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term in office at the communist party congress. and the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. we begin in iran where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital, tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. in a tweet the us state department says: gunshots officials say that seven people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control. but recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. we can now speak to jared genser, who s a lawyer representing siamak namazi an iranian american, whose family said he was taken back into custody to the prison, this week after a temporary release. thank you for talking to us. have you had any contact with your client? your ....
no, no, that s not too sombre. but hello and welcome to the programme, which for the last 25 years has been the place where the uk s leading political commentators debate the big themes of the week. ,broadcast and yes, even today still write for audiences back home from dateline london. it may be our final edition, but we re still looking forward, not back. leaders and their future. after liz truss told her finance minister, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng to go, how long before british conservatives force her to do the same? biden or trump, who will win a second term in the white house? or might someone else get the chance of a first? and can china survive a third term for president xi? in the studio, jeff mcallister, time magazine s white house correspondent during the clinton years and then chief of the magazine s london bureau. he and his wife now run their own international law firm. eunice gersh is a portuguese writer and academic, lectures on comparative government ....
ukraine continues to push back russian forces, but the invading troops aren t giving up. they re trying desperately to change the narrative here. and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. in the uk, the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. in his first interviews since being appointed, jeremy hunt told the bbc ministers had made mistakes when they announced plans to slash taxes without setting out how it would be paid for. in the three weeks since, the cost of borrowing money rose, both for the public and for the government. mr hunt said every government department would have to come up with savings. answering prime minister s questions this week, liz ....
hello. this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the headlines. as the british prime ministerfights 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 forty turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions that were set after he was taken into custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary. exchange of fire ukraine continues to push back russian forces but the invading troops aren t giving up. and.the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. now on bbc news click today we are literally stepping into history. we are at alexandra palace and this place has seen it all. today we are literally stepping ....
now on bbc news.unspun world withjohn simpson hello and welcome to unspun world. this is kyiv, the centre of the city, just a fairly short time after a series of missiles have hit it. one landed here but it doesn t look to me, completely untutored, as though it s a full scale missile. this looks to me like it s a drone attack. we are in an area of the city which is mostly kind of ministries and official buildings and museums and so on, and it looks as though there was an attack on a specific car, which has just been taken away. details, we don t know any more of, but we can assume, i think, that this is part at least of russia s revenge for the attack on the kerch bridge between russia and crimea last saturday. there is a feeling that now we are at a crossroads, that there is a chance of further escalation in this war. what does president putin s good friend xijinping of china think about russia s feeble performance in this war? the government is now toning down its onc ....