about a new exhibition, showcasing leading voices in the fashion industry throughout the decades. hello, i'm lewis vaughan—jones. mass anti—government protests continued for a sixth night in georgia after the country's constitutional court rejected an appeal from the opposition to overturn the result of october's election. police fired water cannon at demonstrators who are angry about the government being too authoritarian and its announcement that it plans to delay its talks to join the eu until 2028. let's speak to guram imnadze, director of the human rights group social justice center. he's in tbilisi. thank you forjoining us. thank thank you for “oining us. thank ou for thank you forjoining us. thank you for having _ thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. _ thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. what - thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. what is - thank you forjoining us. thank| you for having me. what is your reaction to. _ you for having me. what is your reaction to, what _ you for having me. what is your reaction to, what is _ you for having me. what is your reaction to, what is it, - you for having me. what is your reaction to, what is it, six - reaction to, what is it, six days of protests?- reaction to, what is it, six days of protests? the first thing we _ days of protests? the first thing we have _ days of protests? the first

thing we have to - days of protests? the first thing we have to mentionl days of protests? the first - thing we have to mention about these protests is these protests are politically driven. i would say this is a grassroots protest, organised by people themselves and that's why it is not easy for the government and police institutions to deal with this kind of protest because self organisation is quite strong in this regard, and it's not easy to presume or deal with these kind of protests effectively. what we have seen is that the government has systematically manipulated elections and we can say that these parliamentary elections on october the 26th were systematically rigged. and then the government proceeded with authoritarian tendencies to follow up and openly declared,

as you mention, that the eu integration process would be delayed until 2028. so this is of course democratic backsliding of georgia and also it refers to the security of the state because without proper integration partnership with western partners, georgia's security is also under serious threat because russia's influence is extensively increasing on georgia, on political and economic spheres.- economic spheres. the government _ economic spheres. the government clearly - economic spheres. the government clearly rejects those claims. are these protests going to achieve anything? it protests going to achieve anything?— protests going to achieve anything? protests going to achieve an hin? , ., anything? it is not easy to say at this point — anything? it is not easy to say at this point but _ anything? it is not easy to say at this point but what - anything? it is not easy to say at this point but what we - anything? it is not easy to say at this point but what we can l at this point but what we can say is now georgia is in a systematic crisis. it is not only a political crisis. but there is a crisis on so many levels, in the media, on the society level, and economic

crisis etc. it will not be easy for the government to try this kind of situation effectively, to deal with this kind of extensive multilayered crisis, and even if these protests will be shut down by extensive use of police forces, i am sceptical that this will be the finish, orthis sceptical that this will be the finish, or this will deal with all the problems. now georgia is in a spiral of crises and even the slightest mistake from the government could result in unexpected protests and events etc. , ., unexpected protests and events etc. , . ., ., ~ unexpected protests and events etc. , ., ., ., ~ , ., etc. guram imnadze, thank you for coming _ etc. guram imnadze, thank you for coming on _ etc. guram imnadze, thank you for coming on the _ etc. guram imnadze, thank you for coming on the programme. | for coming on the programme. thank you. anti—government forces in syria say they've captured one of the largest military bases on the edge of the city of hama. the bbc has not been able to verify these pictures which we are told are from halfaya in hama

province which show intense fighting. syria's defence ministry said syrian and russian warplanes were bombarding the rebels. one week on from the the surprise rebel offensive in syria, bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has been tracking the advance, and the response from government aligned forces. it's been one week since rebel forces launched their largest offensive against the syrian government in years. here is the government response in idlib, a rebel stronghold where syria and its ally russia have carried out air strikes. the bbc verify has been tracking the advance of rebel forces from the west of syria by analysing footage on social media. they appear to have captured a large area of land across the north—west of the country, including most of aleppo. the offensive was launched on the night by an alliance of rebel groups led by alliance of rebel groups led by a rebel group. ourteam is

verified and located several videos which show rebel forces. this is one video that emerged as they began their advance. it was geolocated by matching the shape of these buildings with what we can see on publicly available images. and the shadows indicate it was likely filmed around 5p on local time. the rebels reach aleppo quickly, injust three the rebels reach aleppo quickly, in just three days they enter the city with apparently very little a ppa re ntly very little resista nce apparently very little resistance from syria's military. experts say the timing of the assault suggests the weakening of the regime's allies particularly in light of developments in yemen likely created opportunity that hts has seized. on saturday, rebel forces were seen toppling the statue of president bashar al—assad's brother. within hours, footage emerged from the same roundabout from the aftermath of an air strike at the same location. the video appears to show a number of lifeless bodies on the ground and dark plumes of smoke. we also verify the presence of rebels pushed for strategic military sites like this air base. it is worth saying this because we see them there it doesn't necessarily mean they control certain areas. elsewhere, we also saw them celebrate the capture of tanks which appear to have been left behind by government forces.

and now fighters are near the city of hama. in this video this individual claims the government army retreated after heavy clashes. in response to government and its key ally russia carried out air strikes nearby. the situation is rapidly evolving. it is unclear whether rebel forces will be able to hold these newly gained areas and what impact this will have on civilians with dozens already killed. thanks to merlyn thomas for that. let's speak to our middle east correspondent lina sinjab. what is the latest? it is nearly a _ what is the latest? it is nearly a week - what is the latest? it is nearly a week since - what is the latest? it is nearly a week since the j nearly a week since the offensive started and now we are hearing confirmation that the rebels are in control of several towns on the outskirts of the city hama, especially to the northern side of hama. i've spoken to some residents who fled the area and they have said the opposition forces are in control. the government are being defeated. although there are reports that suggest that the government has done a

counteroffensive overnight. but still haven't been able to regain control over the towns and cities that the rebels have controlled on the outskirts of the city of hama. these operations are happening in the northern part of the city while the government still has control of the main city of hama and its southern parts as well. and more broadly, what is the aim of the rebels here? well, this is a time where a sad's allies are weakened, iran and hezbollah are weakened, russia is busy in ukraine as well, so they have seized the opportunity to advance, mainly supported by turkey who has a big interest in this. they have over 3 million refugees in turkey, they have borders they are worried about, they have the kurds they are blaming for some instability inside turkey.

so president anyone has invited assad for talks for a long time but he has been ignoring. so this is the time that he supported the opposition to seize control and blow a defeat to president assad simply to bring him back to the negotiation table. now we're hearing that the city of aleppo will remain under the of civil opposition mainly as supported ijy opposition mainly as supported by turkey but it is not clear that if the rebels will advance further and take the city of hama or not.— further and take the city of hama or not. thank you very much. here in the uk, the department for transport says three rail operators will be re—nationalised next year. south western railway will be taken back into public ownership in may, followed by c2c injuly, and greater anglia in the autumn. the government plans to set up a new body, great british railways, to take over contracts held by private firms as they expire in the coming years. transport secretary heidi alexander says rail privatisation was three decades of failure. so the primary aim of this

is to improve reliability and clamp down on the delays, the cancellation, the waste and the inefficiency that we've seen over the last 30 years. we've had private train operating companies running train services in this country over the last few decades, and it clearly hasn't worked. the system is broken and we desperately need to fix it. and so, as a first step on the journey to establishing a sort of more integrated and unified railway where we can get to grips with the day—to—day planning and make sure that we're making decisions that make sense, both for the train service and for the track and the infrastructure, we need to bring these train operating companies into public ownership. and so we, you know, we're going to turn the page really on the last 30 years of failure. heidi alexander there.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

this is bbc news. and out the us. now to the us. pete hegseth, donald trump's pick for defense secretary, has spent a second day on capitol hill on tuesday. he's been meeting with republican senators, some of whom doubt his ability to effectively lead the pentagon due to a range of allegations against him, including sexual misconduct. for more on this, we can speak now to cbs correspondentjarred hill. we've seen reports that donald trump is considering withdrawing his support for pete hegseth. that's the possibility. what we are hearing now is that president—elect trump is considering tapping florida governor ron desantis as a possible replacement for pete hegseth when it comes to this position of defence secretary. none of this again at this point is set in stone, these are apparently conversations happening over multiple sources

that are telling this to cbs news. all of this is coming as these allegations are arising from past alleged impropriety on behalf of pete hegseth. a number of these include things ranging from intoxication, excessive intoxication relating to his position with a previous veterans group as well as allegations of sexual misconduct and other financial misconduct and other financial misconduct within that nonprofit for veterans as well. pete hegseth and his attorneys have been denying any allegations of wrongdoing of any kind. but there is this rising tide, it seems, of republican senators who are less then uncertain about pete hegseth going forward, it seems. , , , hegseth going forward, it seems, , , ., , ., seems. just remind us, he was a surrise seems. just remind us, he was a surprise choice _ seems. just remind us, he was a surprise choice at _ seems. just remind us, he was a surprise choice at the _ surprise choice at the beginning. just remind us a little bit about him.- little bit about him. that's riuht. little bit about him. that's right- pete _ little bit about him. that's right. pete hegseth - little bit about him. that's right. pete hegseth is- little bit about him. that's| right. pete hegseth is best known for being a television host on fox news on the weekend edition of fox news, fox and friends on the weekends. he is

someone who has been an ally of the conservative right, someone who has been an ally of president—elect donald trump, someone who has been essentially someone who is a good mouthpiece for president—elect donald trump and also somebody who does not have a long, storied history of dealing with the bureaucracy of the military. he is an army veteran, he has worked for veterans organisations for years now but he has not had a formal role within the department of defence. and that has also been a big question for a lot of senators who say this seems like a guy who has, if nothing else, he has his heart in the right place but does he have the formal background to actually lead this massive department that has about 3 million or so employees?— has about 3 million or so emlo ees? . ., ~ employees? jarred hill, thank ou ve employees? jarred hill, thank you very much _ employees? jarred hill, thank you very much for _ employees? jarred hill, thank you very much for that. - now we will talk about jaguar. the company's recent ad rollout has raised a lot of questions and heated debate about just what the luxury car brand

was thinking. and we got another insight when the company revealed its electric type 00 design in miami. our north america business correspondent ritika gupta has been talking to jaguar�*s managing director. jaguar unveiled its electric car concept in miami, the backbone of its new identity. and it comes hot on the heels of a video teaser of the brand's makeover, which was lambasted for being an extreme divergence from the british car maker's heritage. but according to managing director rawdon glover, the rebranding achieved exactly what it set out to do. jaguar needs to be bold and disruptive in order to cut through and get our message across. i think clearly there's been an awful lot of attention on the brand, and if you think about what a tease film, which is what you're referring

to, the job of that tease film is to indicate that something interesting is coming to get people's attention. and over the last couple of weeks, we've absolutely had that. but actually what it meant was when we unveiled this beautiful thing behind me, we then had more eyeballs upon us. so in that context, yeah, i think the strategy was successful. while its rebranding was a gamble, there is a key market that the carmaker is firmly betting on for growth. forjaguar, which hopes to break into the us, the threat of tariffs on imports by president—elect donald trump could pose a significant challenge. north america is a really important market forjaguar. we think it's probably going to be our most important one. we're still two years away from actually delivering vehicles in north america. it'll be the end of 2026. it's not exactly clear on exactly what tariffs are going to be introduced or not and how they're going to operate, but obviously what we'll have to do is we'll have to respond to those as and when they come. but either way, we still see this market being really, really important forjaguar. and a key feature of jaguar�*s new brand is going all electric by 2025. glover told me that despite a slowdown in ev sales, he sees a strong appetite for luxury evs in the future and that is what

they're preparing for. thanks for that. a new immersive exhibition exploring the history of the fashion runway has opened, showcasing the early days of couture to the pop—culture events of today's modern shows. inventing the runway uses vogue's archive to bring together the industry's leading voices throughout the decades. our culture editor katie razzall has been to meet editor—in chief, and fashion icon anna wintour. this is spectacle beyond spectacle. you were there. i was. it was extraordinary. anna wintour, flanked by british vogue boss and the company's creative chief relives the moment back in 2017 when fashion designer karl lagerfeld created a space station—inspired catwalk set for chanel. it was so clever and amazing to be there and you couldn't 1540 00:16:59,275 --> 00:1