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viewers like you. thank you. announcer: and now, "bbc world news". >> hello. this is outside source. rishi sunak becomes prime minister -- the uk's third in seven weeks. he faces a series of major challenges, the top of which come a severe economic crisis. he spoke of the difficult decisions he'd have to take. p.m. sunak: i fully appreciate how hard things are and i understand i have work to do to restore trust after all that has happened. >> after being invited by king charles, he arrived to a warm

reception and is set to work forming his new cabinet. no change in two of the big offices of state -- james cleverly remains secretary of state and jeremy hunt stays at the treasury. braverman returns as home secretary less than a week after she resigned and dominic raab's deputy prime minister. it comes as the task at hand, the price of household basics soaring. >> you can see it on the shelves when you go to the supermarket, you have to think about making choices. >> ultimately, this needs to come down or people's income needs to go up. host: welcome whether you are watching on pbs, in the u.k., or elsewhere around the world. we started in london where it has been another momentous day in british politics. rishi sunak's tonight spending

his first night in downing street as prime minister. today, he became the uk's 57th prime minister, the first british asian prime minister, at 42, the youngest p.m. in over 200 years. he's the third to be appointed to the role this year. this is daunting and the work has already begun. he' up did a new cabinet -- you may recognize many of the ministers. the three main offices of state, to remain the me -- jeremy hunt is the chancellor or finance minister. james cleverly stays at the foreign office. sarah braverman returns after resigning last week. dominic raab returns as cabinet secretary and the deputy prime minister position he had under boris johnson. ben wallace keeps his job as defense secretary. michael go is returning to the job he held under boris johnson, leveling up secretary -- other

names -- grant chaps is business secretary thony morton stays as leader of the house of commons -- any morton stays as leader of the house of commons. were watching all the comings and goings. we can say what a day it has been in british politics. reporter: rishi sunak in office as the third prime minister in just a few weeks here at downing street. a time of extraordinary political turmoil and change continues. in his speech just outside the door of number 10 behind me, he stressed theeed to bring stability and continuity and we are seeing that with the ministerial up commence. you seen some familiar places, from boris johnson's cabinet before that. you get the sense he's trying to prioritize stability and continuity and bringing together different parts of the

conservative party which has been so bitterly divided and factional iced recently. his political opponents will say that chaos and confusion and difficulties that have been faced by the u.k. over the last few weeks, given how badly liz truss'premiership played out, that rishi sunak is painted and tied to that legacy even as he attempts to bring a fresh approach to government as he takes up his job as prime minister here in downing street. so new appointments, some people were back into government that were not there under the previous administration. no huge changes, no huge news from rishi sunak to stamp his authority on this cabinet. generally speaking, keeping things pretty much as theyere. host: given that he is leader number three and seven weeks,

how much pressure is hgoing to come under to call a general election? reporter: he's under pressure to do that from opposition parties. labor, they are saying there's been such a huge change and turmoil particularly in the economy over the last few weeks that the government doesn't have any legitimacy or authority left . given there has been two changes in the governing conservative party, it means the man that one in 2019 is no longer valid. but rishi sunak dismissing that argument in his speech earlier on in downing street, saying the victory in the 2019 election was one by boris johnson and says the mandate belongs to the party as a whole. that is his argument against any call for a general election.

given the conservative party are running so low in the polls, theyre not going to want to go to the country at this point knowing they would surely face all but an ectoral wipeout. and the system we have in the united kingdom is one of a parliamentary democracy. while it is unusual for leaders to change with such frequency and this level of political instability to continue as it has, mp's are elected to form a government in the general election, not the leader directly. the next one doesn't have to be held until the five years after the last, which is december 2024. host: a number of names -- one, mercer returning after he was fired by liz truss. reporter: that is one of the more junior ministerial roles we are getting after the johnson

cabinet appointed. interesting to see johnny mercer returning. he's a former serving military officer himself and ended up leaving government. there was a disagreement around prosecutions of people involved in the troubles in northern ireland. the government described as vexatious prosecutions and how the government would attempt to end thatislation, but he is back in that post,ne he very much prized and will be pleased to return to. he's one of the fas we haven't seen in the last few weeks and months returning along with john glenn, chief secretary of the treasury, the number two role behind the chancellor. a very important role as fars the job goes. host: thank you very much.

the comings and goings still going on behind you. our correspondent in downing street. those are just some of the cabinet up payments. let's recap. a few hours ago, rishi sunak gave his first address as prime minister outside number 10 downing street. his speech ran over six minutes, the second longest in recent years. p.m. sunak: it is only right to expln why i'm standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. the aftermath of covid still lingers. britain's war in ukraine has destabilized energy markets and supply chains the world over. i want to pay tribute to my predecessor, liz truss. she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country.

it is a noble aim. and i admired her restlessness to create change. but some mistakes were made. not born of ill will or bad intentions, quite the opposite in fact. but mistakes nonetheless. i have been elected as leader of my party and your prime minister in part to fix them. and that workegins immediately. i will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government agenda. this will mean difficult decisions to come. you saw me during covid doing everything i could to protect

people and businesses with schemelike furlough. there are always limits, more so now than ever. i promise she this -- i will bring that same compassion to the challenges we face today. host: we looked at who's in the cabinet. let's look at who is out of senior roles. the business secretaryas first to resign followed by justice secretary brandon lewis. wendie morton is leaving as chief whip. th tory party chairman is out. whales secretary gone, also the education secretary, leveling up secretary simon clark. the environment secretary. let's talk to conservative mp caulfield who joined the effort

to bring back mr. johnson but switched to mr. sunak. we talked about people who are out but there are so many of the same names in the cabinet. how can this be a fresh start? guest: i think what rishi sunak is doing is bringing -- at this time whether we've got such a urgency about getting the work done, the cost of energy, factors we are facing, but many other issues. having people that know their briefs and have worked in those departments before cannot be underestimated how important that is. if you have a whole new team that need to meet civil servants, that takes time. having people who can walk in the door and get on the job from day one is ccial. host: you originally wanted a return for boris johnson. what made you change your mind? guest: i was always very clear

-- what you see with rishi sunak is what you get. he's very open and honest. he will say, he was clear about that during the covid pandemic and try to help as many people as he could. in these tough times, tough decisions will have to be made. he will be honest with the british people, he will do what he says he will do. for me, that's exactly what we need right now. host: do you think there can be unity? those people who did want boris johnso will they stay with rishi sunak? guest: i think i've only been an mp seven years and he's my fifth

prime minister and i have to say i've never heard a response from conservative mps across the board because he said all the right things. he doesn't care who people voted for this time around or previously. his priorities to the country and he wants to bring thearty together but he was clear, unless we come together -- that has to be our absolute priority now. whether that's with the cost of r.g., the nhs that's going to fill up a lot of pressure, whether it's the war in ukraine, we have to deliver for other people. he is made that clear to other mps and we have to come together now. host: a pulse is 63% in this country want a general election. he's two leaders removed from the leader that one and 2019.

why shouldn't there be a general election? guest: we run a parliamentary system here. we don't elect the prime minister. we vote for local mp's and then the mp forms a government. we have a mandate from the last election. if we were to call a general election tomorrow, that is six to eight weeks of campaigning during one of the most difficult times this country is facing. i don't think the general public would forgive us if we were busy campaigning between now and christmas and not getting on with running the country. those two reasons, i think it's the wrong time and we have a system in place which has put e conservative party into run the country. host: thank you very much for talking to us. let's bring you another line --

sir gavin williamson has returned to government as a cabinet office minister. th's the latest name we are hearing about. as we've been discussing, opposition parties are pushing for a general election. here's the shadow home secretary reacting to the new prime ministers and announcement that his government would be one of professionalism and integrity. >> that has turned out to be total chaos. within five hours of saying that, the prime minister appointed the previous home secretary who had just resigned only a week ago for breaching the ministerial code and serity lapses. what it shows is they've done grubby deals, ripping up the rules for their mates and not taking actual security seriously in order to get this coronation

through. as a result, it is public safety, the important things people are worried about across the country, it's just same chaos. it's not good enough and that's why we need a general election. host: yvette cooper, the home secretary there. rishi sunak on wednesday will face his first prime minister questions as conservative party leader. he will go head-to-head with the opposition leader. friday marks an important deadline concerning northern ireland, which has been unable to form a government since may's election. on october 31st, attention will turn back to the budget. a highly anticipated statement is expected on the governments medium-term fiscal plans. next thursday, we will hear from the bank of england about interest rates. experts tell us the central bank could increase rates by as much

as 75 basis points. to round out the week, the cop 27 summit will kick often egypt and is not clear if the new will go to the summit. if he chooses to opt out, his next big international event will be the g20 meeting later in the month. where approach will labor take to the new premise? a former senior advisor to miliband when he was leader of the opposition. how are you viewing how things stand tonight? guest: when you look at the cabinet rishi sunak is putting together, he said he wanted to lead the government with integrity and i think he's trying to dry contrast tube for and jot she boris johnson. -- draw a contrast to boris. a couple of things i would point

to. first of all, the fact you have -- he brought her back to the home office after she resigned a week ago because of the massive security breach that is quite shocking coming from a home secretary, said the gout coidential stuff to people she did not mean to email. the second appointment is gavin williamson, one of the worst, most incompetent education secretaries this country has ever seen. many young people suffered as a result when it comes to the a result fiasco. two years in a row, yet there he is back in cabinet. how does that smack of professionalism and integrity? host: how are they viewing rishi sunak as an opponent? will they, is labor seeing a

more thrtening prospect and his predecessor? guest: i'm not sure the fundamentals have changed too much. it's partly a result of mobile factors but also a result of liz truss'many budget. they are still going to be ramming home the fact that part of the economic mess that country is in is very bad decision unelected conservative prime ministers have undertaken. what the country has to look forward to from rishi sunak and jeremy hunt is some painful spending cuts and that's doing to affect nhs, it's going to affect schools, a working parent who gets tax credits and labor is killing two the number rather

than expecting too much personalities, i think they are ing to be talking about the grim economic situation that hasn't changed much in the last 24 to 48 hou. host: we have to leave it there. another name will return to government as minister for immigration. he will be based in the home office. let's get some other news from around the world. the u.n. watchdog group, the iaea says it inspectors have visited two sites in ukraine at the center of russian claims that kyiv is preparing several dirty bombs. it says the inspectors will return in response to the ukraine request. russia handed over allegations with nato dismisses. >> the ukrainians have been

dismis these allegations as absurd, as lies, and they say russia itself will be preparing to use a dirty bomb, a conventional bomb with radioactive material. the accusation was first made by the russian defense minister on sunday and russian officials repeated the same accusations and the same accusations were made by the premier spokesperson. western countries have dismissed these allegations as false, but the fear in kyiv is this could a pretext for a false flag attack by the russians. in other words, the russians carry out an attack using a dirty bomb and then try to blame thkrainians for the attack. it's interesting to see these allegations coming as they are

going ahead and taking back territory that has been under pressure and occupion. now theocus is on a region president putin claims to have an x. ukrainians are making advances, taking back territory there in that part of the country. the fear here voiced by some western countries as well is russia may use this dirty bomb allegation as a pretext for an escalation in this war. host: the first pictures emerged yesterday of yesterday's military airstrikes in northern myanmar. around 50 people were killed and 100 injured when a concert organized by one of the country's biggest ethnic insurgent groups was bombed. our southeast asia correspondent gives us an update on what happened. reporter: even by the standards ofya'nm ms'aralb'ilut

and this region that has been fighting the central government for than 60 years, that is what the concert was meant to commorate- 62 years since they started their struggle. even by this standards, thi was a particularly shocking attack. people at the concert -- it had not actually started. they were gathering in this opening area which is now controlled by the independence organization. all ages because it was meant to be a concert for the community. they said there is no warning, they didn't even hear the aircraft, just three very large explosions. very accurate as well, which suggests, as it was nighttime, that the air force was using some kind of position munitions to hit that area so precisely. it caused absolute mayhem. it was dark and semi people killed and injured. they've lost to of their most popular singers who are loved and were about to perform.

actor we thought was killed managed to escape with injuries but it was a tremendous load. -- a tremendous blow. an awful lot of civilians hit as well and the whole community in myanmar, a substtial part of the country in the north of the country is in mourning. they've been holding candlelit ceremonies. they are mostly christian and there have been christian ceremonies as well. then myanmar military government has denied hitting civilians and claimed it was a military base. conflict saying there have been kidnappings. this had been an area where they have been regular clashes went back a long way, and it settle -- it is an area with a lot of jade mining,hich is crucial. it is quite hotly contested. something on this scale is quite shocking and many people are

referring to as a war crime. host: the u.s. to part of justice has issued criminal charges against 30 chinese citizens as part of an investigation into beijing's activities in america. the accusations against them stealing technology. reporter: this informs three cases, 13 individuals, two of those chinese officials accused of paying a u.s. official thousands of dollars, tens of thousands in cash, jewelry and bitcoin to attempt to obstruct investigation into a chinese telecommunications company, which was not named, but widely reported to be huawei. back in 2019, huawei accused of stealing u.s. trade secrets. these individuals are accused of trying to get information about

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