celia hatton, bbc news.ness to strengthen the relationship between china and north korea, saying he wanted to make a great contribution to providing two countries and their people with greater happiness, and defending peace and stability in the region and the rest of the world. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news: uganda�*s government has imposed overnight curfews as it tries to stop the 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 is reversing the democratic progress in the country. mr saied took on full executive power last year, but protestors say there has been no improvement in living standards one man has died and two others are missing after torrential rain caused flash—flooding on the mediterranean island of crete. emergency workers say the victim had become t

celia hatton, bbc news.t barnard college in new york, who specialises in chinese politics. thanks so much for coming on the programme. so a hugely significant moment if we work on the assumption that this third term will go ahead, how significant do you think it is? it is still very much in an important event in chinese political life. it is significant in different ways, usually party congress which is held every five years will decides major policy directions sometimes new policy directions can sometimes new policy directions can sometimes reiterate existing policies. also every ten years, which is this 20th party conference this year. usually the new department leaders will be decided including the very top leader. however this time of course, xi jinping is going to have secured his third term. this higher echelon of party officials will be selected, elected. that is 400 some top and mid—level officials, party officials. and they are the key executive team of the chinese communist party. they are the mini

celia hatton, bbc news.eremy hunt, has indicated there'll be major changes to liz truss�* entire economic strategy. in a round of interviews with broadcasters on saturday mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called �*very difficult decisions�* ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and also talked about spending cuts. mr hunt was appointed after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here�*s our political correspondent, ben wright. congratulations, mr chancellor. the fourth chancellor in as many months, jeremy hunt�*sjob now is to try and urgently calm financial markets. he has just two weeks to write a budget that looks set to junk many of the prime minister�*s signature policies. on wednesday, liz truss said she was absolutely not planning public spending cuts, but listen to this. we have some very difficult decisions ahead — difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as much as people hope, and i�*m

celia hatton, bbc news. barnard college in new york. i began by asking how significant this event is in chinese politics. it is significant in a number of ways. usually party congress which is held every five years, would decide major policy directions sometimes a new policy directions, sometimes can reiterate existing policies. also every ten years which is this 20th party congress will be at usually, the department leaders would be decided including the very top leader. howeverthis decided including the very top leader. however this time of course, xij—mac is going to have secured his third term. still this round of party officials will be selected at this congress. that is around 100 top and mid—level party officials. and they are the key executive team of the chinese communist party. they are the ministers, governors, deputy governors. ministers, governors, deputy governm— ministers, governors, deputy covernors. ., . governors. how much power will those people _ governors. how much power will those peopl

celia hatton, bbc news.ovid vaccines say they believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. the founders of the german company biontech added they would fight claims by a rival company that they infringed patents in their covid jab. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports. if you have a covid booster this autumn, whether it is the pfizer and biotech or moderna jabs, they both rely on a new type of vaccine technology known as mrna. among the pioneers were husband and wife team professors ugur sahin and 0zlem tureci. who founded biontech. professor sahin. professor tureci. speaking to sunday with laura kunz burke the doctor said, mrna is showing promise in cancer studies. where patients receive a personalised vaccine to prompt their immune system to attack their disease. every step, every patient we treat in our cancer trials helps us to find out more about what we are against and how to address that. therefore as scientists, we are always hesitant to say we will have have a cure for cance

celia hatton, bbc news.h injail, after they admitted murdering the investigative journalist, daphne caruana galizia. alfred and george degiorgio changed their plea on the first day of proceedings, after reaching a bargain with prosecutors. mrs caruana galizia was blown up in her car five years ago — an attack that outraged maltese people and shook the political establishment. she was famous for exposing high— level corruption. a businessman accused of ordering the killing is yet to stand trial. azaday moshiri reports. five years after journalist daphne caruana galizia was murdered, her family are still trying to find out who killed her. she was taken from them in a brutal attack, a bomb detonating in her car right outside her home. after investigations and multiple arrests, the rap sheet is growing. mere hours after pleading not guilty, brothers george and alfred degiorgio admitted to murdering her, following in the steps of their accomplice, vince muscat. five years is far too long. our legal team, the ngos

celia hatton, bbc news., engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. the 21—year—old manchester united striker was first arrested on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary — and was immediately suspended from playing or training by the club. he was re—arrested earlier today, for allegedly breaching bail conditions. there appears to be a huge fire at evin prison in tehran — an update here at bbc news. that takes us to iran. there were reports earlier of a large fire acts evan prison in tehran — the l— the significance of this is that evin prison is the place where numerous iranian political prisoners are incarcerated. dozens of dual nationals also held here. of course, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe spent time at evin as well. in these videos that were posted online, there were reports of gunfire, sirens as well could also be heard. what we are learning now from sources is that the fire has been put out and officials blaming the unrest on thugs. that's the latest fr

celia hatton, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...s for her political life — her new finance minister admits mistakes were made in rolling out the government's new economic policy and that some taxes will rise. at least a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion — dozens of others were injured. and manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions. it was after he was taken into custody on suspicion of rape and assault in january custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary of custody on suspicion of rape and assault in january of this custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary of this year. the united nations says hunger in one of haiti's biggest slums has reached catastrophic levels. the un's world food programme warned nearly 20,000 residents of the cite so—lay in the capital, port—au—prince, have dangerously little access to food and could face starvation. it says across the island almost five million people are struggling with malnut

celia hatton, bbc news.nts in cite solei in the capital, port—au—prince, have dangerously little access to food and could face starvation. it says across the island almost five million people are struggling with malnutrition, gang violence, inflation, and a cholera outbreak. stephanie prentice reports. gunfire. chaos in the capital and a situation being described as horrific. this is port—au—prince, a major city running on empty. food is scarce, water is scarce, gasoline is scarce. what resources there are primarily controlled by violent gangs who�*ve also cut off supply lines from the food—producing south. haiti is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, 4.7 million people are facing food insecurity, 1.8 million of them are facing emergency levels of food insecurity. here in cite soleil, already one of port—au—prince�*s poorest areas, the situation is exacerbated by a lack of infrastructure. many people can�*t get to work, can�*t reach supplies and don�*t know where to turn. translation: i had to take out a high

celia hatton, bbc news. frank tsai is the founder of china crossroads.major changes in policy to be announced during the congress. well, i'm here in shanghai and i can tell you what it feels like on the ground here so, you know, we're very excited in china about xi's speech coming up in two hours. you know, we're greatly affected, partly because, you know, we were looking for moves on zero covid policy which affects our lives greatly. you know, just recently, there's been an uptick in cases in shanghai — about 50 per day — and there've been more lockdowns of buildings, no doubt due to worry about the party congress and, you know, don't want a big outbreak. there have been forced closing of bars, more moderating on social media and innocuous articles deleted, and also an interesting rumour and i think inaudible revealing covid case counts may have been lowered intentionally by the government so as to not cause embarrassment and this may imply a big uptick or lockdown after the party congress ends. well, chinese officials have said they won't be lifting th

celia hatton, bbc news. hello there. a mixed picture this afternoon, sunshine for some but gusty weather for others. that heavy rain extending into the northern isles, showers pushing into northern ireland, scotland and wales. a few creeping further east, they will fade this evening and overnight but plenty of showers across northern ireland, northern england and scotland, still with gusty winds and temperatures between 6—9 c. lower for rural scotland. showers around tomorrow morning for scotland, northern ireland and northern england but plenty of sunshine for the rest of the uk. before the next rain pushes and from the south—west, heavy for sunday evening and overnight. temperatures for tomorrow afternoon on a par for today, overnight. temperatures for tomorrow afternoon on a parfor today, 16 — 12 celsius. mainly dry for sunshine before wet weather moves in midweek. hello. this is bbc news, i�*m samantha simmonds and these are the headlines as the prime minister fights for her political life — her new chan

celia hatton, bbc news.eech using carefully chosen language, which analysts will be scouring for any hints of policy changes. let's speak to frank tsai in shanghai — he's the founder of china crossroads. are you expecting any major changes in policy? are you expecting any ma'or changes in policy?i are you expecting any ma'or changes in policy? well, i hear -- | changes in policy? well, i hear -- i am changes in policy? well, i hear -- i am here — changes in policy? well, i hear -- i am here in _ changes in policy? well, i hear -- i am here in shanghai - changes in policy? well, i hear -- i am here in shanghai and l changes in policy? well, i hear -- i am here in shanghai and i| —— i am here in shanghai and i can tell you what it feels like on the ground here so we are very excited in china about xi's speech coming up in about two hours, we are greatly affected partially because we were looking for moves on zero covid policy which affects our lives greatly butjust recently there's been in cases in cases in sh

celia hatton, bbc news.m an event that occurred 2.4 billion light—years from earth. the burst of gamma—rays was first detected by orbiting telescopes on the ninth of october, and its afterglow is still being watched by scientists across the world. it's believed to have been caused by a dying star as it collapsed into a black hole. four astronauts have returned to earth after spending six months on the international space station. the crew that included three americans and one italian splashed down off the coast of florida. they travelled back to earth in a space—x capsule. this was the fourth mission that the company, founded by elon musk, has flown to the international space station on behalf of nasa. it's a mystery that has puzzled scientists for generations — but now one of nature's most incredible journeys is finally being mapped. every year, eels leave european rivers to travel across the atlantic ocean to breed for a single time, and then die. their exact final destination has never been clear until no

welcome to bbc news — i'm celia hatton. our top stories...peaking to the bbc — ukraine's president zelensky urges russians to make a stand against the war. translation: all that putin afraid of, it's not| even a nuclear strike, he's afraid of his own society — he's afraid of his own people. the nobel peace prize is jointly awarded to two ukrainian and russian civil liberties groups — and an activist imprisoned in belarus. five months after the uvalde mass shooting — the school district suspends its entire police force responsible for school security. and — merry across the mersey — liverpool is picked to host next year's eurovision song contest. president biden�*s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon. he's urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. our world affairs editor john simpson has been speaking to president zelensky in kyiv. they begin to prepare their society. t

i'm joined by our asia pacific editor celia hatton.tone of this speech, what strikes you? i this speech, what strikes you? i think stephen summed it up really well, you know, the chinese leader really emphasised stability above all else. i mean, that really was the focus. he is the man in control, he has been at the helm for ten years, he's going to stay in power, no major policy initiatives announced today, but maybe that's kind of a point. hejust wants people to rest assured he is in charge and the country will continue on, so some were hoping that he would for example to china's zero covid strategy and there are hopes they will keep it in place until the important party congress and this will be the moment xi jinping would make many people happy, but that didn't happen. you know, really, it's a bit more of the same. he did allude to some big policy shifts coming down the pipe, perhaps something to do with climate, china's climate goals, he alluded to the idea he wants to increase the birth rate and would be coming up with more strat

earlier, our asia pacific editor, celia hatton, gave us her analysis of president xi jingping's speechised stability above all else. i mean, that really was the focus. he is the man in control. he has been at the helm for ten years, he is going to stay in power. no major policy initiatives announced today, but maybe that is kind of the point. he just really wants people to rest assured that he is in charge and the country will continue on. so, some were hoping that he would, for example, lift china's zero covid's strategy. there were a lot of hopes that maybe they would keep that in place until this all—important party congress and this would be the moment that xi jinping would make many people happy. but that did not happen. it is a lot more of the same. he did allude to some big policy shifts coming down the pipe. perhaps something to do more with climate. china's climate goals. he alluded to the idea that he wanted to increase the birth rate and that he would be coming out with more strategies to do that. but really, when it comes to the important things, economy, security, taiwan,

welcome to bbc news — i'm celia hatton. our top stories...ends its entire police force responsible for school security. and — merry across the mersey — liverpool is picked to host next year's eurovision song contest.

horrific as this attack is, the death toll could have been higher, as our asia pacific editor, celia hattonmany of the children apparently who normally attend this facility were kept home that day because of heavy rain, and so there were only 30 children in the facility at the time, but apparently normally there are many, many more, and so there are many, many more, and so there are some parents, of course, who are going to be thinking of themselves as very lucky today. in fact, we now know that there are normally more than 90 children at the daycare. so how easy was it for the attacker to arm himself? gun laws are strict in thailand. possession of an illegal firearm carries a prison sentence of up to ten years. but ownership is high compared with some other countries in the region. thailand is home to 70 million people. according to some experts, ten million have privately owned guns. in comparison, myanmar, which has a population of 5a million, has around 870,000 firearms, while in south korea, where 50 million live, has around 79,000. in this case, police say the killer had legally bough