robin petherbridge was watching that and had this response. "you first showed a graph of uk borrowing measured in percent, well, bbc news said they would give us a response to those questions and we'll bring you that next week. the statement was, of course, long—awaited, and there had been plenty of previewing and speculation about what it might contain in the media over the past few weeks. as pa rt of the build—up, last weekend's sunday with laura kuenssberg included an interview with jeremy hunt. will government departments get extra money now this year to deal with the costs of inflation?

or are you going to, as everyone expects, tell them they've got to stick with what they were given in 2021? well, as you know, laura, and i think andrea knows, i'm going to announce the decisions on those things on thursday. well, again, without explaining to you now what i need to announce properly to the house of commons on thursday, i will be announcing what will happen from april on thursday. i'm not going to say now what that is. but, laura, you're being very artful in trying to get me to confirm elements of the package that i announce on thursday, as i would expect from you. but i'm not going to do that, i'm afraid. a viewer called jens, originally from germany, but now living in northamptonshire, contacted us about that interview and recorded his response for us. as per usual, laura kuenssberg interviewed the chancellor on her sunday morning programme before the big budget announcement on thursday. this seems to be the same pattern as andrew marr did before in his programme on a sunday, that it always had the chancellor of the exchequer on their programme

before any such announcement, which then gives the chancellor each time the cop—out to say, "oh, i can't give you any more details about the budget, you have to wait until the announcement on thursday." so my issue therefore is why are you not inviting the chancellor the sunday after such an announcement, where he then could give further detail, further explanation to the budget details? well, we asked the sunday with laura kuenssberg team for a response to that point, and they told us...

news desks went onto high alert on tuesday evening as reports came in of a development which looked potentially to be highly significant. tonight at 10, a russian missile, part of a big attack on ukraine is said to have killed two people on a farm in poland. it would be the first time for nato territory to be hit in the current conflict. but russia strongly denies any responsibility. given that article 5 of nato's constitution requires countries to come to the defense of a fellow nato member if attacked, the prospect was soon being discussed of a military response against russia. by the next day, though, it was widely accepted that the missiles had come by accident from ukrainian air defence. cue a collective sigh of relief, but some viewers had questions to ask about the bbc�*s reporting

of the incident. and here's keith tindall. do let us know your thoughts on anything we're featuring in this programme or any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. but now for some of your other comments this week. the mixture of politics and showbusiness can be awkward, even excruciating, but it also provides a spectacle that many find compelling. that's evident from the interest

in former health secretary matt hancock's appearance in the australian jungle as a contestant in itv�*s hit show i'm a celebrity get me out of here, which featured on bbc one news bulletins last saturday. what i'm really looking for is a bit of forgiveness. that's what i'm really looking for. hey. - oh, my god. i nearly cried then. well, political correspondent jonathan blake joins us. how did matt hancock defend himself, jonathan? he said it was a mistake to have broken the guidance that he had set, but it had happened, he said, because he had fallen in love with someone. that wasn't what pam park wanted from bbc news. and sue reynolds echoed that.

another conservative mp in the spotlight this week was deputy prime minister dominic raab, who asked for an investigation to be held into his behaviour after two formal complaints were made against him. the day before that, bbc political editor chris mason interviewed the prime minister at the g20 summit in bali and asked him about the allegations against mr raab. were there any concerns, even informal ones, raised with you about the conduct of dominic raab before you appointed him as your deputy? i've been very clear — i don't recognise the characterisation of dominic's behaviour, and i also was not and am not aware of any formal complaints. i asked if there were any informal? no. there's a formal complaints process and that's the important thing that people should avail themselves of that. let me be clear, are you saying there was nobody or no document made any informal reference to his conduct is separate

any informal reference to his conduct, separate from a formal complaint? but i think it is important that we have a we do have a formal complaints process. has anyone raised anything informally? i said, i don't recognise the characterisation of dominic's behaviour personally. john dean objected. and peter staker made a different point. but others admired chris mason's interview. for instance, adrian lake, who told him on twitter, david hicks agreed. the un climate summit, cop27,

has been continuing this week in egypt, and we reported last week on some viewers�* concerns that the bbc�*s reporting of the summit was alarmist and could increase anxiety among the audience. anne wash disagreed with that writing. we also mentioned in last week's programmejustin rowlatt's practice of wearing jeans on air and asked for your thoughts on that. we've had a big response with colin wildman joining but vikki slade came to his defence.

ian shemilt agreed, adding... it's safe to say no jeans were worn by anyone involved in the bbc�*s first—ever news bulletin, which was broadcast 100 years ago this monday. the british broadcasting company, as it was then, was made up of a number of stations operated by different companies, including london 2l0, run by marconi. the 6pm bulletin on the 14th of november, 1922, was read by arthur burrows, who soon took on the additional roles of director of programmes and children's presenter. although no recording exists, we know that first news programme contained a report from the old bailey, a speech from the prime minister, details of the fog in london and the latest billiard scores. and although newswatch

wasn't on the air then, audience feedback was requested. burrows read the bulletin twice, once fast and once slowly, and listeners were asked to write in with their preference. do let us know your preferences on the current speed of news reading or anything else. you can email us. or you can find us on twitter. and do you have a look at our website. that's all from us. we'll be back next week talking to clive myrie and to hear more of your thoughts about bbc news coverage. hello. friday has brought us some major disruption across parts of eastern areas of scotland on account of severe flooding problems. this was one of our weather watcher photos coming in from angus, which had been one of the worst hit areas along with aberdeenshire, perth and kinross as well.

now, we've seen 140 millimetres of rain in places over the last 48 hours, and that rain has been causing big problems with flooding. we've seen around seven severe flood warnings being issued by the scottish environment protection agency. that's where flooding is expected and brings with it a significant threat to life. now, the rain continues to fall. the met office amber weather warning stays in force up until 9:00. after that, it will lapse. the rain will turn a little bit lighter and patchier. but that said, all of this rain still has to come down the river catchments, so flooding is likely to get worse for some communities before things start to improve. scotrail are reporting major disruption on services in the east. we've seen several a—roads completely closed due to flooding as well. so check before you travel if you have plans. but probably a better idea is postpone journeys across eastern scotland if you can. now, overnight, the rain turns lighter and patchier. across scotland, there'll be a bit of light rain or drizzle coming into eastern coastal counties of england.

in the west, clear skies, it turns cold. there'll be some patches of frost developing across western areas. so temperatures taking a dive here. over the weekend, we do have more rain in the forecast, but what i would say is the heaviest rain will be falling across western areas. so it's unlikely to cause significant further problems. but that said, across these eastern areas, that rain still working down the catchments. so flooding will still be a concern here through saturday even as the weather improves. here through saturday even western scotland, wales, western parts of england into central southern england dry with some sunshine, a fine start in northern ireland. eventually, later in the afternoon, we'll start to see rain arriving here, and that next band of rain will sweep its way eastwards across the whole of the uk, clearing on sunday to a mixture of sunshine and showers. those showers widespread with a bit of hail and thunder mixed in. it'll turn quite windy once again. those temperatures dropping, actually a bit below average across northern areas of the uk. and it will be cold enough to see a little bit of snow up over the tops of the scottish mountains. you might notice that looking out of your windows if you live near the mountains. stays unsettled next week. more rain around at times,

perhaps with the risk of some localised flooding, perhaps across southern parts. that's the latest.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. un climate talks are extended by another day, with leaders at deadlock over compensation for poorer countries being ravaged by climate change. the us department ofjustice has announced it will appoint an independent lawyer to decide if criminal charges should be filed against donald trump. twitter reportedly asks engineers who write software to report to its offices by 2.00pm local — the company has been gutted by lay—offs since elon musk took over. qatar bans the sale of alcohol from its eight world cup stadiums, in a last—minute u—turn two days from kick—off.