is to this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the prime minister is told to "lead or step aside" as details of lockdown parties continue to emerge. the leader of the opposition says it's now in the national interest for borisjohnson to go. we're witnessing every day the broken spectacle of a prime minister mired in deceit and deception, and unable to lead. novak djokovic spends the night in an immigration detention hotel in melbourne ahead of a court hearing to decide whether he'll be deported from australia. lawyers for virginia giuffre want two people in the uk to give evidence in her civil case against prince andrew. the duke's legal team argue ms giuffre "may suffer from false memories".

prince andrew has repeatedly denied allegations of sexual assault. the eruption of a giant underwater volcano near the island nation of tonga has triggered tsunami waves across the southwestern pacific. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the senior uk conservative mp and former minister, tobias ellwood, says borisjohnson must "lead or step aside" following the controversy over gatherings at downing st while covid restrictions were in place. a number of tory backbenchers say they've been inundated with messages from angry constituents about the growing list of parties dating

back to the spring 2020. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, says it's now in the national interest for mrjohnson to be removed from office. our political correspondent, iain watson, has the very latest. borisjohnson has come under renewed pressure following number 10's apology to buckingham palace over a leaving do held last year on the eve of the duke of edinburgh's funeral. so today the labour leader urged conservative mps to force him out. of course there's a party advantage in him going, but actually it's now in the national interest that he goes, so it's very important that the tory party does what it needs to do and gets rid of him. usually when opposition mps call for a prime minister to go, the troops rally round, but today the conservative chairman of the commons defence committee, tobias ellwood, did not exactly defend his boss, when he told the bbc borisjohnson should lead, or step aside. outside downing street, demonstrators against a forthcoming

police bill were making their views of the prime minister known. far more subtly, some of his own mps have also been doing so. what may be worrying the prime minister is that some of his former supporters now want him to go. one mp, elected in 2019, told me he owed his seat to borisjohnson but now, he says, this feels terminal, and he should go quickly. and another mp i spoke to several days ago, who told me then that he thought borisjohnson could ride out this political storm, got back in touch today to say he is now damaging the conservative brand and it was a question of when, not if, he leaves number 10. no cabinet minister, though, has broken ranks and there is hope inside downing street that an investigation by a senior civil servant may say that the prime minister has not broken covid rules. and the expected lifting of restrictions later this month could improve his mps�* mood. this weekend, conservative mps will be listening closely to their voters and it mood on the doorstep could

determine whether the prime minister is shown the door. iain watson, bbc news. the criminal and human rights barrister, kirsty brimelow, who represented a teenager given a £10,000 so—called �*superfine' while there were restrictions on indoor socialising in may last year and says this was hardly an isolated example. that case was an 18—year—old young man, his parents, it was actually the bank holiday, may 2nd of last year. his parents were away for the weekend and he took the opportunity of inviting some mates around for a party. and at that time, the restrictions were no more than 30 indoors and a few more came. the police, in the fixed penalty notice, thought there was maybe 30 to a0 indoors and outdoors. potentially there was a defense on the numbers. however, the issue was his fixed penalty notice of £10,000. you have 28 days to pay, and who has that sort of money? obviously not him,

not his mum and dad. and it moved to his gran in particular was going to be drawing out all her pension in order to pay because she didn't want to see her grandson thrown off a career he was about to start by potentially, by not paying, then the only option would have been to have a trial in the magistrates�* court and then potentially be convicted and get a criminal record. so it was a lot of stress for the family. it was merseyside police. i made written representations on a couple of occasions, then contacted, telephoning the police. we finally got through to somebody who was able to exercise some discretion and they acted very sensibly, agreed to withdraw the fixed penalty notice and eventually, in place, it was actually a £200 fixed penalty notice that was issued. that reduced to £100 if it was paid in seven days, which they did.

you acted for him unpaid, i believe, as well. idid. and he was one of many. i have many examples. at the end of last year, a student in nottingham, trent university, she... at that time you could have no more than six indoors. that was the end of 2020. so no more than six indoors, there was probably about eight indoors. she got a letter threatening prosecution or fixed penalty notice, again involve representations, so there was a lot of enforcement up and down the country, and i acted unpaid in these cases. but also a lot of my colleagues did and took on these cases to try and help people.

do those who are in attendance at downing street parties need to face these penalties? well, it seems there's so many coming out. obviously the dates are crucial as to what potential offences they have committed, and there are potential offences with all the evidence that is there. what i would say about the position of the metropolitan police saying that it doesn't investigate allegations in relation to covid offences retrospectively is that generally a sensible approach because if the approach is meant to reflect light—touch policing, the four es, enforcement as a last resort. the difficulty is that up and down the country we just have not seen that approach with members of the public, and there's an added and heightened responsibility and accountability are in breach of the regulations, certainly, there can be no argument in breach of the guidance

on the evidence we've seen in the newspapers. and so therefore there's a very strong case that, of course, the metropolitan police looking at government should be investigating with a view to advising as to what crimes possibly have been or potentially have been committed. obviously, that's a matter of a court if they be convicted or not. lawyers for the duke of york want to question two people as part of the civil sexual abuse case being brought by virginia giuffre in america. according to court documents, prince andrew's legal team argue ms giuffre may be suffering from false memories, and they want to hear from her husband and her psychologist. prince andrew denies all the allegations against him. our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, has more. this comes 2a hours after virginia giuffre requested witness accounts from prince andrew's former assistant and a woman at a nightclub at the time of the allegations, and now the prince has hit back with requests of his own. as you mentioned, his legal team wants to hearfrom her husband, robert giuffre. they want to know how he met his wife in 2002, the household finances. they also want to ask about virginia giuffre�*s relationship with the convicted sex offenders jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell. the duke's side is claiming that mr giuffre had a role in recruiting underage girls to be trafficked. they also contend, as you mentioned

there, that she may suffer from false memories, which is why they want to examine the second person, her doctor, a psychologist, judith lightfoot. now both the husband and doctor, the husband and doctor are residents of australia, so the duke's legal team have requested that letters are issued from the us court to the central authority of australia to get the testimonies. novak djokovic will hear in the next few hours whether or not he'll be allowed to remain in australia. the government says the world number one tennis player, who hasn't been vaccinated against covid, is a threat to public health. his lawyers are appealing, describing the latest decision to cancel his visa as "irrational." shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. free the refugee! once again, novak djokovic is in detention, and once again, the world number one is challenging the cancellation of his visa. in court documents which were released today, we learned that the immigration minister alex hawke made his decision because the player's presence in australia may foster anti—vaccination sentiment.

the tennis star's legal team says the argument was invalid and irrational, and that deporting him would potentially undermine support for the vaccination programme. we wa nt we want novak djokovic to play! and while some of djokovic�*s supporters gathered to back him, there has been little sympathy for the tennis player. i do feel that to make a statement that we are sticking by what we have been calling for the last two years, i feel it is best for djokovic to probably sit this one out. i hope that the government and the judges hold their ground and say, you don't want to get a vaccination and you don't want to follow our rules, then you can't come in. when novak djokovic�*s visa was revoked the first time he was held here at this immigration detention hotel. more than a week later, he's back. only two days before he is meant

to compete in the australian open and defend his title, this is where he will be spending the night, and when he does get out on sunday, it won't be to go to practice — he will be in his lawyer's office while a court decides his fate. his rival rafael nadal said the grand slam is not just about djokovic. the australian open is much more important than any player so if he is playing, finally, ok, if he's not playing, the australian open will be a great tournament with or without him. that is my point of view. sunday's court decision is crucial for both sides — the top seed whose chance at a 21st grand slam rides on it, and a government that has been hugely embarrassed by the mishandling of the saga. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, melbourne. our correspondent guy de launey is in the tennis player's home country of serbia and has more reaction from its capital belgrade. outrage, that's where

we're at here in serbia. and we're hearing outrage both on a sporting front and on a diplomatic front. so, on the sporting front, a nice little pithy quote from the serbian tennis federation, who said that preventing novak djokovic from playing was "unacceptable for the entire sports world on the planet and contradicts the sacred olympic "principles, which are well known". i must admit, i've forgotten which the sacred olympic principles are to which they're referring, but i'll take their word for it. but there's also been a lot of political reaction, now. the leaders of serbia's political... their political leaders, the government, have been quite quiet in the days running up to the ministerial intervention. i think they were hoping that by standing back, they wouldn't do novak djokovic's case any harm. now, though, they've come out all guns blazing, with the president aleksandar vucic, blazing in particular, asking, "why do you mistreat him? why do you harass him as well as his family and a nation that is free and proud?"

so this is now being very much cast here in serbia as an attack, notjust on one man, but on the entire serbian people. the uk government's latest daily coronavirus figures show there were 81,713 new infections in the latest 24—hour period. that means there were 117,800 new cases on average per day in the last week. another 287 deaths were reported. that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 263 deaths per day. vaccinations are continuing, but at a slower pace. on average in the last week, “14,015 people had a boosterjab, which means 63.1% of the population aged 12 or over have now had three doses. tsunami waves a metre high have hit the pacific island nation of tonga after an underwater volcano erupted for the second time in two days. satellite images captured

the moment, as huge plumes of black ash darkened the sky. local people have been urged to move to higher ground. the uk foreign secretary has accused russia of waging a disinformation campaign to destabilise and justify an invasion of ukraine. liz truss wrote on social media that russia must halt its aggression, de—escalate and engage in meaningful talks. it comes after a week of us—russian talks aimed at defusing tensions. russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops on the border with ukraine, prompting invasion fears. new research into the consequences of rising global temperatures on human health have revealed worrying effects on foetuses, babies and infants. a number of studies have shown evidence that extreme heat, hurricanes and wildfires can increase the risk of premature births by as much as 15%. the researchers say urgent action is needed to protect pre—natal and paediatric health

as the climate changes. the africa cup of nations continues in cameroon, where today nigeria has beat sudan 3—1. the pressure is now on egypt, the record seven—time afcon winners. the team lost their first match to nigeria, and are trying to get back on track with a win against guinea—bissau. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s isaac fanin who is in yaounde. ring is up—to—date on this first match we are talking about, nigeria bursa sedan. tell us how it went. yes, nigeria looked really, really good as they did against egypt —— nigeria versus sudan. one of the

other schools you're ever likely to see scored, the player didn't look at the ball as he headed into the back of the net and then 35 seconds in, moses simon managed to slot home an excellent goal. soudani got a consolation penalty, but nigeria looked fantastic and the pressure really is on mo salah and eject —— sudan got a consolation penalty. if they lose against guinea—bissau, they lose against guinea—bissau, they will not be able to qualify in second place, which would guarantee them qualification and will have to hope other results go their way. so a big game for mo salah's egypt. figs a big game for mo salah's egypt. as this term progresses, cameron is going football crazy. it was already pretty keen on the sport, but it is already reached new heights, hasn't it? ., ., ., ., ., ., it? -- cameroon. the team have won their first two — it? -- cameroon. the team have won their first two games. _ it? -- cameroon. the team have won their first two games. if _ it? -- cameroon. the team have won their first two games. if you - it? -- cameroon. the team have won their first two games. if you have - their first two games. if you have been watching, you will notice a lot of the stadiums are not very full. the president of cameroon, who has

beenin the president of cameroon, who has been in charge for a0 years, he announced new measures today that the cameroonian�*s killed they would start at 7:30am and end —— cameroonian school day would start at 730. the work they will start at 7:30am and end at 2pm. that is an opportunity for people to head to the stadiums, obviously for cameroon�*s image, they want people to be seen at the ground, the tournament is being broadcast to a global audience and they want those stadiums are full and packed so that they can show how much of a football mad nation cameroon actually is. let's look ahead to what is coming next. egypt have not been doing as well as a might have been expected. yes, it has been a tough ride for egypt. they were not very good in

their opening match against nigeria. mo salah did not really have much of a say in the action, probably one of the best players in the world, been in scintillating form for liverpool so against guinea—bissau, they really need a result because if guinea—bissau get a win, they will all but surely guarantee their progression into the next round and leave egypt with an uphill challenge of qualifying. the four teams who finish third in their groups can qualify to the next age, so it would be a massive, massive shock if egypt were to lose against guinea—bissau later this evening —— to the next stage. later this evening -- to the next staie, later this evening -- to the next stae. later this evening -- to the next staue. ., stage. isaac, en'oy it. isaac fanin who is in stage. isaac, enjoy it. isaac fanin who is in cameroon. _ thieves are leaving thousands of opened and damaged packages strewn across the railway tracks in east los angeles after looting goods trains passing through. products that are difficult to move or re—sell, or are too cheap, like covid—19 test kits, furniture and televisions, are just dumped on the tracks.

the thefts are affecting major us mail order and courier companies like amazon, ups and fedex. james reynolds reports. if you live in los angeles and your package hasn't been delivered, you might want to check the rail line in the east of the city. freight trains passing through this area have become an easy target for thieves, who leave evidence of their raids all over the tracks. as trains head into a busyjunction, they often slow down or stop, and looters are ready. theyjump on these trains, these locks that these containers have are really sometimes plastic seals, the locks aren't really sturdy or strong, you know. they don't care if the train is moving or not. theyjump on the train, pop the lock and just start grabbing whatever they see. all of this has accumulated over the last month alone.

looters aim for the most valuable items they can find, ripping through packages and avoiding cheaper bulk cargo items like toilet roll. towards the end of last year, more than 90 containers were vandalised every day. thefts peaked around christmas. according to the rail operator union pacific, over the last year looting along the train line in los angeles county has risen by 160%, costing millions of dollars. the thefts have hit major companies, including amazon, ups and fedex. the rail operator says it has now increased security along the line. large crowds of hindu worshippers have gathered on the banks of india's ganges river for a holy bath in spite of a 30—fold increase in coronavirus cases in the past one month. similar festivals are taking place across the country. doctors in west bengal applied

to stop its festival this year, worrying it would become a super spreader event. india reported over 260,000 new coronavirus cases on friday. aru na iyengar reports. varanasi in the northern state of uttar pradesh. thousands of pilgrims throng the ganges river banks to take part in the magh mela festival. they believe bathing in the sacred waters will wash away their sins. translation: nobody - is following the guidelines. announcements are being made to urge people to wear masks. what can the government do? the mistake is on our part that we should be following the rules, but nobody is following the rules, nobody is ready to listen to the rules. at the gangasagar festival in west bengal, officials try to enforce covid restrictions. pilgrims have to show their vaccine certificates along with an rt—pcr test report ta ken two

days before arrival. but most here believe god will save them from covid. three million people are expected here. doctors asked the state high court to stop the festival, fearing it would become a super spreader event, but that was rejected. they are worried because last april there was a record rise in coronavirus cases after the government of uttarakhand state in the north allowed the massive kumbh mela festival to go ahead. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, says the festivals show india's vibrant cultural diversity. meanwhile, coronavirus cases are predicted to peak next week in new delhi and mumbai as the country battles with the highest number of cases since may last year. aruna iyengar, bbc news. scientists at the university of hull in northern england have developed a new way of cooling down computers and reducing their impact on the planet. the system can be used in computer data centres that generate huge amounts of heat from internet activity.

the new technology is saving money and co2, as our environment correspondent paul murphy reports. in a laboratory on the outskirts of hull, a high—tech system that has taken 15 years to develop. essentially, it is a way of cooling computers down without the expense and carbon emissions associated with conventional air conditioning. it's driven by water evaporation, not by a refrigerant. it's the stability of the nature. if it evaporates the water, you have loads of energy being taken away by changing the water from liquid to the moisture in the air. data centres are places few of us will ever visit, but they are the backbone of our internet use — processing everything from simple e—mail to online shopping. and all of this generates heat. hull city council has its own data centre, and by using this new technology, the authority's been able to save thousands off its cooling bills

and reduce emissions. everything we have nowadays, we just store electronically, so it's a growing carbon impact for the council, but also globally as well. it's a big global challenge, so the opportunity to work with the university is really important, to actually take advantage of the innovation at the university and the research that's done there. and this new cooling technology is generating interest from outside the world of computers. what is very exciting is it's not only for data centres, it can be used for other areas of cooling, including agriculture and including other industrial process cooling, and also office cooling. this is still a pilot project, but the technology is ground—breaking and is already attracting attention from around the world. paul murphy, bbc look north, at the university of hull's aura innovation centre. wildlife experts in scotland

are hopeful that progress is being made in efforts to save the native red squirrel from extinction. grey squirrels have been better able to adapt to changing habitats over the years and they carry a virus that's fatal for red squirrels. alexandra mackenzie has that story. the native red squirrel. not a common sight in the uk, but now limited to areas like here in barhill wood in dumfries & galloway. how many red squirrels would you have in this wood? in november last year we had over 30, which is an exceptional amount. you know, there's not many places in scotland where you'd find that level. so what makes this the ideal habitat for the red squirrel? principally it's the age of the trees. that they are now producing cones regularly and that enables food to be available at different times of the year. the larch produces cones in the summertime, the scots pine in the winter, so it gives the squirrels a good wide feeding pattern.

but of course, they are in competition with the grey squirrels. wherever you get the grey squirrels, the reds are going to disappear, unfortunately. the scottish wildlife trust said having a predator, the pine marten, helps to control the grey squirrel population. but that is not enough. grey squirrel control is going to be necessary for a long time yet. so that will be the key thing that needs to keep continuing in a targeted and landscape—scale approach. you know, which is tricky and hard work but what is needed if we want to keep our red squirrels. the battle for survival with the more feisty grey squirrel is likely to continue for some time. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, kirkcudbright. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. while some of you saw the sunshine today, there was a lot more cloud

around across the country, and that will have a consequence for tonight in that it will not be anywhere near as cold, so not as much frost around, and certainly less in the way of fog, too, and it's all because of what's happening out to the north—west of us. an area of high pressure is clearing away, allowing these weather fronts to approach in. this one bringing some showers across the south, this one bringing some wet and windy weatherfor a time in scotland, especially. now, we go into the night with most starting dry, but those showers develop across the southern areas, and then outbreaks of rain pushing southwards across scotland, northern ireland. could see strong to gale force winds for a time in the north, and overall a breezier night here. that will keep the frost at bay for many. temperatures by and large above freezing. as you can see, very little blue on the map, but there could be the odd pocket of frost, and also fog to take us into the start of sunday. so, this is the setup for sunday. got high pressure trying to build in again from the west, but for the time being, this weakening weather front to be working its way southwards, bringing the bulk of the morning rain across northern england and north wales, after it's quickly cleared away from scotland and northern ireland, leaving a dry, sunny day for many,

but blustery, with a few showers in the far north. that cloud and patchier rain pushes through wales and the midlands during the middle part of the day, and then into the far south later on, by which time very little rain on it. winds still light across many southern areas on sunday. a blustery day across the north, but the winds aren't coming off the atlantic, so, if anything, it will be a milder day on sunday compared with saturday. temperatures a degree or two above where it would normally be at this stage injanuary. but as we go into sunday night, you can see clear skies across much of the country, lighter winds the further south you are. that will lead to some fog patches, and the blue appears back on our temperature chart, an indication of more widespread frost to take us into the monday morning commute. there will be temperatures in the towns and cities just above freezing, but well below it in the countryside, and that's because we've got high pressure in place. it's towards the south—west of the uk, and with winds lightest here, wales, south—west england, could be some lingering fog patches through the morning. elsewhere, most places will have a dry day. lots of sunshine around on monday, cloudy as conditions in the far north of scotland, isolated shower or two. most, though, will be dry. temperatures not far off the seasonal average at this stage in the year.

as for next week, well, after that sunny start to the week, there is the chance of some more cloud and some breezy conditions with outbreaks of rain in scotland, northern ireland, on tuesday and wednesday. that clears away, temperatures drop a little bit, but overall we go back to where we are now — many places dry by day, some frost, fog forming by night. bye for now.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister is told to "lead or step aside" — as details of lockdown parties continue to emerge. the leader of the opposition says it's now in the national interest for borisjohnson to go. we're witnessing every day the broken spectacle of a prime minister mired in deceit and deception, and unable to lead. novak djokovic spends the night in an immigration detention hotel in melbourne, ahead of a court hearing to decide whether he'll be deported from australia. lawyers for virginia giuffre want two people in the uk to give evidence in her civil case against prince andrew. the duke's legal team argue

ms giuffre "may suffer from false memories".