this is bbc world news. i'm babita sharma. our top stories. a step closer to rolling out a coronavirus vaccine. —— miriam mcsherry. pfizer formally applies to health regulators for emergency authorisation for its new covid vaccine. governments around the world are hoping it can be approved next month. the british prime minister boris johnson gives his full support to the home secretary priti patel, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. as we still wait for georgia to officially certify joe biden as the state's winner — donald trump invites michigan state legislators to the white house in another attempt to overturn the result of the presidential election in an interview with the bbc,

saudi arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs rejects calls from human rights groups for the release of detained activists in the run—up to this weekend's 620 summit. we don't allow people to or dictate we should or should not do. just like we don't tell people in the uk or america or other places what they should or should not do. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the world could be one one step closer to a usable covid—19 vaccine, with the drugs company pfizer and its partner biontech filing for emergency authorisation of their vaccine in the us and countries around the globe.

the uk government has also asked the medicines regulator to formally assess the pfizer—biontech vaccine. if approved, it will begin to be rolled out from next month. let's speak to our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. exciting times if this goes through. how difficult would it be for those companies to get the authorisation speeded through? these are unprecedented times i think was that we seen the development of a vaccine ta ke we seen the development of a vaccine take place in a much more compressed timeline then historically has been the case. having gone through that phase where you have developed the vaccine and the test results are showing positive signs, the next hurdle in the process is that regulation approval and what we see it now is pfizer going to regulators around the world trying to get permission in the us it is called emergency use and when a drug has it

been properly fully tested in other words, there are conditions under which it can gain approval to be used. and that is what it is doing in america. also doing that in the eu and we understand it is trying to do that in the uk. they are in talks with regulators around the world because clearly this is going to be in huge demand notjust here in america where i am but obviously globally, everybody will try and get to get their hands on this as soon as he gets through the necessary hurdles that we are talking about today. timeline wise, if it does surpass those hurdles and gets to what are we talking about in terms of timing for rolling the vaccine out? not only in the us but globally? is fascinating is come if you listen to what these companies are saying, they have come out and say that within hours of approval, they can have vaccines ready to go, thatis they can have vaccines ready to go, that is a huge achievement if it is

true given the scale and the demand that we are talking about. we are talking about several being delivered here in the us and i believe the eu has an agreement for a similar delivery in the uk have agreements with japan. the idea is this all gets rolled out, you have to think about it is notjust the approvals process that we're talking about today. there is the manufacturing, distribution, how you get into the right places? this is a logistical as well as a medicine and science breakthrough that we are talking about here. michelle, thank you very much indeed. here in the uk, the prime minister borisjohnson has expressed full confidence in his home secretary, priti patel — despite a report into claims of bullying — which found that she broke the rules on ministerial behaviour. the inquiry looked into allegations about her conduct as a minister in three different government departments. the man who investigated the bullying claims today resigned, after borisjohnson

contradicted his advice. this afternoon, priti patel told the bbc she was sorry if her behaviour had upset people. our deputy political editor vicki young reports. he is standing by her. boris johnson has taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as bullying. priti patel shouted and swore at staff. the prime minister hasjudged she didn't break ministerial rules. i asked her what she thought about the criticism in the report. are you a bully? i am here to give an unreserved apology today, and i'm sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. it was completely unintentional. i will be very candid, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging so, if i have upset people, that has been completely unintentionalfor top was not my intention. it all started nine months ago, when sir philip rutnam,

the most senior civil servant at the home office, walked out, complaining about miss patel‘s actions, but his former department has been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive. the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary had not consistently met high standards required by the ministerial code. her approach on occasions had amounted to behaviour that could be described as bullying and, to that extent, her behaviour had been in breach of the ministerial code, even if unintentionally put up code, even if unintentionally. despite this, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. downing street points to what they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and the fact she has apologised. miss patel‘s friends think

she has been the victim of snobbery and sexism. the home secretary insists the culture in the home office has changed. at the time, it says this in the report, issues were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you are making excuses and actually there is no excuse for somebody in a senior position treating others badly. there are no excuses. i am giving an unreserved, fulsome apology today. i cannot be any clearer about that whatsoever. labour say priti patel should resign or be sacked. the prime minister has said he loathes bullying and yet today he has comprehensively failed a test of his leadership, where he has had a report on his desk precisely on that issue. sir alex allan could not have been clearer that the home secretary has not consistently met the high standards of the ministerial code.

hanging on to priti patel will be a popular decision with conservative party members but it will bring mrjohnson or political pain. let's look at some of the day's other news. millions of yemenis are at risk of starvation, according to the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, who says yemen is facing what could be the worst famine the world has seen in decades. he said immediate action was needed to stave off catastrophe. mr guterres blamed the situation on yemen's continuing war and the drastic reduction in the international community's funding of un relief programmes. the ethiopian government says the military has made advances in the northern tigray region, where it's fighting troops loyal to the regional government. with phone and internet lines cut, it has not been possible to verify the report that the historical city of axum and adwa town were now under the control of the federal government.

thousands of opposition supporters in belarus have paid their last respects to an activist who died after a clash with suspected plain clothes police. witnesses say agents gave the 31 year—old roman bondarenko a severe beating last week when he tried to stop them ripping down the opposition's red and white emblems. the exiled figurehead svetla na tsikhanovskaya said he was killed by government thugs. the interior ministry has denied involvement. the us state of california is to impose a curfew from ten—pm to 5am from saturday to combat a surge in new coronavirus transmissions. the state governor says the measure is crucial in trying to slow down the virus. sophie long reports. open! asa open! as a raft of new measures restricting people's freedoms comes

into effect, there are jeers from people who have little to cheer for. the aim is to stop the surge, but some feel the wrong targets are being hit. right now you can go to a strip club, an indoor strip club, but you can't go to church indoors. across almost all of california, a new curfew. restaurants, bars and nonessential businesses must closed by ten p:m.. for those responsible for doing so say it will be impossible to police without if we are the winnerforcing impossible to police without if we are the winner forcing good, we are not involved in the making of the plans or anything,. no, it will not work. those plans that are dead on arrival unfortunately. all the time the economic impact of the closures continue to take its toll. food banks has more than doubled here. everything is out of whack. it is depressing. although i am handicapped, i still have the will to move. it is difficult. i have

been all around the united states and have never seen anything like this without janet has spent her whole working life at what distance called the happiest on earth. she, like tens of thousands of disney employees has been out of work for eight months. every day it's harder. it has been rough. because since i had a good job with this knee come and help me keep a float and take ca re of and help me keep a float and take care of everything i need. —— with disney. right now with not having a job commit makes it difficult. there is little sign of happiness here now. even hope is getting hard to find. in hospitals where there has been no let up, exhausted medical workers once again worry about being overwhelmed as an admission surge. also surging dramatically as the demand for testing. add dodger stadium in los angeles, cars are queuing in every direction. prompting pleas for people getting

tested to hold off. the messages now to stay at home. if you are notjust link symptoms, you shouldn't need testing because she shouldn't be socialising. —— if you are not showing simple. as people wait come a dramatic rollback of the reopening is taking place in california. and there are warnings of even tighter restrictions if the case count continues to climb here. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the legacy of nuremberg, 75 years on we remember the world's first international war crimes trial of the leaders of nazi germany. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself into police in santa barbara.

it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds‘ worth of damage. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... pharmaceutical giant pfizer applies for authorisation in countries around the world for its vaccine. it could be approved

by the first half of next month. the british prime minister boris johnson gives his full support to the home secretary priti patel, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. the state of georgia has certified joe biden as the winner of the election in the state after a recount. it's another blow to donald trump's attempts to overturn the results of the election, which he claims — without evidence — was rigged against him. today he's expected to welcome republican leaders of michigan's state legislature to the white house. let's just see how they were greeted upon their arrival at the washington airport. shame on you! its thought donald trump will urge them to take the highly controversial step of refusing to certinyoe biden's clear lead there. a move criticised by the president—elect‘s team. it is an abuse of office, it is an open attempt to intimidate election

officials, it is absolutely appalling, and also pathetic, but having said all of that, it will be u nsuccessful having said all of that, it will be unsuccessful and this is really very harmful to the democratic process and a naturally troubled people a great deal. on the other hand, it is doomed to failure. there is nothing that i can imagine that is more beneath the president of the united states then to be have reigned officials to try to give people the impression that there's a possibility that he will still win the election. i'm joined now by nomia iqbal in washington. usually controversial move by the president to meet with those legislators in washington. that hugely controversial. it is. hejust finished a press conference in the white house and it was about covid—i9 and the prices of drugs and saidi covid—i9 and the prices of drugs and said i won the election and got more than 73 million votes, he did get more than 73 million perjoe biden got way more votes and won the

election so donald trump is still in that state of denial about election results, but yes, this is a hugely controversial move, both men i would leave at the white house and understand they are aware of what the president wants to do, but whether or not it will actually happen is another thing. georgia's secretary of state, whose name has beenin secretary of state, whose name has been in the news quite a lot recently, has said quite openly that he is disappointed that the republican party didn't win, but the boats don't lie. and he is expected to certify georgia later so that is another state that donald trump is looking at and hoping to try and overturn the votes there as well. what does this mean in terms of timing?january what does this mean in terms of timing? january the 20th is getting closer and closer. what do you think president trump is hoping to achieve by doing all of this? i think he

wa nts to by doing all of this? i think he wants to so doubt and the integrity of the other election process, we know he didn't like to admit that he has lost and the press conference today if it is that anything to go by, that is who he is, i think he wa nts to by, that is who he is, i think he wants to come if we go by the words of kaylee mcinerney, sheerin press conference earlier today, she claims that the democrats were not fair to the republicans were donald trump one in 2016. she says that his presidency was never seen as legitimate and mentioned how the russian investigation and the claims that his victory was influenced by russia comes to that of the democrats didn't play nice so why should they expect us to place nice but of course by this point, and 2016, barack obama had met with donald trump and michelle obama had met with melania trump, and the democrats view is that should be happening for us as well. thank you

very much. saudi arabia has rejected calls from international human rights groups for the release of detained activists in the run—up to this weekend's g—20 summit hosted by the kingdom. the minister of state for foreign affairs, adel al—jubeir, told the bbc the kingdom will not allow people to lecture it. this is the first time an arab state has hosted this gathering of heads of the world's biggest economies, but in the midst of a global pandemic leaders will be meeting online. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has spoken to mr al—jubeir. she began by asking if saudi arabia had been disappointed by calls to boycott the summit. we are not disappointed, not many countries called for it. all the g20 countries are going to show up, we have a great statement that will come out. we have achieved great things during the year of our presidency as head of the g20. what will you say to g20 leaders when they raise the issue of the jailed activists? we will tell them we have a legal

system, we have laws. we implement our laws and ourjudiciary is independent, and we do not allow people to lecture us or dictate to us what we should or shouldn't do. just like we don't tell people in the uk, or in america, or in other places what they should or should not do. we will never sit injudgement of the decision of a german court. that's for germany to decide. and as a consequence we will not allow people to sit injudgement of saudi courts. that's for the saudi people to decide. the jamal khashoggi murder, the jailing of the dissidents still cast a shadow of the kingdom, whatever changes you make here? i think that people have not been fair when it comes to dealing with the kingdom of saudi arabia, and i think they always look for the negative part of it rather than the positive part of it. the murder of jamal khashoggi was a terrible tragedy that hit saudi arabia very, very hard. nobody in saudi arabia wants a citizen to be murdered.

and so what happened is, like i said, we investigated, we held people accountable, and people will be punished for this, and we will try to ensure that something like this never happens again. we have never, in the history of saudi arabia, had a citizen of saudi arabia murdered. we just don't do this as a government, that's not our policy. it is tragic and people have used at the cost aspersions on saudi arabia. i don't blame them but, i don't think it is being fair or equitable with the kingdom of saudi arabia. i must ask you about loujain alhathloul. today her photograph is being, is on the louvre museum in paris. she's become a symbol of the call to release some of the activists. an interview in 2018, mohammed bin salman said that she was a spy. why hasn't the evidence been presented? in our legal system the evidence is presented after the verdict is rendered so that you don't embarrass somebody who turns

out to be innocent. so that's how the system works. loujain alhathloul was detained because of issues relating to national security, dealing with foreign entities, supporting entities hostile to saudi arabia. it has nothing to do with advocating for women's right to drive. if every woman who advocated for the right to drive in saudi arabia was to be jailed, half the women in saudi arabia would be jailed. so this has nothing to do with advocacy or women's rights, this has to do with national security. why don't you present the evidence, the crown prince headed to that of an18 in the the crown prince headed to that of an 18 in the interview that the next day he would present the evidence and show the videos, show that she was a spy. why hasn't that been released? i believe the courts will decide when to release the evidence. i believe we have to do it with the timing of when the verdict is rendered. it's been nearly three yea rs rendered. it's been nearly three years since you've been in prison. without a conviction. many including ourfamily have without a conviction. many including our family have called for her release. the courts will decide what

will her fate will be. and we have to respect the decision of the court. but there was no sense in which this could have been a gesture to the royal community to tell your 620 to the royal community to tell your g20 partners of the values of the kingdom are in line with the values of the rest of the world? we have a lot of people who are in jail of the rest of the world? we have a lot of people who are injail in saudi arabia for various kinds. we cannot differentiate between one and the other and you can't differentiate between somebody who outside entities or media advocate or raise their matter and not advocate for people who are in jail and nobody knows their cases. do we release every prisoner in saudi arabia to make a gesture? that is not practical and not logical. 75 years ago today the surviving leaders of nazi germany went on trial at nuremberg in the world's first ever international war crimes trial. fergal keane looks at their legacy. newsreel: attention. tribunal. judges from britain, america...

it was a trial of crimes that defied the imagination. nazi leaders faced a court that established the principle of internationaljustice. 75 years later, we have been hearing from some of those who have lived in the long shadow of nuremberg. newsreel: vengeance is not our goal, nor do we seek merely a just retribution. my name is ben ferencz. i am the sole surviving prosecutor from the nuremberg war crimes trials. ben ferencz was a soldier and lawyer and he wasjewish. but for him, seeing justice done meant leaving all personal feelings aside. i was able to turn myself into a robot.

newsreel: frank was a willing and known participant in the use of terrorism in poland. among the notorious defendants was hans frank, governor of occupied poland, seen here in sunglasses. 4 million died under his rule. his son, nicholas, pictured with his father as a child of the nazi elite, long ago denounced hans frank. really, i think my father had deserved the death penalty — for one reason — that he should himself experience the same death

fear, which he distributed about hundreds of thousands of innocent people. so many deaths to account for. ida bach was ten years old when she was murdered. she'd left her sister while in hiding in order to return to her mother. they perished in auschwitz. she would have been alive, my sister, if she had come with me but she left my hand. that, i felt guilty all the time. when they put those german leaders on trial at nuremberg, did you feel any sense of satisfaction? no, it was notjustice for me, not at all. how many were hanged? for me, it was too good to be hanged after what they've done, you know? nuremberg was a beginning, but the story at its heart, of massacred minorities, of intolerance, stains humanity still.

you ought watching bbc news. goodbye. —— you are watching bbc news. good evening. friday brought us a fairly cloudy and grey sort of day across the uk with topics of rain that would be making their way from west to east. as we head into weekend we are going to be keeping the rain for some areas but it will be a bit more sunshine coming through for some of us as well particularly in the north. the day tomorrow mild and breezy. the rain overnight across ireland as well. turning windy across the north of scotland and the isles seeing 60 mph. and the south breezing cloudy a few breaks in the cloud but it's going to be a mild night. a few spots of drizzle around the temperatures are most of us holding up between ten to 12 degrees but a little bit cooler in that clear air in the north of scotland.

so heading through the day tomorrow then we got this cold front which is going to be slowly sinking its way south, low pressure to the north and quite a lot of isobars on the map as you can see especially through the northern half of scotland. another windy day to come, could be a gale force gust up towards the isles, western isles and northern ireland as well. when you have showers rattling through and we get this band of crowded rain sinking across from the england into wales and further south mostly dry, fairly cloudy but a few breaks in that cloud. it is going to be mild if the sunshine does break through 13 or 1a degress down towards the south. 20 to 30 mph widely, a0 or 50 or even 60 across the northern half of scotland once again. saturday evening remains breezy in the north with scattered showers, cloudy and mild still in the south, this system here pushes his way south overnight into sunday and then itjust sparks itself across southern england and south wales.

still the mild air in the far south, quite cloudy and a few spots of shari rain here but away from that anyone north of the m4 probably sunday will be a largely dry day, lots of sunshine around of there will be showers packing and across the west of scotland. single figures with the mild air about 11 or 12 degrees. these remaining unsettled on the weekend. rain especially in the north and west little bit brighter in the south by tuesday. goodbye.

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the us drug giant pfizer formally applies to health regulators around the world for emergency authorisation of its covid vaccine. the move could see it approved for use in the first two weeks of december. the british prime minister borisjohnson has given his full support to the home secretary priti patel, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. the advisor who investigated the bullying claims resigned, after mrjohnson contradicted his advice. as we still wait for georgia to officially certinyoe biden as the state's winner — donald trump invites michigan state legislators to the white house in another attempt to overturn the result of the presidential election the g20 summit of the world's biggest economies is being hosted online this weekend, from the saudi capital riyadh.

you are watching bbc news. england's test and trace system is failing in areas with some of the worst infection rates, according to a bbc investigation. six months ago, borisjohnson promised a ‘world heating system, but research has found thatjust half of close contacts are being reached in some places like bradford, nottingham and leicester. the government says test and trace is helping to curb the spread of covid. sophie hutchinson reports. i've got the case up... foot soldiers in the war against coronavirus. this is the length leicester council, one of the worst hit areas, is going to — door—knocking people who have tested positive with the virus and who the national track—and—trace system has failed to reach. it's the first time this operation has been filmed. the first one was for a case that was under 18, so we had to talk to a parent or guardian. when we knocked on the property they weren't available to talk to, but we were told if we ring back from 1pm this afternoon they would be able to talk to us.

around half of england's councils are now contact tracing to address some of the problems of the national track—and—trace. back in the office in leicester, contact tracers trawl the council's databases for addresses and phone numbers. there are a handful of people making calls here but, despite their size, they've had considerable success, tracking down and speaking to, on average, 89% of people that the national system has failed to contact. but councils are only allowed to trace those with positive test results. any details of close contacts they get have to be sent back to the struggling national system. and there are other problems. after dad robin marlow tested positive for covid—19, his family were called more than 45 times. by phone call number 45, ijust thought it was, in a way, funny, except itjust felt like the most appalling waste of money. six months on from the prime minister's promise of a world

beating system, experts say it has failed. we are nowhere near having a properly functional one, and this has been the problem throughout the summer and into the autumn. we did not use the time that the last lockdown bought us to create such a system. but the government says it is refining and improving track—and—trace, building an integrated national and local system, and that from this week it will no longer insist on speaking to children. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the prime minister has expressed full the bbc has learned that millions of public sector workers in england, including teachers and police, could face a pay freeze next year. figures out today show that government borrowing hit £22.3 billion last month, that's the highest october figure since monthly records began in 1993. our economics editor faisal

islam has the details. 2020 has been a year of public servants keeping the country going in tough times and the nation showing its appreciation. a government trying to cope with huge borrowing is now planning pay freezes to help save billions, surprising teachers such as alan in walsall. we've kept the country going to allow the rest of the economy to get back on its feet a bit, gone out of our way to do ourjob, but at the same time we're not being recognised, so i think it would be grossly unfair. nathan also helps kids to school. a coach driver in buckinghamshire, he says public sector wages should reflect the lockdown economic turmoil. now is not the time for a pay rise. whilst everyone in the private sector is worrying whether they will have a job by christmas, this is unfair. us drivers have had to take a 20% wage cut. this has resulted in me being on a smaller hourly rate than when i was 18. that is precisely the government's argument, too — that fairness demands pay restraint.

today, representatives of firefighters, policemen, teachers and other civil servants condemned the idea of a pay freeze. during the middle of the pandemic, we give them the body blow they will have a pay freeze for three years. these are some of the lowest paid workers in this country. they have given so much. we have clapped them on a thursday night and yet, at the end of it, what are we doing? nhs workers are expected to be exempt from any freeze, but there is a sea of red in the public finances. it is not fair that private sector workers should take all of the pain from the pandemic and public sector workers should be virtually completely immune from it. separately, there is a point about what we can afford. the government borrowed more than £22 billion last month, more than is spent on policing across the uk, a record for october — but, with a new lockdown and extended support, annual borrowing is heading closer to £400 billion, a peacetime record. the unions are furious,

but they think they have the public on their side, in this year of all years, against the government's fundamental argument that there are billions to be saved from the public sector wage bill. for a chancellor more used to signing multi—billion rescue checks, this is risky politics, but the detail of this pay freeze, whether it is chilly or arctic, depends on, for example, the length — we will get that detail at the spending review. as the economy continues to suffer, the bulk of the tough decisions on tax and spend are to be put off, but not for public sector workers. faisal islam, bbc news. the prime minister has expressed full confidence in the home secretary, priti patel — despite a report into claims of bullying — which found that she broke the rules on ministerial behaviour. the inquiry looked into allegations about her conduct as a minister in three different government departments. the mild who investigated the bullying claims today resigned, after borisjohnson

contradicted his advice. priti patel says she was sorry if her behaviour had upset people. with me is sir alistair graham, former head of the committee on standards in public life between 2004 and 2007. thank you forjoining us. festival, are you surprised by borisjohnson's decision? no, i am not surprised because he has been sitting on this issue for many months now, which is pretty scandalous in itself. so i am not surprised he has decided the political interests are more important than ethical decisions regarding this issue. do you think it is more about politics and anything else i do now?|j it is more about politics and anything else i do now? i do. i think it is very much about the balance of his cabinet, keeping a more right—wing section of conservative mps happy, rather than

facing up to a difficult issue and the irony is, i think it is anti—bullying week. obviously the prime minister has not signed up to that. what do you make of priti patel‘s apology? that. what do you make of priti patel's apology? well, it isn't an apology and if it had been an apology and if it had been an apology many months earlier before the investigation took place, then i think there might have been a more general sympathy for her approach, if she admitted that she had got it wrong in her role as a minister, but given it has been allowed and she is an audi to drag on, there has been an audi to drag on, there has been an independent investigation, which i thought very strongly for in these sorts of situations when i was chairman of the committee on standards in public life. given there has been this independent investigation by a tremendous civil

servant, sir alex fowler, then not to have accepted his conclusion and ask her to stand down from office, ask her to stand down from office, as has happened with many other ministers over the years, i think, isa ministers over the years, i think, is a seriously bad decision and does damage the value of the ministerial code, and! damage the value of the ministerial code, and i think the integrity of the government. sir has now resigned, what do you think that means now going forward the ministerial code itself? well, i think it is difficult. we get a new ministerial code after every general election and the fact that in the fourth paragraph of the foreword, the prime minister said there can be new “— the prime minister said there can be new —— no bullying or harassment in other words, these are absolutely key red lines minister must cross and when one of the ministers

crosses it and you just sort of budget to one side, then i think thatis budget to one side, then i think that is very damaging for our democratic system. sir excel and has resigned, do you understand why he felt he needed to do that? yes, of course, because if the prime minister isn't willing to judge —— trust yourjudgment minister isn't willing to judge —— trust your judgment or accept the conclusion relating to the very issue that you were appointed for, then of course the opposition becomes untenable and given the man of integrity he is, the experience that he has, he felt he had no choice but to resign. do you think the prime minister has in the wrong thing here, should he have told priti patel to go? yes, thing here, should he have told priti patelto go? yes, he has thing here, should he have told priti patel to go? yes, he has made the wrong decision, he has come to the wrong decision, he has come to the wrong decision, he has come to the wrong conclusion. he should have accepted the advice of sir alex allan. he should have set the bar which is a full leadership as far as

the key is to unite bullying in the workplace is concerned, so i think he has a badly wrong. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to top to us. a pre—inquest review has heard the tv presenter jeremy kyle may have caused, or contributed to, the death of one of the guests on his programme. steve dymond is suspected of taking his own life after failing a lie detector test on the show. a lawyer for his family told the hearing in winchester that mr dymond became distressed after he failed the test. the hearing continues. for anyone tired of hearing the same old christmas songs, three bin men have put out something new. ‘boogie round the bins at christmas time' has been released with a video, showing the three men dancing as they make the rounds in wolverhampton. they're hoping to bag the number one spot — with some of the proceeds going to charity. just don't say it's rubbish. keith doyle reports.

lockdown has shone a light on many heroes. three binmen from wolverhampton have been raising people's spirits through the year, dancing around bins on their rounds. now they've released a single... you know what i want to be number one? ..and they have set their sights on the christmas number one. it is called... well, what else could it be? boogie round the bins at christmas. # boogie, boogie # boogie round the bins at christmas time #. for a christmas song, things need to look, well, christmassy. it may not be lapland, but all proceeds go to charity. we are all trying our best in these difficult circumstances. we are cracking on, and it is obviously a hard time, so, you know, as long as we make people happy, that's the main thing. it's enjoyable, it's fun, i think it's a track

that kids will enjoy, it's a catchy song, so i think they'll enjoy it. we are here to bring fun, we are here to bring hope and joy. if people enjoy it, if they can truly have a boogie round the bins at christmas, that's what we are looking for. have some good fun, good festive fun, you know, let's go for it. dancing binmen becoming the christmas number one is entirely possible. singing sausage rolls reached number one last year with ladbaby‘s i love sausage rolls. we could all be having a boogie round the bins at christmas, which is set to be a big festive hit. it's been a funny old year. keith doyle, bbc news. now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch. with big changes at downing street, is it

time for politicaljournalists to stop the use of leaks and anonymous sources? and, he's not coming out. with the prime minister self isolating, why the bbc reporters standing outside the door of number ten? it's been a tricky fortnight for the prime minister. last week's political news was damaged by rumours of disputes at the heart of government, culminating in the departure of two of the top eight at number ten, dominic cummings and lee kane. then it is fixed with reports that boris johnson told a group of his english mps that devolution had been a disaster in scotland. huw edwards spoke typical correspondentjessica parker about that on monday‘ news at ten. some more details on what was said and indeed what downing street are saying to try and explain the context of this? yes, i think this will be seen as something of a political clanger by boris johnson. comments emerged after he had

a virtual call with dozens of conservative mps who represent seats in the north of england earlier this evening. the subject of devolution came up and that is when the prime minister is reported to have said devolution has been a disaster north of the border and it was tony blair‘s biggest mistake. what these two developments have in common is that information emerged unofficially without a need to source and through unknown channels. last week‘s anonymous briefings for and against mr kane and mr cummings were followed by the leak of the prime minister‘s comments which had been neither confirmed nor denied. simonjessop was one of a number of viewers that questioned whether they should be how we discover the views of our political leaders.