mao, she was in the power mix as part of the gang of four, but not really an official politburo standing committeeat's it going to take for a woman to be appointed to that committee? so there you have it, in short, xijinping in power possibly for ever, as long as he likes. a politburo standing committee very loyal to him and big questions over the commitment that this government really has to economic management. certainly, prioritising the economy over politics, i think many will think that it has been left wanting. ukrainian officials say electricity has already been restored in some areas of the country, a day after russia launched a wave of airstrikes targeting electricity infrastructure. president volodymyr zelensky said the attacks had struck on a very wide scale, but that they would not break ukraine's determination to resist. hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. work is under way to restore electricity to parts of the country without power, following those russian air strikes that targeted energy facilities across ukraine. the ukrainian authorities said 1.5 million households across the

in a few hours, the new standing committee of the politburo will be revealed.etary of the communist party for a historic third term. earlier, footage of china's former leader, hujintao, being removed from the stage of the communist party congress drew global attention. mr hu, who is 79, was sitting beside president xijinping when he was led away by officials. chinese state media blamed ill health for the incident. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell has more from beijing. the first thing you notice from these incredible events at the great hall of the people is that china's former leader, when asked to leave doesn't want to go, and you have to ask yourself, why? what's going on? well, because he represents a type of government so different to the way things are done now. a period of opening up to the outside world, of collective leadership. speculation has first turned to the possibility that this was a piece of political theatre — that he was being symbolically removed to show who's really in charge. but then, when you look at the footage more closely, he doesn

so, the two person currently in the politburo standing committee who are not in xi's faction — that premiern their way out, so people are expecting a xi loyalist to come in, so he might actually have a clean sweep of the politburo standing committee, the upper echelons of power within the party. so we are seeing, you know, greater centralisation of power, more crackdown, more repression, more stability and security over economic policies. so overall, you know, bad news forforeign investors, bad news for the economy and more about security and stability maintenance. as we've been reporting, italy's first female prime minister, giorgia meloni, and her ministers have been sworn in at a ceremony in the presidential palace in rome. she's the country's first far—right leader since world war ii. her brothers of italy party won last month's elections with just over a quarter of the vote. stefano fasano reports. giorgia meloni, the first woman to be italy's prime minister takes the oath of office. she is also the only leader of the party with neofascist routes to form a government in the republic co

the two person currently in the i person currently in the politburo standing committee who are not inth of them are one young and both of them are on their way out so people are expecting a president xi loyalist are coming so he may have a suite of the politburo standing committee, the —— upper echelons of power with the authorities wissing a greater utilisation of power, more crackdown, more repression, more stability and security over economic policies ——we could see a greater utilisation. bad news for foreign investors and the economy and more about security and stability maintenance. professor lionette on, glad we were able to talk to you. president zelensky has denounced renewed russian attacks on ukraine's energy infrastructure as an attempt to break his country. kyiv says almost 1.5 million households are without power following another barrage by russian missiles on civilian energy facilities. the national electricity operator said the latest strikes could have caused more damage than the intense bombardment lasting several days earlier this month. president zelensky said the

xi and the newly appointed members of the very top of the chinese government, the politburo standing committeetanding ovation at the 20th party congress. the seven person committee is now filled with xi loyalists. also this weekend, security officials escorted out china's former president, hu jintao, in front of the world's media. for more on all of this, we turn christopher johnson. he had a 20 year career in the u.s. intelligence community where he focused on china. , now runs his own consulting firm, china strategies group. welcome back. first of all, how does -- what does this new leadership lineup in china tell you about how much power xi jinping has? christopher: i think it tells us that xi jinping is basically unbound in terms of his power inside china. we see a situation where all of his allies dominate not only the politburo standing committee, the top seven men in china, and unfortunately for now they are all men, and the full politburo. so suggestions that representatives from other factions inside the chinese leadership might make it into the senior posts turned out to be untrue. i

wrapping up a week long congress in beijing's great whole of the people she unveiled, the new politburo standing committee, which is filled with his lawyer list. thousands of people have been displaced by days of violence. since you don's blue nile state fighting between tribes is killed, more than 200, an injured many more security forces have now been deployed. then the top stories do stay with us on out there are rebel education is next. when you see straight up to the why for now result presidential election is going to a 2nd round on october 30th, incumbent hard line president james, also nato and fuller. socialist president, legacy law are buying for votes, but which one poses to re elect to brazil's highest office. ongoing, special coverage on al jazeera education method, the universal rights to expand, arrive, and offer better prospects, the passports to a better life. yet around the globe schools and institutions at breaking point systems a deemed to be no longer fit, a re thinking what school and how they were identifying the skill and knowledge needed in the 20th century. now, a new way of rebe

of the party, i note that serious changes have been made in the composition of the standing committee of the politburo council were not included in the central committee of the twentieth convocation. this means that they will leave their government posts in this way in the standing committee. the politburo will change, at least half of the russian islam makhachev became the new champion of the ufc lightweight fighting championship. makhachev's duel with the current belt holder brazilian oliviera took place in abu dhabi was the main event of the evening, in the second round our fighter held a choke hold and managed to win ahead of schedule for makhachev. the victory was the eleventh in a row, i note that our other athlete khabib nurmagomedov previously owned the championship belt in this weight category, but 2 years ago he ended his career in the status of an undefeated fighter , many experts compare today's relations between russia and the united states with the caribbean crisis of the sixty-second year, then the two powers were on the brink of nuclear war but managed to find the right words and solve

again, there were no women on the seven—person politburo standing committee, the group at the top ofnance system, now stacked with xi loyalists. the appointment of li keqiang as premier will concern some. he oversaw the disastrous months—long shanghai lockdown with significant food shortages. now mr li is in charge of managing china's economy. i think the appointment of li keqiang as the premier shows that xijinping is not principally interested in the economy. he's never really been interested in the economy except as a political tool. china's new leadership faces exploding youth unemployment and a massive property crisis. they also have to generate economic activity while implementing strict zero covid lockdowns. xijinping and his team have pledged to tackle these problems with ideological unity and nationalist zeal. well, many will wonder if that's going to be enough. translation: | don't care | whether xi is in a third term, so long as we have food. translation: putin has had four terms and 16 years. - now xi is imitating him. the mysterious removal of china's former leader at th

keeping a close eye on it, sir, but it's hard to say when exactly those new members of the politburo standing committee will come out on the stage. or in the great hall of the people it's, there's been some speculation as to whether or not the policy or a standing committee might be downsize to reflect, present shipping's elevated state as historically. there have been anything between 3 to 9 members, sir, but the general consensus seems to be that there won't be any change to that. but the events of yesterday also have really added to the intrigue of what might happen to dave. with that unexpected surprising exits, or from the closing, certainly by present shipping's predecessor, huge and tao. there's a lot of talk about why that might have happened. it's hard to imagine that this was an accident, because everything that we've seen this week has been a highly choreographed affair. and that's also sort of given us some sense of what direction this new leadership might take to. they patrick and speaking nav choreography we're seeing, ah, the leaders now emerge, ah, president, she's in pain at 1st of cou

and it means that they will leave their state posts in the standing committee. politburo to the current general secretary xi jinping. remained secretaries for discipline control and the chairman of the central committee for guiding activities in the field of strengthening the spiritual culture of the upcoming trip. we must keep the team spirit, to build a modern socialist country, respected by all. that for a long time kept and loved by the entire chinese nation, to bring it to life by the chinese people, not pitying themselves, and the chinese people's party, together with their nation, worked much diligently to open china's path to modernization. now is an advertisement, and then watch the program from the cycle music of the russian soul nikita mikhalkov will tell about the life and fate of the artist ivan shishkin and his painting noon in the vicinity of moscow the vtb team will offer a solution. order a free card from vtb, you get 1,000 rubles. 2% cashback on everything. what are accustomed to housing and communal services without a commission. show your free vtb card

now there was always an expectation that the politburo standing committee, remember that china's highest love of government would be packed with individuals aligned with. she jumping, who has repeatedly defended the 0 curve and policy. but what was disappointing for many people was that wasn't even a hint of how the country might move on from it. since mondays market meltdown, china's central bank said it would keep capital market steady bringing back some. com. there was a small sign of easing border controls as well. authority sent from this weekend at china would boost international flights by more than double the current levels. still totaling only about 800 a week, just a fraction of pre pandemic numbers. or the increase of slides is basically a message of the go for virtually nothing to nothing. it's not, he goes through the needle in particular, as the road has not waiting for china. covered, tribes of also kept fresh on the countries in debt. developers and prices fell for 13 straight month in september, according to official data. actually this is the one that key areas that we

again, there were no women on the seven—person politburo standing committee, the group at the top ofnce system, now stacked with xi loyalists. the appointment of li keqiang as premier will concern some. he oversaw the disastrous months—long shanghai lockdown with significant food shortages. now mr li is in charge of managing china's economy. i think the appointment of li keqiang as the premier shows that xijinping is not principally interested in the economy. he's never really been interested in the economy except as a political tool. china's new leadership faces exploding youth unemployment and a massive property crisis. they also have to generate economic activity while implementing strict zero covid lockdowns. xijinping and his team have pledged to tackle these problems with ideological unity and nationalist zeal. well, many will wonder if that's going to be enough. translation: | don't care | whether xi is in a third term, so long as we have food. translation: putin has had four terms and 16 years. - now xi is imitating him. the mysterious removal of china's former leader at the

commerce party until tomorrow, that's when the central committee meets to ratify the 25 member politburo as well. as the all important 7 member politburo standing committee as well, it follows a week of deliberations behind closed doors. it's also been an eventful week, which is really highlighted some the challenges that the new leadership will face, most notably having to address the state of the economy after the national bureau of statistics. unexpectedly postponed the release of q 3, g d b data early this week it, it points to as an list of suggested to muted growth for the 3rd quarter following the 0 growth in the 2nd quarter. and all of this, of course, is inextricably linked to china's 0 cobit policy, which president shipping has repeatedly defended and endorsed. a delegates and journalists in beijing have witnessed and unusual seen as former chinese president who jin towel was escorted from the closing ceremony of the party congress. he was seen being persuaded by 2 men to leave the hall. we spoke briefly to present. she was sitting next to him in the front row. there was no official comment about the reason for who being held off the

commas party until tomorrow, that's when the central committee meets to ratify the 25 member politburo, as well as the all important 7 member politburo standing committee as well. it follows a week of deliberations behind closed doors. it's also been an eventful week, which is really highlighted some the challenges that the new leadership will face, most notably having to address the state of the economy after the national bureau of statistics. unexpectedly postpone the release of q 3, g d p data early this week. it, it points to as unless of suggested a to muted growth for the 3rd quarter, falling near 0 growth in the 2nd quarter. and all of this, of course, is inextricably linked to china's 0 cobit policy, which president shipping has repeatedly defended and endorsed. a un security council has voted to sanction a haitian gang leader accused of attacks against civilians. jimmy theresa is a former policeman who has been linked to widespread rights violations. council adopted a resolution to sanction any one who threatens the security and stability of haiti has been increasing. lawlessness says the assassination of president javan al marie's l

commerce party until tomorrow, that's when the central committee meets to ratify the 25 member politburo, as well as the all important 7 member politburo standing committee as well. it follows a week of deliberations behind closed doors. it's also been an eventful week, which is really highlighted some the challenges that the new leadership will face, most notably having to address the state of the economy after the national bureau of statistics. unexpectedly postpone the release of q 3, g d b data early this week it points to as an list of suggested to muted growth for the 3rd quarter following the a 0 growth in the 2nd quarter. and all of this, of course, is inextricably linked to china's 0 cobit policy, which president shipping has repeatedly defended and endorsed. a subpoena has been issued to demand a former u. s. president. donald trump testifies in congress about the capital attack. the january 6th congressional committee says, trump personally orchestrated the effort to overturn the 2020 election. it's asked trump for several documents, including communications with members of congress and far right groups. heidi's castro has more from

and term limits, and that was no different with the appointment of new faces on to the politburo standing committee, including the appointments of lee chang, chide she and lee c. none of whom have previously had central government experienced. the appointment of lee chang in particular was noteworthy because he is set to become chinese new premier. and that was another break tradition in that he has never served as vice premier. or we also saw the downsizing of the wider politburo from 25 members to 24 members, and there was no place for any women on that top advisory body for the 1st time in 25 years. at the unveiling today also present, she talked about how china could not develop isolated from the rest of the world and the world lead china's development as well. that was an important thing for him to have said at a time when the whole world really is a grappling with a slow damn. but it was in stark contrast, one might argue with the focus law last week at the opening dress, where he talked about the need for china's self sufficiency. but whatever direction china takes in the years to come will

she further cemented his power by appointing 60 close allies to the politburo standing committee, the government senior leadership team. all of them have been loyal to she throughout his career, and they include each young who's by me to become the next premier, the shanghai potty chief in force at china. strict 0 cove policy by locking down the wealthiest and most populous city for 2 months earlier this year, she promised the team will achieve what he calls the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. shoes you fine. yes, she don't go justice. china can't develop in isolation from the world. it needs china for its development. through over 40 years of relentless reform and opening up. we have created the twin miracles of fast economic growth and social stability . china will open it stores if wider, we will be steadfast and deepening reform and opening up across the board. a prosperous, china will create many more opportunities for the world as well as using pings. employment means his vision for china is here to stay, at least for another 5 years. his, their current policy has been

3rd term as the comedies parties general secretary and announced the 6 members of the politburo standing committee is comes a day after the party wrapped up his week long congress, which solidified shooting things, hold on power. patrick falk has more on watching thing have to say, he said that's the enormous task of the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. all going to be on the shoulders of these 7 men. we talked a lot about modernization of china. of course, the previous goal was to achieve moderate prosperity, but now the goal up to 2049 is to make a child or a, an advanced economy in some would say a global supremacy. report. say that 2 of the likely front runners in the raised to be britons next by minister have held talks, but neither former prime minister boys, johnson nor former finance minister wishes to not have officially declared their candidacy. but in ukraine, russian appointed officials in the city of care san have told old civilians to leave immediately as ukrainian forces as vance in the region. there warning of it increased danger of shelling, saying thousands have already

he appeared in beijing alongside other members of the politburo standing committee, the top decision—makingching. hello there. temperatures on saturday rose to a high of 19 degrees in essex and it's going to be a mild start to sunday as well but we're dominated by low pressure and that means while it's mild, we're going to get more cloud and rain. this is the main feature, this low pressure spinning away to the south—west, pushing cloud our way and bringing with it some outbreaks of rain out from the south—west. and on sunday, that rain is going to move its way northwards. it'll be heavy and it contains the risk of some thunder as well. so this is where we've got the really wet start early in the morning. that rain heavy and thundery, could give a lot of rain in a short space of time, but it doesn't last long. it races northwards, up across northern england, in the afternoon as it heads into central and southern parts of scotland. the rain band followed by some sunshine but also some heavy, maybe thundery showers, particularly in the south of england later on in the afternoon. temperatures

the unveiling of present kitchen pings politburo standing committee as investors digested. what that meant exactly would many fearing that the new line up would be more aligned to with ideologically driven practices at the cost of economic growth. a federal fans who are visually impaired will get to enjoy a new service at this year's world cup in casa lives. specialized commentary in the arabic language will be available at the finals the very 1st time and which city has more. with, despite being born blind and a chrome, he has loved football all his life. the audio descriptive commentary he's listening to ensures he can enjoy game day, like any of the fan. whoa. go through anything, especially trained commentators were. this events in cats are the benefits of blind and visually impaired supporters or the descriptive commentaries is totally different from the, the mainstream commentary that we listen to on televisions registrations. when it aims describing action. like how players are reacting, how things are cheating up with the teams and how the bows moving. they are like

again, there were no women on the seven—person politburo standing committee, the group at the top ofwith xi loyalists. the appointment of li keqiang as premier will concern some. he oversaw the disastrous months—long shanghai lockdown with significant food shortages. now mr li is in charge of managing china's economy. i think the appointment of li keqiang as the premier shows that xijinping is not principally interested in the economy. he's never really been interested in the economy except as a political tool. china's new leadership faces exploding youth unemployment and a massive property crisis. they also have to generate economic activity while implementing strict zero covid lockdowns. xijinping and his team have pledged to tackle these problems with ideological unity and nationalist zeal. well, many will wonder if that's going to be enough. translation: | don't care | whether xi is in a third term, so long as we have food. translation: putin has had four terms and 16 years. - now xi is imitating him. the mysterious removal of china's former leader at the end of the communist par

also on monday charlies markets tumbled falling the unveiling of present ship things politburo standing committee as investors digested. what that meant exactly would many be ring. that's the new line up words, the more aligned to with ideologically driven practices, up the cost of economic growth. and his riley court has rejected an appeal to release the palestinian prisoner who is terminally ill with cancer. nasa, i believe her maids family said they want to spend his last days with him as riley law to release sick prisoners doesn't apply to abraham aid because he's charged with killing israelis. it abraham has more natural bush made, just learned to and is really court has refused to release his sick brother nasir from prison. 50 year old north sort of serving 7 life sentences after a court convicted him of taking port and attacks during the 2nd palestinian uprising. a year ago, he was diagnosed with cancer. israel allows terminally ill prisoners to apply for a compassionate release. but a few years ago and amendment was introduced to the law to exclude those charged with killing his radio noz

wrapping up a week long congress in beijing, this great hall of the people she unveiled new politburo standing committee, which is filled with she loyalists. thousands of people have been displaced by days of violence since she dans blue nile state. fighting between the houser and betty tribes has killed more than 200 and injured many more security forces have now been deployed. 38 people have been rescued from a small boat adrift in the mediterranean sea carrying refugees and migrants. a number of children were among those saved by the rescue ship, ocean, viking weather income. seas have led to a shop increase in crossings. next witness, and a famous filmmakers return to sassy. don't you stay with us now? oh, i i use me. ah, my family story is inseparable from the story of my country. even though i've never really lived there, ah, they moved around a lot and i grew up in exile because of the war. ready with. ready ready ah, my father founded the sudan people's liberation movement. the s p l m in 1983. ready with my mother by his side, he led an armed struggle against an islamic fundamentalist governmen

again, there were no women on the seven person politburo standing committee, a group stacked with xie oversaw the disastrous months�* long shanghai lockdown with significant food shortages. now mr li is in charge of managing the chinese economy. i think the appointment of li keqiang as the premier shows that xijinping is not principally interested in the economy. he's never really been interested in the economy except as a political tool. china's new leadership faces exploding youth unemployment and a massive property crisis. they also have to generate economic activity while implementing strict zero covid lockdowns. xijinping and his team have pledged to tackle these problems with ideological unity and nationalist zeal. well, many will wonder if that's going to be enough. crucially, there are no identifiable successors to mr xi in this group. yet another indication he could remain in powerfor a long time. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. food prices are currently rising at their fastest rate in more than a0 years, with the cost of living crisis continuing to squeeze household bu

xi appeared in the great hall of the people in beijing alongside other members of the politburo standing committee body. in brief remarks, he said the communist party would remain the strong backbone of the chinese people. translation: china cannot develop without the world, | and the world also needs china. after more than a0 years of unremitting efforts in reform and opening up, we have created two miracles of rapid economic development and long—term social stability. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has the latest from beijing. he has now moved into historic third term and can now stay in powerfor as long as he likes. barring some unforeseen political upheaval in the future. now, when xijinping revealed the new standing committee today, the top leadership of the country, it was stacked with xi jinping loyalists. and most significantly, he has put the man who was in charge of the disastrous shanghai lockdown, a lockdown in which tens of millions of people were confined to their homes for months on end with significant food shortages, that is the person who has been placed in charge of th

a couple, we expect, at least of the politburo standing committee, that's the very apex of power, seven men. so a huge event for china politically and something that they've been gearing up for with extraordinary intensity for months and months. everything has been sort of subservient to this aim of ensuring a smooth party congress without any embarrassment whatsoever emerging from any part of the country. >> so before we go, i mean, you touched on china's place in the world. i wanted to ask you about its relations with the west, specifically with the u.s. what have you learned here? >> well, if you search for the word miracle america, you get zero results. search for russia, ukraine, zero, zero. search for china and you get more than a hundred results. this is really all about china across -- with reference to china's position in the world and xi jinping's initiatives to establish china as a global power. his global development init initiative, global security initiative very closely associated with xi jinping but avoiding specific mention of those crucial global issues which, you know

answers what is visible and the party members leave the central committee as part of the standing committee. politburow names. he says not only about rejuvenation party general about the renewal of the entire chinese political system. it is understandable and will continue to follow the general secretary's line, but the line is certain. here the aims and tasks of the twentieth congress will only become tougher . he defined precisely, and the congress determined his concept of socialism with chinese characteristics in the new era as the core of the entire party. now it is also spelled out in the party charter, in which eight points have been added, including the modernization of the army, which should become one of the strongest on the planet and opposition to taiwan's independence is not something that i’ll nickname it something completely new, but now the demand is from the party members, who don’t throw words into the wind. we must strengthen historical confidence, increase the historical initiative to boldly lead, fight and win victories, and this was a signal to all the ill -wishers of the west

rishaad: also having a look at the politburo standing committee by monday -- by sunday at what that couldn for president xi 's likely third term. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: china's 20th party congress wraps up this weekend in beijing with a big mystery revealed -- who will president xi jinping place in key roles? for at least five years? rishaad: we are joined by chief north asia correspondent stephen engle. stephen: we can kind of predict how it is going to go because xi jinping has amassed what some would say is absolute power. he changed the constitution five years ago, abolishing term limits for himself. he is going to have his third term, a foregone conclusion, even though he is past the unwritten retirement age of 69. we have to look for whether he is going to pack his standing committee with loyalists or what other secretaries have done after the mao zedong cult of personality, they created a standing committee of seven or nine ranked equals to give checks and balances in the leadership so you do not create a cult of personality and do not have one figurehead who dominates decisi

there was also a major shakeup of the seven-member politburo standing committee which is china's mostrful political body. china's premier li keqiang, a longtime rival to xi, was demoted while four xi loyalists were promoted. the party's top official in shanghai li qiang appears set to become china's new premier. he is a close ally to xi. he oversaw the harsh covid-19 crackdown in shanghai. perhaps the most traumatic moment of the chinese communist party's congress came when former president hu jintao was abruptly escorted out of the closing ceremony. he had been sitting next to xi jinping when two men came to escort him from his seat. some analysts speculated that the move was an assertion of xi's dominance. chinese state media later said it was because the former leader was not feeling well. we turn now to look more closely at the future of china as xi begins a third term. under xi, china has continued a decades long effort to eradicate extreme poverty. some 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the past four decades in what un secretary general antonio guterres has

committee members will meet on sunday to select the innermost circle of power in the party. that is the 25 member politburo. from that bureau, they're going to further select the seven men, politburo standing committee. and of course another convention mr. xi has been breaking is, of course, he is now no longer the first among equals. he is the one man whose decision that matters. he is really the man who is calling all the shots. laila. >> steven jiang reporting from beijing, thank you very much. >>> ukraine is warning about a possibility manmade catastrophe looming. still ahead an alleged russian plan to blow up a major dam and cause massive damage. >>> plus, a deeper look at the drone attacks in ukraine. why three countries are calling for a u.n. investigation into the matter. nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virus, on more surfacaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamles

this means that they will leave the standing committee in their state posts. politburo, in addition to the current general secretary xi jinping. the secretary of the central committee for discipline control and the chairman of the central committee for the leadership of activities in the field of strengthening spiritual culture remained. in the journey ahead, we must keep the team spirit, to build a modern socialist country respected by all. it is a dream long held and loved by all chinese nation to make it a reality, the chinese people spared themselves and the chinese people's party, together with their nation, worked hard and diligently to open china's path to modernization. kherson region calls on everyone who still remains in the city to immediately leave it. the danger of massive shelling and terrorist attacks by ukrainian troops is extremely high. the situation on the line of contact remains extremely tense. to break through to kherson, as the ministry of defense said, all attacks are successfully reflected in the region, interruptions in cable internet. technica