this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. well, they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up until this point. and i'm not sure how honesty is burning bridges. you know, silence only allows the abuser to abuse. uk ministers are meeting health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes. it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off payments for health workers. unions still want talks about this year's pay. we will listen, we will talk and we will negotiate and any offers

will go back to our members, but we need movement from the government about 2022. a new plan to help businesses with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. lots of storis in the mix today — we'd love to hear your thoughts on them. get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the #bbcyourquestions. and coming up, the final countdown. preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk's space race. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world.

prince harry has accused members of his family of being "complicit" in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews — which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs — he admittted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn't commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry's book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the british media, frustration with his own family, pain at losing his mother. during the first interview excerpts from harry's audiobook were played. here, he described seeing photos of the paparazzi as his mother lay dying at the crash scene in paris. they'd never stopped shooting her while she lay between the seats,

unconscious, or semi—conscious. and in their frenzy they'd sometimes accidentally photographed each other. not one of them was checking on her, offering her help, not even comforting her. they were just shooting, shooting, shooting. of his family the criticism is direct. his brother and wife didn't get on with meghan from the start, he says. he accuses buckingham palace of not defending her, describing their silence as deafening. the sibling rivalry with william is portrayed as intense and damaging. it is now, he says, his life's work to change the media landscape in the uk. and he again talked about his family planting stories with the press to enhance their reputation. and after many, many years of lies being told about me and my family, there comes a point where, again going back to the relationship between certain members

of the family and the tabloid press, those certain members have decided to get into bed with the devil. there were at times contradictions and pettiness, perhaps as there are with all family fallouts, but he insisted he still loved his father and brother, and wanted things to be different. one might say, look, you haven't so much burnt your bridges as taken a flame—thrower to them by being this honest in the book. they might say to you, look, you've just destroyed any chance of a reconciliation. well, they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up until this point. and i'm not sure how honesty is burning bridges. silence only allows the abuser to abuse, right? so i don't know how staying silent is ever going to make things better. that's genuinely what i believe. harry discusses the interview meghan did with oprah winfrey,

when she said a member of the royal family questioned what their son archie's skin colour would be. he says neither he nor meghan viewed this question as racist. and he also shows his support for lady susan hussey, the former lady—in—waiting to the queen, accused of racism towards charity founder ngozi fulani at a buckingham palace reception in november. i'm very happy for ngozi fulani to be invited into the palace to sit down with lady susan hussey, and to reconcile, because meghan and i love susan hussey. we think she's great! and i also know that what she meant, she never meant any harm at all. i will sit here and speak... in his interview for cbs in america, he again discusses his own family leaking stories to the media, focusing on his stepmother, camilla queen consort, who he said had used the media to rehabilitate her public image. that made her dangerous because of the connections she was forging

within the british press. and there was open willingness on both sides to trade information. and with a family built on hierarchy, and with her on her way to being queen consort, there was going to be people, or bodies, left in the street because of that. harry told presenter anderson cooper that he had been in therapy for seven years, and had used experimental medication as part of that process. he was also asked about his current relationship with his brother and his father. do you speak to william now? do you text? currently, no. but i look forward to us being able to find peace. how long has it been since you spoke? um, a while. do you speak to your dad? we haven't spoken for quite a while. um... no, not recently. harry said he didn't think his father or his brother

would read his new book. but he said writing it had been both painful and cathartic. where are you now? i think that's one question people have at the end of all this. are you... are you happy? yes, i'm very, very happy. i'm very at peace. i am in a better place than i've ever been. daniela relph, bbc news. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace. what are the standout moments from these interviews for you? it’s these interviews for you? it's interesting — these interviews for you? it's interesting to _ these interviews for you? it�*s interesting to think that the standout moment would probably have been the allegation that william physically attacked harry, but we knew that because the book was leaked last week. so these interviews have had to deal with other matters. the standout moments from those interviews, the two interview so far, the itv interview and cbs interview, and the main thread through both of them, as it has been through everything harry

has been through everything harry has spoken about over the last couple of months is his dislike for the press, the feeling at the heart of everything is the way the press have dealt with him and the relationship between the press and certain members of his family. he says certain members of his family have been complicit and have made relations between family members worse because of this relationship with the press. normally most of it is fairly nonspecific, talking about members of the family. which members of the family? apart from one instance where he talks about the queen consort, talking about her in both of the two interviews, and he calls her in the interview with cbs dangerous, he says because of her need to rehabilitate her image, as she was cast as the villain in the early days of her relationship with prince charles and in order to rehabilitate that she forged these damaging relationships with the press. let's think of some other parts of the interviews which viewers may find interesting. we had from daniela relph plus mike peace

that both harry and meghan were supportive of lady susan hussey and the palace boss make efforts to bring her together and reconcile with the head of the charity founder and ngozi fulani. they are uploading that from the pious but at the same time, saying jeremy clarkson�*s column, last month, when he talks about his hatred of meghan, prince harry talks about the silence being deafening from the palace and questioning why they hadn't come out to condemn that particular column. let's go back to years almost to the oprah winfrey interview and probably the main and most damaging allegation from that interview was that a member of the royal family had made what was deduced to be a racist comment about conjecture about the colour of their baby's skin. when you look back at the footage and see oprah winfrey prospect horrified look, the fact this was played over and over again, that the queen in a subsequent

statement said she was concerned about the subject of race, although she went on to say that recollections may vary, so it was perhaps somewhat of a surprise that harry said in one of his interviews last night that they hadn't considered this to be a racist comment and it was in fact unconscious bias. raised eyebrows that perhaps it has taken two years for them to correct the narrative, if you like, from their perspective. lots of talk that he loves his father deeply, loves his brother deeply. in terms of contact with them, he told anderson cooper that no, he hadn't been in contact with either of them for a while. no idea what a wild means but one suspects months rather than days or weeks. again and again he talks about reconciliation, that he ioo% wants reconciliation, that he ioo% wants reconciliation, to sit down with his brother and father, but only of those conversations can remain private. and people will be saying, interesting, bearing in mind you are giving out all this personal detail to the world at the moment, frankly.

there is another interview about to air shortly for good morning america. the book is only officially released tomorrow morning and when it has been released there would be a fourth interview with another us television network, so potentially still more revelations to come. sarah campbell, royal correspondent at buckingham palace, thank you. well, for more on this lets speak to professor robert hazell, constitution expert and author of the role of monarchy in modern democracy. good to have you with us. is all of this getting too big for the palace to ignore? they are staying silent at the moment but will they inevitably have to reflect on this and say something? i inevitably have to reflect on this and say something?— inevitably have to reflect on this and say something? i would expect the alace and say something? i would expect the palace to _ and say something? i would expect the palace to continue _ and say something? i would expect the palace to continue with - and say something? i would expect the palace to continue with a - the palace to continue with a dignified silence. there is no need for them to respond point by point to these allegations and indeed it would be dangerous for them to do so because they would then merely descend into a tit—for—tat argument.

their concern throughout will be to maintain support for the monarchy as an institution separate from the interests of different members of the royal family. interests of different members of the royalfamily. and i'm pretty confident that people will continue to support the monarchy because we've been here before in terms of crises in the royalfamily. remember 30 years ago in what the queen called her annus horribilis, when three of her children announced they were getting divorced and people support support for the monarchy might plummet, and actually it remained remarkably stable and if anything in the years immediately afterwards support for the monarchy increased. ~ ., , ., afterwards support for the monarchy increased. ~ ., , , increased. where do you place this on the scale _ increased. where do you place this on the scale of _ increased. where do you place this on the scale of crises _ increased. where do you place this on the scale of crises that - increased. where do you place this on the scale of crises that the - on the scale of crises that the monarchy has gone through? it’s on the scale of crises that the monarchy has gone through? it's a crisis within _

monarchy has gone through? it's a crisis within the _ monarchy has gone through? it's a crisis within the royal _ monarchy has gone through? it�*s —. crisis within the royal family. in particular between different members of the royal family. particular between different members of the royalfamily. it's not particular between different members of the royal family. it's not a crisis for the monarchy. we wait to see, we haven't yet heard any opinion polls asking people in britain, do you support the monarchy still. my strong expectation is that when we get the polling, and i imagine we will in the next few weeks or months, they will show hardly a flicker in support for the as an institution. and that's different from interest in spats between different members of the royal family. between different members of the royalfamily. but between different members of the royal family-— between different members of the r0 alfamil. �* ., ., . , , royalfamily. but if the monarchy is to resent royalfamily. but if the monarchy is to present itself _ royalfamily. but if the monarchy is to present itself as _ royalfamily. but if the monarchy is to present itself as a _ royalfamily. but if the monarchy is to present itself as a modern - to present itself as a modern institution which has empathy for people, don't you think it has to respond in some way, not of course to every single comment that prince harry has made, but in general terms to reach out to him and show it has empathy for one of their own? thea;c

empathy for one of their own? they ma want empathy for one of their own? they may want to — empathy for one of their own? they may want to try _ empathy for one of their own? they may want to try and _ empathy for one of their own? they may want to try and do _ empathy for one of their own? tie: may want to try and do that behind—the—scenes but i would be surprised if even that happens because of the risk of it leaking. and it is safer for them to retain a dignified silence. as i said, let's wait and see. there will no doubt be opinion polls soon asking people, do you still support britain remaining a monarchy. those polls over recent years, over the last 30 or a0 years, have shown support for the monarchy remaining remarkably consistent between 60 and 80% of the population wanting britain to continue to be a monarchy. that's the key indicator that the palace will be concerned about. and i would be surprised if this affects public support for the monarchy. this affects public support for the monarch . ., , ,., this affects public support for the monarch . ., ,,., ., ., this affects public support for the monarch . ., , ., this affects public support for the monarch . ., ., ., monarchy. professor, good to have ou with monarchy. professor, good to have you with us- _ monarchy. professor, good to have you with us. thanks _ monarchy. professor, good to have you with us. thanks for _ monarchy. professor, good to have you with us. thanks for your - monarchy. professor, good to have you with us. thanks for your time. | you with us. thanks for your time. thank you and goodbye.

brazilian police say they've regained control of the congress building in the capital, brasilia, after it was stormed by thousands of supporters of the right—wing former president, jair bolsanaro. the demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election and want the military to intervene. the man who defeated him, left—wing veteran lula da silva has visited the site of some of the rioting and described the protesters as fascist vandals, promising they'd face the full force of the law. hundreds of people have been arrested. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report from sao paulo in brazil and a warning there is some flash photography. total chaos in brasilia, as thousands of hard line protesters invaded government buildings. authorities responding with tear gas to try and regain control of brazil's capital. this was a scenario many here feared might happen, after a divisive election back in october. these images are clearly reminiscent of what happened in the us capitol two years ago. after all, former president

jair bolsonaro is nicknamed "the trump of the tropics" by some. but while far—right protesters here have been emboldened by the former us president, this was more than just a copycat insurrection. and it goes beyond bolsonaro, too. what angers protesters most is not so much that bolsonaro lost, but the fact that lula won — a man they see as belonging in prison, not the presidential palace. translation: i'm here in this totally peaceful demonstration j because i don't agree with all the thievery of lula, the vice president, the supreme court and the superior electoral court. we want new elections, clean ballot boxes. translation: we don't believe | that this election was democratic. there are several indications that there was fraud, that there was corruption. there's been no evidence of fraud, despite what these protesters claim. but no matter. what these people want is military intervention. it's the only way, in their view, that brazil can be saved from what they see as a stolen election. lula, though, the elected president, who's been in the job forjust

a week, condemned what happened, calling the protesters fanatical fascists. translation: all those people who did this will be _ found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. police siren. by nightfall, people had been cleared from the buildings, and police were clearing the remaining protesters from the streets. at best, authorities were caught out unprepared. at worst, they're suspected of being involved. just really didn't seem to be a police presence of capital that potentially expected something like this to happen. we saw hardly any law enforcement on the street, the police barricades were easily overthrown by these bolsonaro supporters, and it'sjust a bit of a mess just now in the capital. the supreme court has been asked to issue an arrest warrant for the man in charge of brasilia's security, a former minister under jair bolsonaro, who was dismissed

after sunday's events. the calm may have been restored for now, but the political division remains. katy watson, bbc news in sao paulo. mr bolsonaro has been tweeting about the events in brasilia. in one of his tweets he said, in portuguese, "peaceful lawful demonstrations are part of democracy. however, pillaging and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, such as those practised by the left in 2013 and 2017, are outside the law." pakistan is expected to ask for billions in aid later at a summit on climate resilience in geneva after deadly floods in the country which impacted around 33 million people and killed 1,700. it's co—hosting the event alongside the united nations urging countries, organisations and businesses to step

up financial and other support towards a recovery and resilience plan. around a50 participants from a0 countries have registered for the event. our correspondent caroline davies is in islamabad. hello. before we talk about what pakistan is hoping to get out of this summit, let's remind everyone about the scale of the destruction caused by the floods last year. you mention some _ caused by the floods last year. you mention some of _ caused by the floods last year. ym. mention some of the figures of 1700 killed and 33 million affected, 3.5 million children. many more have seen huge destruction with many pushed out of land, agricultural land destroyed, livelihoods are lost and livestock lost as well. there has been a huge dam anything effects from the floods last august and september. while some of the flood

waters have receded, some areas of the country are still underwater or heavily waterlogged meaning some people can't return to their homes and some are still living in tents, children still attending temporary learning centres and some people getting health care from temporary health care facilities. we getting health care from temporary health care facilities.— health care facilities. we are talkin: health care facilities. we are talking about _ health care facilities. we are talking about short-term - health care facilities. we are - talking about short-term recovery talking about short—term recovery and longer term resilience, how to try to prevent something like this happening again, or if it can't be prevented, to at least ease the impact. tell us more about what pakistan wants from all of this. the conference pakistan wants from all of this. tie: conference today pakistan wants from all of this. ti2 conference today hosted between pakistan and the un is about the second part, resilience and rebuilding in the future, even though there is still a humanitarian situation on the ground, they want to try to make plans as well to make sure this doesn't happen again and help people rebuild their lives so they are not dependent on humanitarian aid. according to the assessment done between the world bank, the eu and un on how much the rebuilding would cost, it's over 16

billion us dollars that pakistan needs over the course of the next three years. pakistan itself has said it will pay for half that, but it still leaves 8 billion us dollars that it requires to be able to cover the fund. the conference today is not being referred to as a donor conference explicitly because pakistan and the un say sort of contributions it can get, it might be about money, advice and assistance that other countries can come in with, and it's about those countries saying they are standing with pakistan. the underlying message is very important about the money coming in, and it's crucial and pakistan recognises this, that the funding comes into the country to help rebuild. the issues they are up to help rebuild. the issues they are up against, many other countries are in difficult economic positions themselves, or they might have already donated large amounts of money potentially to things like the war in ukraine and might not be in a position to put this level of

donation forward.— position to put this level of donation forward. briefly, no ledaes donation forward. briefly, no pledges yet? _ donation forward. briefly, no pledges yet? we _ donation forward. briefly, no pledges yet? we have - donation forward. briefly, no pledges yet? we have heard| donation forward. briefly, no - pledges yet? we have heard from president macron, _ pledges yet? we have heard from president macron, who _ pledges yet? we have heard from president macron, who has - pledges yet? we have heard from l president macron, who has pledged pledges yet? we have heard from - president macron, who has pledged to further financial support, around 10 million, some reports were saying, dollars so far, but this is the early stages and even pakistan recognises that this is a long path over the next few years to rebuild and create resilience.— and create resilience. caroline davies in _ and create resilience. caroline davies in islamabad, - and create resilience. caroline davies in islamabad, thank. and create resilience. caroline i davies in islamabad, thank you. a number of meetings are taking place today between the government and unions involved in industrial action, in the uk, in an effort to resolve pay disputes across public services. further strikes are planned in the coming weeks. the secretaries of state for health and education and transport minister huw merriman will meet various unions in an attempt to curb the biggest wave of industrial action in decades. our chief political correspondent nick eardley told us the latest. the idea behind the talks today i think is twofold. firstly, a chance for the government

to say, we are still trying to solve the issue of pay and trying to get over some of the strikes that have been taking place in the last few weeks. the second is to open talks about next year's pay deal, the one that starts in april 2023. the government has hinted that that could be a bit more generous to try and alleviate the concerns we have heard for months now from the unions about last year's pay deal and i think the difference between this year and last year is still quite important because unions are continuing to say that they need a pay rise for their members now and that means revisiting the pay deal they started in april 2022. at the moment the government is still saying, we are not going to go there, so there has been, ithink, a better sense of optimism when it comes to these talks, certainly the prime minister's interview with the laura kuenssberg yesterday when he talked about being prepared to talk about what was affordable when it comes to pay,

that gave a chink of hope as one union leader put it, but i don't think we are in the territory where we will see an imminent breakthrough that leads to an end to some of the industrial action that became such a defining factor of the end of last year. so no prospect of an imminent breakthrough in your assessment. but do you think there might be the opportunity for some tangible process, even if it is just very slowly moving forward. i do think it's possible, yes. one of the things that has been floated again in the guardian this morning and among some people i have spoken to in whitehall, is the idea of a one—off payment, particularly for the health service, to compensate for cost of living pressures. you might remember this is something we discussed last year, the government at the time didn't go ahead with it because number ten and the treasury weren't signed up, but some ministers thought that

could be a solution to the problems. well, that's something that's back on the table male. i don't think it's a fully formed idea. we are not talking about certain figures yet in terms of what the lump sum would be. we don't know exactly who it would apply to but it has become part of a conversation again and i think the hope they are, frankly, is that if the government can develop that it would be a way of ending the impasse we have seen over the last few months. but we are still seeing from opposition parties a lot of criticism that the government has let this drag on for too long and by refusing to talk about last year's pay deal, they have got themselves in a situation where there have been months of strikes and that has made the pressures on different public sectors worse. this morning on bbc breakfast, labour�*s shadow health secretary wes streeting says he thinks unions, particularly the royal college of nursing and its leader pat cullen, have been a lot more reasonable than ministers. i think she has shown a degree

of reasonableness in the face of government unreasonableness. i think we all know what nurses do for us. i think we all want to be there for nurses now and the least the government can do is treat them with respect and get them round the table. as for this nonsense they are planning to float in the house of commons i think next week where they are threatening to sack nurses if they go on strike, with their sack the nurses bill, let's knock that on the head, treat them with respect, get them round the table and negotiate a deal that's fair for nurses, understands the state of the public finances, but also give people a sense of hope in the future of the nhs as well, whether that's patients worried about treatment or staff who want to see light at the end of the tunnel as well. that's the opposition view. the government is saying, let's get round the table and talk. i think partly that's what today is about, being seen to be prepared to have conversation about these things. the tone i think is slightly more positive than it was before christmas, although that's coming from a fairly low bar.

the question the unions are asking is whether the substance of what's on offer has changed as well. nick eardley, thank you. speaking to the bbc before he entered the meeting, the lead nhs negotiator for the unite union said the government needed to start focussing on this year's pay offer. the reality is we're not going to resolve the crisis in the nhs, we're not going to be able to move on unless we resolve 2022 pay. there is no point talking about april onwards 2023—2a pay when we are in dispute about 2022. that's what we need today. if they were to offer some sort of one—off payment would you listen to that idea? we'll listen. we will listen. we will talk and we will negotiate. the reality is we are a trade union so it will be up to our members and any offers go back to our members. but we need movement from the government about 2022.

now, the statements we've had and the rumours over the weekend, rishi sunak giving some hint and then stephen barclay saying something else and then civil servants saying something else as well, it's absolutely ridiculous. surely they must know what they are doing. so look, i'm not going and full of hope today, unfortunately. i genuinely think that this is an attempt to try and get us here and talk to us about 2023—2a. but we have come here anyway to make our point. the prime minister has been speaking about this in the last few minutes on a visit to a healthcare facility. let's hear what he had to say. months ago the government announced half £1 billion in extra funding to speed up the discharge of people from hospitals into their communities or back home where it makes sense. today �*s announcement is even more funding to help support those initiatives. i'm visiting one

of those places today which is doing a particularly good job in treating people closer to their homes. that's the right thing to do because what it means is it frees up the pressure in hospitals and that will ease some of the burdens we are seeing in emergency departments and ambulance waiting times and it's also better for people to be treated at home where they can be, or closer to their home. it's part of our plans to drive down waiting times in the nhs, improve the experience patients are getting, and it's great to meet teams of clinicians today who are doing a really good job of that. what i want to see is how to spread that best practice around the country. that best practice around the count . 2, ., that best practice around the count . . ~ ., that best practice around the count . .~' , ~ , country. talking about strikes, it sounds like _ country. talking about strikes, it sounds like a _ country. talking about strikes, it sounds like a one-off— country. talking about strikes, it sounds like a one-off payment i country. talking about strikes, itj sounds like a one-off payment is country. talking about strikes, it. sounds like a one-off payment is on sounds like a one—off payment is on the table. will that be just for nurses? the table. will that be 'ust for nurses? �* 2, , the table. will that be 'ust for nurses? �* . , , ., nurses? i'm really pleased union leaders accepted _ nurses? i'm really pleased union leaders accepted ministers' - leaders accepted ministers' invitation to come in today and have discussions across the board. that's a positive development and on pay we have always said the government is happy to talk about pay demands and issues anchored in what is

reasonable, responsible and affordable for the country. what's important is the talks are happening and let's try to sit down to find a way through. to and let's try to sit down to find a way through-— and let's try to sit down to find a wa throu~h. 2, u. ., ., q way through. to confirm, a one-off -a ment way through. to confirm, a one-off payment is — way through. to confirm, a one-off payment is on _ way through. to confirm, a one-off payment is on the _ way through. to confirm, a one-off payment is on the table? _ way through. to confirm, a one-off payment is on the table? you - payment is on the table? you wouldn't expect _ payment is on the table? you wouldn't expect me _ payment is on the table? you wouldn't expect me to - payment is on the table? ym. wouldn't expect me to comment on specifics but the most important thing is that conversations are happening, people are talking and with regard to pay we have to have conversations based on what's affordable, reasonable and responsible for the country. people need to get talking and that's what they are doing and hopefully we can find a way through this. i understand that you don't want to have the negotiation here, but people want clarity and there was confusion yesterday about whether you wanted to talk about pay from 2022-23 or you wanted to talk about pay from 2022—23 or pay next year. can you confirm what you meant yesterday? people want clarity that the government is sitting down to engage with union leaders. that's the right thing to do and that's why we reiterated that last week by inviting union leaders in for talks. i'm glad those invitations were accepted and the talks are now happening and people can be

reassured that dialogue is happening. i think people also recognise that when it comes to pay we need to talk about things that are affordable for the country, that are affordable for the country, that are responsible when it comes to tackling inflation, which ultimately is the root cause for the challenges people are seeing. that's driving up the cost of living and we want to root out inflation and it's important we do so. the talks are happening, that's a good, positive sign. the most important thing is we let those talks carry on. do sign. the most important thing is we let those talks carry on.— let those talks carry on. do you acce -t let those talks carry on. do you accept today. _ let those talks carry on. do you accept today, as _ let those talks carry on. do you accept today, as the _ let those talks carry on. do you accept today, as the unions - let those talks carry on. do you | accept today, as the unions say, let those talks carry on. do you - accept today, as the unions say, you will not be able to avert the nurses strikes next weekend in a5 minutes. it's important the talks are happening. the government's door is open, and it's a good thing those talks are happening. what the government is getting on with is delivering on the people's priorities. i set out the five priorities, the five promises i wanted to make to the country, halve

inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt and waiting lists and stop the boats. that's squarely what everyone in government is focused on delivering for the country and that's the country's priorities. today's visit here is about improving performance in the nhs and i'm keen to see progress on all those fronts this year.- i'm keen to see progress on all those fronts this year. rishi sunak. let's talk about that a little bit more. £250 million has been made available for the nhs in england to help ease the pressure on hospitals. part of the money will pay for beds in care homes so patients who are well enough can be discharged. evenif even if they perhaps need a little bit more care before they return home. our health correspondent nick triggle is here. rishi sunak referred in that interview to extra money the government had given to help speed up government had given to help speed up the transfer of people from hospital. just bring us up to date on that. where in the system is that

money right now? it is on that. where in the system is that money right now?— money right now? it is a good place to start because _ money right now? it is a good place to start because the _ money right now? it is a good place to start because the government. to start because the government todayis to start because the government today is talking about a new lot of money, 250 million for care home beds. but previously, the prime minister referenced it there, the government has announced that they would be 500 million for this winter primarily to tackle delayed discharges. that money was announced in september. but as the liz truss government the nhs was left waiting for it for it and it wasn't until november when steve barclay the health secretary announced that money, or the first tranche of that money, or the first tranche of that money would reach the front line, so that was early december. the second tranche about 300 million has yet to be released. it should be given to the nhs by the end ofjanuary. but the nhs by the end ofjanuary. but the nhs by the end ofjanuary. but the nhs is still waiting for that original 500 million and now the government is talking about topping that up with some extra money but until that 300 million reaches the front line the nhs point out there is only limited progress it can

make. �* , , ., [fl make. briefly, why the hold-up? it is unclear- — make. briefly, why the hold-up? it is unclear- it _ make. briefly, why the hold-up? it is unclear. it was _ make. briefly, why the hold-up? it is unclear. it was announced - make. briefly, why the hold-up? it is unclear. it was announced in - is unclear. it was announced in september but a lot happened in the autumn with the government and rishi sunak replacing liz truss as prime minister. but it did mean that the nhs couldn't get going as quickly as it would have wanted in terms of tackling delayed discharges. now obviously we are hearing a lot about those pressures, one in eight hospital beds occupied by patients ready to leave but can't because of lack of care in the community. let’s lack of care in the community. let's talk about that _ lack of care in the community. let's talk about that subject _ lack of care in the community. let's talk about that subject and this new pot of money that's been announced. i spoke a little earlier to the executive chair of the national care association nadra ahmed. and i asked her whether there was the capacity, whether there were actually beds in care homes for people to move into if they were fit to be discharged from hospital, and whether care homes had the staff to look after them. she said, yes, there is capacity in terms of beds. we need to map out exactly where they are. but staffing is the big issue. now,

is that what your understanding is as well? , �* ., ,., as well? yes, i'm hearing something very similar- — as well? yes, i'm hearing something very similar. like _ as well? yes, i'm hearing something very similar. like the _ as well? yes, i'm hearing something very similar. like the nhs _ as well? yes, i'm hearing something very similar. like the nhs the - as well? yes, i'm hearing something very similar. like the nhs the care i very similar. like the nhs the care sector has a shortage of staff. around one in ten posts are vacant at the moment. and so that, whilst at the moment. and so that, whilst at the moment. and so that, whilst at the physical beds are there, if you haven't got the staffing there it is hard to discharge patients into the community. interestingly, that extra 500 million we were talking about that hasn't yet been received by the front line, some of that was to go on staffing so that could be related to the problem and today's announcement may not have the desired impact the government hoped because of the back of staff. still some way to go to make that money work. thank you, nick triggle. let's return now to events in brazil, where police say they've regained control of government buildings that were stormed by thousands of supporters of right—wing former president, jair bolsonaro. hundreds of people have been arrested after violent scenes in brasilia. many of those involved refused to accept that bolsonaro lost last

year's election to left—wing veteran lula da silva. joining me now is dr christopher sabatini, senior fellow for latin america at chatham house, a think tank that focuses on international affairs. doctor christopher sabatini, doctor christopher sa batini, thank you for doctor christopher sabatini, thank you forjoining us today. jair bolsonaro has often been referred to as brazil's trump. to what extent are we seeing parallels here between what has happened in brasilia and what has happened in brasilia and what happened when supporters of president trump stormed the us congress? the president trump stormed the us concress? ., , president trump stormed the us con. ress? ., , ~' , president trump stormed the us concress? ., , ~ , congress? the parallels keep coming. first of all, congress? the parallels keep coming. first of all. as — congress? the parallels keep coming. first of all, as you _ congress? the parallels keep coming. first of all, as you say, _ congress? the parallels keep coming. first of all, as you say, he _ congress? the parallels keep coming. first of all, as you say, he refers - first of all, as you say, he refers to himself as the trump of the tropics. between his base, similar to donald trump's, with strategies, and in fact he has been advised by steve bannon who was trump's advise and was in trouble's cabinet and worked closely with donald trump and was in trouble's cabinet and worked closely with donald trumer and even flew to florida when he was defeated in the election and after the defeat claimed it wasn't a legitimate election and never conceded. the one difference here is the mobs he effectively sanctioned,

he denounced violence, you can't give a mob of matches and gasoline and point them to the house and then claim you didn't start the fire but the one difference is the president was already sworn in, president luiz inacio lula da silva was sworn in on january one so they were not trying to overturn any congressional vote, they were just going in vandalised congress, the supreme court and a presidential palace in the hopes of getting the military to intervene to stage an old—fashioned coup. they did that but now most of them are in prison and will probably have severe prison and will probably have severe prison consequences. what prison and will probably have severe prison consequences.— prison consequences. what is next for mr bolsonaro? _ prison consequences. what is next for mr bolsonaro? he _ prison consequences. what is next for mr bolsonaro? he is _ prison consequences. what is next for mr bolsonaro? he is in - prison consequences. what is next for mr bolsonaro? he is in the - prison consequences. what is next for mr bolsonaro? he is in the us| prison consequences. what is next. for mr bolsonaro? he is in the us at the moment. for mr bolsonaro? he is in the us at the moment-— the moment. personally, if they can make some — the moment. personally, if they can make some connection, _ the moment. personally, if they can make some connection, i _ the moment. personally, if they can make some connection, i would - the moment. personally, if they canl make some connection, i would hope the united states would extradite him. this was an attack against democracy, it was an attempt to thwart people's democratic right to choose their own leader. it did inspire violence, there are photos and videos of them attacking policemen on the grounds of these government buildings. they have been

warning they will do this for a long time so it came as no surprise. in fact, there was some concern about even some higher up complicity in what happened. i think we will have to see. clearly this was also a message and the mobs have said this since, they are going to be continuing to mobilise, continue to be active and they are going to make life very difficult for president lula as well as continue to call for the military to intervene. i lula as well as continue to call for the military to intervene.- the military to intervene. i think 'ust as the military to intervene. i think just as we _ the military to intervene. i think just as we speak _ the military to intervene. i think just as we speak we _ the military to intervene. i think just as we speak we can - the military to intervene. i think just as we speak we can show i the military to intervene. i think. just as we speak we can show our viewers some live pictures coming in to us from brasilia near a military headquarters. clearly a lot of military personnel on the streets of the capital. they are near a camp of supporters of mr bolsonaro, or at least, i don't know if the supporters are still there. we can see lots of tents, but police are surrounding those tents at the moment. on a broader point, as we

look at these live pictures coming in from brasilia, we have seen what happened in the us, we have seen what happened in brazil, is this kind of potential violence or insurrection, call it what you will, going to continue to spread? will others be looking at these examples and think we can do this in our country as well? it’s and think we can do this in our country as well?— and think we can do this in our country as well? it's a good point, and in fact — country as well? it's a good point, and in fact a _ country as well? it's a good point, and in fact a conservative - country as well? it's a good point, and in fact a conservative friend . country as well? it's a good point, | and in fact a conservative friend of mine just and in fact a conservative friend of minejust said we and in fact a conservative friend of mine just said we used to fear and in fact a conservative friend of minejust said we used to fear in the 1960s fidel castro spreading revolution, now we feared donald trump spreading revolution. that's precisely it, this is very much based on the trump model, very much based on the trump model, very much based on the trump model, very much based on building hatred and stoking people's fears. i think we will very much see this. in many ways, oddly enough, the united states and brazil are somewhat bellwethers of the very modern challenges democracy faces globally. and it also indicates, given bolsonaro lost by around 2% of the vote in the second round in october, his base is going to remain active and it is a deeply divided,

deeply polarised country, which for many bolsonaro supporters, bolsonaro is the only one who can save the country from godless communism. this is emotional and will not be solved easily. is emotional and will not be solved easil . ., ., easily. the polarisation you mention. — easily. the polarisation you mention, that _ easily. the polarisation you mention, that is _ easily. the polarisation you mention, that is a - easily. the polarisation you mention, that is a big - easily. the polarisation you - mention, that is a big challenge for politicians in the centre ground, isn't it? how do you deal with that polarisation? it isn't it? how do you deal with that polarisation?— isn't it? how do you deal with that polarisation? it is a good point and i don't polarisation? it is a good point and i don't think— polarisation? it is a good point and i don't think it — polarisation? it is a good point and i don't think it can _ polarisation? it is a good point and i don't think it can be _ polarisation? it is a good point and i don't think it can be done - i don't think it can be done effectively under this government because lula has been so demonised and he did serve a year—and—a—half in prison for corruption charges that were later dismissed, so neither politician is really the people's first choice. what will need to happen is a new generation needs to come to power in one of the biggest chains of this election in october is that you pitted a 77—year—old former president and dry bolsonaro in his 60s and yet there is a whole new generation of governors and mayors in brazil that are much more pragmatic that should be coming to the fore. hopefully in the next couple of years we will see this new generation come with a much

less polarising, hate filled rhetoric that can heal these wounds because i don't think it will come from these two politicians, unfortunately.— from these two politicians, unfortunatel. ., , unfortunately. doctor christopher sabatini, at _ unfortunately. doctor christopher sabatini, at chatham _ unfortunately. doctor christopher sabatini, at chatham house, - unfortunately. doctor christopher. sabatini, at chatham house, thank you for talking to us. a man is planning to sue a nursing home because he says his elderly mother was put on end—of—life care there during the pandemic without her family being informed. antonia stowell did not have the mental capacity to consent because she was suffering from dementia. her son, tony stowell, says if end—of—life care had been discussed, he would not have agreed to it. when he learned of the decision two days later, his mother was moved to hospital where she died. june kelly reports. antonia stowell was born in spain. in the 1950s she married

a british soldier. and they lived and raised theirfamily in the uk. happy new year to all my children, and i love you all very much. as she became elderly, antonia, by then a widow, was diagnosed with dementia. and herfamily decided to move her into a care home. in 2020 during the first pandemic lockdown her son tony says although he wasn't allowed in he had visited his mother regularly and would to see her through a window. but in may that year she suddenly seems to deteriorate. when i looked through the window she was just slumped in her wheelchair, didn't look right to me. so i'm banging on the window and the doors and that's when i said, "what's wrong with my mum?" i said, "what's wrong with her?" i said, "where's the one—to—one?" "oh, she's fine, she's fine, she'sjust sleeping." i said, "it looks like she's dead." the following day tony stowell says he was told over the phone by staff at the rose villa nursing home in hull that his mother had been put on end—of—life care. his lawyers have obtained antonia's hospital records which they say show she had been diagnosed with

pneumonia at the home and end—of—life drugs had been ordered by medical professionals. tony says he had to break the news to his siblings, that their mother was on end—of—life care. the family insisted that she should instead be taken to hospital immediately for treatment. she died there the following day. they should have consulted all family members if mum had a headache or didn't feel very well, as the care home always did in the past two and a half years. they would phone us, each member. they couldn'tjust phone one family member, it had to be each one. i always got calls from them. cannot fault them. this is why i'm so angry. in a statement rose villa nursing home told us, "we believe that our dedicated and professional team provided "antonia with the very best care under the direction "of her gp under the direction of her "gp and medical team, and all proper process "in the delivery of this care was followed with precision." hull royal infirmary

where antonia was moved to end where she spent her final 2a hours said she died from covid and dementia. june kelly, bbc news, hull. the uk could see a space first on monday — with satellites being deployed from a base on european soilfor the first time ever. if all goes to schedule, it will happen from the new spaceport, in cornwall, in the south—western tip of england. the technique will use a modified boeing jumbo jet to carry the rockets into the sky — before they lift their payloads into orbit. our science editor rebecca morelle has the story. five, four, three, two, one. lift off! in newquay, cornall, the children of the bishop's learning academy are having a crash course in rocket science. they're taking a special interest in space because a launch is about to happen just down the road from them. i'm just excited because we might

actually get a chance to see it over newquay, and there's going to be, like, probably lots of people there watching it. even though it's very late i am going to beg my mum that i can watch it, because i'm really excited about it. the launch is taking place at newquay airport, home to spaceport cornwall. but it is a lift—off with a difference. the rocket is attached to this jumbo jet and will be released mid flight, firing its engines to send satellites into orbit, the first time this has been done from british soil. the rocket and aircraft belong to virgin orbit. we have given a rare chance to look inside. we have been given a rare chance to look inside. on the lower deck, all the seats have been stripped out to save weight, because a rocket full of fuel is a heavy load. but at the front, a small modification will have a big effect. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to fly a plane, but there is one big difference. and it's this. this red square is a release button. and about an hour into the flight the pilot will present the pilot will press this to drop the rocket.

until now, these launches have been carried out from california. copy, drop ready. release, release, release. the drop happens at 35,000 feet and it's a perilous manoeuvre. everything has to work perfectly to get the rocket on its way. for the uk flight, raf pilot matthew stannard, or stanny for short, will be at the controls. we enter what is called a terminal count procedure. and that's when things for us certainly get more interesting as we go into that sequence of pressurising the tank, chilling the lines. at the end of that 15—minute terminal count, the rocket says, "i'm ready to go now." and it's myjob to make sure the aeroplane is at the right bit of the sky, in the right position, so when the rocket says, "i'm ready to go," away she goes. release, release, release. on the ground at mission control the launch team will be monitoring every minute of the flight. it will be a tense time. i wouldn't say it's a nervous atmosphere. i think we all run off of adrenaline, for sure,

but we are all pretty calm because we have rehearsed, we are confident in our systems since we have done all our checkouts. and we are ready to go, basically. this is one of nine satellites being painstakingly prepared to launch. almost all of them have been built in the uk. until now though, they would have been shipped abroad to be sent into orbit. but this mission is about to change that. there's a lot riding on this rocket. if the launch goes to plan, it will be a major milestone for the uk. the first step in becoming a global player in space. rebecca morelle, bbc news, newquay. dr hina khan, the executive director of space scotland joins us now from glasgow. just picking up, and welcome to you first of all, on that point that rebecca made at the end of her report, where does all of this place

the uk in terms of its importance in this sector?— this sector? this is really significant, _ this sector? this is really significant, actually, - this sector? this is really i significant, actually, thank this sector? this is really - significant, actually, thank you for inviting me on today to talk about this really momentous occasion. space in the uk has been an industry that has been developing for many years, decades in fact, but really this is the last piece of the puzzle left missing for us to really become, as you said, a global leader in notjust space technology become, as you said, a global leader in not just space technology and development, but now launch. the capability to now be able to launch rockets and satellites from uk soil and also anywhere within western europe. this could be the only location you could launch satellites at this time. it is really important. notjust for the uk but across the industry as a whole. aha, across the industry as a whole. a really big moment then? very i across the industry as a whole. a i really big moment then? very much so, we really big moment then? very much so. we have — really big moment then? very much so. we have all— really big moment then? very much so, we have all been _ really big moment then? very much so, we have all been waiting - really big moment then? very much so, we have all been waiting for - so, we have all been waiting for this for quite some time, lots of hard work and lots of people putting in lots of effort from across the uk, but also internationally as well. a virgin orbit are obviously

adept at this, they have been launching these rockets from their aircraft for a number of years now but now they get to do that from home soil here in the uk. for everyone _ home soil here in the uk. for everyone watching you, what does this mean in practical terms? how might this affect people's lives? the space industry has been growing for a long time and we know we have a really important vantage point looking down at our own planet as well as the space around us from that place. it really allows us to take the next step in terms of the development of our technology, now be able to make it much easier to get the satellites into orbit that are doing that monitoring and be able to get that data into people's hands who are able to process it and make critical decisions, be it to do with climate, logistics, in terms of information, navigation, and all of these things are happening. the ability to do that within a uk

capability, satellites, as your colleague mentioned, most satellites have been built in the uk, some not farfrom me in scotland, and we have the ability, rather than transferring the satellites to a launch vehicle either in the us or another international location, we can essentiallyjust another international location, we can essentially just take another international location, we can essentiallyjust take them down the road. and be able to launch the much more easily than perhaps we have been able to do previously. in this sector, obviously you are always pushing forward. finally briefly what are the next steps after this, all being well, if this launch is successful? we after this, all being well, if this launch is successful?— after this, all being well, if this launch is successful? we are very much waiting _ launch is successful? we are very much waiting for— launch is successful? we are very much waiting for this _ launch is successful? we are very much waiting for this to _ launch is successful? we are very much waiting for this to be - much waiting for this to be successful, fingers crossed. this is one of five launch sites which have been identified and are being built across the uk. as your colleague mentioned this as a horizontal launch, so it is an aircraft where the rocket is attached to the bottom of the aircraft and then will be deployed to take it into orbit.

there are another two launch sites across the north of scotland, one in shetland and in sutherland which are vertical launch sites and these are where you have where a rocket will go where you have where a rocket will 9° up where you have where a rocket will go up vertically into the atmosphere and deploy thereafter. those launch sites, the one in shetland will take place later this year, so we are all very excited to see this first one happen and then more to come very soon thereafter.— soon thereafter. doctor hina khan, executive director _ soon thereafter. doctor hina khan, executive director of _ soon thereafter. doctor hina khan, executive director of space - executive director of space scotland, thank you very much. international travellers are streaming into china after it fully opened its borders for the first time since the start of the covid pandemic. this latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions coincides with the country's busiest travel season marking the lunar new year. single—use items like plastic cutlery, plates and trays will be banned in england, the government has confirmed. a date for the implementation of the ban has not yet been confirmed — but it follows similar moves already made by scotland and wales. just over three years ago,

in the north east of england, andrea bell decided she would set up a potato stand offering free food after meeting a mother unable to feed her seven children. her project has since grown, and she now feeds more than 100 people every night in sunderland with a group of volunteers. that story has now been turned into a song. our reporter david sillito went to meet her. a friend had just said, "you will be perfect for this." did you know what you were letting yourself...? no, absolutely no. i'm a cliff jumper. ijustjump off cliffs, and then hope for the best. # rain seeps through the only coat she knows...# we're in sunderland, and this is andrea, listening to a song that's been written about her, or rather about the soup kitchen and food bank she helped set up three and a half years ago. # some days it won't take much at all # you can falljust a semi—tone...#

sunderland community soup kitchen — what is that? it's a place where people can come and get fed for free. ijust vowed that nobody in sunderland would ever go without food again. and now they don't. the soup kitchen, known as albert's place, now has 71 volunteers, allotments, a warehouse, and now a song. the idea came from radio two's folk programme, to compose five songs based on real lives in britain today. and this is andrea's, composed and performed by martynjoseph. the song is about the reality of life, sadly, for many people in the uk and other countries right now, as we try to go through a very difficult time. and i would want us generally to become more compassionate and have a greater understanding of people'sjourneys, and realise that we're all very close to that border sometimes.

and this was its first performance in front of an audience of one, andrea. so what did she make of it? well, we'll let you watch. you decide. # humanity # the cup of love # head bowed low, she walks through her city # rain seeps through that only coat she owns # but on high street west, there's a place # there's a place she knows...# i'm quite a tough character. but that day i was overcome with emotion because i never imagined the song would be so fitting. incredible. the thing is as well, this is sort of myjourney and that just says it all, doesn't it? thank you. aw. you'll have me going in a minute!

it's been an honour and a pleasure. oh, sorry. it's a pleasure, it really is. but your words, theyjust sum it up perfectly. that's great. thank you. well, that's myjob. but what you do is far more important. 0k. all right? thank you. no, it just means. .. you just recognise it as part of the work we do. songs take time to seep in. it's beautiful. there's a lot in it. honestly, i couldn't have asked for better. well... incredible. thank you. i'm very happy. so, california to sunderland. california to sunderland, there you go. rock'n'roll. rock'n'roll, yeah! rock'n'roll and mush, lump of mush. oh, my gosh, it was so.... no, it's lovely. it sums everything up and more that i would hope you'd put into a song. # but baby now, it's greatest moment of all # brings tea and a cup of love # clothes and a cup of love

stay with us at bbc news for all of the stories of the day. i'm on twitter but for the moment its bye from me. hello again. as we go through this week, the weather does remain unsettled. it's going to be wet and windy at times today. today what we have is low pressure driving our weather, a weatherfront coming in, bringing in some showers across the northwest and breezy conditions as well. the showers being blown in along quite quickly on the brisk westerly wind. now, the wind is, of course, coming from the atlantic. so it is going to be a cooler day today, as you can see from the blues on the charts. so we've got our first batch of showers heading eastwards, our second batch of heavy showers coming in across the north and the west. some of those will have some thunder

and some hail embedded in them. breezy conditions, but drying up across some central and eastern parts of the country with temperatures today 6 to 10 degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, a transient ridge of high pressure builds across us. we'll start to lose many of the showers. the winds will ease and it will be dry for a time before this next weather front comes in introducing stronger winds and some heavy rain overnight. overnight lows, two in aberdeen to 11 in plymouth. now this rain through the course of tomorrow is going to be pushing northwards and eastwards. it's courtesy of this warm front here and behind it. we've got a cold front coming in. in between it's going to be windy. it's going to be windy wherever you are tomorrow, actually, but it's going to be mild. we'll have temperatures back into double figures, 13 and 1a for some of us, but the rain will be a feature. the met office has two yellow weather warnings out, one for northwest england, one for wales about the heavy rain, especially on the hills, exacerbating the flooding risk. and then in comes the second band

of rain, hot on its heels, albeit a narrower band. in between, it's going to be overcast and cloudy. and as i mentioned, wherever you are, it's going to be windy with the strongest winds on the hills and the coasts in the north, in the west, these are our temperatures, 11 to 1a in between these two weather fronts. as we head into wednesday, it's going to be a showery day. also going to be some wintry showers on the hills, the pennines, for example, the hills in scotland. but in between the showers, there will be some brighter skies. in the wind it's not going to feel particularly warm temperatures — six to ten degrees. and as for the outlook as we head on into thursday, while a front comes in bringing slightly milder air from the south, but it does remain unsettled and cooler by the weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed "with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. they have shown no willingness to reconcile up to this point. world leaders have condemned riots in the brazilian capital — after supporters of former president jair bolsonaro stormed key government buildings. ministers are meeting health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes. it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off payments for health workers.

unions still want talks about this year's pay. we will listen, we will talk, and we will negotiate. any offer or go back to our members. but we need movement from the government about 2022. the government is happy to talk about_ the government is happy to talk about p— the government is happy to talk about p issues that are anchored in what _ about p issues that are anchored in what is _ about p issues that are anchored in what is reasonable and affordable for the _ what is reasonable and affordable for the country, but the important thing _ for the country, but the important thing is _ for the country, but the important thing is that those talks are happening and let us sit down and find a _ happening and let us sit down and find a way— happening and let us sit down and find a way through. —— talk about pay issues — a new plan to help businesses with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. and coming up — the final countdown — preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk's space race.

prince harry has accused members of his family of being "complicit" in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews — which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs — he admittted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn't commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry's book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the british media, frustration with his own family, pain at losing his mother. during the first interview excerpts from harry's audiobook were played. here, he described seeing photos

of the paparazzi as his mother lay dying at the crash scene in paris. they'd never stopped shooting her while she lay between the seats, unconscious, or semi—conscious. and in their frenzy they'd sometimes accidentally photographed each other. not one of them was checking on her, offering her help, not even comforting her. they were just shooting, shooting, shooting. of his family the criticism is direct. his brother and wife didn't get on with meghan from the start, he says. he accuses buckingham palace of not defending her, describing their silence as deafening. the sibling rivalry with william is portrayed as intense and damaging. it is now, he says, his life's work to change the media landscape in the uk. and he again talked about his family planting stories with the press to enhance their reputation.

and after many, many years of lies being told about me and my family, there comes a point where, again going back to the relationship between certain members of the family and the tabloid press, those certain members have decided to get into bed with the devil. there were at times contradictions and pettiness, perhaps as there are with all family fallouts, but he insisted he still loved his father and brother, and wanted things to be different. one might say, look, you haven't so much burnt your bridges as taken a flame—thrower to them by being this honest in the book. they might say to you, look, you've just destroyed any chance of a reconciliation. well, they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up until this point. and i'm not sure how honesty is burning bridges. silence only allows the abuser to abuse, right? so i don't know how staying silent

is ever going to make things better. that's genuinely what i believe. harry discusses the interview meghan did with oprah winfrey, when she said a member of the royal family questioned what their son archie's skin colour would be. he says neither he nor meghan viewed this question as racist. and he also shows his support for lady susan hussey, the former lady—in—waiting to the queen, accused of racism towards charity founder ngozi fulani at a buckingham palace reception in november. i'm very happy for ngozi fulani to be invited into the palace to sit down with lady susan hussey, and to reconcile, because meghan and i love susan hussey. we think she's great! and i also know that what she meant, she never meant any harm at all. i will sit here and speak... in his interview for cbs in america, he again discusses his own family leaking stories to the media, focusing on his stepmother, camilla queen consort,

who he said had used the media to rehabilitate her public image. that made her dangerous because of the connections she was forging within the british press. and there was open willingness on both sides to trade information. and with a family built on hierarchy, and with her on her way to being queen consort, there was going to be people, or bodies, left in the street because of that. harry told presenter anderson cooper that he had been in therapy for seven years, and had used experimental medication as part of that process. he was also asked about his current relationship with his brother and his father. do you speak to william now? do you text? currently, no. but i look forward to us being able to find peace. how long has it been since you spoke? um, a while. do you speak to your dad? we haven't spoken for quite a while. um... no, not recently.

harry said he didn't think his father or his brother would read his new book. but he said writing it had been both painful and cathartic. where are you now? i think that's one question people have at the end of all this. are you...? are you happy? yes, i'm very, very happy. i'm very at peace. i am in a better place than i've ever been. daniela relph, bbc news. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace. any sense at all as to how this might be being viewed behind closed doors in the family? there has been no comment. changing of the guard is under way. business as usual. that is what they are talking about, that is what they're at. at the moment i'm not getting any sense that we will get any

comments from kensington palace or buckingham palace. and you heard they are, extensive extracts from those interviews, but the itv one is one and a half hours long, the cbs interview is 26 minutes, so that is a lot of detail to get through. one of the overarching themes, as there is with everything we have heard harry see over the last couple of months, is about the press. his relationship with the press, his accusation that members of his family effectively collude with the press, that they have this unhealthy relationship. whilst he generally speaking talks in general terms about members of his family, he is in both of those interviews specific with an accusation against the queen consort, against camilla, seeing that effectively she needed to rehabilitate her image having been cast as the villain of the piece,

and in order to do that she was dangerous, harry uses that phrase, about the queen consort, that she was dangerous, and that in order to rehabilitate herself she was effectively sacrificing other members of the royal family. that is a particularly strong accusation, something we have not heard before these interviews. throughout he talks about the deep that he has his father, even though he suggests he was particularly effective at fatherhood, and particularly single parenthood. that he loves his brother, but that is not in contact with either of them. the interviewer wanted to press him on when was b spoke to his brother, hejust said, it has been a while. at the same with prince charles. make of that what you will. it is definitely does not want to have reconciliation. he said if they want him to apologise and meghan to apologise for anything they feel he has done they are willing to do that, but they want to get around the table, they want to

talk, underthe get around the table, they want to talk, under the basis that those discussions should remain private. but here he is, again, talking about family issues, his issues, on a very global scale. a very interesting to see how the family react and how that we ever hear about how the family reacts. well, for more analysis on last night's interview let's speak to body language expertjudi james. what did you read into prince harry's demeanour as you watch them speak? it is a very long interview. i was watching a series of very conflicting body language states. a lot of incongruence as well. for instance he mentioned earlier about when he said, he was happy, at peace

with himself now, that was completely at odds with the man that we had been watching for the previous nearly 90 minutes, who was giving displays of barely suppressed angen giving displays of barely suppressed anger. there was a lot of lawjaw chapter when he was speaking about specific members of the royal family, the press. there was clear resentment. he went back to the child's estate. you could hear and see from his own body language, how the resentment, particularly towards william, started when they were at school. he literally mimed that. we were getting illustrative gestures of the space between them. clearly a lot of grief and a lot of pain as well. and all of that in his body language looked very fresh still, very raw, and it did not fit in with this idea of, no, my head is in a happy place now. for me, that is fully hot i felt the most tragic,

because what he has done here is not going to create that have reconciliation that he seems to looking for. i think he has a very long wish list of goals, and i think they are conflicting goals, and i think the idea, i think it was mentioned shakespearean tragedy, i think that is almost what we are witnessing here. he says he was asked specifically about whether what he is doing is going to end any prospect of there being a reconciliation he said, i am not sure how honesty is burning bridges, how does silence ever make things better? and he said that in the interactions that have been behind the scenes he didn't feel like there has been a dynamic that is leading to any form of a reconciliation. as you are identified, he has put himself into a very comfortable public arena. yes, absolutely. one of the most important parts of the tom bradley

interview was when tom threw the empathy bomb at harry, he said to harry, it is necessary if you are going to reconcile with anybody, how do you think your brother and your father will feel watching this? i waited for that. it is we have to turn your thinking around and imagine what they will be feeling as well. he couldn't cope with that. he very frequently almost turned it into a political interview. that is the point with the shutters came down. he didn't really even spend a moment of reflection to dry to consider how they might be feeling. hejust said, i don't consider how they might be feeling. he just said, i don't think there are read my book. then we got this rather old—fashioned stare, it was almost, move on. that i felt was slightly worrying, the ability to kind of throw out the attacks. i understand that he feels aggrieved as well. but certainly the waugh are

still continuing as far as he is concerned. it is an ongoing thing. we brother that the present day. the tragedy again is the fact that when you speak to william, he almost can't stop himself smiling and laughing when he was back into that child state. at one point he was even putting his fingers to the sides of his mouth, is though we did not want to look fond and happy, and kind of bring out that playfulness that they used to have. when he speaks about his father, you can see his facial features soft often, his vocal tone drops. still a lot of love there. and when kate was mentioned, again spontaneous response, his eye expression so often, we got and i smile, so he would do that, then a few minutes later he'll be telling us things, almost it was too intimate, certainly about his father, certainly about his father, certainly about his father,

certainly about william. thank you very much forjoining us. brazilian police say they've regained control of the congress building in the capital, brasilia, after it was stormed by thousands of supporters of the right—wing former president, jair bolsanaro. the demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election and want the military to intervene. the man who defeated him, left—wing veteran lula da silva has visited the site of some of the rioting and described the protesters as fascist vandals, promising they'd face the full force of the law. hundreds of people have been arrested. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report from sao paulo in brazil and a warning there is some flash photography. total chaos in brasilia, as thousands of hard line protesters invaded government buildings. authorities responding with tear gas to try and regain control of brazil's capital. this was a scenario many here feared might happen, after a divisive election back in october. these images are clearly reminiscent

of what happened in the us capitol two years ago. after all, former president jair bolsonaro is nicknamed "the trump of the tropics" by some. but while far—right protesters here have been emboldened by the former us president, this was more than just a copycat insurrection. and it goes beyond bolsonaro, too. what angers protesters most is not so much that bolsonaro lost, but the fact that lula won — a man they see as belonging in prison, not the presidential palace. translation: i'm here in this totally peaceful demonstration j because i don't agree with all the thievery of lula, the vice president, the supreme court and the superior electoral court. we want new elections, clean ballot boxes. translation: we don't believe | that this election was democratic. there are several indications that there was fraud, that there was corruption. there's been no evidence of fraud, despite what these protesters claim. but no matter. what these people want is military intervention. it's the only way, in their view,

that brazil can be saved from what they see as a stolen election. lula, though, the elected president, who's been in the job forjust a week, condemned what happened, calling the protesters fanatical fascists. translation: all those people who did this will be _ found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. police siren. by nightfall, people had been cleared from the buildings, and police were clearing the remaining protesters from the streets. at best, authorities were caught out unprepared. at worst, they're suspected of being involved. just really didn't seem to be a police presence of capital that potentially expected something like this to happen. we saw hardly any law enforcement on the street, the police barricades were easily overthrown by these bolsonaro

supporters, and it'sjust a bit of a mess just now in the capital. the supreme court has been asked to issue an arrest warrant for the man in charge of brasilia's security, a former minister under jair bolsonaro, who was dismissed after sunday's events. the calm may have been restored for now, but the political division remains. katy watson, bbc news in sao paulo. mr bolsanaro has been tweeting about the events in brasilia. in one of his tweets he said, in portuguese: "peaceful lawful demonstrations "are part of democracy. "however, pillaging and invasions of public buildings as occurred "today, such as those practised by the left in 2013 and 2017, "are outside the law." joining me now is william booth, a lecturer in south american history at university college london where do you think this will go. it

is too early to say who this is going to go, because they see much more organised. supporters of democracy can take hope from the fact the brazilian authorities dealt with this pretty quickly in terms of making arrests, cleaning out the area. that is quite a contrast with what happened in the us injanuary six. it has been taken seriously quickly. but it does also seem to be a strong and organised movement that is not going to go away. jair bolsonaro has said pillaging of public buildings is outside the law. how important is he in turn to quell the anger that is out there? he how important is he in turn to quell the anger that is out there?- the anger that is out there? he has drawn a comparison _

the anger that is out there? he has drawn a comparison with _ the anger that is out there? he has drawn a comparison with the - the anger that is out there? he has drawn a comparison with the left, | drawn a comparison with the left, saying, they did it, so we have done it. he is also seated outside the law, but he is not condemned it. i think it is sarcastic encouragement of extra legal action. it is similar to what we saw with trump. but it goes beyond brazil and the states. it goes to conflicts occurring all across the hemisphere at the moments between movements that are looking to achieve some kind of redistribution of wealth, some sort of restoration of welfare, minimal living conditions, and elites, petty bourgeois, who are very nervous about this, not only in latin america but in the united states as well. a number of meetings are taking place today between the government and unions involved in industrial action, in an effort to resolve pay disputes across public services.

further strikes are planned in the coming weeks. the secretaries of state for health and education and transport minister huw merriman will meet various unions for talks. the prime minister has been speaking about this a little earlier on a visit to a healthcare facility. lets hear what he had to say. iam i am really pleased that union leaders accept administers invitations to come in today to have discussions across the board. that is a positive development. aunt pay we have always said the government is happy to talk about pay demands and dishes that are anchored in what is reasonable, affordable for the country, but the most important thing is those talks are happening, and let us dry and sit down and find our way through. can you confirm that one of payment is on the table? you can you confirm that one of payment is on the table?— is on the table? you wouldn't expect it to comment _ is on the table? you wouldn't expect it to comment on _ is on the table? you wouldn't expect it to comment on specific, _ is on the table? you wouldn't expect it to comment on specific, but - is on the table? you wouldn't expect it to comment on specific, but the i it to comment on specific, but the conversations are happening, people are talking come regard to pay we had to have conversations based on what is affordable, feasible, responsible for the country. people need to get going —— need to get talking, hopefully we can find a way through this. speaking to the bbc before he entered the meeting, the lead nhs negotiator

for the unite union said the government needed to start focussing on this year's pay offer. we are not going to resolve the crisis in the nhs, we are not good be able to move on, unless we resolve 2022 p. there is no point talking about april onwards, 2023, 20 2a pay, when there is a dispute about 2022. that's what we need today. if they were to offer one off payments would listen to the idea? we will listen, we will talk, we will negotiate. but we are a trade union. this will be up to our members. many offer or go back to our members. we need movement from the government about 20 22. the statement and the rumours over the weekend, rishi sunak giving some hint, stephen barclay seeing something else, civil servants are seeing something else, it is ridiculous, surely they must know what they are doing. i am not going to end full of hope today,

unfortunately. i generally think that this is an attempt to try and get as here and talk to as about 2023, 202a, but we have come here anyway to make our point. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is in westminster. is there any prospect of a breakthrough? i don't think it is likely today. partly because of what you have just hired. unions being worried that the government is still trying to move this on to next year's pay deal, the one that kicks in in april this year, ratherthan one that kicks in in april this year, rather than the one they have been striking over, which is last year's pay deal. and i don't get the impression of to people in government that they are going to reopen last year's offer. the government has often said, always said, that it is not prepared to go back to that. however, that does seem to be a slightly different tone coming from government. because of

that i think that is at least a tiny bit more optimism in these talks, partly because the prime minister, when he was on an interview yesterday, and when he gave a clip this swanage a broadcaster said, he was prepared to talk about pay now as long as it is responsible, affordable. i think it is a bit of a shift from a government because previously the current has always been saying, leave it to the pay review bodies, they figure all of this out. but the government is saying, when it comes to the pay deal to start in april, let us talk about it, let us see how we get to that figure. a glimmer of hope that that figure. a glimmer of hope that that could lead to something. but still that important difference, that the cabinet is talking about next year, unions are still talking this year. what about reports of a one off payment to health workers to try to resolve this? you might remember that this was

discussed last year. it was something that the health secretary talked about, but that number ten and the treasury were not on board with. it did not happen. i think it is back on the table now. it is something that is being discussed in government. i don't think that is a fully worked out plan to put to use today. i have not heard any figures bandied about for example. it is not completely clear exactly who would receive a one—off lump sum if it were to happen. but it would be, if it did get to that stage, reflective of cost—of—living concerns, and a way for government to say, we don't go back on last yearpay deal but we do recognise that some public sector workers are really struggling so we are prepared to put x pounds on the table for them. i think it is something we will keep hearing about over the next few weeks. it is something that i know a lot of journalists are asking about, and try to get to the bottom of. no real

detail on it at the moment. but it is something that i know in whitehall certain figures are talking about, who think it's good to be an end to the impasse, and a way of averting further strikes, particularly in the health service over the next few weeks. but it does situate a fairly early stage. again, and it comes back to that stage, ari on the verge of a breakthrough, not so sure today. i'm nowjoined by the former chair of the nhs pay review body, jerry cope. what is your thought first of all on the suggestion that a one off payments might deal with this, and of course the unions seeing, looking forward to what the next pay deal is doesn't account for what was put in place last year? there are two elements what is being talked about. it is last year, which the unions are pressing hard. and

what happens this year. it appears that government on the second point are sticking with the pay review bodies for 2023, 202a. that is risky for both parties because the pay review bodies are independent and they could come up with anything. i government i think would be forced to accept that. on the lump sum, i think that is quite a clever bridge between the government's position about not reopening last year, and the position of the unions about, they must have something in recognition of what they see as a shortfall in the award last year. it is definitely a runner. the key thing is, how much, of course. what would you suggestion be on that? there are lots of complications. should it be a flat rate so that lower paid get more? should it be a percentage? it has got to be quite sizeable to entice the unions in. it's also got to be affordable. and

as itjust health workers? or is that all sectors that we are talking about here? i am not going to guess what the right number should be, but a big calculator is going to have to be dug out. so you think this could pave the way for resolving this dispute? yes. if the content is sufficiently enticing. this is also shone a light on the pay review bodies. you were a former chair of the pay review body for nhs, you have said it was independent, we are hearing that whatever they come up with the gap with this kind of obliged to follow. just on that, why was it that the offer, the recommendation, last july, was for a pay rise of a% to an end july inflation was 10.1%? because i think, if you look at what's happening in the economy generally, when the pay review body was considering things, that was the standard award. nurses had ready got

an advantage from the year before, where they had got to 3%, and little that zero. i don't think the pay review body, on the basis of the evidence presented to them, thought that nasa should get above what was essentially the going rate at that time. the going rate had gone up since the pay review body pronounce, and that is where the tension lies. politics comes into the decision—making? it is not purely an economic issue, if they're looking at what the realities of inflation, and they are paying attention to other factors that are not to do with the spending power of the money in your pockets? i with the spending power of the money in your pockets?— in your pockets? i wouldn't say it was politics _ in your pockets? i wouldn't say it was politics given _ in your pockets? i wouldn't say it was politics given to _ in your pockets? i wouldn't say it was politics given to it, - in your pockets? i wouldn't say it was politics given to it, i - in your pockets? i wouldn't say it was politics given to it, i would l was politics given to it, i would say it was perfectly proper things that you look at in any organisation when you're making a pay award. what is going on in the economy generally, whether there are other people get in, whether workers feel fairly treated, our staff being detained, suck nipple in the health

service, our staff being recruited. —— our staff being retained, a particular problem in the health service. i am sure in next year's round the movie looking at retention carefully, but it's not only pay, it is a number of issues. it is carefully, but it's not only pay, it is a number of issues.— carefully, but it's not only pay, it is a number of issues. it is quite a flexible process, _ is a number of issues. it is quite a flexible process, and _ is a number of issues. it is quite a flexible process, and you - is a number of issues. it is quite a flexible process, and you are - is a number of issues. it is quite a l flexible process, and you are seeing lessons will be learned going forward? do you think there should be changes to the weight given to different factors when the independent pay review body is considering? you will be looking at those factors

in crisis and maybe retention is the one that is in crisis at the moment, which is why a lump sum as some attraction because it helps retention.— attraction because it helps retention. , ., retention. sorry, i came in, do finish your— retention. sorry, i came in, do finish your point. _ retention. sorry, i came in, do finish your point. no, - retention. sorry, i came in, do finish your point. no, you - retention. sorry, i came in, do| finish your point. no, you came retention. sorry, i came in, do. finish your point. no, you came in at the right _ finish your point. no, you came in at the right point. _ finish your point. no, you came in at the right point. thank - finish your point. no, you came in at the right point. thank you - finish your point. no, you came in at the right point. thank you for. at the right point. thank you for “oininr at the right point. thank you for joining us- _ now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. as we go through this week, the weather does remain unsettled. it's going to be wet and windy at times today. today what we have is low pressure driving our weather, a weatherfront coming in, bringing in some showers across the northwest and breezy conditions as well.

these are the overnight lows. two in aberdeen, ten in plymouth. tomorrow, this band of rain still heavy will be pushing towards the north and east. heavy across of north—west england and, exacerbating the flooding risk and behind it, we have another front coming flooding risk and behind it, we have anotherfront coming in, bringing in anotherfront coming in, bringing in a narrow band of rain. it will remain fairly cloudy in between. but mild with temperatures up to 1a. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. in brazil, president lula vows tough action after supporters of his predecessorjair bolsonaro, storm the country's parliament. ministers are meeting health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes. it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off

payments for health workers. unions still want talks about this year's pay. a new plan to help businesses with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government and preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk's space race. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. it was the blockbuster tie of the fa cup third round this weekend, but chelsea's performance, in their a—0 loss to manchester city, was deemed embarrassing and pathetic, by alan shearer. chelsea boss graham potter admitted his side is "clearly suffering as a football club". the two premier league giants met at the etihad, with riyah mahrez opening the scoring with a stunning free—kick, in a devasting 15 minute spell, which sanulian alvarez and phil foden effectively end the tie before half time. the fans chanted the name of former boss thomas tuchel from the stands, as questions surround

potter's future, just four months into his reign. is this the biggest task of your managerial career today? well, yeah, because of the size of the club, the size of the challenge we have. what we need to do, where we are at the moment, yeah, it's a big challenge. but i also knew that there'd be some moments where it's going to be really tough. and clearly this is one of those moments. "magical" is how stevenage manager steve evans described his team's breathtaking late comeback victory over aston villa in the fa cup. his team's reward is a fourth round tie away to championship side luton. villa led through morgan sanson's first half strike but with just two minutes remaining they won and converted a penalty, with jamie reid levelling from the spot after dean campbell was fouled. campbell was had a moment all to himself as he struck the 90th minute winner.

oxford united will look to continue the theme of fa cup shocks when they host arsenal this evening in the final third round match, but the draw for round four has already been made. here's a look some of the ties... the winner of tonight's match will be away to manchester city. reading manager paul ince will return to old trafford to face former club manchester united. national league side wrexham will take on sheffield united of the championship. sheffield wednesday will face fellow league one side fleetwood town after they knocked out newcastle united, while stevenage will travel to stoke. for a full run—down of the draw, head to the bbc sport website. england fly—half owen farrell could miss the six nations after being cited by the rugby football union for a dangerous tackle in a club game for saracens. he will face a disciplinary hearing tomorrow. on friday, the 31—year—old put in a high tackle on gloucester playerjack clement that made contact with clement's head. it was not reviewed at the time by the referee and farrell went on to win the game for saracens with a drop—goal on the final whistle. it's not the first time farrell's

tackle technique has been in the spotlight after he received a ten—week ban reduced to five games in 2020. a similar penalty would see him miss england's games with scotland and italy, however any ban could be longer. jon rahm overturned a seven shot deficit to claim a remarkable emma raducanu says she hopes to be fit for the australian open, which begins a week today. the former us open champion was forced to retire from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland last week after twisting her ankle. it was the latest in a series of injuries which have hampered her progress over the last year. raducanu says she's assessing her ankle problem on a day by day basis. i was feeling really good with the preparation i did physically. and i just had an accident on the court, i don't know what i could have done to re—prevent that, but i am just taking it a day at a time honestly and trying every single day to try

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the current scheme caps the unit cost of gas and electricity for all businesses. it is a cap on the unit cost, not the overall bill, so the more they use, the more they pay. the new scheme that replaces it will give businesses a discount on the unit cost, it will not set a maximum unit cost, it will not set a maximum unit cap or price. the treasury has said that sectors that use a lot of energy, energy intensive businesses like steel—making, glass, ceramics and so on, we'll get a larger discount than others. the total level of government support across—the—board is expected to fall sharply. the new scheme is expected to be worth less than half the current scheme, which was estimated to have cost £18.a billion over six months by the time it ends at the end of march. even with the new scheme to replace it, all businesses can expect to see their gas and electricity business women rebels rise aftermarket at the same time, households will see a drop in the amount of support they get from the

and with their energy bills as the typical bill cost goes from £2500 a year to 3000 a year from april. and that leaves families with less money left over to spend on goods and services, which of course businesses provide, at the same time as businesses are finding their own cost going up and are even more reliant on people going and spending. thank you forjoining us. i think we spoke before about the difficulties your firm was encountering because of the enormous costs that you are incurring because of glass—blowing and the differences you are having to make to what you were doing as a result. what is your reaction now to what you are hearing about the situation going forward? i am going to be interested _ situation going forward? i am going to be interested in _ situation going forward? i am going to be interested in the _ situation going forward? i am going to be interested in the discount - to be interested in the discount level because at the moment, the latest code i have is 10p, which is 8.5 p more than what i was paying,

so that takes me up to 119,000 per year. plus the standing charges and thatis year. plus the standing charges and that is still not tenable for us. i am interested in seeing what the discount is and what... of the 10p remains the same and whether the energy companies are going to put that out, so i am going to have to wait and see what the actual figures are. dig down into the detail. that amount you _ are. dig down into the detail. that amount you have _ are. dig down into the detail. that amount you have just quoted, 119,000 per annum plus standing charges, what does that add up to when you include the standing charges for what you are presently thinking you are looking at for your annual energy bill and what is it mean? because i had to turn my furnaces off, i had a choice, i was so stressed, because we came to the end of the contract in september and i

was so stressed, either we lost staff all repaid the energy bills, so we turned the furnaces off and we bought a mini melt, which we could run on lpg and not run it over time and turn it off at night but it means that we have to get up at the crack of dawn to like it and then the glass—blowers come in. it is causing us a lot of extra work. i have ordered and the coal furnace, an electric furnace because the government want is to be equal friendly and i want to create a sustainable glass—blowing business so we can preserve the art and that comes from italy in two months' time and i arejust praying comes from italy in two months' time and i are just praying that i comes from italy in two months' time and i arejust praying that i can turnit and i arejust praying that i can turn it on and turn the mini melt off and the costs will be ok. otherwise, i am going to have to look at it again. you otherwise, i am going to have to look at it again.— look at it again. you are making chances look at it again. you are making changes to _ look at it again. you are making changes to make _ look at it again. you are making changes to make it _ look at it again. you are making changes to make it work - look at it again. you are making

changes to make it work but. look at it again. you are making changes to make it work but it | look at it again. you are making i changes to make it work but it has been really stressful. it changes to make it work but it has been really stressful.— been really stressful. it has been so stressful, _ been really stressful. it has been so stressful, i _ been really stressful. it has been so stressful, i got _ been really stressful. it has been so stressful, i got shingles. - been really stressful. it has been| so stressful, i got shingles. when been really stressful. it has been i so stressful, i got shingles. when i didn't know how i was going to go forward in business because the quotes that we were getting in october made it 233,000 per annum, because the energy companies did not understand the government discount, so they were not giving us sensible quotes until they dug down into that detail, so that was so stressful. when i decided to get the mini melt, it was such a relief and it has been 0k. it it was such a relief and it has been ok. it was really, really stressful when we turned it on, whether or not we were going to be able to produce but we have been. we found a solution but those companies who cannot find that solution and a lot of my friends in business are coming up of my friends in business are coming up to the end of their contracts,

they have been ok at this time, because they were still in contract, but they are coming to the end of their contract, so this decision is crucial to all businesses because it is like coming to the end of your mortgage plan, your interest plan, and now they are going to have to knew ghosh ate a new price, which is going to have quite an effect on businesses up and down the country. thank you very much forjoining us. 250 million pounds has been made available for the nhs in england to help ease the pressure on hospitals. part of the money will pay for beds in care homes so patients who are well enough can be discharged. the prime minister has been speaking about this a little earlier on a visit to a healthcare facility... actually months ago the government announced half £1 billion in extra funding to speed up the discharge of

people from hospitals into their communities or back home, where that make sense and today's announcement is even more funding to help support those initiatives. i am fortunate enough to be visiting one of those places today, which is doing a good job in treating people closer to their homes. that is the right thing to do because what it means is it frees up pressure in our hospitals, that will ease some of the burdens we are seeing in emergency departments and ambulance waiting times and it is also better for people to be treated at home where they can be, or closer to their home, it is part of our plans to drive down waiting times in the nhs and improve the experience that patients are getting. our health correspondent nick triggle explained earlier where the money was coming from. the government is talking about a new lot of money, 250 million, but previously and the prime minister referenced it there, the government has announced that they will be 500 million for this winter are maori to

tackle delayed discharges. that money was announced in september. but as a —— as the liz truss government fell apart, the nhs was left waiting for it and it was not until november, the health secretary announced the first tranche of that money would reach the front line. that is early december. the second tranche, 300 million, has yet to be released both but should be given to the nhs by the end ofjanuary by released both but should be given to the nhs by the end of january by the nhs is still waiting for that original 500 million and now the government is talking about topping that up with some extra money but until that three had million reaches the front line, the nhs points out there is only limited progress it can make. a 17 year old boy has pleaded guilty to the murder of a 1a year old in south london. jermaine cools died from multiple stab wounds following an attack near west croydon station in november last year. the 17—year—old boy pleaded guilty

to murder at the old bailey and will be sentenced in february. the uk could see a space first today, with satellites being deployed from a base on european soilfor the first time ever. if all goes to schedule, it will happen from the new spaceport, in cornwall, in the south—western tip of england. the technique will use a modified boeing jumbo jet to carry the rockets into the sky, before they lift their payloads into orbit. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has the story. the first time this has been done from british soil. the rocket and aircraft along to virgin orbit and we have been given a rare chance to look inside. on the lower deck, all the seats have been stripped out to save weight because a rocket for sale is a heavy load. at the a small modification will have a big effect.

here are all the usual controls in the cockpit that you need to fly a plane but there is one big difference. it is this, this red square is a release button and about an hour into the flight, the pilot will bless this to drop the rocket. until now, these launches have been carried out from california. the drop happens at 35,000 feet and it is a perilous manoeuvre. everything has to work perfectly to get the rocket on its way. for the uk flight, raf pilot matthew stannard will be at the controls. igrate flight, raf pilot matthew stannard will be at the controls.— will be at the controls. we enter what is where _ will be at the controls. we enter what is where things _ will be at the controls. we enter what is where things get - will be at the controls. we enter what is where things get more i what is where things get more interesting for us, that sequence of pressurising the tank and chilling the lines and at the end of that terminal count, the rocket is ready to go and it is myjob to make sure the aeroplane is any right position,

so that the way she goes. fin the aeroplane is any right position, so that the way she goes.— so that the way she goes. on the round at so that the way she goes. on the ground at mission _ so that the way she goes. on the ground at mission control, - so that the way she goes. on the ground at mission control, the i so that the way she goes. on the i ground at mission control, the team will be monitoring every minute of the fly. i will be monitoring every minute of the fl . ., ., will be monitoring every minute of thefl. ., ., , will be monitoring every minute of the fl. ., ., ,., the fly. i would not sate is a nervous _ the fly. i would not sate is a nervous atmosphere. - the fly. i would not sate is a nervous atmosphere. i- the fly. i would not sate is a| nervous atmosphere. i think the fly. i would not sate is a - nervous atmosphere. i think we all run off— nervous atmosphere. i think we all run off of— nervous atmosphere. i think we all run off of adrenaline for sure. but we are _ run off of adrenaline for sure. but we are all— run off of adrenaline for sure. but we are all pretty calm because we have _ we are all pretty calm because we have rehearsed and we are confident and we _ have rehearsed and we are confident and we are _ have rehearsed and we are confident and we are ready to go basically. this is— and we are ready to go basically. this is one — and we are ready to go basically. this is one of nine satellites being painstakingly prepared for launch. almost all of them have been built in the uk. until now though, they would have been shipped abroad to be sent into orbit. at this mission is about to change that. there is a lot riding on this rocket. if the launch goes to plan, it will be a major milestone for the uk. the first step in becoming a global player in space. jenny kumah, is at newquay airport in cornwall for us

ahead of the launch. jenny, tell us whats happening now. jenny, tell us what's happening now. it is very windy here but i am told the weather is looking good for the lift off later this evening. this is a replica of the rocket that will be on board the plane that is taking the satellites into space. that plane is currently on the runway and last—minute checks are being carried out this afternoon. i am buying —— joined by lucy from satellite applications catapult. you have a satellite on board the plane. we do. we have the — satellite on board the plane. we do. we have the amber— satellite on board the plane. we do. we have the amber satellite - satellite on board the plane. we do. we have the amber satellite on - satellite on board the plane. we do. | we have the amber satellite on board the plane. _ we have the amber satellite on board the plane, for horizon technologies and it— the plane, for horizon technologies and it is— the plane, for horizon technologies and it is the beginning of a constellation of satellites that is going _ constellation of satellites that is going to — constellation of satellites that is going to look after maritime security, _ going to look after maritime security, awareness at sea, so anything — security, awareness at sea, so anything from illegal fishing to

trafficking of people through migrant vessels, smiling, piracy and so on, _ migrant vessels, smiling, piracy and so on. using — migrant vessels, smiling, piracy and so on, using the very interesting signalling — so on, using the very interesting signalling is that you can pick up on the _ signalling is that you can pick up on the vessels while they are working — on the vessels while they are working at sea.— on the vessels while they are working at sea. just put this into context. working at sea. just put this into context- how — working at sea. just put this into context. how significant - working at sea. just put this into context. how significant is - working at sea. just put this into context. how significant is it - context. how significant is it having this capability to launch satellites into space, into orbit, from the uk?— satellites into space, into orbit, from the uk? you have put your finer on from the uk? you have put your finger on it. _ from the uk? you have put your finger on it. it— from the uk? you have put your finger on it, it is _ from the uk? you have put your finger on it, it is ideal. - from the uk? you have put your finger on it, it is ideal. we - from the uk? you have put your finger on it, it is ideal. we can i finger on it, it is ideal. we can come — finger on it, it is ideal. we can come up — finger on it, it is ideal. we can come up with a concept in our innovators' _ come up with a concept in our innovators' heads, in our universities and work through the design _ universities and work through the design and manufacture in the uk and now launch _ design and manufacture in the uk and now launch it from the uk as well from _ now launch it from the uk as well from tonight and we have always been able to— from tonight and we have always been able to operate satellites from the uk, so _ able to operate satellites from the uk, so we — able to operate satellites from the uk, so we now have an end to end supply— uk, so we now have an end to end supply chain — uk, so we now have an end to end supply chain that makes us very, very appealing from an investment perspective, as much as anything else _ perspective, as much as anything else. , ., , perspective, as much as anything else. , . , , perspective, as much as anything else. , else. this has been eight years in the planning _ else. this has been eight years in the planning and _ else. this has been eight years in the planning and we _ else. this has been eight years in the planning and we are - else. this has been eight years in the planning and we are now - else. this has been eight years in l the planning and we are now hours away from left. how are you feeling? it is truly exciting now but today, there _ it is truly exciting now but today, there are — it is truly exciting now but today, there are only a few people who can make _ there are only a few people who can make a _ there are only a few people who can make a difference and as you know, they are _ make a difference and as you know, they are working very hard over by

they are working very hard over by the rocket — they are working very hard over by the rocket and plain. the rest of us sit back— the rocket and plain. the rest of us sit back and — the rocket and plain. the rest of us sit back and wait and see it all come — sit back and wait and see it all come together. i am very much looking — come together. i am very much looking forward to this evening and on behalf— looking forward to this evening and on behalf of our customers as well, we are _ on behalf of our customers as well, we are looking forward to getting some _ we are looking forward to getting some successful data down. thank you ve much some successful data down. thank you very much for— some successful data down. thank you very much for talking _ some successful data down. thank you very much for talking to _ some successful data down. thank you very much for talking to us. _ very much for talking to us. hundreds of people will be here today, people very excited in anticipation of this historic launch around 2500 people were able to get tickets when they were made available on the website. they were snapped up immediately. there is also the opportunity to watch it via the virgin orbit youtube live stream site. ., .. the virgin orbit youtube live stream site. ., ~' ,, a potato stand offering free food after meeting a mother unable to feed her seven children. her project has since grown, and she now feeds more than 100 people every night in sunderland with a group of volunteers. that story has now been turned into a song. our reporter david sillito went to meet her.

a friend had just said, "you will be perfect for this." did you know what you were letting yourself...? no, absolutely no. i'm a cliff jumper. ijustjump off cliffs, and then hope for the best. # rain seeps through the only coat she knows...# we're in sunderland, and this is andrea, listening to a song that's been written about her, or rather about the soup kitchen and food bank she helped set up three and a half years ago. # some days it won't take much at all # you can falljust a semi—tone...# sunderland community soup kitchen — what is that? it's a place where people can come and get fed for free. ijust vowed that nobody in sunderland would ever go without food again. and now they don't. the soup kitchen, known as albert's place, now has 71 volunteers, allotments, a warehouse, and now a song. the idea came from radio two's folk programme, to compose five

songs based on real lives in britain today. and this is andrea's, composed and performed by martynjoseph. the song is about the reality of life, sadly, for many people in the uk and other countries right now, as we try to go through a very difficult time. and i would want us generally to become more compassionate and have a greater understanding of people'sjourneys, and realise that we're all very close to that border sometimes. and this was its first performance in front of an audience of one, andrea. so what did she make of it? well, we'll let you watch. you decide. # humanity # the cup of love # head bowed low, she walks through her city # rain seeps through

that only coat she owns # but on high street west, there's a place # there's a place she knows...# i'm quite a tough character. but that day i was overcome with emotion because i never imagined the song would be so fitting. incredible. the thing is as well, this is sort of myjourney and that just says it all, doesn't it? thank you. aw. you'll have me going in a minute! it's been an honour and a pleasure. oh, sorry. it's a pleasure it really is. but your words, theyjust sum it up perfectly. that's great. thank you. well, that's myjob. but what you do is far more important. 0k. all right? thank you. no, it just means. .. you just recognise it as part of the work we do. songs take time to seep in. it's beautiful. there's a lot in it. honestly, i couldn't

have asked for better. well... incredible. thank you. i'm very happy. so, california to sunderland. california to sunderland, there you go. rock'n'roll. rock'n'roll, yeah! rock'n'roll and mush, lump of mush. oh, my gosh, it was so.... no, it's lovely. it sums everything up and more that i would hope you'd put into a song. # but baby now, it's greatest moment of all # brings tea and a cup of love # clothes and a cup of love that was david sillito reporting. you can hear all of the songs on bbc sounds by searching for twenty first century folk. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through this week, the weather does remain unsettled. it's going to be wet and windy at times today. today what we have is low pressure driving our weather, a weatherfront coming in, bringing in some showers across the northwest and breezy conditions as well. the showers being blown in along quite quickly on the brisk westerly wind. now, the wind is, of course, coming from the atlantic. so it is going to be a cooler day

today, as you can see from the blues on the charts. so we've got our first batch of showers heading eastwards, our second batch of heavy showers coming in across the north and the west. some of those will have some thunder and some hail embedded in them. breezy conditions, but drying up across some central and eastern parts of the country with temperatures today 6 to ten degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, a transient ridge of high pressure builds across us. we'll start to lose many of the showers. the winds will ease and it will be dry for a time before this next weather front comes in introducing stronger winds and some heavy rain overnight. overnight lows, two in aberdeen to 11 in plymouth. now this rain through the course of tomorrow is going to be pushing northwards and eastwards. it's courtesy of this warm front here and behind it. we've got a cold front coming in. in between it's going to be windy. it's going to be windy wherever you are tomorrow, actually, but it's going to be mild. we'll have temperatures back

into double figures, 13 and 1a for some of us, but the rain will be a feature. the met office has two yellow weather warnings out, one for northwest england, one for wales about the heavy rain, especially on the hills, exacerbating the flooding risk. and then in comes the second band of rain, hot on its heels, albeit a narrower band. in between, it's going to be overcast and cloudy. and as i mentioned, wherever you are, it's going to be windy with the strongest winds on the hills and the coasts in the north, in the west, these are our temperatures, 11 to 1a in between these two weather fronts. as we head into wednesday, it's going to be a showery day. also going to be some wintry showers on the hills, the pennines, for example, the hills in scotland. but in between the showers, there will be some brighter skies. in the wind it's not going to feel particularly warm temperatures — six to ten degrees. and as for the outlook as we head on into thursday, while a front comes in bringing slightly milder air from the south, but it does remain unsettled and cooler by the weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines. prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed "with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. they have shown no willingness to reconcile up to this point. iam not i am not sure how honesty is burning bridges. silence only allows the abuser to abuse. security forces in brazil have retaken control of the country's congress — after it was ransacked by supporters of former president jair bolsonaro. this is the scene in the capital brasilia now.

ministers are meeting health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes. it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off payments for health workers. unions still want talks about this year's pay. we will listen, we will talk, and we will negotiate. any offers will go back to our members. but we need movement from the government about 2022. the government is happy to talk about— the government is happy to talk about pay— the government is happy to talk about pay demands and issues that are reasonable and responsible, but the important thing is let us talk about— the important thing is let us talk about this — the important thing is let us talk about this and try to find a way through — a new plan to help businesses with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. and coming up — the final countdown — preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk's space race.

prince harry has accused members of his family of being "complicit" in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews — which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs — he admittted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn't commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry's book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the british media, frustration with his own family, pain at losing his mother. during the first interview excerpts from harry's audiobook were played. here, he described seeing photos of the paparazzi as his mother lay

dying at the crash scene in paris. they'd never stopped shooting her while she lay between the seats, unconscious, or semi—conscious. and in their frenzy they'd sometimes accidentally photographed each other. not one of them was checking on her, offering her help, not even comforting her. they were just shooting, shooting, shooting. of his family the criticism is direct. his brother and wife didn't get on with meghan from the start, he says. he accuses buckingham palace of not defending her, describing their silence as deafening. the sibling rivalry with william is portrayed as intense and damaging. it is now, he says, his life's work to change the media landscape in the uk. and he again talked about his family planting stories with the press to enhance their reputation. and after many, many years of lies being told about me and my family, there comes a point where,

again going back to the relationship between certain members of the family and the tabloid press, those certain members have decided to get into bed with the devil. there were at times contradictions and pettiness, perhaps as there are with all family fallouts, but he insisted he still loved his father and brother, and wanted things to be different. one might say, look, you haven't so much burnt your bridges as taken a flame—thrower to them by being this honest in the book. they might say to you, look, you've just destroyed any chance of a reconciliation. well, they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up until this point. and i'm not sure how honesty is burning bridges. silence only allows the abuser to abuse, right? so i don't know how staying silent is ever going to make things better. that's genuinely what i believe. harry discusses the interview meghan did with oprah winfrey,

when she said a member of the royal family questioned what their son archie's skin colour would be. he says neither he nor meghan viewed this question as racist. and he also shows his support for lady susan hussey, the former lady—in—waiting to the queen, accused of racism towards charity founder ngozi fulani at a buckingham palace reception in november. i'm very happy for ngozi fulani to be invited into the palace to sit down with lady susan hussey, and to reconcile, because meghan and i love susan hussey. we think she's great! and i also know that what she meant, she never meant any harm at all. i will sit here and speak... in his interview for cbs in america, he again discusses his own family leaking stories to the media, focusing on his stepmother, camilla queen consort, who he said had used the media to rehabilitate her public image. that made her dangerous because of

the connections she was forging within the british press. and there was open willingness on both sides to trade information. and with a family built on hierarchy, and with her on her way to being queen consort, there was going to be people, or bodies, left in the street because of that. harry told presenter anderson cooper that he had been in therapy for seven years, and had used experimental medication as part of that process. he was also asked about his current relationship with his brother and his father. do you speak to william now? do you text? currently, no. but i look forward to us being able to find peace. how long has it been since you spoke? um, a while. do you speak to your dad? we haven't spoken for quite a while. um... no, not recently. harry said he didn't think his father or his brother would read his new book.

but he said writing it had been both painful and cathartic. where are you now? i think that's one question people have at the end of all this. are you...? are you happy? yes, i'm very, very happy. i'm very at peace. i am in a better place than i've ever been. daniela relph, bbc news. are we ever likely to get a sense as to what the reaction may be behind closed doors? the simple answer at the moment is, no, there has been no comments, and our understanding is they will continue to be no comment. this is an ongoing situation. at what point do the accusations become so serious, perhaps, and so personal, that someone at the palace feels

that someone at the palace feels that actually they do have to say something. we could have not reached that point yet. we'll reach that point? we wait and see. we had a lot of the detail is there a lot of the details there in these two interviews. one of them was 90 minutes long, on itv, cbs was around 26 minutes of detail, a lot of detail to pour through, as well as the stuff you have already heard from the leaked extracts of the book. the main thing with the interviews, the biggest change what we have heard so far was this naming of camelot, the queen consort, that is quite a thing for harry to label her dangerous. that is what is said to anderson cooper from cbs, because she needed to rehabilitate her image, she, it is suggested, was forging his relationships with the press. that is a serious allegation. some of the other things, harry said that from the outset meghan was not

welcomed. william and catherine and the family were influenced by what they read in the tabloids about meghan, stereotyping her as an actress, an american, divorced and biracial, it talked about the love that he has for his father, casting doubt on his abilities of charles as a father. he was asked by ms larsson he had texted his brother or heard from his father. he said, it has been a while. —— he was asked when was the last time he had texted his brother i heard from his father. when asked why he would make his revelations he said, every time we try to sort things out with his family, stories were leaked, stories were planted. he said he wanted to sit down with his brother and his

father and talk all this through, as long as it can remain private. that gives you some extent of this breakdown, this betrayal of trust, on both sides. well, for more on this lets speak to the royal biographer tom bower — who's books include revenge: meghan, harry and the war between the windsors. hejoins us from kilifi in kenya. this is a family, an institution where we rarely hear them speaking about what is going on behind closed doors, and here we are, getting so much of all at once.— much of all at once. what is your reaction? — much of all at once. what is your reaction? l _ much of all at once. what is your reaction? i think— much of all at once. what is your reaction? i think it _ much of all at once. what is your reaction? i think it is _ much of all at once. what is your reaction? i think it is absolutely l reaction? i think it is absolutely shocking. has behaved hypocritically, self—indulgent. i think that is dishonest in what he says. i think he is a disgrace. i think we are very lucky that he is just the spear and not the ear. he would be a disastrous king.

—— that he is spare not heir. do you have any sympathy for him. he talks about that photographers regarding his mother, he said they were shooting, shooting, shooting, offering no comfort. you have got to remember that this book is ghostwritten. his interview is very carefully orchestrated by hollywood and by his accomplished publishers, and ghost writer. whether they are his natural sentiments, orwas whether they are his natural sentiments, or was put into his mouth, is open to debate. the shooting, he did his own shooting by his own confession in afghanistan. the idea that the paparazzi murdered diana is ridiculous. she died because she has been driven by a

drunken driver to fasten was not wearing a seat belt. nevertheless, anybody who loses their mother in those circumstances, especially diana's death, it is horrendous. but that does not mean that because of what happened in 1997 that today harry has got to behave so disgracefully, finally for silence, when has been waging a war against them ever since he left britain. you said you are glad he is spare not heir. the opposite he does a very different role from his brother in that regard, and probably how they see the family that they were born into, and prince harry does say that he wants a family, that is how he sees it, but he was born into an institution. do you have somebody for that? well, up to a point. of course every family has its problems. none of us are exceptional in that way. but we

don't all go on oprah winfrey, netflix, now this, interviews, meghan's book to come. a ceaseless war against the family whose only function is to serve britain. do you think they can be a reconciliation? how will the family bay regarding this? haifa reconciliation? how will the family bay regarding this?— bay regarding this? how will his father regardless? _ bay regarding this? how will his father regardless? what - bay regarding this? how will his father regardless? what you - bay regarding this? how will his| father regardless? what you got bay regarding this? how will his i father regardless? what you got to remember about this reconciliation is that when harry came to britain when the queen died, the book and the netflix series had andy been finished, he knew as he stood there, he is insincere, he cannot be trusted. the idea he wants reconciliation, these were to be put into his mouth by some very clever pr advisers. i don't believe a word he says. anyone who thinks this is true is foolish. he is out to destroy his family, and he is doing it very successfully, as is meghan.

my it very successfully, as is meghan. my book shows the whole path of her life has been to destroy relationships. it life has been to destroy relationships.— life has been to destroy relationshis. , . ., , relationships. it is a tragedy... we are out _ relationships. it is a tragedy... we are out of— relationships. it is a tragedy... we are out of time. _ relationships. it is a tragedy... we are out of time. thank i relationships. it is a tragedy... we are out of time. thank you | relationships. it is a tragedy... i we are out of time. thank you very much indeed. if you're watching us on bbc two, thank you for your company, it is time to say goodbye. the headlines on bbc news. prince harry accuses some of his family of "getting into bed "with the devil" by planting stories in the press, but defends his decision to speak out. in brazil, president lula vows tough action after supporters of his predecessorjair bolsonaro, storm the country's parliament. ministers are meeting health, rail and teaching unions today to try to avert further strikes. it comes amid reports the government could be planning one—off payments for health workers. brazilian police say they've regained control of the congress building in the capital,

brasilia, after it was stormed by thousands of supporters of the right—wing former president, jair bolsanaro. the demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election and want the military to intervene. the man who defeated him, left—wing veteran lula da silva has visited the site of some of the rioting and described the protesters as fascist vandals, promising they'd face the full force of the law. hundreds of people have been arrested. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report from sao paulo in brazil and a warning there is some flash photography. total chaos in brasilia, as thousands of hard line protesters invaded government buildings. authorities responding with tear gas to try and regain control of brazil's capital. this was a scenario many here feared might happen, after a divisive election back in october. these images are clearly reminiscent of what happened in the us capitol two years ago. after all, former president jair bolsonaro is nicknamed "the trump of the tropics" by some. but while far—right protesters

here have been emboldened by the former us president, this was more than just a copycat insurrection. and it goes beyond bolsonaro, too. what angers protesters most is not so much that bolsonaro lost, but the fact that lula won — a man they see as belonging in prison, not the presidential palace. translation: i'm here in this totally peaceful demonstration j because i don't agree with all the thievery of lula, the vice president, the supreme court and the superior electoral court. we want new elections, clean ballot boxes. translation: we don't believe | that this election was democratic. there are several indications that there was fraud, that there was corruption. there's been no evidence of fraud, despite what these protesters claim. but no matter. what these people want is military intervention. it's the only way, in their view, that brazil can be saved from what they see as a stolen election. lula, though, the elected president, who's been in the job forjust a week, condemned what happened, calling the protesters fanatical fascists.

translation: all those people who did this will be _ found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. police siren. by nightfall, people had been cleared from the buildings, and police were clearing the remaining protesters from the streets. at best, authorities were caught out unprepared. at worst, they're suspected of being involved. just really didn't seem to be a police presence of capital that potentially expected something like this to happen. we saw hardly any law enforcement on the street, the police barricades were easily overthrown by these bolsonaro supporters, and it'sjust a bit of a mess just now in the capital. the supreme court has been asked to issue an arrest warrant for the man in charge of brasilia's security, a former minister under

jair bolsonaro, who was dismissed after sunday's events. the calm may have been restored for now, but the political division remains. katy watson, bbc news in sao paulo. joining me now is dr vinicius de carvalho, what is your reaction of what is going on? watching the scenes of the three palaces, the three main powers of the brazilian republic, it is not something that we would see was unexpected. since the results of the election is a group of supporters of jair bolsonaro have started a series of movements, blocking roads in brazil, camping in front of military

barracks, claiming for military intervention. finally, this campaign of disinformation and misinformation thatis of disinformation and misinformation that is going around social media among those groups in brazil. what we saw yesterday was surprising because of the dimension, and because of the dimension, and because of the violence, but not unexpected. how do you see jair bolsonaro's role in what is going on? he has put out a message to condemn violent disputes. he said peaceful disputes are part of democracy, but otherwise it's wrong. he are part of democracy, but otherwise it's wron.. , ., , , are part of democracy, but otherwise it'swrona. _,,._ , ., it's wrong. he probably is not responsive — it's wrong. he probably is not responsive for _ it's wrong. he probably is not responsive for the _ it's wrong. he probably is not responsive for the act - it's wrong. he probably is not responsive for the act itself, l it's wrong. he probably is not. responsive for the act itself, in it's wrong. he probably is not i responsive for the act itself, in a senseis responsive for the act itself, in a sense is not given order to do that. but a lot of groups that are now contesting the results of the elections in brazil, it is an indirect response ability on him ——

responsibility on him. indirect response ability on him -- responsibility on him.— responsibility on him. where does this no? the order in the capital of the republic. this intervention is a civilian one, not military, that is a good sign for brazilian democracy, that we don't need the interference of the military all the time that something like that happens. the second aspect was the action of the judiciary, immediately an order was declared to remove the protesters, attackers, camping in front of barracks. minister ofjustice is going further and asking who is sponsoring that? who is putting money to allow those sort of protest to arrive at this point and these people protesting against democracy in general. we need to see now as

well, the response from national congress, how politicians, that some of their support the actions of those actors, if they do also disagree and condemn what happened yesterday. it was not only an attack against the president, it was an attack against the republic. the three powers were destroyed, the palaces of the powers, yesterday. thank you forjoining us. some breaking news regarding responses from the unions on the pay disputes. unite union is seeing those talks did not go well. they have said it was a missed

opportunity. and a spokesperson said he was angry on behalf of his members, he accused ministers of wanting to focus on productivity, which he described as an insult, and he suggested any one of payment be made on productivity savings, which she called ludicrous. he said, the government has missed another opportunity to put this right. he said strikes from unite members in the health service will go ahead. there has been a suggestion that a one off payment might be the way to resolve the pay dispute. unions were saying that what needs to be addressed is the pay agreement for this current financial year, before then looking to the next one. in spite of that there was a suggestion that a one off payment might be a way through. from that response we have had from the unite union, it does not sound like that developed

any sort of, lead to any sort of positive developments in that meeting today. let's be also bring you some comments from the gmb union which says, ambulance strikes are still going to be going ahead on wednesday, after no new pay offer was made, that union represents 999 handlers, paramedics, other ambulance staff. they had a meeting with health secretary stephen barclay. presumably the same meeting that we had comments from unite about. they say no new pay offer for this financial year, the strike on wednesday still going ahead as planned. those comments from two of the unions after the meeting with health secretary stephen barclay.

the prime minister has been speaking about this a little earlier on a visit to a healthcare facility. let's hear what he had to say. i am really pleased that union leaders accepted ministers' invitations to come in today to have discussions across the board. that is a positive development. on pay we have always said the government is happy to talk about pay demands and issues that are anchored in what is reasonable, affordable for the country, but the most important thing is those talks are happening, and let us try and sit down and find a way through. can you confirm that a one—off payment is on the table? you wouldn't expect me to comment on specific, but the conversations are happening, people are talking come regard to pay we had to have conversations based on what is affordable, feasible, responsible for the country. people need to get talking, hopefully we can find a way through this. the first minister nicola sturgeon has praised health workers as she spoke at a briefing about pressures facing the nhs in scotland which she said were unprecedented.

this is almost certainly come in without any doubt, the most difficult winter ever for the national health service. those who work in it are doing a magnificent job. whether that is in hospitals, the ambulance service, nhs 2a, across social care, in gp surgeries, and other settings, health and care workers are making extraordinary efforts during exceptionally challenging times. i do know however the toll that is taking on them, and given the nature and scale of the current pressures, so i want to see how enormously grateful eye in the entire government is to all of them. joining us now from edinburgh, scotland correspondent james shaw. we had some of what she was seeing there, praised for their workers,

empathy with what they are experiencing in terms of the pressures on them. tell as a bit more on the context in scotland in terms of where the unions are. the essence of the statement that nicola sturgeon gave today was a not so much about the issue of whether there are going to be strikes in the nhs, it was more about dealing with the situation, the severe situation that the nhs in scotland has at the moment, like in many other parts of the uk. a message really let her message was that this is going to be the most difficult winter that the nhs in scotland has ever faced. the most difficult winter that the nhs in scotland has everfaced. she gave a sense of that. she talked about bed blocking, she sold it was 95%, the latest figures that they have, nearly all hospital beds in scotland are full of cases, people

with diseases, conditions like flu and covid are at very high levels at the moment. she compared that to the situation before the covid pandemic, backin situation before the covid pandemic, back in the early weeks of 2020, when she said bed occupancy then was 87%. suggesting that scott is standing in a situation which is comparable or worse to the situation here just before the disease macro pandemic. —— the covid pandemic. she talked about the increasing number of money to nhs 2a, the helpline, to try to stop people going into hospital when that is not necessary, and also extra money for social care, sort of people are in hospital when they don't need to be there for a clinical reason, they can be got out into a social care beds more quickly. but that is no doubt that the scottish government is very worried, notjust doubt that the scottish government is very worried, not just about the issue of industrial action, but

about the actual difficulties facing the service in scotland at the moment. the first minister of wales mark drakeford says he will meet health unions later this week for negotiations and has a three part offer which he hope will resolve the disputes. here he is speaking just a short while ago. the health minister wrote to health unions in wales to invite them to discuss an offer to try to resolve current disputes. we have worked very hard across the government and across the christmas period to bring together the resources which underpin the offer. an offer which has three elements for discussion, and for negotiation. a one off non—consolidated pay award, paid for from this financial year's budget. secondly, discussions on ways in which we can move forward on staff

welfare issues, and on reducing agency spend. thirdly, ways in which we can work together to restore confidence in the pay review body process. joining us now from cardiff wales correspondent hywel griffithwhat mark drakeford said this is coincidental to any discussion in westminster. he said, over christmas and new year he has been checking under the sofa, speaking to his finance minister, looking for any spare cash, they believe they have enough to put forward to nhs workers in wales to offer something as a one off payment. but they simply don't have the money to make it consolidated, part of the increased pay rise. we know there are ambulance workers in wales planning to strike this week. although nurses

in wales are not due to strike next week, they have said they are looking to take further industrial action. he is aware of the crisis, he has spoken at the huge pressure on the nhs here in wales, and how 27 december was the busiest day on record in welsh nhs. he sounds as if he is keen to resolve this in wales. we don't know yet whether that will be enough to stop the industrial action. let's go back to the meeting held between the government and health unions. the lead nhs negotiatorfor the unite union gave this assessment.— the unite union gave this assessment. ., ., assessment. the government have missed et assessment. the government have missed yet another _ assessment. the government have missed yet another opportunity i assessment. the government have missed yet another opportunity to | missed yet another opportunity to put this right. we came here in good faith. what they want to talk about is productivity. productivity, when our members are working 18 hour shifts, quite how you become more productive with that, i don't know.

today unfortunately despite us showing up in good faith, the government have missed yet another opportunity to put this right and what will happen is that the strike action taking place by unite members, ambulance workers, and it is important to remember this is about across the nhs, it is notjust nurses, everyone who works across the nhs isjust as important, our ambulance members will be taking strike action on the 23rd. it is a very disappointing day but i am not surprised. all that the government are interested in saying that in order to justify a payment, interested in saying that in order tojustify a payment, then interested in saying that in order to justify a payment, then we interested in saying that in order tojustify a payment, then we need tojustify a payment, then we need to find, we need to come with, productivity savings, in the nhs. that is absolutely ludicrous. this is not a factory we're talking about. we are talking about people who are working well beyond their contracted hours anywayjust who are working well beyond their contracted hours anyway just to who are working well beyond their contracted hours anywayjust to get the job done because they cannot hand patients over because they care

so much. for the government to be talking about productivity and exchange for a pay award is an insult to every single one of our members was up you all know what is going on in hospitals at the moment. you know how hard everybody is working. today is an insult to our members. working. today is an insult to our members-— working. today is an insult to our members. . ., ., members. that was the reaction after the meeting — members. that was the reaction after the meeting with _ members. that was the reaction after the meeting with the _ members. that was the reaction after the meeting with the health - the meeting with the health secretary. rail unions are also holding talks with the government. union leaders are meeting the rail minister as they continue to insist the government is blocking a deal to end the long—running row over pay, jobs and conditions. i am joined by nigel from rail magazine. do you think the government is blocking an agreement? it comes down to language for stoppages not as engaged as it needs to be, for sure. if you follow the money, every penny of revenue in the country goes up to the train operators and goes to the treasury,

so any financial discussion, you have got to go where the money is and so the government is absolutely in a position to move this forward or not and it cannot carry on with this, it is nothing to do with us, you have to talk to the employer. there is this meeting today. so there is this face—to—face conversation now. it there is this face-to-face conversation now. , , ., conversation now. it depends how it noes, conversation now. it depends how it goes. doesn't _ conversation now. it depends how it goes, doesn't it? _ conversation now. it depends how it goes, doesn't it? you _ conversation now. it depends how it goes, doesn't it? you can _ conversation now. it depends how it goes, doesn't it? you can have i conversation now. it depends how it goes, doesn't it? you can have a i goes, doesn't it? you can have a face—to—face conversation and you have just heard, face—to—face conversation and you havejust heard, it face—to—face conversation and you have just heard, it is not necessarily go anywhere. both sides need to grow up a bit and show much more maturity and treat ep —— people who pay for all of this, you won die, through tickets and taxes, deserve better than the stand—off we have got with quite a lot of name—calling from both sides and they need to compromise and find an offer without sort of losing face, i guess and get on with sorting out a settlement. you

guess and get on with sorting out a settlement-— settlement. you are the editor of the rail magazine. _ settlement. you are the editor of the rail magazine. i— settlement. you are the editor of the rail magazine. i don't - settlement. you are the editor of the rail magazine. i don't know. settlement. you are the editor of the rail magazine. i don't know if| the rail magazine. i don't know if you are completely unbiased, but which way does your sympathy go? we are which way does your sympathy go? 2 are completely... the only thing... we are completely in favour of a truth and healthy railway a and there is fault on both sides. union is wrong to say that some things are and cannot be done and the government is entirely wrong to occasionally brand the unions as a sort of militant and all the rest of it. there is a settlement to be had in the middle of this as there is in any dispute. and it needs to be found and both sides need to give someone both sides need to pack it in with some of the misinformation that we have been saying for months now. do that we have been saying for months now. y ., ~ that we have been saying for months now. ,, ~ , that we have been saying for months now. ~ , now. do you think they will pack it in? do you — now. do you think they will pack it in? do you think _ now. do you think they will pack it in? do you think there _ now. do you think they will pack it in? do you think there will- now. do you think they will pack it in? do you think there will be i now. do you think they will pack it in? do you think there will be a i in? do you think there will be a swift resolution? there is talk this rail dispute could go on into the summer. it rail dispute could go on into the summer. . ., rail dispute could go on into the summer. _, , , ,.,, summer. it could, i suppose. there is intense pressure _ summer. it could, i suppose. there is intense pressure for _ summer. it could, i suppose. there is intense pressure for it _ summer. it could, i suppose. there is intense pressure for it to - summer. it could, i suppose. there is intense pressure for it to be i

is intense pressure for it to be settled on both sides. the government cannot keep taking the head politically that it is taking at the minute and for the unions, the rmt members, it is costing them a lot of money to keep striking. for example, an rmt engineer was told to strike on christmas day last triple pay and a day off. when the december credit card bills start dropping into letterboxes, you can imagine the pressure coming up with a system from the families and the members to get it settled. there is intense pressure that is growing to get it settled and it needs sort of men and women of faith and ability to grasp that metal compromise and sort out a deal and compromise on both sides, absolutely both sides. the railway demands that if you need a lesson as to how important our railways are, even post—pandemic, we are getting it right now. even post-pandemic, we are getting it right now-— it right now. nigel harris, thank

ou. junior doctors could stage a three—day walk—out if they vote for a strike over pay. around a5,000 members are being balloted from today. it is busy and relentless. today. it is bus and relentless. , it is busy and relentless. this doctor is _ it is busy and relentless. this doctor is in — it is busy and relentless. this doctor is in his _ it is busy and relentless. this doctor is in his third - it is busy and relentless. this doctor is in his third year- it is busy and relentless. this doctor is in his third year of work after medical school. he has £70,000 worth of student debt and says the current deal has leftjunior doctors feeling undervalued. current deal has left “unior doctors feeling undervalued.— feeling undervalued. utterly demoralised. _ feeling undervalued. utterly demoralised. i— feeling undervalued. utterly demoralised. i have - feeling undervalued. utterly demoralised. i have worked| feeling undervalued. utterly- demoralised. i have worked hard to get into the position i am in at the moment and have trained for many years. a doctor with rios up —— three years of experience earning £20 an hour, and that maybe someone who starts cpr after finding someone whose heart has stopped. what i might want to do in my future and whether or not my future lies in the

nhs as a doctor, or even in the country. nhs as a doctor, or even in the count . , ., nhs as a doctor, or even in the count ., ., ., , nhs as a doctor, or even in the count ., ., .,, nhs as a doctor, or even in the count ., ., ., , ., country. junior doctors last went on strike in 2016 _ country. junior doctors last went on strike in 2016 in _ country. junior doctors last went on strike in 2016 in a _ country. junior doctors last went on strike in 2016 in a dispute - country. junior doctors last went on strike in 2016 in a dispute over- strike in 2016 in a dispute over their contracts. this time, if bma members back industrial action comedy plans to walk out for 72 hours in march and withdraw emergency care. the union said it is the only way to press the government on pay. the basic salary of a junior doctor in theirfirst on pay. the basic salary of a junior doctor in their first year is just over 29,000. doctor in their first year is just over29,000. not doctor in their first year is just over 29,000. not including overtime and night payments. junior doctors in england received a 2% rise in april as part of a four—year deal. but a bma estimate that a has fallen by more than a quarter over the last 15 years as a result of the rising inflation. ., , , 15 years as a result of the rising inflation. . , , ., inflation. there has been a substantial _ inflation. there has been a substantial increase - inflation. there has been a substantial increase in i inflation. there has been a substantial increase in the | inflation. there has been a - substantial increase in the number of students being accepted into medical school, thejunior of students being accepted into medical school, the junior doctor salary has fallen in real terms and the students leaving their studies with about 50 to £90,000 with a debt, so that creates real problems in terms of how you recruit and

retain these students in the nhs. the department of health says pay has risen by 8% in the four years to march this year. and has been —— there has been x—ray investment to provide more money for the most experienced junior doctors, as well as extra funds for those working weekends and night shifts. the government says it will discuss pay once his current deal comes to an end by trusts leaders say they're asked —— they are still concerned. that means we will lose more and more staff, which makes the front line task more difficult. what we need is a fully funded, costed workforce plan and staff need to know the calories coming. junior doctors and _ know the calories coming. junior doctors and the _ know the calories coming. junior doctors and the rest _ know the calories coming. junior doctors and the rest of - know the calories coming. junior doctors and the rest of the i know the calories coming. junior doctors and the rest of the uk i know the calories coming. junior i doctors and the rest of the uk have been offered a pay rise of a.5%. the bma in scotland is set to ballot members within months and in england, the bad road salt is expected in six weeks. —— the ballot results. we have just heard from downing street that ministers will be tabling legislation to ensure

minimum safety levels are being maintained during is this —— industrial action during the coming days. the business secretary confirmed last week that the government does intend to go ahead with the bill to ensure vital public services maintain a basic function when workers go on strike and the official spokesman for the prime minister has said the bill will be introduced in parliament in the coming days. we think this is necessary to protect the public and ensure their safety and access to the services they pay for. ministers hope they will not have to use the new powers in the legislation. they say we hope unions step back from strike action and that we can as we are today have open and fair discussion. downing street has also said it will always encourage trade unions to call of planned strikes amid the fresh discussions between trade unions and ministers. and the official spokesman was asked if the government expects strikes to be called off amid the rate as talks,

he said we would always encourage the unions to call off strike action. it is the right way to resolve these sorts of issues. asked about whether the prime minister is optimistic, he said, it is for the unions to see what their intentions are. you have been hearing the union reaction to those discussions and it was that... not happy at all. unite saying the talks did not go well and were a missed opportunity, an insult for members and we also heard from the gmb saying that following on from those discussions which they say were not helpful, the strikes for ambulance workers will still go ahead on wednesday. and just in terms of the legislation on trying to ensure minimum service levels during strikes, unions could be... that legislation would me —— mean unions could be sealed if services were not provided and some unions are threatening legal action, saying they believe the strike restrictions

would be unlawful. labour say they would be unlawful. labour say they would repeal such laws, saying it is a legislative weapon used for political reasons. no doubt there will be lots of reaction incoming after that confirmation from downing street that the government is going to be tabling legislation to ensure minimum safety light —— levels are maintained in the coming days. let's talk about eurovision. the sex acts with a chance of representing ireland have been revealed and john leyden is one of them. let's listen to a short clip of the song now. falling in our hearts. here again,

how i we are here. you and me. hello there. aloha hawaii. ., , hello there. aloha hawaii. . hellothere. alohahawaii. . ., aloha hawaii. that is john lydon, a world away — aloha hawaii. that is john lydon, a world away from _ aloha hawaii. that is john lydon, a world away from the _ aloha hawaii. that is john lydon, a world away from the sex _ aloha hawaii. that is john lydon, a world away from the sex pistols. i world away from the sex pistols. obviously people get older and life happens and they mellow and certainly that is there to hearing that song. it certainly that is there to hearing that son. , ., ., that song. it is quite a moving sonu. that song. it is quite a moving song- the _ that song. it is quite a moving song. the lyrics _ that song. it is quite a moving song. the lyrics are _ that song. it is quite a moving song. the lyrics are all- that song. it is quite a moving song. the lyrics are all about | song. the lyrics are all about memories, remember me, i remember you. his wife is living without signers. and if it was to be successful, if ireland was to decide it should represent the country in eurovision, i think it would do really well. it is notjust about show stopping performances. there are some really sombre songs that

capture the audience and bring people in. because he is an older musician, he has the life experience now with those lyrics but it is completely different to his career in the sex pistols and public image limited. but he has said over the past couple of years, it has been rumoured, that he has really wanted to do eurovision in this morning, the irish broadcaster rte announced six acts that will be chosen between them on federally the third and he is one of them. i them on federally the third and he is one of them.— is one of them. i want to keep talkin: is one of them. i want to keep talking about _ is one of them. i want to keep talking about him _ is one of them. i want to keep talking about him because i is one of them. i want to keep talking about him because it i is one of them. i want to keep| talking about him because it is quite an extraordinary thing that we had him from the sex pistols, i did not know he wanted to do eurovision and here he is in the running and that song really is beautiful. he is not irish, is he? his that song really is beautiful. he is not irish, is he?— not irish, is he? his parents are irish. i think— not irish, is he? his parents are irish. i think his _ not irish, is he? his parents are irish. i think his mother- not irish, is he? his parents are irish. i think his mother is i not irish, is he? his parents are irish. i think his mother is from| irish. i think his mother is from county cork and his father is from galway that i might have got that the wrong way round. his parents are irish. it would be a surprise for

someone like him to do this. sex pistols split up in 1978 and he formed public image limited and they were a critically acclaimed band with a handful of hits, five uk top 20s, five albums as well and in 1992, they want an —— want onto a 17 year hiatus, bringing us to 2009. they reformed with a slightly different line—up withjohn lydon different line—up with john lydon still the different line—up withjohn lydon still the front man. and then to adam slater,... that he has said in some interviews he has put himself forward in the past and he is one step closer one of the final six. it is a nice story to hear. let's hear a bit about the other acts who are up a bit about the other acts who are up against him. he is getting the focus because of who he is. there are six acts _ focus because of who he is. there are six acts in _ focus because of who he is. there are six acts in total— focus because of who he is. there are six acts in total and _ focus because of who he is. there are six acts in total and it - focus because of who he is. there are six acts in total and it will i focus because of who he is. there are six acts in total and it will be l are six acts in total and it will be are six acts in total and it will be a tv show on rte on february the 3rd. years of ecb most well—known of the six. it is the slowest song. ——

he is the most well—known. there is a group called wilde who, younger viewers will be more familiar with them. ireland has won eurovision seven times. in recent years they have not had great success. they have not had great success. they have been sending pop acts in recent years so maybe this would be a way to go with this public image limited. ., ., ~' to go with this public image limited. ., ., ~ ., ., to go with this public image limited. ., ., ., , ., limited. look forward to seeing what ha ens. limited. look forward to seeing what happens- thank— limited. look forward to seeing what happens. thank you. _ two hundred and fifty million pounds has been made available for the nhs in england to help ease the pressure on hospitals. part of the money will pay for beds in care homes so patients who are well enough can be discharged. the prime minister has been speaking about this a little earlier on a visit to a healthcare facility... actually months ago the government announced half £1 billion in extra funding to speed up the discharge

of people from hospitals into their communities or back home, where that make sense and today's announcement is even more funding to help support those initiatives. i am fortunate enough to be visiting one of those places today, which is doing a good job in treating people closer to their homes. that is the right thing to do because what it means is it frees up pressure in our hospitals, that will ease some of the burdens we are seeing in emergency departments and ambulance waiting times and it is also better for people to be treated at home where they can be, or closer to their home, it is part of our plans to drive down waiting times in the nhs and improve the experience that patients are getting. our health correspondent nick triggle explained earlier where the money was coming from. the government is talking about a new lot of money, 250 million, but previously and the prime minister referenced it there, the government has announced that they will be 500 million for this winter are maori to has announced that they will be

500 million for this winter to tackle delayed discharges. that money was announced in september. but as a —— as the liz truss government fell apart, the nhs was but as the liz truss government fell apart, the nhs was left waiting for it and it was not until november, the health secretary announced the first tranche of that money would reach the front line. that is early december. the second tranche, 300 million, has yet to be released both but should be given to the nhs by the end of january by the nhs is still waiting for that original 500 million and now the government is talking about topping that up with some extra money but until that three had million reaches the front line, the nhs points out there is only limited progress it can make. the uk could see a space first today, with satellites being deployed from a base on european soilfor the first time ever. if all goes to schedule, it will happen from the new spaceport, in cornwall, in the south—western tip of england. the technique will use a modified

boeing jumbo jet to carry the rockets into the sky, before they lift their payloads into orbit. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has the story. five, four, three, two, one... lift-off! in newquay, cornall, the children of the bishop's academy are having a crash course in rocket science. they're taking a special interest in space because a launch is about to happen just down the road from them. i'm just excited because we might actually get a chance to see it or break newquay, and there's going to be like are probably lots of people there watching it. even though it's very late i am going to beg my mum that i can watch it, because i'm really excited about it. the launch is taking place at newquay airport, home to spaceport cornwall. but it is a left off with a difference. the rocket is attached to this jumbo jet and will be released mid flight, firing its engines to send satellites into orbit, the first time this has been done from british soil. it has been a huge team effort to get to this place.

we are the guinea pig. it is the first time any of us have done this. it has been quite a learning experience and something we are really proud of, but something we want to look at, how do we make it more efficient going forward and share the lessons learned ? the rocket and aircraft belong to virgin orbit. we have given a rare chance to look inside. on the lower deck, all the seats have been stripped out to save weight, because a rocket full of fuel is a heavy load. but at the front, a small modification will have a big effect. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to fly a plane, but there is one big difference. and it's this. this red square is a release button. and about an hour into the flight the pilot will press this to drop the rocket. until now, these launches have been carried out from california. the drop happens at a 35,000 feet and it's a perilous manoeuvre. everything has to work perfectly to get the rocket on its way. for the uk flight, raf pilot matthew stannard

will be at the controls. we enter what is called a terminal count procedure. and that's when things for us certainly get more interesting as we go into that sequence of pressurising the tank, chilling the lines. at the end of that 15 minute terminal count, the rocket says, i'm ready to go now. and it's myjob to make sure the aeroplane is in the right bit of the sky, in the right position, so when the rocket says, i'm ready to go, away she goes. on the ground at mission control the launch team will be monitoring every minute of the flight. it will be a tense time. i wouldn't say it's a nervous atmosphere. i think we all run off of adrenaline, for sure, but we are all pretty calm because we have rehearsed, we are confident in our systems since we have done all our checkouts. and we are ready to go, basically. this is one of nine satellites being

painstakingly prepared for launch. almost all of them have been built in the uk. until now though, they would have been shipped abroad to be sent into orbit. but this mission is about to change that. this satellite belongs to a cardiff—based company. it is a mini factory that could make new materials while in orbit. in space, with the absence of gravity, you can mix together any different material you want. there are billions of new alloys you can now make, that you couldn't make on earth. now, 99.9% of them won't be useful, but there will be a small fraction that are really useful, can be used in next—generation, more efficient electric cars, planes, aircraft, faster computing, that material sciences are crying out for right now. there's a lot riding on this rocket. if the launch goes to plan, it will be a major milestone for the uk. the first step in becoming a global player in space. rebecca morelle, bbc news, newquay.

just over three years ago, andrea bell decided she would set up a potato stand offering free food after meeting a mother unable to feed her seven children. her project has since grown, and she now feeds more than 100 people every night in sunderland with a group of volunteers. that story has now been turned into a song. our reporter, david sillito, went to meet her. a friend had just said, "you will be perfect for this." did you know what you were letting yourself...? no, absolutely no. i'm a cliff jumper. ijustjump off cliffs, and then hope for the best. # rain seeps through the only coat she knows...# we're in sunderland, and this is andrea, listening to a song that's been written about her, or rather about the soup kitchen and food bank she helped set up three and a half years ago. # some days it won't take much at all # you can falljust a semi—tone...#

sunderland community soup kitchen — what is that? it's a place where people can come and get fed for free. ijust vowed that nobody in sunderland would ever go without food again. and now they don't. the soup kitchen, known as albert's place, now has 71 volunteers, allotments, a warehouse, and now a song. the idea came from radio two's folk programme, to compose five songs based on real lives in britain today. and this is andrea's, composed and performed by martynjoseph. the song is about the reality of life, sadly, for many people in the uk and other countries right now, as we try to go through a very difficult time. and i would want us generally to become more compassionate and have a greater understanding of people'sjourneys, and realise that we're all very close to that border sometimes. and this was its first performance in front

of an audience of one, andrea. so what did she make of it? well, we'll let you watch. you decide. # humanity # the cup of love # head bowed low, she walks through her city # rain seeps through that only coat she owns # but on high street west, there's a place # there's a place she knows...# i'm quite a tough character. but that day i was overcome with emotion because i never imagined the song would be so fitting. incredible. the thing is as well, this is sort of myjourney and that just says it all, doesn't it? thank you. aw. you'll have me going in a minute! it's been an honour and a pleasure. oh, sorry.

it's a pleasure it really is. but your words, theyjust sum it up perfectly. that's great. thank you. well, that's myjob. but what you do is far more important. 0k. all right? thank you. no, it just means. .. you just recognise it as part of the work we do. songs take time to seep in. it's beautiful. there's a lot in it. honestly, i couldn't have asked for better. well... incredible. thank you. i'm very happy. so, california to sunderland. california to sunderland, there you go. rock'n'roll. rock'n'roll, yeah! rock'n'roll and mush, lump of mush. oh, my gosh, it was so.... no, it's lovely. it sums everything up and more that i would hope you'd put into a song. # but baby now, it's greatest moment of all # brings tea and a cup of love # clothes and a cup of love that was david sillito reporting. you can hear all of the songs on bbc sounds by searching for twenty first century folk. now it's time for a

look at the weather. the wind has been picking up a date today. it'll be a windy week ahead and that means changeable unsettled weather. this cloud is massing and that will bring some rain from the west during tomorrow. but ahead of that, cold air with sunshine and showers and into the evening, those showers and into the evening, those showers continuing in north wales, northern england, some of them heavy. wintry over the hills. a lot of those showers will tend to fade away later in the evening first part of the night but only briefly, we see the wind and rain coming in from the atlantic. head of that, temperatures in the east down to two or three degrees, like we had last night. this wet weather is pushing its way northwards and eastwards. heavy rain likely to be over the hills of wales and north—west england, into cumbria. turning

briefly a bit drier across wales and the midlands during the afternoon and following the rain, some sunshine and showers to end the day in northern ireland. a windy day tomorrow. a bit windier than today. but more of a cell to south—westerly and so temperatures are going to be higher despite the cloud and rain. away from scotland, double figure temperatures. we are in a warm sector between the two weather fronts. that whether frontal take the rain eastwards during the evening, clearing away during the night and by the time we get into wednesday, again we have a westerly rent and that will be cooler air by the middle part of the week. sunshine and showers, a lot of showers in the morning for western parts of the uk. those showers will get blown eastwards during the afternoon, especially into eastern parts of england. gusty winds again and a chilly feel to the day but temperatures seven to 11 degrees. that weather continues to come in

from the atlantic, this unsettled look, changeable weather, areas of low pressure arriving from the west during thursday and we have this rain across southern parts of england and wales. further north, may be some sunshine but the showers push into northern ireland and scotland and northern parts of england and wales. it again, mild with temperatures eight to 13 celsius.

today at 1:00pm, union reps talk with ministers to ease the threat of more strike action. but the signs aren't good with claims the government has missed yet another opportunity to put things right. one to put things right. union claims their negotiations we re one union claims their negotiations were insulting. the one union claims their negotiations were insulting-— one union claims their negotiations were insulting. the government have missed et were insulting. the government have missed yet another _ were insulting. the government have missed yet another opportunity i were insulting. the government have missed yet another opportunity to i missed yet another opportunity to put this right. we came here in good faith. earlier, the prime minister was positive about today's meetings with the unions. the most important thing is that the conversations are happening, that people are talking, and with regard to pay we have to have those conversations based on what's affordable, what's reasonable, what's responsible for the country. so, what hope of a breakthrough now? we'll be live at westminster. also on the programme... prince harry accusses some in the royal family

of being "complicit" in the suffering of his wife, meghan.