all eyes on mike tyson, the former heavyweight champion takes on the youtube jake paul a fight being streamed by netflix. and the fourth and netflix. and the fourth and final super moon of 2024 lights up final super moon of 2024 lights up the sky. let's start in the us — and the latest reaction to donald trump's decision — to nominate some of the most controversial figures in american politics — to topjobs in his administration. among the latest names, is robert f kennedyjunior, for health secretary — a prominent vaccine sceptic and conspiracy theorist. donald trump said — rfkjr has a "great mind" and will make america healthy again. the backlash has been significant — the executive director of the american public health association says,

he and his organisation will "absolutely oppose" the president elect�*s appointment, of rfkjr, as health secretary. we were talking about we were talking about jaw—dropping appointments. and jaw—dropping appointments. and it continues with this pick for it continues with this pick for health secretary. already so health secretary. already so many opposing voices. figs many opposing voices. figs health secretary. already so many opposing voices. as you health secretary. already so many opposing voices. as you sa , many opposing voices. as you say. health — sa , many opposing voices. as you say. health — many opposing voices. as you say, health experts _ many opposing voices. as you say, health experts are - many opposing voices. as you say, health experts _ many opposing voices. as you say, health experts are - many opposing voices. as you | say, health experts are coming out, raising real concerns many opposing voices. as you | say, health experts are coming out, raising real concerns about the appointment of robert about the appointment of robert f kennedy f kennedy about the appointment of robert f kenneder to this post. it about the appointment of robert f kenneder to this post. it is a powerful post, he would be is a powerful post, he would be in charge of a budget of $700 in charge of a budget of $700 billion, he would head up billion, he would head up agencies such as the food and agencies such as the food and drug administration but drug administration but crucially, he would have crucially, he would have president donald trump's here. president donald trump's here. he would be directly advising he would be directly advising the president on health matters. and this is the man

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president donald trump's here. he would be iterms advising president donald trump's here. he would be iterms of ivising president donald trump's here. he would be iterms of what; interesting in terms of what was being said. let me read you a quote from the former head of the centre for disease control has been talking to the bbc in the last hour. he says the amount of damage that could be done if an unscientific approach is promoted is significant. vaccines are one of humanity is greatest accomplishment and they have saved hundreds of millions of lives. undermining vaccine confidence undermines health. clear comments from the head of the cdc in america. so how does the senate confirmation process work. all of the cabinet officers, other than the vice president, require the consent of the senate. supreme court nominees and ambassadors also come under this category. but some other advisers, like elon musk in his government efficiency role, don't require confirmation. the relevant senate committee holds a hearing and votes on whether the nominee should be advanced. this can take many hours and involve rigorous questioning.

a full senate—wide vote then takes place. republicans have a 53—47 majority in the chamber, but that doesn't guarantee success. in trump's first term, several nominees withdrew — when it became clear they wouldn't gain approval. the president can circumvent this process by making what's called a recess appointment when the senate is not sitting. that is how it is supposed to work. let's go back tojess. what is the consensus of opinion in terms of what people think trump is actually going to do to get these pics through? i to do to get these pics through?— to do to get these pics throu~h? ., �* ~ �*, through? i don't think there's a consensus _ through? i don't think there's a consensus at _ through? i don't think there's a consensus at the _ through? i don't think there's a consensus at the moment. | through? i don't think there's i a consensus at the moment. he has floated the idea of recess appointments which would effectively fast—track these appointments and require less scrutiny will stop the man who has been recently elected to be the new senate majority leader

has suggested he is open to options without fully committing to going down that road. i think some people view it as unlikely but potentially possible that could happen. the alternative, the more conventional route is to go through the process you were outlining. it is interesting because it seems to me that donald trump making these appointments and rokjunior is not the only controversial one, he seems really ready to test republican senators. we have talked a lot about how he wants loyalty from people in the republican party. test them senators as to whether they will back these appointments, whether they will get behind these nominations. and that will be a very open test as well. he seems to be pretty confident and bullish given the appointments he is making. there is certainly some hesitancy within the republican party about some of the

announcements he has made. that being said, there are people who are openly supportive, there are some republican voices who said that he is going to be a disrupter and thatis going to be a disrupter and that is what they want to see. thank you once again. tom nichols is staff writer at the atlantic, he gave me his assessment of donald trump's pick of rfk junior as health secretary it tells me that the president elect is making spiteful picks at this point. he is rewarding loyalists, he is picking people that he thinks are enemies of the existing biden administration but the existing american government as it has been constituted for decades. and also, he is trolling, there is no other way to put this, he is intentionally throwing people up specifically to generate

drama and controversy and outrage because he thrives on chaos. he thinks when people are angry he is winning. this isn't a tv show any more, this isn't a rally, these are people's lives in the balance now and this particular nomination is a direct threat to the health of hundreds of millions of americans. i read an article this morning which described the sane—washing of rfkjr that is going on among some republicans as they close ranks. how dangerous is he in your view in terms of basic public health? extraordinarily dangerous. even in your report this morning, it is a typical way of referring to rfkjr as a vaccine sceptic, he is not a sceptic, he is a denier,

a science denier. his ideas, notjust about 56 and chemicals in the water that turn kids gay. i mean, this guy has beliefs that are not just fringe but pure kookery. that is already happening, people are saying he has questions and he is a vac team sceptics, he wants to shake up the old rules of the drug administration and health and human services, that is not what is going on. rfkjr, in my opinion is not well, and has really strange ideas that are well beyond the mainstream. briefly, he does have a constituency, republicans have been on air saying, look, donald trump has won and things like having mandatory vaccines, all of that is up for discussion.

when you hear things like that, how worried do you become? i would worry about two things, first, people don't understand science. this is an ongoing problem in the developed world, notjust the united states but in europe. i worried that americans who say this don't understand or are being disingenuous about what elections mean. we don't elect kings in this country, donald trump still has to have his candidates for offices, as your report pointed out, assented to by the senate. he just doesn't want to do that. he thinks, his surrogates are arguing, if you win an election with 51% of the vote you can do anything you want. you get to change the country overnight and the american system is designed specifically not to do that. it might be designed not to do that but is that what is going to happen?

you wrote yesterday about tulsi gabbard, as an intelligence chief she is a walking christmas tree of warning lights. we have had coverage of matt gaetz as attorney general, all the ramifications around that. when you look at that process about how senate has to give approval, you look at history, the impeachment votes, you look at the supreme court appointments. when donald trump want something and doubles down, it normally is... it follows on with the republican party not opposing it. that is why i wrote forfour years in opposition to donald trump, arguing that he will bring authoritarianism to the united states and this is the first step. whipping his own party into compliance. will it happen overnight? no. but is it happening? absolutely. in terms of recess appointments, is that the most likely course?

i have heard opinions suggesting that some of these picks are expected to be thrown out. does that fly in the face of the history of donald trump which is watch and listen, these are the people he actually wa nts ? absolutely, if he had his way every single person he nominated would be approved. i think he is probably... this is gut instinct after watching the man for a decade, i suspect he would be willing matt gaetz to be the sacrifice and demand that everybody else gets a pass. as for recess appointments, that will depend on a man that not many people know well in or outside the united states and that is the new majority leader. the senate has not like to do this, they took barack 0bama to court over recess appointments to argue it is the prerogative of the

senate to decide when it is in or out of recess and the president can't simply decide they are in recess and start appointing people. but if the new majority leader buckles and allows donald trump to appoint people willy—nilly, it could happen. tom nichols from the atlantic. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. here, four teenagers and a 45—year—old man have been convicted of murdering two boys in a case of mistaken identity. mason rist and max dixon, were attacked with machetes during a planned retribution attack. neither had any links to gangs. their families have said it's impossible to put in to words how they feel. laura jones reports from bristol.

two beautiful boys. grew up in the same area, with each other every day. never been in trouble in any way at all. an ordinary saturday night injanuary, and best friends max and mason are each at home playing computer games. later, they realise they are hungry and so decide to change out of their pyjamas and made up to get some food. it was just after 11:00pm and you can see 16—year—old max here on cctv calling for his 15—year—old friend. his dressing gown is on the bed and you can see where he got undressed to go out that night. and ijust so wish that he put his pyjamas back on and just stayed in. i mean, i wish he'd just... he didn't go out. the boys head off down the street but within seconds, are set upon by a group who had gotten out of a passing car with knives, machetes and a sword. the attack was brutal.

it was all caught by the security cameras on mason's family home. we have cctv of the attack. it is horrific. the attack lasted a short period and the injuries sustained to both boys were unsurvivable. because of the size and magnitude of the weapons used against them, the boys run for their lives. they must have been petrified. there is no positive consequence of using those weapons, it is a horrific weapon, in all my years as a police officer one of the most horrific weapons i have seen. the conflict was triggered by bricks being thrown through the windows of this house. in response for other teenagers convinced it was people from knowle west jumped

convinced it was people from knowle westjumped into a car and headed there, armed to the teeth intent on revenge. the car was driven by 45—year—old anthony snook and it teenagers were 18—year—old riley tolliver and three other boys aged 17—15 years old who are to young for us to name. they went to mcdonald's after the attack for an early morning breakfast. max and mason had nothing to do with the early attack on the house but the group didn't care. the schoolboys were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. he should still be here and i think— he should still be here and i think that if they had gone out five minutes later or earlier, perhaps— five minutes later or earlier, perhaps it _ five minutes later or earlier, perhaps it wouldn't have happened. 215 or 16—year—old

kids. — happened. 215 or 16—year—old kids, innocent, going out to -et kids, innocent, going out to get pizza _ kids, innocent, going out to get pizza-— get pizza. today, max and mason's — get pizza. today, max and mason's families - get pizza. today, max and mason's families do - get pizza. today, max and mason's families do now | get pizza. today, max and - mason's families do now have some answers about who was responsible for their deaths. but, it is little consolation. there are no winners in this, there are countless families damaged for life that can never recover from this incident. fundamentally, my thoughts are with their families, there are consequences to peoples actions and the magnitude of which is these children will go to prison for a long time. i felt uuil prison for a long time. i felt guilty as — prison for a long time. i felt guilty as a _ prison for a long time. i felt guilty as a sister, _ prison for a long time. i felt guilty as a sister, i - prison for a long time. i felt guilty as a sister, i should l guilty as a sister, i should have — guilty as a sister, i should have been there for him. even that_ have been there for him. even that night, _ have been there for him. even that night, i was in bed while my brother... it lay dying on the — my brother... it lay dying on the street _ my brother... it lay dying on the street. i wasn't there. i don't — the street. i wasn't there. i don't know anything about it, i wasn't — don't know anything about it, i wasn't there to protect him and i wasn't —

wasn't there to protect him and i wasn't there after to tell him — iwasn't there after to tell him its— i wasn't there after to tell him it's ok. so we never had a good _ him it's ok. so we never had a good huy~ _ him it's ok. so we never had a good buy-— him it's ok. so we never had a good buy. such a random act of unimaginable _ good buy. such a random act of unimaginable unprovoked - unimaginable unprovoked violence that has led to so much loss, so much heartbreak and so many lives changed forever. in the last half an hour or so, mason rist�*s uncle and the families have given statements. we thank thejury families have given statements. we thank the jury for having to see what we have seen and no one should ever see any of that. and we thank them for coming to the correct decision as far as the family are concerned. we want to thank the public, all over bristol and the country, they have seen what happened to these two

innocent boys and helped along the way. mason... 0urfamily, like most families is a big jigsaw puzzle. and mason was a massive part of thatjigsaw puzzle and that piece of the puzzle and that piece of the puzzle is now being destroyed and will never be replaced. we'll always be in our hearts. the last six weeks have been emotionally draining, today because my outcome doesn't change — because my outcome doesn't change the fact that two families go home without their boys _ families go home without their boys but — families go home without their boys but we can hopefully now begin — boys but we can hopefully now begin to — boys but we can hopefully now begin to process that and remember them both begin to process that and rememberthem both and begin to process that and remember them both and the happy— remember them both and the happy memories that both families have of max and mason. i need _ families have of max and mason. i need to— families have of max and mason. i need to thank everyone that has been _ i need to thank everyone that has been involved in the case, i have — has been involved in the case, i have so— has been involved in the case, i have so much respect for the hard _ i have so much respect for the hard work— i have so much respect for the hard work and support to our families _ hard work and support to our families. there are no words to express— families. there are no words to express how thankful i am, i will he — express how thankful i am, i will be forever grateful to them _

will be forever grateful to them i— will be forever grateful to them. ijust wish we didn't have — them. ijust wish we didn't have to _ them. ijust wish we didn't have to be here today but we have — have to be here today but we have some sort ofjustice for our boys _ have some sort ofjustice for our boys. thank you everybody. devastating statements after the conclusion of that case. more on that story later. air strikes have hit the southern suburbs of beirut — sending plumes of smoke into the sky. it comes after an israeli air strike on an emergency response centre in the city of baalbek on northeastern lebanon on thursday night, which killed at least i2 rescue workers. the strike hit a building of the civil defense agency — which is linked to the lebanese government and not affiliated with the iranian—backed group hezbollah. the israeli military has not commented on the attack. the israeli military has not commented. in the more recent strikes in southern beirut, israeli drones fired two missiles in a beirut suburb, before the air force carried out what was described as a "very heavy" strike that levelled a building near municipal offices. it followed a warning

of imminent strikes issued by the israeli military on x. 0ur correspondent told more about the intensity. the israeli military - about the intensity. the israeli military has - israeli military has intensified its air campaign against hezbollah, for the fourth consecutive day beirut came under attack, five buildings were destroyed by air strikes, the area where hezbollah is based came under attack. those air strikes have continued in the south and east of the country which are part of the country which are part of lebanon where hezbollah has a strong presence. yesterday, there was an attack that hit a civil defence building in the city, an attack by the israeli military that has sparked widespread condemnation. the eu foreign policy chief condemned the attack, the lebanese health ministry salad it was a barbaric attack by the israeli

ministry. there hasn't been a reaction but this was a series of attack by the israeli military that have hit emergency responders, health workers. the government in lebanon saying that almost 200 medical professionals have been killed since the escalation of this conflict between israel and hezbollah. this could be part of a strategy by the israeli military to put more pressure on hezbollah as new efforts to reach a ceasefire deal here in this conflict get under way. israel's attorney general has said prime minister benjamin netanyahu should reconsider the position of the country s far—right security minister ? saying he has politicised the police force for his own ends. the attorney general said itamar ben—gvir has politicised the police force — and allegedly influences and intervenes in a blatant, improper, and repeated manner" scientists and former political leaders say the un

climate talks are �*no longer fit for purpose' and need urgent overhaul. the latest gathering, cop 29, is taking place now in azerbaijan. the country's role has already been criticised after its president said oil and gas were a �*gift of god'. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt, who is in baku, told us more about this letter. we're probably at the nadir. i think it's fair to say they're sort of bottom of the expectations of this climate conference. i mean, it was always going to be a big challenge. this is about finance. it's about raising huge amounts of money from rich countries to pay poor countries, to switch away from dirty technologies, fossil fuels to clean technologies, renewable power, and also to make their countries more resilient. we're talking about one of the breakthroughs here was an agreed estimate of how much finance we're talking about. we're talking about 1.3 trillion, not billion trillion dollars, a huge amount of money. and at a time when there's inflation, a post pandemic, economies are struggling.

many countries are in, you know, in a cost of living crisis. it's going to be hard to raise that cash. the uk came here didn't give any additional cash. so very difficult time for that. and there's been a huge, there's been issues, as you say, with the host country. there was the comment about oil and gas being a gift from god. odd way to start a climate conference. then there was a story that that we, the bbc did that i did revealing footage that appeared to show the chief executive of the cop 29 team attempting to do or discussing oil and gas deals, something that the cop 29 team haven't yet commented on, which, of course, threw it all into question. on top of that, we've now had this letter from really eminent people, a former secretary general of the un, chief of the un. the woman who oversaw the un climate process during the breakthrough paris conference. the former president of ireland. leading climate scientists. all these really eminent people are saying, look, they think

that cop doesn't work. they rolled back a bit today. they published the, the, the letter yesterday. and then they've rolled back a bit today and said, look, we are committed to the multilateral process, but they're saying, look, big changes are needed. stay with us because in the next few minutes we look at donald trump's latest appointments and talking to mike tyson. good afternoon. the weather is set to turn colder as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week, but it will not be an immediate process for all of us. this cold air will be pushing down from the north over the weekend, but mild air tries to stage a comeback into southern parts through the early part of next week. it does look like, though, the arctic air will eventually win out for all parts of the uk. and as that transition takes place, it is possible that some of us will see some quite significant snow and some ice as well. still a lot of uncertainty

about the detail. but in the shorter term, the rest of today brings a fair amount of cloud. this frontal system pushing into the northwest, bringing some outbreaks of rain, strengthening winds, as well, across the north of scotland. eastern scotland seeing temperatures up to around 15 degrees. further south, where cloud has been lingering, it is a little bit chilly out there and through this evening and tonight we continue to see this band of cloud and rain pushing its way southwards. this is the cold front. there's colder air pushing in behind with some showers and some brisk winds in the north of scotland. sheltered spots in northern scotland could dip just below freezing. conversely, where we keep cloud across this central slice of the uk it will be a bit milder to start saturday morning. a few fog patches down towards the south. those should lift and clear, but it is likely to stay quite grey and murky. a bit damp and drizzly in southern parts as well, but further north we will see some sunny spells. a scattering of showers, which could be wintry over high ground in scotland, with those colder conditions developing in the north. and by sunday i think we will see colder air pushing further southwards.

some showers around. again some of those will be wintry, the wintriness mostly over higher ground at this stage. and temperatures across many northern areas in single digits. down towards the south a few places still in double figures. but into the early part of next week this is where it gets a little bit complicated, because this area of low pressure is going to push its way in from the west, and where that meets the cold air, some places could see some quite significant snow, but there's uncertainty about exactly where that area of low pressure will be, and hence where the snow might be. so it is worth staying in touch with the forecast. but as next week goes on, it turns colder for all of us with some wintry showers.

welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. this is bbc news, this is bbc news, the headlines: a backlash after donald trump the headlines: a backlash after donald trump on the nominates the vaccine sceptic nominates the vaccine sceptic and conspiracy theorist and conspiracy theorist robert f kenneder, robert f kenneder, to be his health secretary. to be his health secretary. he read bbc verify we have been he read bbc verify we have been checking some of the things checking some of the things that robert f kennedy checking some of the things that robert f kenneder has that robert f kennedy checking some of the things that robert f kenneder has been saying about health been saying about health issues. issues. here, in bristol, a group here, in bristol, a group of teenagers, and a man have of teenagers, and a man have been found guilty of murdering been found guilty of murdering two best friends in a case two best friends in a case of mistaken identity. of mistaken identity. fight or fiasco — all eyes

on mike tyson as the former heayweight champion takes