be seen as something of a will be seen as something of a political clanger by boris johnson. as you said the comments a virtual call with dozens comments a virtual call with d oze ns of comments a virtual call with dozens of mps who represent seats in the north of england. the subject of devolution came up the subject of devolution came up and that is when the parameter is reported to have said it was 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 name source and through unknown channels. lastly‘s anonymous briefing for and against the mps came against the prime he minister's comments which have this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. not been confirmed nor denied. our top stories: more setbacks for donald trump. simonjessup not been confirmed nor denied. simon jessup questioned if not been confirmed nor denied. simonjessup questioned if this is how we should be discovering georgia certifies joe biden's win in the state, while republicans from michigan the views of our political say they've seen no information leaders. he wrote to overturn their results. pfizer asks regulators around the world for emergency approval of its coronavirus vaccine, we'll look at the challenges of getting —— he wrote: it around the globe.

saudi arabia hosts a meeting of the world's biggest economies— but can boycott calls take the shine off the g20 summit online? we wa nted we wanted to discuss the use of anonymous sources and legs with someone anonymous sources and legs with someone from the bbc‘s political unit but nobody was be and, 60 million streams available. our invitation to in a day, south korean them to come on the programme remains open. another problem wasjohnson has remains open. another problem was johnson has faced this remains open. another problem wasjohnson has faced this week is that he is having to self isolate at number ten after an mp he met last week tested positive for coronavirus. this led to a new outbreak of a phenomenon with which newswatch viewers will be familiar, the bbc correspondence standing outside the famous back door while it remains resolutely shut. michelle, what number ten have plan for the next week they might not be calling a reset for the government but it certainly sounds a lot like one. and the hope for mr johnson this morning was to be out and about, energetically, talking about climate change and brexit and meeting northern

conservative mps who have been grumbling about a lack of attention and focus from the government. a lot of metaphorical blood has been spilt on downing street's by scarpers of late so the prime minister wanted to use the week to clean up. after watching one of those appearances and that greg raised again this question. —— annette grigg. that is not the only allegation this week that bbc staff have been behaving responsibly in relation to the guidance issued around the pandemic. matt

hancock gave an interview on monday morning down the line from a camera overlooking the newsroom here in london. but the attention of some viewers was drawn to what was happening behind the health secretary. for instance the number of people behind him coming and going in apparently close proximity. sarah campbell e—mailed. cecilia rubio echo that. —— echoed.

we asked bbc news a response to that and they told us. we asked bbc news for a response to that and they told us: the use of prerecorded background footage on a green screen is not unusual. in fact we are using one right now because i am in a broom cupboard based studio. but while we're on the topic of abiding by covid—i9 guidelines, we have recorded your reactions to mp5 and generals being out and about without mask. some are annoyed that facemasks are not worn more often. others have problems when they are

worn. sally lowe got in touch with us after watching this interview to say: at least one bbc reporter has found a solution to this problem. here is north of england correspondent dan johnson on air recently. the idea is that people across this city will be able to come get tested whenever they want. it is entirely voluntary, not mandatory, but whatever they wa nted mandatory, but whatever they wanted as they will be able to and get one. that appearance but with the approval of victoria palmer. she tweeted:

the most high—profile way in which bbc news has got itself into the news this week concerns a programme broadcast 25 years ago. the interview conducted by martin basheer with the late princess diana for panorama because shock waves at the time and now it is doing so again. on wednesday the bbc announced lord dyson, a retired seniorjudge, would lead an independent inquiry into how the script was obtained. if those allegations from the princess's brother, she —— lord spencer. martin basheer has not responded to the allegations but as we await the allegations but as we await the outcome of the inquiry there is no shortage of opinion on the subject. victoria posted this.

phil had this to say. yadhi singh thought: but kenny divall wondered: monday, can i didn't unite america was instead presented as america was instead presented as this for a full ten minutes. a replacement programme was announced but then the flagship current affairs programme made it on our only for this to happen.

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clearly ca n. or cartoons. malcolm darvill clearly can. in a statement, the bbc said: in the united states, despite the efforts of donald trump and those around himjoe biden donald trump and those around him joe biden is donald trump and those around himjoe biden is preparing to enter the white house. it has been focused not just enter the white house. it has been focused notjust on what sort of president he might be but also on vice president—elect harris. but just how should her first name be said? here are a couple of versions from the last few days on bbc news. he and his vice president of choice are making history. she will be the first black, asian, woman in this role. a few groups that are particularly friendly to kamala harris, and some of the abuse was horrendous. these were incorrect. harris released a

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hello there. on friday, we saw temperatures slowly rising as milderaircame in from the atlantic, together with a lot of cloud. but over this weekend, it's cooler air that's going to return across the uk, with temperatures set to drop a bit. now, we've seen the milderaircome in, thanks to south—westerly winds bringing in that cloud. this strip of cloud here is a weather front. that's producing the rain that we are seeing at the moment and it's moving very slowly southwards. now, that weather front will take the rain southwards. as it does so, the rain becomes light and patchy, but it pushes away the milder air steadily through the weekend, with cooler air then following from the north. and that's going to bring in some showers, mainly for scotland and for northern ireland. but we start the weekend with mild air across england and wales. it's colder in northern scotland early on saturday morning. it's windy here as well. and then we've got our band of rain on that weather front.

that rain will soon move away from southern scotland, northern ireland, heading into northern england in the morning, and then down through wales, into the north midlands later on in the day. to the south of that, generally dry. a lot of cloud but a hint of sunshine now and again. it's quite mild air still here, so temperatures 13 degrees. further north, it's getting colder through the day. there will be some sunshine, but those showers could be quite heavy and blustery, as well, because it's going to be quite a windy day, especially for northern scotland, where we're looking at gales, gusts of 70 miles an hour for a while in the northern isles. now, through saturday evening and saturday night, that band of clouds and rain, becoming light and patchy, heads down to southern england. elsewhere, we'll see clearing skies away from those showers continuing mainly in scotland. and the winds will gradually ease as well, so it points to a colder night. temperatures could be easily down to 4 or 5 degrees. but across southern parts of england, south of the mit, mainly, we could be left with a fair bit of cloud on sunday. a little rain now and again but on the whole generally dry.

further north, more in the way of sunshine. we keep some showers going across northern ireland, and in particular into scotland. again, they could be quite heavy. it's going to be a cooler day, i think. for many places, temperatures are going to struggle to make double figures. but it won't be as windy on sunday. now, looking ahead into the early parts of next week, and the wind direction changing back to more of a south—westerly. a little bit milder, but we've got weather fronts on the scene as well. they're going to bring cloud and rain. it looks like the wettest weather through monday, and into tuesday, will be across more northern 00:13:27,636 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and western parts of the uk.