this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. officials in china annouce an acceleration of the country's vaccination programme, after widespread protests taking place against covid lockdowns. nato foreign ministers are meeting in romania to review their response to the war in ukraine. the uk government axes plans to force tech companies to take down harmful, but legal, material. but ministers insist the new online safety bill will protect children. a leading expert on nutrition warns that the uk's cost of living crisis risks parents being unable to afford to pay for school dinners. in football, england and wales will go head to head in qatar later with both

teams fighting for a place in the last 16 of the world cup. we'll be live in doha as fans prepare for the game. and the world's largest active volcano, hawaii's mauna loa, has erupted for the first time in almost a0 years. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. china has announced it will step up its efforts to vaccinate people against covid—19 — with a focus on the elderly. the national health commission says it will also shorten the time gap between basic vaccination and booster shots to three months. covid—19. over the weekend, there have been protests in major cities

against china's zero—covid policy, with some demonstrators calling for president xi jinping to step down. speaking in the last hour, a senior chinese official acknowledged that some people have been unhappy with the lockdowns — and that lockdown measures in some places are being investigated. let's have a listen. translation: some netizens - and the general public say the major problem is the oversimplification of the prevention and control measures and arbitrary imposition of restrictions, and a one size fits all approach. some localities have arbitrarily extended the localities and people to be put on lockdown, and some regions, without approval, randomly put the entire locality on stack. at present, localities have established an ad hoc working committee to deal with the wrongful practice of arbitrary imposition of restrictions.

howard zhang is editor of the bbc�*s chinese service. he said the announcement of a new vaccine initiative in china was a �*small olive branch to protesters�*. on one side, as we can see, they started to arrest people, flooding major streets and cities with police presence. at the same time, they offer a tiny little olive branch to some of the public. so, in a way, this is what i call one hand hard, one hand soft. it is to make sure that the protests do not happen again, at least not in the near future. ., , ., ., ., future. how big of an olive branch will this be _ future. how big of an olive branch will this be seen _ future. how big of an olive branch will this be seen as, _ future. how big of an olive branch will this be seen as, howard? - future. how big of an olive branch will this be seen as, howard? do| future. how big of an olive branch i will this be seen as, howard? do you think it is going to put an end to protests? 50 think it is going to put an end to rotests? ., ., ., u, protests? so far, from what we can see, protests? so far, from what we can see. since — protests? so far, from what we can see, since monday _ protests? so far, from what we can see, since monday the _ protests? so far, from what we can see, since monday the large-scalel see, since monday the large—scale protests have been snuffed out,

because barriers erected on major streets and police by the thousands, lots of places very heavy, some of them doing strip searches, searching people's phones. and we do have records of people starting to be arrested and are being identified through video images, and who protest it. all of these are going on, very harsh, but behind the scenes crackdowns going on. we are auoin to scenes crackdowns going on. we are going to talk — scenes crackdowns going on. we are going to talk now— scenes crackdowns going on. we are going to talk now about _ scenes crackdowns going on. we are going to talk now about rishi - scenes crackdowns going on. we arej going to talk now about rishi sunak, who has been criticising the chinese authorities for what he called their authoritarian response to the protests. this was rishi sunak�*s first major speech on foreign policy last night. let's listen to something of what he had to say. indie something of what he had to say. we recognise china poses a systemic challenge — recognise china poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests. a challenge that grows more _ interests. a challenge that grows more acute as it moves towards even greater— more acute as it moves towards even greater authoritarianism. instead of listening _

greater authoritarianism. instead of listening to their peoples protests, the chinese government has chosen to crackdown _ the chinese government has chosen to crackdown further, including by assaulting a bbcjournalist. the media _ assaulting a bbcjournalist. the media and our parliamentarians must be able _ media and our parliamentarians must be able to— media and our parliamentarians must be able to highlight these issues wiihout— be able to highlight these issues without sanction, including calling out abuses in xian zhang and the curtailment of freedom in hong kong. and of— curtailment of freedom in hong kong. and of course we cannot simply ignore — and of course we cannot simply ignore chinese significance in world affairs _ ignore chinese significance in world affairs two — ignore chinese significance in world affairs. two global economic stability. _ affairs. two global economic stability, or issues like climate change — stability, or issues like climate change. the us, canada, australia, japan _ change. the us, canada, australia, japan and _ change. the us, canada, australia, japan and many others understand this too _ japan and many others understand this too. ., ., this too. so, howard, the prime minister talking _ this too. so, howard, the prime minister talking about _ this too. so, howard, the prime minister talking about the - this too. so, howard, the primel minister talking about the golden era of uk and china relations being over. talking for the need for robust pragmatism. i guess there could be different interpretations of exactly what that means. what you think the chinese government will make that? the think the chinese government will make that? , .,

make that? the chinese government will normally — make that? the chinese government will normally take _ make that? the chinese government will normally take a _ make that? the chinese government will normally take a two _ make that? the chinese government will normally take a two or— make that? the chinese government will normally take a two or three - will normally take a two or three step approach. they will say they hear what you have to say, and then watch what you do, and then they will make a calculation and determination what the uk and china relationship will be on. from past interviews and readings of chinese official documents, you can see they still see, primarily, their main rival is the us. and they do have what many describe as a fortress mentality now. thinking they can pull back to china itself, and rely on what they called the internal circulation to fend off what they see as a salt from the liberal world order, and hopefully they can outlast the liberal world order. in that case, the uk for them is more of a middle kind of player, and not as important as the us. but they will want to win over the uk, if possible. if not, they will try to deal with the uk, and we have seen examples of how canada and australia have been dealt with by beijing already. so the uk is more in that

camp, in that sense. nato foreign ministers are meeting in romania to review their response to the war in ukraine. the focus will be on ramping up the supply of weapons and also non—lethal aid, such as fuel and winter equipment, as russia continues to target ukraine's infrastructure and power grid. the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg has been speaking ahead of the meeting. president putin is failing in his brutal war of aggression. he is responding with more brutality. we see wave after wave of deliberate missile attacks on cities and civilian infrastructure, striking homes, hospitals and power grids. this is terrible for ukraine. but these are also tough times for us in the rest of europe

and many other countries around the world, who face a painful cost of living crisis. indeed, we are all paying a price for russia's war against ukraine. but the price we pay is in money while the price the ukrainians pay is in blood. our correspondent jessica parker is in kyiv. think there is always an effort by iranian officials, politicians, to keep what is happening in ukraine high on the agenda, whether it's on a bilateral basis with the united kingdom or whether it is with nato as well. and ukraine's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, will be at that nato meeting today. and it was interesting, we heard from him yesterday, in terms of what he says ukraine needs right now. one of the pleas is a pretty familiar one. air defence systems. we have been talking about this for a long time. ukraine wanting more and more

help to try and protect its skies against these missile attacks. but he also referred to the strain on ukraine's energy grid as well, following those missile attacks. the most recent one, of course, last week, on wednesday. lots of expectation that he could see another one this week. that is what president zelensky has said. these are the images we are getting from bucharest, where the nato meeting will be getting under way very shortly. we are expecting some opening remarks from the secretary general, jens stoltenberg. ukraine, of course, dominating the agenda for the meeting. controversial measures which would have forced technology platforms to remove legal but harmful material, have been axed from the online safety bill. critics of the measures claimed they posed a risk to free speech. the bill — which aims to better police the internet —

is intended to become law in the uk next summer. our correspondent, angus crawford has the details. the online safety bill does complete... a bill tabled. we will be proceeding with the online safety... delayed. well, can i thank my honourable... and amended~ _ it's taken years, but will be back before parliament next week. it was the case of molly russell, perhaps more than any other, that influenced the bill. speaking last week, ian russell said it's been hard waiting and the subjects that surround it have led me to not believe

in anyone's words, but instead judge them by their actions. i think the online safety bill is something i care deeply about because, without a change that regulates the companies to operate their platforms more safely, these tragedies will continue to happen. it's too late for me. the culture secretary now seems to have broken the parliamentary gridlock with a series of amendments. so what's in, and what's out? better age verification for children.

ground—breaking but complex — a law that won't satisfy everyone, regulating itself. angus crawford, bbc news. millions of football fans are expected to tune in to watch the england vs wales world cup match later today. thousands of fans have made the trip to qatar for what's being called the "battle of britain". let's talk to john watson who's in doha for us. the derby in thejunes is a term that i heard you using as well, it's all getting very is. all getting very creative? it is, derb in all getting very creative? it is, derby in the — all getting very creative? it is, derby in the dunes, _ all getting very creative? it is, derby in the dunes, you - all getting very creative? it is, derby in the dunes, you namej all getting very creative? it is, i derby in the dunes, you name it, all getting very creative? it is, - derby in the dunes, you name it, it sets the scene, as far as this huge match goes between england and wales at the world cup. it's very rare

that we see these two nations compete against each other. least of all in a world cup, the first time they will have played each other. to think we go into the final group game with so much still at stake and both of them can still potentially qualify for the knockout stages. all england have to do to qualify as a void this 4—0 defeat to wales later. they would then progress. wales have to win, they have to beat england later and hope the united states and iran draw, and that would ensure that they progress through to the knockout stages in their first world cup since 1938. you can probably see lots of fans gathering here ahead of the kick off later. this is the main marketplace, where all of the fans from around the world at this world cup are gathering. let's get a sense of how some of those are feeling. these are the thoughts of some england and wales fans this morning. we are the underdogs. in this evening's game. maybe that is better for the players. - you know, they have the opportunity to go out, they will have a redwall, i 100% backing behind them.

as you said in the report, i we were a little bit wounded afterthe iran game, especially how late. those goals were. but we've got - everything to play for. you know, we only have our own destiny in our own hands. - it would be a freak result if we lost 5—1. if you look at the turn performances over the sides of the tournament so far, wales have been really poor for a game and a half, england destroyed the iranians. they struggled against the americans on friday. you can't really see the welsh causing them too much trouble tonight. the england players are not going to be worried about a large crowd. you are looking at top international players that play in front of hostile crowds every week. they will handle the situation and be ok. wales are reliant on a potential draw between iran and the united states, if they are to progress, they can get that win. we can speak to an iranian fan now.

dorreh khatibi, great to speak to you. a hugely emotional match in many ways, but let's not forget some of the pictures we have seen playing out in iran at the moment, protests on the streets here. how will the match being viewed at the moment iranian supporters? being viewed at the moment iranian su orters? , being viewed at the moment iranian summers?— supporters? many iranians, around the world, supporters? many iranians, around the world. not _ supporters? many iranians, around the world, notjust _ supporters? many iranians, around the world, notjust in _ supporters? many iranians, around the world, notjust in iran, - supporters? many iranians, around the world, notjust in iran, want. the world, notjust in iran, want the world, notjust in iran, want the world, notjust in iran, want the world to know that there are more important things happening in iran other than football. so, they don't want the media, they don't want the public to get distracted by the world cup, and they want all the spotlight on the islamic republic of iran, the government, who are brutally killing and arresting protesters. the iran national team are being used as pawns, like in a

game of chess. they are puppets of the islamic republic of iran. so, we should not be looking at this match is just a football match, it is far more than a football match. it is as if the islamic republic of iran are taking a group of hostages, our national team, and putting a gun to their head, as you have seen the reports have been out that the families have been threatened, and they want them to play. and they sort of normalised to the situation. this is what the iranian fans want the world to know, that this is not the world to know, that this is not the national team any more, and this is not a normalfootball the national team any more, and this is not a normal football match. there is a lot of pressure on the footballers, and a lot going on in iran. when you see the women dancing outside the stadium in qatar, this is not what you normally happens in

iran or the other matches, the government would not allow the women to dance and to sing like that in iran. so, this is all false. it is a false image of iran that they want to show to the world, and this is what people are scared of. people are also scared, the talk about football, it would distract the public and media from what is happening in iran. it is really important to keep the spotlight on the people who are bravely fighting for the basic rights, women fighting for the basic rights, women fighting for basic rights in iran. many thanks for your thoughts ahead of that game. we did see some of the iranian players choose not to sing the national anthem ahead of their opening match with england at this

world cup, in support of some of those protests and protesters back home in iran. they themselves stand a good chance of qualifying at this world cup, after that victory over wales last time out. as we know, if wales last time out. as we know, if wales are to stand any chance of progressing, then they need to beat england and hope that iran draw with the united states in their match, and as we know, the history between both of those nations will be certainly a fairly politically charged affair, won't it, whenever iran take on the united states. lots of fans gathering here today ahead of fans gathering here today ahead of those matches. this is one of the main meeting places for those fans. as the ecuadorian fans and senegalese fans ahead of their match to come later. we will see the netherlands hoping to book their place in the last 16 when they take on qatar. as far as the domestic audience is concerned, all eyes will be on that huge game to come, wales against england, the first time they have met at a world cup when they play with so much still at stake,

later on. thank you very much. a leading expert on nutrition has warned that the cost of living crisis risks turning into a public health crisis for children.professor susanjebb said it was now crucial that parents were confident school lunches were healthy and worth the money. our education editor, branwenjeffreys has more. a hot meal on a winter's day. just once a week, pizza and chips are on the menu, so almost everyone has school lunch. there's a variety of different items which we can choose from. it's very tasty and delicious. don't forget to take some salad! well done. at the salad bar, the head teacher is coaxing pupils, trying to get them to try healthy options, too. i had a bit of, like, potato salad, but i didn't have, like, the actual green salad. did you have any salad today? er... no. why not? because i like having the pizza without the salad.

what would you say to the other people who haven't tried anything from the salad? i would say, like, try the salad because it has good... it's healthy for your body. to put a meal on a plate is costing the school more than last year. the cost to schools of providing lunches is going up because of food prices. but at the moment, they simply can't pass that on to parents because it would lead to too many opting out of a hot, nutritious meal of the day. cake or fruit? already, some families can afford fewer school meals each week. if children go onto packed lunches because parents are struggling to afford school dinners, the packed lunches aren't always of the quality and standard that we would want them to be. what we often see is leftover burgers or cold food coming from restaurants that are in the lunch boxes the next day, which is not always balanced with the things that we would like to see, such as yogurts

and cheese and fruit. the quality of school food has never been more important. now there's a new scheme trying out checks on standards. in 18 areas, councils are working with the food standards agency. speaking exclusively to the bbc, a warning of why this matters. i am worried that the cost—of—living crisis risks turning into a public health crisis, as well. and there's an opportunity, i think, for — in schools — for us to at least try to protect children from the worst of that by ensuring that the food they have in schools is healthy and nutritious. morning. at the school, food just past sell—by dates arrives. yeah, there's cucumber, courgettes, ginger. at pick—up, parents can help themselves — donating whatever they can manage in return. there are families still who can't

even maybe even afford those couple of pounds. and then if they have a word with me or let someone in the school know, i do have separate packs for them which they can just pick up, you know, discreetly, and no—one will know about it. i've had more families this year than ever where i've had to let them know where the local food bank is. it's nice? mm—hm! eight—year—old alishah's dad is self—employed. they try to eat well at home, but the family tell me they can only afford a couple of school dinners a week. they're not heating upstairs, to help with rising bills. everything is up. every single item — even cooking oils, vegetables, fruit, anything you can buy. not having the same prices. every single day, prices changing. so that's why it's very hard to survive in a home. working hard to feed bradford's children — this school knows many parents are struggling, with those in work

but not earning much facing a hard winter. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, bradford. we will tell you a few moments ago that there is a nato meeting taking place in bucharest. ukraine is clearly top of the agenda. in the last couple of minutes, the of nato, jens stoltenberg, has been making introductory remarks. let's listen to what he had to say.— introductory remarks. let's listen to what he had to say. romania is committed _ to what he had to say. romania is committed and _ to what he had to say. romania is committed and a _ to what he had to say. romania is committed and a highly _ to what he had to say. romania is committed and a highly valued . to what he had to say. romania is l committed and a highly valued nato ally. when war is raging in ukraine, ally. when war is raging in ukraine, a neighbour to romania, the foreign minister meeting will be a very timely and important meeting. what we have seen sense president putin's brutal invasion of ukraine is that

president written is failing in ukraine. —— president putin. he is responding with more brutality, tach and gas infrastructure, power lines, and gas infrastructure, power lines, and trying to deprive the ukrainians of water, electricity, light and heating. therefore, we need to support ukraine, because what we see is that president putin is trying to use winter as a weapon of war. rich is inflicting a lot of suffering on the ukrainian people. nato allies are providing unprecedented supporters ukraine, they will continue to provide unprecedented support ukraine, including by helping them to rebuild their gas and power infrastructure. of course, also, continue to deliver air defence systems. we will meet with

the foreign minister of ukraine tonight. we will also meet tomorrow with the foreign ministers of our close partners, georgia, moldova and bosnia—herzegovina, expressing our support to them. and then we will also address our recipients, our critical infrastructure, and the challenges that china is posing to our security, our values, and to our economy. so, this will be a very substantive foreign ministerial meeting. once again, many thanks to romania for hosting all of us here. in this magnificent place. secretary general, in this magnificent place. secretary general. you _ in this magnificent place. secretary general, you mention _ in this magnificent place. secretary general, you mention the - in this magnificent place. secretary general, you mention the fact - in this magnificent place. secretary general, you mention the fact that| general, you mention the fact that putin_ general, you mention the fact that putin is_ general, you mention the fact that putin is using winter as a weapon of war, putin is using winter as a weapon of war. but_ putin is using winter as a weapon of war, but aren't nato and g7 allies

moving _ war, but aren't nato and g7 allies moving too— war, but aren't nato and g7 allies moving too slowly and into smaller scale _ moving too slowly and into smaller scale to _ moving too slowly and into smaller scale to help ukraine rebuild and mend _ scale to help ukraine rebuild and mend its— scale to help ukraine rebuild and mend its energy infrastructure that has been _ mend its energy infrastructure that has been damaged by the russian strikes? _ has been damaged by the russian strikes? ., ., ., , ., ., ., strikes? nato allies and nato has delivered critical— strikes? nato allies and nato has delivered critical supplies - strikes? nato allies and nato has delivered critical supplies to - delivered critical supplies to ukraine, to help them mitigate the consequences of the brutal attacks against critical infrastructure, including power infrastructure. we have delivered generators, we have delivered spare parts and allies are, in different ways, helping to rebuild the destroyed infrastructure. we need to realise that there are enormous effects of the attacks. the ukrainians are able to shoot down many of the incoming missiles and drones, but not all of them. therefore, these attacks have caused significant damage. i think we have all seen the pictures, taken

from satellites, where you see europe in light and ukraine are dark. that reflects the enormous consequences. so it is a huge task to rebuild all of this. one of the important reasons why this meeting todayis important reasons why this meeting today is important and timely is that this provides us with a platform to mobilise further support, to step up even more, and also for the foreign minister to meet his colleagues in nato, and then to address the urgent needs. and i'm confident that he will raise the need for stepping up further, when it comes to rebuilding the power infrastructure. the secretary general of nato, _ power infrastructure. the secretary general of nato, jens _ power infrastructure. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, | general of nato, jens stoltenberg, speaking in bucharest in the last few minutes. let me bring you some news coming to us. this is in relation to the treatment of a bbcjournalist, ed lawrence, in shanghai, when he was reporting on

the anti covid protests there. the uk has summoned the chinese ambassador to the uk over the treatment of ed lawrence. this was referenced in a speech by the prime minister, the uk prime minister rishi sunak, in london, in his first foreign policy speech. he spoke about how china have cracked down further, including by assaulting a bbcjournalist. we are seeing more information coming in. this is from china's foreign ministry, responding to this, saying that the bbc was maliciously playing the victim. that was its response to ed lawrence being detained while he was going about hisjournalistic being detained while he was going about his journalistic duties in shanghai. he was assaulted and detained for several hours before being released. so, the uk has summoned china's ambassador to the uk in relation to this incident, we

are learning. a review of the records of a4 people who died under the care of a neurologist in belfast has found significant failures in treatment. dr michael watt came under scrutiny four years ago, when 2,500 of his patients were recalled because of concerns they may have been misdiagnosed. he is no longer working as a doctor. earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondent chris page. the name of dr michael watt has become well—known in northern ireland over the last few years for the wrong reasons. he worked at the belfast health trust until 2017. the year after that, 2500 of his patients were recalled after concerns were raised, the biggest ever patient recall to happen in this part of the uk. of those 2500 patients, one in five of them had to have their diagnosis changed. now, he was a consultant neurologist, he treated

to conditions like parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis. there have been a few investigations into his practice. an inquiry earlier this year, for example, found there had been significant failures, and also criticised the belfast trust for not picking up on the problems earlier. the latest review concerns patients who were under dr watt�*s care who died. so physicians from the royal college were directed by the health care regulator in northern ireland to take on a sample exercise, if you like. they examined the clinical records of a4 patients who died, they found that over those a4, well, the misdiagnosis rate was double that which it was in patients that were living. the fact that the misdiagnosis rate was higher, much higher in patients who died, has obviously raised a whole other set of concerns now, and as regards the families of those who died, well, a number of them are of course wanting further investigations.

the health care regulator has said that there may be a case to refer they examined the clinical records of a4 patients who died, they found that over those a4, well, the misdiagnosis rate was double that which it was in patients that were living. that has been lightened to a4 patient records that have been examined, and the number of patients who have been affected could well run into the hundreds or maybe the thousands. a sense of what the next steps might be. given that this doctor, this former doctor, came under scrutiny for years ago, what steps have already been taken to ensure that there can't be any similar failures in treatment? as i said, the main investigation has been a full inquiry, which reported earlier this year, did look notjust at the individual practice of dr watt, but also recommendations around the health service, the ability of other health care staff

to blow the whistle if they have any concerns about a doctor or practice. they have also been plenty of recommendations about how doctors in the wider health service in northern ireland should be communicating with patients and theirfamilies. again, that is a major theme of the review published today. as i say, there is a recommendation that some of the cases could be referred to a coroner, that the cause of death on death certificates, for example, could be in question. some of the families, not all, they want a criminal investigation into what happened. as things move forward, a lot will depend on individual cases, what individual families want. not all of them want the same process, the same outcome, but i think it is certainly the case that the very sad story of dr watt and his patients still has some course to run.

chris page, our ireland correspondent. let's get more now on the story that the uk government has axed part of its internet safety legislation which would have forced big technology firms to remove legal but harmful material from their platforms. critics have claimed the measure was a risk to free speech. ian russell's11i—year—old daughter molly took her own life in 2017, after viewing images of self—harm and suicide online. he said he was relieved that progress was being made but he felt the plans had been watered down. the evidence that was presented to molly's inquest by the platforms that showed what molly had engaged with when she was online, that contributed to her death, as the coroner concluded at the end of the inquest, the content that she saw and engaged with, i think the most harmful content to her was content that could be described as legal but harmful. i often say the post that comes to mind is a simple post

of a sad drawing of a girl, pencil—drawn girl looking sad, and next to it were the words, "who would love a suicidal girl?" that, in and on its own, isn't necessarily harmful. but when the platform's algorithms send hundreds, if not thousands, of those posts or posts like it to someone who, particularly if they're young and vulnerable, then that content has to be regulated against, the algorithms have to be looked into as well, and that's what the concern is. when you look at some of the safeguards that are being introduced, would that make any difference to your concerns? for example, the fact that there'll be huge fines if companies don't ban underage children? so that if the bans were effective, then they wouldn't be able to see those kind of images. yeah, there's lots of positives as well, and it's of course important to talk about those. the platforms have not taken seriously the advances in age verification and age assurance that tech now has. they've not paid enough attention to that. they've sort of turned a blind eye

to the age of people on their platforms. so that's a step forward. there's another thing that's a positive as well, is that there will be more transparency from the platforms, cos i think they'll be asked to publish their risk assessments into the risks that are available. and more images will become illegal, because they're going to bring self—harm content in line with communications that encourage suicide, they're going to make those illegal. yes, and that's another big step forward and a very important step forward. but i think, in simple terms, if you look at a stat that says a quarter of young people dying by suicide in the uk had suicide—related online experiences beforehand, and this isn'tjust social media, given those sort of stats, given that four school—age children die by suicide every week in the uk, so roughly it's something like nearly once a week

a young person will die, having seen harmful content online that may well have affected them. and that's a horrible stat. so what we need is the assurance from the secretary of state that this watering down of the bill by removing the harmful content is at least boosted in other measures to make it safe for notjust young people, but for all of us to be online. andrew radford is the chief executive at the eating disorder charity beat. your thoughts first of all on the government removing these measures from the online harms bill. it is terribl from the online harms bill. it 3 terribly disappointing, this was promised to be such a useful build—out would protect all these

people suffering from serious mental illnesses, and they have taken away one of the most important planks in it, and that is going to leave hundreds of thousands of people exposed to repetitive, harmful, damaging content. the exposed to repetitive, harmful, damaging content. exposed to repetitive, harmful, damauuin content. ., , damaging content. the government has been talking. — damaging content. the government has been talking. in — damaging content. the government has been talking, in response _ damaging content. the government has been talking, in response to _ damaging content. the government has been talking, in response to this, - been talking, in response to this, how children are protected. we know that ofcom says that one in three children basically fight their age to get around any issues which would stop them seeing adult content, and presumably it means you are dealing with children and young adults, perhaps older adults as well, but whether it is a child or an adult, if someone is suffering from a disorder and has a compulsion to seek out material that reinforces their mindset, will they find a way to get to that material? absolutely, and we know _ to get to that material? absolutely, and we know that _ to get to that material? absolutely, and we know that social— to get to that material? absolutely, and we know that social media - to get to that material? absolutely, and we know that social media are l and we know that social media are hopeless at preventing children from seeing adult content, and this isn't

going to help that at all. eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, they affect people of any age, and like other serious mental illnesses, your thought processes are not behaving in the way that the people who are drafting this bill perhaps think that they are or should be doing. you are very, very vulnerable. nothing happens the day you turn 80 to make you less vulnerable. anything that is harmful for a child to see in this domain, in this area, will be harmful for adults to see, and it will exacerbate disordered eating, it will turn them into disordered elwood eating disorders. iloathed will turn them into disordered elwood eating disorders. what about the extra layers _ elwood eating disorders. what about the extra layers of _ elwood eating disorders. what about the extra layers of filters _ elwood eating disorders. what about the extra layers of filters that - the extra layers of filters that government is talking about, so that adults, and they are talking about adults, and they are talking about adults here, you can select these filters to screen out certain

content? is that any use? we know that the people _ content? is that any use? we know that the people posting _ content? is that any use? we know that the people posting the - content? is that any use? we know| that the people posting the material find their way around filters. filters do not work well. one platform we have been talking to about making it easier for people to reject content, you end up looking at a list of 400 or 500 different topics that you can choose to see or not, and they are tucked away at number 280 or something. in the end, this attempt to move the responsibility onto the user is flawed, when you are allowing the social media platforms and people posting material, people advertising on there, to put harmful content on this space. the algorithms should be changed to stop driving harmful content towards vulnerable people. fight! driving harmful content towards vulnerable people.— driving harmful content towards vulnerable people. and what about this argument _ vulnerable people. and what about this argument that _ vulnerable people. and what about this argument that if _ vulnerable people. and what about this argument that if these - vulnerable people. and what about l this argument that if these measures were put in place, it would damage

free speech, it would stifle free speech, what is your response to that? that seems to have been a criticism from a number of conservative mps. it criticism from a number of conservative mps.- criticism from a number of conservative mps. , , conservative mps. it is... there is alwa s a conservative mps. it is... there is always a balance _ conservative mps. it is... there is always a balance between - conservative mps. it is... there is always a balance between the - conservative mps. it is... there is| always a balance between the free speech of one person and harm to another, and it feels like the previous versions of this bill got that right and the new version does not have that right. i have also heard people in government talking about legislating for hurt feelings, but they are not causing long—term damage to people's health and killing them. if they think that is the case, they should pop down and see the impact of it.— see the impact of it. thank you very much forjoining _ see the impact of it. thank you very much forjoining us _ see the impact of it. thank you very much forjoining us today, - see the impact of it. thank you very much forjoining us today, andrew. much forjoining us today, andrew radford, chief executive of the eating disorder charity beat. some of you have been sending me comments on this story today, i was asked you, why do you think the balance lies between free speech and

actually protecting people from content that is legal but is also potentially harmful? one person on twitter says, these sites shouldn't be existing in the first place, it is one thing to express your views but another when they cause distress to children or vulnerable people. liberal geeks says the online safety bill is so much more than just protecting children, but as you heard from our guest, he says that nothing happens the day that you turn 18 to make you less vulnerable to harmful material. and let mejust bring in one more, the media holding a debate on privacy, mind boggles! well, thank you very much for sending in all of your comments, you can continue to do that on any of the stories we are covering today. the uk government is to commit

£700 million towards building a new nuclear power station at sizewell in suffolk. it'll be built by the french power company edf using the same design at the one currently under construction at hinkley point in somerset. the government says its investment in sizewell means chinese money won't be needed. the business secretary, grant shapps, says the new station will help britain achieve energy independence. this means that we will be building sizewell c, it's going to power 6 million homes, it's going to provide 10,000 jobs, perhaps immediately on—site, 20,000 overall, and a lot of apprenticeships as well. so good news for britain's energy independence. it doesn't mean that, though, does it? what it means is £700 million for the development phase of sizewell c, the cost of which is believed to be around 30 billion — that money still has to be found. well, certainly, money will be raised to build it, it's a combination between taxpayers' money but also private investment,

and that is, as you rightly say, is the next stage. but it's a sign of, if you like, the confidence that the british government has in nuclear as part of our energy mix, and the very important point which has been driven home so clearly by putin's illegal invasion of ukraine, and all that has done to energy prices, that we must have a mix of energy in this country — renewable, wind power, offshore, solar, and nuclear. earlier, i spoke to professor michael fitzpatrick, pro vice—chancellor of coventry university, a supporter of the new power station, and also alison downes from the campaign group stop sizewell c. i started by asking michael fitzpatrick how likely it was it would be built on time and on budget. you have to look at a nuclear power plant of this scale as a very impressive civil and mechanical engineering project,

and as we did not invest in nuclear for many decades, what we are having to do is to re—establish the supply chain, re—establish the expertise in the building of the plant. so i think it is not unusual that the first of its kind in the uk takes longer and costs more, but we have already seen at hinkley point c that the second unit that is being built, that there are efficiencies from what was learnt building the first unit, and that will then play out. so i think we can have some confidence that the figures are more likely to be as stated now than they were for hinkley point. alison downes, you will know the arguments about britain becoming more energy independent, grant shapps says that the start of this project is a huge step towards that. what are your key objections to sizewell c? well, let's be clear, this is a national issue, because the only way it will get that money that grant shapps so confidently says the money will be raised, is through bribing

private investors to put money in and get an immediate return... i am sure the government would not say it is bribing private investors, it will be trying to make the case that it will give them a good return for their money. unlike hinkley point c, where all of the cost and time overspend is being paid for by edf and cgn, its chinese partner, sizewell c, our energy bills will start to see a nuclear tax from the day construction starts, and we will be paying that tax throughout construction, for a decade or more before a single light bulb is lit, and that is on top of the taxpayers' investment going on. in response to the professor, edf has got experience at building this reactor before, it has four other disastrously late builds which were overspent, and one of the only operating once in china was offline for 12 months because of fuel failure. so this is a huge amount of money to invest in a reactor technology that hasn't really proven itself. what is your reaction to that, professor?

has there been enough evidence of this type of technology, of the particular design of this nuclear power plant to prove its efficacy? no, i don't think that is the case, because this is very much an evolution of the previous designs that have been operated, pressurised water reactors, and it is taking on board decades of experience of using these plants around the world. it is a very complex plant, and part of that complexity comes from inherent safety systems, that have got greater active components, where there is active intervention in the event of an issue, and also passive components, so that if there are power failures, that you do not get the sort of issues that you had at fukushima, with not being able to cool the reactor in the event of an outage. in response to the particular issue of the china plant, that was because of an issue with the fuel pins and the cladding of the fuel, and that is not specific to the reactor design, that could happen in

any pwr reactor type. so i think, you know, the plants are now starting to come online and operate, there have been issues in the supply chain, i think that is entirely right, there have been issues in relearning the experience, but part of it is to say, because we have had this hiatus in the build for nuclear, we are now far more reliant on gas, which has become very expensive, and if we had taken the decision to build this 20 years ago, we would now have operating plant and more secure energy supply. given we have got the design and we can get it into operation, it is now the right time to be doing this. alison, let me bring you back in, isn't there a case for taking the longer view and thinking, yes, the government is looking at more onshore wind farms, the prime minister has difficulties with that at the moment, but there needs to be another

option, and that you have to take a longer term view? i hear what you are saying about the bills and extra taxes that may go onto bills, but surely the long term view of british energy security and energy independence has to be taken into account? what to make of that argument? we don't consider sizewell c to help uk energy independence, it is based on a french reactor, and we do not think we understand all the issues around the chinese plant. it looks like they may have to go to overseas investors, which means the money from hard—pressed households will go straight out of the country, and we are talking about a technology that is reliant on overseas uranium fuel. so there is a big question mark about that, and because of the exceptionally long delivery time of a gigawatt project like this, we will see our energy landscape transformed in the meantime, and the irony is that... what would the alternative be,

alison? we have seen increasing numbers of energy models that show that very high levels of renewables, with just a small amount of nuclear that the life extension of sizewell b are the least cost option. we will see great advances in storage as well, and the government admits its own model has failures how that will roll out. our sense is that sizewell c is not only not needed, but we could be spending £30 billion on a project that, by the time it built, isn't going to contribute anything. the world's largest active volcano, hawaii's mauna loa, has erupted for the first time in almost 40 years. residents have been placed on alert and warned about the risk of falling ash, but so far no evacuation orders have been put in place. our reporter wendy

urquhart has the latest. in the dark of night, the orange glow of lava is visible on the slopes of mauna loa, which sprawls across more than half of hawaii's big island and towers some 4,000 metres above sea level. for years, the volcano has been fast asleep, but on sunday morning, the united states geological survey — or usgs — recorded the first rumblings in nearly four decades. at first, it was thought the eruption would be contained in the caldera, or summit crater, but now red—hot lava is spewing over the top, and smoke, ash and debris is drifting down the mountainside. so far, it's sliding into an area that's uninhabited and is not considered to be life—threatening. the problem is, it can change direction and speed very suddenly, so emergency services have been put on high alert, and locals have been advised to be ready to move at a moment's notice.

there is the potential for lava—flow hazards if the eruption continues, and lava flows can make it that far down the slopes of the volcano. and then there's the hazard of volcanic gases to make what they call vog — this volcanic fog that can be bad for your respiratory tract because it's got droplets of acid in it. when mauna loa erupted in 1984, the lava came within 8km of the city of hilo, but it's impossible to predict where it will go this time. wendy urquhart, bbc news. five police officers in the us state of connecticut have been charged with reckless endangerment after a black man they arrested was left partially paralysed. randy cox was being driven to a police station back injune, when the driver braked hard, causing him to be flung headfirst against the police van wall. footage from the officers' body cameras showed mr cox pleading for help.

when the van arrived at the police station, he was dragged by his feet and placed in a holding cell, before being taken to a hospital. a teenager who carried out a racist massacre in the united states six months ago has pleaded guilty to murder and terrorism charges. payton gendron shot dead ten people at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. his plea means he will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. crypto firm blockfi is the latest business to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which postpones a us company's obligations to its creditors, giving it time to reorganise its debts or sell parts of the business. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury explained how the business reached this stage. blockfi made its name offering loans backed by cryptocurrencies to ordinary investors. over the summer, it ran into financial trouble and was rescued at the time by ftx. but the implosion of crypto exchange ftx and its sister trading company earlier this month set off

a chain reaction, and now blockfi's ties to the troubled exchange have turned it into the crypto world's latest casualty. a few weeks ago, blockfi halted customer withdrawals, citing significant exposure to ftx. and in its bankruptcy filing, the lender also revealed that ftx was its second largest creditor, presumably as a result of that bailout deal. it owes ftx $275 million. now, in the days since crypto's big whale, ftx, went under, wall street and regulators have been on the lookout for the next domino to fall, bracing for financial chaos and hoping it doesn't spread beyond the crypto market. two ukrainian opera houses have been recognised at this year's "opera oscars" for offering up music in the midst of power cuts and artillery blasts. as fighting in ukraine rages on,

the opera houses were applauded for giving audiences a chance to escape the day—to—day reality of war. tom brada reports. hitting the harmonious high notes in the most trying of circumstances. two opera houses from ukraine have won this year's company of the year prize at the international opera awards. it's my great pleasure to declare both of these companies asjoint winners. the opera houses of lviv and odesa were recognised for their outstanding work in challenging situations. while bombs have dropped from the sky, they refused to fall silent. something very new, very fresh and unknown is being born out of this struggle and this fight. and ukrainian art and music is definitely part of it.

both theatres were initially forced to suspend performances when russia invaded ukraine in february, but as the war ground on, they reopened their doors, offering the public the opportunity for a moment of musical escape. we start our works after one month and half of the start of global war. it's a cultural front for each person who work in the opera theatre, for artists, for administrative, for musicians, for everyone. the war in ukraine is entering a difficult new phase, with millions facing power cuts as a freezing winter looms. in spite of the many challenges, ukrainian culture continues to find its voice. tom brada, bbc news. just a reminder, you can get in touch with me on twitter. you are

watching bbc news. hello. whilst much of november has been very mild and pretty wet too, the last few days of the month are seeing a real change in weather type, something colder and drier on the cards. but we're also seeing some lingering mist and fog in the forecast over the next couple of days too. so through the rest of today, the areas most likely to see that fog lingering are parts of southern england, say somerset, towards east anglia, up towards the vale of york, manchester region, dumfries and galloway, and parts of northern ireland too. but there will be some sunshine breaking through at times, particularly for northern scotland, into parts of wales and south west england as well. so if you don't see the sunshine, you may welljust see a bit of low cloud mist and fog lingering and temperatures only around about 4—6 degrees under the fog. but in the sunshine, we'lljust about get into double figures.

now through this evening and tonight, then temperatures are going to fall quite quickly, the winds are fairly light, and we're going to see mist and fog once again becoming quite extensive through into the early hours of wednesday. it won't be quite as cold as it was first thing this morning, but still a risk of some patchy frost around, particularly across parts of scotland. now, what we've got at the moment, we've got weather fronts just trying to nudge it in from the atlantic. they'lljust make inroads for wednesday into parts of northern ireland and scotland, but high pressure really dominating things, keeping things largely dry. so for wednesday, again, we're going to see that lingering fog across parts of england, scotland as well. slightly clearer conditions, i think, for wales, the south west of england as well. a bit more cloud and patchy rain just nudging in across northern ireland during wednesday afternoon as that front moves its way in. so milder in the west, 10—13 degrees. in the east, around about 5—10 ten degrees. some sunny spells, some lingering mist and fog heading into thursday. that weather front just affecting parts of scotland, the far north of england, with a few drizzly showers around there, fairly cloudy in the north. again, some mist and some fog, but i think some slightly brighter

conditions developing in the south as well, so a touch milder by this stage around about 7—12 degrees, but it does look like things are again going to turn colder towards the end of the week. because we've got that huge area of high pressure sitting across scandinavia, and what we're going to see is the winds rotating around that, so they're going to be drawn in from an easterly direction. and you can see the blue colours moving across the map as we head through the course of the weekend. so a colder air mass on the way, you can see that drop in temperature from friday, saturday and sunday, perhaps a few showers, mainly in the north, could be a little bit wintry over the highest ground. bye for now.

this is bbc news — i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines at 11 o'clock: the uk government axes plans to force tech companies to take down harmful but legal material — ministers insist the new online safety bill will protect children. the legal but harmful aspect was pertaining to adults. content that is harmful or could hurt children illegal, so is legal, it will still be removed under this version the bill. the foreign office has summoned china's ambassador to the uk over the arrest and alleged beating of a bbcjournalist, ed lawrence, who was covering covid protests in shanghai. meanwhile, officials in china annouce an acceleration of the country's vaccination programme after widespread protests against lockdowns. a review of the records of 44 people who died under the care

of a neurologist in belfast has found significant failures in treatment. a leading expert on nutrition warns that the cost of living crisis risks parents being unable to afford to pay for school dinners. and, infootball, england and wales will go head to head in qatar later with both teams fighting for a place in the last 16 of the world cup. we'll be live in doha as fans prepare for the game. welcome to bbc news. controversial measures that would have forced big technology platforms to take down "legal but harmful" material have been axed from the government's revised online safety bill. ian russell, whose daughter molly took her own life in 2017

after viewing online images of self—harm and suicide, has accused ministers of "watering down" the legislation. the bill previously included a section which required "the largest, highest—risk platforms" such as facebook, instagram and youtube, to prevent people being exposed to harmful material. while adults can access and post anything legal, provided a platform's terms of service allow it — children must still be protected from viewing harmful material, including through the use of filters. critics of this part of the bill claimed it compromised free speech. culture secretary michelle donelan said the revised bill offered "a triple shield of protection" and that adults would have more control over what they saw online. labour's shadow culture secretary, lucy powell, criticised the decision to remove obligations over "legal but harmful" material saying it gave a "free pass to abusers and takes the public for a ride" and that it was "a major weakening, not strengthening, of the bill." we will have plenty of reaction to the revised bill,

but first here's angus crawford with this report. the online safety bill does complete... a bill tabled. we will be proceeding with the online safety... delayed. well, can i thank my honourable... and amended. it's taken years, but will be back before parliament next week. it was the case of molly russell, perhaps more than any other, that influenced the bill. she took her own life after being exposed to a stream of content about suicide, depression and self—harm. the coroner at her inquest singled out algorithms which relentlessly pushed harmful material. speaking last week, ian russell said it's been hard waiting for parliament to act. five years of becoming involved in online safety and the subjects that surround it have led me to not believe in anyone's words, but instead judge them by their actions. i think the online safety bill

is something i care deeply about because, without a change that regulates the companies to operate their platforms more safely, these tragedies will continue to happen. it's too late for me. the culture secretary now seems to have broken the parliamentary gridlock with a series of amendments. so, what's in and what's out? powers for ministers to define legal but harmful content dropped — satisfying free—speech advocates in her party, infuriating labour. but now included — new criminal offences of encouraging self—harm, and sharing deep—fake pornography. better age verification for children. adult users given more power to block unwanted content. ground—breaking but complex —

a law that won't satisfy everyone, but may finally bring to an end the era of big tech regulating itself. angus crawford, bbc news. the culture secretary, michelle donelan, has been defending the bill and denies watering down the legislation. no legal but harmful aspect was pertaining to adults. content that is harmful or could hurt children but is not illegal, so is legal, will still be removed under this version the bill. so, the content that molly russell saw will no longer be allowed under the spell. i want to be really clear on that because that is fundamentally what this bill is about. let's talk to our technology editor, zoe kleinman. the government talking about different protections for children.

but for adults anything that is legal, there will effectively be a free for all?— free for all? this is a bill that had the best _ free for all? this is a bill that had the best intentions, - free for all? this is a bill that. had the best intentions, trying free for all? this is a bill that - had the best intentions, trying to protect children and vulnerable people online, but it is breathing so very difficult to get together because it is incredibly complicated. on the one hand you have got children and vulnerable people, on the other hand you have adults sharing content that may not be pleasant or nice, but it is not something that is against the law. then you have this argument, do we want us tech companies to be essentially censoring what people in the uk are saying to each other on the uk are saying to each other on the internet? it is a huge change and if it does come into law it will be a massive change for people who have really got used to a huge amount of freedom online. with that has come a whole host of problems

that this bill is trying to mop up. how much of a guarantee is there that the protections for children will actually be enforced as a result of this bill? this is obviously british law. the government _ obviously british law. the government has - obviously british law. the government has said - obviously british law. tue: government has said that obviously british law. t'te: government has said that the fines will be very, very large, and that will be very, very large, and that will certainly focus the minds of the tech giants. it will make them super cautious because they will not want to pay these big fines. i think there's a of heavy lifting, if you like, that is going to have to have to be done by the tools that these tech companies have which may or may not be up to the job. if you look at the case of molly russell, she started looking at this content, and because she was looking and engaging with it, the algorithms that power these platforms are showing her more and more of it because they are picking up that's the kind of content she wants to see. that's how these things work. if you look at any particular thing on social media, you will find that you will

probably then get more and more posts about it. they want to keep you engaged, they want to show you stuff that they know you want to see. obviously, that has to change in the case of very harmful content. over time, we know it can have a really bad effect on people's mental health, people who are viewing it. we see over and over again algorithms make mistakes, the flying content as harmful which isn't, they let content that is harmful go because they don't notice it. we need confidence that the tech is doing itsjob. need confidence that the tech is doing itsjob— doing its job. obviously, the legislation — doing its job. obviously, the legislation and _ doing its job. obviously, the legislation and conversation| doing its job. obviously, the - legislation and conversation around encompasses that whole debate about whether the threshold for freedom of speech online should be different, in that by the nature of the way we access things online, it can be brought into our most private spaces without invitation.—

without invitation. absolutely, i think that is — without invitation. absolutely, i think that is a _ without invitation. absolutely, i think that is a debate _ without invitation. absolutely, i think that is a debate that - without invitation. absolutely, i think that is a debate that will. think that is a debate that will rage for a very, very long time. there are some powers proposed by this bill that for some people feel very unacceptable. the government wants the tech companies to be able to look into people's private messaging. a lot of messaging is encrypted end—to—end, that means currently the only person that sends the message and receives it can read it. the tech companies can actually see it. there is a huge debate about keeping that very strong encryption intact. the government are saying people are talking about things that are illegal, then we need to be able to see that. that is just one example of some ways in which lots of critics of this bill feel it has gone too far. then you have people like ian russell, who we heard from earlier, that this is watering it down. all we want to do is people to stop seeing harm, stop people being abused online. you wouldn't see on

the street, so why should you tolerate it online? whatever the government does, it is definitely not going to please everybody. let’s not going to please everybody. let's talk now to the _ not going to please everybody. let's talk now to the shadow culture secretary, lucy powell. what is your reaction to the dropping of the ban on legal but harmful material online, albeit not for children? t online, albeit not for children? i obviously we haven't seen the full amendments, but this does represent amendments, but this does represent a major— amendments, but this does represent a major watering down of this bill. as we _ a major watering down of this bill. as we have — a major watering down of this bill. as we have been arguing with the government for some time now, they have kind _ government for some time now, they have kind gone down a wrong cul—de—sac when it comes to this legal but — cul—de—sac when it comes to this legal but harmful issue. instead of going _ legal but harmful issue. instead of going after the business models, the engagement algorithms and the way these companies work, which mean that people can be overexposed to abuse _ that people can be overexposed to abuse or— that people can be overexposed to abuse or suicide material or self-harm _ abuse or suicide material or self—harm or disinformation and so on, they— self—harm or disinformation and so on, they tried to go down the take

down _ on, they tried to go down the take down content route, and that has let them _ down content route, and that has let them down _ down content route, and that has let them down a cul—de—sac, which they couldn't— them down a cul—de—sac, which they couldn't square the circle of. that has meant — couldn't square the circle of. that has meant in the end they have got the clause — has meant in the end they have got the clause altogether. this is a major— the clause altogether. this is a major watering down of the bill, i'm afraid _ major watering down of the bill, i'm afraid. ., , afraid. the government says it might mean that children _ afraid. the government says it might mean that children will _ afraid. the government says it might mean that children will be _ afraid. the government says it might mean that children will be able - afraid. the government says it might mean that children will be able to - mean that children will be able to see this material. it will still be the case that the sort of material that molly russell saw would not be accessible by children. do you trust that? i accessible by children. do you trust that? ., �* ., , ., , accessible by children. do you trust that? ._ ., , , that? i don't really. that is very unworkable- — that? i don't really. that is very unworkable. those _ that? i don't really. that is very unworkable. those of _ that? i don't really. that is very unworkable. those of us - that? i don't really. that is very unworkable. those of us with i that? i don't really. that is very - unworkable. those of us with teenage children. _ unworkable. those of us with teenage children. i'm — unworkable. those of us with teenage children, i'm sure, are aware that our children— children, i'm sure, are aware that our children to pass themselves off as being _ our children to pass themselves off as being older than they are, which is easily— as being older than they are, which is easily done on social media. it is easily done on social media. it is very— is easily done on social media. it is very hard _ is easily done on social media. it is very hard to bring into effect a proper— is very hard to bring into effect a proper verification system for children _ proper verification system for children. it is actually easier for adults— children. it is actually easier for adults than it is for children. sol think— adults than it is for children. sol think that — adults than it is for children. sol think that is _ adults than it is for children. sol think that is unworkable. just

because _ think that is unworkable. just because you hit the age of 18 doesn't — because you hit the age of 18 doesn't mean to say that somehow you're _ doesn't mean to say that somehow you're not— doesn't mean to say that somehow you're not susceptible to self— harm, to suicide _ you're not susceptible to self— harm, to suicide it — you're not susceptible to self— harm, to suicide. it doesn't mean you're not susceptible to being seriously hurt by _ not susceptible to being seriously hurt by massive online abuse and trolling, — hurt by massive online abuse and trolling, and pile on is, as the english — trolling, and pile on is, as the english footballers experienced in the last— english footballers experienced in the last international competition that we _ the last international competition that we saw. people in their late teens, _ that we saw. people in their late teens, early 205 going about their teen5, early 205 going about their work— teen5, early 205 going about their work and — teen5, early 205 going about their work and subject to the series harms — work and subject to the series harm5. the whole point of this bill was to— harm5. the whole point of this bill was to tackle how these behaviours express _ was to tackle how these behaviours express themselves in social media and online — express themselves in social media and online 5pace, express themselves in social media and online space, which is different from _ and online space, which is different from the _ and online space, which is different from the off—line world. that comes down _ from the off—line world. that comes down to _ from the off—line world. that comes down to the — from the off—line world. that comes down to the nature of the platforms, their business models, their engagement algorithms, which reward people _ engagement algorithms, which reward people for— engagement algorithms, which reward people for being 5en5ationali5t, or rude or— people for being 5en5ationali5t, or rude or abusive, or promote to people — rude or abusive, or promote to people who may have made one search

at some _ people who may have made one search at some point in their life or something like self—harm or suicide, that something like 5elf—harm or suicide, that they— something like self—harm or suicide, that they are then promoted by these engagement algorithms with lots of other engagement material, quite a lot of— other engagement material, quite a lot of which would never pass a legal _ lot of which would never pass a legal threshold but do cause serious harm to _ legal threshold but do cause serious harm to those on the end of it. in harm to those on the end of it. [ti order harm to those on the end of it. order to harm to those on the end of it. t�*t order to tackle some of the areas of concern you have eyes that wouldn't currently pass the legal threshold, the government is bringing in new laws that would outlaw certain things, like promoting material that promotes self—harm. as part of the debate, are you concerned around freedom of speech and the erosion of that? that is why this has changed, because of the internal party politics and concerns around the impact potentially on freedom of speech. {in impact potentially on freedom of seech. , , ., impact potentially on freedom of seech. ,, ., .,~ speech. on the issue of making thins speech. on the issue of making things more _ speech. on the issue of making things more illegal, _ speech. on the issue of making things more illegal, obviously l speech. on the issue of making things more illegal, obviously i | things more illegal, obviously i would — things more illegal, obviously i would welcome that. but there are

lots of _ would welcome that. but there are lots of things that are already illegal— lots of things that are already illegal that very much proliferate online _ illegal that very much proliferate online, because the platforms and the users — online, because the platforms and the users of those platforms are not always _ the users of those platforms are not always held to account for those actions — always held to account for those actions and are not investigated criminally— actions and are not investigated criminally because the threshold is quite _ criminally because the threshold is quite high — criminally because the threshold is quite high to do that. on this issue of free _ quite high to do that. on this issue of free speech, it is not about the view— of free speech, it is not about the view that— of free speech, it is not about the view that i— of free speech, it is not about the view that i may hold. i may be a cow denier. _ view that i may hold. i may be a cow denier. i_ view that i may hold. i may be a cow denier. i may— view that i may hold. i may be a cow denier, i may be very racist or abusive — denier, i may be very racist or abusive to— denier, i may be very racist or abusive to somebody —— covid denier. but in _ abusive to somebody —— covid denier. but in the _ abusive to somebody —— covid denier. but in the off—line world i wouldn't find those — but in the off—line world i wouldn't find those things are easily amplified if i was shouting that in amplified if i was shouting that in a pub. _ amplified if i was shouting that in a pub. or— amplified if i was shouting that in a pub. or a — amplified if i was shouting that in a pub, ora street amplified if i was shouting that in a pub, or a street corner, amplified if i was shouting that in a pub, ora street corner, ora workplace — a pub, ora street corner, ora workplace i— a pub, ora street corner, ora workplace. i would a pub, ora street corner, ora workplace. iwould be a pub, ora street corner, ora workplace. i would be either ignored or people _ workplace. i would be either ignored or people would tell me to stop doing _ or people would tell me to stop doing that. i wouldn't be able to find a _ doing that. i wouldn't be able to find a home for that... i�*m doing that. i wouldn't be able to find a home for that. .. i'm sorry, we need to _ find a home for that. .. i'm sorry, we need to stop _ find a home for that. .. i'm sorry, we need to stop now— find a home for that. .. i'm sorry, we need to stop now because - find a home for that. .. i'm sorry, we need to stop now because we j find a home for that... i'm sorry, - we need to stop now because we need to go to qatar for our world cup coverage because we are timed on that. thank you forjoining us.

millions of football fans will watch england play wales in the world cup later. thousands of people have already made the trip to qatar for what's being called the battle of britain. let's talk to john watson who's in doha for us. you can see that the fans are certainly gathering here at one of the main marketplaces in doha, lots of england and wales fans gathering ahead of that huge much to come. england and wales don't face each other too often in international football, not least a world cup, this will be the first time they have played each other, with so much still at stake, england and wales both have a chance of progressing through the knockout stages. we can speak to bob, in england fan who is out here. england are in pole position to qualify barring the unlikely scenario that they lose 4—0 to wales later. you must be feeling

confident as an england fan that they will go through to the knockout phase? they will go through to the knockout hase? , ., ., ., , ., phase? yes, it would have to be a total disaster _ phase? yes, it would have to be a total disaster if _ phase? yes, it would have to be a total disaster if they _ phase? yes, it would have to be a total disaster if they didn't, - phase? yes, it would have to be a total disaster if they didn't, to - phase? yes, it would have to be a total disaster if they didn't, to be | total disaster if they didn't, to be honest. brute total disaster if they didn't, to be honest. ~ ~' ., total disaster if they didn't, to be honest. ~ ,, ., ., ., ., honest. we know that iran are in action against — honest. we know that iran are in action against the _ honest. we know that iran are in action against the united - honest. we know that iran are in j action against the united states, just saw some reigning fans heading past at the moment. it is a draw and a wales wing which would see wales reach the knockout phase. what have you made of this world cup so far as a whole, more from a fans perspective?— a whole, more from a fans --ersective? �* ., , perspective? i've actually lived here for 16 _ perspective? i've actually lived here for 16 years, _ perspective? i've actually lived here for 16 years, so _ perspective? i've actually lived here for 16 years, so i've - perspective? i've actually lived here for 16 years, so i've been | perspective? i've actually lived - here for 16 years, so i've been very excited about the tournament since it was announced 12 years ago. the atmosphere is amazing. johanne is really buzzing at the moment. —— —— doha. what you're made of the

sort of criticism that has been levelled at england. they have many superstars and talented players, but there still seems to be some frustration with the way that england can play at times, despite the depth of talent they have in that squad. the depth of talent they have in that squad-— the depth of talent they have in that st uad. ., ., , ., ., that squad. unfortunately i follow en . land that squad. unfortunately i follow encland all that squad. unfortunately i follow england all around _ that squad. unfortunately i follow england all around the _ that squad. unfortunately i follow england all around the world, - that squad. unfortunately i follow england all around the world, sol that squad. unfortunately i followj england all around the world, so i saw the performances in munich and inter milan as well, so it is not unexpected as an england fan. but after the iran game, i think everyone is really expecting them to come out and finish the deal against the usa, but unfortunately were not able to do that and we have to wait until today. t able to do that and we have to wait until today-— until today. i guess the fans and so many ways — until today. i guess the fans and so many ways can _ until today. i guess the fans and so many ways can help _ until today. i guess the fans and so many ways can help motivate - until today. i guess the fans and so many ways can help motivate the l many ways can help motivate the players and the team when things aren't going right in the stadium. you can only imagine with english

and welsh fans in there to see this match, it's going to be quite a unique atmosphere. these two have never met before at a world cup. t never met before at a world cup. i think the atmosphere is going to never met before at a world cup. t think the atmosphere is going to be great. there is a lot of both english and welsh fans out here in doha. i think it will be really exciting. there are a lot of expats as well in the region. i think there is around 22,000 english in the gulf, so i expect a lot of those will have tickets as well. can't wait, really. t will have tickets as well. can't wait. really-— will have tickets as well. can't wait, really. will have tickets as well. can't wait, reall . , , . , ., ., ., wait, really. i guess many go to a world cup — wait, really. i guess many go to a world cup hoping _ wait, really. i guess many go to a world cup hoping to _ wait, really. i guess many go to a world cup hoping to watch - wait, really. i guess many go to a world cup hoping to watch one i wait, really. i guess many go to a i world cup hoping to watch one game, possibly even two. for you to have seen nine matches any world cup, thatis seen nine matches any world cup, that is quite unusual and illustrates the uniqueness of this world cup. and not so many of the stadiums have matches played close

by in and around doha. tt’s stadiums have matches played close by in and around doha. it's amazing, i have by in and around doha. it's amazing, i have managed _ by in and around doha. it's amazing, i have managed to _ by in and around doha. it's amazing, i have managed to watch _ by in and around doha. it's amazing, i have managed to watch two - by in and around doha. it's amazing, l i have managed to watch two matches on monday, others have been able to stretch that to games. i have even more games to go to during throughout the tournament. i was out in russia for the last world cup, and obviously that was enormous and quite hard to get around the country and watch different games, but that is not a factor here at all. absolutely, that's the kind of unique nature of all of those stadiums being in and around doha, no more than a 15 minute drive really between the two through the stadiums in the north and south. who else has caught your eye in this world cup? we have seen brazil qualify for the knockout stage now, alongside france as well. portugal also. obviously england could join them there if the result goes their

way later. where do you feel this world cup is going to be one? obviously i'm an england fan so i want england to win. if we can step up want england to win. if we can step up the performances, i think we have got a good chance after the euros and at the previous world cup. i've seen france and brazil play, they are both looking very good. kylian mbappe in particular has caught my eye, he hasjust had an mbappe in particular has caught my eye, he has just had an amazing couple of games so far for france. i think england really need to step up to the plate. think england really need to step up to the plate-— to the plate. preparing for this hue to the plate. preparing for this huge match. — to the plate. preparing for this huge match, this _ to the plate. preparing for this huge match, this clash - to the plate. preparing for this huge match, this clash of i to the plate. preparing for this huge match, this clash of two | huge match, this clash of two british sides. bob, thank you for joining us to get your thoughts. we werejust touching on joining us to get your thoughts. we were just touching on the other nations there who have qualified for

the knockout phase already, the likes of france and portugal. no one has one more than brazil and france are at the holders. you just while that they are whether the potential world cup campaign could come from one of those nations. china's ambassador to the uk has been summoned to the foreign office amid a diplomatic row over the arrest and beating of a bbc journalist covering covid protests in shanghai. ed lawrence was detained at the main protest in the city on sunday, and held for several hours before being freed. ed lawrence was detained at the main protest in the city on sunday, and held for several hours before being freed. meanwhile, china has announced it will step up efforts to vaccinate people against covid, with a focus on the elderly. the national health commission says it will also shorten the time gap between basic vaccination and booster shots to three months. over the weekend, there were protests in major cities against china's zero—covid policy, with some demonstrators calling for

president xi jinping to step down. speaking earlier this morning, a senior chinese official acknowledged that some people have been unhappy with the lockdowns, and that measures in some places are being investigated. translation: some netizens i and general public say the major problem is the oversimplification of the prevention control measures and arbitrary imposition of restrictions and a one size fits all approach. some localities have arbitrarily expended the areas and the people to be put on lockdown and some regions without approval randomly put the entire locality... at present, localities have established an ad hoc working committee to deal with the wrongful practice of arbitrary imposition of restrictions. howard zhang is editor of the bbc�*s chinese service. he said the authorities in china had managed to suppress the street protests.

so far from what we can see since monday, the large—scale protests have been snuffed out because of barriers erected on major streets, police by the thousands in lots of places, very heavy, and then some of them are doing street search, searching people's homes, and we do have records of people starting to be arrested, being identified through video images who protested. so, all this is going on, very harsh but behind the scenes crackdown is going on. school meals in england are being investigated to find out how nutritious they are. kitchens within 18 council areas will undertake routine inspections to check the quality of the food being served. the food standards agency has said school meals are more important than ever as families struggle with the rising cost of living. let's talk to stephanie slater, the founder and chief executive of school food matters — a charity that campaigns for food education and universal

free school meals. you have been campaigning for school meals to be properly nutritious for a long time now. how would you say they are now? how much have they changed? tn they are now? how much have they chanted? ., , ' they are now? how much have they chanted? ., ' , ., , they are now? how much have they chanted? ' , ., ,, . changed? in the last 15 years since the charity came _ changed? in the last 15 years since the charity came to _ changed? in the last 15 years since the charity came to be, _ changed? in the last 15 years since the charity came to be, we - changed? in the last 15 years since the charity came to be, we have i changed? in the last 15 years since i the charity came to be, we have seen massive improvements. you will know that in 2013, the school food plan was published with ideas about how to make sure that meal at lunchtime met the nutrition needs of children. that came with school food standards, which became mandatory mandatory in january 2015. so, standards, which became mandatory mandatory injanuary 2015. so, i'm really pleased to see at the fsa's work in this area is beginning to roll out. ., ,., ., , ., roll out. how important is it that kids tet a roll out. how important is it that kids get a good _ roll out. how important is it that kids get a good nutritious - roll out. how important is it that kids get a good nutritious meali roll out. how important is it that | kids get a good nutritious meal at school at lunchtime? thou?

kids get a good nutritious meal at school at lunchtime?— kids get a good nutritious meal at school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context _ school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context of _ school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context of a _ school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context of a cost - school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context of a cost of i ever in the context of a cost of living crisis. we often describe school meals as a nutritional safety net, and we say that because we know that a lot of children only have one hot meal a day, and that is their school meal. the problem we have right now is the earlier research this year showed that one in three of school children living in poverty are not eligible for a free school meal. that means we have possibly 800,000 children missing out on good nutrition. if you put that within the context of the cost of living crisis, with food prices going through the roof, it is never been more important that we provide good nutrition within the school day. one of the recommendations from the national food strategy is that we extend eligibility to all families who are in receipt of universal

credit. that in one step would sweep up credit. that in one step would sweep up some of those children that are missing out. but we also have to bearin missing out. but we also have to bear in mind that in england to be out lagging behind the home nations. we know that scotland and wales are looking at universal provision, so they are beginning to roll out free school names for every child. in northern ireland, the threshold for eligibility is double england's, so we are lagging behind in england. we want to make sure every child has good access to nutrition at school because that does have an impact on their learning. the other difficulty with children accessing a free school meal is that there should parents who can't afford to pay are sending in packed lunches. that becomes very stigmatising for some of the children who are coming to school with a tight lunch. we are hearing reports of children turning away from their peers because they don't want to show what is in their

lunchbox. this is really not the way for children to sit together at lunchtime. we wanted to be an experience that supports good health and a good social experience for children. if we have got a two—tiered system in schools, it doesn't make sense and it can't be good for children's self—esteem. the; good for children's self-esteem. as a good for children's self—esteem. as a packed lunch necessarily cheaper than a school meal? yell at the university of leeds did a study several years ago showing that the packed lunches that they looked at, only 1% met in nutrition standards. it is very difficult to put together a packed lunch that meets the standards of a school meal. you're questioning about whether or not it is cheaper, i would challenge that. i think possibly the best value you can get for a school lunch is that free school meal, but wages need to make sure more children can access

it. —— wejust make sure more children can access it. —— we just need to make sure. a new report is warning that up to £12 billion needs to be spent on improving drains to stop thousands of homes in england being flooded during heavy rain. the national infrastructure commission has looked at what can be done to reduce surface waterflooding, when rain overwhelms drains and cannot sink into the ground. let's talk to professorjim hall, a member of the national infrastructure commission — they provides the government with impartial, expert advice on major long—term infrastructure challenges. jim is also professor cf climate and environmental risks at the university of oxford. can you take us through the key points in your report? we are talking about here is the flooding that occurs when there is really intensive rainfall which collect in the streets, in low points in the landscape, and then overflows into people's houses, into sellers, sometimes into underground infrastructure, like the tube stations in london. sometimes when

the sewage system is overwhelmed with water, sewage flows out as well so it is particularly harmful and distressing for people. what the report is saying is that this problem is getting worse. it is going to get even more worse in the context of climate change. but also because of new developments being allowed to connect up to the sewer system rather than being obliged to have sustainable solutions for on—site drainage. and also because of the paving over of people's gardens and so on. 50 of the paving over of people's gardens and so on.— of the paving over of people's gardens and so on. so you think the number of homes _ gardens and so on. so you think the number of homes that _ gardens and so on. so you think the number of homes that could - gardens and so on. so you think the number of homes that could be i number of homes that could be affected by flooding could double? it could almost double, yes. tn it could almost double, yes. in terms of why it is so bad, you mention things like the london underground stations flooding, are the systems that are there actually operating as they should? part the systems that are there actually operating as they should?- operating as they should? part of the issue is _ operating as they should? part of the issue is around _ operating as they should? part of the issue is around maintenance l operating as they should? part of. the issue is around maintenance of the issue is around maintenance of the systems that already exist, the

number one priority is making sure what you have got is well maintained. but there is also an issue that the capacity of the existing systems, because of the increasing population, development and intensity of rainfall. fin increasing population, development and intensity of rainfall.— and intensity of rainfall. on the maintenance, _ and intensity of rainfall. on the maintenance, presumably i and intensity of rainfall. on the maintenance, presumably at i and intensity of rainfall. on the l maintenance, presumably at that and intensity of rainfall. on the i maintenance, presumably at that as a relatively easy fix, because infrastructure is good to be much harder, building new systems. what is the situation with maintenance and whether the current systems are properly maintained? the and whether the current systems are properly maintained?— properly maintained? the first step is to net properly maintained? the first step is to get the _ properly maintained? the first step is to get the most _ properly maintained? the first step is to get the most out _ properly maintained? the first step is to get the most out of— properly maintained? the first step is to get the most out of the - is to get the most out of the systems you have got. what the report from the national infrastructure commission is that in itself will not be enough. that is going to need to be investment in new and improved drainage systems. we are sharing some macro saintly starting point will be looking at keeping water draining above the ground by storing it in ponds, green

ditches, orthrough ground by storing it in ponds, green ditches, or through permeable paving, before putting the investment into the new sewers which are required below the ground, although some of that is needed. that is all going to cost money. it is also going to need a morejoined and determined approach by government and the water and sewerage companies. 50 government and the water and sewerage companies.- government and the water and sewerage companies. so you think this is a very _ sewerage companies. so you think this is a very fixable _ sewerage companies. so you think this is a very fixable situation? i this is a very fixable situation? what the report says is that we can't actually fix this everywhere. it depends really on where you are. there are places, in particular in rural areas, where itjust the cost of fixing it is going to be far too high. but parts of the problem can be fixed, but that just requires this more focused, joined up, some targets, some proper mapping and modelling to identify whether to prioritise. if we do that, the

report demonstrates that there is plenty of worthwhile investments that could be done now, but are not being brought through. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah hello. it was a chilly start to the morning. we had some subzero temperatures in places, also mist and fog which for some of us is going to lift and clear and in other areas, it is going to linger through the day. so the areas most likely to see the fog lingering, through parts of southern england, the midlands, up to the vale of york, bit of dumfries and galloway and northern ireland too. best of the sunshine probably for central and northern scotland, down towards wales in the south—west too. under the low cloud and fog, six or 7 degrees, but we just about give a nudge into double figures where you do see the sunshine coming through in the south. through this evening and tonight, winds are light, skies are going to be clear, so, again, some fairly extensive fog forming and some patchy frost around, probably not quite as cold as it was last night. temperatures round about three or 4 degrees. so that fog, a bit like today, is going to be quite

stubborn to clear tomorrow, particularly through parts of the midlands, northern england, perhaps into the central belt as well. perhaps a little bit more in the way of sunshine breaking through towards southern england and wales compared to today, though. milder in the west, but temperatures only around about five to ten in the east. bye. hello this is bbc news —— i'mjoanna gosling —— the headlines. the government axes plans to force tech companies to take down harmful —— but legal —— material. but ministers insist the new online safety bill will protect children. the foreign office has summoned china's ambassador to the uk —— over the arrest and alleged beating of a bbcjournalist, ed lawrence, who was covering covid protests in shanghai. meanwhile officials in china annouce an acceleration of the country's vaccination programme —— after widespread protests against lockdowns. a review of the records of 44 people who died under the care of a neurologist in belfast has found significant failures in treatment.

a leading expert on nutrition warns that the cost of living crisis risks parents being unable to afford to pay for school dinners. and in football —— england and wales will go head to head in qatar later —— with both teams fighting for a place in the last 16 of the world cup. we'll be live in doha as fans prepare for the game. sport and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre: it's a day at the end of which both england and wales will know their world cup future... and it'll be decided on the same pitch tonight in qatar. the neighbours will meet at the ahmed bin ali stadium with the odds of qualifying for the last 16 in england's favour... but not impossible for wales. john watson is in doha... john, there are host of cliches associated with local derbies in domestic football... i wonder if they apply

in this situation too? there is the familiarity of the players considering they play against each other regularly back home but it is the unfamiliar environment playing at a world cup, the first time england and wales have faced each other in the world cup. it will be difficult, it is all against wales in this one, they have to go out and win against england later, something they have not done since 1984. they obviously faced england at euro 2016, england came out on top on that one, but wales surpassed england's achievements at that tournament as england lost to iceland. wales need a big result, the need the win, and they will need iran and the us to draw in the other match if they are to progress. it seems amazing, though, here we are, in the final group game of this world cup for both england and wales, drawn in the same group, facing each otherfor the

wales, drawn in the same group, facing each other for the first time in this competition, but, yes, there is still something for both of them to play for, both of them with a chance of progressing. the permutations _ chance of progressing. the permutations in _ chance of progressing. the permutations in terms of the possible futures for england and wales, and permutations amongst the players who could play, with rob page and gareth southgate team news decisions being poured over. yes. decisions being poured over. yes, this is the great _ decisions being poured over. te: this is the great dilemma for both managers, i think, for slightly different reasons. for gareth southgate, the loss of momentum as the group with the us. will he feel the group with the us. will he feel the need to change personnel in his england side to try and regain the momentum which started off so brilliantly in that win against iran? suggestions we could see some new faces come in, we saw iran? suggestions we could see some new faces come in, we sanordan henderson as a substitute, suggestions he could start the game, kara walker has returned to full training, a very experienced player, and james madison as well. he missed england's opening match but returned

to full fitness. for rob page, they need a result, don't they? what does he do? ssoolldd la gareth bale, aaron ramsey were disappointing in their performances in the defeat to iran. but very experienced players. he has said he wants to reward the players who got wales to their first world cup since 1958. well that reward come in their selection once again? joe allen came back into the side for wales, another proven competitor, someone who has helped wales through many tournaments in the past. will he start? it could be a big ask with the lack of football he has played. a possible change in personnel for wales who need this result, don't they? make no bones about it, it is going to be a huge contest later, matches between these two happen very infrequently and the fact there is something still to play for both that this world cup adds to the excitement as we head into that match later. 7pm kick off.

wigan athletic have appointed former arsenal and manchester city defender kolo toure as their new manager on a three—and—a—half—year deal. the ivorian replaces leam richardson who was sacked by the championship club earlier this month. toure has spent the past five years coaching at celtic and leicester city under brendan rodgers but this is his first management role. his first game in charge will be the trip to millwall on 10 december. ronnie o'sullivan narrowly missed out on the fastest televised century break at the scottish open. during a 4—0 victory over china's bai langning, the world number one reached three figures in just three minutes and 34 seconds, that's three seconds shy of tony drago's mark from 1996. it was originally thought to be a new record but world snooker reviewed the footage and set the time back. it is now only the second quickest although i did not talk quickly enough for him to finish of that century break during the programme.

i'll be back after the one o'clock news. the uk government is to commit seven hundred million pounds towards building a new nuclear power station at sizewell in suffolk. it'll be built next to the existing sizewell b plant, by the french power company edf. the government will become a 50 per cent shareholder in the development of the project — and chinese investment won't be needed. critics say there is a "huge amount" of money still to find for the project. this means that we will be building sizewell c, it's going to power 6 million homes, it's going to provide 10,000 jobs, perhaps immediately on—site, 20,000 overall, and a lot of apprenticeships as well. so good news for britain's energy independence. it doesn't mean that, though, does it? what it means is £700 million for the development phase of sizewell c, the cost of which is believed to be around 30 billion — that money still has to be found.

well, certainly, money will be raised to build it, it's a combination between taxpayers' money but also private investment, and that is, as you rightly say, is the next stage. but it's a sign of, if you like, the confidence that the british government has in nuclear as part of our energy mix, and the very important point which has been driven home so clearly by putin's illegal invasion of ukraine, and all that has done to energy prices, that we must have a mix of energy in this country — renewable, wind power, offshore, solar, and nuclear. let's get more now on our top story this morning. the government has axed part of its internet safety legislation —— which would have forced big technology firms to remove legal but harmful material from their platforms. critics claimed the measure was a risk to free speech.

tech giants will be asked to exert more control. joining us now is jacqui morrissey, director of research and influencing at the charity samaritans. what is your reaction to this decision? tt what is your reaction to this decision?— decision? it is hugely disappointing, - decision? it is hugely disappointing, the i decision? it is hugely - disappointing, the government decision? it is hugely _ disappointing, the government has taken a big step backwards by removing the requirement for social media companies to remove legal but harmful content. you know, absolutely, we think children should have the strongest protection from the new online safety bill, but the damaging impact that legal but harmful contact relating to suicide has, it does not end in your 18th birthday, we want to see the bill to provide protection for everyone. tats provide protection for everyone. as you indicate, it would apply to under 18 is but not to adults, so specifically, who are you concerned about? who do you fear is going to be vulnerable? latte

about? who do you fear is going to be vulnerable?— be vulnerable? we are concerned about children, _ be vulnerable? we are concerned about children, obviously, - be vulnerable? we are concerned about children, obviously, as i i about children, obviously, as i said, turning 18 does not stop you from being vulnerable from this type of content. suicide and self—harm are rarely caused by one thing. but in many cases, the internet is involved. we published research a few weeks ago that shows how devastating legal but harmful online suicide and self—harm content can be. three quarters of people who took part in the research that they had harmed themselves more severely after viewing self—harm content. online. this is the content we are concerned about. this clearly demonstrates how dangerous it is for the bill to take this partial approach meaning that over eighteens will not be protected. the approach meaning that over eighteens will not be protected.— will not be protected. the research ou have will not be protected. the research you have done _ will not be protected. the research you have done indicates _ will not be protected. the research you have done indicates that i will not be protected. the research you have done indicates that over i you have done indicates that over eighteens accessing this material, it can exacerbate problems, you have said that people have said the self—harm is getting worse as a

result. self—harm specifically is going to be promoting self—harm online, is going to be criminalised under the changes, so does that address those concerns? this under the changes, so does that address those concerns?- under the changes, so does that address those concerns? this is a ositive address those concerns? this is a positive step _ address those concerns? this is a positive step forward, _ address those concerns? this is a positive step forward, definitely. | positive step forward, definitely. but it is not going to cover all of the content that we are concerned about. so we know for example, that people are visiting websites, they are finding information with harmful legal suicide —related information in those places. that is not about people being encouraged directly by another individual to take their own life, this is about vulnerable people in distress searching out information on how to kill themselves, being able to find the information very easily, and the bill is going to do nothing about that now. tn bill is going to do nothing about that now. , ., ., ., that now. in your view, the material should not — that now. in your view, the material should not be _ that now. in your view, the material should not be there. _ that now. in your view, the material should not be there. yes, _ that now. in your view, the material should not be there. yes, that's i should not be there. yes, that's

ritht, we should not be there. yes, that's right. we want _ should not be there. yes, that's right, we want the _ should not be there. yes, that's right, we want the bill— should not be there. yes, that's right, we want the bill to - should not be there. yes, that's right, we want the bill to create | right, we want the bill to create the strongest possible protection for people of all ages for from all harmful and suicide content. it should not matter whether it is legal or not, it should not be available. legal or not, it should not be available-— legal or not, it should not be available. ., , ., available. the government says that adults should _ available. the government says that adults should be _ available. the government says that adults should be able _ available. the government says that adults should be able to _ available. the government says that adults should be able to take - available. the government says that adults should be able to take their. adults should be able to take their own decisions, that they will be stronger measures in place, the service providers will have to implement systems that give adults a greater ability to block material that they do not want to see. it comes down to freedom of speech. wow. we have heard from young people aged over 18 who are feeling suicidal, they describe to us how easy it was for them to find information online to help them to end their own life, which made them determined to act on what they are seeing. that is not freedom of speech, that is about saving lives. somebody dies by suicide every 90

minutes in this country. the government claimed the online safety bill was going to make the uk the safest place to be online and it is failing these people now. the bill has seen many — failing these people now. the bill has seen many changes - failing these people now. the bill has seen many changes over i failing these people now. the bill| has seen many changes over time failing these people now. the bill i has seen many changes over time it has seen many changes over time it has been progress and process for a number of years, officer, one of the issuesis number of years, officer, one of the issues is the internal party politics and the freedom of speech issue that has led to the changes now. what would you say to the prime minister if you could have a conversation with him around this? t conversation with him around this? i would say he has an opportunity to save lives. this is about suicide and self—harm content. this is about people coming to harm. it is a separate issue to that of freedom of speech. there is an opportunity through this bill to save lives, to increase protections, but we need those protections to be for all people no matter where they are looking online. we need them to take a step back in the right direction

that those provisions back in place, tackle legal but harmful suicide and self—harm content through this bill. how can you be so sure about doing what you would like to see happen would save lives? if someone is determined to do that, will they not do it? there is always an i opportunity to prevent suicide. suicide is not inevitable, what we want online as people will find helpful information, they will find safe spaces where they can talk to each other about how they're feeling safely, they can find information about charities like samaritans, places where they can find support, what we do not want them find as harmful information which makes them think there is no other option but to take their own life, and the detail on how to do it. that is what we do not want on there. there is always another way through. and the

online safety bill has an opportunity to help so fewer people die from suicide.— die from suicide. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... the government axes plans to force tech companies to take down harmful —— but legal —— material. but ministers insist the new online safety bill will protect children. the foreign office has summoned china's ambassador to the uk —— over the arrest and alleged beating of a bbcjournalist, ed lawrence, who was covering covid protests in shanghai. meanwhile officials in china annouce an acceleration of the country's vaccination programme —— after widespread protests against lockdowns. a review of the records of 44 people who died under the care of a neurologist in belfast has found significant failures in treatment. dr michael watt came under scrutiny four years ago, when two and a half thousand of his patients were recalled because of concerns they may have been misdiagnosed. he is no longer working as a doctor.

earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondent chris page. the name of dr michael watt has become well—known in northern ireland over the last few years for the wrong reasons. he worked at the belfast health trust until 2017, the year after that, 2,500 of his patients were recalled after concerns were raised, that was the biggest ever patient recall to happen in this part of the uk. and of those 2,500 patients, one in five of them had to have their diagnosis changed. now, doctor watt was a consultant neurologist, he treated conditions like parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis. there have been a few investigations into his practice. an inquiry earlier this year for example found there had been significant failures and also criticised the belfast trust for not picking up on the problems earlier. now, this latest review concerns patients who were under dr watt�*s care who died.

so physicians from the royal college were directed by the health care regulator in northern ireland to take on a sample exercise, if you like, so they examined the clinical records of 44 patients who died and they found that of those 44 patients, the misdiagnosis rate was double that as it was in patients who are living. so the fact that the misdiagnosis rate was higher, much higher in patients who had died has obviously raised a whole other set of concerns now and as regards the families of those who died, well,a number of them are of course wanting further investigations. the health care regulator has said that there may be a case to refer some of these deaths to the coroner for further examination given that it is a sample number of patients, a pilot exercise that it has been likened to, well, 44 patients records have been examined, the number of patients who have been in affected

could well run into the hundreds, maybe the thousands. australia's airlines are facing calls from consumer groups to guarantee compensation for flight delays and cancellations. unlike other parts of the world — including the uk and us — there are no specific laws to force carriers to make payouts to passengers. major airlines in australia have told the bbc that they take their responsibilities seriously. from sydney, phil mercer reports. for many australians, travelling in the last year has been filled with disappointment. excitement has turned to frustration. we were so excited. bags were packed days before. i'd been saving all year, putting money aside, in order for us to go away and have a lovely time together. nicole gibbs's family vacation from sydney to bali was ruined by delays and chaos at the airports. the schoolteacher says she's been left hundreds of dollars out of pocket. the start of the holiday was just a disaster. it's disheartening, disappointing,

had tears from my daughter. the process in order to try and recover any kind of compensation or return on my expenses was a debacle. in australia, airlines decide whether customers are eligible for compensation or a refund. in other parts of the world, including the european union, there are clear—cut regulations about what passengers are entitled to. in australia, it's not so certain. if you have a cancellation that is due to the fault of the airline, you know that you can get a refund for that flight. but when it comes to compensation for other matters, and especially when you're involved in delays, in many cases that's up to the airline's own terms. qantas says it has significantly cut delays and cancellations as australians start to travel again after covid. the national carrier insists it goes beyond its obligations to help its customers. virgin australia also told the bbc

it offers passengers who are delayed vouchers for meals, taxis and hotels. however, consumer advocates say some passengers have lost significant amounts of money. i've been dealing with customers that have been had cancelled flights well and truly over $20,000 being told, "bad luck, we're not giving you your money back." "you can have a credit for a period of time." because at the moment australians are being fed to the wolves when it comes to consumer protection. disruptions to flights can be unavoidable because of the weather or issues with air—traffic control. but when an airline's at fault, many australians who save hard to travel overseas as cost of living pressures increase want the same rights to compensation as other countries. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. crypto firm blockfi is the latest business to file

for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which postpones a us company's obligations to its creditors, giving it time to reorganise its debts or sell parts of the business. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, explained how the business reached this stage. blockfi made its name offering loans backed by cryptocurrencies to ordinary investors. now, as the value of cryptocurrencies plummeted over the summer, it ran into financial trouble and was rescued at the time by ftx. but the implosion of crypto exchange ftx and its sister trading company earlier this month set off a chain reaction, and now blockfi's ties to the troubled exchange have turned it into the crypto world's latest casualty. a few weeks ago, blockfi halted customer withdrawals, citing significant exposure to ftx. and in its bankruptcy filing, the lender also revealed that ftx was its second largest creditor, presumably as a result of that bailout deal. it owes ftx $275 million.

now, in the days since crypto's big whale, ftx, went under, wall street and regulators have been on the lookout for the next domino to fall, bracing for financial chaos and hoping it doesn't spread beyond the crypto market. two ukrainian opera houses have been recognised at this year's "opera oscars" for offering up music in the midst of power cuts and artillery blasts. as fighting in ukraine rages on — the opera houses were applauded for giving audiences a chance to escape the day—to—day reality of war. tom brada reports. hitting the harmonious high notes in the most trying of circumstances. two opera houses from ukraine have won this year's company of the year prize at the international opera awards. it's my great pleasure to declare both of these companies asjoint winners. the opera houses of lviv

and odesa were recognised for their outstanding work in challenging situations. while bombs have dropped from the sky, they refused to fall silent. something very new, very fresh and unknown is being born out of this struggle and this fight. and ukrainian art and music is definitely part of it. both theatres were initially forced to suspend performances when russia invaded ukraine in february, but as the war ground on, they reopened their doors, offering the public the opportunity for a moment of musical escape. we start our works after one month and half of the start of global war. it's a cultural front for each person who work in the opera theatre, for artists, for administrative, for musicians, for chorus, for everyone. the war in ukraine is entering

a difficult new phase, with millions facing power cuts as a freezing winter looms. in spite of the many challenges, ukrainian culture continues to find its voice. tom brada, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah hello. whilst much of november has been very mild and pretty wet too, the last few days of the month are seeing a real change in weather type, something colder and drier on the cards. but we're also seeing some lingering mist and fog in the forecast over the next couple of days too. so through the rest of today, the areas most likely to see that fog lingering are parts of southern england, say somerset, towards east anglia, up towards the vale of york, manchester region, dumfries and galloway, and parts of northern ireland too. but there will be some sunshine breaking through at times, particularly for northern scotland, into parts of wales and south west england as well. so if you don't see the sunshine, you may welljust see a bit of low cloud mist and fog lingering and temperatures only around about 4—6 degrees under the fog. but in the sunshine, we'lljust

about get into double figures. now through this evening and tonight, then temperatures are going to fall quite quickly, the winds are fairly light, and we're going to see mist and fog once again becoming quite extensive through into the early hours of wednesday. it won't be quite as cold as it was first thing this morning, but still a risk of some patchy frost around, particularly across parts of scotland. now, what we've got at the moment, we've got weather fronts just trying to nudge it in from the atlantic. they'lljust make inroads for wednesday into parts of northern ireland and scotland, but high pressure really dominating things, keeping things largely dry. so for wednesday, again, we're going to see that lingering fog across parts of england, scotland as well. slightly clearer conditions, i think, for wales, the south west of england as well. a bit more cloud and patchy rain just nudging in across northern ireland during wednesday afternoon as that front moves its way in. so milder in the west, 10—13 degrees. in the east, around about 5—10 ten degrees. some sunny spells, some lingering mist and fog heading into thursday. that weather front just affecting parts of scotland, the far north of england, with a few drizzly showers around there, fairly cloudy in the north.

again, some mist and some fog, but i think some slightly brighter conditions developing in the south as well, so a touch milder by this stage around about 7—12 degrees, but it does look like things are again going to turn colder towards the end of the week. because we've got that huge area of high pressure sitting across scandinavia, and what we're going to see is the winds rotating around that, so they're going to be drawn in from an easterly direction. and you can see the blue colours moving across the map as we head through the course of the weekend. so a colder air mass on the way, you can see that drop in temperature from friday, saturday and sunday, perhaps a few showers, mainly in the north, could be a little bit wintry over the highest ground. bye for now.

this is bbc news — i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines at midday: the government axes plans to force tech companies to take down harmful, but legal, material — but ministers insist the new online safety bill will protect children. the legal but harmful aspect was pertaining to adults. content that is harmful or could hurt children but is not illegal, so is legal, will still be removed under this version of the bill. the foreign office has summoned china's ambassador to the uk over the arrest and alleged beating of a bbcjournalist, ed lawrence, who was covering covid protests in shanghai. a leading expert on nutrition warns that the cost of living crisis risks parents being unable to afford to pay for school dinners. and in football — england and wales will go head to head in qatar later, with both teams fighting for a place

in the last 16 of the world cup. we'll be live in doha as fans prepare for the game. welcome to bbc news. controversial measures that would have forced big technology platforms to take down "legal but harmful" material have been axed from the government's revised online safety bill. ian russell, whose daughter molly took her own life in 2017, after viewing online images of self—harm and suicide, has accused ministers of watering down the legislation. the bill previously included a section which required "the largest, highest—risk platforms" such as facebook, instagram and youtube, to prevent people being exposed to harmful material. while adults can access and post anything legal —

provided a platform's terms of service allow it — children must still be protected from viewing harmful material, including through the use of filters. critics of this part of the bill claimed it compromised free speech. culture secretary michelle donelan said the revised bill offered "a triple shield of protection" and that adults would have more control over what they saw online. labour's shadow culture secretary, lucy powell, criticised the decision to remove obligations over "legal but harmful" material saying it gave a "free pass to abusers and takes the public for a ride" and that it was "a major weakening, not strengthening, of the bill". we will have plenty of reaction to the revised bill. but first here's angus crawford with this report. the online safety bill does complete... a bill tabled. we will be proceeding with the online safety... delayed. well, can i thank my honourable... and amended. it's taken years, but will be back before parliament next week. it was the case of molly russell, perhaps more than any other, that influenced the bill.

she took her own life after being exposed to a stream of content about suicide, depression and self—harm. the coroner at her inquest singled out algorithms which relentlessly pushed harmful material. speaking last week, ian russell said it's been hard waiting for parliament to act. five years of becoming involved in online safety and the subjects that surround it have led me to not believe in anyone's words, but instead judge them by their actions. i think the online safety bill is something i care deeply about because, without a change that regulates the companies to operate their platforms more safely, these tragedies will continue to happen. it's too late for me. the culture secretary now

seems to have broken the parliamentary gridlock with a series of amendments. so, what's in and what's out? powers for ministers to define legal but harmful content dropped — satisfying free—speech advocates in her party, infuriating labour. but now included — new criminal offences of encouraging self—harm, and sharing deep—fake pornography. better age verification for children. adult users given more power to block unwanted content. ground—breaking but complex, a law that won't satisfy everyone — but may finally bring to an end the era of big tech regulating itself. angus crawford, bbc news. the culture secretary, michelle donelan, has been defending the bill and denies watering down the legislation. the legal but harmful aspect was pertaining to adults.

content that is harmful or could hurt children but is not illegal, so is legal, will still be removed under this version of the bill. so, the content that molly russell saw will not be allowed as a result of this bill. there will no longer be cases like that coming forward because we're preventing that from happening. i want to be really clear on that, because that is fundamentally what this bill is about. joining me now is dame caroline dinenage, the former minister at the department of culture, media and sport who worked on the online harm bill until 2021.( do you feel like it has been watered down? , , ., ., ., , down? this is now a ground breaking iece of down? this is now a ground breaking piece of legislation _ down? this is now a ground breaking piece of legislation was _ down? this is now a ground breaking piece of legislation was a _ down? this is now a ground breaking piece of legislation was a really i piece of legislation was a really long way to ambition of making us one of the safest places to be online. it is an incredibly

complicated piece of legislation. i worked on for two years and i've just one of a one of a number of stewards. i do have a concern about the removal of the legal but harmful. if we are really serious about tackling some of the real harm that at that in the online world, critically for adults, because the protection of children is already there in this legislation, it does feel like this is a little bit sub optimal for feel like this is a little bit sub optimalfor me. t feel like this is a little bit sub optimal for me.— feel like this is a little bit sub optimal for me. i spoke to the samaritans. — optimal for me. i spoke to the samaritans, who _ optimal for me. i spoke to the samaritans, who say - optimal for me. i spoke to the samaritans, who say that i optimal for me. i spoke to the samaritans, who say that the | samaritans, who say that the vulnerability of people doesn't stop once they hit their 18th birthday. this is it, there is no comparison with the off—line world because algorithms send you down and echo chamber where all you hear is your own paranoias and your own viewpoints reflected back at you, and then sign onto more and more extreme and explicit content. if you

are a young woman with an eating disorder, or potentially a young man at risk of radicalisation, you are exposed to that kind of content in a way that you wouldn't be day—to—day hour after hour in the outside world. ~ , ., , ~' hour after hour in the outside world. ~ i. , ,, ., world. when you put it like that, do feel let down _ world. when you put it like that, do feel let down that _ world. when you put it like that, do feel let down that the _ world. when you put it like that, do feel let down that the government | feel let down that the government has taken this decision now. you have said it is clunky, but you have just described very clearly the impact of what goes on. t just described very clearly the impact of what goes on. i feel that there are now _ impact of what goes on. i feel that there are now going _ impact of what goes on. i feel that there are now going to _ impact of what goes on. i feel that there are now going to be - there are now going to be protections which were really explicit in the bill which will now be up to social media platforms and other online platforms to define for themselves and to regulate for themselves. that to me is not where i wanted it to end up. i really hope the government would subscribe what they call the priority harms and really get the platforms to tackle them more explicitly. at the end of

today, we are where we are and time is ticking. if we do not get this legislation delivered by spring next year, it will fall and we will lose all the protection are in it. it is all the protection are in it. it is a great piece of legislation, but it could be better. tan a great piece of legislation, but it could be better.— could be better. ian russell, the father of molly _ could be better. ian russell, the father of molly russell, - could be better. ian russell, the father of molly russell, who i could be better. ian russell, the| father of molly russell, who took her own life, at the inquest, the sort of material she was accessing, some her own life, at the inquest, the sort of material she was accessing, some of her own life, at the inquest, the sort of material she was accessing, some of it her own life, at the inquest, the sort of material she was accessing, some of it was her own life, at the inquest, the sort of material she was accessing, some of it was described her own life, at the inquest, the sort of material she was accessing, some of it was described as her own life, at the inquest, the sort of material she was accessing, some of it was described as a material that children shouldn't ever see. one of the adults that saw it in particular are said it was something he couldn't get out of his mind for a long time. the minister said that children like molly russell will be protected going forward, but her dad does feel extremely let down. i know you met him in a number of times when you were a digital minister. i want to read ja quote from him, saying" it is hard to understand that something

that was in the commons as recent as july as harmful but legal content, it is very hard to understand why something like that has changed." what has changed sincejuly? t something like that has changed." what has changed since july? i have so much respect _ what has changed since july? i have so much respect for _ what has changed since july? i have so much respect for ian _ what has changed since july? i have so much respect for ian russell, i what has changed since july? i have so much respect for ian russell, he| so much respect for ian russell, he has turned such a tragic experience into this campaign to try to stop others suffering the same fate. it has not changed in the sense of protections for children. if anything, it likely tightened up in the latest iteration of that bill. what has changed is, i would suggest, the protections for the more vulnerable adults are not quite as robust as they could be. it almost feels like freedom of speech has been prioritised over those sort of protections. in that respect, he has got a very strong point. [30 of protections. in that respect, he has got a very strong point. do you think he has _ has got a very strong point. do you think he has been _ has got a very strong point. do you think he has been let _ has got a very strong point. do you think he has been let down? - has got a very strong point. do you think he has been let down? if- has got a very strong point. do you think he has been let down? if the| think he has been let down? if the riori is think he has been let down? if the priority is protecting _ think he has been let down? if he: priority is protecting children,

then i think this bill is exactly as it was in the sommer, if not slightly stronger. i think in that respect, no. as you say, there are very many young people who are not children but are still incredibly vulnerable, add to that some of the really nasty content that is out there because these algorithms currently them onto more and more damaging and extreme content. —— algorithms could leave them on. do think the organ is around freedom of speech are different when it comes to online and that savannah has not been recognised in what has gone on in at the politics of this? i been recognised in what has gone on in at the politics of this?— in at the politics of this? i think freedom of— in at the politics of this? i think freedom of speech _ in at the politics of this? i think freedom of speech is _ in at the politics of this? i think freedom of speech is often - in at the politics of this? i think freedom of speech is often not| in at the politics of this? i think- freedom of speech is often not waive the bow like a flag, as if we must preserve freedom of speech at all times. but if you look at the way the internet is at the moment, that isn't freedom of speech, because you can't go on without risking

harassment, without risking bullying, without risking matter of pile on building that affects many people. social media platforms have the right to ban anybody delay like without repercussions. that isn't freedom of speech at the moment. in a perverse sort of way, more protection would actually guaranty people to have a stronger ability to express themselves. [30 people to have a stronger ability to express themselves.— people to have a stronger ability to express themselves. do think that is a nuanced _ has _ express themselves. do think that is a nuanced i the - has _ express themselves. do think that is a nuanced i the party as _ express themselves. do think that is a m landed i the party as _ express themselves. do think that is a m landed now? e party as _ has landed now? i think it is part the has landed now? i think it is part i the debate — has landed now? i think it is part . the debate that _ has landed now? i think it is part . the debate that is _ has landed now? i think it is part . the debate that is not - has landed now? i think it is part . the debate that is not fully - of the debate that is not fully understood, partly because this bill is so massive, is almost like five pieces of legislation in one. very few people who have very strong things about it haven't actually taken the time to read it. do you think it could _ taken the time to read it. do you think it could be _ taken the time to read it. do you think it could be revisited - taken the time to read it. do you think it could be revisited or- taken the time to read it. do you think it could be revisited or do l think it could be revisited or do think it could be revisited or do think that is it? i think it could be revisited or do think that is it?— think it could be revisited or do think th work t?— think it could be revisited or do think th work with _ have to work with what we have got

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against china's zero—covid policy, with some demonstrators calling for president xi jinping to step down. problem is the oversimplification of the prevention control measures and arbitrary imposition of restrictions and a one size fits all approach. some localities have arbitrarily expended the areas and the people to be put on lockdown and some regions without approval randomly put the entire locality... at present, localities have established an ad hoc working committee to deal with the wrongful practice of arbitrary imposition of restrictions.

if you are watching is on bbc two, thank you for your company. we hope you had a good afternoon. the uk government is to commit £700 million towards building a new nuclear power station at sizewell in suffolk. it'll be built next to the existing sizewell b plant by the french power company, edf. the government will become a 50% shareholder in the development of the project, and chinese investment won't be needed. critics say there is a "huge amount" of money still to find for the project. business secretary grant shapps says it will help the uk achieve "energy independence." this means that we will be building sizewell c, it's going to power 6 million homes, it's going to provide 10,000 jobs, perhaps immediately on—site, 20,000 overall, and a lot of apprenticeships as well. so good news for britain's energy independence. it doesn't mean that, though, does it? what it means is £700 million

for the development phase of sizewell c, the cost of which is believed to be around 30 billion — that money still has to be found. well, certainly, money will be raised to build it, it's a combination between taxpayers' money but also private investment, and that is, as you rightly say, is the next stage. but it's a sign of, if you like, the confidence that the british government has in nuclear as part of our energy mix, and the very important point which has been driven home so clearly by putin's illegal invasion of ukraine, and all that has done to energy prices, that we must have a mix of energy in this country — renewable, wind power, offshore, solar, and nuclear. a big day if you are a football fan of england or wales. millions of football fans

are expected to tune in this evening when the two teams play each other in the game that will decide their world cup futures. wales must win to stand any chance of progressing, england will go through with draw. in the same group, iran play usa — another exciting match to look forward to. it isa it is a hot afternoon in doha come up it is a hot afternoon in doha come up with the temperature slightly above average at 30 celsius was stop later this evening it will have killed to a still very warm 26 degrees. many fans will be hoping the stadium's air conditioning is working properly. let'sjust see the stadium's air conditioning is working properly. let's just see the scene in doha. so much controversy around the human rights issues there, there have been other issues arising as a result of political gestures at some of the matches. the focus for england and wales fans, 7pm kick off tonight, will be very

much on the football. let's got live to doha now and join lucy hockings. welcome to doha. it is crunch day for group b, with every contender able to progress to the last 16. england take on wales on tuesday's late game, a local derby like no other. a must win game for wales but england can go through with a draw. iran and the usa have their final match of the group stages. also in the coming areas four hours we will see ecuador taking on senegal, then the netherlands taking on qatar, who cannot progress at this stage. iran and england have some of the biggest groups of travelling fans. the atmosphere has been building for fans here and abroad. england very much in the driving seat to progress to the knockout stage. but when you speak to fans here, they are really

expecting something special again when they go to the stadium later on. it will be really exciting, there is a lot of expats in the region, i think there is at least 22,000 english in the gulf, sol think there is at least 22,000 english in the gulf, so i expect a lot of those will have tickets as well. lots of anticipation from england fans, of course, but also from the thousands of welsh fans who are in fine voice here in doha. they have been disappointing about their team has managed to produce so far, but i think the expectation of the welsh team today from the put in a good performance. i'm not sure if anyone thinks they can beat england by four goals. let's talk

now to ross clark, a wales fan but also head of the football coaching team at the qatar foundation, an educational facility providing an academy type system when it comes to football. how are you feeling as a welsh fan? is it fair to say that you are just looking for a good performance? to you are just looking for a good performance?— you are just looking for a good performance? you are just looking for a good erformance? ., , ., , performance? to be honest with you, that is something _ performance? to be honest with you, that is something which _ performance? to be honest with you, that is something which ah _ performance? to be honest with you, that is something which ah are - performance? to be honest with you, that is something which ah are what l that is something which ah are what we are looking for. we want something to shout about as welsh fans because it has been a disappointment tournament for us so far. as long as we can put on a good performance, maybe when the game. you never know, if the usa and iran draw, then we can progress. just fingers across wales can put on a good display. nah? fingers across wales can put on a good dismay-— fingers across wales can put on a a-ooddisla .~ , ~' , good display. why do you think they haven't performed _ good display. why do you think they haven't performed well— good display. why do you think they haven't performed well so _ good display. why do you think they haven't performed well so far? - good display. why do you think they haven't performed well so far? i - haven't performed well so far? i think it is the pressured, first world cup in 64 years. obviously, our main players, gareth bale and aaron ramsey, are not in their prime any more. it isjust think

aaron ramsey, are not in their prime any more. it is just think the pressure has got to them. also our four motion, playing five at the backis four motion, playing five at the back is not worked. i hope tonight we canjust tweak back is not worked. i hope tonight we can just tweak things and just give it a good go. this we can just tweak things and 'ust give it a good go-i we can just tweak things and 'ust give it a good go. this qatar team came into this _ give it a good go. this qatar team came into this tournament - give it a good go. this qatar team came into this tournament as - give it a good go. this qatar team | came into this tournament as asian champions, and they could progress. being here in qatarfor the champions, and they could progress. being here in qatar for the last ten months, i've seen the build—up, what pressure the players will be under. qatar have got good players as well, they have had good results, they beat japan 3—1 they have had good results, they beatjapan 3—1 in the final the asian cup, so they have got some good players. they have got a tough group. but going forward i think there is a lot of positives qatar can take. ., ., ,., , ,, ., ., can take. one of the reasons qatar was awarded _ can take. one of the reasons qatar was awarded the _ can take. one of the reasons qatar was awarded the world _ can take. one of the reasons qatar was awarded the world cup - can take. one of the reasons qatar was awarded the world cup was . can take. one of the reasons qatar was awarded the world cup was to | was awarded the world cup was to promote the game in this region. are you seeing that happening? ithink

you seeing that happening? i think differentl . you seeing that happening? i think differently. there _ you seeing that happening? i think differently. there is _ you seeing that happening? i think differently. there is a _ you seeing that happening? i think differently. there is a huge - you seeing that happening? i think differently. there is a huge push, l differently. there is a huge push, especially for the women's game. i was quite surprised to see that coming out, because what you hear in the media before you come here, but they really are pushing the women's game out here. for example, i train men and younger players. a lot of the time, the women are getting priority now, tournaments, using the best facilities and things like that. they are really pushing it with the schools to get women's football involved. i think it is great to see. it has been a positive change, a real positive change for qatar. ., ., , ., change, a real positive change for qatar. ., ., qatar. how are your facilities? i can imagine _ qatar. how are your facilities? i can imagine they _ qatar. how are your facilities? i can imagine they are _ qatar. how are your facilities? i i can imagine they are exceptional. i'm lucky, i'm training at one of the best facilities in qatar, really. beautiful green pitches, they get watered all the time. with they get watered all the time. with the ladies, when they do the tournaments, they do kind of

boarded—up defence so not all the men can see. you have to respect the culture when you're out here and understand that. but if they continue pushing it and continue on this path, i'm sure they are going to get some not only women participating, but also the younger boys playing as well.— participating, but also the younger boys playing as well. great to have ou with boys playing as well. great to have you with us. _ boys playing as well. great to have you with us. good _ boys playing as well. great to have you with us, good luck— boys playing as well. great to have you with us, good luck to - boys playing as well. great to have you with us, good luck to wales. i | you with us, good luck to wales. i will say that you england fans as well today but i'm being unbiased here. the other crucial match in group b is iran versus the usa. that has been so much pressure on the radiant team because the protests and solidarity with the demonstrations happening back in iran. there is also being anger express from tehran that when the us soccer federation change the flag on their media purse. memories to too of 1998, the last time the two sides

met in you world cup. at the time, that match was described as the most political challenge match in history of the world cup. can you explain the significance of today's match with iran taking on the usa? m was with iran taking on the usa? i was lucky enough _ with iran taking on the usa? i was lucky enough to — with iran taking on the usa? i was lucky enough to be _ with iran taking on the usa? i was lucky enough to be at _ with iran taking on the usa? i was lucky enough to be at that - with iran taking on the usa? was lucky enough to be at that game in 1998. there is a big difference between that game and the game tonight. really, that game, the world cup in 1990 was defined for iran and the usa. they both didn't have a chance to qualify from that group. but tonight is certainly a different story. whoever wins will make it to the knockout round. it seems that both teams have got some momentum going on for them in

footballing terms. the advantage that iran would have is that they won against wales, their first—ever win against european opposition, their best ever win at a world cup. also, some of these players are experienced enough, they have played in 2014 and 2018, they know how they world cup works. the usa have the youngest team in the tournament, it seems they want to build up momentum for the next world cup which they are hosting. having the youngest team perhaps means that they have the best bodies to recover in this short period of time. it is going to be very interesting to see who is going to win. flan be very interesting to see who is going to win-— be very interesting to see who is going to win. can i ask you, what has the reaction _ going to win. can i ask you, what has the reaction been _ going to win. can i ask you, what has the reaction been in - going to win. can i ask you, what has the reaction been in iran - going to win. can i ask you, what has the reaction been in iran to l going to win. can i ask you, what l has the reaction been in iran to the us soccer federation and their social media posts changing the iranian flag?— social media posts changing the iranian flag? there are different es of iranian flag? there are different types of iranians _ iranian flag? there are different types of iranians fans _ iranian flag? there are different types of iranians fans at - iranian flag? there are different types of iranians fans at this - iranian flag? there are different i types of iranians fans at this world

cup compared to a 1998. back in 1998, most of the fans would have supported him as a national team. but some of the fans they will want another team to qualify from the group and not iran because they see this as the team of the islamic republic. coming back to your question, the coaches of iran and the usa played down the event. the usa did apologise on behalf of the coaching staff and the players and said they have got nothing to do with it. they are trying to pull it down. it was quite interesting, there were no political questions at there were no political questions at the iran press conference the other day. they are trying to focus on the football. ., ., , , ., football. that has been on the message. _ football. that has been on the message, let's _ football. that has been on the message, let's focus - football. that has been on the message, let's focus on - football. that has been on the message, let's focus on the i football. that has been on the - message, let's focus on the football and not the politics. two big matches i had today, iran and the usa, and of course wales versus

england. we will have the latest throughout the day here in doha. fewer than half of the population of england and wales have described themselves as christians for the first time, the 2021 census has revealed. people who said they had no religion increased by 12 percentage points, while the number of people identifying as muslim increased by 1.2 million. let's get more on this with our religion editor, aleem maqbool. tell us more about the findings. this is the latest tranche of the data from the senses, which are dealt with religion. a very simple optional question. it simply said, what is your religion. for the first time, we have seen a figure lower than 50% of those who define themselves as christians. it is 46% now, ten years ago it was nearly 60%, so quite a big drop. it is expected given the sort of social attitude surveys we have seen coming

back over the last few years, which all showed the number of people who define themselves as having no religion increase massively. 37% of the population of england and wales now classify themselves in that category. now classify themselves in that cate . o . ., , ., now classify themselves in that cateuo . ., , , category. how did you rest break down? this _ category. how did you rest break down? this movement _ category. how did you rest break down? this movement we - category. how did you rest break down? this movement we have i category. how did you rest break- down? this movement we have seen awa from down? this movement we have seen away from faith. _ down? this movement we have seen away from faith, this _ down? this movement we have seen away from faith, this christian - away from faith, this christian decline as it is being called, is not something that is being reflected in other major non—christian religions. they all in varying degrees have been on the advise. from 2011, the number of muslims in england and wales has gone up by1.2%. muslims in england and wales has gone up by 1.2%. the story, really, in terms of the changing demographic is about to do with the no category.

but there is also a lot to do with immigration, a lot to do with family sizes. , ., , , �* , ., sizes. presumably there's quite a lot of nuance _ sizes. presumably there's quite a lot of nuance behind _ sizes. presumably there's quite a lot of nuance behind a _ sizes. presumably there's quite a lot of nuance behind a very - sizes. presumably there's quite a lot of nuance behind a very basic| lot of nuance behind a very basic question on a bit of paper? because it is what is — question on a bit of paper? because it is what is your _ question on a bit of paper? because it is what is your religion, _ question on a bit of paper? because it is what is your religion, some - it is what is your religion, some people may see themselves as spiritual, or believing, but don't want to define themselves by an institution, for example. so, yes, that category of no religion, which is up to about 22 million people in england and wales, is a broad spectrum of people who are atheist, but then there are those who are agnostic, who have some sense of spirituality, some for example believe in a power of prayer or the afterlife, but can't really explain that. that is an other religion category as well on the census form.

there are people who wanted to ride in what they were, and more than 70,000 people said they were pagan in england and wales. but the biggest increase, around 8000 people described themselves as shamans since 2011. just described themselves as shamans since 2011. . , , ., described themselves as shamans since 2011. , , ., , ., ., , since 2011. just explain shamanism. a lot of people _ since 2011. just explain shamanism. a lot of people are _ since 2011. just explain shamanism. a lot of people are perhaps - since 2011. just explain shamanism. a lot of people are perhaps looking | a lot of people are perhaps looking at the qanon the phenomenon and the sort of shame in that we saw in the protest as perhaps having something to do with that. but it is small numbers, in the thousands. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. it was a chilly start to the morning. we had some subzero temperatures in places, also mist and fog which for some of us is going to lift and clear and in other areas, it is going to linger through the day. so the areas most likely to see the fog lingering, through parts of southern england, the midlands, up to the vale of york, bit of dumfries and galloway

and northern ireland too. best of the sunshine probably for central and northern scotland, down towards wales in the south—west too. under the low cloud and fog, 6 or 7 degrees, but we just about give a nudge into double figures where you do see the sunshine coming through in the south. through this evening and tonight, winds are light, skies are going to be clear, so, again, some fairly extensive fog forming and some patchy frost around, probably not quite as cold as it was last night. temperatures round about three or 4 degrees. so that fog, a bit like today, is going to be quite stubborn to clear tomorrow, particularly through parts of the midlands, northern england, perhaps into the central belt as well. perhaps a little bit more in the way of sunshine breaking through towards southern england and wales compared to today, though. milder in the west, but temperatures only around about 5—10 in the east. bye. hello this is bbc news —— i'mjoanna gosling —— the headlines. the government axes plans to force tech companies to take down harmful —— but legal —— material. but ministers insist the new online safety bill will protect children. the foreign office has summoned

china's ambassador to the uk —— over the arrest and alleged beating of a bbcjournalist, ed lawrence, who was covering covid protests in shanghai. a leading expert on nutrition warns that the cost of living crisis risks parents being unable to afford to pay for school dinners. and in football —— england and wales will go head to head in qatar later —— with both teams fighting for a place in the last 16 of the world cup. we'll be live in doha as fans prepare for the game. let's get more now on the story that the uk government has axed part of its internet safety legislation —— which would have forced big technology firms to remove legal but harmful material from their platforms. critics have claimed the measure was a risk to free speech. ian russell's 14 year—old daughter molly took her own life in 2017, after viewing images of self—harm and suicide online. he said he was relieved that progress was being made —

but he felt the plans had been watered down: the evidence that was presented to molly's inquest by the platforms that showed what molly had engaged with when she was online, that contributed to her death, as the coroner concluded at the end of the inquest, the content that she saw and engaged with, i think the most harmful content to her was content that could be described as legal but harmful. i often say the post that comes to mind is a simple post of a sad drawing of a girl, pencil—drawn girl looking sad, and next to it were the words, "who would love a suicidal girl?" that, in and on its own, isn't necessarily harmful. but when the platform's algorithms send hundreds, if not thousands, of those posts or posts like it to someone who, particularly if they're young and vulnerable, then that content has to be regulated against, the algorithms have to be looked into as well, and that's what the concern is.

when you look at some of the safeguards that are being introduced, would that make any difference to your concerns? for example, the fact that there'll be huge fines if companies don't ban underage children? so that if the bans were effective, then they wouldn't be able to see those kind of images. yeah, there's lots of positives as well, and it's of course important to talk about those. the platforms have not taken seriously the advances in age verification and age assurance that tech now has. they've not paid enough attention to that. they've sort of turned a blind eye to the age of people on their platforms. so that's a step forward. there's another thing that's a positive as well, is that there will be more transparency from the platforms, cos i think they'll be asked to publish their risk assessments into the risks that are available. and more images will become illegal, because they're going to bring self—harm content in line with communications that encourage suicide, they're going to make those illegal.

yes, and that's another big step forward and a very important step forward. but i think, in simple terms, if you look at a stat that says a quarter of young people dying by suicide in the uk had suicide—related online experiences beforehand, and this isn'tjust social media... given those sort of stats, given that four school—age children die by suicide every week in the uk, so roughly it's something like nearly once a week a young person will die having seen harmful content online that may well have affected them. and that's a horrible stat. so what we need is the assurance from the secretary of state that this watering down of the bill by removing the harmful content is at least boosted in other measures to make it safe for notjust young people,

but for all of us to be online. nato foreign ministers are meeting in romania to review their response to the war in ukraine. the focus will be on ramping up the supply of weapons and also non—lethal aid, such as fuel and winter equipment, as russia continues to target ukraine's infrastructure and power grid. here's the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg. president putin is failing in ukraine. he is responding with more brutality. attacking gas infrastructure, power lines. and trying to deprive the ukrainians of water, electricity, light and heating. therefore, we need to support ukraine because what we see is that president putin is trying to use winter as a weapon of war. which is inflicting a lot of

suffering on the ukrainian people. the world's largest active volcano — hawaii's mauna loa has erupted for the first time in almost 40 yea rs. residents have been placed on alert and warned about the risk of falling ash — but so far no evacuation orders have been put in place. our reporter wendy urquhart has the latest. in the dark of night, the orange glow of lava is visible on the slopes of mauna loa, which sprawls across more than half of hawaii's big island and towers some 4,000 metres above sea level. for years, the volcano has been fast asleep, but on sunday morning, the united states geological survey — or usgs — recorded the first rumblings in nearly four decades. at first, it was thought the eruption would be contained in the caldera, or summit crater, but now red—hot we are going to the house of commons

for an urgent question of their beating of the ukjournalist for an urgent question of their beating of the uk journalist in shanghai. beating of the uk 'ournalist in shanahai. ~ _, ., ., shanghai. while covering an antique look protest — shanghai. while covering an antique look protest in _ shanghai. while covering an antique look protest in shanghai. _ shanghai. while covering an antique look protest in shanghai. mr - look protest in shanghai. mr speaker, ifind it hard to believe with the honourable member's powers of persuasion, this is his first urgent question. he is an ever present ray of sunshine in parliament and we love him for it. as the foreign secretary made clear yesterday, the arrest of bbc journalist while covering the recent protests in shanghai is deeply disturbing and wholly unacceptable situation. thejournalist disturbing and wholly unacceptable situation. the journalist must be able to do theirjob without fear of arrest or intimidation. the bbc have stated that the journalist was beaten and kicked by the police during his arrest and was held for several hours before being released. in response, we are calling in the chinese ambassador to make clear the unacceptable and unwarranted nature

of these actions, the importance of freedom of speech and to demand a full and thorough explanation. we have also been in close touch with the journalist and bbc throughout to gather facts and provide support. we recognise that the covid—19 related restrictions in china are challenging for the chinese people and we urge the chinese authorities to respect the rights of those who decide to express their views about the situation. moreover, as the prime minister said yesterday the media and their parliamentarians must be able to highlight issues without fear of sanction or intimidation whether that is calling out human rights violations, determining freedom in hong kong and reporting on the recent protests. this follows the recent incident in manchester and we have made clear to their sites previously, the apparent behaviour of staff in the chinese consulate was wholly unacceptable. in view of the gravity of that incident with some of the chinese,

on the 18th october, and delivered a clear message through our ambassador in beijing. there is now an ongoing investigation and it would be wrong to pre—empt the findings. more broadly, we recognise that china poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests as highlighted by the prime minister yesterday, a challenge that grows more acute as it moves towards greater authoritarianism. that is why we are taking robust action to protect our interest and to stand up for our values which includes imposing sanctions, leading action at the un and strengthening our supply chain resilience. let me assure members thatis resilience. let me assure members that is part of our frank relationship with china, we will continue to raise their human rights concerns at the highest levels. thank you very much for the firmness and the response and that is what we wish to hear. i welcome the news that the chinese ambassador has been summoned to account for this arrest and i would encourage the minister to share and hopefully can all of

the justification given at that meeting. currently the reason given to the bbc by chinese authorities was that they had arrested him for his own good in case he caught covid—19 from the crowd. my goodness! ed lawrence, a senior journalist in the bbc, a british citizen, they were so concerned that they beat him and kicked him as he tried to lawfully cover a peaceful protest in shanghai. he had all the necessary permits and licenses, he is a veteran reporter in china. the first question we need to ask is what assessment have they made of the safety of british journalists in china following this assault. it is important to remember that the arrest and assault of ed lawrence is not the first attack on freedom of speech but another example in a long line ofjournalists and human rights defenders who are silence, arrested or simply disappeared by the ccp. in this parliamentary term, this is the sixth urgent question granted on the

issue of human rights abuse by the chinese communist party. we have seen the ccp establish incognito police stations in the uk, assaulting a man outside the chinese consulate in manchester. highlighting horrendous crimes against the weakest and pro—democracy activists in hong kong. minister, this is unprecedented and needs urgent action. this is part of a clear pattern of behaviour of increase crackdowns and restrictions on chinese people within china and on british soil in the run—up to and following the national congress of the chinese communist party last month. last night, at the lord mayor banquet, the prime minister gave a speech which stated that the golden era of china and uk relations were over. i have to say, i welcome his commitment and is well worth the same length. the director—general of m15 said that china represents the

biggest long—term threat to britain and economic and national security. clearly, tougher action is needed to protect british citizens, pro—democracy and religious and ethnic minorities by the ccp. this ethnic minorities by the ccp. as always, my honourable friend raised important points and he can be assured that when the chinese ambassador comes to the foreign office, having been called in, these points will be raised, particularly around the immediate point about the arrest and unacceptable manner of the arrest and the justification for charity has highlighted is incredibly thin. we will raise the wider point he mentions about safety ofjournalists in that meeting as well. he raises a number of other important points about chinese police stations and as the minister for security made clear in his statement in the house of commons on the 1st of november, reports of

undeclared police stations in the united kingdom are extremely concerning and will be taken very seriously, the home office reviewing our transnational operation and the minister for security is committed to providing an update to the house in due course. he rightly said there are wider concerns about the increasing authoritarianism and muscular foreign increasing authoritarianism and muscularforeign policy increasing authoritarianism and muscular foreign policy of the chinese and the prime minister rightly set out a new era in terms of robust pragmatism which we have seen grow over recent years but clearly articulated by the prime minister yesterday. can clearly articulated by the prime minister yesterday.— minister yesterday. can i congratulate _ minister yesterday. can i congratulate our- minister yesterday. can i. congratulate our honourable minister yesterday. can i - congratulate our honourable friend for being successful in he raises important points. we all absolutely condemn quite rightly the brutal treatment of ed lawrence the bbc journalist yesterday, seeing him dragged away i have seen a text to it calling to say that he was beaten very hard during the course of his detention. however, iwould like

very hard during the course of his detention. however, i would like to say that the fact that all the other issues that are raised, the chasing and incarceration ofjournalists in hong kong, the crackdowns and genocide on the uigher, there is an endless litany of chinese bad behaviour, and i raised this question with him, how is it that yesterday the prime minister who previously said that china posed a systemic threat has now moved to a systemic threat has now moved to a systemic challenge and that our strongest policy statement now in terms of our reputation and relationship with china is that we are going to be robustly pragmatic. could you please explain to me how robustly pragmatic will worry the chinese anyone bet? i robustly pragmatic will worry the chinese anyone bet?— robustly pragmatic will worry the chinese anyone bet? i thank him for his comments. _ chinese anyone bet? i thank him for his comments, he _ chinese anyone bet? i thank him for his comments, he is _ chinese anyone bet? i thank him for his comments, he is a _ chinese anyone bet? i thank him for| his comments, he is a long-standing his comments, he is a long—standing campaigner on these issues and i listen keenly to what he says as does the foreign secretary. what the prime minister was setting out yesterday as a coordinating and

coherent approach, we will be doing more to adapt to chinese growing impact. as he knows, we will be revising and updating the integrated review which will help us to invest in our alliances and the capabilities, the serious capabilities, the serious capabilities that we need to counter the actions that we see in china's foreign policy. bill thank you very much, mr speaker, iwould foreign policy. bill thank you very much, mr speaker, i would like to congratulate the honourable member on securing his first urgent question in the house. who would have known _ question in the house. who would have known it _ question in the house. who would have known it was _ question in the house. who would have known it was the _ question in the house. who would have known it was the first? - question in the house. who would have known it was the first? i - question in the house. who would j have known it was the first? i turn to the serious question of the urgent question and the arrest and detention ofjournalists which is deeply shocking and in this particular case, our own bbc. this is the approach we have come to expect and the tone that we have come to expect from an increasingly authoritarian chinese regime. as further demonstrated this week by the case in hong kong of the independent media outlet whose

founder will be facing court cases in hong kong for the basic freedom of expression to local people. we must show solidarity in this terrible situation, not only in hong kong, but also across the prc. i do welcome the foreign secretary summoning the chinese ambassador. and the consular support provided to ed lawrence. the robust response is a welcome change to the government's previous handling of chinese overreach in manchester which this house felt did not match the severity of the violence outside the chinese consulate. our support for the press and their work must be unified and we stand squarely behind the government in making it clear to chinese officials that the treatment of journalists chinese officials that the treatment ofjournalists doing theirjob is not and never will be acceptable. on the side of the house, we are clear

that the bbc must be protected in its crucial work abroad tackling this information and providing reliable and accurate reporting. i am sure the minister agrees with me on that. just one question. we are in the middle of a profound cut to the world service of the bbc including chinese journalist. the world service of the bbc including chinesejournalist. well the fcd all say today on the record that they will not defund the journalist, mandarin speaking journalist, mandarin speaking journalist because we know particularly in covid—19lockdown, it is crucial that individuals have the ability to listen to good journalism on our bbc world service. i thank the honourable memberfor her considered words. important words. of course, with the calling in of the ambassador, we will raise these points and to hear them from across the house helps to add strength to what we are about to say so we are grateful for that. she

makes important points about protecting journalists across the board and i will raise this with my right honourable friend, the foreign secretary and the minister for the pacific, the memberfor pacific, the member for berwick—upon—tweed pacific, the memberfor berwick—upon—tweed who is currently travelling. she made important points about manchester and i can assure her we have no intention of giving the chinese government any excuse to make this a political issue, it is about law and we will see it through. she makes a point about the bbc world service, what i can say is there is a move to a digital platform, and we set out our plans, funding plans with the world service and i will be meeting them shortly on that point she has raised more widely. we will leave the house of commons, the minister asking an urgent question about the beating of ed lawrence while covering covid—19 protests in shanghai, as we were hearing, china's ambassador to the uk has been summoned to the foreign office amid that diplomatic row and

suing over the incident. a leading expert on nutrition has warned that the cost of living crisis risks turning into a public health crisis for children.professor susanjebb said it was now crucial that parents were confident school lunches were healthy and worth the money. our education editor, branwenjeffreys has more. it is very tasty and delicious. don't forget to take some salad. and, _ don't forget to take some salad. and. at— don't forget to take some salad. and, at the salad bar the head teacher— and, at the salad bar the head teacher is— and, at the salad bar the head teacher is coaxing the people to take healthy options too. i had otato take healthy options too. i had potato salad — take healthy options too. i had potato salad but _ take healthy options too. i had potato salad but i _ take healthy options too. i had potato salad but i did - take healthy options too. i had potato salad but i did not - take healthy options too. i had potato salad but i did not eat l take healthy options too. i had potato salad but i did not eat the green _ potato salad but i did not eat the green thing _ potato salad but i did not eat the green thing did— potato salad but i did not eat the green thing-— potato salad but i did not eat the careenthin. , ., ., , ., green thing. did you have any salad toda ? green thing. did you have any salad today? no- — green thing. did you have any salad today? no- i— green thing. did you have any salad today? no- i i _

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survive in our home. working hard to feed bradford's children, _ survive in our home. working hard to feed bradford's children, this - feed bradford's children, this school knows many parents are struggling with those in work but not earning much facing a hard winter. earlier i spoke to stephanie slater, the founder and chief executive of school food matters, a charity that campaigns for food education and universal free school meals, she told me how school dinners have changed. we have seen massive improvements, in 2013, the school plan was published with ideas about how to make sure the meal at lunchtime make the nutritional needs of children. that came with the school food standards which became mandatory in january 2015. so i'm really pleased to see that the fsa's are working in this area is beginning to roll out. and how important is it that children get a good nutritious meal at school at lunchtime? than?

children get a good nutritious meal at school at lunchtime?— at school at lunchtime? now more than ever in _ at school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the _ at school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context _ at school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context of - at school at lunchtime? now more than ever in the context of the - at school at lunchtime? now more | than ever in the context of the cost of living crisis, we often describe school meals as a nutritional safety net and we say that because we know a lot of children only have one hot meal per day and that is their school meal. the problem we have right now is that the earlier research this showed that one in three of school children living in poverty are not eligible for free school meals. that means that we have possibly 800,000 children missing out on good nutrition. if you put that within the context of the cost of living crisis, the food crisis going through the roof, it has never been more important that we provide good nutrition within the school day. one of the recommendations from the national food strategy was that we extend energy —— eligibility to all families who are in receipt of

universal credit. in one step, that would sweep up some of the children who are missing out. but we also have to bear in mind that in england, we are lagging behind the home nations. we know that scotland and wales are looking at universal provision, they are beginning to roll out free school meals to every child. in northern ireland, the threshold of eligibility is double england. so we are lagging behind in england. so we are lagging behind in england. we want to make sure that every child has access to good nutrition at school because that does have an impact on their learning. the other difficulty with children not accessing free school meal is that their parents who cannot afford to pay are sending packed lunches. now, that becomes very stigmatising for some of the children who are coming to school with a packed lunch. we are hearing reports of children turning away from their peers because they do not want to show what is in their

lunchbox. this is really not the way for children to sit together at lunchtime. we wanted to be an experience that supports good health. a good social experience for children. if we have a two—tiered system in schools, it does not make sense and it cannot be good for the self—esteem of the children. length is a packed lunch cheaper than the school meal? the university of the instead is that it several years ago showing that the packed lunch that they looked at only 1% make nutrition standards. it is very difficult to put together a packed lunch that meets the standards of the school meal. your question about whether or not it is cheaper, i would challenge that. i think possibly the best value you can get for a school lunch is the free school meal, we just need to make sure more children can access it.

just this morning, frosty in some areas are chilly and grey and misty or foggy. areas are chilly and grey and misty orfoggy. it looks like areas are chilly and grey and misty or foggy. it looks like through the afternoon some places will hold on to the low cloud and flow, rather grey and gloomy for some and other seeing crest sunshine particularly across scotland and northern ireland parts of wales and towards the south—west of england. the midlands, in the east of england will be grey and gloomy and misty and murky. a chilly day in all areas. for 29 degrees. as we head through this evening and overnight, the mist and fog will return to some areas. particularly for central, southern and eastern scotland where we have clear skies we will see a frost. where we hold on to the mess and four, the temperature between

one and 5 degrees. a chilly start tomorrow, low cloud, mist and fog for eastern scotland into words the midlands, northern and eastern england, it could linger on through the afternoon and some areas. we will see some sunshine towards the south and west, the weather front will bring cloud to northern ireland in western patchy rain. temperatures double figures but elsewhere chilly. the front lighters around the north of the uk so the rain becomes the define to scotland. high pressure over scandinavia, the cloud and the breeze will be more of brendan across scotland, outbreaks of rain here, for northern ireland, most of england and wales, variable cloud, mist and fog, some sunshine, temperatures from seven to 12 celsius. it could be 13 degrees in stornoway, milderair celsius. it could be 13 degrees in stornoway, milder air moving of that land stornoway, milder air moving of that [and tax. it changes towards the end of the week, each chilly easterly wind, it will turn colder for all

areas, temperatures below parfor early december. you can see why here, a bed area of high pressure exerts its force across the country, we pick up a chilly easterly breeze which will be fresh across the south of the country. as we head into the weekend, all areas in single digits and outbreaks of rain particularly in the north and east. a little bit of winching us over high ground too.

today at one, it's crunch time at the world cup for england and wales, as they go head to head, in qatar. harry kane and gareth bale, will be hoping to lead their sides to glory, and a place, in the last 16. it's going to be a tough one but i think we have got to win the game, so i think i will go to— zero england. well, if we win and it is fantastic news for the nation. if we lose however at the end of the day we have reached the finals. good afternoon from doha, where the england and wales fans have been gathering ahead of their crucial world cup match later. with both nations still in with a chance of progressing to the last 16. also this lunchtime... plans forcing tech companies to take down legal material, deemed harmful by the government,

have been dropped.