis of confidence, and that is exactly what happened. i don't think there is any signs yet from liz that she fully recognises it. do signs yet from liz that she fully recognises it.— signs yet from liz that she fully recognises it. do you think this is a useful intervention _ recognises it. do you think this is a useful intervention from - recognises it. do you think this is a useful intervention from liz - recognises it. do you think this is l a useful intervention from liz truss for the conservative party? i a useful intervention from liz truss for the conservative party?- for the conservative party? i think it is very unhelpful. _ for the conservative party? i think it is very unhelpful. it _ for the conservative party? i think it is very unhelpful. it is _ it is very unhelpful. it is unhelpful for two reasons, because growth is poor, and we can discuss why that is, but because growth is poon why that is, but because growth is poor, there will be conservatives who will say we should have followed the strategy, and for those who are less convinced by that, it sends a

signal that there are elements of the conservative party who still believe in a high—risk fiscal strategy. if rishi sunak is going to win the next general election, it'll be because he have reassured the public that the conservatives are the party to be trusted with the economy. more noises like this make that task much harder, so i'm sure he thinks it is an unhelpful intervention. i he thinks it is an unhelpful intervention.— he thinks it is an unhelpful intervention. , ., , ., intervention. i should 'ust mention as well intervention. i should 'ust mention asweuthat— intervention. i should 'ust mention as well that those — intervention. i should just mention as well that those words _ intervention. i should just mention as well that those words written i intervention. i should just mention| as well that those words written by liz truss were in the sunday telegraph today. the uk government and the health unions remain far apart on the eve of the biggest health workers strike so far in england. both sides remain deadlocked as nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists are among those set to walk out this week. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more nurses, physiotherapists and ambulance staff have already held a series of strikes. the coming days will see more staff on picket lines in england

as the nhs faces its biggest strike so far. a resolution still looks remote. 0ne union which represents ambulance staff said talks about pay simply weren't happening. i can categorically say to you, we are in no talks at any level whatsoever with the government about pay in the nhs. what do we want? fair pay. unite members who work in the ambulance service in wales will also walk out tomorrow. four other health unions in wales have postponed their planned action after the labour—run welsh government offered them an extra 3%. a source in the uk government said unite had been represented at a meeting of several health unions with the health secretary earlier this year but acknowledged it had not met the union since, although it had met others. the government insists the door remains open. the business secretary said he didn't think the action was necessary. i don't think we need to be having these strikes at all. the reality is, as i've said, overi million nhs workers got a pay rise last year when there wasn't one on offer.

there's a pay rise on the table this year. the government has urged the unions to call off this week's strike action and get background the table, but pressure has been growing over action and get back round the table, but pressure has been growing over the weekend on ministers to be the ones to unblock talks. it is the government's responsibility. they can sort this. you know, the unions have said, even before this started at christmas, if you meet us to discuss pay, we'll call this off. 0k. we have seen, when proper negotiations take place, about pay, not everything else, they can stop it. as it stands, though, things remain at an impasse. helen catt, bbc news. the business secretary, grant shapps, has given energy firms a deadline of tuesday to say what action they will take for vulnerable customers who may have had pre—payment metres wrongfully installed. it comes after an investigation by the times newspaper revealed that some debt agents working for british gas had broken into the homes of people struggling to pay their bills, in order to install the equipment. simonjones has this report.

debt collectors working for british gas secretly filmed about to break into the home of a single father with young children to fit a prepayment meter. it is not an isolated case and has prompted the industry regulator 0fgem to ask all energy companies to suspend the practice. but the business secretary is going further. grant shapps says... grant shapps is demanding to know by tuesday what action firms are going to take to compensate customers affected, and he wants a new customer hotline set up to allow households to tell their own stories to the regulator. 0ne fuel poverty charity says change is needed. it is clear the energy companies have not been following the rules, the energy regulator has not been

enforcing them hard enough. lots of households have been put in terrible situations and are losing out. it's absolutely right that the industry should be under pressure to find a compensatory package for those. i would like it to be imposed by government regulators rather than the suppliers to offer it up themselves. energy suppliers can force—fit prepayment meters with a warrant. it should be a last resort if people are in arrears, and vulnerable customers should not be switched. more than 1,000 warrants a day were approved by magistrates last year, mainly to do this. the bbc has learned that courts were given advice suggesting those warrants could be waived through, which has led to concern from some legal experts. i don't think this is what the public would reasonably expect of a process that empowers a private company to come and break yourfront door down. this has turned the process into a rubber stamp, when it should be a safeguard. british gas has now suspended all forced installations, and in a statement, 0fgem said...

energy uk, which represents the industry, says suppliers are now looking to fix any issues as quickly as possible. simon jones, bbc news. police say they've spoken to a woman they'd described as a key witness regarding the disappearance of nicola bulley. 0fficers 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. detectives said the woman had come forward "very quickly". our correspondent danny savage has the latest from st michael's on wyre in lancashire. we're ten days now since nicola bulley disappeared, vanished from this river bank. we're about, for the international audience, 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 about the fact that somebody could simplyjust disappear while they're out on their early morning walk by the riverside. that is what appears happened to nicola bulley. she was walking her dog on a friday morning, she'd just dropped her children off at a local school. she was on a regular route for walking and in a ten minute window, between about 9:20am and 9:30am that morning, she disappeared. and the working hypothesis from police here in lancashire is that she accidentally fell into the river wyre 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's lots of unanswered questions surrounding this at the moment. the police have said they believed this was an accident, that there was no criminal activity, that there was no third—party involved. so yesterday we had an appeal

from them, for a local woman, who they caught on cctv on the day that nicola disappeared. she was wearing a yellow coat and putting a child in a pushchair. that woman, we understand, came forward very quickly once the appeal was made. it's unclear yet whether she had any more information to give to the officers but i suspect she was a local man from somewhere around this area. to the officers but i suspect she was a local mum from somewhere around this area. so police are still searching for any trace of nicola bulley. none has been found and until there is, people will still ask questions and wonder aloud, what has happened to her and question the police theory. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chethan. and thank you. we will start in the premier league, where manchester city have a chance to close the gap at the top of the table as they travel to north london to take on tottenham. city are looking to make up tottenham. city are looking to make up ground after a leaders arsenal were beaten at everton. a win for

city would put them just two points from top spot against two of the leaks best strikers. harry kane and leak�*s best strikers. harry kane and erling haaland go head—to—head. harry kane remains one of the best strikers ever seen in my life. not even winning, it doesn't matter. there are incredible managers who don't win the title. sometimes it happens. i think tottenham will be happy to have him, and we are extremely happy to have this young player like erling who is going to give us many gifts.— player like erling who is going to give us many gifts. tottenham head coach antonio _ give us many gifts. tottenham head coach antonio conte _ give us many gifts. tottenham head coach antonio conte is _ give us many gifts. tottenham head coach antonio conte is set - give us many gifts. tottenham head coach antonio conte is set to - give us many gifts. tottenham head coach antonio conte is set to miss l coach antonio conte is set to miss the game following surgery to remove his gall bladder. his assistant, who is ready to deputise, says the situation is not ideal but they will adapt. we situation is not ideal but they will ada t. ~ . situation is not ideal but they will adat. ~ ., ., ., ., adapt. we have to live and we have to acce -t adapt. we have to live and we have to accept the _ adapt. we have to live and we have to accept the situation. _ adapt. we have to live and we have to accept the situation. antonio - adapt. we have to live and we have| to accept the situation. antonio has to accept the situation. antonio has to accept the situation, maybe more. i think it is not easy to be not

here with us, but the world is more important than anything. nottingham forest on to move _ important than anything. nottingham forest on to move six _ important than anything. nottingham forest on to move six points - important than anything. nottingham forest on to move six points clear- forest on to move six points clear of the relegation zone. they will lead leeds 1—0. brennanjohnson with their early goal. celtic have extended their lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 4—1 win over saintjohnstone. david turnbull win over saint johnstone. david turnbull sealed win over saintjohnstone. david turnbull sealed it late on, after andrew considine had been sent off for the home side. chelsea are on

top of the women's super league after a win against tottenham. a brilliant goalfrom after a win against tottenham. a brilliant goal from laurenjames the highlight for the visitors, helping to condemn spurs to their straight defeat in the league. manchester united dropped to second after being held to a hugely frustrating goalless draw by everton. mark skinner's side had a number of big chancesin skinner's side had a number of big chances in the game, but they were unable to make the breakthrough. gareth bale will miss out on the final round of the pebble beach pro—— am. the former real madrid player and his partner arejoint player and his partner are joint 16th player and his partner arejoint 16th on 15 under, with five balls remaining. the amateur competition will be shortened to sa holes and finished on sunday before pga tour professionals play their final round, and that will be on monday.

you can follow all the football on the bbc sport website, and of course the bbc sport website, and of course the six nations. france lead in italy seven points to three early on. we'll have more free later, but thatis on. we'll have more free later, but that is your latest. if your home's kept warm by a gas boiler and radiators, would you consider switching them for some high—tech heated wallpaper? it's something that many housing associations and councils are testing as they look for green and cost—effective alternatives. 0ur reporter dougal shaw has been finding out more. if you want to step into a 19705 time warp, come to 0ctopus energy's research centre in slough. engineers train here to retrofit the latest green tech like heat pumps into specially built, old—fashioned homes. they also test out promising new tech here, like this electric infrared wallpaper developed by british firm next gen. the electric wallpaper is a really good way of heating your home.

it has a graphene layer and that actually, when it's powered, emits infrared. infrared is a bit like the heat you get from the sun. as the cloud goes over, you feel the sun height diminish and you feel cooler. that's infrared. and that's what the electric wallpaper does. the graphene material he is talking about is a one atom thick layer of carbon that can conduct electricity. once installed, the paper is plastered over so you don't actually see it. in a well—insulated home, the system could replace these chunky things. councils and providers of social housing are currently running pilots of the technology. this is going to be good for our climate change action work, as well as helping individual residents have more control over their energy usage. you can heat up one room and leave the rest of the home with the heating not switched on. the idea is that that cuts energy usage, and it's that sense of control that attracted kris up in hull, who installed the technology in his home. he's using a slightly different version of the paper installed by a local company. using an app, he

chooses to only heat the rooms he is in. at the moment, it doesn't cost me much more to heat the property compared to gas. it's pretty much the same, however, my plan is to install the solar panel system in this property, which would drastically reduce the cost of heating. additionally, it makes me very happy this property not relying on gas. it's a new technology which should help us as a country. so is electric infrared wallpaper, the future way to heat our homes? they can be greener in that they're helping us move away from natural gas, which we've got to do. but i think the running costs will be quite high, particularly compared with alternative electric heating technologies like heat pumps. so i don't think low running costs would be a key advantage here, but the capital cost of installing it might be lower. heat pumps are not always straightforward to install, and it's those lower upfront capital costs that might give electric infrared wallpaper an edge, making it an appealing solution to big players like councils and developers looking to meet green targets. if they choose to embrace it, many of us may end up bidding a fond farewell to the trusty old radiator.

dougal shaw, bbc news. over the last five weeks, sunday evenings have meant one thing for millions of tv fans — happy valley. well, tonight is the last ever episode. whatever happens in the finale, the show has already made a huge impact in calderdale, west yorkshire, where it's been filmed. phil bodmer has been to find out more. it is human remains. it is a crime drama that has gripped the nation. despite the gritty content its success seems to be having a positive impact on some of the locations seen on the small screen. d'you think that's where i want florence and poppy to grow up? is that where you want your kids to grow up?! at this cafe in halifax, the owner says there has been an increase in the number of customers popping in for breakfast or a sandwich. you think it's a good thing? yeah. very good, yeah.

very good that everybody is watching and for business and for halifax. - behind the impressive facade of halifax town hall, civic leaders are delighted with the coverage on prime time tv. we're already seeing people coming and looking for some of the recognisable locations and i think that will continue over summer. we had the same experience, of course, with gentleman jack, so we know what to expect and we are keen to build on that. and as a local authority leader it must fill you with an enormous sense of pride? the nine o'clock continuity announcer last week said, "now over to hebden bridge". you couldn't pay for coverage like that. such a great drama and such great visual images, as well. yeah, priceless. where is the spa? just down the stairs, turn right then through to the next room. thanks. this is the holdsworth house hotel

in halifax, you may recognise the reception area here because it featured in last sunday's edition of happy valley but it also has a bit of a pedigree when it comes to television production because it also featured in sally wainwright's last tango in halifax. we are led to believe that the piece we were featured in last week was written specifically by sally for us, to feature us. it's fanatstic. she's a great friend of the hotel and for her to do that was marvellous. what do you this publicity means for tourism in the calder valley? it highlights the area and brings the calder valley into everybody's psyche a little bit more. you have diverse landscapes, one minute terrace houses back—to—back, next, you're in the rolling hills and it isjust growing that interest in the area. i am going back to work. i don't want to be here. for those who know it, this part of the world's always possessed a unique charm. thanks to a dark television drama, a light has been shone on the happy valley.

how will it end for catherine, tommy and ryan? you can find out tonight on happy valley at 9 o'clock on bbc one. now it's time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. hello again. well, for most of us, it's been a glorious afternoon. plenty of sunshine around, and quite a contrast to yesterday's blanket of cloud that was across the whole of the uk. contrast that with today's satellite picture, you can see the extent of the day's sunshine, just really the far north of scotland that's had some thicker cloud to deal with through recent hours. and this is what the sunshine has been looking like in northumberland. bit of high cloud here, making the sunshine hazy, but a fine afternoon nevertheless. however, it has been quite a bit cooler. temperatures yesterday in northern scotland reached 12 degrees celsius in kinloss. today, well, around about four degrees celsius lower. but i think for most of us we'd take that change, given that there's been a lot more sunshine around. 0vernight tonight, high pressure stays across england and wales, and so that will keep the skies clear. for scotland and northern ireland, some thicker cloud working in here will prevent a frost for many. just a few patches of frost in rural areas for east scotland, but the frost will be extensive across england and wales,

i think in the countryside temperatures could get down to as low as minus five or so. so a cold start to the day tomorrow. but again, plenty of sunshine in the forecast across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland do have some thicker cloud and there might be an odd bit of drizzle first thing in the morning, but essentially a lot of dry weather and it will probably try to brighten up. some of the day's highest temperatures tomorrow will be across the north, ten in both belfast and glasgow. fortuesday, again, it's the largely dry day, but i think there's a much greater chance of seeing some extensive and dense patches of mist and fog, some of that lingering into the afternoon across southern parts of england and wales where the weather could be really quite chilly. away from that, though, some brighter weather pushing into western scotland, perhaps a few spots of drizzle crossing northern ireland and moving into northern england for a time. now, wednesday, the winds start to pick up again. and so that should mean the mist and fog is less extensive and probably will be quicker to clear.

there'll be a few bright or sunny spells breaking through, particularly to the east of high ground. temperatures, well, around about average for england, wales, but still mild for scotland and for northern ireland. however, towards the end of the week we get this cold front moving its way southwards. that's going to bring a change to sunnier weather. but with showers across northern areas and those showers in lerwick will fall wintry for a time. we are expecting a bit of snow across some of the higher scottish mountains. that's it for now. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. iranian state television says the country's supreme leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including many who took part in recent anti—government demonstrations. liz truss blames what she calls a "powerful economic establishment" for her downfall. the shortest serving prime minister in uk history says she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her tax—cutting agenda. 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. police investigating the disappearance of nicola bulley in lancashire say they've spoken to a woman they'd described as a key witness.

ms bulley was last seen nine days ago.