hello, welcome to the programme. we start here in the uk where the masterchef presenter gregg wallace has responded to allegations of misconduct while filming the tv show. he stepped aside earlier this week after a bbc news investigation revealed a string of claims of inappropriate sexual comments and behaviour against him. mr wallace's lawyers have strongly denied that he engages in sexually harassing behaviour. in a video posted on instagram, mr wallace said there had been "13 complaints" from "over 4,000 contestants" that he'd worked with in 20 years on the show. i can see the complaints coming from a handful of...middle—class women

of a certain age, just from celebrity masterchef. this isn't right. in 20 years — over 20 years of television — can you imagine how many women — female contestants — on masterchef have made sexual remarks or sexual innuendo? can you imagine? the bbc is facing more questions about its handling of allegations against mr wallace after emails emerged showing it was warned about him in 2017. the bbc said it would "always listen if people want to make us aware of something directly". here's our culture reporter noor nanji. aasmah mir taking part in celebrity masterchef in 2017, but the broadcaster has now revealed she complained to the bbc about remarks allegedly made by the show�*s presenter gregg wallace. in an email seen by the sunday times, a bbc

executive, kate phillips, said that his behaviour on set was unacceptable and cannot continue. aasmah mir later sent an email that was copied to kate phillips, saying this must not happen again to another woman. but this week, a bbc news investigation has revealed this a string of misconduct allegations against gregg wallace, some of which relate to events after aasmah mir�*s complaint. separately, the observer says a letter containing several claims of inappropriate behaviour by gregg wallace was sent to the bbc in 2022 but did not result in further investigation at the time. on thursday, masterchef�*s production company banijay uk said mr wallace would step away from presenting the show while allegations of historical misconduct were investigated. last night, a cryptic post, as gregg wallace wrote on instagram. "we are all different." his lawyers say it's entirely

false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature, while the bbc says it has robust processes in place to deal with issues if they are raised. noor nanji, bbc news. with me is our culture correspondent yasmin rufo. lets us talk about what gregg wallace — lets us talk about what gregg wallace has been saying today. as we — wallace has been saying today. as we heard he said the allegations have come from a handful of middle—class women of a certain age. through his lawyers he denies he engaged in sexually harassing behaviour and the production company say he is cooperating fully. in the instagram video he says the women are of a certain age but within the 13 allegations we have reported on they range in age. we spoke tojunior female workers on the show, some older people. these allegations don't tally with what he is saying. these come from five different shows, only one of which is

celebrity masterchef. the bbc has said it will always listen to people if they want to make us aware of something directly. we have heard gregg wallace saying it is 13 allegations. the bbc has reported on 13 but since then it seems more have emerged in the papers. the sun newspaper reporting three women have come forward to say they were groped on the show, different to what we are putting on inappropriate behaviour and comments. there are questions around what the bbc knew and when. in 2017 it was warned by a radio host aasmah mir. and a letter containing multiple claims of inappropriate behaviour was sentin inappropriate behaviour was sent in 2022 but did not result in further investigation at the time. he is a really well—known figure in the uk, on a popular show, a household name. talk us

through what the reaction has been. a lot of reaction this morning as to how gregg wallace is responding. we have a clip from one chef who spoke this morning. i don't know him well. i have met him a couple of times. he is a very likeable, professional screen presence. i have a very talented chef on masterchef right at the moment and she is doing incredibly well and i have been really enjoying watching her and enjoying gregg wallace's presenting. i think it is likely that gregg wallace has what we might call a bawdy sense of humour. clearly, that has offended people. i think one of the issues is that down the years people have not felt able to tell him when he might want to rein it in a bit and clearly he has crossed some lines. in terms of how he's going about defending himself, i understand the instinct when you feel you are backed into a corner, but i don't think it is smart to come

out talking like that when at the moment he should probably be listening. there is an idea of humour and it must be said some people are defending gregg wallace online and putting it down to him being a dish. 0ne friend wrote in the telegraph says he knows gregg wallace well and loves to make jokes, gregg wallace well and loves to makejokes, some silly, some outlandish, but they are just jokes. outlandish, but they are “ust “okes. , ~ ., outlandish, but they are 'ust “okes. , ~ ., jokes. gregg wallace has posted aaain jokes. gregg wallace has posted a . ain to jokes. gregg wallace has posted again to say _ jokes. gregg wallace has posted again to say in — jokes. gregg wallace has posted again to say in his _ jokes. gregg wallace has posted again to say in his 20 _ jokes. gregg wallace has posted again to say in his 20 years - again to say in his 20 years working across a number of shows no member of staff has complained. that does not tally with what we know as we have reported some of those 13 allegations have come from staff. we know in 2018junior members of staff on a show he appeared on complained about his behaviour to the bbc, so that does not tally with what we know. yasmin rufo. syria's president bashar

al—assad has vowed to defeat islamist rebels who've captured the second city of aleppo and are moving towards the capital damascus. it's the largest offensive against the syrian government in years — and has led to it withdrawing its troops from the city. the islamist rebels have since made further advances on their fourth day of their lightening offensive and are now sweeping south towards syria's fourth biggest city, hama. rebels celebrated in the streets of aleppo. president bashar al—assad — who hasn't been seen in public since the offensive began — has promised to defeat the opposition fighters, describing them as terrorists. 0ur correspondent in beirut lina sinjab has more. it's the first blow to assad's power or, you know, after decades of battling the opposition, supported by both, you know, russia providing the air force and iran providing militias on the ground, pushing the opposition out and controlling big swathes of lost lands to the opposition.

so this is the first time in years that we see the opposition advancing and capturing a big city. it's the second largest city of syria. it's the industrialist capital. and it's also taking the government by surprise, at a time where both its allies are busy. russia is busy in ukraine, and hezbollah and iran are, you know, weakened by israeli attacks both in syria and lebanon. so it's definitely changing the dynamics on the ground. and, you know, there are lots of diplomatic movements to discuss the situation and find a way to stabilise it. and just talk us through the international reaction to this, in particular from the us and also turkey's role. yeah, this is very important. i mean, we've seen announcements coming from the united states national security advisor today, blaming the fall of aleppo to assad, relying both on iran and russia.

but also saying that assad for years ignored peace, a road map that has been presented by the un in 2015 and ignored it, did not adhere to it. turkey also is, you know, believed to be supporting this operation because they have been also calling on assad for talks for years, and he has been ignoring. so it seems that there are joint powers today to bring assad back to the negotiation table to find a solution for syria, but also, most importantly, to deter iran from using the void of iran's presence and hezbollah's presence in lebanon and using syria as a new battlefield against israel. so this is also a message to the iranians and to bashar al—assad, not to, you know, take advantage of any void in the region and deter iran from, you know, further control of syrian land.

sir keir starmer is to set out his "plan for change", explaining how the uk government intends to deliver on the promises labour made ahead of the election. in a speech later this week, the prime minister will announce a number of "milestones" to be achieved before the end of this parliament which he says will drive "real improvements in the lives of working people." 0ur political correspondent harry farley has been following the story. essentially what we can expect is targets for the government to be measured against for its key priorities. i think before the election we heard from labour about what they called theirfive missions. but they're quite sprawling. they can be a bit intangible, things like breaking down barriers to opportunity. 0r building an nhs 0r building an nhs fit for the future. fit for the future. and what the prime minister and what the prime minister wants to do this week wants to do this week is put specific milestones is put specific milestones and targets that the public can and targets that the public can judge them by, isuppose, by judge them by, isuppose, by the time of the next election. the time of the next election.

the deputy prime minister... the deputy prime minister... sorry, forgive me, sorry, forgive me, the chancellor of the duchy the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, of lancaster, pat mcfadden, was on that laura kuenssberg was on that laura kuenssberg show this morning explaining show this morning explaining what they will be doing. what they will be doing. targets for net targets for net migration in the country migration in the country haven't worked well haven't worked well the country, numerical ones. the country, numerical ones. so you are not so you are not going to have one? going to have one? you might remember david cameron's target you might remember david cameron's target to reduce net migration to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands. to the tens of thousands. what has happened is it what has happened is it has gone up an awful has gone up an awful lot in recent years. lot in recent years. we do want to bring it down. we do want to bring it down. but the exact number that but the exact number that you need will always ebb you need will always ebb and flow, depending and flow, depending on the needs of the economy. on the needs of the economy. so you are not going so you are not going to have a target? to have a target? we are not going to we are not going to have a numerical target have a numerical target for net migration. for net migration. 0k. 0k. but we are going to make but we are going to make sure that we do more sure that we do more to train our own workforce. to train our own workforce. no numerical target pat mcfadden was the for migration, no numerical target pat mcfadden was the for migration, but they want to bring numbers but they want to bring numbers down. we can expect a figure on down. we can expect a figure on house building, early years house building, early years education, the government education, the government

saying they want to saying they want to increase the proportion of four and five—year—olds fully ready for the start of school, socially and educationally. they say it is 60% but want it to be 75%, a specific target. but not a numerical target on net migration. we heard from the conservatives. they describe keir starmer�*s 17th relaunch, saying people will rightly be wondering why they have been short—changed by the party which offered them change. downing street saying it is a refocused not relaunch of priorities. they are not setting out any firm — they are not setting out any firm plans— they are not setting out any firm plans for— they are not setting out any firm plans for change. - they are not setting out any firm plans for change. whatj they are not setting out anyl firm plans for change. what i am concerned _ firm plans for change. what i am concerned about, - firm plans for change. what i am concerned about, we - firm plans for change. what i. am concerned about, we know firm plans for change. what i - am concerned about, we know for example — am concerned about, we know for example the — am concerned about, we know for example the government - am concerned about, we know for example the government is - example the government is opening _ example the government is opening up— example the government is opening up more _ example the government is opening up more hotels- example the government is i opening up more hotels across the country _ opening up more hotels across the country. we _ opening up more hotels across the country. we know- opening up more hotels across the country. we know they- opening up more hotels across the country. we know they arej the country. we know they are focusing — the country. we know they are focusing on _ the country. we know they are focusing on the _ the country. we know they are focusing on the process, - the country. we know they arej focusing on the process, which is important. _ focusing on the process, which is important, but _ focusing on the process, which is important, but nonethelessl is important, but nonetheless it is about _

is important, but nonetheless it is about how— is important, but nonetheless it is about how we _ is important, but nonetheless it is about how we deter- is important, but nonetheless. it is about how we deter people from _ it is about how we deter people from coming _ it is about how we deter people from coming here _ it is about how we deter people from coming here in— it is about how we deter people from coming here in the - it is about how we deter people from coming here in the first i from coming here in the first place. — from coming here in the first place. if— from coming here in the first place. if they— from coming here in the first place, if they are _ from coming here in the first place, if they are not - from coming here in the first place, if they are not coming through— place, if they are not coming through lawful— place, if they are not coming through lawful methods. - place, if they are not coming. through lawful methods. these are some — through lawful methods. these are some of— through lawful methods. these are some of the _ through lawful methods. these are some of the issues - through lawful methods. these are some of the issues the - are some of the issues the government— are some of the issues the government will— are some of the issues the government will have - are some of the issues the government will have to l are some of the issues the . government will have to face are some of the issues the - government will have to face up to in_ government will have to face up to in the — government will have to face up to in the coming _ government will have to face up to in the coming days. - government will have to face up to in the coming days.— to in the coming days. victoria atkins saying _ to in the coming days. victoria atkins saying the _ to in the coming days. victoria atkins saying the government | atkins saying the government needed action, not priorities only. by focusing on particular priorities we can possibly expect to some of the other priorities the government has already announced to fall by the wayside. there is an acknowledgement in government the first few months have been difficult, we had tensions over sue gray who was dismissed as a chief of staff to keir starmer in summer, questions over freebies, donations. protests following the budget, winter fuel payment, and the first cabinet resignation. keir starmer hoping this thursday speech will move on from that and on to the next phase of his

government.

rodri is not there. what do we have to do, cry all the time because rodri is not there? or the four central defenders have not been there for a long time in last month? i have to find a solution, i have to find a way to do it. and this is, i am trying. bayern munich remain top of the bundesliga after a 1—1 draw at borussia dortmund in der klassiker on saturday. dortmund had struck first midway through the first half, england youth international jamie gittens finishing off a swift counter—attack to give the hosts the lead, but bayern found the equaliser five minutes from time, jamal musiala's header preserving their unbeaten domestic record as they remain seven points clear of second—placed eintracht frankfurt. brazilian side botafogo are celebrating their status as champions of south america after lifting their first copa libertadores title, beating domestic rivals atletico mineiro in the final in buenos aires.

it had started terribly for botafogo, midfielder gregore sent off after just 30 seconds for a high boot, but they were undeterred by playing with ten men for the majority of the game, leading 2—0 at half—time. mineiro pulled one back after the break, butjunior santos' goal in the final minute of injury time sealed the libertadores crown and a place at next year's club world cup. england have wrapped up an impressive eight—wicket victory over new zealand in the first test in christchurch. brydon carse claimed three of the four second—innings wickets england needed on the fourth day for his maiden test five—wicket haul. the hosts were bowled out for 254, leaving england with a target of 104 which debutant jacob bethell�*s unbeaten half—century helped them to reach inside 13 overs for a 1—0 lead in the three—match series. the second test begins in wellington on friday. george russell will start the qatar grand prix from pole later after max verstappen was demoted for an incident between the two in qualifying. verstappen was judged

by the stewards to have impeded the briton by driving too slowly while not on a flying lap and handed him a one—place penalty. lando norris handed team—mate 0scar piastri victory in the earlier sprint race to stretch mclaren's lead in the constructor�*s championship to 30 points. not a lot in it between all of us, which gives us hope that we can still go forward. but there are some very quick cars behind at the same time. so, yeah, i think we look forward to it, i think we showed good race pace today. i did have the benefit of being out front and being in clean air, which is a beautiful thing, but i expect a tougher race. and in the nba, the milwaukee bucks won their sixth straight game with a 124—114 victory over the struggling washington wizards. giannis antetokounmpo made his return in style after missing the bucks' previous game through injury, scoring 42 points and recording his third triple—double in six games to lead his team to victory. the bucks are currently sixth

in the eastern conference. and that's all the sport for now. georgia's prime minister has denied suspending talks onjoining the european union, a move which has sparked mass protests in the capital and elswhere. riot police used tear gas and water cannon for a second consecutive night on saturday in the centre of tblisi, where demonstrators have set up barricades. georgia's prime minister irakli kobakhidze has told a press conference today that opposition leaders and media outlets are lying and that nobody has suspended european integration for georgia. 0ur correspondent in tbilisi rayhan deytrie says the protesters plan to remain on the streets. i am at the protest site, we are about one kilometre away from the parliament building which has been

the focal point for clashes between the police and protesters overnight. this is the third night that the protests have continued. they were sparked by the government's decision to put georgia's accession talks with europe on hold. and the protest — they have moved to the street. they are blocking quite an important intersection outside the country's main university. well, with me here is one of the protesters. she has been protesting for days. can you please tell me how important is this fight that is happening now for georgians? the fight that is happening right now has been going on actually four years, which is our integration in europe. we want to be a democratic country of european union, and we have been fighting for this for years and we definitely do not want to be part of russia who has occupied 20% of our country, who has tortured our people for years and years,

and who has never done anything good for our country. everything that we see in this country that has been happening for the last ten years, the improvement is because of the help from the western world, europe and the united states. because of our government today, the united states is cutting relationship with this country. the european countries are not recognising our current government as a legitimate government, because the election has been stolen. the democratic right of our people to vote and choose our government has been stolen. the constitution has been torn apart because of what this government is doing which is anti—constitutional. that is why we are here, and we will be here until we get back the democratic european country that we are trying to build. this morning the prime minister

of georgia has given a press conference in which he has denied that talks with the eu have been suspended and he said opposition leaders and media outlets are lying and nobody has suspended european integration for georgia. a reminder of what was said on thursday, georgia will not put theissue thursday, georgia will not put the issue of opening negotiations with the eu on the agenda until the end of 2028, thatis agenda until the end of 2028, that is what was said on thursday. today a press conference saying nobody has suspended european integration for georgia. counting has resumed in ireland's parliamentary election. during the first day of counting, 36 of the 174 seats in the dail — or lower house — were decided. the first preference votes have so far given the fine gael party of the prime minister simon harris ten seats, with his fianna fail coalition partners and the main opposition sinn fein eight seats each. let's speak to our correspondent in dublin, charlotte gallagher.

talk us through it. we do know one thing for— talk us through it. we do know one thing for certain _ talk us through it. we do know one thing for certain at - talk us through it. we do know one thing for certain at this - one thing for certain at this stage, and it is the island will have another coalition government. it has had one for the past four years, fine gael and fianna fail who controlled the coalition government with support from the green party. there will be another one. what will be the make up, it looks highly likely it will be fianna fail and fine gael again with perhaps another smaller party joining. sinn fein did very well in the election in the exit polls, coming out roughly the same as the other two parties. the problem for sinn fein is they do not have that support from smaller parties or fine gael to form a coalition. it is looking highly unlikely they will be able to form one. much of the disappointment is for the party. people cheering

yesterday for them. but the party know privately they will not be in power in ireland for the next few years. what that does take off the table in the immediate future at least is any kind of border poll on irish unity. that was a real thing fein wanted to push through, mary mcdonald said that was the first port of call she made with the prime minister. that could be a long time before any coalition government is actually formed if at all. there could be another election. there could be another election-— there could be another election. _, , election. there could be, there could be weeks _ election. there could be, there could be weeks of— election. there could be, there could be weeks of most -- - could be weeks of most —— negotiations, i am sure they are already taking place behind the scenes, fianna fail, fine gael the scenes, fianna fail, fine gael, talking about the prospect of another coalition government. they were supported by the green party in the last one which has been decimated in

this vote, they have not done very well and are out of the picture so there will be another smaller party. and we'll independent party support them? it could be a long time until we find out the making of this next government. there is not a first past the post system, we will probably see negotiations that could take weeks. thank you. keep it across all of that and giving us the results as and when we get them. some breaking news from one of our reporters injerusalem saying the united nations agency supporting palestinian refugees saying it is causing the delivery of aid through a key crossing between israel and gaza because of security concerns, this is the head of unrwa, saying the route had not

been saved for months and recent attempts to bring in food had failed. aaron rowe are saying it will pause the delivery of aid at a key crossing —— unwra. that is all from me for now. do stay with us. hello. today, the 1st of december, marks the start of winter, meteorologically speaking — but, actually, things aren't feeling particularly wintry because we've still got mild air with us, so we are looking at another mild day ahead, and there's some outbreaks of rain at times. won't be raining all day — the rain is moving its way through on this cold front, which is tracking gradually from west to east, not moving particularly quickly — just lingering longest in the far south east of england, east anglia, parts of lincolnshire, as well this — looking wet in the middle part of the day here. but once that eventually gets out of the way

towards the east, we see a return to sunnier skies for the rest of the uk. some scattered showers moving in, mainly for western parts of scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales, as well. top temperatures, though — 13, 14, perhaps 15 somewhere where we do see that sunshine coming through later on. fairly breezy conditions — the winds coming in from the south—southwest — but a change in wind direction through this evening and overnight across parts of scotland and northern ireland — colder air moving in here — even some snow showers across the highest ground of scotland. could be a bit of frost around in the north, still mild towards the south on monday, but that colder air will slowly sink south through the day as this area of low pressure clears towards the east. so higher pressure building from the west for a time, and that means that we're going to be seeing these northerly winds bringing this colder air mass right across the chart into tuesday, as well. for monday, though, we've got this area of cloud and rain pushing out of scotland, in across northern and central parts of england. some gusty winds — 40 or 50 mile per hour gusts — around these north sea coasts, with some showers, and around some irish sea coasts, as well. still reasonably mild in the south — nine to 11 degrees — that rain lingering

around the london area later in the afternoon. but colder — low—to—mid single figures — across parts of scotland. and then you can see the blue colours extending more widely across the map — monday night — it's going to be quite a chilly night, with temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing as we start the day on tuesday. so a chilly start, some frost and some fog around on tuesday, i think. that'll gradually clear. quite a lot of dry weather, but we've got this area of rain moving in from the west. across scotland, as that bumps into the colder air, we could see for a time a little bit of snow over the hills. so only four orfive degrees for some of us. even further south, we're looking at mid single figures. so a colder—feeling day monday into tuesday, and then things gradually turn milder again through the rest of the week, and staying pretty unsettled, really, throughout your first week of december.

this is bbc news. the headlines: masterchef presenter gregg wallace responds to complaints about his behaviour on the show, saying they've come from "a handful of middle—class women of a certain age". syria's president bashar al—assad is preparing a counter—attack on the rebel forces that captured the city of aleppo. russia an ally of president assad has carried out fresh air russia, an ally of president assad, has carried out fresh air strikes near the city. more than 300 people have been killed since wednesday.

sir keir starmer will use a speech this week to outline key policy targets he expects ministers to meet as part of what he is calling a "plan for change". and the georgian prime minister denies suspending talks on eu accession as thousands of protesters clash with riot police in a third night of unrest. demonstrators also dispute the outcome of 0ctober�*s parliamentary election, which kept the governing party in office. now on bbc news... the media show. hello, i'm ros atkins. and i'm katie razzall. this week on the media show, a high—profile presenter defection from the bbc. also, drake and kendrick lamar�*s hip—hop feud is heading to court. and how christmas became the british equivalent of the super bowl when it comes to advertising. that's all coming up on the media show.

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