this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm... conservative mps urge the prime minister to reboot his government after the departure of his top adviser, dominic cummings. it does give the government a chance to reset all sorts of things — its relationship with parliament, the way it deals with press. cheering a thumbs—up from donald trump as thousands of his supporters line the streets of the us capital. this is the scene live in washington — as crowds march in support of the president's unsubstantiated claims of voterfraud. financial pressure builds for the 2.9 million people in the uk who are still excluded from the chancellor's coronavirus income support schemes. 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 evening. welcome to bbc news. several senior conservatives have urged the prime minister to use the departure of his chief adviser, dominic cummings, to "reset government". mr cummings walked out of downing street last night after the resignation of another seniorfigure, the director of communications, lee cain. the former brexit secretary, david davis told the bbc that ministers are now hoping for "more of a say" in how the country is governed. a warning — this report from our political correspondent, nick eardley, contains flashing images.

the dominic cummings era in government is coming to an end. borisjohnson wants to clear the air in downing street, and that means his chief aide, seen here this morning leaving home, won't be returning to number ten. the way this place works matters to us all — to how decisions are made, to the direction of policy. after the very high—profile departures of recent days, and some of the drama inside, some tories are hoping for a 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. and many of the failures of the last nine months have not been mr cummings‘s fault, they've been intrinsic in the system. there have been many unhappy tory mps in recent months, angry at high—profile u—turns, worried the prime minister wasn't listening to them. one of them told me changes in the top team would be important. it's going to make

an enormous difference. over the past year, there has been a significant and growing gap between the number ten operation and the parliamentary party. we're enormously fond of him, and we felt we were losing him. and some colleagues felt that he'd been lost altogether. but now, we're looking forward to marching in lockstep alongside our prime minister. this is the prime minister last night, with another key aide, lee cain. mr cain quit after a power struggle over whether he'd be mrjohnson‘s chief of staff. allies say his departure was amicable, but those unhappy with his role included the prime minister's fiancee, carrie symonds. the man who ran number ten for theresa may says the prime minister now has a chance to get things back on track. there's a big opportunity for him here, depending on the decisions he now makes. but i think in terms of the chief of staff role, the key thing i would say is that the most important word in the job title is staff, not chief.

you're there not to try and deliver your own political agenda, your own views about what should happen to the country, but to make the government machine work for the prime minister. and there are big decisions to be made. the government has to decide in the next couple of weeks whether to sign up to a trade agreement with europe, and what happens when the lockdown in england ends on 2 december. ultimately, those decisions are for the prime minister, not for his aides. but after the departures of recent days, some tories are hoping the process might be a lot smoother. that was nick early speaking to us earlier. and we'll find out how the comings and goings at number ten and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the director of datapoll, joe twyman, and the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford.

excuse me. the latest government figures show there were 26,860 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means that the average number of new cases reported per day, in the last week, is now 2a,702. 1,617 people have been admitted to hospital on average each day, over the week to last tuesday. and a62 deaths were reported — that's people who died days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week, 411 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 51,766. the government's decision to extend the furlough scheme and to increase help for the self—employed has brought relief to millions of workers.

but many others are still falling through the gaps. it's thought that 2.9 million people — from freelancers and contractors, to small business owners — are still excluded in some way from the chancellor's income support schemes. rishi sunak says he's doing all he can but, as emma simpson now reports, the financial pressure is building for those who've missed out. 98% of our earnings have gone. the rug was pulled from under our feet. now it is sleepless nights. ian and lindsay run a successful corporate catering business. they should be flat—out right now — instead they are not sure if any of these dishes will be made. ian is a limited company director, so they are only entitled to £1180 each a month on furlough. they have been using savings set aside for tax bills and a bounce—back loan to keep going. it's not going to last forever.

there will come a point in time when... there will be no money. the pot is empty. the pot is empty and we've got nowhere to hide then. and then it doesn't make sense why we kept our staff on if the business goes under, because why support businesses by giving staff furlough, keeping them employed, only for them to lose theirjobs because the business wasn't supported in the first place? they want the chancellor to give them the same support as everyone else. i'd like to beg him if necessary to help those that need it because at the moment people are suicidal. ian and lindsey feel as if they are on borrowed time, but for others the timer has already run out. some have lost everything they worked for because they've fallen between the cracks. at the beginning of the lockdown in march, it was really about getting support out quickly

to those who needed it and there wasn't much time for the government to think about how best to target support. but now that the support packages have been extended once again, the government should be thinking about how best to target support to those who need it. there is always a cast of thousands at the end of a blockbuster movie, and many of them are self—employed like louise burton. but this contract ruled her out for self employment job support. i pay tax, why shouldn't i be eligible for any kind of support? itjust makes me furious. eligible for any kind of support? and, you know, my mental health has been suffering because of this crisis. i know self—employment is hard and i know the industry is hard, but you never expect to be left out like this. the treasury says it has delivered one of the most comprehensive packages of support in the world. but eight months on, the pressure is increasing to do

more to help the millions who missed out. emma simpson, bbc news. 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. 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. 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 1january. retailers, shipping, and haulage companies have complained of "chaos" at felixstowe port in suffolk, affecting goods in the run—up to christmas. one ship due to be unloaded at the port last week was redirected to rotterdam because of "unacceptable" delays. the owner, hutchison ports, blames pre—brexit stockpiling and the pandemic and admitted that the delays would continue "at least into december and possibly through into the new year". 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, tigray officials have claimed responsibility for missile attacks on two airports to the south, saying they were in retaliation

to government air strikes in the region. addis ababa says the rockets targeted the cities of gondar and bahir dar. at least 17,000 ethiopian refugees have crossed the border into sudan to escape the fighting. translation: in hamra, we were bombarded from two directions, from the amhara region and from eritrea. we ran forfour hours, then fled on foot. translation: i went out with my father, my mother and my child with only what we wore, and now we have no money or anything. we fled from death. translation: forces entered and burned our homes and killed people. they left nothing. we fled to sudan. amnesty international says there've been mass civilian killings. both sides accuse each other of targeting civilians. the un human rights organisation has

also expressed concern. our correspondent, kalkidan yibeltal has this update from the ethiopian capital. the fighting broke out last week. there has been communication breakdowns, so clear information is hard to come by. so we don't know the exact — what's exactly happening there. but, as per the reports by amnesty international, it seems that scores, even hundreds might have been killed — these are civilians. amnesty international is calling it a massacre. and the un is saying that, if what happened in 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 the tplf denied those claims. in addition to killings, we are also seeing refugees, an increase in refugees into neighbouring sudan,

and also internationally displaced people and humanitarian emergencies — and not being able to provide assistance to this area because of the fighting, since transportation is interrupted. so we are seeing more and more dire reports of the human cost of this conflict. lets take you now to washington, dc, where supporters of donald trump are rallying to back his unfounded claims of voter fraud in the us election. crowds have been gathering near freedom plaza, just east of the white house. flag—carrying trump supporters chanted "stop the steal" and "we are the champions!" a little earlier in the day, this happened. cheering donald trump's motorcade passed the gathering demonstrators on saturday morning and did a circuit of freedom plaza, before carrying on to his golf club in sterling, virginia. it's unclear if he is planning to make any further appearances.

the rally is expected to be met with counter protesters, who are organising a pro—biden march to the supreme court. yesterday, all states projected their results for the presidential election, withjoe biden winning with 306 electoral votes — a result that mr trump is yet to recognise. earlier, our correspondent in washington will grant gave me his assessment of the demonstrations. this is by no means shutting down washington, dc, or anything like that. you do kind of feel that this doesn't have the energy that donald trump would've hoped it had. will, 306 was the magic number foertrump in 2016. he described as a "landslide". still no sign of a concession — people are worried that this will affectjoe biden‘s transition to january. yes, and when you hear some of those people out in the streets, it is extraordinary to hear them say, "yes, this was a free and fair

election in those areas where trump won states, and no, it wasn't where he didn't win them." so it is a very, very confused picture. and it is, of course, affecting the transition — it already has affected the transition. by now, the president—elect should've sat down with the president, it should have been very corneal and dignified. it simply isn't any of those things. that means what? well, it certainly means that the trump transition team hasn't been able to get access to certain government buildings and sit down with their future colleagues, and so on, and work out how exactly they can best operate. it means that president—electjoe biden isn't getting the security briefings that he's entitled to as president—elect. so it is having a real world impact, particularly when we look at the huge coronavirus numbers in this country. and, at the moment, more than 180,000 new cases in the past 2a hours, and more than 1,400 deaths. the headlines on bbc news...

conservative mps urge the prime minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser, dominic cummings. a thumbs—up from donald trump as thousands of his supporters line the streets of the us capital in support of his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud financial pressure builds for the 2.9 million people in the uk who are still excluded from the chancellor's coronavirus income support schemes. 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 2040 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. armenia has announced a sharp increase in the number of its soldiers who've died in the war with azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. armenia's ministry of health says the known number of casualties is at least 1,000 more than the previous estimate. azerbaijan hasn't released its own military casualty figures from the six week long conflict. as part of the peace deal agreed a week ago, several territories will be returned to azerbaijan. they were part of azerbaijan until the karabakh war in the early 1990s, when they were taken by armenia's forces. this map shows how territory has once again changed control following several weeks of fighting. the first region to be returned to azerbaijan is kelbajar —

that will happen on sunday. from yerevan, jonah fisher reports. the war over, its dreadful human cost is becoming clear. this is a road near the largest town in nagorno—karabakh. it was the site of armenia's last stand a week ago. and there are scores of bodies and destroyed vehicles on the ground. armenia now says at least 2,300 of its soldiers died during the six weeks of fighting. azerbaijan has declined to publish its casualty figures. for armenia, this loss is notjust about lives, but territory. in kelbajar, just outside nagorno—karabakh, the villagers are packing up their things to leave before the land is handed to azerbaijan on sunday. some chose to burn and destroy their homes, rather than let them be taken over by their enemy.

27 years ago, it was the other way around — armenians driving out azerbaijanis from kelbajar after they'd won the war. having negotiated this week's peace deal, russia has troops on the ground, overseeing its implementation. several thousand have been deployed to keep the warring sides apart and to maintain a land corridor between armenia and what's left of its nagorno—karabakh enclave. but for russia, too. this war has been a victory not just for azerbaijan, but for russia, too. jonah fisher, bbc news, yerevan. 27 people have been arrested in liverpool after hundreds of demonstrators attended an anti—lockdown protest this afternoon. merseyside police have set up a dispersal zone to prevent people from gathering in the city centre and parts of south liverpool. and in bristol, 1a people

have been arrested after an anti—lockdown protest. around 350 people marched through the city. gatherings of more than two people are currently not allowed under coronavirus restrictions. alice bouverie reports. defying the lockdown and defying the police advice not to gather. i am very wary of what's going on. i'm not happy about it. i'm a peaceful, peaceful citizen. never been in trouble with any of the police, and have no intention to be so. i will not stand by and let my civil liberties be eroded. her nan's petrified to see it, it's wrong. they'velied for months and months, people are tired, they've had enough, suicides are going through the roof. this needs to stop and it needs to end. around 200 people started off at college green, but as the march went on, the numbers grew steadily. as far as we know, there are about 350 people in this march.

we don't know where the march is ending, and it may be that the police don't either. they're tracking them all the way. 1a people have so far been arrested — one for assaulting a police officer. among them the brother of the former labour leader, jeremy corbyn. body—worn video camera footage from officers and our evidence gathering teams have footage from the protest today, and the investigation will continue to identify those who've committed offences, and the possibility of action being taken against them still remains. with bristol now regularly in the top 20 places in the country for coronavirus rates, the mayor made a plea earlier this week for people to find other ways to make their voices heard. but this organiser at least was unrepentant. everybody having to stay within their households, within these remits because of something that's happening, and the numbers are just not adding up — when we've got suicide rates going up, abuse at home is going up, people are losing theirjobs, people are scared witless. when you're being pumped day in, day out by the media, online,

the radio, driving along the roads — and it's fearmongering, day in, and day out. people have had enough of it. it's time to stand up. at least 50 police officers were involved in today's operation. they've defended their decision to let the protest go ahead, saying if they hadn't, there was a risk of serious disturbances. alice bouverie, bbc news, bristol. the world health organisation has told the bbc, it's "really concerned" that some young people are questioning 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. olivia le poidevin 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, 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 grandfather from old ham who spent nearly eight months in hospital being treated for coronavirus has finally returned home. garry dissington spent several weeks in an induced coma and had to learn to walk again. many of his family and friends haven't been able to see him since march — so they all turned out to welcome him home. juliet phillips was there. after almost eight months in hospital and learning to walk again, gary dissington got a hero's welcome as he finally returned home. but this was the day his family

worried would never come. at one point during his battle with coronavirus, gary was given just a 10% chance of survival. it felt like i was losing part of myself. i was actually grieving. i was crying going to bed, i was crying when i woke up. i have always had somebody there, all my life i've been part of a pair. so the thought of losing that other part is unthinkable. gary's recovery has been a long one. today is all the more special, though, as he will get to see his new granddaughter penny in person for the first time. i feel very overwhelmed, like, just so excited, because it'sjust been so long. obviously he's not actually met penny properly yet. so he can finally meet her. he has never held her. so obviously that is exciting. and itjust feels incredible, it is amazing that he is finally coming home. it isn'tjust gary's family cheering on his homecoming.

jenny and kate cared for him throughout his time in oldham hospital. it is lovely to be here today to see him make his final step on his journey, really. the best outcome isn't always possible, isn't always there for us, but to see the best outcome today, it just gives you that sense of hope. so how do gary's family feel to finally have him home? he's a hero. and he's testament that, don't give up hope, anybody. keep fighting it, keep fighting it. don't give up hope. it's just the best feeling. it's well overwhelming, honestly. it's brilliant. oh, my god! what did you think when you saw him? my heartjust dropped. it's just amazing that he walked up here as well. he's incredible. he is such a warrior, he's unbelievable. we just love him so much, don't we, everyone? family cheers we're all so proud of him! juliet phillips, bbc news, oldham.

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. in london, the tate britain has been transformed with neon colours to coincide with the festival. earlier, we spoke to deepa vithlani and her daughter, siya, who are celebrating diwali from home this year. deepa explained what they had planned. thank you. it's been a very different year because diwali often involves beating up with family and visiting the temple. but i think we all got creative and adapting to make diwali at our homes. we've got our

sparklers at the ready, we've