another blow to prospects of a middle east peace deal — qatar is reported to have withdrawn as a key mediator between israel and hamas. president biden invites donald trump to the white house — as the handover to the new administration begins. an adviser to donald trump's campaign tells the bbc ukraine needs to admit it's lost crimea to russia. and, mark cavendish — one of the most successful cylists in history — announces his retirement. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the queen is to miss remembrance events in london this evening and tomorrow, afterfailing to fully recover from a chest infection in time. doctors have told her to remain at home to protect others from any potential risk. the queen will mark the occasions privately at home and hopes to return to public

duties early next week. remembrance sunday is held in the uk as a day to commemorate the contribution of british and commonwealth military servicemen and women in the two world wars and later conflicts. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, gave us the latest. so, the queen is going to miss two key events this weekend for the remembrance service events, which is the royal british legion festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall on saturday evening, that's tonight. and she's not going to be at the remembrance day service at the cenotaph tomorrow. now, a palace spokesperson has said, following doctor's guidance to ensure a full recovery from a seasonal chest infection and to protect others from any potential risk, her majesty will not attend this weekend's events. while this is a source of a great disappointment to the queen, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week. it's not thought her condition has got any worse. it's just that, basically, she doesn't want to pass

on a lingering infection to other people that will be attending these events. however, the princess of wales — who we've rarely seen in public this year because she is undergoing cancer treatment — she will be at this event this weekend, as will the king, who is also still undergoing cancer treatment. the prospects of any deal to end the israel—gaza war have been dealt another blow, with reports that the mediators, qatar, are pulling out of negitations. the gulf state has played a key diplomatic role in trying to bring an end to the conflict to prevent further loss of life, and secure the release of the remaining israeli hostages held by hamas. as well as taking part in talks, qatar has hosted the political office of hamas, allowing the group to operate with relative freedom. with the latest, our correspondent, joe inwood, is monitoring developments from jerusalem. reuters and afp news agencies quoting a qatari diplomatic source, saying that they are no longer participating, they are no longer taking part,

as you were saying, as a key mediator in these peace talks between hamas and israel. they also had strong words for both sides, essentially implying that neither were negotiating, neither were operating in good faith. and as a follow on to that, they said that therefore, the hamas political office, which has been based in qatar since 2012, no longer serves any purpose. they didn't elaborate on that. but this follows also reports we had earlier in the day coming from washington, that a senior official there, also quoted by news agencies, saying that they no longer thought it was acceptable for hamas to have its office based in qatar, as long as they were refusing to take part in negotiations, which reportedly they turned down a deal that was put to them in october. so, we've had a number of developments today, all of which paint a fairly bleak picture for any prospects of some sort of negotiated deal. so, just talk us through what this now means for any potential talks in the future. what are the mechanisms? how could this work?

well, i mean, it's worth saying that these talks have basically been going nowhere, as far as we can tell, for months. there were reports of something on the table earlier in the year, a deal that was agreed by the americans and by hamas, which was reportedly turned down by prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel, and then also reports that they weren't getting any progress in october. we had had some suggestion that they were going to be restarting, but really they haven't been making any substantial progress, as far as anyone can tell, for months and months now. and obviously this development makes it even more difficult. we, of course, do still have the egyptians, they talk to both sides. and the americans have been pushing for some sort of improvement in the humanitarian situation in gaza and for a deal. and it was thought that the threat, the attempt to get hamas kicked out of doha was part of that negotiating strategy, potentially.

but it doesn't seem that anyone is really viewing this as a peace process, which is going to be making any progress at this point. however, it is worth pointing out as a as a kind of slight contrary point to that, that there is some reports that have been coming through that incoming president trump has said that he wants benjamin netanyahu to have the war in gaza over by the time he comes to power injanuary 20. so there could be a glimmer of hope there. although, as ever with donald trump, we should caveat things by saying we really don't know what he's going to do. dr hellyer is middle east security analyst, and senior associate fellow at the royal united services institute for defence and security studies. so before i get to egypt, let's be very clear. there haven't been ceasefire negotiations for many, many months. what we've had over the last few months have been hostage negotiations. they weren't ceasefire negotiations. the israelis made it abundantly

clear that after a pause in hostilities, if the deal were to go through, they would return to bombarding gaza. so there haven't been ceasefire negotiations for quite some time. and i think this was also part of the reasoning of the qataris, that there isn't good faith coming from the israelis, and they also had critiques of hamas at different points. but you've had over the past year numerous israeli press reports showing how netanyahu's office directly intervened in the negotiations to sabotage them, and i think the qataris were also just very frustrated about this. so i don't think that there have been talks, or serious talks for quite some time. i think, frankly, we are now in the day—after scenario. i think this is also something that the qataris realised, that there is no prospect of the israelis removing their armed forces from gaza, that gaza will be more or less partitioned

into different zones, and there'll be more than one zone where palestinians are not allowed to return. and i don't think they want to be a part of that exercise in any way. there will be others that perhaps will be able to talk, to, quote unquote, both sides in this situation. it's long been the case that the egyptians have been able to talk to all of the parties, with regards to the israeli—palestinian issue, so i'm sure they will continue in that regard. and also, when it comes to the qataris, they will maintain those contacts. but it's a question of whether or not there'll be an office in doha, and there isn't an office in cairo either. but those contacts, i think, will remain, and there will be others that will be looking to mediate as well. the white house says joe biden will receive president—elect donald trump at the white house on wednesday. a white house spokesperson says that at president biden�*s

invitation, the pair will meet in the oval office at ”am local time, following the republican�*s decisive victory over vice president kamala harris in the presidential election. the news comes two days after mr biden delivered a speech, in which he urged americans to "bring down the temperature" following the bitterly partisan election. he said he accepted the results of the election and appealed for unity. meanwhile, donald trump and his republican party are inching closer to taking control of all the levers of government in the united states. votes are still being counted in some races. but having already secured the white house and the senate republicans are also close to reaching the 218 seats needed to control the house of representatives. for the defeated democrats, the recriminations have already started. one of the most powerful politicians in washington, the former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has put part of the blame for kamala harris�*s loss on president biden, suggesting that the party would have performed better if he'd left the race earlier. ms pelosi played a key role in convincing mr biden to end his re—election bid.

this is some of what she had to say in an interview with the new york times. that will be many reviews of timing and the who, what, when, why and where, as we go forward, and books will be written about it. the fact is, she did a greatjob with the time constraint that she had. had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race. kamala, i think, would still have won, but she may have been stronger having taken her case to the public sooner. our correspondent in washington, anna foster gave me her thoughts. reading through it, she is really quite pragmatic that that... i mean, i don't even want to call it an attack

on president biden, because it really she's actually it's worth saying it's been published less as a news story and more of an interview. so you do see all the questions which were asked, which is instructive. and she is repeatedly asked about the fact that there wasn't a primary. and she has said before, as you were saying there, that kamala harris, she thinks, would have actually benefited from a primary, from a process from democrats and other floating voters feeling like there had been some sort of contest. she thinks it would have given kamala harris an opportunity to prove what she could do to really set some of those credentials in stone, and that didn't happen. and when pushed, she does concede in this interview that had president biden decided to step aside and end his campaign earlier, then there would have been the opportunity to have that primary contest. but actually, i mean, it's further than any sort of senior democrats have really gone so far in terms of acknowledging what went wrong during that campaign. but she still is, you know, she's sort of very pragmatic during that interview, she says that the time will come to look at the message, to look at what went wrong. but looking at it in the round, she isn't

conceding much ground at the moment. she does still believe that a lot of what the democrats did was right and correct. and i think all of the interviews, all of the conversations that have been heard this week, you know, people are desperate to hear some senior democrats reflect on what went wrong. but it sort of feels that they're not quite ready to do that in a really therapeutic way just yet, and that's why we get sort of little hints like this from, from nancy pelosi. but nothing, nothing bigger, nothing grander. ok, let's move on to donald trump. people watching out for who he appoints to whatjob. exactly. and he is there in mar—a—lago, all sorts of people going in and out. i think people as well are sort of curious about when they will hear from him next, because the last time he came out and made that big public statement was in the early hours of the morning after election day, when he made that victory speech. but now he's he's clearly sort of holed up inside mar—a—lago with various advisers. we know that elon musk has

been in there with him, because when there was a conversation between donald trump and president zelensky about various things — you were just talking about ukraine a moment ago and and donald trump's what he might do there, his opinions on it — he actually handed the phone across to elon musk. and president zelensky was able to thank elon musk for the starlinks, the satellites that have been put up above ukraine by elon musk�*s company. there's a combination, i think, of different names that are floating around at the moment. i think when we do see a lot of donald trump's top team, it will be very different from the ones he had around him in 2016. you remember, some of the more senior members of his administration, he managed to to churn through some people quite quickly. and there's a feeling, i think, that many of those will not be returning. there'll be some some fresh faces. rfkjunior might get in there somewhere, some discussion about whether or not there's a place in health for him. obviously, he was running against donald trump on some of the some of the ballot papers in some states at this election, although he sort of pulled aside with his big campaign

to throw his weight behind donald trump. but i think when those names start to come out, there's a lot of interest in what that top team looks like and how that will take him forward, particularly when you consider, as you were saying, that the republicans potentially are going to be extremely powerful if they do manage to take the house of representatives — they have the presidency and they have the senate. they'll really be able to go a long way in changing things if they have control of congress as well, of the full legislature, they could be incredibly powerful. the european union's foreign policy chief has tried to reassure ukraine of europe's unwavering support days after donald trump's election victory cast uncertainty over its war effort. josep borrell is in kyiv meeting the ukrainian foreign minister, the first top eu official to visit since the us election outcome. support from western allies has been key to ukraine's ability to defend itself against russia's much larger and better—equipped forces. this is what he said at the joint press conference.

the clear purpose of this visit is to stress european union support to ukraine. the support remains unwavering. the support is absolutely needed for you to continue defending yourself against russian aggression. meanwhile, a campaign adviser to the us president—elect, donald trump, has told the bbc that the aim of ending the war in ukraine is about finding peace, not winning back territory. bryan lanza said ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, needed to acknowledge that crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, had been lost, and the priority of the united states was to stop the killing. here he is speaking earlier. we still have a tremendous amount of respect for the ukrainian people, they have proven over the last couple of years that their hearts are made of lions. europe needs ukrainian people to protect them as well. these citizens know how to fight russia, they have

done it successfully. now, the challenge becomes, when you have an honest conversation with your partners, is what are the goals? zelenksy, for example, he says his goal is to get crimea back. well, that's not the goal of the united states and that's not the goal of the european union states. we learned that in 2014, when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. so, now when president zelensky says, we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace once crimea is returned, we've got news for president zelensky — crimea is gone. and if that is your priority of getting crimea back and having american soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america. but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. those comments come after russian drones struck ukraine's black sea port of odesa, killing one person and injuring 13 others, according to the regional governor. several residential and commercial buildings were damaged in what was the second day in a row of russian drone attacks on the city.

and across the border, russia's aleksinsky chemical plant was struck in an overnight ukrainian drone attack. the plant in the tula region produces gunpowder, ammunition and weapons. a source in the security service of ukraine told reuters that the attack was part of a broader strategy to target russia's munitions factories. let's speak to victoria vdovychenko — programme director for security studies at the ukrainian think tank, the centre for defence strategies. thank defence strategies. you for coming or not the programme. thank you for coming or not the programme. what difference do you think donald trump in the white house will make for ukraine?— white house will make for ukraine? ~ , ., �* ~ ., ukraine? we deftly don't know exactly what — ukraine? we deftly don't know exactly what trump _ ukraine? we deftly don't know exactly what trump is - ukraine? we deftly don't know exactly what trump is going i ukraine? we deftly don't know exactly what trump is going to j exactly what trump is going to do, orare exactly what trump is going to do, or are planned to do. some of his voters believe that, and he expressed via his advisers, that stopping age of the armed forces of ukraine will save many lives. we need to explain that this is not the case. that

is why we are doing ourjob. the end of the war depends on putin's intention, which he expressed yesterday. as per the front dialogue, they only had this conversation with elon musk. i believe because trump likes personal diplomacy, that will take precedence. european leaders may help you cream of that, specifically italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, who is very much supportive of ukraine and very much favoured by trump, his presidency and administration.— by trump, his presidency and administration. what about the other voices _ administration. what about the other voices we _ administration. what about the other voices we have _ administration. what about the other voices we have been - other voices we have been hearing saying effectively that ukraine will have to make concessions on things like territory?— concessions on things like territory? concessions on things like territo 7, , ., territory? just to comment on what you — territory? just to comment on what you said — territory? just to comment on what you said about _ territory? just to comment on what you said about the - territory? just to comment on i

what you said about the crimea. the black sea region is strategical and crimea has a strategical and crimea has a strategical importance, especially in the maritime domain, not only for it ukraine, but also for the uk and us when there are some big ambitions, in particular now that nato has advanced its black sea strategy. actually, when someone says that crimea is not going to... it is strategically impossible. we were talking about putin's intentions to continue work was not only continental europe but eu countries in particular. if you failed to persuade the donald trump administration of that argument, and then there are moves to reduce military aid spending from the us to ukraine, how big an impact would that have? the ukraine, how big an impact would that have?— ukraine, how big an impact would that have? the us also has a strategy _ would that have? the us also has a strategy in _ would that have? the us also has a strategy in the - would that have? the us also has a strategy in the black. has a strategy in the black sea, its logo to be voted in

the congress. if you ask if it's not going to privatise crimea or the black sea, is going to be very much harder to get supplies to europe and as well as understanding what kind of impact the black sea, mediterranean sea will have on allies in europe. that is no plan b in a sense, and that's why we work with the expert diplomats and politicians who are understanding and supporting, and explicitly well and the way of how you cream people would like to present this narrative to president trump and his administration. —— ukrainian people. there are many representatives who knew this, and that's it is critical. crimea is part of the us�*s security strategy.

critical. crimea is part of the us's security strategy. some breakin: us's security strategy. some breaking news _ us's security strategy. some breaking news now - us's security strategy. some breaking news now from - us's security strategy. some breaking news now from the | breaking news now from the netherlands. you may have witnessed and seen the reports of the violence on the streets of the violence on the streets of amsterdam from those football fans after israeli football fans after israeli football fans after israeli football fans are right in the city following a football match between israel's maccabi tel aviv and the dutch team, ajax. authorities in amsterdam has said that a0 suspects in the amsterdam riot had been given fines for disturbing public order. some other sources are saying that ten suspected of crimes, including vandalism. they say they are still investigating whether the suspects were organised, and that they do expect more arrests to take place. those are just the verb bounds of the

land to are getting out of dutch prosecutors. just to show you what is happening right now in spain. a protest is taking place over the emergency response to the devastating floods which killed at least 217 people. various civil groups and unions are taing part in the protest in central valencia. we spoke to someone who lives not far from where these protests are taking place and they are not going to the protests because they are still cleaning up where they live. streets and buildings still full of mud. but when we spoke to them they said that they support these protests. plenty of anger out there about local authorities effectively not giving people the right kind of warning that in the valencia region for those devastating floods that hit.

there's been a powerful explosion in west pakistan at a railway station in quetta, the capital of the western province of balochistan. police say 1a soldiers are among 25 killed — dozens have been injured. the station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawar was about to leave. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. for more on this attack here the bbc�*s urdu correspondent, saad sohail. we got confirmation from the local authorities in quetta confirming that there were military personnel part of the casualties. but we've talked to certain eyewitnesses, and they described the horrors of the scene. one of them told the bbc that what he saw was like a day ofjudgment. other than that, the witnesses that we've spoken to so far —

this was just before 9am local time — and the the train that you're mentioning, jaffar express, it's a very popular train which commutes daily from quetta in the west to peshawar in the northeast. so this is a very popular train. so, just before the train was about to board — and police confirms there were about more than 100 people, you know, clustered together at the time when this blast took place. we spoke to mohammad aslam, who was mentioning how he just stepped aside to the tea stall nearby, and as he was returning, this loud explosion took place. he could see the people laying on the floor screaming for help. he mentions how lucky he was that he survived. and there are similar accounts of a government employee, who also mentioned that he was lucky that his friend that he was there to drop off survived this accident, this explosion. but until now, we haven't heard a statement from pakistan army on this particular

blast that took place. and what do we know about the organisation claiming responsibility? so, balochistan liberation army is a separatist militant organisation. and this particular attack does not come as an isolated one because this entire year we have seen frequent attacks by balochistan liberation army. and we've also seen that although they claim that they only target military personnel and military installations, we have seen attacks in the past where civilians were also targeted. this is a province, the one we are talking about, balochistan, which is the largest province in pakistan, but it is also the least developed one, and its history is marred with insurgency and human rights violations. so, baloch liberation army in this particular

attack also claims that they were targeting military personnel that were returning from a training course back to quetta. and as we repeat, we still haven't heard from the pakistan army on this particular attack. officials in italy are introducing a daily cap on the number of tourists allowed to visit the ancient roman city of pompeii. from next week, officials will almost halve the number of daily visitors to try to protect its fragile heritage and encourage people to explore other attractions. last year, a record a million people visited — with daily crowds as high as 36,000. the new limit follows attempts by other italian cities, including venice and rome, to control tourist numbers. i'm lewis vaughan jones, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. good evening.

it has for the majority been a cloudy, grey but mostly dry day again. there's a little bit of sunshine across north—eastern parts of england, and i do think sunday has a better chance of seeing some brighter weather with more showers around. and that's because we have changed starting to take place. but you can see on the satellite picture from earlier today, where we had the breaks in the cloud, scotland, north—eastern parts of england, and so it's here where we're likely to see a touch of frost as we go through the night. elsewhere, i think it's just going to stay quite grey, misty and foggy over the hills. but here's the change, or at least the start of the change. a weather front starting to move in to bring some showery rain. so notjust this drizzly weather that we've had recently. this is more significant rain. but again it doesn't look as if it'll bring a great deal. but for most of us, it keeps the temperatures up overnight under that blanket of cloud. now, because we're introducing weather fronts tomorrow, there's a better chance of some brightness, even ahead of this weather front. not lots of sunshine, but perhaps a little bit brighter for the services in the morning. across southern and eastern areas in particular. but the big breaks in the cloud, the best sunshine

will be through the afternoon across northern ireland and scotland, as that weather front continues to make its way southwards and eastwards. and i do think as well, because we're changing our wind direction, it won't feel as chilly as it has done in recent days, even across the cloudier parts of england and wales. and here, too, we will see that clearer air arriving, but probably not until monday, when we'll see more abundant sunshine because that weather front has to move through. so, as we start monday, still quite a bit of cloud hanging around through cornwall and the channel islands, and then it clears away and it does look drier and brighter. a bit of a nippy northerly breeze coming down the north sea coast, and temperatures will be a degree or two lower than sunday, but i do think the sunshine will compensate, so it will feel pleasant enough. and light winds for the majority under our area of high pressure. but there are a couple of flies in the ointment, one of them comes later tuesday into wednesday, working its way we think down the north sea, so bringing rather more cloud and breeze, a chilly breeze back in across

east anglia, in the south—east and probably overnight and into wednesday. some rain, but for most after a chilly start and probably a bit more frost around into next week and some morning fog. low level fog, it does look like another dry bright day. good spells of sunshine on tuesday, but it might be some more rain, as i say, in the south on wednesday and then in the north into thursday. as ever, there's more on the website.

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that queen camilla is to miss remembrance events being held in the uk this weekend. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision was made to allow the queen time to recover from a chest infection — and to protect others from any potential risk. qatar is reported to be withdrawing from talks between israel and hamas in which it has been a key mediator. the qataris have accused both sides of refusing to negotiate in good faith. they're said to have told hamas that its doha office "no longer serves its purpose". the white house says joe biden will receive president—elect donald trump at the white house on wednesday. it follows mr trump's decisive victory over vice president kamala harris in tuesday's election. president biden has urged americans to �*bring down the temperature' — following the bitterly partisan election campaign. hello.

i'm lewis ron jones. i'm lewis ronjones. i'm going to take you straight life to spain. this is valencia, the live pictures of a protest taking place right now. it's a mix of unions and organisations that are deeply unhappy with the government's response to the government's response to the flooding. those floods have killed about 217 people now. various supergroups are taking part in the protest. they're angry at not only the response but the type of warnings, the length of time of the warnings before the flooding and there is plenty of anger and frustration there. you may have seen earlier in the week, visiting the king, he was pelted with mud when he visited. we did speak to someonejust a visited. we did speak to someone just a little earlier who is living just outside of valencia city centre, and they would have been at these

protests now. they wanted to go to them, but they are still clearing mud from their house. we are angry because nobody accepts this tragedy. on tuesday, in the morning, we only had an orange alarm. so it was for rain, not for floods. people with their doing their normal life, and that's midday, the advice changed to read the lamb. we think it was too late, because everybody was working and going shopping, and it was not enough time to take care.

it was a problem. the alarm was very late and people were going about their life. we very late and people were going about their life.— about their life. we will be kee - in: about their life. we will be keeping an _ about their life. we will be keeping an eye _ about their life. we will be keeping an eye on - about their life. we will be keeping an eye on those . keeping an eye on those protests in the hours of head there in valencia. let's get more now on the news that the queen is to miss remembrance events in london this weekend. buckingham palace says it's to ensure she makes full recovery from a chest infection and to protect others from any risk. joining me is the royal biographer and author of the upcoming book, charles iii, robert hardman. thank you very much for coming on the programme. what did you make of the announcement from buckingham palace? haste make of the announcement from buckingham palace?— make of the announcement from buckingham palace? we have been wonderin: buckingham palace? we have been wondering whether _ buckingham palace? we have been wondering whether queen - buckingham palace? we have been wondering whether queen camilla l wondering whether queen camilla would be there because she had cancelled engagements earlier in the week, and it's clear it's precautionary. it's very much a case that she hopes to

be back on royal duties next week. this slots coming up next week, and this is to ensure that she doesn't make a chest infection any worse and that she doesn't give it to anybody else. that is the nature of it. should be very sorry to miss it because this is one of the key sacred part of the rob callender, remembrance sunday. her daughter is a war veteran, she gets what it is. she is very proud colonel in several regiments, so this will have not been a decision that she was keen to make, but is on doctor �*s others. was keen to make, but is on doctor 's others.— was keen to make, but is on doctor 's others. potentially a bit of a blow _ doctor 's others. potentially a bit of a blow given _ doctor 's others. potentially a bit of a blow given the - doctor 's others. potentially a bit of a blow given the senior| bit of a blow given the senior royals have had a session when it comes to health issues. if you look back to the start of the year with the king's cancer diagnosis, and then the

princess of wales. can camilla was the one who plugged the gaps and stepped up to the plates when others were off duty, now she is out of action. it has been a very challenging year to the monarchy, no question. nonetheless, no one is unduly worried about this. should be sad she is not there, i'm sure she will be watching bbc from her home in wiltshire, where she is recovering. i think everyone just hopes that she is well enough to be back on parade next week. in the meantime, it's not a cause for concern, but she will certainly be sorry to miss it.— be sorry to miss it. and 'ust on, i be sorry to miss it. and 'ust i suppose. fl be sorry to miss it. and 'ust on, i suppose, ai be sorry to miss it. and just on, i suppose, a broader. be sorry to miss it. and just i on, i suppose, a broader point on, isuppose, a broader point of the significance. he spoke there about the importance for there about the importance for the royal family to be there at this occasion, but what about the occasion itself and for the rest of the country? it is absolutely _ rest of the country? it is absolutely an _ rest of the country? it is absolutely an essential. rest of the country? it is i absolutely an essential part rest of the country? it 3 absolutely an essential part of the counter. it's why we wear our poppies. the very powerful

events, the cenotaph. it's the one time of year we get all the royal family, all the party leaders, representatives of the entire commonwealth, over there at the one ceremony where nobody actually says a word except the bishop of london. it never changes, and it means a great deal to everybody. but it's the monarchy that is leading the nation in commemoration of the fallen. so as role events go, it's about as role events go, it's about as important as they come. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us. let's go back to spain now, we had those live pictures from the protest. i said we would be keeping an eye on it. you can see the anger and frustration, people angry at the authorities for not acting properly before the flash flooding, not giving enough people enough time to respond. the line has been coming in and out a little bit, but i think we can speak to

guy. if you can hear us, just talk through what is happening. the protest began about half an hour ago, the protest began about half an hourago, it's the protest began about half an hour ago, it's got under way. this is a protest which was meant to be silenced as a tribute to the more than 200 people confirmed to have died in the floods in eastern spain so far. however there is also a lot of anger... the regional authorities in particular. many people at this protest have expressed a lot of anger. they have been chanting, demanding the resignation of the regional president of valencia. they believe that he didn't respond in an appropriate or adequate away on the day when the protest... when the floods hit. it's a combination of a tribute to those who died, but also a lot of anger and stress this

evening. lot of anger and stress this evening-— lot of anger and stress this evenina. �* , , ., evening. and, guy, people and protesting _ evening. and, guy, people and protesting. we _ evening. and, guy, people and protesting. we spoke - evening. and, guy, people and protesting. we spoke to - evening. and, guy, people and protesting. we spoke to one i protesting. we spoke to one person early on he wanted to be there but couldn't because she had too much work to do, still cleaning up the mud from outside the building where she is. give us an update on how that kind of operation is going. i think as you can hear, we have lost our correspondence. he was there in amongst those protesters. we can see the live pictures here as you can see, marking the lives lost there in the flash flooding in valencia, but also on top of that, and a growing and people calling for the end of the administration of the regional president there, the head of the region authorities, thought to have not acted quickly enough or smartly enough given that flash flooding. we'll keep across those live protest live in valencia in spain, if we reconnect with our

correspondence. we will be back with him a little later on. just before we were heading to we re were heading to spain, we were talking about just before we were heading to spain, we were talking about remembrance sunday. remembrance sunday. as we mentioned, remembrance as we mentioned, remembrance sunday is when the uk sunday is when the uk recognises the sacrifice recognises the sacrifice of those who died in of those who died in the two world wars — the two world wars — and later conflicts. and later conflicts. let's speak to let's speak to former sergeant major paul smales, whojoined former sergeant major paul smales, whojoined the british army in 1987, the british army in 1987, and served in northern ireland, and served in northern ireland, the gulf, bosnia, the gulf, bosnia, iraq and afghanistan. iraq and afghanistan. think of coming on the think of coming on the programme. good evening. what programme. good evening. what does remembrance _ does remembrance _ programme. good evening. what does remembrance mean for you? programme. good evening. what does remembrance mean for you? it's a period of reflection, it's a period of reflection, thinking about the soldiers thinking about the soldiers that have been lost in previous that have been lost in previous court complex and on tours and court complex and on tours and during duty, and also gets during duty, and also gets together with my comrades and together with my comrades and have a drink with them and have a drink with them and remembrance sunday. there's remembrance sunday. there's alwa s a remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, _ remembrance sunday. there's alwa s a remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, _ remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of _ remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of course, - always a focus, of _ remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of course, - remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of course, on l always a focus, of course, on the two world wars and a heavy remembrance sunday. there's always a focus, of course, on l always a focus, of course, on the two world wars and a heavy

focus, but that isn't the only focus, but that isn't the only focus, but that isn't the only focus, is it?— focus, is it? are definitely not. i focus, is it? are definitely not- i was _ focus, is it? are definitely not. i was speaking - focus, is it? are definitely not. i was speaking to - focus, is it? are definitely not. i was speaking to a i not. i was speaking to a veteran today, i was doing a p°ppy veteran today, i was doing a poppy collection at leeds united, and a veteran came up to me and spoke about how he still suffered from ptsd, and i have colleagues who suffered from similar sorts of mental injuries in iraq and afghanistan.

injuries in iraq and afg onistan. injuries in iraq and afg on the1. injuries in iraq and afg on the screen at you on the screen at the moment, just so you know as we are chatting, so talk us through some of the experiences that you gain through your time? , ., , ., , time? yes... to be honest, i don't really _ time? yes... to be honest, i don't really dwell— time? yes... to be honest, i don't really dwell on - time? yes... to be honest, i don't really dwell on them. l don't really dwell on them. i've had some fantastic times in my service, and i still am still am serving. i work with a team at in my service, and i still am serving. i work with a team at training cadets and structures training cadets and structures in york. i had a good service. in york. i had a good service. even though we have had even though we have had difficult times, and you find difficult times, and you find that your colleagues that get that your colleagues that get you through these tours. you through these tours. getting together with friends getting together with friends and remembrance sunday is my and remembrance sunday is my main thing. we talk through main thing. we talk through what happened together. really what happened together. really a- reciate what happened together. really appreciate your _ what happened together. really appreciate your time _ what happened together. really appreciate your time and - what happened together. really| appreciate your time and coming a- reciate what happened together. really appreciate your _ what happened together. really appreciate your time _ what happened together. really appreciate your time and - what happened together. really| appreciate your time and coming on to talk to us. thank you. on to talk to us. thank you. 17 people have been 17 people have been treated in hospital treated in hospital in manchester after a crash involving two in manchester after a crash involving two double—decker buses. double—decker buses. nine ambulances and an air nine ambulances and an air

ambulance attended ambulance attended the scene in the city centre. the scene in the city centre. none of the injuries were serious. he's regarded as the most successful sprinter in cycling history — and tomorrow britain's mark cavendish will compete in his final race. the 39—year—old, who has won more stages of the tour de france than anyone else, has announced that his last event as a professional cyclist will be in singapore this weekend. let's speak to chris sidwells, who is a cycling journalist and authory. what an achievement in the sport. yes, it's fantastic. he is probably the greatest roads spinster of all time. he beat eddie max, 1035 stages in the tour de france, and eddie max was the greatest cyclist of all

time. his records don't get beaten, so to do that is fantastic. he was champion, was racist champion, road race champion, only one of the brit has ever done that. he's the only other british to have ever won one of the italian races. he isjust a great won one of the italian races. he is just a great advert for cycling. we are very proud of him in cycling. their particular proud of the way in 2018, he started to suffer from a virus and couldn't get himself back to where he was. i think at one point, only mark cavendish may be his immediate family still believed he could do it, but he believed sincerely and he did. he came back. when he won that stage of the tour de france this year, he looked like mark cavendish. you alluded to it there, but

some of the idea of the toughness, the physical and mental strength you have to be to be a top cyclist and then be the top of the top... to be a top cyclist and then be the top of the top. . ._ the top of the top. .. yes, it was like _ the top of the top. .. yes, it was like as _ the top of the top. .. yes, it was like as years _ the top of the top. .. yes, it was like as years go - the top of the top. .. yes, it was like as years go by, - the top of the top. .. yes, it j was like as years go by, the more talent comes in. they're coming from all over the world now. to keep yourself there, and the dedication you have to have fewer cyclists. from the training, and although we're just talking bucks printer, you might think that sprinter the track at the olympics, a road sprinter has to

track at the olympics, a road sprinter he to track at the olympics, a road sprinter he made tour de since... he made his tour de france debut in 2008, and it's a m france debut in 2008, and it's a joy to watch. he is the best. but all of his training, i know one of his first coach is very welcome and everything they do with mark cavendish is to get into the sprint finish at the end. it's all about surviving the 120 miles before that across various climes and hills. ., ~ i. , across various climes and hills. ., ~ , . ., hills. thank you very much for comini hills. thank you very much for coming in _ hills. thank you very much for coming in the _ hills. thank you very much for coming in the programme. - hills. thank you very much for i coming in the programme. thank you. here in the uk, more than 30 firefighters, police officers and public servants who died in the line of duty have become the first to posthumously receive a new award in recognition of their sacrifice. among those honoured with the "elizabeth emblem" are police constables fiona bone and nicola hughes, who were killed in 2012. nicola's father, bryn, led the campaign for people like his daughter to be recognised, as our reporter tim muffett explains.

it's been a long, grief—stricken journey for bryn hughes. it's 12 years since his daughter nicola was murdered whilst serving as a police constable. he finds running can help. you're alone with your thoughts as a grieving father. to get through it, you've got to put one foot in front of the other. now bryn is doing precisely that along downing street. he's here with paul bowen, whose daughter fiona was murdered alongside nicola. the unarmed officers were shot and attacked with a grenade whilst attending what was believed to be a routine burglary in greater manchester. she was nice, friendly and liked people. she didn't anticipate dying the way she did, that's for sure. but you, know, she knew she had to do thejob. what was she like, nicola? mischievous at times, very mischievous at times. very funny when she wanted to be. bryn and paul have campaigned long and hard for a posthumous award for public—sector workers killed in the line of duty.

they've had widespread support from families of others who've died. in march, plans for the elizabeth emblem were announced, and today the news that nicola and fiona have been named amongst the first group of recipients. they go to work every day and they're serving the crown and wearing a crown on their uniform. and quite rightly so, they should be recognised by the crown, by the state. and i think that's important that they are recognised. and notjust police officers, but other public—sector workers who have been killed in the line of duty or have died doing the job that they're doing, serving the public, serving us. inside number 10, a meeting with the prime minister, who wanted to commend bryn and paul personally for their campaigning. getting it moved. on is always hard. takes a certain - degree of resilience. in total, 38 recipients of the elizabeth emblem have been named today. 12 years after their deaths, formal recognition for the bravery and commitment of fiona bone and nicola hughes, whose lives were

given in service. tim muffett, bbc news. earlier i spoke to rebecca lombard earl, who received the elizabeth emblem award in hourour of her sister — fleur — who was the first woman firefighter to die on duty in peacetime britain. i started by asking what the award meant to her. this is a question i've been asked a lot this week. it's very meaningful. it means a lot to my parents and to myself because, as has been discussed on several interviews, there's always been recognition for the military, but not a formal recognition for the emergency services. and we're all extremely grateful to bryn hughes' campaigning to bring this to fruition, which means now that all of the next of kin and families can have full recognition in the elizabeth emblem to recognise the loss and the, you know... that theirfamilies members gave whilst serving the public across all

the emergency services. and it also means a lot to those organisations because we found that we lost a family member, but we gained an entire family with the fire service. and i was talking today with martin wiltshire, who lost his father, malcolm, and he was saying the same about the police — that he'd become part of the police family. so i think it's very important that the organisations have the chance to, um, recognise the loss, that was given by the individual and also the families have the chance to remember it and it be recorded in history. so in future generations, you know, when we're all dust, we still have the internet. in the future, people will be able to look it up. and those people sacrifice is recorded forever. and her sacrifice was doing something that she really wanted to do. being a part of the fire service was something that she wanted to do. yes, she was very passionate about it. she originally wanted to become a lawyer, and then one day she was reading an article in

a women's magazine about female firefighters, and she decided that's what she wanted to do and which at the time was quite brave in itself because there was less than 120 female firefighters and aa,000 men. and how difficult... i can't imagine the difficulty, but going out to work to do yourjob, even if it's something that you love and you're passionate to do, and then to not come home at the end of the day for the family, for you, itjust must have been unbearable. uh, yes it is. and this is what my parents and i have been saying that these are, you know, police officers, firefighters, emergency workers, they go to work that morning to do theirjob, you know, they don't know what's going to come up that day. they go to do theirjob as they do every day, and they expect to come home for their tea. and lots of them don't, as in the case of my sister fleur.

figures released for the first time show a total of £180 million has been overpaid. student loans. most people sign up for them when enrolling at university. and from september 2025, they'll increase for the first time in eight years. the government announced last week that tuition fees in england will increase by 3%, from £9,250 to £9,535. repayments generally begin once individuals earn above the annual threshold to start paying back their fees and loans. but, for a number of reasons, individuals can start paying back their debts too soon. of the money paid towards outstanding debts last year, £18a million was overpaid. the student loans company says that amount may be

refundable to around about one million former students. one of the students was martin who was refunded after exceeding the monthly limits but not the annual limit. i got a refund of £396, so it was quite substantial, i think. but, at the same time, it was sort of — how much extra money have they been taking off me for the last ten months or so? maybe i could have done with that. you know, just having it when i should have had it really. this is the first time these figures had been released and former students are being urged to check their refund eligibility by logging on to their student finance account online. dan whitworth, bbc news. the channel island sark, with a population of a50, is looking for a new farmer to run its dairy. the current tenants are heading back to the uk after taking on the business in 2019. our reporter olivia fraser has more. early mornings and muddy feet are just something you sign up to as a farmer.

jason and kathryn, though, decided to take that rural life to the next level by doing it all in the small island of sark. they took on the business five years ago to breathe life back into the local dairy, but have now decided to head back home. it's been a fantastic opportunity for us and, um, you know, and we have put sark milk and butter and cheese and in fact, double award winning cheeses have gone on to sark now. and, um, we're really excited and proud that exactly what we've accomplished. it's been wonderful. we've really enjoyed it. it's been a really good experience. and, um, you know, it's sad to go, but we need to go home to our family farm as well in suffolk. so it's time. time for a change. with the current tenants leaving, the island is hoping it can attract the next set of dairy farmers to step into their wellies. it does come at a cost though. there will be a buy in cost, and i think that's going i to be around £70,000 and that will buy all i the processing equipment.

that the salisburys currently own and all the cows that they own, - so that the new farmer canjust take over- and just start milking. and keeping that produce going for the island's 500 or so residents is something christopher is passionate about. sark as a smalljurisdiction, wants to be as independentj as it can possibly be. so having a self—sustaining business for for— dairy, for the dairy industry makes absolute sense. i i would wish to have as little imported to the island - as you can possibly get, so i having everything made locally makes absolute sense to me. so if you've got the qualifications and you're keen for a quiet life, maybe this one's for you. it's obviously very different. it can be quite isolating in the winter. um, but it's a wonderful life. i mean, it's lovely.

you can get a lovely work life balance here. so there's, there's a lot of lovely opportunities for the right person to come along and enjoy island life. while jason and catherine prepare to wave goodbye to their herd, the hope is strong for someone to follow in their footsteps. olivia frazer, bbc news. ijust want i just want to let you know what we keeping our eye on in the hour ahead. us take you to spain valencia. protests taking place there in the dark after more than 200 people were killed in the flash flooding. approach is there in the centre of valencia to remember those who have been killed, and also express their anger at local authorities, which they say didn't have the right response. much more coming up. this is bbc news. good evening. it has for the majority been a cloudy, grey but mostly dry day again.

there's a little bit of sunshine across north—eastern parts of england, and i do think sunday has a better chance of seeing some brighter weather with more showers around. and that's because we have changed starting to take place. but you can see on the satellite picture from earlier today, where we had the breaks in the cloud, scotland, north—eastern parts of england, and so it's here where we're likely to see a touch of frost as we go through the night. elsewhere, i think it's just going to stay quite grey, misty and foggy over the hills. but here's the change, or at least the start of the change. a weather front starting to move in to bring some showery rain. so notjust this drizzly weather that we've had recently. this is more significant rain. but again it doesn't look as if it'll bring a great deal. but for most of us, it keeps the temperatures up overnight under that blanket of cloud. now, because we're introducing weather fronts tomorrow, there's a better chance of some brightness, even ahead of this weather front. not lots of sunshine, but perhaps a little bit brighter for the services in the morning across southern and eastern areas in particular. but the big breaks in the cloud, the best sunshine will be through the afternoon across northern ireland and scotland,

as that weather front continues to make its way southwards and eastwards. and i do think as well, because we're changing our wind direction, it won't feel as chilly as it has done in recent days, even across the cloudier parts of england and wales. and here, too, we will see that clearer air arriving, but probably not until monday, when we'll see more abundant sunshine because that weather front has to move through. so, as we start monday, still quite a bit of cloud hanging around through cornwall and the channel islands, and then it clears away and it does look drier and brighter. a bit of a nippy northerly breeze coming down the north sea coast, and temperatures will be a degree or two lower than sunday, but i do think the sunshine will compensate, so it will feel pleasant enough. and light winds for the majority under our area of high pressure. but there are a couple of flies in the ointment, one of them comes later tuesday into wednesday, working its way we think down the north sea, so bringing rather more cloud and breeze, a chilly breeze back in across east anglia, in the south—east and probably overnight and into wednesday. some rain, but for most after a chilly start and probably a bit more frost around into

next week and some morning fog. low level fog, it does look like another dry bright day. good spells of sunshine on tuesday, but it might be some more rain, as i say, in the south on wednesday and then in the north into thursday. as ever, there's more on the website.

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protest ta ke protest take place in spain over the emergency response to the floods that killed more than 200 people. president biden invites donald trump to the white house — as the handover to the new administration begins. buckingham palace announces queen camilla will not attend remembrance events this weekend while she recovers from a chest infection. another blow to prospects of a middle east peace deal - qatar is reported to have withdrawn as a key mediator between israel and hamas. and, sir mark cavendish, one of the most successful cylists in history, announces his retirement. hello and welcome, i'm luxmy gopal. let me take you live to spain — where a protest is taking place over the emergency response to the devastating floods, which have killed at least 217 people.