but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent helen cattjoins me from our newsroom. this was not supposed to be a week dominated by personnel matters in government. no, this week the government. no, this week the government really wanted to move on, because in the previous week there this is bbc news with the latest had been huge disruption behind the headlines for viewers in the uk closed door of number ten. senior and around the world. another defeat for donald trump aides had left the government, in his attempts to overturn the us election results. dominic cummings had had a huge republican officials in two states impact in shaping the government. it confirm joe biden‘s victory was about moving on and making some the british cabinet minister priti patel keeps herjob after being found to have broken rules by bullying staff. now questions for borisjohnson, big policy announcements, green over his influence on the report. strategy and millions of pounds more a rocket attack on the afghan capital, kabul. in vested into defence. there was a at least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured. political row at the beginning of the nhs starts setting up coronavirus vaccination the week in response to some centres across the uk, and the first doses could be comments about how devolution was delivered next month. going in scotland. he has been hampered by the fact that he has to an online summit of the world's stay inside downing street after

being isolated after coming into biggest economies begins today contact with someone with coronavirus, and then at the end of the british government is to change how it invests the week, this results and the in big spending projects, to ensure the north of england gets a fair share of the cash. response which was pretty unedifying amazon and other online retailers postpone black friday in the prime minister's was not discounts in france — to help protect traditional response to it. one of his retailers during lockdown. predecessors rather pointedly picking up mrjohnson‘s remarks about not retreating from the world and re—engaging with the world and retreating on foreign aid. what is going on? that is certainly a concern for the government at the moment, how to appear on the global hello, and welcome if you're stage after having left the european watching in the uk union and the customs union. part of or around the world, that, that big investment into defence spending in the uk this week and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here has been partly about how the uk is and across the globe. viewed on the global stage. now you have this warning from david cameron republican officials in two us who is a very recent predecessor of states have re—confirmed in the last 2a hours that the results borisjohnson who is a very recent predecessor of of the presidential election boris johnson and someone who is a very recent predecessor of borisjohnson and someone he knows well, saying hang on, don't give way hold — joe biden won in georgia and in michigan. when it says good don't give way to

they had found no evidence of any problems with voting or counting votes. the apparent soft power when it comes to global aid, letting down the poorest i think he said. thank president trump still refuses to concede and on friday has asked a delegation of republicans you very much, helen. from michigan to come to washington. they told him they were going to certify the results. mr biden won the electoral college the uk chancellor rishi sunak has promised an "infrastructu re and the popular vote. revolution", to ensure all regions our north america correspondent, get their fair share of funding for large scale projects. david willis, reports. since losing the election, donald trump has largely do our business correspondent, confined his displeasure with the results of twitter, katy austin is with me. and has strayed from the theme of a white house event on drug what is this aimed at achieving? the prices to reassert his victory. big pharma ran millions of dollars coronavirus response has been very expensive for the government and it of negative advertisements has spent £200 million on their against me during the campaign, response and uk borrowing has which i won by the way, soared. questions remain about how but you know, will find that out. public finances can be put back on a the president wants to see results stronger footing. a public finances can be put back on a strongerfooting. a big political in swing states such priority for this government is what as michigan overturned, and republican lawmakers from that it calls levelling up, spreading the state were given a noisy reception as they arrived in washington investment opportunities across the for a meeting at the white house. whole of the uk. so when the uk chancellor richie sue at an his spending allocations for the next joe biden won michigan

by more than 155,000 votes, financial year next week, he is and his advisers called expected to talk about £600 billion the invitation an abuse of investment over the next five of presidential power. yea rs of investment over the next five years and placing the focus on infrastructure as part of that. one of the things we are expecting here isa of the things we are expecting here is a change to what is called the in the one hand this is very treasury's green book. that is damaging to the democratic process. really how it describes the value of certain projects, be that transport so, it proved, after meeting with president trump, up certain projects, be that transport up hospital. that has tended to, the the michigan lawmakers released a statement saying they had not yet been made aware of any information treasury would now admit, favour that would change the outcome investment carrying on in london in of the election, and vowed not to interfere with the process the south—east, so the criteria will of certifying the vote. change, and there will be more of a certification in another swing state, georgia, focus on projects which achieve a has already taken place, however, after a hand recount of millions of ballots. regional impact, and the treasury will also set up a northern joe biden‘s victory there was slimmer, and the trump campaign could now request a machine recount. headquarters as well. labour's shadow chancellor said that it the the president continues to allege voterfraud, announcement should set the spending claiming without evidence that on the right path and regions up and down the country don't want to hear hundreds of thousands of votes had more rhetoric on islet from the been cast illegally,

alleging in a tweet that without them he would have achieved a big victory. government. after several states breaking news this hour — at least eight people have been killed in rocket attacks dismissed as lawsuits, on the afghan capital. officials say 14 rockets slammed into parts of central and north kabul 0ur correspodnent we demand to complete explanations syed anwar is in kabul. for all discrepancies are identified do we have any claim of so for all discrepancies are identified so that our citizens will have responsibility for on this attack? com plete so that our citizens will have complete confidence in our no, there are no claims of elections. after several states responsibility or involvement in dismissed his lawsuits, these attacks. indeed the ministry donald trump's slim hope spokesman blames the attack... there for remaining in the white house may now rest with republican officials in battleground states setting aside the results and declaring him are 23 the winner instead, subverting the will of the voters in a move spokesman blames the attack... there a re 23 rockets spokesman blames the attack... there are 23 rockets fired from the unprecedented in modern government of the city and has hit american history. different parts of the city, the judgement of prime minister government buildings, hospital, borisjohnson is in the spotlight housing. eight people were killed for a second weekend in succession. last week, it was the abrupt and 20 others were wounded. these departure of his chief adviser, who mrjohnson had previously attacks took place at a time when refused to sack, despite a controversialjourney he made peace talks are between the afghan of hundreds of miles during the uk's national lockdown.

this weekend, it's claims he tried government and taliban. it leads to a kind of deadlock in dhaka, to get an independent report into the conduct of a senior cabinet minister toned down. expected that us foreign minister will meet taliban to resume peace it concluded that the home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. downing street has insisted the conclusions of sir alex talks between afghan negotiation to allan's investigation were "entirely his own". he has resigned. the taliban delegation. the afghan 0ur political correspondent, jess parker reports. government was expecting reduction in violence after an agreement standing by her, borisjohnson says he has full confidence between the us and the taliban, but in priti patel and considers the matter closed after an independent report after that agreement violence found her approach had, on occasion, amounted to behaviour increased in different parts of that could be described as bullying. 00:05:38,892 --> 2147483051:39:34,160 with evidence, it said, 2147483051:39:34,160 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 of shouting and swearing. afghanistan and in some major cities. thank you for that update. the brother of princess diana says the investigation into the bbc‘s panorama interview with his sister, needs to be allowed to "examine every aspect" of the programme. the broadcaster has appointed a retired judge, lord dyson to investigate how the journalist martin bashir obtained the interview 25 years ago. but earl spencer said he's not satisfied with

the parameters of the inquiry. the bbc insists the terms of the review are suitably wide—ranging. the nhs has started setting up coronavirus vaccination centres across the uk with the hope of getting all adults vaccinated by the spring. with infection rates dropping and plateauing in all four nations, the government has officially asked the medical regulator to asses the pfizer—biontech vaccine for uk use. anna 0'neill reports. this is the ray of light as described by the health secretary. millions of doses of this pfizer—biontech vaccine against covid—i9 could be heading to britain as early as next month, and the nhs is getting ready for a mass vaccination programme. we will be ready to start the vaccination next month with the bulk of the roll—out in the new year. we are heading in the right direction. yesterday, another 511 people died within 28 days of catching covid—i9. but there may be signs

that the r rate is flattening. in the latest 0ffice for national statistics survey, one in 80 people of england were thought to have coronavirus similar to the week before. in scotland it was one person in 155 and rates were levelling off. in wales it was one person in 165, with rates decreasing over the last two weeks. in northern ireland, rates have been decreasing over four weeks, and one in 135 people are infected. the deputy chief medical officer for england is cautiously optimistic. 0verall, clearly, it is an improving picture. these are very early signs that the epidemic is beginning to level, but we should be cautious about interpreting that, and please, everyone, remember that itjust takes a few seconds to create new infections.

christmas family get—togethers may still be in doubt, but some restrictions are being lifted today. the government has changed lockdown rules in england so that christmas tree farms and sellers can start trading from this morning. anna 0'neill, bbc news. a possible alternative to a covid vaccine is entering its final stage of trials. it's being developed for people with weakened immune systems who cannot be vaccinated. 5,000 patients from around the world are taking part in the study and trials involving 1,000 uk participants begin in manchester today. for more on this we can speak to professor andy ustianowski. he's the principal clinical research lead for the trial at north manchester general hospital. thank you for talking to us today. can you explain how this intervention will be different to giving someone a vaccine? well a

vaccine is introduced to your system to create antibodies and new mechanisms to help prevent coronavirus. there are those who may not work well with a vaccine. those with a poor immune system or the infirm etc. what happens with this study is that people are being given directly into their muscles the antibody or a neutralising own pairing antibody which should protect them from the coronavirus for a period of six to 12 months. how advanced other trials on this? so, it is well established method in medicine. it has been used for other infections but not yet full coronavirus is a prevention. such antibodies are being looked at for treatment and those with coronavirus. phase three, the latter stage studies commenced today in the uk. i suppose some people will ask if you can have this way of providing people with the

protection, and in a sense it is quicker because you don't interject it and wait for the volume to develop. why not just it and wait for the volume to develop. why notjust do this for everyone? in theory it would work for everyone. technically, though, it is quite difficult to manufacture the quantities needed in order to protect people. it has been quoted that all the manufacturing quake capabilities in the world wouldn't provide enough product for everyone in the uk. ultimately, it is going to be reserved for probably a few hundred thousand people who cannot receive the vaccine. it is likely to be vital for them receive the vaccine. it is likely to be vitalfor them while receive the vaccine. it is likely to be vital for them while others of us can receive the vaccine. it is effectively the different between living a normal value —— a normal life with covid—19 out and about, as opposed to being restricted. absolutely. vaccines as we said are not suitable for everyone, so this isa not suitable for everyone, so this is a really important question to

investigate. good luck with the project with astrazeneca at the university of manchester and the first of the british patients in the trial. thank you very much. thank you. the g—20 summit of the world's biggest economies is under way and it's unprecedented for two reasons. it's all taking place online because of the pandemic and it's been organised by saudi arabia. the first arab nation to host the convention. the location is controversial. it's only two years after the world was horrified by the brutal murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul. britain's boris johnson will take part, and is calling for urgent action on climate change and the pandemic. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is there. good to speak to you. let me ask you first of all, how frustrating is this for the saudi authorities, that

instead of being able to open the doors to the world for this big event, it is all having to be conducted online? well, as i am speaking to you, there is a virtual press co nfe re nce speaking to you, there is a virtual press conference going on with the saudi minister of investment and he is saying that this virtual summit, all these virtual meetings, and there have been thousands of them in there have been thousands of them in the past months during this pandemic, will be a test of the g20. of course it was sent —— it presents 85% of the world economic output. the worlds most powerful economies. if they can't deal with this pandemic, and deal with it virtually, then who can? the kingdom, it is a disappointment although they are not saying this publicly. they thought this would be a moment for them to shine on the world stage when all of the world's

great powers descended on riyadh, in palaces, important conversations in the corridors, and now it is going to be like for all of us on screens in our homes or offices. let me ask you how helpful it is in some ways the foreign leaders, coming so soon after the journalist's murder and those responsible for the killing, that doesn't involve them having to shake hands with the man has been accused of having ultimate responsibility, the crown prince of saudi arabia? the birder of jamal shoji still casts a shadow over the key them, —— kingdom. that is why the summit was hosted by... they

have called not only for an international investigation into his killing but also into the dozens of detainees, activists and journalists held in saudi prisons. the authorities want to say they are changing and dealing with the problems on their own terms, and the fa ct problems on their own terms, and the fact that no t20 leader is boycotting the summit is proof indeed that we are moving away from this past. i spoke to the minister of state for foreign affairs who said the killing of the journalist was tragic and we have investigated and held people accountable and don't want it to happen again. they have drawn a line under it, the line has not yet been drawn, but this summit is proof that the kingdom is able to move on in some way. —— they wa nt to able to move on in some way. —— they want to draw a line under it.

the professional footballers' association has called for heading the ball to be reduced in training sessions as a matter of urgency, to protect players from the risk of dementia. a study last year concluded former professionals were at increased risk of degenerative brain disease. dr willie stewart led the research into brain injuries last year that showed former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than people of the same age range in the general population. hejoins me now from glasgow. thank you very much for speaking to us. what is your re—let reaction to the pfa's call for a reduction in the pfa's call for a reduction in the use of heading in training?|j think this is a long overdue move and welcome. while the debate may rage on about the direct link to heading, i think the advance probabilities, heading is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently and this appears to be a good move. what did your research find? i

quoted that the likelihood. what was causing that increased risk? could it be very specifically tied to heading, or related more generally to football? i think that is important to point out. the research that we have done to this date is really trying to point to add a link between former and disease is dementia. this was reallyjust to a nswer dementia. this was reallyjust to answer the question was there a problem. it did not go into what might be that problem. there is plenty other research we have done into looking at the brains of former footballers and it could be linked to head injury. it has taken that evidence in total, but this suggests we need to be thinking about head injuries and had impact in football. this may be a daft question but what if people just wore headgear? that

is not a daft question and the type of question that people raise. you have got fantastic headgear built in. that's the skull. the skull tells you that an impact may be able to cause damage to the brain. what we have found in rugby with the soft shield caps it makes no difference at all to concussion. so the bottom line is stop heading. the best way to deal with this is prevention, rather than thinking about cure. the best thing is to remove head impact as much as possible. that could be to re m ove as much as possible. that could be to remove it in training but also to remove it in a match. i don't know if you're a football fan or not. the question many football fans and players too will be saying, because different questions arise because by different questions arise because rugby players have different

injuries again and lead to problems with nervous injuries in their brain, whether they want to lose something that is distinctive to the game? if you talk about rugby you talk about american football and football. the question is the same, there head injuries leading to degenerative brain disease. i think most sports fans, certainly people within the sport, parents, players and coaches, would rather see the players with long and healthy careers and living a long time then having been worried about stopping their career early because of brain disease or having problems down the line. i think it is a balance, i think they would like to see the game continue safely. thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. wales ended its nationalfirebreak almost two weeks ago,

but tourist hotspots are still being hit hard by tough restrictions across the border. it's been estimated that more than half of businesses that rely on tourism in wales have remained closed during england's lockdown. lynette esposito runs a boutique hotel in the coastal town of llandudno in north wales. shejoins us now. thank you very much for speaking to us. it has been a rotten year for you in so many other people in hospitality and tourism. i come from a tourism area and understand the frustrations you feel. why is it that you are still being affected despite the fact that businesses can trade normally again in wales at the moment? hello, good morning. yes, i must say that if you look back at this whole journey in the covert 19 pandemic from the first lockdown in march, while tourism per se has paid a massive price around the country,

there is no doubt that wales in particular has really been hard hit in terms of the tourism businesses and infrastructure. ithink looking at it and analysing it, it has really boil down to the fact that there has not been that close alignment between the devolved government's decision—making and 90% of your gas come from england, so particularly when tourism is probably the biggest primary income revenue stream for wales, that consideration of the impact would be a higher priority. but basically, if you look at where we are now, tourism, hotels, bed—and—brea kfast, events venues etc will have been in the lockdown from the 1st of october

to the 2nd of december. that is nine weeks. just to put that in perspective. the first lot down, we are only opened four weeks after england. so whereas most of the england. so whereas most of the england hotels, the hotel industry within tourism, i am particularly aware of the dates of the dates and constraints on hotels. the first only opened in wales on the 3rd of july. we were locked down again on the 1st of october after eight weeks of very good and buoyant trading. we we re of very good and buoyant trading. we were lockdown on the 1st of october ina were lockdown on the 1st of october in a local lockdown. i wasjust going to ask you then, what you would like to see as we prepare for christmas and january, which is probably not a great month for hotels on the coast. nonetheless, coordination between the four governments in the uk to ensure there aren't these kind of unintended consequences. there aren't these kind of unintended consequencesm there aren't these kind of unintended consequences. it really

is essential. i think this is a true case in point as to what the consequences are likely to be if it is not aligned. 0f consequences are likely to be if it is not aligned. of course, we are waiting to hear now what happens after the 2nd of december and what restrictions there are likely to be that will further impact changing —— trading for wales. i am as you don't think we are at the end of this journey yet. lynette, owner of a a—star hotel that should be open, let's hope for some sunshine and news that will enable people to come and see you. thank you. let's take a look at the weather. hello there. well, we've got a lot of cloud to come across england and wales through the day today. further north, a cold front bringing rain further north to scotland and northern ireland at the moment will sink across to parts

of northern england and wales, with the rain quite light and patchy. for scotland and northern ireland, then, the weather brightens up with sunshine and showers. mild for england and wales, but the cooler air arriving across scotland and northern ireland, and it stays quite windy today. the windiest weather in shetland with gusts still running in at around 50 or 60 mph. 0vernight, winds pushing in southwards taking light rain and drizzle with it across wales and into southern counties of england. the clouds clear a little bit further northwards and there will be further showers for scotland and northern ireland continuing to be driven on by a strong wind overnight. on sunday, those blustery showers continuing for scotland and northern ireland, and much sunnier weather for northern england and wales, the midlands and parts of east anglia, and eventually, the brighter weather arriving in the south, which for most of us