feared dead after iii! feared dead after m feared dead after the worst clone in _ feared dead after the worst cyclone in decades i the worst cyclone in decades devastates the french indian ocean territory. the medical charity msfjoins us to talk about the response. days before taking charge at the church of england, the archbishop of york faces call to resign over his handling of a sexual abuse case. , handling of a sexual abuse case, , . ., , , handling of a sexual abuse case. , , ., handling of a sexual abuse case. , ., ., case. this case is not acted on when he _ case. this case is not acted on when he knew— case. this case is not acted on when he knew information - case. this case is not acted on when he knew information at i when he knew information at the time. how can you have the moral and ethical authority to lead an institution with that? you cannot. lead an institution with that? you cannot-— lead an institution with that? you cannot. and attributes are aid to you cannot. and attributes are paid to one — you cannot. and attributes are paid to one of— you cannot. and attributes are paid to one of the _ you cannot. and attributes are paid to one of the world's - paid to one of the world's greatest tableau players who has died at the age of 73. hello. let's begin with that breaking

news of the last hour... an alleged chinese spy with links to prince andrew has been named after a court order protecting his identity was lifted. the businessman, named as yang tengbo, had previously only been known as h6 and was banned from the uk last week by a semi secret national security court. mr yang, who agreed to have his anonymity lifted, said he had done nothing wrong and descriptions of him as a spy were "entirely untrue". we will talk here in a minute to tom tugendhat, but first... our home and legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani was in court for the ruling. tell us more about what was said. it tell us more about what was said. ., , ., said. it was quite an extraordinary - said. it was quite an extraordinary and i said. it was quite an l extraordinary and very said. it was quite an - extraordinary and very short hearing this afternoon. not what we were expecting, we were told to come to court at two o'clock because basically it was an urgent application in court, we expected to have a bit of a battle over whether or not h six, who we can now say is yang tengbo, also known as

chris yang, whether we could name him or not. we came into court and it became clear that his lawyers were going to apply to have his anonymity lifted, this is a very unusual situation because typically in a case such as this before the special immigration appeals commission, the semi—secret court, applicants who have been effectively banned from the uk either as a national security risk because they are a suspected spy or perhaps a suspected spy or perhaps a suspected terrorist, tend to want to keep their anonymity because it effectively the potential crushing blow this allegation has two the reputation where it to be public, but mr yang said he wanted it to be public. through his lawyers, he told the court that there had been an enormous amount of media reporting and speculation about his relationship with prince andrew and about his identity and about his activities. and we also that he was aware of the possibility, the chat that he may get named in parliament,

into parliamentary privilege, thatis into parliamentary privilege, that is the means by which an mp can say something and parliament even though there is a restriction in place. and therefore, mr yang wanted to effectively say publicly who he was. to end that speculation and to put his story out there. because he says it is entirely untrue, that he is some kind of spite to the chinese communist party, he says he is a legitimate businessman and he is going to fight on to try to clear his name. that is where we got this afternoon, days of speculation to be... now we are able to name him here in the uk. ., ~ , c, able to name him here in the uk. ., ~ , ., , able to name him here in the uk. ., y i c, uk. thank you very much from the court. _ uk. thank you very much from the court, let's _ uk. thank you very much from the court, let's speak - uk. thank you very much from the court, let's speak life - uk. thank you very much from the court, let's speak life to i the court, let's speak life to the court, let's speak life to the conservative mp tom tugendhat who introduced plans for a registrar of hostile state agents while he was security minister. welcome to the programme. your colleague in duncan smith was saying that mr yang was simply the tip of

the expert, do you share that concern? i the expert, do you share that concern?— the expert, do you share that concern? ., �* ., ., , , .,~ concern? i don't want to speak about the _ concern? i don't want to speak about the individual— concern? i don't want to speak about the individual case, - concern? i don't want to speak about the individual case, butl about the individual case, but i will— about the individual case, but i will say— about the individual case, but i will say there is a pattern of hostile activity by china, organised by the so—called united _ organised by the so—called united front work department. trying — united front work department. trying to— united front work department. trying to influence and gather intelligence and notjust in the uk _ intelligence and notjust in the uk but around the world. and — the uk but around the world. and trying to influence everybody, from academics and journalists and business people, politicians, people in the public eye, to try to change _ the public eye, to try to change the debate and the nature _ change the debate and the nature of the conversation about _ nature of the conversation about china. and that is really what — about china. and that is really what this— about china. and that is really what this report is all about. in what this report is all about. in terms— what this report is all about. in terms of the objectives, tell me more about what you think the chinese are trying to do here. ~ ., ., , think the chinese are trying to do here. ~ ., .,, ., do here. well, china has long held view _ do here. well, china has long held view that _ do here. well, china has long held view that it _ do here. well, china has long held view that it should - do here. well, china has long held view that it should be i held view that it should be influencing the way in which it is spoken— influencing the way in which it is spoken about in other places _ is spoken about in other places. we have seen academics being _ places. we have seen academics being pressured and on occasion silenced. — being pressured and on occasion silenced, we have seen individuals in the united kingdom, sometimes chinese citizens. — kingdom, sometimes chinese citizens, sometimes hong kong

citizens— citizens, sometimes hong kong citizens who have been pressured to change what they are saying, and we have seen of course _ are saying, and we have seen of course standard espionage, the stealing — course standard espionage, the stealing of intellectual property, economic secrets and so on _ property, economic secrets and so on in — property, economic secrets and so on in order to profit. we have — so on in order to profit. we have also— so on in order to profit. we have also seen, of course, those _ have also seen, of course, those overseas police service stations. _ those overseas police service stations, as they were called, and glasgow and croydon and a few other— and glasgow and croydon and a few other places, where we have seen _ few other places, where we have seen the — few other places, where we have seen the attempt to influence and pressure people in the united _ and pressure people in the united kingdom. most egregiously perhaps we have seen — egregiously perhaps we have seen the chinese consul in manchester beating up or attempting to beat up various different people who were protesting outside the chinese consulate. we have seen a pattern— consulate. we have seen a pattern of activity and that is why— pattern of activity and that is why having the foreign influence registration scheme influence registration scheme in action— influence registration scheme in action as soon as possible is so — in action as soon as possible is so important. that is why i set it— is so important. that is why i set it up— is so important. that is why i set it up and headed been in action, — set it up and headed been in action, it _ set it up and headed been in action, it would have been in action— action, it would have been in action if— action, it would have been in action if the election had not come — action if the election had not come when it came. and it should _ come when it came. and it should be ready now because we need _ should be ready now because we need to— should be ready now because we need to see china on the enhanced tear, that is exactly what — enhanced tear, that is exactly

what mi — enhanced tear, that is exactly what mi five have asked for because _ what mi five have asked for because that would create the ability — because that would create the ability to — because that would create the ability to gather the information and make sure that this kind — information and make sure that this kind of action could be identified much earlier so that we are — identified much earlier so that we are able to stop it. tell me about how _ we are able to stop it. tell me about how you _ we are able to stop it. tell me about how you see _ we are able to stop it. tell me about how you see that - we are able to stop it. tell me. about how you see that register actually working, the worry is all about influence and a spying. so, do you think those various elements that we are concerned about would play ball? �* , , ball? here's the thing, they don't have _ ball? here's the thing, they don't have to _ ball? here's the thing, they don't have to play _ ball? here's the thing, they don't have to play ball, - ball? here's the thing, they i don't have to play ball, either they— don't have to play ball, either they declare what they are doing _ they declare what they are doing in— they declare what they are doing in which case we can identify— doing in which case we can identify the pattern of activity, and in which case we can identify if a person is seeking _ can identify if a person is seeking to have influence over various — seeking to have influence over various different arms or indeed _ various different arms or indeed if various chinese areas of interest are trying to put pressure _ of interest are trying to put pressure on different recognisable politicians or businesses or whatever it happens to be so we can identify— happens to be so we can identify the theme. or if they don't. — identify the theme. or if they don't, they are committing an offence — don't, they are committing an offence by not registering. either _ offence by not registering. either way we can have a better understanding. that is exactly why mi — understanding. that is exactly why mi five have asked for this and they— why mi five have asked for this and they are right to ask for it. and they are right to ask for it we — and they are right to ask for it. we need to identify what is

going — it. we need to identify what is going on. _ it. we need to identify what is going on, as the expression goes. — going on, as the expression goes. you _ going on, as the expression goes, you are looking for a needle _ goes, you are looking for a needle in— goes, you are looking for a needle in a haystack. if you are going _ needle in a haystack. if you are going to look for a needle in a _ are going to look for a needle in a haystack, you need a haystack~ _ in a haystack, you need a haystack. and the registration scheme — haystack. and the registration scheme is about building that haystack of data and information to make sure that we are — information to make sure that we are able to deal with the threat — we are able to deal with the threat that we face. a we are able to deal with the threat that we face.- threat that we face. a final thought- — threat that we face. a final thought. we _ threat that we face. a final thought. we know - threat that we face. a final thought. we know that - threat that we face. a final thought. we know that sir| threat that we face. a final - thought. we know that sir keir starmer has been talking about a strong uk china relationship, in terms of navigating that, how do you do that, trade and all those other issues when all of what we have been talking about is the backdrop? it sounds to me as though the prime — sounds to me as though the prime minister is talking about going — prime minister is talking about going back to the relationship of 2010, _ going back to the relationship of 2010, maybe even 2015, which was understandable back then. but frankly today it is not really _ but frankly today it is not really understandable at all. what — really understandable at all. what we are seeing today is a level— what we are seeing today is a level of— what we are seeing today is a level of hostility from the chinese state and the chairman that we — chinese state and the chairman that we have not seen for a very— that we have not seen for a very long _ that we have not seen for a very long time. and yet, his talk— very long time. and yet, his talk of— very long time. and yet, his talk of reset comes with a sort of effectively bending the

rules _ of effectively bending the rules to allow a china super ernbassy— rules to allow a china super embassy and then sending not only allowing the chinese chairman to kick out reporters frorn _ chairman to kick out reporters from the — chairman to kick out reporters from the meeting, which was held — from the meeting, which was held the _ from the meeting, which was held the other day, but sending the chancellor over to beijing in order— the chancellor over to beijing in order to listen to their demands. it is not really standing up for britain, it sounds _ standing up for britain, it sounds like what he is doing is he is _ sounds like what he is doing is he is resetting the relationship on china's terms. good — relationship on china's terms. good of— relationship on china's terms. good of you to take time to speak to us, i know you are heading to the chamber for that urgent question, thank you for joining us live here on bbc news. let me show you the chamber of the house of commons, we are expecting in 20 minutes' time that urgent question. some of the wider questions that arises from all of this, as soon as that starts, we think it is in about 20 minutes, we will carry it live. let's head to syria... the de facto leader of syria, ahmad al sharaa, has said all armed factions will be dissolved under the new administration. mr al sharaa who led the rebel

offensive that toppled the assad regime told journalists that only the syrian state army would carry weapons. the semi autonomous kurdish administration in northeastern syria has already called for an end to fighting and a "comprehensive national dialogue" with the new rulers in damascus. let's speak to our middle east correspondent lina sinjab who's in damascus. tell us more about what the rebel leader has been saying about disarming all of these groups. i about disarming all of these urou s. ~' , , about disarming all of these u-rous. ~ , ,., about disarming all of these ”mus, ~' , , ., , groups. i think this is a very important — groups. i think this is a very important step _ groups. i think this is a very important step forward - groups. i think this is a very important step forward to i important step forward to control the redundant news and the country and to prevent any malicious or at different factions from disorder. he is trying to have a control, over all of the, you know, fighters on the ground so that they are going with one system, one leadership, all of them

together. and i think this is, this will give assurances to be both that there will be one command, one central command of the army and whatever hold up weapons. this is also, it is challenging because you need to see how other factions will be reacting, they have made a coalition with the factions who are in the north and that the south to fight and topple the previous regime, but we have not seen any reaction yet from other factions about the statement he has put out today. and all the while, internationally, foreign governments are trying to work out what their strategy on syria should be in the coming months. i syria should be in the coming months. ~ , , syria should be in the coming months. ~' , , , months. i think, yes, this really seems _ months. i think, yes, this really seems like - months. i think, yes, this really seems like there i months. i think, yes, this really seems like there is| months. i think, yes, this. really seems like there is a big momentum for syria. shuttle diplomacy, the turks and at that qatar is have already open to their embassies here in

damascus, and the special envoy from the un is already in the country having several meetings and we just learned that he also after meeting with the new leader, he also headed to see for himself the atrocities happened in that prison, one of the most notorious torture machine by the previous regime. but he also stressed that there is a big importance to maintain credible justice system so that accountability, so to avoid any revenge attempt in the country. while this is happening, the leadership here in damascus is also focused on gaining control of the country by providing economy, lifting sanctions, and the statement coming also from the statement coming also from the kurdish forces in the north to stop any hostilities and stop fighting is also falling into the unity of the country. and joining forces. and this is

something also international powers have been stressing on, is to lead a government that is inclusive, inclusive of all the syrian factions, minorities, women plus mike writes, but also kurdish rights. we have to see how this is going to play and how the kurdish forces in the north are going to co—ordinate with damascus about sharing power. co-ordinate with damascus about sharing power-— sharing power. thank you very much. syria's former president bashar al assad says he never intended to flee to russia in what is purported to be his first statement since the fall of damascus eight days ago. our russia editor, steve rosenberg went through that statement. i'm just going through the statement now. yeah, these are purported to be his first comments since assad was forced to flee. they amount basically to an attempt to justify his actions and a denial that he abandoned syria. the statement says that he had remained in damascus

until the early hours of sunday, december the 8th. but then he'd moved to the russian air base, the khmeimim air base in latakia, after which it became clear, according to the statement, that the final positions of the syrian army had fallen. then, he says, the russian air base came under attack from drones that moscow, he says, decided on an immediate evacuation and that he moved to russia. he says at no point during these events did i consider stepping down or seeking refuge. again, an attempt to deny that he abandoned syria. so interesting comments from mr assad. no comments from vladimir putin. he hasn't said anything publicly about the fall of assad or events in syria. even though today he addressed senior military chiefs at a big meeting, everything he said was about the war in ukraine. no comment from the kremlin leader about syria. around the world

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you are watching bbc news. france has said it's mobilizing resources to provide relief and security to the people of its indian ocean territory of mayotte, following saturday's destructive cyclone. three government ministers are in the territory to see the devastation. hundreds of people are feared dead, and there's growing concern over essential supplies of food and water. the authorities are trying to co ordinate airlifts including firefighters, security personnel and engineers using another french indian ocean territory, reunion, as a staging post. some have criticised the state's preparedness. jessica lane reports. matthieu chantrelle is coordinating msf�*s response to the cyclone in mayotte. hejoins me now from paris. thank you so much for being

here with us, what are you hearing aboutjust how bad the situation is on the ground? the situation is on the ground? the situation is _ situation is on the ground? the situation is very _ situation is on the ground? iia: situation is very bad, situation is on the ground? tia: situation is very bad, the teams, the people that we managed to talk to say that there is no water or electricity. so, in the neighbourhoods everything has been destroyed. also, the situation for the hospitals is very complicated, some services were underwater. and also some departments didn't have electricity. so the situation is very chaotic. and the main difficulty, one of the main difficulties is the lack of communication. so it is very difficult to talk to the people ended the people over there do not have access to information. so the situation is very complicated.— so the situation is very complicated. what are you heafina complicated. what are you hearing about _ complicated. what are you hearing about casualty - complicated. what are you - hearing about casualty numbers? i mention hundreds, but there

is a fear that we could be talking about thousands, ultimately.— talking about thousands, ultimately. talking about thousands, ultimatel. ., , ., ., ultimately. for us, we do not have a figure _ ultimately. for us, we do not have a figure and _ ultimately. for us, we do not have a figure and we - ultimately. for us, we do not have a figure and we are - ultimately. for us, we do not have a figure and we are notl have a figure and we are not able to confirm any figures. but when we see, when we hear what has been from the fact that all the slums have been destroyed and also in some cities the collapse of some buildings, i think it is... i am not surprised about the figure that has been announced, i think it is going to be a huge casualty.— i think it is going to be a huge casualty. you think it is auoin to huge casualty. you think it is going to be _ huge casualty. you think it is going to be huge, _ huge casualty. you think it is going to be huge, that - huge casualty. you think it is going to be huge, that is - huge casualty. you think it is| going to be huge, that is very ominous. tell me what you have been able as a charity to get in so far and what is most needed. in so far and what is most needed-— needed. so far, it is very complicated _ needed. so far, it is very complicated for - needed. so far, it is very complicated for us - needed. so far, it is very complicated for us to - complicated for us to intervene. we didn't have operations, so we tried to send some people in mayotte, but

logistically it is very complicated, the port has been partially destroyed. and that there is no commercialflights, so right now we are trying to send some people on the ground we have already i% —— one person who has started to see what would be the needs but it is very complicated to co—ordinate. i think one of the main challenges for the response would be to face all the logistical constraints. the -ictures the logistical constraints. the pictures that _ the logistical constraints. the pictures that we _ the logistical constraints. the pictures that we are running on the screen as you are talking show the extent of the devastation, it is extraordinary. the pictures are... so many of these areas where pretty flimsy and have been really battered, and also you have to situation where large numbers of migrants were undocumented, that makes things very difficult to try to work out exactly how many people you are looking for.—

are looking for. yes, that is actually one _ are looking for. yes, that is actually one of— are looking for. yes, that is actually one of our- are looking for. yes, that is actually one of our main - actually one of our main worries as well. it is because even before the cyclone, when we operated for the cholera outbreak in the summer, we could have seen that for a lot of these people they didn't have access at all to a lot of services and to health services, they did not have access to water or to health services. with the cyclone we are very worried about them and how the services will be provided to them and how they will be able to reach as well the services that will be set “p the services that will be set up by the authorities. it is a very busy — up by the authorities. it is a very busy time _ up by the authorities. it is a very busy time with - up by the authorities. it is a very busy time with you - very busy time with you coordinating the relief efforts, thank you for taking time out from that to talk to us here on the programme. thank you so much for your time. let's turn to germany now. the german chancellor, olaf scholz is facing a confidence vote in parliament, after his coalition government collapsed last month in a row over spending.

at the start of the debate, mr scholz said germany was facing many challenges, including the war in ukraine, an energy crisis and unfair competition. he said the country needed investment, not only at home, but also on defence and security. if the chancellor loses the vote, germany will hold a general election in february. polls have the opposition conservatives ahead, partly because they're talking tough on immigration. our correspondent damien mcguinnessjoins us now from berlin... what stage have we got to? have they started voting?— they started voting? yes, they have. in they started voting? yes, they have- in the — they started voting? yes, they have. in the building _ they started voting? yes, they have. in the building behind i they started voting? yes, they l have. in the building behind me the parliament building, mps are right now placing their votes. the next couple of minutes that vote will finish and it is expected the chancellor will lose the vote of confidence, which is in fact what he wants, because at the moment he leads a minority government. he says to get

germany going again he needs another term as chancellor and thatis another term as chancellor and that is why it fresh elections, early elections, are likely now to happen in february. as you say. the conservatives are in the lead, but it is a very unclear situation at the moment because things are changing, a lot can happen until february. a lot of voters say they still do not know who to vote for, there is a lot of dissatisfaction of politics in general which has not really been helped by all the rallying between these rather argumentative three—way coalition over the past year. and even this latest government collapse end of the vote of confidence and at the previous sort of rows that led up to the coalition to collapse in november have not really helped faith in politics in germany in general. i think we can expect quite a few changes over the next month or two, and we can also expect a ferocious election campaign, that is what we saw in the debate over the past two hours, a lot of booing and catcalling. quite high

energy, i think we can safely say. that is what we are going to look forward to, this very unusual and very short election campaign right up to the vote on february 23. i campaign right up to the vote on february 23.— campaign right up to the vote on february 23. i don't want to net too on february 23. i don't want to get too far— on february 23. i don't want to get too far ahead, _ on february 23. i don't want to get too far ahead, but - on february 23. i don't want to get too far ahead, but there i get too far ahead, but there are very big implications, aren't there? when we get to that february election, if that is where we end up, in terms of internally for germany, for europe, for ukraine.- europe, for ukraine. yes, absolutely. _ europe, for ukraine. yes, absolutely. within - europe, for ukraine. yes, l absolutely. within germany europe, for ukraine. yes, - absolutely. within germany a lot needs to be done, for years now the debate has been about how to invest in infrastructure, of course germany has a massively up spending on defence after russia pots full invasion of ukraine, and that is a big debate here. and that is one of the things we will be looking forward to in the new government, whichever new government, whichever new government it is, whoever is the next chancellor, that is one of the key issues. how to keep up the defence of ukraine

and two up spending on defence in germany while at the same time spending in germany on infrastructure, digitalisation, transport... there is lots of things that for many years there has been a lack of spending on. i think what we are seeing is the debate in germany now is between two main and directions when it comes to spending and infrastructure and particularly on defence, and how to afford that, it's really what to do about that. and we can really see the two different views on that, whether you take on more debt or whether you do not. i think it is one of the most ferocious debates we will see over the next few months. aha, debates we will see over the next few months.— debates we will see over the next few months. a very fluid situation and _ next few months. a very fluid situation and a _ next few months. a very fluid situation and a developing i situation and a developing story, we will be back with you a little later when we get the result of that vote, thank you very much. let's squeeze and one more straight this half—hour. one of the world's greatest tabla players has died at the age of 73. the indian classical music i can died of a

lung disease at a hospital in san francisco, the news was made public by his family. he was a four—time grammy award winner and has also received many honours in india itself. india's second highest civilian award was also given to him a number of years ago, through his performances he transformed the tabla into a global loved solo instrument. the composer and the musician has been talking to us about his memories of such care. it is impossible _ memories of such care. it is impossible to _ memories of such care. it 3 impossible to overestimate his influence on indian classical music and tabla but also as a musician, he transcended the instrument and he was a huge contributor to music. he wrote so many boundaries and he was somebody who was an inspiration to so many musicians across the world. in the same way that...

zakir hussain continued to collaborate with people from in the pop spirit, from van morrison to the grateful dead, but also his greatest and best—known collaboration with john mcglocklin denoted a jazz guitarist. a hugely influential band on people like myself and many other musicians and composers. i would say he, he was always pushing boundaries. i met him a few times, i was privileged to have done that. the first time i met him was that the rhythms of the world festival in toronto at the harbour front where he gave lectures. he would lecture a great deal, it was an education. he was amazed her of the instrument. tote education. he was amazed her of the instrument.— the instrument. we will have more attributes _ the instrument. we will have more attributes for _ the instrument. we will have more attributes for the - the instrument. we will have l more attributes for the course of today's programme, let me show you the house of commons where we are expecting the urgent question on chinese influence in the uk after the alleged chinese spy at links to

prince andrew was named in the last hour or so. it is coming up last hour or so. it is coming up here on bbc news. hello there. temperature wise, this week is going to be one of two halves. we're starting the week off mild with wet and windy weather thanks to low pressure always nearby and then by the end of the week it will be turning colder for all areas and we'll see mixture of sunshine and showers east with a wintry element to them over hills in the north. so we're in this wedge of milder air, quite a bit of cloud around, a bit of sunshine too, but the maldives pretty much right across the country —— the mild air is pretty much right across the country,. on the boundary with that milder and colder air to the north of scotland. we've had this almost stationary weather front, which has brought some very high rainfall totals to parts of northern scotland, particularly the northwest highlands. but elsewhere today it's going to be mostly dry. variable cloud and some sunny spells temperatures into the low teens, but we could be looking up to 150mm of rain falling across the northwest highlands

by the time monday is out, so that's likely to cause some issues. we've already seen some localised flooding in places, and that rain then starts to push northwards as we switch wind directions coming up from the south. this new area of low pressure, which will bring breezy and wet weather to northern and western areas as we go through tonight. milder here, but some chillier spots across the east and southeast of england where winds will be light and we'll see clearer skies tuesday, then it's a rather cloudy one. breezy, windy out west. outbreaks of patchy rain. scotland, northern ireland, northern and western england and wales, but i think mostly dry up the shower further east and again, given some brightness it will be quite mild, but temperatures generally ten to 12 degrees. wet and windy weather spreads across the country during tuesday night. one area of low pressure clears away gradually. another one will arrive across southern parts of england and wales later in the day, but in between, should be drier with some sunshine around. still quite breezy. few showers across northern and western areas and signs of something a bit cooler beginning to dig in here. now, this next area of low pressure looks like it will swipe most of england and wales with wet and windy weather. as we move through wednesday

night into thursday, it moves away, takes the mild air with it and then we're into this cold north north—westerly wind for thursday day itself. there'll be plenty of sunshine around on thursday, but it will be noticeably cold. scattering of showers, mainly in northern and western areas, and these will be wintry over the hills and temperatures back into single digits across the board. these values actually closer to what we expect this time of year, and it stays blustery for the end of the week and into the weekend with sunshine and showers again. these will be wintry on hills in the north.

welcome back to bbc news, let's turn to our main headlines here... the alleged chinese spy with links to prince andrew has been named as yang tengbo, he denies any wrongdoing. the house of commons will shortly debate and urgent question on china's influence in the uk, we will carry that alive. germany's parliament votes on a no—confidence motion in the government, the chancellor wants to trigger fresh elections. and the mysteries of the mequon, we will tell you about the hundreds of new species discovered in south—east asia. —— mekong. all of that coming up in the next few minutes, let's catch up on the sports.