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,
also on 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. the uk 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, she was back too this time
but lockdown like this that we are seeing in beijing that s happening also in shanghai. in inner mongolia, in xinjiang, whole cities are locked down. in fact, xinjiang, the whole region, is kind of lockeddown. you can t leave there at the moment. without special permission because of coronavirus outbreaks. then there are cities like hangzhou, xi an, elsewhere with partial lockdowns. in xi an, the tourist industry is being absolutely hammered by these covid amelioration efforts, we have spoken to people there who are barely hanging on in terms of keeping their businesses afloat. but nevertheless, at the communist party congress they are preparing to usher in a historic third term in powerfor xijinping. on sunday, he will reveal his new leadership team, and there is no indication at all from the chinese
more bad economic news. during the congress. but lockdown like this that we are seeing in beijing that is happening also in shanghai. in inner mongolia, in xinjiang whole cities are locked down. in fact xinjiang the whole region, is kind of lockeddown. you can t leave there at the moment. without special permission because of coronavirus outbreaks. then there are cities like hangzhou, xi an elsewhere with partial lockdowns. in xi an the tourist industry is being absolutely hammered by these covered amelioration efforts we have spoken to people there who are barely hanging on in terms of keeping their businesses afloat. but, nevertheless at the communist party congress they are preparing to usher in a historic third term in powerfor xijinping. on sunday, he will reveal his new leadership team and there is no indication at all from the chinese government that has an idea of how or when it might provide an off ramp for the coronavirus