the french indian ocean territory. days before taking charge at the church of england, the archbishop of york faces calls to resign over his handling of sexual abuse case. this case was not acted on 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 the mysteries ofthe you cannot. and the mysteries of the hundreds _ you cannot. and the mysteries of the hundreds of _ you cannot. and the mysteries of the hundreds of new - you cannot. and the mysteries| of the hundreds of new species discovered in southeast asia. welcome to bbc news. 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". our home and legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani was in court for the ruling. 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 there was basically an urgent application in court and we expected to have a bit of a battle over whether or not age six, who we can now say as yang tenbo, also known as chris yang, whether or not we could name him. it became clear that mr yang's 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 as

suspected spy or perhaps suspected spy or perhaps suspected terrorist tend to want to keep their anonymity because effectively the potential crushing blow these allegations have to their reputation wear it to be public. mryang reputation wear it to be public. mr yang said reputation wear it to be public. mryang said he reputation wear it to be public. mr yang said he wanted to go on the front foot and be public about this. 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 also he is aware of the possibility that he may get named in parliament, in the parliamentary privilege, that is effectively the means by which an mp can say something in parliament even though there is a reported restriction in place, and therefore yang tenbo wanted to 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 spy untrue that he is some kind of spy for the chinese communist party. he says he is a

legitimate business men and he will fight on to try to clear his name. that is where we got this afternoon, days of speculation to be frank some reporting in some parts of the foreign press have already identified him but now we are able to name him here in the uk as well. that was the conservative mp tom tugendhat introduced plans for a register of state agents which did not get implement it it because of the general election here in the general election here in the uk. he spoke with me earlier and said there is a pattern of chinese hostile activity. i pattern of chinese hostile activi . ., �* ., ., pattern of chinese hostile activi . ., ., ,, activity. i don't want to speak about the _ activity. i don't want to speak about the individual - activity. i don't want to speak about the individual case, - activity. i don't want to speaki about the individual case, but i will say that there is a pattern of hostile activity by china, organised by so—called united front work department. trying to influence and gather intelligence and notjust in the uk, but around the world. trying to influence everybody, from academics and journalists, business people, people in the public eye, to try to change the debate and change the

nature of the conversation about china. that is really 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 u- do here. well, china has long held up viewed _ do here. well, china has long held up viewed that _ do here. well, china has long held up viewed that it - do here. well, china has long held up viewed that it should | held up viewed that it should be influencing the way in which it is spoken about in other places. we have seen academics being pressured and on occasion silenced, we have seen individuals in the united kingdom, sometimes chinese citizens, sometimes hong kong citizens, sometimes hong kong citizens, who have been pressured to change what they are saying, and we have seen standard espionage, the stealing of intellectual property, economic secrets and so on in order to profit. we have also seen that those overseas police service stations, as they were called, in glasgow and croydon and a few other places, where we have seen the attempts to influence and pressure people in the united kingdom, most

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 of activity, that is why having the foreign influence registration scheme influence registration scheme in action as soon as possible is so important, that is why i set it up. it would have been an action had the election outcome a bit earlier than any of us were expecting, it would have been ready in time if the election was in november. it should be ready now because we need to see china on the enhanced tier, that is exactly what mi five have asked for, that would create the ability to gather the information to make sure that this kind of an action could be identified much earlier so that we were able to stop it. earlier so that we were able to sto it. ., ,., ., _, stop it. tell me about how you see that register— stop it. tell me about how you see that register actually - see that register actually working, the worry is all about influence and spying, do you think those various elements that we are concerned about would play ball?— would play ball? here's the thin , would play ball? here's the thing. they _ would play ball? here's the thing. they do _ would play ball? here's the thing, they do not - would play ball? here's the thing, they do not have - would play ball? here's the thing, they do not have to. would play ball? here's the . thing, they do not have to play ball. eitherthey

thing, they do not have to play ball. either they declare what they are doing, in which case we can identify the passion of activity, and —— the pattern of activity, and —— the pattern of activity, and —— the pattern of activity, and we can identify if someone is seeking to have influence over various different arms or various chinese areas of interest are trying to put pressure on different recognisable politicians or businesses or whatever it happens to be, or if they don't, they are committing an offence by not registering. so either way we can have a better understanding. that is exactly why mi five have asked for this and why they are right to ask for it. we need to identify what is going on, as the expression goes, you are looking for a needle in a haystack, but if you are going to look for that you need a haystack first of all. the foreign influence registration scheme is about building that haystack of data and information to make sure that we are able to deal with the threat that we face.- we are able to deal with the threat that we face. that was tom tugendhat _ threat that we face. that was tom tugendhat talking - threat that we face. that was tom tugendhat talking to - threat that we face. that was| tom tugendhat talking to me earlier. back to the commons, that debate is still going on and we are keeping an eye on it

and we are keeping an eye on it and we are keeping an eye on it and we will bring you any significant contributions in the coming couple of hours of our programme. as i say, that debate continues and we will continue to keep an eye on it. let's turn to germany. within the last hour, the german chancellor olaf scholz has lost a confidence vote in parliament to paving the way for early elections in february. mps voted 394—297, with elections in february. mps voted 394-297, with 116 abstentions. olaf voted 394-297, with116 abstentions. olaf scholz said he wanted new elections after his three—way coalition fell apart last month over a row on spending. polls had the opposition conservatives ahead, partly because they are talking tough on immigration. our correspondent in berlin explained that this was the result the chancellor actually wanted. in result the chancellor actually wanted. u, ., wanted. in the parliament buildin: wanted. in the parliament building behind _ wanted. in the parliament building behind me - wanted. in the parliament building behind me is - wanted. in the parliament l building behind me is where wanted. in the parliament - building behind me is where mps havejust building behind me is where mps have just voted to say they do not have confidence in olaf scholz�*s government, but very unusually this is actually what his plan was. he has led to this minority government and it needs to get a majority back in

parliament. the only way according to the german constitution to spark fresh elections early is by staging a vote of confidence. and that is why now, as things stand, it looks like the boat, the early elections will be on february 23 rather than as originally scheduled in september. i think on one hand this might be seen as kind of instability, there has been chaos in germany recently, but there is also a sense of relief amongst some people because his outgoing government was so argumentative and there were so many rows within it is very diverse three—way coalition, a lot of people will be relieved to see the back of it. and they will be hoping that there will be a more united government going forward after the elections in february. forward after the elections in february-— forward after the elections in februa .~ ., ., ., february. we saw quite a lot of politicking _ february. we saw quite a lot of politicking going _ february. we saw quite a lot of politicking going on _ february. we saw quite a lot of politicking going on in - february. we saw quite a lot of politicking going on in the - politicking going on in the chamber in that debate, in terms of that election, february, how weak position olaf scholz in? it

february, how weak position olaf scholz in?— olaf scholz in? it is incredibly - olaf scholz in? it is incredibly fierce - olaf scholz in? it is - incredibly fierce debate, unusually ferocious, with lots of booing and shouting during the debate, which we do not always see in the german house of parliament. but yes, as far as olaf scholz�*s position, he is seen as a very unpopular chancellor. his government was unpopular partly because of these arguments within the coalition. his personal ratings are very low. it is mostly the case that a chancellor in germany would generally always win a second term, it is something called the chancellor bonus, which means if you fight an election as a chancellor you generally do pretty well because people know you and trust you. that is why angle of merkel and all these characters 1522 00:09:41