ben wright, bbc news.trading week begins on the international markets, reaction to the changes of the last 48 hours will be closely watched. and the new chancellor has some difficult sums to grapple with. our economics correspondent dharshini david is with me. in the last hour, the pound has moved up slightly against the dollar as international trading resumed for the first time after the chancellor ripped up an economic strategy that was launched just a month ago. but will his version reassure other financial markets? let's look at some of the challenges. this is the cost of new government borrowing as dictated by the bond markets — which also impact mortgage rates — that rate remained higher on friday than it was prior to september's mini budget — investors are still anxious that the government's plans are risky. jeremy hunt will have to convince them on three fronts on the 31st of october when he unveils his plans — and the independent watchdog's assessment. can he boost long—term growth, how will he fu

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ben wright, bbc news.o china, where president xijinping has said beijing would not renounce the right to use force in order to take control of taiwan, which beijing considers part of china. in his opening address to the communist party congress, president xi also stressed the need for continued economic development, despite signalling he won't ease the country's zero—covid policy that has led to mass lockdowns. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. xijinping is on the brink of an historic third term in office. a move which will give him power not seen in decades. so at the great hall of the people, he was praising his government's performance, sounding strident, as he said the communist party would try to achieve peaceful unification with the self—governing island of taiwan, but warning that he wouldn't rule out seizing by force what he sees as part of his country's territory. translation: we will never promise to renounce the use| of force as an option. he defended the hong kong c

ben wright, bbc news.anti—government protests in iran, with demonstrators at tehran university shouting slogans about the events at evin prison on saturday. the authorities have acknowledged four people were killed in the fire that broke out there. i asked our news reporter azadeh moshiri what iran's state media has been reporting about the incident. they are being very careful about what they do release, because, of course, there is a concern for them that this information and the events of last night could trickle down to protesters and further inflame the protests that have been going on. now, what we do know in terms of what they are reporting is that four people have died — they are saying it was because of smoke inhalation — and that more than 60 people were injured, but this conflicts with what some of the prisoners inside evin prison have actually told bbc persia, which is that there were gunshots, there was teargas that was used against inmates, and that does match what we have been seeing in thos

ben wright, bbc news.rs away from the start of a new week of trading on the international markets which could give some clue as to whether the new chancellor's words today have soothed market nerves. earlier we heard from tim bale — who's politics professor at queen mary university in london. he says if the markets are noit heading in a positive direction for the uk, the pressure on liz truss will almost become too much for downing street to bear. i think her leadership is in the balance, the markets and what happens to them on monday is important, if they have not been reassured byjeremy hunt being appointed and by some of the u—turns he has signalled, i think she is in a whole heap of trouble, she is in trouble anyway because her mps are looking at those terrible opinion poll results we have had recently, and quite honestly they know they can't win an election under her, and i suspect for many of them it is now a question of when and how they get rid of her rather than if. so how could it play out if tha

ben wright, bbc news.ore anti—government protests in iran, with demonstrators at tehran university shouting slogans about the events at evin prison on saturday. the authorities have acknowledged four people were killed in the fire that broke out there. i asked our news reporter azadeh moshiri what iran's state media has been reporting about the incident. they are being careful because there are concerns that the events of last night could trickle down to protesters and further inflame the protests that have been going on. we do know that from reports for two people have died. they say it was because of smoke inhalation, and more than 60 people were injured, but this complex of what some of the prisoners inside of evin prison present have told jens. they have said they were gunshots on teargas used against inmates, and that does met what we have seenin and that does met what we have seen in videos, these large plumes of smoke as well as gunshots heard in the background. in terms of the causes of the fires,

ben wright, bbc news. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news.spread of ebola. the measures include the closing of churches and restricted movement into and out of the areas affected. 19 people have so far died from the disease. there have been large protests in the tunisian capital against president kais saied, denouncing him as an autocrat who�*s reversing the democratic progress in the country. mr saied took on full executive power last year but protestors say there�*s been no improvement in living standards turkey says 41 people are known to have died in a coalmine near the black sea coast, after a suspected methane explosion on friday. president erdogan has visited the site at amasra and promised a thorough investigation. anjanna gadgil reports. a funeral for one of the miners killed in the blast in the black sea coastal town of amasra. other families waited outside the morgue where their relatives�* bodies lay. it�*s one of turkey�*s deadliest industrial accidents in years and left smoke billowing into the sky. over 100 people were working

ben wright, bbc news. england, andrew bailey, spoke to the new chancellor on friday — and he said there was a �*clear meeting of minds' on the importance of stability. at the imf in washington, mr bailey also warned of the possibility of higher interest rates ahead — more than previously expected. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has this analysis. all smiles launching the mini budget at the end of september. and with it a new political phrase — trussonomics, describing liz truss's vision fora high growth, high wage, low tax economy. butjust three weeks later, her new chancellor has buried it. have you been given a clean slate? can you change elements of the mini budget if you want to? yes. and the fundamental thing the prime minister wants me to do and i need to do is to be completely honest with the country. trussonomics reversed, then. tax cuts likely replaced with tax rises, huge investment replaced with a spending slowdown. this rethink has largely been driven by the turmoil in the financial

ben wright, bbc news.: uganda's government has imposed overnight curfews and closed entertainment venues as it tries to stop the spread of ebola. the measures, which will last for three weeks initially, also include the closing of churches and movement into and out of the areas affected has been prohibited. 19 people have so far died from the disease. there have been large protests in the tunisian capital against president kais saied, denouncing him as an autocrat who's reversing the democratic progress in the country. mr saied took on full executive power last year, but protesters say there's been no improvement in living standards. heavy floods on the greek island of crete have claimed at least one life, swept away cars and flooded dozens of homes. local authorities have evacuated tourists, and asked the residents to "remain vigilant". stefano fasano has more. mud and water. people shovelling away the consequences of your another extreme weather event. heavy floods in the greek island of crete have wreck

ben wright, bbc news. this is bbc news.injured. china�*s 20th communist party congress has officially opened in beijing and is hearing a report by the party leader, xijinping. turkey says 41 people are known to have died in a coalmine near the black sea coast, after a suspected methane explosion on friday. president erdogan has visited the site at amasra and promised a thorough investigation. anjana gadgil reports. a funeral for one of the miners killed in the blast in the black sea coastal town of amasra. other families waited outside the morgue where their relatives�* bodies lay. it�*s one of turkey�*s deadliest industrial accidents in years and left smoke billowing into the sky. over 100 people were working there at the time. more than 70 workers took part in rescue efforts, which went on throughout the night. crowds gathered around the head of the mineshaft. many were family members of the dead and injured. it�*s believed methane ignited at a depth of 300 metres, causing a fire in one of the tunnels. president erdogan m

here's our political correspondent ben wright. good morning, chancellor.ax cuts that through financial markets into turmoil last week and has caused some panic in the tory party. today the chancellor will echo his boss and insist there will be no change of course. kwasi kwarteng will tell the conference the government �*s new strategy is the only way to deliver higher wages, orjobs deliver higher wages, or jobs in deliver higher wages, orjobs in extra cash for public services. he is expected to say... the chancellor will promise an ironclad commitment to fiscal discipline. the financial markets will be listening to every word. as the chancellor tries to convince them it has a critical plan for the economy. but by many tories support the strategy there is also deep concern. behind—the—scenes senior ministers are trying to persuade doubtful tory mps the strategy makes economic and political sense, they have their work cut out. the plan to cut the top 45p rate of income tax from the highest earners has prompted the most criticism. from opposition parties and

ben wright, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. and closed entertainment venues as it tries to stop the spread of ebola. the measures, which will last for three weeks initially, also include the closing of churches, and that movement into and out of the areas affected had been prohibited. 19 people have so far died from the disease. there've been large protests in the tunisian capital against president kais saied, denouncing him as an autocrat who's reversing the democratic progress in the country. mr saied took on full executive power last year but protesters say there's been no improvement in living standards. one man has died and two others are missing in greece after torrential rain caused flash flooding on the island of crete. emergency workers say the victim had become trapped in his car. local media are repoting extensive damage in seaside villages, where streets have been inundated with water. residents have been urged to limit their movements. this is bbc news. a reminder of the headlines: gunshots. gunshots are heard afte

ben wright, bbc news.anti—government protests in iran, with demonstrators at tehran university shouting slogans about the events at evin prison on saturday. the authorities have acknowledged four people were killed in the fire that broke out there. with me is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. tell us about what happened. tell us about what happened. state media is releasing some information but they are being careful about what they do release because there is a concern for them that this information and the events of last night could trickle down to protesters and further inflame the protests that have been going on. what we do know in terms of what they are reporting is that four people have died. they are saying it is because of smoke inhalation and that more than 60 people but injured but this conflicts with what the prisoners inside evin prison have said. they said that there was teargas and that doesn't match what we have seenin that doesn't match what we have seen in these videos, these large plumes

ben wright, bbc news.o, we heard from bronwen maddox who's the boss of the chatham house thinktank in london. she's pessisstic about liz truss's chances are surviving her current political troubles. i don't think it can go on for very long, i don't think she can last very long. 0ne long, i don't think she can last very long. one of the key thing is jeremy hunt said was protracted, that people wouldn't put up with a protracted leadership campaign. but i think we may well see efforts to have a very short one, to get some kind of rallying around a figure, not liz truss, for prime minister. the real question is whether the conservative party can achieve the unity to do that. find conservative party can achieve the unity to do that.— unity to do that. and the question is who could _ unity to do that. and the question is who could unite _ unity to do that. and the question is who could unite the _ unity to do that. and the question i is who could unite the backbenches? who could get the party together and get the

here's our political correspondent ben wright.ind the doors of the prime minister's country retreat, liz truss met her chancellor — not unusual in normal times, but these are not. jeremy hunt has been sent in to urgently rewrite the government's economic plan. so who has the power now? the prime minister is in charge. really? i think it is important that when you talk about ditching things, the biggest element of that mini budget was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think liz truss needs to go, but her chancellor had this warning to his party. when i talk to my constituents in south west surrey, what they want is stability, and the worst thing for that would be more political instability at the top, another protracted leadership campaign. i think that's the last thing that people really want to happen. but a former cabinet colleague said liz truss needed to get more talent in her team. she needs to bring the broad conservative party into her government. so a reshuffle? she needs a reshuffle, because the reshuffle that she

ben wright, bbc news.ties in iran say four prisoners have died after a fire at evin prison in tehran, which holds hundreds of political prisoners as well as foreign detainees. 61 others were injured. evin prison also holds some of those detained in the current wave of anti—government protests. foreign governments, including the uk and the united states, have expressed concern. parham ghobadi from the bbc persian service has more on reaction to the official government account of what happened at the prison. one of the prominent iranian activists who was held in prison has told herfamily, and not many people have managed to call their family, that the prison, the situation was like a war zone. some of the female inmates were so scared for their lives that they managed to break the doors and get into the yard, but then snipers and riot police were shooting tear gas. this is different from state media's account, who were showing a quiet and calm environment in the prison, but some of the journalists who spent

ben wright, bbc news.trading on the international markets, but what are the numbers around the possible changes to the mini budget? our business correspondent marc ashdown has been looking at them. marc. yes, some difficult decisions ahead, i have to say. a lot of the mini—budget has already been unpicked. the top rate of tax stays, and corporation tax will go up after all. but it's thoughtjeremy hunt still needs to find around £25 billion, money the last chancellor planned to give away in tax cuts. so what are the options? well, we're hearing he may delay the plan for a 1p cut in basic income tax. unconfirmed at the moment. but putting that off for a year would save £5 billion. but that would still leave around £20 billion to plug. it's hard to see how that can be found without tough cuts in spending. big departments like health, education and defence are normally protected. but mr hunt says "nothing is off the table." that could mean less money for things people really care about. welfare and benefits ar

our political correspondent ben wright reports.ighting for her political survival, today she will try and show she is listening. as the chancellor works in the new government budget the prime minister will hold a reception for her cabinet this evening to hear their views about what should go into it. tax rises and spending cuts are clearly in the mix, and the plan will be presented to parliament in a fortnight. the prime minister has very little time to convince financial markets and her party that she has a plan for restoring stability. but some tory mps are run out of patience and are calling for liz truss to go. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up and know it isjust no, i think the game is up and know it is just a question of as to how the succession is managed. he is one of three conservative mps to see publicly the prime minister should be replaced. privately, many more i seeing it as a matter of when, not if she goes. anger is coursing through the tory party. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, a

our political correspondent ben wright is in birmingham. ben, welcome to you.n about her leadership, wasn�*t she, and the course of her party? she not surprisingly didn�*t answer it, but that will be the focus for her now, won�*t it? that will be the focus for her now, won't it? , . ., , won't it? yes, it certainly will. she was asked _ won't it? yes, it certainly will. she was asked if _ won't it? yes, it certainly will. she was asked if her - won't it? yes, it certainly will. she was asked if her mps - won't it? yes, it certainly will. she was asked if her mps are l won't it? yes, it certainly will. - she was asked if her mps are behind, and she shrugged off the question and she shrugged off the question and smiled and walked into the conference hotel, where she will be in residence now until wednesday afternoon. that is a long time to be questions about why the government�*s economic plans seem to have gone so awry in her first days and weeks in office. i think normally a new leader of the tory party, in office forjust a month, heading to their first party c

our correspondent, ben wright, has more. it is completely extraordinary.as won the tory leadership contest, planning to rip up previous treasury orthodoxy and embark on a programme of unfunded tax cuts to try and ignite economic growth. and now that is all gone. it's in the bin. and today the new chancellorjeremy hunt was clear that he is willing to do pretty much anything to restore financial credibility in the british government and economic system and that will include tax rises, spending cuts, and other measures which just a few days ago liz truss was saying would not happen. so it is extraordinary about turn and leaves her clearly very damaged. i was talking to one former minister today who said, "jeremy hunt now is undeniably the most powerful man in the very weakened government and is effectively the de facto prime minister." that's how a lot of tory mps are seeing it. let's get more on the reaction of tory mps. to turkey now — and the latest on the explosion in a mine on friday. earlier, whilst on a visit of the scene of the disaster, president erd

party conference in the last hour and reporters shouted questions. 0ur political correspondent ben wright question and smiled and walked into the conference hotel, where she will be in residence now until wednesday afternoon. that is a long time to be questions about why the government's economic plans seem to have gone so awry in her first days and weeks in office. i think normally a new leader of the tory party, in office forjust a month, heading to their first party conference, should be feeling pretty buoyant, and it would be a fairly celebrate every gathering. not so this time. the chancellor's fiscal statement clearly caused deep disquiet within the conservative party, let alone, of course, on the financial markets, prompting an intervention by the bank of england to shore up pension funds. i think the government's fiscal credibility has taken an absolute hammering, and privately, a lot of tory mps say that is the case, and they wonder what liz truss and the government can do to stabilise the situation over the next few days, when the policies of the government are going to be under

with me now is our political correspondent ben wright. can you try to sum up where we are today.m today what you make of his comments. they are saying that he is going to embrace in a park upon a whole new economic plan. in a disk a little extraordinary. list truss is only been in the office for a0 days. she has one the tory leadership contest and rip up previous agenda and now that is all gone. and today the new chancellorjeremy hunt has been clear that he is willing to do pretty much anything to restore financial credibility in the british government and economic system and i will include tax rises, spending cuts, and other measures which just a few days ago truss was saying would not happen. so it is extraordinary about turn and leaves her clearly varied damage. postdoctoral and former minister today saying jeremy hunt is not the most powerful man in the very begin to government and is effectively the de facto prime minister. let’s to government and is effectively the de facto prime minister.— de facto prime minister. let's get more on the _ de facto prime minister. let's get

our political correspondent, ben wright, has been following all of today's developments.t day of this conference. and of course, it is a disorientating time for the tory party will you have got to remember that. they have just been through months of leadership turmoil. —— now they have liz truss, the firm favourite of tory party members and she has come into office and has sort of ripped up the economic plans of borisjohnson possibly as government and take in this country in a completely different direction, insisting deregulation and very large tax cuts funded by borrowing is in her view the only way to get kick—start economic growth and stave off a deep recession. there is a lot for tory party members to get their heads around. and as we reported, there is clearly a lot of concern within the parliamentary party about what is happening. michael gove, the first and clearly the most prominent conservative mp to break cover today and says that parts of that plan are in his view completely misguided. and there is clearly pressure liz truss and kwasi kwarteng at least to reth

let's speak to our political correspondent ben wright. hello, quite a day. so much going on.so talk of a backbench rebellion-— and also talk of a backbench rebellion. , ., , , _ , rebellion. yes, a very busy first da of rebellion. yes, a very busy first day of this _ rebellion. yes, a very busy first day of this conference. - rebellion. yes, a very busy first day of this conference. and - rebellion. yes, a very busy first day of this conference. and of i day of this conference. and of course, it is a disorientating time for the tory party will you have got to remember that. they havejust been through months of leadership turmoil. this time last year, boris johnson was the prime minister added looked as if he would be set to be the leader for years to come. now they have liz truss comedy confirmed favourite of tory party members and she has come into office and has sort of ripped up the economic plans of borisjohnson possibly as government and take in this country in a completely different direction, insisting deregulation and very large tax cuts funded by borrowing is in her

here's our political correspondent ben wright.t last night, jeremy hunt said the government had gone too far too fast in cutting taxes without working out how to pay for it. he said there would now be very difficult decisions both on spending and on tax, and it's already clear that he plans to junk the tax—cutting agenda liz truss promised during the tory leadership contest. even the us presidentjoe biden said last night that he thought the government's original plan had been a mistake, but ministers here have defended the prime minister. what she's doing is delivering a broad programme. she has reached the conclusion that doing all the tax changes at the same time is too much for the markets to sustain in the short term because there are so many global disruptions across the piece. we are seeing every other country with inflationary rises. but the prime minister's hopes of survival could hinge on what she and her chancellor decide over the next two weeks. if that package doesn't work, and the markets are still reacting all over t

ben wright, bbc news, birmingham.e change conference in egypt next month, buckingham palace has confirmed. it follows reports that the prime minister had advised him to stay away. in response, the palace confirmed advice had been sought by the monarch and given by liz truss. before ascending the throne, the king, who's campaigned for environmental causes for decades, indicated that he would attend. the prime minister will be live on sunday morning with laura kuenssberg today. she'll also speak to the shadow chancellor rachel reeves. that's at the slightly earlier time of 8:30 on bbc 1. because of coverage of the london marathon. police in indonesia say at least 129 people have died after trouble broke out at a football match on the island ofjava. fans were seen streaming onto the pitch after the game between rival teams arema and persebaya. police then fired tear gas, causing the crowd to surge towards the exits, where many were crushed. russian troops have withdrawn from the key town of lyman in donetsk — a move seen

ben wright, bbc news, birmingham.ical correspondent nick eardley is at the conservative party conference in birmingham. good morning. it is interesting looking at the papers this morning, quite a lot of speculation that may be that top rate of tax change, there could be some kind of change that in turn, what are you hearing? i think there's going to be a government u—turn on this today, jon, probably within the next hour or so. when we have got the chancellor on bbc breakfast later on, i will expect him to say that the government has rethought its plans to cut the top rate tax to a0 p plans to cut the top rate tax to a0 p and will no longer go ahead with the plan. i have been speaking to people in government and nobody is actually officially commenting on this but that is my expectation, that we are about to see a colossal government u—turn. it was only this time yesterday that the prime minister was on bbc one with laura kuenssberg saying, she absolutely stood by the decision to cut the top rate of tax. there are two

. >>> this morning the daunte wright's son is suing ben crump and parents over gofundme money. er during a traffic stop in 2021. the mother of the child is now filing suit saying she really received any of the $1 million raised following his death. cnn correspondent omar jimenez is with us now. omar, what have you learned? >> yeah, brianna, this is being filed by the biological mother of daunte wright. ands being filed against daunte write's parents and ben crump who has represented the family. part of the lawsuit says over the $1.039 million raised not one single penny has been turned over to the plaintiff for the benefit of daunte junior. despite claiming she was promised up front that gofundme claims would be split 50/50 between his family and daunte junior to make sure he's taken care of. >> how is it going at this point? >> basically ben crump sent a statement that reads in part, this is strictly a family dispute between the mother of daunte write's child and daunte's parents. ben crump law did not benefit from any of the funds raised and we did not accept any fee in this c

our political correspondent ben wright is with me.itment. own mps? it is a systemic policy, an. essential manifesto commitment that the conservatives went into the last election. liz truss recommitted to edit very recently back in the tory party conference before the government's entire fiscal plan was shredded and it is an issue that affects millions of pensioners, some of whom are the poorest people in the country, as a lot of conservative mps feel incredibly strongly about it but the chancellor has said that everything is now on the table as he tries to find £40 billion to fill in the whole and he said that will from tax rises and spending cuts and with everything in the mix, there is, at the moment, before we hear a statement on the 31st october, massive amounts of speculation about what he might do, which is why we are all talking today about the pensions triple because normally that is in the september rise in inflation. today the foreign secretary was asked if that manifesto would be kept. they are important and i know your vie

ben stokes not out but not six. midair magic. tim david continued the chase and t 20 cricketers throwing up but they would never beat this. david wrightve a quick look at some of the the day's other sports stories and we'll stay with cricket. liam livingstone, willjacks and keatonjennings have been named in the england squad for the three—test series in pakistan in december. lancashire'sjennings played the most recent of his 17 tests in 2019 and has been rewarded for a fine county championship season. var will make it's debut in scottish football at hibernian�*s premiership meeting with stjohnstone. the start date was originally set for after the world cup but after nearly three years of testing it has been brought forward to begin with the match at easter road next friday. the british ineos grenadiers cycling team have signed their first female rider — multi—discipline, multiple world champion pauline ferrand—prevot. the 30—year—old frenchwoman has won road, cyclocross and gravel world titles. and says she's targeting an olympic gold medal on home soil at paris 2024. great britain have won three out of three so far at the wheelchair