dominic cain al-jazeera. millions of americans have been travelling over the thanksgiving holiday, despite warnings from health experts urging them to stay at home and stem the spread of coronavirus. the u.s. transportation security administration says nearly 6000000. people took flights from friday to wednesday. and on wednesday, the day before the thanksgiving holiday, 1000000 people pass through airport security. and on that day, the u.s. recorded 2400 deaths linked to covert 19 more than 90000 people are in hospital with the virus. professor lawrence gostin is the founding chair, founding story of o'neil chair in global health floor at georgetown university where he says, there's a possibility. the number of covert related deaths will increase after the holiday season. the worst case scenario is that we'll have a 100000 or more deaths between now and when the vaccine rolls out. i think, you know, basically the drug administration has pretty much given up and the president almost never meets, is this task

over the winter holidays, but that's getting a chilly reception in other european countries as dominic cainnow reports from berlin. sammut in winter means snow and skiing. at this result in the danger of coded 19 has not prevented the slopes from opening and these skiers from enjoying them. because although cove it has killed more than 4000 people in switzerland, officials here do not want it to kill the economy too. and they say they have protection measures in place. we're trying to make it possible to do it. do skiing vacations are a skiing day in 7 months, and we're trying hard at the moment to improve every possibility that it's been offered. so with the distance socially, this thing masks whatever, because we believe we have to live with corbett, 19, but across the border in france, the view is different. more than 50000. people have died with cove it 19 and ministers here fear a repeat of the kinds of super spread a ski events that occurred in austria and elsewhere at the start of the pandemic in europe. of course it will be possible for everyone to go to ski resorts to enjoy the pur

this sort of level of influence that dominic cummings and someone influence that dominic cummings and someone like lee cainsaid there is a lot of mps in the parliamentary party who had a very strong feelings about to dominic cummings and his allies. and it's being said, reported in westminster this evening that actually, dominic cummings who probably will be a household name in a way that lee cain isn't, may be thinking about resigning in solidarity with lee cain. so that's a lot of names being chucked out there, a lot of internal politics. i think for a lot of us, they will be sitting at home thinking, "goodness, what is going on a number ten? " we have got a global pandemic, brexit is about to happen, the number of official deaths from covert exceeded 50,000 today in the uk, the first european country whose official death toll has done that, and it just feels kind of awful to be meeting about —— reading about number ten meeting about —— reading about numberten in meeting about —— reading about number ten in meltdown on the front page. just thinking about her international audience, page. just thinking ab

all right thank you very much dominic dominic cain is following the story for us and also we can now speak to austrian journalist mark perry joins us on the phone from the city of simpleton just outside of vienna can i ask what further information you've been hearing from police or other contacts and sources there is a piece of good news. there wasn't a hostage taken but it's still ongoing and a full holding may have been tears and that the bubbling special forces special army forces will be in britain may say yes they're pulling them in must be a big incident and there are occasional shots feel heard and christmas going from house to house to pop to bob and it was actually packed of people enjoying themselves having the last pint before midnight and then things like this happen that up i'm really happy. for my service if there is a sign because it's a place where young people go when students go in there. actually could have been much worse apparently was bad ok can i just knew you were saying that your interaction with friends is a nice touch and very friends there how busy are the

dominic cain live in banking. there's lost more head on this al jazeera news hour, including donald trump moderns, his former national security advisor, michael frayn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. in the russian investigation. we look at the divisive dutch christmas tradition that is increasingly leading to violent protests to the end 1st one of the greatest play is of all time and an inspiration to millions, just some of the tributes flooding in for argentina's football legend, diego maradona, who died at the age of 60 of a heart attack, millions of fans have been remembering his achievements around the world. sports stars, politicians, and head of the catholic church will find his have given their praise for the man, argued to be the best to ever play the game. fellow football, great and one time rival says he's lost a great friend and the world has lost a legend. captain, dodgin team to victory in the 1986 world cup and has worked to help poor communities in his country today. several reports, some

on monday germany among many european countries facing a rep 2nd wave let's get more now from dominic cain who joins us from berlin and dominic tell us more about these new restrictions. the new restrictions in place are effectively pushing germany back into lockdown or a mind of for everybody all the lockdown that pertained in the spring the difference this time around is not everything that was locked down that was closed down back in the spring is closed down now so for example schools remain open and many teachers are unhappy about the fact that schools remain open but nevertheless they do remain open and the reason behind all of this is the rising number of new infections the rising death rate now the interesting figure that you were just saying then nic about the number announced on monday that's the highest number ever announced on a monday that's not the highest number ever announced on any given day but on a monday on weekends usually the numbers that are gathered by the relevant authorities in the federal republic are amalgamated and that sort of things it's not very clear which

dominic cain al-jazeera schools and universities in pakistan have also closed again as coronavirus cases surge across the country. the government says classes will resume on january the 11th following an extended winter break. the only kind of virus infections have risen this month. pakistan has registered almost 387000 confirmed cases and more than $7800.00 deaths. thanks again, city is on alert. after a resurgence of covert 1000 cases, the virus never fully subsided in the capital. and now with concerns that hospitals could be saturated authours, he's taking further action. john holeman has more from mexico city, new mexico city's latest effort to stop a still rampaging coated 19 rapid testing to set up in points around the capital. like this one outside the famous host take a football stadium if free. although the results take about 5 days to arrive, chef manuel lopez wishes they'd been available much earlier. they already have that amount of media that it's being done, but perhaps they should have come sooner. it would have helped to prevent this pandemic because we needed this many

dominic cain al-jazeera u.s. president says that he will leave the white house if the electoral college confirms the victory of president elect joe biden. speaking for the 1st time since the election, trump said it would be a mistake if biden was confirmed, adding it would be difficult to conceive and trump repeated unfounded claims about the election being stolen from him because of fraudulent votes by the inauguration will take place on january the 20th if feeling from was alive as well. there was no they would just say yes, certainly i will. certainly i will. and you know that, but i think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of january. michaela has more from washington d.c. . certainly it's the 1st time as well that president trump has explicitly said that he will leave the white house. should our sisters expected the electoral college confirm the president elect biden as the country's next president? now, president saying that he's still not going to concede, insisting that

dominic cain al-jazeera early. still ahead here on al-jazeera. rucka bahrain is declared winner of sunday's elections and mccain a faster, but the opposition continues to question the legitimacy of that faction. to know what each one of the flags represent that is a memorial, she won't be forgotten. and the american art installation that humanizes the covert 19 death tolls and provides a space for those in the morning. but how i would say is a rather lively weather across eastern parts of the u.s. for thanksgiving. a fair amount of cloud around here, quite an active system. this one extends north of the border into canada. but it does go through as we go on into friday. brighter skies coming. but just notice how you can follow that system down across carolina, southern town, south carolina, pushing down into the florida panhandle and all the way across the deep south. so mississippi, alabama all the way into louisiana, texas saying heavy rain as we go through friday and going on into west saturday, that right becomes even more expansive. much of

dominic cain al-jazeera. all drug company, astra zeneca, is now considering running another global trial for its current a virus vaccine. amid questions about that success rate, oxford university which partnered with the pharmaceutical firm, says some of the trial injections didn't have the right amount of vaccine due to a manufacturing era. university says it's discussed the problem with regulators and agreed to complete the late stage trial with 2 groups. all the while health organizations, executive director, says the vaccine will allow for greater control of the coronavirus, bought my cry and want to put a vaccine. says i, if that he had people to be mindful of behavior that increases the spread of the virus over the holidays. and he appealed for continued physical distancing measures to avoid fat lockdowns well as fight to early fats. and he's a vaccine ologist and vice president of vaccine research and development at new willow biologics. he says, even with a vaccine, people must continue to follow the

masks will be mandatory in a busy public area is dominic cain has more from bennett. not good news. in so far as the measures that she, her colleagues in the federal government and the state governments agreed on last night, that the lockdown that's been in place, which is a life form of lockdown, and relative to the one that was imposed when the pandemic 1st started well, this life's a lockdown will extend right up to just before christmas. and then during the christmas period it will be loosened ever so slightly. but the very clear suggestion might very well as you say, have to extend beyond into january into february, perhaps into march. i want of the other things that, that i'm going to have who is talking about this in the parliament behind me this morning, was about the, the needs to, to follow science. but also saying that, well, possibly, the vaccines that we know on there are being put into stage 3 and then other potentially being fast tracked. well, if they're fast tracked enough, she says that maybe some key workers in the emergency sectors, doctors, nurses, those sorts o

particularly now that they've just agreed to extend the current lockdown until just before christmas, dominic cain al-jazeera. now the ethiopian prime minister has ordered a final offensive on the northern tier a region and says, a humanitarian corridor will also be opened to help those fleeing. the conflict has warned residents to stay indoors. after ordering the on the move and on the regional capital mecca, a government imposed deadline for the grand forces to surrender expired on wednesday. as all follows, nearly 3 weeks of fighting, hundreds killed tens of thousands displaced. well, many of those who've been displaced or fled to neighboring sudan, the country is currently hosting more than 45000 refugees. and some say they're struggling to get access to health care. our correspondent have a morgan has more from got a race that's near the border with ethiopia. this is the only health facility at the village, a refugee camp near sudan's border with dozens come here for medical assistance each day. techno will die says he was when by doctors back in his home country that he was developing cardia

dominic cain has more from berlin, where he says hospitals are already under extreme pressure. here in germany, there's no question that the average number of new cases reported every day has been very high indeed. 5 figure numbers for a very considerable period, which explains why you have so many active cases right now. and then there are other stats that reveal quite how deep this particular situation is. the fact that you have hospitals, not just in this city, not just in this country, but russia around the continent saying that a large fraction of all air intensive care bed capacity is taken up by existing code. cases alone here in the city states of whirling all the one in 5 or 10 cities where it can't where it's currently being used by patients. and the city says it only has another, perhaps 20 percent of intensive care beds available at all. so that explains why you see all storage fees, not just here in berlin, not just here in germany, but right across the continent saying that this, but this 2nd wave is a particularly vicious 2nd way at least $42.00 people have now b

lee cain and dominic cummings both. very much so. en over the years strong characters in number ten, certainly more successful ones have had to be. i think sometimes, that strength of character, which lee cain and dominic cummings have, if it goes over the top, they can alienate people. and certainly the strength and force of this, perhaps both of them have pushed through their business, pushing the government's business and what the prime minister wants has alienated a lot of people, a lot of mps really don't like the pair. i had a text from a minister when he heard about lee cain's resignation tonight with the simple word, brilliant. so they have broken some eggs in their time together, and almost a double act. tory mps will be quite pleased with this result, obviously the prime minister has said his own statement that he would be very sad. it's maybe time for number ten to certainly more friendly behaviour towards the media and their own mps. remember, lee cain has been at war for the last 16—17 months that he's beenin for the last

the cane, a close ally of dominic cummings, and while he is an important figure —— lee cain, dominicr's chief aid, a man who really has the ear of boris johnson. chief aid, a man who really has the ear of borisjohnson. and if you remember, there was a huge controversy earlier in the year when mr huge controversy earlier in the yearwhen mrcummings huge controversy earlier in the year when mr cummings travelled from london to county durham during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson during the height of lockdown. boris johnson refused during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson refused because to sack him, emphasising his importance to the prime minister but following the departure of lee cain, there is a lot of speculation regarding the future of dominic cummings, and he has been speaking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg, tonight, and a nswered kuenssberg, tonight, and answered these rumours about him earlier. he said his position hasn't changed and that he seeks to be largely redundant by the end of 2020. a senior government redundant by the end of 2020. a senior government

telegraph reports dominic cummings was ordered out of downing street for good last night after being accused of briefing against the prime minister. according to the times, the departures of lee cainominic cummings represent the conclusion of a vicious power struggle at the heart of government. the financial times says the architect of britain's exit from the eu left downing street carrying a cardboard box and a trove of potentially dangerous secrets, and quotes a government insider saying they wouldn't be surprised if there's an explosive stunt between now and christmas. the i reports it was a bitter end to life at downing street for dominic cummings after days of political turmoil as, according to the paper, borisjohnson lost patience with his controversial chief adviser after toxic infighting, whilst the guardian says the prime minister has been urged to appoint an mp as his permanent chief of staff — to help heal deep divisions between him and his backbenchers. the daily mirror reflects on the victims of the yorkshire ripper, who died today, saying they can now rest in peace. and the yorkshire post also carries pictures of sutcliffe's victims, saying his deaths ends one of the

but again today, allies of dominic cummings and lee cain have insisted that this was an amicable departure all was well in the end. i think whether that was the case or not, it doesn't really matter, because the tensions in number 10 had got to the point where they had boiled over, things had spilled out into the public domain. we had this briefing and counter—briefing going on and something, frankly, had to give. and the prime minister, whether he forced them out in anger or let them go reluctantly, has drawn a line, to an extent, under a very torrid time in number 10, with the hope, perhaps, of bringing in some new people and having something of a fresh start. that's, at least, what a lot of conservative mps would like to see who feel that they have been, to an extent, sidelined by the downing street operation recently. i mean, i suppose some people might be asking themselves why now? why not a few months ago when the whole barnard castle controversy happened, where, you know, tory mps, the public and the press were so dead against how the prime minister was sticking by his man? well, on

what happens next has been the subject of debate, but again today allies of dominic cummings and lee cain this was an amicable departure and all that was a well in at the end. i think whether that was the case or not, it does not really matter because the tensions in number 10 had been getting to the point where things had boiled over, spilling out into the public domain and we had this encounter briefing going on and something, frankly, had to give. and the prime minister, whether he first emerged in anger or let them go relu cta ntly emerged in anger or let them go reluctantly has drawn a line under it and perhaps ring a new people and having a fresh start, that is what a lot of conservative mps would like to see her felt that they have been sidelined by the downing street operation recently. some people may ask themselves why no? why not a few months ago when at the hole at barnard castle controversy happened where tory mps and the press were so dead against how the prime minister was sticking by his man? one conservative mp has spoke to yesterday suggested he should have let him go mu

lee cain, a close ally of dominic cummings, and while lee cain is an important figure in downing streetime minister's chief aide, a man who really has the era boris johnson. if you remember, there a huge controversy earlier in the year when mrcummings huge controversy earlier in the year when mr cummings travelled from london to county durham during the highlight of lockdown. boris johnson refused to sack him, displaying his importance to the prime minister. after the departure of lee cain, a lot has been said about the future of cummings. he's been speaking to laura kuenssberg tonight and he was asked about these rumours. he has a blog in which he said he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020 a source said mr cumming will be out of government by christmas. why this is important, there is clearly been quite a lot of turbulence in downing street over the past couple of days about who has the ear of the prime minister. does government that is trying to tackle a pandemic and the other thing is both of them worked on the vote leave, the brexit campaign, along with boris johns

as dominic cain reports from berlin, samut in winter means snow and skiing. at this result, the danger of coated 19 has not prevented the slopes from opening and these skiers from enjoying them. because although cove it has killed more than 4000 people in switzerland, officials here do not want it to kill the economy too. and they say they have protection measures in place. we're trying to make it possible to do to skiing vacations, are a skiing day in 7 months. and we're trying hard at the moment to improve every possibility that it's been offered. so with the distance socialistic masks, whatever, because we believe we have to live with 19, but across the border in france, the view is different. more than 50000. people have died with covert 19 and ministers here fear a repeat of the kinds of super spread a ski events that occurred in austria and elsewhere at the start of the pandemic in europe. of course it will be possible for everyone to go to ski resorts to enjoy the pure mountain air and the shops will be open except bars and restaurants. simply put, all

to us there from the center of vienna where there's been an attack this monday evening bringing dominic cain who's monitoring the situation from berlin for us berlin a situation rather a situation that's still unfolding in vienna but already a lot of reaction from european leaders. yes a chorus of condemnation from leaders across the continent as they see the scenes that have been unfolding in vienna we know that the austrian chancellor sebastien cortes has condemned what he calls a disgusting terrorist attack and has applauded the role of the police and other services in trying to bring this situation to an end as expressed his his sympathies to the victims of this incident and to their families and promised that in his words there will should be no place for terrorism in his words i should say in his country but he's not the only leader or head of state head of government who's been talking about the incident we know that the french president emmanuel mccann has also referred to the scenes that he has seen in unfolding in vienna saying that he and the french share the shock and sorrow of t

yet all right well thank you very much thanks thanks very much mark perry also we've got dominic cain he's following details of what's happening there as well so we have this we have some new information about there being sif 6 different locations in the attack and then also just a spokesman for the interior ministry saying that just mentioning this possibility about one of the attackers wearing an explosive belt. yes what's interesting here is that on social media for the best part of for more than an hour now there have been people talking about at least one perpetrator having been seen in an unconfirmed way that is of course having been seen with an explosive belt and an automatic weapon automatic rifle some speculation that it was a kalashnikov a k 47 but that's not confirmed although some of the social media videos that have been put out which the police in vienna are encouraging people not to read tweet or share all that sort of thing but that some of it very clearly i've seen one of the videos myself where what would appear to be a perpetrator with a long weapon with an automat

hear from her in the next few hours she'll be holding a news conference in the next few hours dominic cain there for us in berlin with all the latest thank you so much tom. well now the u.s. president says he might fire one of america's most respected infectious diseases expands. to it don't tell anybody but let me wait till a little bit after. anthony found she is one of the need members of the trump administration's coronavirus task force and he has become more outspoken about the u.s. president's handling of this pandemic saying trump has repeatedly ignored his advice trump has previously expressed concern about the criticism he would get if he fired found she before the election. now the head of the world health organization himself has gone on to self quarantine ted olson says came into contact with someone who has now tested positive occurred at 19 he says he's feeling well and has no symptoms now moving on and a 3 year old child has been found alive in turkey after being buried under the rubble for 65 hours the young girl was rescued along with her mother and $36.00 other siblings i

while the tigray is an important figure in downing street, dominic cummings is central —— while lee cainn mr huge controversy earlier in the yearwhen mrcummings huge controversy earlier in the year when mr cummings travelled from london to county durham during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson during the height of lockdown. boris johnson refused during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson refused pressure for calls to sacked the dominic cummings, displaying his importance to the prime minister. after the departure of lee cain, there's been a lot of lee cain, there's been a lot of speculation over the future of speculation over the future of dominic cummings and as you say, he's been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg tonight and he was asked about these rumours that he would be leaving number ten by christmas. saying his position has not changed. he has a blog in which he said he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020. a senior downing street source says he will be out of government by christmas. why this is important, a couple of big picture things here.

dominic cummings in lee cain where the campaigners who help deliver brexit and then an 80 seat majorityand it has new press striker teddy and he is talking more to carrie symonds, they want him to be more like the centrist mayor who wofi be more like the centrist mayor who won the elections for london defeat is used as boris has finally decided he wants to be in the prime minister rather than a kidnap victim, showing the view that dominic cummings had in fact taking control of the number 10 operation. at the end, an intriguing little eye that said dominic cummings's verbic at moment is to pull a pen from imaginary high—grade and throw the green over his shoulder as he leaves the room. everyone has embraced —— an imaginary hand grenade and throw it over his shoulder into the room. shyama, if we just going to the observer and dave was a mentioning allegra stratton. she is the other major personality and there is a clash of personalities, as it would appear. she is going to be the new face of downing street, doing these tv briefings from the new year. it is alleged that she is on carrie sy

spilled out into the public eye this week as downing street's director of communications lee cain resigned. dominica close ally — was expected to stay on until the end of the year. but, after a conversation with borisjohnson today, it was decided he should go immediately. this report from our deputy political editor vicki young contains flash photography. leaving for the final time. one of the most influential figures in westminster propelled out of the door after a power struggle that erected publicly and left of the door after a power struggle that erupted publicly and left downing street in turmoil. dominic cummings has been at borisjohnson‘s side for years and made plenty of enemies. the prime minister has been persuaded he needs a different style of government, which means no place for some of his most loyal advisers. dominic cummings made his name as a formidable campaigner, first against the uk joining the euro. it was the eu referendum that forged his relationship with borisjohnson, and he was credited with the winning slogan, "take back control." but the move into government threw up diffe

lee cain, a close ally of dominic cummings and while he is an important figure in downing street, dominic street. the prime minister's cheap aid, a man who really does have the ear of boris johnson. there was huge controversy at the earlier in the year when dominic cummings travelled from county durham during lockdown and boris johnson refused to ask him to step down. there has been a lot of speculation over the future of speculation over the future of dominic cummings since this event and he has been speaking to our political editor tonight and asked about the rumours that he would be leaving number 10 by christmas. said in his blog that he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020 and a senior downing street sources said that he will be out of government by christmas. why this is important, a couple of big picture things, there is clearly been right a lot of turbulence in downing street over who gets whatjob and who has the ear of the prime minister and it is a government trying to tackle the pandemic on the other thing as well that lee cain and dominic cummings both worked o

we spelled dominic cummings wrong. lee cain walked — dominic cummings walked soon after. quietly. lets talk to sketch writer matt chorley, who now has his own programme on times radio. max, good to see you. i saw your tweet earlier, you set out to go the mitchell brothers who are the two ha rd mitchell brothers who are the two hard men in the long—running tv show e standards and income thelma and louise. is that the right analogy? because i think thelma and louise drove off a cliff at the end, didn't they? i dunno, we had a lot of fun while they were doing it. —— they had a lot of fun while they were doing it. probably the middle of the thelma and louise film at the moment. but it is very much committed scenes, carrie simons, the prime minister's beyonce and allegra stratton's his new press secretary, are going to front up the new white house style briefings from the new year. i seem to be in the driving seat on all of us. what's interesting though is that lee kane's idea to bring in someone to tv briefings and allegra stratton was the person that the prime minister chose,

should dominic cummings and lee cain have been in government with such massive levels of power?erved on the borisjohnson is compared to david cameron, with david cameron much more prepared to enable his team just to get on with delivering our commitments in the manifesto, whereas i think the attempt to sort of centralise under led by dominic cummings and lee cain, it was well—intentioned but sometimes it felt like it got in the way of actually just achieving the felt like it got in the way of actuallyjust achieving the outcomes that we all wanted to achieve. i do hope that this change and it‘s replaced with an approach which is more collegiate, both in terms of relationships between number ten and ministers, but also between number ten and the parliamentarians, there are such a crucial part of delivering the government‘s agenda. you say that but dominic cummings described brexiteer mps, you are in that part of the party, as "useful idiots". that stain for parliamentarians was evident, wasn‘t it? borisjohnson parliamentarians was evident, wasn‘t it? boris johnson is parliamentari

backers after this week's turmoil behind the doors of number ten, which saw the departure of lee cain and dominicare during the pandemic and urges the government to allow them to be reunited with their parents in time for christmas. and the mirror dedicates its front page to the life of des o'connor — the paper spoke tojimmy tarbuck who said the comedian would be smiling down from heaven. so let's begin... we will start with the telegraph, and johnson isolating after covid warning. not great timing giving that he has seen the back of dominic cummings and lee kane in the last few days. yes, the telegraph is saying it's a major setback for him, he was looking to recast the government agenda this week with ambitious roll—outs for environmentally friendly policies. there's talk of a ten point plan and what is a central policy to that. it's this ambition to eradicate diesel and petrol cars over the next decade. it also mentions he's on this big charm offensive with backbench mps. looking to recalibrate the number ten relationship with the rest of the party which has not been that great recently. i key

it is worth remembering how closely entwined by —— dominic cummings and lee cain have been with borisjohnsonficial departure from the eu. hugely consequential so it is very significant he is thinking of going in the new year. what do you think this means for the way the government runs? i think this is going to herald a big change of the guide. we have already seen some new people being brought into downing street in the form of the prime minister's press spokesperson who is going to be fronting televised briefings on behalf of the government and she was part of the shift of power in downing street but i think we are going to have to see in the new year what changes this brings because there are plenty of people within the tory party who think it is about time things change in downing street and some highly critical of the way downing street had been working under these advisers saying they had kept power to close and were not listening to the party and would have had a closed shop if you like of criticisms of the handling of the pandemic so a lot of people will see this as a welcome chance

cain who was resigning. last night, we were talking about this position of whether dominic cummings would go, and it was a bitat time, this time last night than during the day, i heard commentator say of dominic cummings hasn't gone by already during the day, then he's not going to go, butjames, the papers are still going for this, and this is very much dominating a lot of the front pages. yes, we are getting a feeling that that the and is night, but one thing we've got to remember about dominic cummings is his survivability. it's quite remarkable. if you remember what happened when he made the infamous journey up the m1 to durham and everyone thought it was the end then and he survived it. he got through it. so, while certainly this time it does seem like it does seem different, it does seem that we might be at the end of the line, i just... there is just might be at the end of the line, i just... there isjust that centimetre of doubt in my mind remembering what happened last time. what is your reading of this, rachel? i think the difference between now and last time is that it is starting to look like the p

spilt out into the public eye this week as downing street's director of communications lee cain resigned. dominicd to stay on until the end of the year. but after a conversation with borisjohnson today, it was decided he should go immediately. this report from our deputy political editor vicki young contains flash photography. leaving for the final time. one of the most influential figures in westminster propelled out of the door after a power struggle that erupted publicly and left downing street in turmoil. dominic cummings has been at borisjohnson's side for years and made plenty of enemies. the prime minister has been persuaded he needs a different style of government, which means no place for some of his most loyal advisers. dominic cummings made his name as a formidable campaigner, first against the uk joining the euro. it was the eu referendum that forged his relationship with borisjohnson, and he was credited with the winning slogan, "take back control." but the move into government threw up different challenges. mr cummings was ruthless with those he didn't consider to be loyal. he was d

david frost was unhappy with the departure of lee cain and dominic cummings.s. firstly, nigel farage after dominic cummings left. he took to the social media to suggest this meant a brexit sell—out was coming, so i think it could make a little bit harder to make brexit feel the success if you weapon eyes that side of it. i also have heard of view tory mps raise the question of view tory mps raise the question of what the team currently in number ten be the ones borisjohnson would wa nt ten be the ones borisjohnson would want but by his side and i know you'll brexit. —— a no—deal brexit. you have the scenarios... i think it pla nts you have the scenarios... i think it plants the seeds of doubt. very briefly, who agreed to allow dominic cummings to leave? i think he agreed to it. it clearly at choice, i think we can say. let's go the mail. end of the road for petrol and diesel ca i’s of the road for petrol and diesel cars in nine years. this is for new cars, but it's not going to be that happy for people who have them after that. hybrid vehicles going five years

few days in number ten with the departure of the two closest advisers to the minister dominic cummings and lee cainext. i don't get the sense that i sweeping changes in the offing in the coming days. i'm told the prime minister will meet with backbench mps in the conservative party as he does every week but doubt may well be an effort to rebuild relations because it's clear that the links between the government and backbench conservative mps have broken down or stop —— that the links are broken down. i am sure there will be an effort to overcome that. in terms of brexit negotiations, it is com pletely brexit negotiations, it is completely false i'm told that any suggestion that the departure of dominic cummings will lead to any softening of position on the uk site. it's undoubtedly a crucial time for those negotiations. they've been going on in london for the past week and will continue this week but time is running short. we said that before many times in this process but the ultimate deadline of the sist but the ultimate deadline of the 31st of december, at which the transition period comes to an

what do you think, miatta, the departure of dominic cummings and lee cain will mean?ing fights, to get a flavour of the sort of campaign approach they took. but for me, the button still stops with the prime minister. the tone is set by the prime minister. he chooses his advisors. the strategy, priorities, everything is set by the prime minister. i don‘t buy this idea that it is only down to a couple of advisers. yes, advisers advise and can determine strategy and advice on strategy, but the buck stops with the guy that makes the decisions and the guy that makes the decisions and the pull. if number ten was divisive and aggressive and combative, that was down to him. if he decides he wa nts to was down to him. if he decides he wants to change approach and strategy, it is within his gift to do that. but to claim that it was his advisers who was solely driving the strategy seems completely fanciful to me. you can sense the geopolitical dynamics shifting with biden, the huge amount of akron only —— acrimonious... probably forced him to try and position this is a reset and

the end of the week, of two of borisjohnson's most senior aides leaving the government, dominic cummings and lee cainso this week was supposed to be about moving on, making some big policy announcements like a big green strategy, many billions of pounds more to be invested in defence, in the military. we did get that, but it has been overshadowed. firstly, there was a political row at the beginning of the week in response to some comments that borisjohnson had made about how devolution was going in scotland. of course, he's also been hampered by the fact he's got to stay inside downing street because he's isolating after coming into contact with someone with coronavirus. and at the end of the week we had the findings of this report, which were pretty unedifying, and controversy over the government's response to it. the prime minister is obviously involved in the g20, which is kind of happening virtually. we will talk about that later in this bulletin. but one of his predecessors, david cameron, rather pointedly picking up mrjohnson's remarks about not retreating from the world, re—engaging with the w

in the end of the week, of borisjohnson‘s to senior aides are leaving the government, dominic cummings and lee cained to be about big holiday in —— policy announcements, a green strategy, investment in the military. this has been overshadowed by a political row at the beginning of the week in response to comments on how deeply she was going in scotland made by borisjohnson she was going in scotland made by boris johnson and he she was going in scotland made by borisjohnson and he has been hampered by staying inside downing street because he has been in contact with someone with coronavirus. and this week we have the findings of this result which we re the findings of this result which were unedifying and controversy over the government was not respond to it. the premise is obviously involved in the 620, which is kind of happening virtually. we will talk about that later in this bulletin. but one of his predecessors, david cameron picking up mrjohnson's remarks about not retreating from the world, re—engaging with the world, accused him of retreating on foreign aid. that is a concern for the governm

dominic cummings once again at the centre of the story. it was very notable, there has not been a single mp who has come out this morning, that i have heard, anyway, who has said, lee cainnic cummings should have stayed, i think there is a big chance for the prime minister to reset the way he runs number ten, to find a new chief of staff and impose a new structure that means that the decision—making comes from the top, it is very clear, and of course, that chief of staff and all the aids should be anonymous people. we should not be talking about them. much more than a man in the shadows, dominic cummings has heavily influenced borisjohnson‘s premiership so far and his departure will leave big questions as to the nature of its future. and, jonathan has been explaining the significance of dominic cumming's decision to leave the government. it is hard to overstate the influence of dominic cummings on borisjohnson as prime minister, on the operations within number ten and on government as a whole, as a result, go back to before the election. remember, the government, going to extreme lengths to try and get its brexit legislation through, checking mps out of the party, suspe

tumultuous events of the last few days, and in a meeting this afternoon, it was made clear that dominic cummings and lee caineren't coming back to the office, evenif weren't coming back to the office, even if they were officially working for downing street until mid to send her —— mid—december. for downing street until mid to send her -- mid-december. some years might not be aware how important i think your dominic cumming is. just tell us how significant his departure is —— i think dominic cummings is. he's an influential figure in the last ten years of british politics because he was one of the masterminds behind the vote leave campaign, the campaign for the uk to leave the european union back in 2016. he came back into downing street, actually he came into downing street for the first time with boris johnson downing street for the first time with borisjohnson became prime minister, and he was a really influential member of mrjohnson's. he had more power than most special advisers have in the uk government over things like policy. he was part ofa over things like policy. he was part of a faction in downing

mr cain quit after a power struggle over whether he'd be mrjohnson‘s chief of staff. allies say his departure, and that of dominic but those said to be unhappy with mr cain's role included the prime minister's fiancee, carrie symonds. after the faction fights of recent days, the man who ran number 10 for theresa may says the prime minister now has a chance to get things back on track. there's a big opportunity for him here, depending on the decisions he now makes. but i think in terms of the chief of staff role, the key thing i would say is that the most important word in the job title is staff, not chief. you're there not to try and deliver your own political agenda, your own views about what should happen to the country, but to make the government machine work for the prime minister. and there are big decisions to be made. borisjohnson will have to decide whether to sign up to a trade deal with europe, he will make that decision without two of his king brexit allies by his side, and he will have to decide what happens when we lockdown ends on the 2nd of december. need tories are desperate for him to lift the re

a few hours later, lee cain resigned, dominic cummings made clear he was going to leave by the end ofoday, looks like borisjohnson has had enough of this infighting, frankly. there was a meeting this afternoon were mr johnson's book to mr cummings and mr cain and said, that's it. they are basically on leave, mr cummings is going to work on some of his pet projects until mid—december, but to all extents and purposes, that reign of the vote leave group in downing street is over. big question is, what comes next? and to be honest, we are not quite sure at the moment. when we look at how much power these factions have got, to make the prime minister go in one direction or another, boris johnson is minister go in one direction or another, borisjohnson is ultimately the boss and the job is ultimately up the boss and the job is ultimately up to them. you read my mind, nick! i last question! thank you very much, nick eardley. back to one of our main stories now, and the serial killer peter sutcliffe, known as the yorkshire ripper, has died in hospital at the age of 7a. sutcliffe murdered 13 w

lee cain, like fellow adviser dominic cummings, here on the left, isa dominic cummings, here on the leftmpaign in the eu referendum. you will remember mr cummings about his trip to county durham during the first lockdown, and that following row. the truth is he couldn't believe his eyes at what happened last night. mr cain being offered thejob of chief of staff, then not offered it, leading him to pack it in. what happened in between, we understand, is carrie symons, the prime minister's fiancee, intervened, suggesting it would be a mistake. she is to be the conservative pa rty‘s she is to be the conservative party's director of communications and is very plugged in to what mp's think. lee cain was also upset at the appointment of the prime minister's spokesperson. are getting in somebody with what is known as big boy pants on, because it prime minister, particularly one facing the difficulties mrjohnson is facing, need heavyweight help. the difficulties mrjohnson is facing, need heavyweight helpli think that the country looks on with astonishment, really, that on the day that the uk rea

lee cain, like fellow adviser dominic cummings, here on the left, is a veteran of the leave campaign mr cummings for that row about his trip to county durham during the first lockdown. sorry i'm late. the word is mr cummings couldn't believe his eyes at what happened last night — mr cain being offered the job of chief of staff, then not offered it, leading him to pack it in. what happened in between, we understand, is carrie symonds, the prime minister's fiancee, intervened, suggesting it would be a mistake. she used to be the conservative party's director of communications and is very plugged in to what tory mps think. lee cain was already irritated at the appointment of allegra stratton as the government's spokeswoman. he wanted someone else to get the job. it really is time, i think, that downing street got in place what i think is known as somebody with big boy pants on, because a prime minister, particularly one facing the difficulties mrjohnson is facing, needs heavyweight help. i think that the country looks on with astonishment, really, that on the day that the uk reaches 50,

out of this morning that i have heard anyway, who said, he should have stayed —— lee cain should have stayed, dominicminic cummings should have stayed, there is a big chance for the prime minister to reset the way he runs numberio, to appoint the prime minister to reset the way he runs number 10, to appoint a the prime minister to reset the way he runs numberio, to appoint a new chief of staff and impose a new structure that means decision—making cotties structure that means decision—making comes from the top. and of course that the chief of staff and all the aids should be anonymous people. we should not be talking about them. much more than a man in the shadows, dominic cummings has heavily influenced borisjohnson‘s premiership so far. his departure will leave big questions about the nature of its future. and jonathan joins us now from westminster. are we going to be looking at a very different feeling government after all these departures, a different town, jonathan? i think we will, jane. it is hard to overstate the influence of dominic cummings and borisjohnson, influence of dominic cummings and

dominic cummings once again at the centre of the story. it's very notable there hasn't been a single mp who has come out this morning, that i've heard anyway, who's said, you know, "lee caine for the prime minister to reset the way he runs number 10, to appoint a new chief of staff, and impose a new structure that means decision—making comes from the top and is very clear. and of course that chief of staff and all the aides should be anonymous people, we should not be talking about them. much more than a man in the shadows, dominic cummings has heavily influenced borisjohnson‘s premiership so far. and his departure will leave big questions about the nature of its future. it sounds like the end of the year has come early. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. we‘ve not got to wait until december 31? it's just we‘ve not got to wait until december 31? it'sjust been confirmed by government sources in the last few minutes that dominic cummings has left downing street for good tonight. i want to show you some pictures from the last few minutes and downing street. there‘s some flask photography. —— flash photography carrying a cardboard box, that famous me