this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister's top adviser, dominic cummings, is to step down earlier than expected following tensions with number 10. several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid—19. the us president—elect, joe biden, strongly criticises donald trump's handling of the crisis. president trump has insisted he won't put the us into lockdown, and comes close to admitting he could leave the white house next year. i will not go... this administration will not be going to a lockdown. hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be? i guess time will tell. ethiopia's government warns that fighting with local forces in the tigray region appears to be

spreading into neighbouring areas. a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk is expected to be brought foward to 2030, a decade earlier than originally planned. and diwali with a difference — the festival of lights is celebrated in a socially—distanced way by hundreds of millions of people around the world. everybody, in their mind, they are scared about coronavirus, but at the same time, they are kind of adjusting to the new normal. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. i'm shaun ley. stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here

and across the globe. here in the uk, downing street sources suggest yesterday's sudden departure of the prime minister's chief adviser, dominic cummings, came about after relations between the two men "went off a cliff edge". borisjohnson is now said to want to "move on" following a week of turmoil within the prime minister's top team. it comes as trade talks with the eu near their conclusion. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. leaving by the front door for the last time — dominic cummings, who had been boris johnson's most senior and influential aide, but whose time at the heart of government is over. when boris johnson became prime minister, he turned to his allies from the brexit referendum. mr cummings and his vote leave colleagues were brought in to make sure brexit was delivered and to shake up the way the government worked. but mr cummings was deeply controversial, often finding himself in the limelight, in particular after he refused

to apologise after driving to barnard castle from london during lockdown. sorry i'm late. we agreed that we should go for a short drive to see if i could drive safely. but it's tensions in here which have proved his downfall, with faction fights in number ten bursting into the open in recent days as different groups fought for influence over the prime minister. boris johnson's fiancee, carrie symonds, was one of those who'd raised concerns, but for months, many of borisjohnson‘s mps and even some ministers had been unhappy at the style of government with mr cummings in number ten and that very few people seemed to have the prime minister's ear. i think that, with hindsight, mrjohnson might feel that he has squandered quite a lot of political capital unnecessarily in seeking to defend the indefensible, but the fact of the matter is we are now where we are and we can move forward and i would like the prime minister to see this as an opportunity to muck out the stables and get

in a team of people that he really needs and deserves behind him. now the vote leave era in number ten looks to be drawing to a close. it'll be up to the prime minister and those left in downing street to decide what happens next. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is here. you're in at westminster all day on friday and at this study had various twists and turns during the course of it. what do we now understand about the circumstances in which dominic cummings departed? this week of tension at number ten did come to a head yesterday afternoon. we know the prime minister had a meeting yesterday afternoon with lee cain, his former director of communications, and dominic cummings and it was said the prime minister wa nted and it was said the prime minister wanted to, at that meeting, clear the airand move wanted to, at that meeting, clear the air and move on. there are conflicting and colourful accounts about what was said and what happened in the hours after that. it

is being claimed the prime minister accused the two men of briefing against his fiancee carrie symonds and that version of events is a hotly disputed by others. one source any room at the time described it as any room at the time described it as a lovely conversation between the three men at which they reminisced about their various achievements together. and then it yesterday evening, as we saw, dominic cummings left number ten by the front door carrying that cardboard box, a very deliberate move that he would be going for good and as we know this morning, that is the case, bar from home between now and christmas. what that shows you, regardless of the detail of what happened, is that there is a feud went right down to there is a feud went right down to the last hours and minutes of these are two men and their time in downing street. and there was a bit of bad blood still write to the end and they left under something of a

cloud and the terms of their departure might be disputed, but there is no doubt this has been a watershed week for downing street. thank you very much. we're joined now by katy balls, the deputy political editor of the spectator. at which boris johnson at which borisjohnson used to work for many years, of course. what do you make at the end of this week?” think it should not have come as a surprise given all the briefings and counter briefings that kept this infighting right up until what seems to be the end. although we are to get confirmation on a lot of aspects of the study. it is interesting is where just hearing about the disputed accounts of this meeting. it was something of a confrontation with the premise of‘s aids, but also one of these, lee cain allegedly after that meeting and both looked rather cheerful. i think there is still a lot we need to have come out and be guided through. ultimately,

it does show you how factional number 10 has become and leading figures will not be any building for the next few weeks and not working at then. it is the premise that i'm going to be able to bring an end to this, restore harmony if there was ever such a thing in downing street? orare we ever such a thing in downing street? or are we entering a difficult period for the prime minister as he tries to work out what his government is now going to be aiming for? he fought so hard to keep dominic cummings against a great deal of pressure from newspapers, large sections of public opinion, from some conservative mps after that famous occasion when he drove a long way from london during the lockdown in disputed circumstances, but the essence of that was that he was even forced to go an cameron john interview, something he loads doing. what has —— go on camera to doing. what has —— go on camera to do an interview. what has changed

that he was indispensable to the prospects of the government and this week he can fire him? he expended a lot of political capital, boris johnson. a lot of ministers and mps the language of this day about that whole scenario. —— a lot of ministers are to this day. this he also said he did not think dominic cummings had done what he said, some people said he had done but clearly damage the prime minister and if you're looking at what has changed, as far as you're looking at what has changed, as farasi you're looking at what has changed, as far as i can tell, it has been in the past month or so that there has been there is a shift while tensions have been building. i think there area have been building. i think there are a few things at play, a disagreement as to how the prime minister should approach his communications going forward. we had the arrival of allegra stratton, the press secretary who had a less

combative style but there has been a push amongst unhappy ministers and mps push amongst unhappy ministers and m ps after push amongst unhappy ministers and mps after a broader reset after brexit is delivered, after we hopefully get through the rest of coronavirus that the prime minister can be said his premiership because the first year of winning the majority of 80 has not been what he planned. a lot has been out of his control because of the global pandemic, but the people that he needs to move forward should be different to the ones who have been with him since he won that election. you mentioned brexit, dominic cummings public has an international profile because of running the campaign that led to britain voting to leave the european union. we are at the end of the process of negotiation over trade links that will exist beyond the end of this year between the eu and the uk. do you think is departure placing at all to the prospect of getting a deal? i think highlights what bad timing that whole passport to get

out, nearly a week now, the drama of downing street playing out has been. partly because england is in lockdown, have restrictions across the uk and talking about aids, at least in one case, some that have not been heard of, is at least self—indulgent. however, in brexit, the fact that he has seen your vote to leave figures and has been relied on “— to leave figures and has been relied on —— can't vote i think it is difficult for the prime minister. whether it actually fixings are not, he will insist that it does not, you rarely see nigel farage, john social media with that picture of dominic cummings living downing street. which suggests there isa downing street. which suggests there is a sell—out coming. it has the

potential, a deal coming under more scrutiny are not being hard brexit enough. there are some mps were thinking, perhaps some meps, farmer two, is the prime minister really going to do a no deal with these figures not by his side now? derry street are suggesting nothing has changed in their strategy. —— downing street. it will be a challenge for the communication team if he does a deal with the eu. thank you very much filling as us in on that. talks on a post—brexit trade agreement have made less progress in the past week than the eu had hoped for. an eu source said one of the meetings was "short and brutal". one of the uk contingent said "big gaps" still remained between the two sides, with sticking points around fishing quotas and trading standards on goods. there are just seven weeks for any deal to be agreed and ratified, before the end of the transition

period on january 1st. to the united states now. the us president—elect, joe biden, has strongly criticised donald trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, warning urgent action is needed before he takes office injanuary. some states are now banding together in an effort to curb the spread of covid—i9. there are fears that the christmas period could see another surge in cases. and before that, of course, the us celebrations for thanksgiving. in total, america has had over 10.7 million cases, and 244,000 deaths, and more than 900 people a day are dying with the disease on average. on the west coast, oregon, new mexico, and california — where long queues of people have waited for drive—through tests — are jointly calling for a halt to nonessential travel. the governor of oregon has taken the additional step of ordering social gatherings to be limited to no more than six people, effective immediately. on twitter, kate brown said that it isn't too late to save lives, even if people are tired

of restrictions, and urged everyone to stay strong. the new york governor, andrew cuomo, says the governors of six states in the north—east, the region hit hardest in the early months of the pandemic, are to hold an emergency meeting this weekend to coordinate responses. meanwhile, donald trump has made his first public comments since mr biden was declared the winner of the election. for the first time, he admitted that he might not be in the white house come the 20th of january. i will not go, this administration will not be going to a lockdown. hopefully the, the, uh... whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell. ican i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. president trump still refuses to concede the presidenc, even with projections showing that joe biden has won the state of georgia.

mrtrump won mr trump won carolina though mr biden won carolina though. this brings his total number of electoral college votes to 306. —— and mr biden won a georgia, though. this brings his total number of electoral college votes to 306. president donald trump is projected to win north carolina, reaching 232 votes. for more on the significance of the situation, here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. that is exactly the number that president trump won four years ago against hillary clinton, and he said it was a landslide in terms of a victory. well, the situation is exactly reversed now and he is on the losing side. and again, president trump is hugely aware of how things look — the optics, as they're sometimes described — and that is an optic that he won'tbe enjoying seeing on american tv screens, in particular at the bottom of the screen. that is the kind of detail

that the president doesn't like and perhaps might go some way towards explaining his behaviour right now. the bakery chain greggs has announced plans to cut more than 800 jobs because of a fall in sales due to the ongoing coronavirus restrictions. managers have warned employees the firm may cease to be profitable if sales continue at lockdown levels. the headlines on bbc news... the uk prime minister's top adviser, dominic cummings, is to step down earlier than expected after downing street sources suggest relations between the two men "went off a cliff edge". several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid—i9. the us president—elect, joe biden, strongly criticises donald trump's handling of the crisis. president trump has insisted he won't put the us into lockdown, and comes close to admitting he could leave the white house next year.

typhoon vamco has caused extensive damage in the philippines, flooding many parts of luzon, the largest and most populated island. the storm, known locally as ulysses, made landfall in the bicol region. the same area was battered by the super typhoon goni just over a week ago. howard johnson reports from manila. typhoon vamco is the 21st cyclone to hit the philippines this year and the most deadly. it made landfall on wednesday, but we're only beginning to see the full extent of its devastation. it comes two weeks after typhoon goni hit the philippines, hitting the bicol region, but what we're seeing at the moment is the province of cagayan being hit particularly badly. the magat dam there has been opened up to simply let out all of the water that's being collected in the water basin there. it's been overwhelmed by a lot of water, a lot of rain has been dumped on the philippines on the main island of luzon, which is the most populous island,

and although this storm may not have packed as higher winds as goni, it's certainly brought more rain. and at the moment, one official has described the cagayan province like the pacific ocean, so lots of search and rescue efforts are going on there. the united nations children's fund are appealing for money to support the thousands of children in need of help at the moment. we've seen on social media families on the roofs of their homes trying to avoid the rising water levels, and there are issues reporting this story as well — because of the covid—i9 pandemic and lockdown issues, any reporter who wants to travel from manila to go to the cagayan province has to quarantine for 14 days, so reporters are asking for that to be waived to allow them to do their work. our philippines correspondent howard johnson with that report. a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in britain is expected to be brought foward to 2030, a decade earlier than originally planned.

the changes will accelerate the shift towards electric vehicles as the uk aims to reach net—zero carbon emissions by 2050. this report — by our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt — contains footage filmed before england's second lockdown was imposed. the uk has been at the forefront of the car industry since the very beginning. designing, making and of course driving cars. course, driving cars. i can't believe it, racing at brooklyn's! the car has literally reshaped our world. we wouldn't have the road structure that we've got now, the motorways, the towns built around the roads. so the internal combustion engine really has changed everyone's lives. engine revs listen to that! she sounds and she looks magnificent, but remember, the basic principle of the internal combustion engine hasn't changed since this car

was built 110 years ago. and remember, it relies on blowing up explosive gases. and we know that produces carbon dioxide and other pollutants. which is why the government isn't saying get rid of cars, just the engines. this is the race version ofjaguar‘s latest electric offering, proving the performance of electric vehicles even at the top end is at least the equal of petrol. most of the big car companies have at least one electric vehicle in their range. but they say the 2030 target is very ambitious. the challenge to the industry is absolutely massive. we've been an industry built on petrol and diesel engines for over a century. shifting that, with all the embedded

investment, to a brand—new technology in the space of a few years is an incredible challenge. there are still lots of questions that need to be answered. where will we charge these electric vehicles? will they be affordable? will they have the range for the journeys we need to make? we really do need more charge points on city streets and in towns to cater for the people who do not have off—street parking opportunities. they need to be around where people can see them to give people confidence they're going to be able to charge their vehicles, and they also need to work. if you've got any doubts about buying the electric car, you know what you should do? you should give one a go. you will find they're just as good as the fossil—fuel—powered versions. and we now know where our petrol and diesel vehicles are headed. that's right — from 2030, they will be museum pieces.

what makes you think thatjustin enjoyed making that film? in ethiopia, the government says that local forces in the mountaineous border state of tigray have fired rockets toward two airports to the south. the claim is the latest escalation in a growing conflict between the ethiopian military and local forces there. addis ababa says the rockets landed near the cities of gondar and bahir dar. human rights groups have sounded the alarm over reports of mass civilian killings. the un said if they were verified, they could amount to war crimes. fighting in the region erupted last week killing hundreds of people and displacing tens of thousands across the border into neighbouring sudan. ethiopia's human rights commission says it will investigate abuses in the conflict. the government accuses tigray fighters of attacking a military base, instigating the conflict and of wanting to destablise the country. prime minister abiy, who won the nobel peace prize last year, has promised a swift end of the conflict, and yesterday called on local tigray forces to rise up and join the government.

translation: this mischievous force is surrounded on all sides. it is in its final throes of death. your children are suffering death and injuries on the front line. rise up against the clique or defect to the ethiopian defence forces. use this opportunity given to you by your country. in the next two or three days, save yourself. the world health organization has told the bbc it's "really concerned" that some young people are doubting whether to get vaccinated against covid—i9. experts say a vaccine is the only way to rapidly stop the pandemic. but with misinformation online, research shows that a number of young people may choose not to get the jab. as olivia le poidevin reports. i would definitely take it. i am on the fence. the covid vaccine is more

like a reality with some trials showing promising results. it is the only thing that can rapidly stop this pandemic. a vulnerable and older people will be the first in line, but young people will need vaccinating eventually to stop covid spreading, but some are questioning whether they would want one. this king's college london study suggested 16—34 —year—olds in the uk are twice as likely as 55 — 75 euros to not want a covered vaccination —— overnight vaccination. one poll in the us found that only 56% of 18—29 —year—olds would get a vaccine if they were asked. this has the world health organization worried. young people are incredibly important part of ending this pandemic. it will be really important for young people to be vaccinated because we know from what is going on now that there is

lots of transmission is amongst young people. we did there's concern coming from? partly it is from the volume of misinformation were being exposed to. hashtags like vaccines are dangerous and tiktok videos suggesting the vaccine could be dangerous has. some people are worried about the speed at which things are moving. i believe any para— vaccines, things are moving. i believe any pa ra— vaccines, but things are moving. i believe any para— vaccines, but i'm having some trouble right now trusting the federal government and anything special out in the short time frame has had regular tests applied to it to make sure to save long term. we are concerned that there are some people who are questioning whether vaccines are safe. there is absolutely no compromising on scientific evidence that has been collected and is being scrutinised around at the safety of these vaccines. even at this speed? we have speed because there is so much support and funding that we can move quite quickly from one stage to the

next without having to pause for several years and search for additional support and funding. several years and search for additional support and fundingm here are the key points, if you're under 35, do not forget you can still get covid and become very ill. evenif still get covid and become very ill. even if you're not worried about getting the bad as yourself, you could still spread it by not getting a vaccine and that would stop heard immunity from developing. finally, all covid vaccines will have been tested on tens of thousands of people and goods are top safety checks before you even get one. the festival of lights or diwali is being celebrated today by hundreds of millions of hindus, sikhs and jains around the world. but festivities this year have been limited by coronavirus. the authorities in india, which is the second—worst affected country after the us, have asked people to observe social distancing rules. the normally—crowded temples are reported in many places to be almost empty but there's still optimism. i think everybody, in their mind, they are scared about coronavirus, but at the same time,

they are kind of adjusting to the new normal — maintaining social distancing, sanitising their hands. and to be sane, you have to get...the life goes on, you can't stop your life. you're watching while news from the bbc. -- you're watching while news from the bbc. —— world news. we can speak now to deepa vithlani and her daughter siya who are celebrating diwali from home this year. many congratulations to you for the celebration city and the efforts you're making to make it as special as you can. how different is it going to be? namaste. it has been a very different year because diwali often centres around a meeting up with family and going to the temple but we have all got creative in adapting to make diwali alive in our homes. co, does it feel different this year? you're 11, enough to

remember plenty of diwali celebrations before questioning it does feel different because usually we meet up with family and lesser usually. we would go to the temples and go to see our grandparents so it is definitely much more different this year. you have one grandad who is in this year. you have one grandad who isina this year. you have one grandad who is in a care home, i think, so how have you been trying to involve him in diwali this year? so tomorrow, actually, we were going to have a family can't zoom and all that the children are going to act out the diwali story for him so that he gets to be involved in things, he gets to celebrate it with us. and i suppose this could be a good, some good advice for people who may be celebrating christmas in six weeks' time, that you can still have on display all of the colour and

festivity, the lights, all the different ways that you market visually and you can have the sweets insight and all the other things, just like these! some that mum prepared earlier. i wish! just like these! some that mum prepared earlier. iwish! if just like these! some that mum prepared earlier. i wish! if only the technology stretch that far! it is lovely to see them. it is not the same is unable to put your arms and people, but any time that we have got used to not instinctively putting our arms around people, you can still get a lot of the atmosphere, can't you ? can still get a lot of the atmosphere, can't you? definitely. we have our sparklers at the ready and the patterns, the fairy lights are up. i think that everyone knows we are celebrating. there are still lots of things you can get home and obviously chocolates and sweets are a part of it throughout. thank goodness for that. just explain the diwali decorations, what do they symbolise weight they are made in pretty geometrical patterns and it

is just pretty geometrical patterns and it isjust a pretty geometrical patterns and it is just a bright colourful celebration because it is such a bright colourful festival. there are often put on the doorstep of your homes. we have some with coloured powder, traditionally, and we put oui’ powder, traditionally, and we put our divas powder, traditionally, and we put ourdivas in powder, traditionally, and we put our divas in there because it was traditional to welcome rama and sita from their journey. traditional to welcome rama and sita from theirjourney. we heard that government out there in india saying, people need to respect social distancing. will you be attending the temple tomorrow or have people been doing that? some people are trying to do that, but they cannot in big groups? is it still possible to have players individually, i guess? yes. ithink that has been really nice. we have done our players this morning because we do that first thing and what has been fantastic as the temples have become very creative as well so there are light soames, a ceremony, an ingredient list of what you need to do, the special prayers at this time and i know my dad is

involved in birmingham and has still done we live ceremony. you can still ta ke done we live ceremony. you can still take part that way. i hope you both had a lovely time and i hope granddad enjoys the story tomorrow on zooms. i will keep my fingers crossed that the technology works for you as it should. it has worked for you as it should. it has worked for us today at least. thank you very much. very, very happy diwali to you both. let's take a look at the weather now. i weather this weekend is dominated by an area of low pressure which means it is going to be wet and windy at times. that has been the story so far today because of these weather fronts that are sweeping in from the west. they are pushing their way steadily north and east. the best of any dry and bright weather today will be into the north—east of scotland but as we go through the latter stages of the afternoon, we will see bands of

showery rain spilling their way across the country.