anoosheh ashoori, in the british government. anoosheh ashoori. we — in the british government.e will be _ in the british government. anoosheh ashoori, we will be looking - in the british government. anoosheh ashoori, we will be looking out - in the british government. anoosheh ashoori, we will be looking out for. ashoori, we will be looking out for you tomorrow morning. good luck with the marathon. you have done a remarkable half marathon, i hope you have a good day tomorrow and you and your family have something special to tear it. thank you so much of talking to us, a real pleasure to speak to you, sir.— talking to us, a real pleasure to speak to you, sir. the prime minister liz truss has admitted there has been "disruption" in the uk economy following the mini budget last week. the government unveiled £115 billion of tax cuts funded by borrowing last week but did not accompany it with the usual economic assessment of the plans, which worried investors. conservative party members are arriving for their conference in birmingham. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is there.

anoosheh ashoori. very good luck to him and all the runners taking pa rt part on sunday.ghly polarised contest which pitches the current against the former president. the two front—runners are presidentjair bolsonaro and the former left—wing leader, luiz inacio lula da silva, who've been holding their final rallies today. 0ur correspondent laura trevelyan is in rio dejaneiro. hello to you. welcome to rio on this final day of— hello to you. welcome to rio on this final day of campaigning _ hello to you. welcome to rio on this final day of campaigning in _ hello to you. welcome to rio on this final day of campaigning in brazil - final day of campaigning in brazil as micro presidential election, which is being seen as one of the most consequential tests of brazilian democracy since the country stopped being a military dictatorship in the 1980s. that's all because the incumbent, president jair bolsonaro, is casting doubt on the accuracy of brazil's voting systems, the electronic voting machines, and implying that he might not accept the result were he to lose. for more on all

anoosheh ashoori. good luck to him.n bbc one for the national and international news. now, look at the with darren. hello there. after all the cloud and rain we had yesterday, today has been a more straightforward mixture of sunshine and showers. brisk westerly winds. we continue to see the driest weather across more sheltered eastern parts of the uk. but if we look out to the west, this weather front is coming in from the atlantic and it will thicken the cloud and bring some rain across more southern parts of the uk tonight and into tomorrow. and that thicker cloud starting to bring some rain before midnight into the south—west of england. and that thicker cloud will push some patchy rain east towards southern england and into south wales late on. keep temperatures up here, but further north west skies are clearer. those showers tend to fade away. winds are falling lighter and temperatures could be down to about 7 or 8 degrees. the winds will be a lot lighter tomorrow for the london marathon, which is good news, but th

earlier, anoosheh ashoori, who was imprisoned for four and a half years at evin jail in tehran sharedrison. i used to call it the valley of hell. you can imagine. the situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, rats, cockroaches, you name it and we have it there. room 121 was the room where there were 17 captives there so we had to tip toe over each other if you wanted to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre 209. and the solitary confinement is on the first floor where i spent quite a long time there. the headlines on bbc news... more changes to the mini budget look set to come — amid talks this afternoon between liz truss and her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. china's president xijinping has defended his controversial zero—covid strategy communist party gathers for a congress in beijing that happens twice in a decade iranian authorities say four inmates are dead after a fire at a prison in the capital, as protests continue. elon musk says his starlink satellite company will continue to provide internet to ukraine for free,

this is a high—security prison, and the bbc actually spoke to anoosheh ashoori, a former detainee, andained how difficult the conditions are there. what i used to call it — the valley of hell. so, you can imagine the situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, you name it, and we have it there. we have seen many weeks of protests, of course. how have the public reacted, or people in iran reacted to this prison fire? there has been a lot of anger and concern. families at the time did rush to the prison, and families are still concerned about what has happened to the inmates there, but in terms of the protest themselves, there have been more protests, and evin�*s name has been used, so clearly it has inflamed some of the people who have a very big anti—government sentiment right now, but that is also why state media are trying to get things under control. in fact, one channel did do a tour in evin prison, showing some of the areas that were damaged, showing inmates who were sleeping calmly now, trying to say that everythi

the bbc spoke to anoosheh ashoori, a former detainee, who spoke about what it was like.about what it was like-— it was like. we used to call it the valley — it was like. we used to call it the valley of _ it was like. we used to call it the valley of hell. _ it was like. we used to call it the valley of hell. so, - it was like. we used to call it the valley of hell. so, you i it was like. we used to call it | the valley of hell. so, you can imagine — the valley of hell. so, you can imagine the situation there is really— imagine the situation there is really dire. medical care is next — really dire. medical care is next to— really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with — next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, — with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, you name with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, you name it, with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, you name it, and we have it thera — rats, you name it, and we have it there. ~ ., , ., , it there. we have seen many weeks are — it there. we have seen many weeks are protesters - it there. we have seen m

earlier, anoosheh ashoori, who was imprisoned for four and a half years at evin jail in tehran sharedson. i used to call it the valley of hell. you can imagine. the situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, rats, cockroaches, you name it and we have it there. room 121 was the room where there were 17 captives there so we had to tip toe over each other if you wanted to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre 209. and the solitary confinement is on the first floor where i spent quite a long time there. china's president, xijinping, has said his country will not renounce the right to use force in order to take control of taiwan. china has long claimed the self—governing island as part of its territory. addressing the communist party congress, president xi also made clear there would be no easing of china's zero—covid policy, despite its serious impact on the economy. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. xi jinping entered the great hall of the people as a leader confident that he enjoys unchecked power. but what many wanted

joining us now is anoosheh ashoori, who was imprisoned for four and a half years at evinjail in tehranof that prison. what sort of place is it? i experience of that prison. what sort of place is it?— of place is it? i used to call it the valley — of place is it? i used to call it the valley of _ of place is it? i used to call it the valley of hell. _ of place is it? i used to call it the valley of hell. you - of place is it? i used to call it the valley of hell. you can i of place is it? i used to call it - the valley of hell. you can imagine. the situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with bed bugs, rats, cockroaches, you name it. it is an extraordinary _ cockroaches, you name it. it is an extraordinary diverse _ cockroaches, you name it. it is an extraordinary diverse population i extraordinary diverse population there within the prison. you've got political prisoners, people like yourself, dual nationals who are being detained. you have sensitive prisoners as well. there was a suggestion overnight that people were allowed to call home and reass

earlier, anoosheh ashoori, who was imprisoned for four and a half years at evin jail in tehran, shared imagine the situation there is really dire, medical care is next to zero, we are living with bedbugs, cockroaches and rats, you name it, and we have it there. there were 17 captives in a room with no is based on a walk so we had to walk on tiptoe is over each other if you wanted to use the loo, but that is in the interrogation centre 209. the solitary confinement is on the first floor, where i spent quite a long time there. the home secretary, suella braverman, has announced plans for a crackdown on the kinds of protests used by some environmental groups. ms braverman said she wanted to stop protestors holding the public to ransom. activists say they won't be intimidated by changes to the law. there has historically been a right to protest in this country which has been used by all kinds of campaigns, and the climate nature crisis is so serious that anything this government does to clamp down on it will not stop it, it may even intensify it, at the moment, it's very peaceful and every

political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison. 0ne former inmate, anoosheh ashoori. you can imagine. the situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, rats, cockroaches, you name it and we have it there. it is an extraordinary diverse population there within the prison. you've got political prisoners, people like yourself who are dual nationals who are being detained. you have sensitive prisoners as well. there was a suggestion overnight that people were allowed to call home and reassure their families that they were not in danger from the fire. well, i don't know about that, but i am in contact with a few of my friends' families and i am really extremely worried about their safety. are they giving you any indication of what may have started this? there are contradictory reports, suggestions of some kind of accident that led to an attempted break—out, which is the claim that has been made by the authorities. others suggest that there was some kind of assault on the prison. we don't know. i'm getting as much news as you a

earlier, anoosheh ashoori, who was imprisoned for four and a half years at evin jail in tehran sharedrats, cockroaches, you name it and we have it there. room 121 was the room where there were 17 captives there so we had to tip to over each other if you wanted to use the loo. but tip to over each other if you wanted to use the loo-— to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre _ to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre 209. i to use the loo. but that is in the interrogation centre 209. and i to use the loo. but that is in the l interrogation centre 209. and the solitary confinement is on the first floor where i spent quite a long time there. more than a thousand paddington bears and other soft toys — which were left outside royal residences in tribute to the queen — are being donated to the children's charity barnardo's. the bears were mainly left — along with flowers and marmalade sandwiches — at stjames' park and windsor castle in the days after her majesty's death. they've all been professionally cleaned — and queen consort camilla posed for a picture with

anoosheh ashoori spent nearly five years in evin prison and was released in march at the same time asn _ hell. so you can imagine, the situation there is really dire. medicat— situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living — medical care is next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, you name it. they are living with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, you name it. many iranians injured in the protests are afraid to go to hospital for treatment, following reports of arrests there. as a result, they've asked doctors in the us for help online. one of them is dr kayvan mirhadi, of clifton springs hospital in new york state. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what are you doing to help iranians back in iran who are calling on you for eight? t iranians back in iran who are calling on you for eight? i have an instatram calling on you for eight? i have an instagram page — calling on you for eight? i have an instagram page and _ calling on you for eight? i have an instagram page and it _ calling on you for eight? i have an instagram page and it gain