and, of course, a sad and hard day for archbishopjustin. also tonight — a big shake up is expected at the post office that could result in the loss of hundreds ofjobs. we're in court in moscow as a 68—year—old doctor who allegedly made comments about the war in ukraine is jailed after being denounced by one of her patients. the winner of the booker prize 2024 is samantha hardy for orbital. we'll be speaking to samantha harvey live. have you seen it yet? no. 0n newsnight at 10:30pm tonight, we'll bring you a fresh insight on the stories of the day with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and, of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news.

good evening. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has resigned days after he was criticised in a report over his handling of the case of a prolific child abuser associated with the church. john smyth, who died six years ago, subjected around 130 boys and young men to physical, sexual and psychological attacks over decades. the archbishop, who was made aware of the abuse in 2013, was criticised in the report for not going to the police. today, justin welby said he felt a profound sense of shame that more was not done by the church of england and that it was clear that he "must take personal responsibility". 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, reports. it was a turbulent five days that

led to the resignation of the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby. that report criticised the church of england and the archbishop of canterbury for their handling of the case of one of the most prolific abusers associated with the church. survivors shared their harrowing tales. i survivors shared their harrowing tales. ~ , . ., tales. i kept it a secret apart from to my very — tales. i kept it a secret apart from to my very close _ tales. i kept it a secret apart from to my very close family _ tales. i kept it a secret apart from to my very close family and - tales. i kept it a secret apart from i to my very close family and friends. and the prime minister spoke about it. mi; and the prime minister spoke about it. ~ , ., , and the prime minister spoke about it. y ., , ., . , it. my thoughts are with the victims who have obviously _ it. my thoughts are with the victims who have obviously been _ it. my thoughts are with the victims who have obviously been failed - it. my thoughts are with the victims i who have obviously been failed very badly _ who have obviously been failed very badl . ~ . , , ., , who have obviously been failed very badl. m , ., badly. the archbishop apologised for not doinu badly. the archbishop apologised for not doing enough _ badly. the archbishop apologised for not doing enough to _ badly. the archbishop apologised for not doing enough to stop _ badly. the archbishop apologised for not doing enough to stop the - badly. the archbishop apologised for not doing enough to stop the abuse i not doing enough to stop the abuse but the many that was insufficient. sadly his position is untenable. i think he should resign.— think he should resign. today he announced _ think he should resign. today he announced he _ think he should resign. today he announced he would. _ think he should resign. today he announced he would. in - think he should resign. today he announced he would. in a - think he should resign. today he - announced he would. in a statement he says...

the archbishop of york, with whom he's worked closely for many years, said it was the right thing to do, but it had been a difficult time. iadmire him i admire him for taking this decision, which is not him taking the blame for everything but exercising leadership and responsibility for the failings of the church. in this case, it was accepting responsibility for failings in dealing with this man, who abused at least 120 boys. the first cases of abuse byjohn smyth at christian summer camps were in the mid—1970s. by the early �*80s, church officials were informed, but there was what the report calls an active cover—up. in 1984, smyth carried on his abuse in zimbabwe, and later, south africa.

we know the archbishop of canterbury was definitely told by 2013, but the abuse continued and was exposed by channel 4 in 2017. smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt the smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt the archbishop smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt the archbishopjustin smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt the archbishop justin welby smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt the archbishop justin welby who smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt the archbishop justin welby who now smyth died in 2018, without ever facing justice. it a case that will haunt the archbishop justin welby who now step —— steps down. it is archbishop justin welby who now step -- steps down-— -- steps down. it is incumbent on leaders to — -- steps down. it is incumbent on leaders to show _ -- steps down. it is incumbent on leaders to show good _ -- steps down. it is incumbent on leaders to show good behaviour i -- steps down. it is incumbent on. leaders to show good behaviour for others to follow and this is critically to in relation to safeguarding so it seems appropriate. safeguarding so it seems appropriate-— safeguarding so it seems auroriate. , ., appropriate. there is no timeline as to when he — appropriate. there is no timeline as to when he will— appropriate. there is no timeline as to when he will vacate _ appropriate. there is no timeline as to when he will vacate lambeth - to when he will vacate lambeth palace but he says his decision makes clear how seriously the church understands the need to change in the way it handles abuse allegations. aleem maqbool, bbc news. justin welby has been

the spiritual leader for around 85 million anglicans around the world for more than a decade and during that time has played a prominent role in british public life. here's our home editor mark easton. justin welby became the 105th archbishop of canterbury in march 2013. the start of a decade in which he conducted the rhythm of national life. the christening of prince george... they are husband and wife. the wedding of prince harry and meghan... the funeral of queen elizabeth ii. but as well as presiding over grand ceremony, archbishop welby was also installed to navigate stormy social and political waters, debates over women bishops and gay marriages, protecting a waning institution while also caring for its flock. we'll certainly get things wrong, i certainly will, but the grace of god is greater

than our biggest failures. justin welby has acknowledged his privileged upbringing. his mother, ladyjane williams, was winston churchill's personal secretary. a paternity test in 2016 revealed his biologicalfather was sir anthony browne, a british diplomat seen here between churchill and president eisenhower. but the young justin was brought up believing his father was gavin welby. educated at eton and cambridge, before going into the oil industry, justin welby would later be asked about the morality of big business. his reply, perhaps, was telling. if you're leading a large organisation, you're accountable for what happens in it. but this business of somehow saying that one individual somehow bears the whole blame, as opposed to simply the accountability, it feels lynchmob—ish. yeah, i know, i've got to give up. i've got to give up. one of these days! mr welby�*s style as archbishop was relaxed, personable, and he liked to telljokes.

but he also raised some conservative hackles, with criticism of the impacts of brexit and of austerity. in a 2019 bbc interview, he reflected on the difficulties of doing the right thing. at the heart of christianity is not, "we're super good, "we're better than anyone else." it's quite the opposite. it's every christian recognises that they go wrong, it's what the bible calls sinning. ten years after taking office, justin welby presided over the coronation. it was to be the high point of a career, ended by his and the church's failure to respond adequately to just the kind of institutional scandal he was, in part, brought in to avoid. mark easton, bbc news. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool is here. what happens now? that is a good cuestion, what happens now? that is a good question. we _ what happens now? that is a good question, we are _ what happens now? that is a good question, we are in _ what happens now? that is a good question, we are in uncharted - question, we are in uncharted territory, and there hasn't been a process like this and we do not know how long it will take to appoint a

successor to justin welby, how long it will take to appoint a successor tojustin welby, and these concern around a very polarised church of england and a very polarised anglican community around the world becausejustin welby, whatever failings he has admitted, did do a relatively good job of trying to hold very different factions in that church together, so we don't know when he will vacate lambeth palace, and there is a great deal of uncertainty tonight.— deal of uncertainty tonight. thanks for “oininu deal of uncertainty tonight. thanks forjoining us- _ and victoria derbyshire will have more on that on newsnight on bbc two shortly. apologies for the sound issues. but she will be there at 1030 with more on that story on bbc two. a big shake up of the post office — which may include hundreds ofjob losses — could be announced as soon as tomorrow.

our business correspndent emma simpson is here, what more can you tell us? this is a business in crisis, dealing with the fallout of the horizon it scandal, but it needs to look to the future as well, and it has a new chairman, and he has done a strategic review to transform the business and put it on a more sustainable financial footing. he business and put it on a more sustainable financialfooting. he is going to be outlining his plans tomorrow and we understand it will lead to hundreds ofjob losses at head office and also 115 crown offices are at risk of closure. these are directly managed and owned by the post office, generally the bigger branches in city centres, they are loss—making, that is not sustainable, i'm told, so they are looking at options, whether they can provide franchise partners to run them instead and more than 1200 staff work in these branches, and this plan is about slimming down the centre and putting more money into the pockets of independent

sub—postmasters, the self—employed branch managers we have heard so much about over the last year and are struggling to make enough money, so this is being billed as a new dealfor them to so this is being billed as a new deal for them to strengthen the branch network but it is a big shift and it will mean significant changes for the post offices directly employed staff, a lot of consultations ahead and it will cost a lot, and the government said it was an active discussion with the post office chairman on the plans and that post offices are an integral part of the communities they serve. integral part of the communities they serve-— integral part of the communities the serve. . ., ., , a russian doctor has been jailed for five and a half years after a patient denounced her for comments on the war against ukraine. she was reported to police by the mother of a seven—year—old boy she'd been treating, who claimed she'd made negative remarks about the boy s father, a russian soldier. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. you might have thought this

was a dangerous criminal — handcuffed, locked in a cage. but dr nadezhda buyanova was on trial for spreading fake news about the russian army. in effect, for criticising russia's war in ukraine. "it's absurd," nadezhda tells me. "i can't get my head around what's happening to me." there's been huge interest in this case. huge concern, too, about how it would end for the 68—year—old paediatrician. so the verdict was announced a few moments ago — a prison sentence of five and a half years for comments allegedly made about the war in ukraine. it shows, i think, that for russia now, a war abroad is fuelling repression at home. nadezhda buyanova worked at this moscow clinic. there, a patient�*s mother claimed the doctor told her russian soldiers in ukraine were legitimate targets.

the mother, whose ex—husband had been killed fighting in ukraine, recorded an emotional video and then wrote to the police. a denunciation. it led to the doctor's arrest, trial and conviction. "the sentence is monstrously harsh," the doctor's lawyer, 0skar cherdzhiyev, tells me. "even given what's happening in russia today, "we didn't expect this." but last month, a moscow nurse, 0lga menshikh, was sentenced to eight years in prison on the same charge. that was for two anti—war posts on social media. as for nadezhda buyanova, she's been a children's doctorfor 40 years. now, she's a prisoner. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. sir keir starmer�*s former chief of staff, sue gray, will not be taking up her post as the prime minister's new envoy to the nations and regions.

she was appointed to the newly—created position after leaving her role in downing street, saying she risked becoming a distraction after a series of negative headlines about her pay. let's talk to our political editor, chris mason. what's happened now? a sense of deja vu because yet again, sue gray is leaving a job and yet again there is a dispute about how it has come to pass, there are those who are adamant it was her decision, and others say the prime minister wanted rid of her and i'm told downing street had grown frustrated and had had enough, that she had simply not yet started this job, five weeks after having been offered it, and when she was offered it it looks like a mutually convenient cul—de—sac perhaps into which you could be demoted after the row that we brought you here first about her salary and her influence and her role, but ever since, reporters have asked every single

day about when she would start in the job day about when she would start in thejob and day about when she would start in the job and answers came there none, until today. the fact we have this messy briefing from both camps which is not entirely consistent underlines that the anger and hurt at the heart of all of this. for keir starmer, he has to hope this is the end of the sue gray saga, and that he can focus four months into the job on delivering from downing street rather than rows like this. chris mason, thanks forjoining us. the prime minister has announced a new target for the uk to reduce its carbon emissions by 81% on 1990 levels within a decade. the prime minister was addressing the cop29 climate change summit in azerbaijan, where delegates are worried about the prospect of donald trump once again withdrawing the us from a key agreement signed in paris. from there, here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. thank you. the world leaders have gathered...

applause. ..the hall is packed, but the host has a surprising message about oil and gas. this is a gift of the god and i want to repeat it today here at this audience, it's a gift of the god. he says western countries are hypocrites, lecturing azerbaijan on climate but asking to buy more of its gas. he does have a point, and listen... welcome to azerbaijan, thank you. applause. it goes down well in the hall. there is frustration amongst developing nations at the lack of action from the richer world. arriving at the conference, sir keir starmer hoped to address that. he wants the uk to be a world leader on climate and announced it will make deep cuts in emissions — down 81% by 2035 on 1990 levels. there is no national security, there is no economic security,

there is no global security, without climate security. it is ambitious and inspiring, but what sir keir didn't have was any new cash for poorer countries. that is top of the agenda here. they are calling this the finance cop. mr starmer confirmed he'd meet the previous tory government's pledge to spend just over £11 billion on overseas climate aid, but he wouldn't make any new commitments here in baku. and that did not go down well with developing nations like iraq, wracked by war and now by increasing heatwaves and droughts. they should be, if they need us to adopt, they should. they should pay, if they need us to adopt, they should. they are responsible for the climate change through their industrial revolution. or the vulnerable island nations of the pacific. our future is a reflection of your future, just on a different timescale. these talks were always going to be tricky, what with donald trump

headed back to the white house, but it looks like they are becoming even more difficult. justin rowlatt, bbc news, baku. a 30—day deadline set by the united states for israel to improve the humanitarian situation in gaza has expired today. the un says israel has not done nearly enough to meet the american demands, which include allowing more aid in and limiting civilian casualties. israel announced the opening of an additional aid crossing into gaza just hours before the deadline expired. the united states said today israel is not violating us law. jon donnison reports. much of gaza now looks unlivable. a month ago america once again demanded israel take steps to reduce the number of civilian casualties. the united nations says more than 1000 people have been killed in the last 30 days, the majority, it says, were civilians.

nizar needed to see with his own eyes. in the bag is the five—year—old's auntie. his uncle, their children and nizar�*s sister khalood were also killed when israel attacked a school housing displaced families in central gaza. israel's military says it was targeting hamas. "god is all we need," cries bara, nizar�*s brother. there is food in gaza... ..if you can get your hands on it. this, the daily scramble for bread, if you can afford it. 0n gaza's northern border, this is zikim.

you can see the war is not over. but israel has reopened a number of crossings to allow aid in, as the us requested. it's not enough. america demanded that by now israel should be getting a minimum of at least 350 trucks of aid into gaza every day. but over the past month the united nations says the average has been onlyjust over 40 trucks a day. we've got this deadline set by the united states. have their demands been met? no, there is not enough aid here, there is not enough supplies. people are starving in areas. people are very hungry, they are fighting over bags of flour. for more than a year israel has crossed most of america's red lines. much of this was done using us weapons. but in the dying days of the biden

presidency and with more than 43,000 palestinian lives lost, the state department has indicated this evening it is not ready to cut off weapons supplies to its closest ally in the middle east. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. tonight at the un security council, the uk has said the worst case scenario is now playing out in northern gaza. nick eardley from bbc verify has been looking atjust how much aid has been getting through. firstly, as you heard from jon, boosting aid was the key ask from the us. this is the picture — the number of aid lorries crossing into gaza, as observed by the un. it was about 500 a day before the current conflict. you can see it fell significantly when the conflict started, went up a bit in spring but then fell again,

quite dramatically in october. it's crept up again in the past few days. but look at this line here. the current level of aid is still far less than the 350 lorries a day the us demanded. another us demand was ending the forced evacuation of north gaza — this area on the map here. we've looked at all the areas where evacuation notices have been issued since the start of last month — we can add that here. and you can see it's the vast majority of the region — around 90% of north gaza. just to give you a sense of what that means in practice. this satellite image shows dozens of tents near a hospital in north gaza — this image is from 14th 0ctober, so after the us had made its demands. this is ten days later — you can see the tents are gone and there's damage nearby. bbc verify has found other examples like this. a group of charities, including 0xfam and save the children, have argued that none of the us demands have been met.

the un has said the entire population of north gaza is at risk of dying from disease, famine and violence. in response, the idf has said it works to provide aid, and accused hamas of stealing supplies and using aid trucks to hide weapons. nick eardley, thank you. the mp kim leadbeater, who's trying to legalise assisted dying in england and wales, says it's about "shortening death" not "ending life" and governed by the strictest rules in the world. under the proposals, an adult would have to be terminally ill and expected to die within six months, and they'd have to have the mental capacity to choose to end their life. they would have to satisfy two independent doctors that they are voluntarily making an informed choice and that they haven't been coerced. the case would then go before a high courtjudge, who would have to hear from at least one of the doctors. crucially, the medication to end life must be self—administered.

doctors would not be allowed to do it. the law will be debated by mps later this month. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, has been speaking to two people — one who feels the plans don't go far enough, the other who says they shouldn't be introduced at all. no doctor's ever going to be saying, "you, mark, will be dead within six months." sir nicholas mostyn, a retired high courtjudge, is part of the movers and shakers — a group of friends who have a podcast about life with parkinson's. because we die with parkinson's, not of it. he wants the assisted dying bill to apply notjust to the terminally ill, but also to those facing intolerable suffering from incurable neurological conditions like parkinson's. the likelihood, if you've got parkinson's disease, your ending is going to be prolonged and very unpleasant. it is... it will not be possible at any stage that you're going to be dead within a finite period like six months, but it will involve a great deal of pain

and a great deal of suffering. liz carr, actor and disability rights activist... welcome. hi, are you all right? ..says legalising assisted suicide in any form, even for the terminally ill, would be dangerous. she hopes mps will reject it. the bill's not even been voted on and there are pushes to extend it for people who are suffering, suffering intolerably, and that means disabled people, and that's when it starts to impact on me and many in my community, who are afraid. opponents of the assisted dying bill say it is a slippery slope, which will place the disabled and vulnerable at risk. those in favour argue if it's restricted to the terminally ill and has oversight by two doctors and a high courtjudge, it won't be open to abuse. but nicholas mostyn asks, why shouldn't parkinson's patients also have a choice over when they die? ijust don't understand the moral

argument, which is that because i wish to exercise sovereignty over my own body, that i am in some ways facilitating a slippery slope for abusive...abusive treatment of people who don't actually want to do this. earlier this year, liz carr made a documentary arguing against assisted suicide. medical assistance in dying has become such a normal part of the canadian healthcare system... it included a trip to canada, where the law was changed in 2016. it began in canada as for terminally ill people only, and within five years, it had changed to include people who were suffering, which includes disabled people. i think it would end up as an inevitable solution to the social ills of those who are ill, older and disabled. absolutely. if parliament does legalise assisted dying, it would be arguably the most

profound societal change since the abortion act in 1967. mps will get a free vote later this month on this complex and sensitive issue. fergus walsh, bbc news, westminster. it's one of the most coveted prizes in the literary world. this was the short list, and the winner of this year's booker prize has just been announced. i am profoundly honoured to announce that the winner of the booker prize 2024 is samantha harvey for 0rbital. cheering 0rbital, by samantha harvey, takes place over a single day in the life of six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the international space station. judges described it as "hopeful, timely and timeless." our culture editor katie razzall is with samantha harvey now.

iam. i am. welcome to old billingsgate in central london. samantha harvey, huge congratulations. tell me when you heard your name being read out, what did you think? i you heard your name being read out, what did you think?— what did you think? i was and i am still in complete _ what did you think? i was and i am still in complete shock, _ what did you think? i was and i am still in complete shock, i _ what did you think? i was and i am still in complete shock, i can't - still in complete shock, i can't believe — still in complete shock, i can't believe it _ still in complete shock, i can't believe it. i still in complete shock, i can't believe it. lam not still in complete shock, i can't believe it. i am not convinced this is happening. i was told that a few moments — is happening. i was told that a few moments before you know who has won because _ moments before you know who has won because they point the tv cameras at you, because they point the tv cameras at you. so— because they point the tv cameras at you. so i_ because they point the tv cameras at you, so i thought i would look at the tablecloth. i was completely shocked — the tablecloth. i was completely shocked when they read my name. overwhelmed. and i am delighted but it hasht— overwhelmed. and i am delighted but it hasn't sunk in. it is overwhelmed. and i am delighted but it hasn't sunk in.— it hasn't sunk in. it is a nice lookin: it hasn't sunk in. it is a nice looking prize, _ it hasn't sunk in. it is a nice looking prize, quite - it hasn't sunk in. it is a nice looking prize, quite heavy? | it hasn't sunk in. it is a nice i looking prize, quite heavy? it it hasn't sunk in. it is a nice - looking prize, quite heavy? it is hea , looking prize, quite heavy? it is heavy. quite — looking prize, quite heavy? it is heavy, quite sizeable. i- looking prize, quite heavy? it is heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke l looking prize, quite heavy? it is| heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke to last year's _ heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke to last year's winner _ heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke to last year's winner who _ heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke to last year's winner who said - heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke to last year's winner who said it - heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke to| last year's winner who said it was heavy, quite sizeable. i spoke to i last year's winner who said it was a life changing prize for him. what does the booker prize mean for you, does the booker prize mean for you, do you think it will change your life? i do you think it will change your life? ., do you think it will change your life? . , ., do you think it will change your life? . ,., , ., ., �* life? i imagine so, yeah, i don't know how _ life? i imagine so, yeah, i don't know how but _ life? i imagine so, yeah, i don't know how but i _ life? i imagine so, yeah, i don't know how but i guess _ life? i imagine so, yeah, i don't know how but i guess i - life? i imagine so, yeah, i don't know how but i guess i will- life? i imagine so, yeah, i don't know how but i guess i will find| know how but i guess i will find

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has died at the age of 93. he was noted for his use of thick paint, creating semi—abstract portraits and city scenes from north london, where he lived. he'd come to england as a child, ajewish refugee fleeing hitler's germany. his parents were murdered at auschwitz. and finally to a small bird that is causing an almighty commotion. this is a young male scarlet tanager. they're normally found thousands of miles away in the americas. but this one has been spotted in someone's garden near halifax in west yorkshire, as tom ingall reports. have you seen it yet? no. we came here yesterday and we didn't see it. - it's been like that, hasn't it? two days now. centre of attention — this washing line, or rather what the avian aficionados will help will come and sit on it, a scarlet "tanager" — or "tanajer" — they couldn't agree, and this one isn't even scarlet. this is what they look like when they're in the wild half the world away, so by visiting the nest yorkshire village of shelf near halifax, he's definitely off course.

he's come all the way from america. so you've come all the way from castleford ? all the way from castleford. tell me about the gear you need. you've obviously come prepared. yep, so, bins because it's obviously in those trees behind us, and without them, you're not gonna see it, and then scopes if you can try and get pictures and cameras. it all adds up to cul—de—sac congestion, but at least one neighbour had found a way to wing it — charging £10 for twitchers to stand in his garden with all proceeds going to children in need. just shy of £300 for children in need. it's a bit of fun, it's not usual for this area. it's usually a quiet private road. but maybe for the sake of the residents, they will take flight in due course. if you want to continue watching the bbc news at ten please turn over to bbc news at ten please turn over to bbc one or you can watch on iplayer. next, it's newsnight.