welcome back, and let's stay with that story. the government's candidate to be the next chairman of the bbc says recent tweets about politicians by presenter gary lineker appear to breach the bbc�*s new social media guidelines. the former england footballer recently hit back at grant shapps, after the defence secretary questioned whether the match of the day host should express political views. this is what samir shah said to mps today. ——joining me —— joining me now is david bilodeau. —— sillito. -- joining me now is david bilodeau. -- sillito. , ~ ,, -- sillito. gary lineker - everyone will remember _ -- sillito. gary lineker - everyone will remember him _ -- sillito. gary lineker - everyone will remember him of _ -- sillito. gary lineker - everyone will remember him of the - -- sillito. gary lineker - everyone will remember him of the great i will remember him of the great footballer of the england team and a very successful tv presenter — one of the highest paid at the bbc. and

he has, well, it's an ongoing saga about his activity on twitter, or x. the bbc had to change its entire social media guidelines because he always seems to be... well, people were asking if he crossed the lines politically. this latest drama is all about a letter, criticising the government's policy about asylum seekers. he signed the letter, and then there was some criticism from conservative mps, and he responded to those mps — for instance, lee anderson. he said if he lost his seat at the next election, he could put a word in for him at a well—known crystal factory in the uk. there was grant shapps who made some allusions, using some aliases. thenjonathan some allusions, using some aliases. then jonathan collis some allusions, using some aliases. thenjonathan collis said he should re—the news social media guidelines, "obviously, you haven't." ——

jonathan gullis. mr shah confirmed in post here and was asked about the question. he said the new social media guidelines say yes, high—profile presenters who are not journalists, not in news are allowed to express it opinions about politics. but there is a matter of civility and not expressing any personal attacks on people. he said he thinks some of the letter is ok, but he seems to have crossed the line with those tweets.— line with those tweets. have a listen? presenters are free to express their opinions, but there are some guidelines, and that's to do with the manner, the civility of it, and not to make ad hominem attacks. so, as far as i'm aware, the signing of the letter did not breach those guidelines. i do think, however, the more recent tweet that mr lineker, in which he identified two

politicians, does in the face of it seem to breach those particular guidelines. i'm not sure how egregious it is, but it does, and i would imagine that the bbc is now looking into that and considering its response. this was quite a big story at the time. what's the bbc reaction today to what mr shah has been saying? they just to what mr shah has been saying? theyjust reiterated a statement they made earlier this week. it pointed out the policy — yes, they were allowed to have political opinions, but there was a misuse of civility and no personal attacks. but they said they weren't going to comment about specific posts and said that if there was an issue, they would discuss it with any presenter as necessary. ought to be careful what — presenter as necessary. ought to be careful what we _ presenter as necessary. ought to be careful what we tweet. _ presenter as necessary. ought to be careful what we tweet. thank - presenter as necessary. ought to be careful what we tweet. thank you i careful what we tweet. thank you very much.

ukrainian officials say at least 53 people have been injured after russia launched a wave of missile strikes at the capital, kyiv, overnight. the missiles were intercepted, but falling debris damaged homes and a children's hospital and set fire to cars. it's the second russian missile attack this week. ukraine's hard—pressed air defences said they'd shot down ten ballistic missiles in kyiv and ten attack drones over the odesa region. jessica parker sent this a short while ago from the ukrainian capital. i'm standing in a children's playground in a district of kyiv, but part of it has been totally destroyed. let me show you some of what we can see here. first of all, you'll see a group of people just here and there's a massive crater in the ground, that must have been the point of impact from last night's blast. and then look up at the apartments — windows blown out everywhere. some of those flats have been completely destroyed, others very badly damaged. they're doing what they can to try and make those buildings structurally safe,

or the site as safe as possible. and then, also, just look over here. there is a burnt—out car. now, what we're told is it was actually parked near the apartment blocks, but the force of the blast blew it over here right into the middle of the children's playground. we've been speaking to residents. clearly, many of them are having to find somewhere else to stay. some have family and friends they can go to. others are going to go to a school that is being provided as a temporary shelter. one man i spoke to, he got very visibly upset when we were talking one man i spoke to, alexander, he got very visibly upset when we were talking because he said he had seen some of his neighbours' children injured following last night's missile attack. and he also called, as i spoke to him, for continued western support. that, of course, as president zelensky has been in washington, dc to try and unlock a $60 billion package of military aid, but so far has failed to break the deadlock. as jessica asjessica parker as jessica parker was asjessica parker was saying, this comes as president zelensky has been in washington, dc.

it comes as the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is now in oslo for talks with the leaders of five nordic nations as he tries to rally support amid a looming gap in aid from the united states. mr zelensky said ukraine cannot defeat russia without help. yesterday, he was in washington, where his pleas for the quick approval of a us aid package gained little traction with republicans. you can see the pictures there. president biden says congress would be giving a christmas gift to russia if it fails to pass the measure. earlier, i spoke to yuriy gorodnichenko, a ukrainian economics professor at the university of berkeley in california. as president zelensky is on this world tour, he gave us his assessment on how important zelensky�*s personal pitch is. i think it is extremely important that he goes to different capitals and makes a strong case for ukraine because the war has not gone away. we still have enormous damages happening in the country

and this personal touch is potentially a way to move things forward. what we're seeing and certainly what we saw with america, that personal touch isn't enough now. well, you know, we have multiple objectives here, i believe. one is to put ukraine back on the front pages, make sure that people discuss ukraine, keep ukraine in focus. and even though maybe we don't have money immediately, at least we are still in the conversation and we may have money eventually. in the conversation and let's talk about the aid that ukraine is after, because it sort of divides into two. there's military and there's economic. just tell us a little bit more about the aid that mr zelensky is pitching for and where it would go to. yeah, so, as you said, there are two components. one is military aid, equipment and so on. another one is economic aid because ukraine still has to function and we have to support

the war effort inside the country. just to be clear, every tax dollar that ukraine collects is going to finance ukrainian military, but we still have to pay pensions, schoolteachers, doctors and so on. now, this is where the aid, economic aid from the rest of the world is extremely important because we have to keep paying these people, we have to keep the economy going. otherwise, we will face some very tough choices. it's either barter or guns, and we don't want to have this choices in this criticaljuncture. butter or guns. but if that aid doesn't come soon and if it's held up not just with the eu debating it at the moment, but also the us, what comes next? well, i believe ukraine will continue fighting even if it's alone. it will resemble the first days of the war. but the fight will go on. it will be just more difficult.

now to sudan, where there's a warning that parts of the country are at risk of slipping into catastrophic hunger conditions. the country has been in the grip of an eight—month conflict as the army and its former paramilitary allies, the rapid support forces, battle each other for control. the world food programme says 18 million people in sudan are now facing acute levels of hunger ? that's more than double the number a year ago. it says the problems are being made worse by the conflict, which has made some areas particularly hard to reach. i spoke to will carter, who's the sudan country director for the norwegian refugee council, and will told us more about what's happening on the ground in sudan. it's a evastating picture in sudan. we have teams in this humanitarian field, teams all across the country. but it's tough working there. so many millions of people have fled from armed conflicts and brutal violence, from air strikes, from displacement. and now we have one of the worst food insecurity crises happening, and that's extreme deprivation

of food, feelings of starvation, people having to sell the little left that they own. and it just looks devastatingly desperate. and what needs to happen then? i mean, clearly you need more funding, but how easy is it to get this much needed aid to people while this conflict is continuing? it's extremely complex. there's risks to it. i mean, collectively, the humanitarian response in sudan has helped coming up towards 5 million people. but this is a country of 50 million people. almost one in two people need life—saving assistance. it's completely neglected crisis, one of the cruellest and largest crises in the world right now. so we definitely need donor resources. we're only a third funded.

it's relatively humble humanitarian appeal is eclipsed by others. but yeah, as you say, this this projection of food insecurity is of the parts of the country that we know we're still getting into in small ways. into in small ways most conflict affected parts and to darfur and to khartoum and the kordofan region. and so we need better humanitarian access. the authorities need to allow us in different international border crossings need to be there, and the logistical setup needs to be put in place to reach everyone in some of the worst parts of the country. but it's heading in a really bad direction. next year looks worse. and will, how many people were already in need of food before this conflict began? i mean, how bad was it in the first place? there was a small level of armed conflicts and there was a food insecurity situation before. but since this is started in the last seven, eight months, it's probably doubled in the number of people that require humanitarian assistance. we've gone from 12, 13 million people that that were facing hunger people that were facing hunger to now between 18 and 23 million

and probably getting getting much worse. so it's a huge increase. the scale of what is happening here is absolutely massive. and whilst the work is possible, we just don't have the resources. it's tough, but aid is getting through. but with only a third funding, it's it's it looks pretty it looks pretty bleak for next year. will carter there. it's being billed "economic shock therapy" — a series of measures announced by argentina's new presidentjavier milei, aimed at fixing its worst crisis in decades. they include weakening the value of its currency by more than 50% against the dollar. the country is battling soaring inflation, with prices rising by around 150% over the past year. it's struggling with high government debt and owes the international monetary fund $41; billion. around 40% of the population is living below the poverty line. i spoke to amy booth, who is the managing editor of the buenos aires herald,

an english language publication in argentina. i asked if this "economic shock therapy" is going to make a difference to the ailing economy. that's a great question because milei sees this as kind of ripping off the plaster and taking some measures that have been well overdue in his view to rebalance the books. but critics would argue that actually, argentina's seen this before and it hasn't worked out the way they've viewed. we just need to see what's going to happen now. find see what's going to happen now. and these statistics are pretty shocking. 40% of the population living below the poverty line. what's the situation like? i'm sure is a journalist in argentina, you've spoken to many people and see what it's like first—hand.

spoken to many people and see what it's like first-hand.— it's like first-hand. yeah, it's reall , it's like first-hand. yeah, it's really. really _ it's like first-hand. yeah, it's really, really difficult. - it's like first-hand. yeah, it's really, really difficult. it's - it's like first-hand. yeah, it's i really, really difficult. it's worth pointing out that poverty in argentina hasn't at all gone under 25% in recent years. what's really striking is in some circumstances, we've seen the party girl at the same time as the economy has grown —— the party grow. people don't know how to get to the end of the month because they can't budget. prices change every single week. they don't know how much they need, and that makes it really difficult. a situation where a large majority of children are living in poverty in buenos aires, a lot of people begging in the streets, children sometimes working on the streets, trying to sell you stuff. there's a lot of anguish and anxiety about what's going to happen now. i lot of anguish and anxiety about what's going to happen now. i cover the crisis in — what's going to happen now. i cover the crisis in sri _ what's going to happen now. i cover the crisis in sri lanka. _ what's going to happen now. i cover the crisis in sri lanka. one - what's going to happen now. i cover the crisis in sri lanka. one thing - the crisis in sri lanka. one thing that was most starkly seeing how

many middle—class sri lankans who had decent lives suddenly slipped into poverty in a matter of months. is this similar in argentina? i is this similar in argentina? i think it's fair to say we can expect that in the sense that argentina has over the past few years struggled with inflation that's risen and risen and accelerated over the past year. there's definitely being a process of erosion for a period of at least eight years or so. maybe longer. but we can definitely expect that to speed up because even milei himself and his inauguration speech — and this is quite shocking — he said things will get worse before they get better. he said to expect between 20—ao% inflation per month over the next few months while these shop policies make their way through the system. it's very difficult to see how that's going to happen without hitting the middle class and

the poor really badly. léerr; without hitting the middle class and the poor really badly.— the poor really badly. very briefly, am , how the poor really badly. very briefly, amy. how pepular_ the poor really badly. very briefly, amy, how popular is _ the poor really badly. very briefly, amy, how popular is this - the poor really badly. very briefly, amy, how popular is this plan? . the poor really badly. very briefly, i amy, how popular is this plan? how's it gone down? i amy, how popular is this plan? how's it gone down?— it gone down? i mean, milei won the election with — it gone down? i mean, milei won the election with a _ it gone down? i mean, milei won the election with a clear majority. - it gone down? i mean, milei won the election with a clear majority. he - election with a clear majority. he got about 56% of the vote. he had an absolute majority there. people knew this is what he was planning. he used to waive the chainsaw around at rallies, a metaphor of how he was going to slash what he considers undue subsidies. it's quite remarkable we're in a situation where people are backing this kind of austerity route. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. build is the future and powered by green energy. this isjust a

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for so many of us — 250 million subscribers, to be precise — it's the way to watch films and tv shows. now, netflix, the largest streaming service in the world,has service in the world, has released viewer data on 99% of its catalogue for the very first time. it's been criticised in the past for not being transparent about how content performs on its platform. variety magazine's michael schneider has been following the data. he says the release confirms a lot of what they believed about what had been popular on the platform. wednesday was a popular show. we sort of suspected a lot of the shows were popular, because there are other measurements out there, including nielsen, which measures all of the streamers, and netflix has been putting out some information,

not as extensive as what they did yesterday. like wednesday, queen charlotte, bridgerton, you... it turns out they are very, very popular. at it turns out they are very, very --oular. �* ., it turns out they are very, very “oular, �* ., ., it turns out they are very, very --oular. �* ., ., , .,, it turns out they are very, very --oular. �* ., ., , ., popular. a lot of people are watching — popular. a lot of people are watching documentaries - popular. a lot of people are - watching documentaries around me. popular. a lot of people are _ watching documentaries around me. if people are still watching big films, are they watching more current affairs type stuff? is a are they watching more current affairs type stuff?— affairs type stuff? is a little bit of everything. _ affairs type stuff? is a little bit of everything, and _ affairs type stuff? is a little bit of everything, and this - affairs type stuff? is a little bit of everything, and this is - affairs type stuff? is a little bit of everything, and this is a - affairs type stuff? is a little bit i of everything, and this is a global number. we're talking about a lot of viewers, a lot of subscribers, so it's hard to narrow down broad—based hits because people have their own tastes, like you mentioned. because netflix doesn't programme necessarily to a one audience, but instead has these taste clusters that they call them, it's a little bit of everything. netflix wants to programme to you and to your neighbour even though you have very different tastes. to narrow that down is difficult. the award—winning american actor andre braugher has died after a short illness

at the age of 61. he was best known for playing police officers in brooklyn nine nine and homicide: life on the street. braw—er won two emmy awards and was nominated 11 times during his career. he also appeared in hollywood movies — including the american civil war epic glory. —— braugher. you're watching bbc news. the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, has announced he's standing down as labour leader after five years, triggering a contest to find his successor. our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. a calming presence on the political landscape. when mark drakeford became first minister, most thought brexit was the coming storm. but in 2020, an even bigger challenge emerged. guiding wales through the pandemic put him on the map, and occasionally on a collision course with borisjohnson. dear me — he really, really is awful.

as he announced his plan to stand aside, he reflected on the change around him. bore da, good morning. in a five—year period which has seen wales deal with austerity, brexit, the covid pandemic, the climate crisis, wars in ukraine and the middle east, and four different prime ministers so far, there will be lots to reflect upon. the latest of those pms led tributes in westminster. i know everyone will want to join me in wishing mark drakeford all the best as he moves on from his many, many years of devoted public service. quietly and patiently, mark has been a titanj of labour and welsh politics, - and we thank him for his service. the sudden loss of his wife earlier this year may have shaped today's decision, but as a politician, his emotions have only rarely come to the surface. you think you turn up here this afternoon and claim

some sort of moral high ground? what sort of world do you belong in? most of the rows were over long nhs waiting lists in wales and poor and poor performance in schools. so could he have done better? the things i regret the most are where i feel we could have done more, gone further. you're not in this job for long, you want to get the maximum out of it, and where there were opportunities we could have taken to go even further, do even more, probably i regret that. although he weathered several storms and secured victory for labour in the last senedd elections, there were some questions mark mark drakeford always struggled with. what is my favourite cheese? well, that's probably the hardest question i've had so far, because i really like cheese. labour plan to choose his successor by easter. whoever gets the job will need to prepare pretty quickly for the general election expected next year and then the senedd election in wales in 2026. hywel griffith, bbc news, at the senedd.

a man has described the moment the cliffs fell away by his house on the isle of wight leaving his homejust ten feet away from the edge. the major landslide on sunday was the biggest in the area for decades and came after record levels of rainfall on the island over the past year. duncan kennedy has more. in the space of a few minutes, a large swathe of this entire hillside slipped. for some, it left their homes on the precipice. jim brown was one of those given permission to go back to collect belongings, and invited us with him. it's just unbelievable. and when you think that was a 90—foot garden, but the weirdest thing is the way everything has just dropped, it's just dropped down. it's not fallen. this is one of 20 homes that were evacuated. what do you think when you're now here? it'sjust sad. just sad. it's... but we're alive.

yes, that's true. lower down, you can see just how saturated the ground is. the council says the new slippage is likely to be the result of rain, not wave action. well, here at the bottom of the hillside where the cliffs meet the beach, you can see the signs of earlier slippages. the council says it's monitoring the area very closely, especially in the light of all the rain they've been having on the island in the past few months. so, the tree line is sort of the end of the land, really... but some, like lynn and wayne say they don't want to move — but some, like lynn and wayne, say they don't want to move — despite police warnings. obviously, being in your own home's a lot better than going to a hotel or to somebody else's house, so we're glad we stayed now, but it's been devastating. yeah, it is. it's still a worry cos we don't know what's really going to happen. - this is the worst slippage here in 30 years, leaving a coastline and a community dislodged.

on that story from the isle of wight is how we end our programme. plenty more on the bbc news website. we're running life pages. christian fraser is up next with the context. do stay with us. hello there. given all the rain that we've had over the past few weeks, it's still pretty wet out there. but the next few days at least will turn drier and also the temperatures will be rising. now, this area of low pressure brought cloud and some rain and drizzle to eastern parts of england. that's moving away. the next weather system is coming in from the atlantic. but in between the two, well, we did have some sunshine earlier on, particularly in northern ireland and here in scotland. but where we have the clearer skies in the first part of the night, there's the risk that temperatures could fall just below freezing in places. but that window of clearer skies will close as the night goes on because all that cloud will come in from the atlantic. it's going to bring some rain and briefly some snow over the scottish mountains, perhaps the northern pennines, but it should turn back to rain

later on in the night as temperatures start to rise. so, these are the numbers by first thing thursday morning. and by this time, the rain will have cleared away from northern ireland and just about the whole of scotland. but we will see some further patchy, mostly light rain and drizzle affecting england and wales, and that cloudy, damp weather could continue across the south—east well into the afternoon, but otherwise we'll get some sunshine following on behind, a few showers for northern ireland and scotland, mostly in the north of scotland, where it's still quite blustery. but if anything, temperatures are going to be a degree or two higher than what we had today. as one weather system moves away, we look to see another one coming in from the atlantic as we move into friday. this is going to be focused more to the north—west of the uk. we'll see more cloud coming into northern ireland and also in scotland, showers in the north of the country being replaced by some rain and drizzle. elsewhere, it should be dry and a lot more sunshine more widely across england and wales, where the winds will be lighter. still, temperatures seven or eight degrees across eastern parts of england, but further west, it is much, much milder.

and this milder atlantic air and some brisk winds will come rushing in across the whole of the country in time for the start of the weekend. we've got colder air to the north of that weather front, which may move southwards on sunday to bring some patchy rain. but on saturday, it's staying to the north of us, just bringing the chance of some rain in the north of scotland. again, it looks like it's going to be windy here and across northern ireland. the winds are lighter as you head further south, but there won't be as much sunshine for england and wales on saturday. but it is mild air and those temperatures will be widely 12 or 13 celsius.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. being no objection, it is so decided. it is truly an historic deal here in dubai. countries didn't get everything they wanted, but they did get a lot of it. the big headline was the transition away from fossil fuels. this is a moment where multilateralism has actually come together and people have taken individual interest, and attempted to define the common good. the course correction that is needed has not been secured. we have made an incremental advancement over business as usual, when what we really needed

is an exponential step change in our actions. a breakthrough climate agreement in dubai — 198 countries agree to transition away from fossil fuels. but does language of that text, meet the moment? we'll hear from one of the uk's leading climate experts. israel is continuing its bombardment of gaza, despite the resounding call for a ceasefire at the un general assembly. reports tonight the idf is flooding some of tunnels used by hamas. and we will get reaction to president zelensky�*s charm offensive in washington. there is progress on the ukraine aid bill, but nowhere near enough to get a vote before christmas recess. good evening. diplomacy is tough. it takes years to advance an idea, particularly where 198 countries are sitting at the table.