the mail claims that mr fallon has warned the prime minister that there could be further revelationsun, with ‘fallon his sword'. i think that works better on the page there. 0nly i think that works better on the page there. only one story in town, and we have the two perfect people to discuss it. the resignation of the defence secretary. you clearly have had a busy evening because this story only broke at 7:30pm. how much ofa story only broke at 7:30pm. how much of a shock was it? a complete shock. he goes back to this claim by a journalist friend of mine, julia hartley—brewer, that michael fallon had touched her on the knee, and she said she would punch him if he did it again. he admitted it and apologise, and it was thought that that was it, really. then a complete bombshell tonight, he's resigned. an exchange of letters, an old—fashioned resignation. there will be a new

mr fallon admitted that his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the standards expected. on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. far from settling anything, the catalan regional government's recent decoration of independence has deepened the uncertainty and confusion in catalonia. madrid has placed the region under direct rule. the leaders of the ousted administration in barcelona face charges in trial. new elections are to be held in december. my guess is alfred bosch, a seniorfigure in the republican left party which was part of the coalition. have the secessionists scored a massive own goal? alfred bosch, welcome to hardtalk. hello. how are you? very well, and wondering how you are feeling. would you agree that things have not exactly gone to plan since that unilateral declaration of cata la n that unilateral declaration of catalan independencejust that unilateral declaration of catalan independence just a few days ago was a “— catalan independence just a few days ago was a —— ago? catalan independence just a few days ago was a -- ago? the decl

mr. fallon apologized for putting his hands on a journalist's knee at a dinner years ago, following years of allegations of sexual harassment at westminster in recent days. a u.s. navy investigation found that two collisions between navy destroys and commercial vessels in the western pacific this year were caused by preventable errors. a total of 17 sailors were killed in the crashes involving the uss fitzgerald and the uss john s. mccain. the report blamed inadequate safety plans and a loss of situational awareness. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, just 100 days to go before the start of the winter olympics in south korea, but could tensions with the north put a damper on the games? a russian political talk host has announced her intention to challenge vladimir putin for the presidency in a huge selection. she said she will give a voice to all of those who are tired of the current president's 18-year-old rule. reporter: she conquered the world of russian show business before even turning 30. the celebrity and political talkshow host is going

mr fallon admitted that his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the standards expected. a football league game had to be stopped after a police dog stole the show and the ball. the animal escaped from his master in the first half, when nacional potosi were leading blooming 2—1 and made a beeline for the ball. it took some time for the players to recover it. for the record, blooming rallied and won the game 4—2. president trump has bemoaned america's trade deficit with china, just days before he's due in asia on a five—nation tour, including china. he described the deficit — which ran to almost $350 billion in 2016 — as "horrible". in the past, mr trump has accused china of suppressing the value of its currency to make its exports more competitive with us goods. this is what he told reporters at a cabinet meeting on wednesday: we have trade deficits with china that are through the roof. they are so that are through the roof. they are so big and so bad that it is embarrassing saying the number, but you know what that number is. i do wa nt to you know what that number is. i

mr fallon admitted his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the standards expected.e apologised for putting his hand on a journalist's knee at a dinner 15 years ago. myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi has made herfirst visit to the troubled rakhine state since hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims fled the area. ms suu kyi has been criticised for condoning a military campaign against the group, which the un has described as ethnic cleansing. dustin hoffman has become the latest a—list hollywood star to face sexual harassment allegations. a production assistant who worked with him in the 80s claimed he touched her inappropriately and made crude sexual remarks. more allegations have also emerged against kevin spacey also dating back to the 1980s. now in business briefing, in 20 minutes, we'll be focused on two of the worlds leading central banks. here in the uk the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates and in the us its widely reported jerome powell will be nominated to get the top job at the fed. with me is cornelia meyer, chair & ceo of the business

mr fallon admitted that his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the standards expected.

mr fallon admitted that his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the standards expected.f past three in the morning. time for click. this week, spotting fake news and debunking the people in power. wandering the ruins. and something wicked this week comes. going into space has long been the dream of many a sci—fi fan and for one bbc presenter that dream is about to come true. in a world first for the broadcast industry, spencer kelly, who fronts the bbc technology programme click, has been accepted by nasa to visit and report from the international space station. during his stay on board, he'll present several episodes of click. kelly, who says he has always harboured ambitions to leave planet earth, will test how the latest technology performs in zero gravity. he says he's looking forward to the months of training ahead of him. that's not... that's not true. i'm so sorry. that shouldn't be on the autocue. it's my christmas fantasy list. it's fake news! we are fighting the fake news. it's fake, phoney. fake. the fake media tried to stop... everyone‘s using the term these

mr fallon admitted that his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the standards expected.t's just gone 2:20am. that means it's time for wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. in a day of high drama at westminster, mps tell the government to hand over their assessments of the impact of brexit to a committee of mps. with allegations of harassment swirling around westminster, theresa may says she'll work with other party leaders to get a grip on the problem. there are proper processes in this parliament for people to be able to report misconduct and for that to be dealt with. and a trio of ministers drop—in on the committee corridor, including one foreign secretary. i don't want to deceive the committee. he is making a very good job of it! on the contrary. i don't think the committee could be misled by anything i have said because i haven't said anything. in a development which shook westminster, the defence secretary sir michael fallon suddenly resigned late on wednesday, following

mr fallon, what has made you come to this decision?orced out because of allegations that have emerged? we expect the very highest standards of the armed forces and i don't think it's right that on occasions in the past where i have fallen below those standards that i should continue to serve as defence secretary. what do you mean by fallen short? there were allegations a couple of days ago about what happened between you and a journalist 15 years ago. were you worried that more would come out? the culture has changed over the yea rs. the culture has changed over the years. what might have unacceptable ten or 15 years ago is no longer acceptable. parliament must look at itself in the prime minister has made very clear that conduct needs to be improved and we need to protect the staff at westminster against any particular allegations of harassment. do you feel that you yourself have done anything wrong? of harassment. do you feel that you yourself have done anything wrong ?|j have behaved in the past clearly in a way that has occasionall

allegations that andrea letson, the leader of the house of commons, had gone to theresa may and said that mr fallonn't approve of some years ago. the telegraph and the daily mail are suggesting there's party politics and leadership politics and career politics behind this, claiming that fallon was scheming to have andrea letson sacked over brexit and that's what made her go to the prime minister. so hard to know exactly what's going on in this. as we reiterate, michael fallon says he has done nothing wrong. andrea letson hasn't commented on whether she made the allegations in the first place. she has declined to comment. the guardian is looking at the cost of brexit, remember that, that's still going on, households will face increases of £930 in annual shopping bills if britain walks away from brexit talks without a trade deal. we haven't talked much about brexit over the last few days, it's all been about mps and their personal and professional lives rather than policy. we will be covering more on it from westminster through the morning. time to look at matt with the weather. a glorious sunrise. g

buddy and andrea leadsom is facing accusations she was the woman who knifed michael fallon by saying mr fallonrs select committee. we can nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's husband, richard ratcliffe. and the political commentator daisy mcandrew is here. should borisjohnson should boris johnson resign? no, i don't think he should resign. the important thing is to focus on nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe this. is a mother, a wife who was on holiday and has been jailed mother, a wife who was on holiday and has beenjailed and mother, a wife who was on holiday and has been jailed and the mother, a wife who was on holiday and has beenjailed and the iranian regimea and has beenjailed and the iranian regime a couple of weeks ago were looking at increasing her sentence. let's not forget what this is about. no one is forgetting the precarious position that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe finds herself in, apart, it seems, the foreign secretary? well, i don't think that's right. he on that committee, said that he would personally want to visit nazanin. he will be redoubling his efforts when he speaks to the iranian foreig

and irony of ironies, michael fallon was seen as mr reliable.reign secretary be sacked over comments about libya? more used to defending other errant colleagues. he had served four previous prime ministers, from theresa may back to margaret thatcher. what have you got for me today? jobs in education, energy and business. he has been an mp since 1983. you need to have a conservative mp to put pressure on the government to do more and more. but a minister no more. one of the most senior government seats empty for tonight. somebody else's job for tomorrow, but the past can't be erased. police in new york say a man who drove into cyclists and pedestrians last night, killing eight people, had been planning the attack for several weeks and had been influenced by the islamic state group. the suspect, an immigrant from uzbekistan, has been interviewed by police in hospital. president trump said he'd ordered an increase in the extreme vetting of immigrants. our north america correspondent nick bryant has the latest. this is the kind of scene that preys o

fallon. how is it known that mr williamson may have had some influence? as the chief whip he was allegedly in there when the decision was made that michael had the goal. some people are seeing machiavellian views on the job at such as politics. politics to an extent is about rewarding loyalty. is this not an example of that? i do think people are seeing agency on williamson's part. this is a classic theresa may promotion, someone who has worked ha rd promotion, someone who has worked hard and who she trusts and who is not from a private school and we saw that from karen bradley and james broken shower with northern ireland. i remember when people spoke about him being the preferred successor rolled all that seems to have died a death along with devolved administration in northern ireland, and he is very much in that model of somebody who is within the inner circle and she has awarded him. i think it is a particularly wise move for him or her but i think your right to say that some people are engaging in this idea that gavin williamson is sitting like a ja

and irony of ironies, michael fallon was seen as mr reliable.over comments about libya ? secretary be sacked over comments about libya? more used to defending other errant colleagues. he had served four previous prime ministers, from theresa may back to margaret thatcher. what have you got for me today? jobs in education, energy and business. he has been an mp since 1983. you need to have a conservative mp to put pressure on the government to do more and more. but a minister no more. one of the most senior government seats empty for tonight. somebody else‘s job for tomorrow, but the past can‘t be erased. studio: laura, as you have underlined, michael fallon was a very important part of the cabinet. how does this departure affect the government and the prime minister? in several ways. first there is the immediate and pressing problem of finding a new defence secretary tomorrow. it‘s a big job with the department in the middle of a big strategic review. it also extremely important issues that whoever gets thejob will deal with. important issues th

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. —— michael fallon, i think mrs may must be mightily relieved that parliament is going into recess for on his first visit as us president to south korea — with north korea's nuclear ambitions top of the agenda. this morning he urged north korea to "do the right thing" to end the stand—off over its nuclear weapons programme, and come to the table to make a deal. speaking during a visit to seoul, president trump said he's ready to do whatever is necessary to prevent an attack. robin brant sent this report. the welcome had an ancient feel to it but president trump has come here under the shadow of a very modern threat. despite the smiles and back slapping, these two leaders differ on the key question — how to deal with the nuclear weapons being developed in the north? there's a split on the streets of seoul as well. anti—trump protesters echo the words of south korea's dovish president moon, who says there cannot be another war here. translation: the us has the biggest, many nuclear weapons... but there are plenty who welcome the trump talk of fire and fury, to deal with the one he's labe

some michael fallon there. in response mrs you have championed our brave armed forces and made sure that the government has been able to fulfil its most fundamental responsibility: the defence of the realm". it goes on to say "on behalf of all those you have helped throughout your time in government, i thank you for your service." laura kuenssberg, our political editor, sat down with some michael fallon a short time after his resignation. do you feel you have been forced out because of allegations that have yet to emerge? we expect the highest standard from the armed forces, and i don't think it's right that, on occasion in the past, where i have fallen below those standards, that i continue to serve as defence secretary. what do you mean by falling short? were you worried that more was to come out? the culture has changed over the years. what might have been accept equal 15 or ten years ago is not a cce pta ble equal 15 or ten years ago is not acceptable now. parliament has to look at itself, and prime minister has made it ve

mr hopkins, sir? goodbye. more claims against former defence secretary michael fallon — his cabinet colleague andrea leadsom says

mr hopkins has not commented. meanwhile, the former defence secretary sir michael fallon has said he "categorically denies" allegations made an inappropriate comment to the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. step—by—step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics. her story has added to a crisis unlike anything westminster has seen. ava etemadzadeh tells of a labour mp 15 years her senior, kelvin hopkins, who she says subjected her as a labour supporting students to inappropriate treatment again and again. the first incident happened on campus and he hugged me very tightly and robbed himself against me. he made me feel extremely uncomfortable and it was a revolting act. the second incident was in parliament, when i went to have a political conversation with him and he told me that," let's not talk about politics, do you have a boyfriend?" he also said that if nobody was in his office, he would have taken me there. i was absolutely shocked. there were calls she didn't answer, then

fallon. julian smith moves up from deputy chief whip to become chief whip, in the role mr williamson leaves vacantr. he's admitted his conduct had fallen short of the high standards expected. borisjohnson, who boris johnson, who has borisjohnson, who has been speaking in the last short while, said michael fallon had a record to be proud of as defence secretary. in his statement he said: he was asked if his own behaviour has always been of the standard expected from cabinet ministers, he replied: our assistant political editor norman smith is in downing street. he has made his way from the mod. it looks as though most people are beaming the appointment of gavin williamson, as defence secretary, as primarily about theresa may strengthening her position, bolstering her position. i think this is all about stability, loyalty, and a safety first reshuffle. this is not a big fandango reshuffle, it's a very modest reshuffle. theresa may has chosen not to engage in a big shake—up. instead, she has fast tracked the fixers. the operators she relies on in westminster. gavin williamson, her chief whip, the man

mr hopkins, sir? goodbye. more claims against former defence secretary michael fallon — his cabinet colleague andrea leadsom sayse made inappropriate comments. he denies the allegations. the government wants five new life changing drugs to be chosen for the new scheme every year. thousands protest in barcelona as eight catalan politicians are jailed. and president donald trump's twitter account is closed for 11 minutes by a member of staff on their last day. hello, a very good morning to you. it's friday the 3rd of november. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the storm over allegations of sexual harassment labour has suspended an mp. he has yet to comment on the claims. his promotion to the shadow cabinet last year after the complaint was first made and he was reprimanded by the party has been criticised. labour's leaderjeremy corbyn refused to comment when approach this morning. good morning mr corbyn. goodbye. did you know about mr hopkins‘s behaviour? are you aware of the allegations against him, mr corbyn before you promoted into the shadow cabinet? were you aware of the allegations against mr hopkins, sir? goodb

chaos in the cabinet with ministers going left, right and centre, mrs may has become more popular, and a poll done before michael fallon'swhat is driving that increase in popularity? one thing is that ordinarily voters do not follow the day—to—day rough—and—tumble of politics and are relatively unmoved by it. among some people the perception is that if there was a choice between them, she would be a better prime minister. and people are decorating the wrong homes instead of being obsessed with politics. like this home in hemel hempstead. what is happening here? this is a pensioner in hemel hempstead who has painted the whole home with religious themed paintings using finger painting entirely. the artwork is spectacular, and it is also a series of rather good puns! this dolphin surrounded by fish and the headliners leonardo da finci. and it is a pabloo picasso in the toilet! how do you sell that house? do you sell it to someone who promises not to paint over it?” think the phrase unique features might feature in the selling. the headlines are coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. comin

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mrs may is their downing street hostage. and this is all as there is this continued speculation, these problems, the fact that michael fallonor and authorised meetings in israel during what allegedly was a holiday. amongst which, it is extraordinary having met binyamin netanyahu, and extraordinary having met binyamin neta nyahu, and use extraordinary having met binyamin netanyahu, and use yet is one thing, but having unauthorised freelance meetings is another. archie has got great supporters, amongst mrjohnson and mrgove, and great supporters, amongst mrjohnson and mr gove, and it seems that in this missive, there are instructions for the prime minister, she is to talk about a hard brexit, nobody is allowed even in private, allegedly she is being instructed, says the mail on sunday, to have doubters, she is to accuse chancellor philip hammond, who was a soft brexit, of not showing sufficient energy and refusing to plan for the possibility that britain walks away with no deal, in other words not having enough money allocated to it. these are very serious accusations. she is being told, apparently, in this missive, in this le

mr green said the allegation was completely untrue, and came from an untrustworthy source. another allegation has emerged from a journalist that sir michael falloner. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the allegations in the times that pornography was found on a computer in damian green's office dates from 2008. this was during a controversial enquiry into home office leaks which briefly led to mr green's arrest. as theresa may's second—in—command she would not want to lose him from the cabinet and he has responded robustly to the allegation. in a statement he said that the story was completely untrue and he called it a disreputable political smear. he added that the police have never suggested to him that improper material was found on his parliamentary computer. in turn he accuses the officer in charge of the investigation of breaching his duty to keep the details of an investigation confidential. this weekend, allegations of improper behaviour in and around westminster have been filling the front pages. and even when ministers resign, that is rarely the end of the story. more allegations have emerged about the past behaviour in

mr hopkins has not commented but labour says it takes such complaints ‘extremely seriously‘. meanwhile, sir michael fallonresigned as defence secretary earlier this week, has categorically denied making inappropriate sexual comments to the leader of the commons andrea leadsom. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest on the continuing allegations of misconduct at westminster. he is a close ally ofjeremy corbyn, and nominated him for the party leadership but now the luton mp kelvin hopkins has been suspended from the parliamentary labour party. that's because of allegations made by this labour activist who told the bbc he'd acted inappropriately towards her. the first incident happened on campus, and he hugged me very tightly and rubbed himself against me. it made me feel extremely uncomfortable and it was a revolting act. the second incident was in parliament when i went to have a political conversation with him and he told me that, let's not talk about politics, do you have a boyfriend? and he also mentioned that he also said that if nobody was in his office he would have taken me there. i

you sensed mrs may is just trying to entrench her grip on this nervous on certain party. the hope will be it provides some stability after sir michael fallon'sup the way for minister after minister to be questioned whether they meet the highest standards of integrity. indeed borisjohnson was asked this morning whether he did. his answer, you bet. the danger is by this very limited cautious reshuffle, some in her party will see it as underlining mrs may's weakness, that she is now unable to engage in a more dramatic, broader reshuffle and it's confined simply to promoting those she can trust. just a broader thought, norman, about the mood, the atmosphere at westminster at the moment. this is the first time to the last few days you and i and people like us haven't been focused on brexit and suddenly this topic has taken over, rightly or wrongly. what are people saying to you about that and the shift here?|j what are people saying to you about that and the shift here? i think there is a real sense now that this isa there is a real sense now that this is a controversy which is not going to be contained. every day there are new elements and it is

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mr green categorically denies the claims which he says are unscrupulous and untrue. let's begin, james millar, let's start if we can with the latest allegations about sir michael fallons, there are so many allegations, there are so many allegations to choose from, wordy start? this one is, yet, michael fallon has resigned after it was alleged he put his hand onjulia hartley brewer's knee. another person has said that he did something very similar with her. in both cases, the actual incident wasn't that big a deal but it's a pattern of behaviour and the whole problem is that people like, people, shall we say, do stuff like this to women. and it builds up and builds up women. and it builds up and builds up and that is the problem. it's not necessarily the specific allegations, though in some cases they are serious allegations and they are serious allegations and they are serious allegations and they are the problem. it's this overwhelming sort of weight of allegations and the culture and the attitude towards women. prashant, is there perhaps a sense of relief in downing street this morning, that the claims are not worse's when that comes closest to the prime ministers

theresa may replaces defence secretary sir michael fallon with one of her most trusted aids gavin williamson — but who is he? do you meet the highest standards mramson, do you meet the highest standards? the eu nurses turning their backs on the uk — with a huge decline in the numbers coming here after the brexit referendum. we've got all the sport. a good night for english football last night. very good indeed, three wins from three. bridger pochettino believes his spurs team should be seen amongst the best in europe, we'll discuss their magnificent night in europe and gareth southgate is about to name his england squad forfriendlies is about to name his england squad for friendlies with germany and brazil. and some new faces are included. stav has the weather, it gives a clue as to what's happening this weekend. it's going to turn judy this weekend. some choice in the forecast but sunday night looking dry. i'll be joining you in the studio later for a full weather forecast. fake news — you won't hear it here — but you will see it in the collins dictionary — as their word of the year. this afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. for the first time in

mr hopkins. labour says it "ta kes all such complaints extremely seriously and has robust procedures in place". sir michael falloneeting and this was instrumental in him leaving hisjob. sources close to sir michael said he categorically denied the report. mrs leadsom has declined to comment. we will get reaction to this later from the chair of the women's parliamentary labour party. it's emerged that the ashes of ian brady have been buried at sea after his body was cremated last week. the moors murderer died in may at the age of 79 at ashworth high security hospital in merseyside. court documents show that the cremation took place in southport without any ceremony. brady's ashes were then placed in a weighted, biodegradable urn, driven to liverpool marina and dispatched at sea on thursday last week. plans to speed up the time it takes for new, life—changing medicines to reach patients have been announced by the government. the pharmaceutical industry and charities welcomed the news, saying it's a step in the right direction. from next april, a panel of experts will select certain drugs for fast—tracking each year

mr green says the story is completely untrue and it comes from a tainted, and trustworthy source. the front page of the observer carries more detail on the resignation of defence secretary sir michael fallonrevelation, says the sunday express. the picture is of debbie mcgee who did brilliantly on strictly come dancing last night. this story is about not looking at your phone in case you walk into a bmp your phone in case you walk into a lamp post. this is one of my pet hates, it‘s a risk now to walk down any street and not be bamboozled by someone looking at their phone, this story talks about a woman so busy looking at her firm and she walked off the end of the pier. she said one minute she was walking along, the next she was in the water. that makes me laugh but in society today it was probably the fault of the pier! sometimes a test myself when walking and ask all i get out of the way these people. with mobile phones people stop noticing the world around them. we have banned them during the school day and it has transformed the interactions stu d e nts transformed the interactions students have with each other. i am in favour of any new law banning people looking at phones. are genuine