in beijing, the chinese communist party congress continues but some parts of the city go under a covid lockdown. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. britain is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the governing conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job by far the shortest tenure in british history. following growing calls from within her own party to go, she said she could not deliver the tax cuts she d promised, and which had largely been abandoned. we start tonight with our political editor chris mason in downing street. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time to resign. i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and busi
of repairing the damage. also in the programme. in beijing the chinese communist party congress continues but some parts of the city are back under a covid lockdown. and, a jury in new york clears the actor, kevin spacey, of making unwanted sexual advances on a iii year old. hello and welcome to the programme. britain is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job by far the shortest tenure in british history. her leadership foundered when the markets took fright, the pound crashed, she sacked her chancellor kwasi kwarteng and was forced into a humiliating series of u turns. we start our coverage with the bbc s political editor chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister,
congress has started to implement localised lockdown. now i say they are possibly not aware because most delegates are in isolation to stop them from being infected. at the moment in beijing though, it is at the housing estate, housing compound type level where there are lockdowns being imposed. if you are a contact with someone who has been infected or a contact of a contact you have to stay home. if you have been to a part of the city deemed to be high risk your health code will change colour and it will also order you to stay home. earlier this week, china s leader xijinping said, there would be no swerving from the zero covid approach. in spite of the fact that this is having a huge impact on the economy. we don t really know the latest figures in terms of that impact because gdp figures which were supposed to come out this week have been delayed. presumably because it would be
well, it is another opponent, and, you know, we re burning through prime ministers, we re burning through chancellors, we re burning to home secretaries. and that gives it an element of soap opera, but it isn tjust a soap opera and this is, you know, for many people who are facing higher prices, higher mortgages, this is real damage that s being inflicted on them. i really don t think another revolving door of chaos, another experiment at the top of the tory party, is the way out of this. what needs to happen now? on a uk level there must be a general election, . it is a democratic necessity. the idea the tories can unite behind a prime minister now, any prime minister, let alone one that is in the public interest for the birds. the tories have shown they are incapable of providing the leadership, they are not fit
racing to find a successor with a new prime minister to move into downing street by the end of next week. in beijing, the chinese communist party congress is continuing but some parts of the city are under a covid lockdown, after an increase in infections. delegates are being kept away from beijing s residents. stephen mcdonell has more. thousands of delegates down at the great hall of the people are possibly not aware that the city which is hosting the communist party congress has started to implement localised lockdown. now i say they are possibly not aware because most delegates are in isolation to stop them from being infected. at the moment in beijing though, it is at the housing estate, housing compound type level where there are lockdowns being imposed. if you are a contact with someone who has been infected or a contact of a contact you have to stay home. if you have been to a part of the city deemed to be high