hello. president—elect donald trump has continued to shock the political establishment in washington by naming loyalists from the fringes of american politics to top jobs. among the latest nominees is robert kenneder, a known vaccine sceptic, for health secretary. it follows tulsi gabbard, seen as pro—russian, proposed as director of national intelligence, fox news presenter pete hesgeth as defense secretary and matt gaetz, who's faced an ethics invesigation, as attorney general. i asked cbs correspondent jarred hill about the nomination of rkfjr as health secretary. is he qualified to run the bureaucracy of the department of health and human services, which includes everything from the fda, which covers the food and drug administration, to programmes that run medicare and medicaid.

is he qualified to run this bureaucracy? that's going to be a big question going into any confirmation hearing that may end up happening. and then also, there obviously is this question about his thoughts and views on things like fluoride in the water and whether that should be removed, because he says that it causes some issues among children, which has been, in many ways, disproven. and then also, some of the things that he says regarding vaccines, some of the questions that he's raised around their efficacy, around their safety. although recently he has said that he would not take anyone�*s vaccines away, but hasn't really given any specifics about what that would actually look like, again, with his background with vaccine hesitancy and questioning. there is some interesting bipartisan support around at least some

of the things that rfkjr has talked about, in particular when dealing with improving the quality of food in the united states, getting some chemicals out of food in the us, improving the food in the school systems. but again, the questions around some of those more controversial items are sure to be some focal points during any confirmation hearing. yeah, just to be absolutely clear that he's been nominated but still requires senate approval. correct, yes. let's talk about the speech, a brief speech that donald trump made last night. it looked like quite a glitzy affair. i think sylvester stallone was there. just give us some of the highlights of what he said. so this was a speech that he gave at mar—a—lago, at a gala there at mar—a—lago, really kind of the first time... and i'm thinking to myself, yes, the first time that we have seen him on stage since election night talking about the election. and he was taking it and talking about... one of the things he mentioned there was how sweeping of a win he got, saying that he won the popular vote, something that we have not seen from a republican in many, many election cycles. again, this all kind of fuels the conversation around president—elect trump having what is being considered a mandate to kind of push through some of the policies that he wants

to across the country, because he did win all the battleground seats, because he did win the popular vote again, which is something that we haven't seen from a republican in a while. that was jarred hill. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, has called for britain to rebuild relations with the eu while respecting the decision of the british people to leave the bloc. in a speech in the city of london, he said brexit had weighed on the economy. our economic editor, faisal islam, reports. there have been many reasons why the british economy has been sluggish in recent years. extra goods trade barriers with our nearest neighbours after brexit haven't helped, and the government says it wants to do something about them. but when britain's top financiers gathered in the city of london to hear the famous mansion house address from the chancellor and the bank of england governor, andrew bailey went further than he has before on this topic. now, i've said many times as a public official, i take no position on brexit per se, and that's

very important. but i do have to point out consequences. the changing trading relationship with the eu has weighed on the level of potential supply. the impact on trade seems to be more on goods than services, which i don't think is particularly surprising, but it underlines why we must be alert to and welcome opportunities to rebuild relations while respecting that very important decision of the british people. while those opportunities are coming, spain's finance minister is meeting the chancellor today. he told the bbc, a better relationship could be struck, for example, on travel and work for young people. can a better deal be done? would you encourage the british government to look at it? undoubtedly. i think we need to be positive here and optimistic that a better deal can be actually closed on that front. this there was an intense movement in terms of young people travelling between the eu and the uk and i think there is a lot of room for improvement there and hopefully we can

find a route for that. the word tariff, properly used, is a beautiful word. _ but the arrival of a new us president with plans to tax all incoming trade creates a new dilemma. the governor of the bank of england is normally rather shy to talk about brexit, but he will see this as a statement of the economic reality rather than any sort of political intervention. but it comes at a sensitive time. if the stated plans of the incoming trump administration to apply a blanket tariff to all imports does cause some sort of global trade war, many fear the uk will have to make a choice between closer trade relations with europe or trump's united states of america. the message from the chancellor is that the uk might be able to have it both ways. i look forward to working closely with president—elect trump and his team to strengthen our relationship in the years ahead. and, of course, our

biggest trading partner is the european union. we will not be reversing brexit or re—entering the single market or customs union, but we must reset our relationship. rachel reeves also promised to boost the financial industry, saying that some regulations seeking to prevent crisis had gone too far, as she looks over the channel and over the atlantic at the same time for how to boost the economy. faisal islam, bbc news. i asked our political correspondent damian grammaticas about how the governor's remarks have been recieved. you had the chancellor, rachel reeves, as well, they're both talking about the desire to improve the relationship with the eu. significant for the governor of the bank of england. he's gone further than he has before and significant that he

wanted to point out, i think that, in his view, the reality is that the leaving the eu, brexit has crimped the uk's trade and therefore its growth and the sort of potential of the economy. i think what you need to do, though, is you need to see this in sort of context. so the chancellor is saying the government wants to recalibrate the relationship with the eu to improve trade and investment, but that is still a very limited ambition because she does not want to rejoin the customs union. nor the single market, things would be a step change and even things that you heard there the in that report from faisal islam talk about a mobility agreement, greater ability for young people to travel back and forth. the eu wants that. the uk is not so keen. yeah. and of course, the timings really pertinent isn't it? because this morning we've had the new figures on how the uk economy has grown over the previous three—month period, and the news is not great for the chancellor. yes, or not grown.

and those figures, 0.1% growth in the last quarter, the third quarter of this calendar year. now, what the chancellor says is that those are far, below what she wants. the uk said it wants to target over 2.0%, 2.5%. so she says she has a kind of focus on growth. now the arguments around this will be that, you know, the conservatives saying, look, this is the government. it's taken over the first full period that it's been in charge. you see this sort of weak growth. the government's saying, well, actually, in the last ten years we've had weak growth and that's what we're trying to tackle. the i think the difficulty for the chancellor here is that she has had a budget, big tax raising budget, increasing taxes on businesses. many of them have been saying that that will restrict their ability to hire, to expand, to invest. and then, you have the picture with donald trump coming in and the potential

disruptions that could cause to trade, and therefore growth. and it's a pretty tricky picture for the uk to navigate its way forward. and this is what the chancellor, rachel reeves, had to say about those growth growth figures. growth is the number one mission of this government, to turn around the poor performance of the last decade or so. am i satisfied with the numbers published today? of course not. i want growth to be stronger, to come sooner, and also to be felt by families right across the country. this is why in my mansion house speech last night, i set out an ambitious set of reforms to the pension system to unlock lon- term patient capital up to £8,000,000,000 of it to invest in, start up and scale up businesses and in the infrastructure needs of our country. now, those are all about increasing investment in the economy. the problem is that's long—term. the government is looking

at short—term figures, which are not great. zombie knives and machetes are still available to buy online more than a month after they were banned in england and wales. bbc news was able to purchase illegal weapons, some for under £20, from online retailers with uk websites. two of the weapons were shipped from overseas. our west of england correspondent, danjohnson, has this report. on the 24th of september, the government introduced new restrictions on zombie knives and machetes. well, that's got to be illegal! but look what we received in the post. that is sharp, as well. that is not a toy. we ordered these weapons online after the ban came into force. there's a serrated edge on that, as well. they were delivered in just days. the latest definition of a zombie knife is a blade over eight inches long, with a sharp pointed end and a plain cutting edge,

plus an additional feature a serrated edge, more than one hole in the blade, or multiple sharp points or spikes. so we believe all these are illegal. we looked at the uk websites of knife retailers and we found these for sale in pounds. it says, "we ship within the united kingdom." and that looks familiar. even the knife the government used to show what is banned is actually the weapon pictured on the home office poster. advertising restricted weapons is an offence. dial tone hi there, ijust wanted to ask about something i've seen on your website. but some retailers told us they wouldn't fulfil our orders. all right. 0k. thanks for your advice. here, though, is what was delivered for knives from three british websites. deadly weapons that are supposedly banned.

we showed them to a criminal barrister who's dealt with many teenage stabbings. all four of those knives are offensive weapons under the act. is there any doubt in your mind? none whatsoever. there's no ambiguity in the definitions? the classification? no. and does it make any difference if these have been shipped from abroad? none whatsoever. importing them is a criminal offence. manufacturing them in the uk is a criminal offence. selling them, offering them for sale, hiring them or lending them is a criminal offence. possession of them even in your home is now a criminal offence. we all want to remember, malcolm when we come here. not just remembering him. we really want to see the different faces of him. we just come here. he's always smiling. he is a teenage life now held in a family memorial. malcolm was 17 when he was stabbed trying to stop an attack, and another

parent grieving the loss of youthful innocence. what sort of knife? it was a zombie knife. serrated zombie knife. that was the knife used to kill malcolm. and that was a very cheap knife as well, cost £19.99. that was the cost of the life of my son. now, these might be difficult to see, but you've agreed. we can show you what we found. and this one... looks exactly, almost exactly like. but it's longer. it's enough. i'm sorry to show you that. it scares me when i see this. it scares me because lives are being lost daily because of the availability of this. this serrated machete also cost £19.99, one of two sent

by one company. the company told us we have been reviewing the articles that did not comply with the new law and removing them, and that it was not our intention to make prohibited articles available to the end customer. nine fit sent this, described as a fantasy sword from overseas, even though its website says it ships within the uk. nine fit failed to respond. hunting crossbows sold as this hunting knife for £35, it arrived from america, but there was no indication it was coming from abroad. the retailer described these as display knives for decoration use only, and said they cannot damage any person unless modified. be in no doubt. this knife is really sharp and i've spoken to so many bereaved families who know the real deadly impact that these weapons can have. that's why what we've found raises such serious questions for retailers, but also for the police, for border force, and for government, too.

borderforce is responsible for stopping dangerous items coming into the country. we filmed at the main parcels centre when the law changed at the end of september. they told us they can't check everything. the home office says it's important to investigate potential illegal activity, and it is reviewing the online availability of weapons as part of the government's effort to halve knife crime over the next decade. i think the mere fact now we've got a certain type of weapon that we knew is extremely dangerous, is now outlawed has got to be a positive thing. how can it be possible these knives are still being advertised and still being sold? this ban will have an impact. how much of an impact, difficult to say, but we do know that some of the large uk retailers will no longer be selling these knives. so that's got to be a good thing. is it enough? time will tell. will we have to change the law again? quite possibly. and a ban on ninja swords is already coming. this is just some of

what we found on the internet, on social media. there, there's an even bigger challenge. that's the focus of the government's review to try to stop these knives reaching the streets and the hands of teenagers. the government need to do more. each of each time this knife is used on someone, lives are shattered forever. homes are destroyed forever. futures are destroyed forever. universities in england are facing a £1.5 billion deficit next year and will have to take bold steps to secure their future according to the regulator for higher education, the office for students. it's predicted that almost three quarters of institutions will be in debt, and the number of international students has fallen. our education reporter, vanessa clarke, has more. it's a stark warning from the university's watchdog. the financial situation

in the sector is worse than previously thought, with almost three quarters of institutions predicted to be in debt next year. it's calling for big changes. what we're saying in our report is that there is an urgent need forfinancial reform of universities, and i think that needs a partnership between the government in terms of what they will contribute to higher education, but also it needs universities to radically transform the way they make their offer to students. universities say changes are already happening and many are making tough choices to control costs, including job losses. but a long term solution is needed. the number of international students who pay higher fees is down, and although there has been a slight increase in the number of home students studying this year, there are fewer than many universities had predicted. with a tuition fee rise coming next year, getting value for money is vital for many students. i think in terms of the course, it's really worth it. but in terms of the other costs

and maybe the hidden costs, there's just... there'sjust so much, it's really hard to judge. at the moment, i'm applying for grad programmes, grad fellowships. a lot of them want work placements and experiences that i've not had the chance to gain, because i've been too busy working on my degree. people kind of lose sight of the money they're paying anyway, so i think there needs to be sort of more targeted educational steps as opposed to just going to university. the education secretary, bridget phillipson, says this report shows exactly why the increase in tuition fees is so essential and that universities must do more to make their finances work. vanessa clarke, bbc news. tv presenter davina mccall has revealed she's having surgery to remove a brain tumour. she posted a video on instagram to say she had been diagnosed with a rare type of benign

tumour called a colloid cyst but says she's in good spirits. i'm not worrying too much and i am in a good space, and i have all the faith in the world in my surgeon and his team, and i am handing the reins over to him. he knows what he's doing and i'm going to do the getting better bit after. i can do updates on here as well. let people know what's going on. but yeah, the surgeon is fantastic. amazing. and i'll see you on the other side. our reporter, guy lambert, is with me. was there any hint this was coming? in was there any hint this was cominu ? was there any hint this was coming?— was there any hint this was cominu ? , ., ., coming? in the social media video it was _ coming? in the social media video it was only _ coming? in the social media video it was only a - coming? in the social media video it was only a few - coming? in the social media i video it was only a few months ago she was doing a tour about menopause about a company. they offered her a free health screening in the process and she was a keen health advocate and well—being advocate. she has been a huge advocate for mental and physical and sexual

health. she has a number of fitness dvds so she thought it would be absolutely fine. what the doctors found was a cyst which was a benign brain tumour are not cancerous. they are typically found on a scan where you are looking for something else. they are not very easy to find, not obvious to spot. she said herself that the chances of having one eye three in a million so they are very rare. you can live with a benign brain tumourand you can live with a benign brain tumour and don't have to have surgery that in this instance the doctors recommended that she did because of the size of it and if it grew any more it could cause vision impairments, nausea, headaches and it is better to get it treated now. her partner is looking after her social media channels at the moment. it has obviously come as a complete surprise to us and her and come as a complete surprise to us and herand her come as a complete surprise to us and her and herfamily. come as a complete surprise to us and herand herfamily. but her partner said that the response from her friends and family has been powerful and she is in good hands and wants to reassure everybody that she will be back when she is feeling better.—

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after cycling from wrexham to glasgow, all on a customised chopper bike. there you go. all of the latest updates are there on the bbc news website. you can see that we have been watching his ride throughout the day getting up in the morning and getting out and the bike which i do not think is so comfortable. he said, i get up and everything is aching and it is dark and cold but everybody comes out and it spurs you on. more than seven 1/2—million pounds there. well to him. —— well done to him. when nine—year—old riley from hartlepool was told he had a serious form of cancer, a local children's charity wanted to make one of his dreams come true. riley's a huge fan of the superhero film deadpool so mileslimen got in touch

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beaver moon. apparently the full moon has many different names throughout the year, 12 moons a year each with their own informal nicknames in november's full moon is copied beaver moon because they think it occurs at the time of year that animals often start building their dams. there you go. a spectacular view there of the super moon. it is time for a look at the weather now with matt. the first taste of winter on the way to many of us and it comes in two waves. the first wave takes place this weekend with a colder air pushing southwards through saturday and into sunday. from sunday to monday a bit of complication, low pressure pushes warmer milder air to the south and colder air to the north and that will cause issues, i'll show you later. but as that clears away the real cold arctic air will take hold from tuesday onwards. the first wave of colder airs across iceland and behind this

front is approaching into north—west scotland as we go into the evening. there are strengthening winds. that will break up the cloud in eastern scotland and a mild day, 1a to 15 degrees here. that weather brings an extensive cloud and patchy like rain and drizzle. some of the sunniest weather further south but here the temperatures nine to 11 celsius. into the evening, strong to gale force winds in the north of scotland and the weather front works its way south with outbreaks of rain for a time. then that weather front sits across northern england and north wales into the morning and here, temperatures around 7—9. chilly either side of it with frost in scotland. but much more sunshine in scotland and northern irelandfor saturday. there will be some showers and sleet and rain, snow on the hills. turning sunny after a cloudy start in the north, but a fairly cloudy day in southern counties of england and wales.

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live from london, this is bbc news. president—elect trump nominates the vaccine sceptic and conspiracy theorist robert kennedyjunior to be his health secretary. summer slowdown — uk economy clocks in just 0.1% growth between july to september. an airstrike flattens a building bordering beirut�*s southern suburbs as israel steps up its bombardment. "no longer fit for purpose" — scientists and former political leaders say the un climate talks are in need of an urgent overhaul. the fourth and also the last supermoon of 2024 lights up the night sky

in hanoi, vietnam. hello, i'm sarah campbell. president—elect donald trump has continued to shock the political establishment in washington by naming loyalists from the fringes of american politics to topjobs. among the latest nominations — and perhaps the most controversial yet — is robert f kennedyjunior — a vaccine sceptic — for health secretary. trump said rfkjr has a "great mind". mr trump made the announcement on his truth social platform saying mr kennedy will restore agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of transparency — to end the chronic disease epidemic — and to "make america great and healthy again". but there has already been backlash — the executive director of the american public health association says

he and his organisation will "absolutely oppose"