exactly under what mechanism, but it will happen. china s president, xijinping, has been defending his controversial zero covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the iranian authorities say four inmates are dead after a fire at a prison in the capital as protests continue. more than 1,000 paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has asked conservative mps to get behind the prime minister, liz truss. he s insisted that she remains in charge of the government and said the country needed stability, not another protracted leadership campaign . mr hunt has held talks with ms truss today on further changes to the government s tax and spending plans, which led to turmoil on the financial markets. she s faced another blow to her authority with criticism from the us president, joe biden. 0ur political correspondent, peter s
ask what else can be done to relieve pressure in very difficult times, but we won t do anything that means that high inflation stays around for longer because that is the root cause of the pressure.- longer because that is the root cause of the pressure. today is another landmark cause of the pressure. today is another landmark moment, - cause of the pressure. today is| another landmark moment, the national debt is bigger than national debt is bigger than national income for the first time since 1961. is that mean it is impossible to cut taxes before the next election? the impossible to cut taxes before the next election? impossible to cut taxes before the next election? the way to grow the econom , next election? the way to grow the economy. the next election? the way to grow the economy. the way next election? the way to grow the economy, the way to next election? the way to grow the economy, the way to give - next election? the way to grow the | economy, the way to give our
her recent public appearances have been extremely unconvincing, especially the one before the 1922 committee which was universally reported as disastrous, her odd press conference at the end of the week where she had not got a list, she did not say, i will call the following five people, then she just walked off at the end, that s not the way to do it, not the way to win friends and influence people and she needs to, if she can t become more persuasive and compelling, she really is doomed. the headlines on bbc news. chancellorjeremy hunt has been pictured in the back of a car leaving chequers, the prime minister s country retreat, after meeting liz truss to discuss the government s economic plans. china s president, xijinping, has been defending his controversial zero covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the iranian authorities say four inmates dead have died after a fire at a prison in the capital.
this is bbc news. the headlines at a. chancellorjeremy hunt has been pictured in the back of a car leaving chequers, the prime minister s country retreat, after meeting liz truss to discuss the government s economic plans. jeremy hunt tells the bbc that nothing is off the table over future tax changes, but says that the government will be compassionate. i receive enough letters from people demanding a contest. and i think graham brady, its chairman, may well go to liz truss and say that, unless she agrees to step down, then a contest will have to be held, the rules will have to be changed. if there is such a weight of opinion in the parliamentary party, we have to have a change, it will be affected, exactly how it is done and