this is bbc news, the headlines at apm: conservative mps urge the prime minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser, dominic cummings. 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 the... 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. good afternoon. the prime minister is being urged by conservative mps to use the departure of his chief adviser dominic cummings to "reset government". mr cummings left downing street for the final time last night after internal battles about his role. former brexit secretary david davis told the bbc that senior ministers are hoping for "more of a say"

in how the country is governed. a warning — this report from our political correspondent jonathan blake contains flashing images. stepping out of number 10, but staying in the spotlight until the last possible moment. dominic cummings left downing street for the final time last night at the end of a torrid week. after a meeting yesterday afternoon at which the prime minister, we're told, wanted to clear the air and move on, mr cummings, already due out by christmas, was gone for good by the end the day. with that, say many, comes a chance for change. it does give the government a chance to reset all sorts of things. its relationship with parliament, the way it deals with the press, i'm told its relationship with cabinet. so that, in one respect, is an advantage for the prime minister, but i do hope in doing it he doesn't forget the things where mrcummings was right, which is many of the failures of the last nine months have not been mr cummings‘ fault but have been intrinsic in the system.

seen here with the prime minister last night, lee cain, another close aide, resigned in a tussle over becoming boris johnson's chief of staff. all smiles by the end, perhaps, but he didn't go without a fight. with his two closest aides gone, borisjohnson must now decide who to put in their place. yourjob as chief of staff, i think, is to make sure the prime minister is getting advice from all the different voices that he or she needs to hear from, and to try to build an effective team in downing street that unites the political advisers, who will often come from a range of views within their political party, and the civil service team that works there as well. friends of both men continue to blame carrie symonds, boris johnson's fiancee and former party official, for their downfall. she is said to have been unhappy with some of the team in number 10. as the drama of the past week subsides, there are pressing issues for the prime minister, and he can't afford for downing

street to stay in limbo for long. earlier our political correspondent jonathan blake recounted the conflicting accounts of the events leading up to the departures of dominic cummings and lee cain. we know there was that meeting with the prime minister around lunchtime at which, we're told, borisjohnson wanted to clear the air and move on. what happened next has been the subject of debate. but again today, allies of dominic cummings and lee cain have insisted that this was an amicable departure and all was well in the end. i think whether that was the case or not, it doesn't really matter, because the tensions in number 10 had got to the point where they had boiled over, things had spilled out into the public domain. we had this briefing and counter—briefing going on and something, frankly, had to give. and the prime minister, whether he forced them out in anger or let them go reluctantly, has drawn a line, to an extent, under a very torrid time in number 10, with the hope,

perhaps, of bringing in some new people and having something of a fresh start. that's, at least, what a lot of conservative mps would like to see who feel that they have been, to an extent, sidelined by the downing street operation recently. i mean, i suppose some people might be asking themselves why now? why not a few months ago when the whole barnard castle controversy happened, where, you know, tory mps, the public and the press were so dead against how the prime minister was sticking by his man. well, one conservative mp i spoke to yesterday suggested that he should have let him go much sooner, back when that controversy was at its height during the lockdown at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. boris johnson, though, clearly made a calculation at the time that it was better for him, on balance, to keep dominic cummings on board with the benefits that, as he saw it, he brought to his administration, than let him go over what was, clearly in most people's eyes, a serious mistake, an error of judgment. but as things stand, dominic cummings was,

until yesterday, planning to leave at the end of the year anyway, so he's essentially gone a few weeks earlier than he had intended and not without some fireworks. so what happens next for borisjohnson, for his premiership, for the decisions he has to make in the coming weeks and months? well, i think it'll be really interesting to see what happens in the coming days. borisjohnson‘s downing street operation is in something of a limbo period at the moment, although there are still many key staff in place and, of course, the prime minister himself remains in charge. he was heavily influenced and, to an extent, the whole operation was, in tone and substance, influenced by dominic cummings and lee cain and the methods that they brought with them, the combative, at times confrontational, certainly unconventional methods of doing things that rubbed so many people up the wrong way, but you can't argue weren't,

in many ways, effective. now that has gone, borisjohnson will have to make some decisions for himself about who to bring in, and that will, in itself, tell us the shape and style of the government that will operate from here on in. jonathan blake there. we will bring you some breaking news. we are getting in at the last few minutes the official coronavirus figures have been coming in to us today and at the latest is that in the uk has recorded a62 new deaths on saturday. that compares to 376 on friday. just to reiterate, a62 people have died within 20 days of testing positive for coronavirus —— within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus on saturday. we will give you more

information as we get it here on bbc news. the us president—electjoe biden has hit out at donald trump with strong criticism of the way the coronavirus pandemic has been handled. he said the surge in infections and deaths had alarmed him and that the federal response had been woefully lacking. mr biden tweeted... "i am the president—elect, but will not be president until next year. covid—19 does not respect dates on the calendar, it is accelerating right now. urgent action is needed today, now, by the current administration". here's what he's basing his criticism on. america has had over 10.7 million cases and 2aa,000 deaths. currently an average of more than 900 people are dying from covid—19 every day. states like 0regon, new mexico and california, which has seen long queues of people waiting to have drive—through tests, have jointly called for a halt to non—essential travel. the governor of oregon has taken

the additional step of ordering social gatherings limited to no more than six people, effective immediately. mr biden‘s tweets came just hours after president trump held his first news briefing at the white house since he was projected to have lost the election, something he has not yet accepted. mr trump wanted to talk about the success of 0peration warp speed — the name he gave to the search for a vaccine — but while doing so, appeared to hint he might not be in the white house for much longer. i will not go...this administration will not be going to a lockdown. hopefully the... whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. i will not go...this administration will not be going to a lockdown. the row comes after us president—electjoe biden won the state of georgia — the first time a democratic candidate has done so since 1992. the win strengthens biden‘s victory, giving him a total of 306 electoral college votes,

well over the 270 he needed. since election night, president trump has tweeted more than 90 times, promoting claims of voter fraud without providing any evidence. experts now fear disinformation has undermined faith in democracy for millions, as marianna spring reports. even beforejoe biden was declared the us president—elect, people took to the streets to claim the vote was rigged. this is why. this is a case where they are trying to steal an election. they are trying to rig an election, and we can't let that happen. #stopthesteal went viral after unsubstantiated allegations that the democrats had rigged and stolen the election. but seeds of mistrust in the democratic process were sown long before election night. trump tweeted allegations of voter fraud and election rigging over 70 times in the build—up

to polling day. it's not a new theme — he made claims about fraud back in 2016 too. the difference this time is that lots more people have been seeing it all over their social media feeds for weeks and joining big facebook groups. i'm an admin of the stop the steal group on facebook. 0ur movement believes that fraud has occurred, and we are angry. ijust think the voter fraud in this election, just with the mail—in ballots, those have been a concern. president trump will be the winner after there is an honest recount in the states, and fraudulent votes are thrown out. the democrats have said since the beginning of all this covid stuff that they are going to do whatever it takes to get trump out, and i believe that they think they've succeeded. the experts are worried about its imminent and lasting impact. there were all of these breadcrumbs and a whole narrative framework that it was a forgone conclusion that the democrats were going

to steal the election, and now we just have to watch the ways they are trying to do it. so people were primed to accept this narrative, to then propagate this narrative well before any votes were even cast. back at the source, social media sites have been trying to stamp out false and misleading posts, but they are struggling to keep pace. this weekend, more stop the steal protests are happening in the us. 0ne worry going forwards is that this online movement could provoke unrest, as viral disinformation risks seriously undermining the faith of millions in democracy. marianna spring, bbc news. 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 the first. the bakery chain greggs has announced plans to cut more than 800 jobs because of a fall in sales due to the coronavirus restrictions. managers have warned staff the firm may not be profitable if sales continue at lockdown levels. the bbc understands borisjohnson is poised to announce that the government is bringing forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by a decade — from 20a0 to 2030. it is understood that new hybrid cars — those with electric motors as well as engines — won't be banned until 2035. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, whose report was filmed prior to the current lockdown. cars have changed surprisingly little over the years. yes, the design and the performance have improved... ..but what happens under

the bonnet hasn't. i can't believe it, racing at brooklands! engine roars 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. it really does accelerate fast! 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 now have at least one electric vehicle in their range,

but they say the 2030 target is very ambitious. we have been an industry built on petrol, diesel engines for over a century. shifting that, with all the embedded investment, to a brand—new technology in the space of what is a few years is an incredible challenge. there are lots of questions. will electric vehicles be affordable? will they have the range we need, and where will we charge them? we really do need more charge points on city streets and in towns to cater for the people who don't have off—street parking opportunities. they need to be around, where people can see them, to give them confidence they are going to be able to charge their vehicles, and they also need to work. back at the museum, they're putting the cars away for the night. it now looks like, from 2030, our petrol and diesel cars will be on their way to being museum pieces, too. justin rowlatt, bbc news,

brooklands museum. the headlines on bbc news... conservative mps urge the prime minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser, dominic cummings. 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. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good afternoon. lance stroll has become the first canadian to claim a formula one pole position since jacques villeneuve 23 years ago. the 22—year—old racing point driver mastered the wet and greasy conditions at istanbul park better than anyone else to claim the first pole of his career.

lewis hamilton could only manage sixth on the grid for the turkish grand prix. but he'll become world champion if he doesn't lose more than seven points to mercedes team mate valtteri bottas, who'll start from ninth. it's tight at the top of the leaderboard, as the delayed third round of the masters gets under way, golf‘s final major of the year. the big climber being jon rahm. the spaniard shot a 6—under round of 66, finishing the delayed second round earlier on. he's now level on 9—under with four others, including the world number one, dustinjohnson. they go back out in around half an hour's time. before them will be england's danny willett, justin rose, and tommy fleetwood, who are two shots further back on 7—under. bad light delayed the start of the tournament, with many only reaching the midway point today. scotland staged a late fightback to beat italy in their opening autumn nations cup match. they trailed 17—1a going into the closing stages before scott cumming powered over to put them ahead.

george turner then wrapped up the win late on, this bonus point try given after a check by the television match official. that's now five wins in a row for scotland. england's men's side are under way in their opening autumn nations cup match. it's 26—0 against georgia at twickenham. jack willis with a try in his first start for england. jamie george has two tries. england and georgia are in pool a. ireland sit top of that, after their victory over wales last night. england's women beat france comfortably in their first test match in grenoble. with the scores poised at 10—10, alex matthews went over to put england ahead. the victory was sealed soon after whenjess breach stormed through the french defence with this fine solo effort. 33—10 the final score. the second and final test will be at twickenham next weekend. what a shock this was. argentina beat new zealand for the first time in their history this morning.

nicolas sanchez became a national hero, scoring the only try and kicking all his side's points in a 25—15 victory. their captain escribed it as "a big day for our country and our people". there were tears ofjoy at the end, while it's the second time new zealand have lost in a week. women's super league leaders manchester united came from 2—0 down to draw with rivals manchester city and maintain their unbeaten record. city took the lead early on and then doubled it thanks to this rocket from laura coombs. what a strike that was. and there's another cracker of a goal coming here — tobin heath getting one back for united. before substitute kirsty hanson prodded home the easiest finish of the day to complete their comeback. that match is one of four taking place today. the midlands derby between aston villa and birmingham is currently 1—0 to birmingham. everton can go second with a win over reading,

that kicks off in the next 15 minutes or so. and bottom side bristol city, host second bottom tottenham later. there are two more games in the wsl tomorrow. chelsea will be in action and they are a side with a couple in their team. uefa women's player of the year pernille harder is in a relationship with magdalena eriksson who she followed to the club in september. they've been speaking exclusive to bbc radio 5 live about lifely together and why they believe a culture problem in football means there won't be openly gay couples in the men's game anytime soon. i hope that we are going in the future where there will be one male football player that will come out, one or two or more, but just that the first will do it, i think that is the most important thing. the big thing is about creating a safe space around for someone the big thing is always about creating a safe space around for someone to be able to be brave enough to come out and i think we are not there yet in men's football. strong words there. the motogp rider's title could be decided this weekend withjoan mir only needing a podium finish

to be crowned champion. but that will be difficult with the spaniard only able to manage twelfth on the grid in qualifying for the valencia grand prix. title rival fabio quartararo is right in front of him. franco morbidelli will start from pole. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. with the latest from the england georgia match there. the world health organization has told the bbc it's "really concerned" that some young people are doubting whether to get vaccinated against covid—19. 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 0livia le podevin reports. i would definitely take it. i would not get vaccinated. i'm on the fence. vaccination is the only thing that can get us out of this situation.

the covid vaccine is looking more like a reality, with some trials showing promising results. it's the only thing that can rapidly stop this pandemic. vulnerable and older people will be 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 suggest 16 to 3a—year—olds in the uk are twice as likely as 55 to 75—year—olds not to want a covid vaccination. meanwhile, in the us, one poll by pew research found only 56% of 18 to 29—year—olds they asked said they would definitely get a vaccine. some young people question why they would need to get a vaccine if they're low—risk. and this has got the world health organization worried. young people are an incredibly important part of ending this pandemic. it will be really important

for young people to be vaccinated because we know from what's going on now is lots of transmission is going on among young people. so where is this concern coming from? well, partly it's about the volume of misinformation we're being exposed to. hashtags like #vaccinesaredangerous and tiktok videos are wrongly suggesting the vaccine could be dangerous to us. and some people are worried about the speed at which things are moving. i believe in the power of vaccines, but i'm having some trouble right now trusting the federal government, and believing that anything pushed out in the short timeframe has had rigorous tests applied to it to make sure that it's safe long—term. we are concerned that there are some people who are questioning whether the vaccines are safe. there is absolutely no compromising on scientific evidence that's being collected and is being scrutinized around the safety of these vaccines. even at this speed? we get speed because there's 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. so here are the key points — if you're under 35, don't forget, you can still get covid and become very ill. even if you're not worried about getting the virus yourself, you can still spread it by not getting a vaccine, and that would stop herd immunity from developing. and finally, all covid vaccines would have been tested on tens of thousands of people and gone through tough safety checks before you even get one. a woman killed in a hit—and—run crash in bolton has been named as former town mayoress gay wharton. greater manchester police say she was crossing a road when she was struck by a car on friday and was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. the driver of the car failed to stop. a 23—year—old man has been detained on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

the armed conflict between the federal government in ethiopia and forces loyal to the regional power in the northern tigray province appears to be deepening. in the latest incident, the government has accused the tigray side of firing rockets at two airports to the south. tigray officials say the missile attacks were in retalation for government air strikes in the region. human rights groups have sounded the alarm over reports of mass civilian killings. kalkidan yibeltal, our correspondent in ethiopia, has this update from the capital. the rocket attacks, they were fired from the northern state of tigray, which is in fighting with the federal army, and they happened in its neighboring state of amhara. they shot these rockets at two airports

in that state, in two different cities. the federal government said that one of the airports sustained some damage. the tplf, that's the political force in the northern state of tigray. they took responsibility for the attacks. and they say that they are in retaliation for previous air strikes by the federal army in the state of tigray. so this seems to be pretty much an escalating situation. it's a story that's developing every day. but unfortunately, we are seeing tensions escalating and the situation getting worse rather than better. since the fighting broke out last week, there has been a communication breakdown. so clear information is hard to come by. so we don't know exactly what's happening there. but as per the reports by amnesty international, it seems that scores and even hundreds might have been killed. these are civilians. amnesty international is calling it a massacre. and the un is saying that if this report is true, that could amount to war crimes. eyewitnesses told amnesty

that the killings happened by retreating forces loyal to the tplf, but they denied those claims. in addition to killings, we are also seeing refugees, an increase in refugees into neighboring sudan and also internally displaced people and humanitarian agencies and not being able to provide assistance to this area because of the fighting and since transportation is interrupted. so we are seeing more and more dire reports of the cost, the human cost of this conflict. the festival of lights or diwali is being celebrated today by hundreds of millions of hindus, sikhs and jains around the world — but of course it's a little bit different this year. 0utdoor celebrations around the uk have been called off due to the pandemic. and families are being urged to meet up virtually this weekend. meena trivedy is a music teacher and dancer — she teaches religious songs and says she'll be celebrating online this year.

it is going to be very different this time and we just have to make it as special as we can, just by staying at home. obviously i have made lots of sweets and lots of food and, as you can see, there is rangoli so i haven't actually compromised on anything else, it's just that we can't see ourfamily, we can't see our friends. but on that occasion we are just going to use the zoom and make zoom calls so we can see everyone and wish happy diwali to everyone. everybody makes rangoli during diwali, everyone makes rangoli. but the occasion can be different for everyone because everybody‘s new year falls in a different time of the lunar calendar. for gujaratis, the new yearfalls on the next day of diwali so i have made this rangoli and rangoli is coming from two words actually, rang, agoli, means the row of colours basically,

that's what it means. so this is just a row of colours. usually it is a tradition that they put rangoli patterns outside their house just to welcome the guests and not only to the guests but also welcoming goddess lakshmi to come in and the goddess lakshmi, who is the goddess of prosperity, the goddess of wealth. now the weather with susan powell. hello. hello, our weather is definitely looking lively this weekend. a big area of low pressure stretching across the uk will continue to feed in bouts of heavy rain and the winds strong as well, but south—westerly winds, so it is almost eerily mild in some places. some of the rain, though,

could cause some localised flooding, heavy downpours for the south—east through the afternoon, another band of rain coming in from the west. and as the centre of the low approaches the irish sea, particularly strong winds for coastal areas for a time with a risk of coastal flooding. through the evening and overnight, the centre drifts northwards. many of the showers for england and wales tend to die back to the coast. a wetter spell for a time, though, for northern ireland and southern scotland once again. we're keeping an eye on this area of rainfall, though, towards the south—east for first thing on sunday. that could be quite slow— moving and heavy.moving and heavy. and another band of showers come swinging across england and wales and then focuses on northern ireland and southern scotland by the afternoon. strongest winds on sunday towards the south coast. again, it will be relatively mild, maybe a bit of brightness later.