responsible for with the prosecutions. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. we start here in the uk. it seems there will be big changes to country s entire economic plan. the new finance minister, chancellorjeremy hunt says taxes could rise to help reassure financial markets. on friday the prime minister liz truss sacked the previous chancellor and announced more u turns on her big economic ideas, but is still facing criticism from her own mps. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. congratulations, mr chancellor. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with setting out his stall, it was a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is 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
prosecutions will start. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault. now, on bbc news, it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. our headlines. time to revisit pre tournament expectations? england run riot in the opening game of the rugby league world cup. we know what we can do and we can still improve on that performance. no doubt about it in my mind. not quite the rout this time but england are living up to their favourites tag. it s two out of two in the women s rugby union world cup. and boos for brendan rodgers and leicester. but at least they re not bottom of the league any more. also coming up in the programme. a tumble takes away britain s madison medal chances on day four of the track cycling world championships in paris. hello again, welcome to sportsday. england would have hoped to win the opening game of the rugby league world
hello and welcome to bbc news. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. there has been no official comment from the iranian government.|t comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandatory headscarf. the internet was shut down accross much of the country on saturday, but videos have emerged showing protests in a dozen cities, including tehran. in the northwestern city of ardabil, there have been running battles between security forces and protesters throwing rocks and chanting death to the dictator . i m joined now by the bbc s middle east editor, sebastian usher. so, just looking at these elitists reports, we ve got fires, running battles, bring us up to date with the details
there has been during the last financial crisis. that will mean they were pretty soon be much greater scrutiny of what labour will do faced with the same economic fundamentals. high taxes, high borrowing, high inflation and low growth. if labour does indeed win an election, lisa nandy will be the cabinet minister with the job of delivering for what has become known they red wall, northern industrial towns like wigan in lancashire which she represents and which she says has changed her politics, a politics learnt at the knee of her grandfather who was a liberal mp and a father who also is a famous marxist academic. politicalthinking is a conversation with, not a interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking and today we are recording just down the road from wigan next door to the great city of manchester in the city of salford. ,., city of manchester in the city of salford. . , u, city of manchester in the city of salford. ., , , ., salford. lisa nandy, welcome t
hello and welcome to the programme. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. the state news agency has reported that a riot by inmates has been put down and the situation is back to normal. it comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandatory headscarf. the internet was shut down across much of the country on saturday, but videos have emerged showing protests in a dozen cities, including tehran. in the northwestern city of ardabitl, there have been reports of the security forces opening fire on demonstrators and protesters throwing rocks and chanting death to the dictator . and a couple minutes time, we will speak with the correspondent with more details about what we do and