thanks to megan paterson for- over the next few days. thanks to megan paterson for that. .expanding economy, india is one of the world's biggest polluters. the country is also seeing at first hand the effects of climate change on weather patterns. recent flash floods in the region have claimed the lives of more than 150 people. from kerala, here's our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan. her report contains some distressing images. kerala, india's coastal paradise, is testament to the beauty of nature. but it's also been a reminder of the devastation it can leave in its path. the state's had more than double the usual rainfall it gets in october. thousands have been left homeless after floods and landslides. dozens have died — many of them children. a smart and friendly three—year—old was buried under the mud. his mother, sophia, is in hospital, covered in bruises. she was trapped by the landslide and said the mud came right up to her head. "my son woke up in the morning "and went to brush his teeth," she told me. "he didn't even have his breakfast. "then we heard

megan paterson reports. the cost of switching on is mounting up. kwarteng, says the government's priority is protecting customers, and describes the price cap as a non—negotiable safety net, shielding people from worrying increases over christmas. it comes after suppliers criticised the price cap system as being not fit for purpose. energy experts say that while it does provide reassurance for customers worried about paying their household bills, the protection won't last forever. the price cap actually won't move until the beginning of april. so that period, i think, it is helpful, it gives people peace of mind, and we need to, you know, we need to lock that in. i think then it does create uncertainty going into april. all of the forecasts suggest there will be quite a significant increase to the price cap at that time. so we need to be very mindful of that, and people need to budget accordingly. for businesses, though, there is no price cap, and mr kwarteng gives no indication of how government might seek to ease pressure for those unable to scal

megan paterson, bbc news.side a trailer abandoned by the side of a road. most of the migrants were from haiti, which is currently facing an economic and political crisis. the us ambassador to mexico, ken salazar, said a solution has to be led by both countries. the french authorities are calling on the british government to honour its promise to pay them more than £50 million to help them try to stop migrants crossing the channel by boat. hundreds of people have made the journey in the past two days, leading to further tensions between france and the uk. simonjones reports. on a visit to calais, the french interior minister meets the officers on the frontline in the battle to stop migrants crossing the channel. some of their work is funded by the british taxpayer. injuly, home secretary priti patel promised an extra £54 million to double the number of patrols on the beaches in northern france and to pay for increased surveillance. but mr darmanin says that cash has yet to come. translation: the british - gover

megan paterson, bbc news.ncer uk say the rollout has gone "badly wrong". nhs england say all those affected should be offered the injection by the end of next week. there could be a breakthrough in the way we treat covid—19. interim trials suggest a new, experimental drug could cut the risk of hospitalisation, or death, by about half. if authorised by regulators, the treatment will be the first oral, antiviral medication for covid—19. mark lobel reports. this is the first covid pill. trial results suggest it can cut hospitalisations or deaths by half. the news of the efficacy of this particular antiviral is obviously very good news. the company, when they briefed us last night, had mentioned that they will be submitting their data to the fda imminently. the data are impressive. pills were given to 775 unvaccinated, elderly or medically at risk volunteers within five days of them showing coronaviruses symptoms. the data from a phase three trial showed 7.3% of patients on the drug were hospitalised, compared to

mega sm -- megan paterson re-aortin.over the past year, as some people continue to work from home, and commuter numbers remain relatively low. our entertainment correspondent david sillito has been looking at the numbers. its heart brea kfast—macro. .. its heart breakfast-macro. .. it's a window into — its heart breakfast-macro. .. it's a window into how _ its heart breakfast-macro. .. it's a window into how our _ its heart breakfast-macro. .. it's a window into how our daily - its heart breakfast—macro... it's a window into how our daily habits have changed. it�*s been more than a year since the radio industry has had any up—to—date figures and for many stations it�*s good news. overall listening has gone up. but not at breakfast. flan overall listening has gone up. but not at breakfast.— not at breakfast. can we 'ust say thank ou not at breakfast. can we 'ust say thank you so i not at breakfast. can we 'ust say thank you so much h not at breakfast. can we 'ust say thank you so much to h not at breakfast. can we just sa

megan paterson reports. shared this video on social media last night, reinforcing the message that the next stage of the vaccination rollout is central to the government's covid plans this winter. but as colder weather approaches, bringing expected winter pressures to the nhs, and covid hospital admissions go up week on week, calls for the return of some restrictions grow louder. there's been too little too late, as far as i'm concerned, from the government regarding keeping urgent care going. the economy won't manage if we don't have people who are well enough to work in the economy, and we also don't have the staff in hospital to do it. so i think plan b is inevitable. in the times newspaper this morning the chancellor, rishi sunak, has reiterated that case numbers are in line with what was expected and restrictions will be reviewed if necessary, saying that a range of options are available, and those are not options that involve lockdowns or very significant economic restrictions. covid boosterjabs and fl

megan paterson, bbc news.ing everything it can to ease supply chain blockages. but businesses in industries from toys to construction to meat have warned that blockages at ports, caused by a shortage of lorry drivers, are still causing big delays. there are concerns about the impact on food prices, and the government has confirmed only 20 emergency visas for foreign drivers have been processed. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. both the port of felixstowe and the government sought to reassure the country gave a logjam has been preventing ships off—loading their goods and it was improving. they wouldn't come as some retailers have warned, be a shortage of goods before christmas. i’m warned, be a shortage of goods before christmas.— before christmas. i'm confident there will be _ before christmas. i'm confident there will be a _ before christmas. i'm confident there will be a good _ before christmas. i'm confident there will be a good amount - before christmas. i'm confident there will be a good a

i spoke to our news correspondent megan paterson who told us the latest.ast night around 10:30 uk time, we're told the queen attended hospital in central london on wednesday afternoon for preliminary investigations. she saw a specialist and then, for practical reasons, the palace say, she then stayed in hospital overnight. she then returned to windsor castle yesterday afternoon, thursday afternoon. we're told she was in good spirits and she then returned to her desk for lighter duties yesterday afternoon. this is the first time that the queen has had an overnight stay in hospital for eight years. this will cause some concern for some people. it will be a matter of interest. the palace are seeking to reassure people that it was preliminary investigations, it was a practical reason she stayed in for overnight, and it's not thought to be linked to covid—19. i see. and she is remarkably healthy at 95 years old and particularly busy as well, a normally jampacked schedule. incredibly busy. and she has been incredibly busy since she returned from balmoral at the

megan paterson, bbc news. capital beirut. it happened near a protest against an investigation into last year's huge port explosion. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in beirut. this morning, what was supposed to be a small and preplanned protest as the hezbollah and amal shia groups protested against the judge in the beirut port explosion. but as that protest went on, there was some shouting, some chanting, and we began to hear gunfire from a few streets away, and things really escalated very quickly. there is a cautious calm here in beirut at the moment but there's been rolling gunfire, the boom of rpgs for hours now. you will see over my shoulder the lebanese army are all over the place at the moment. they've been sent to try and contain... they've told people not to come out on the streets at the moment, and over here, this is why. this was the front line area in beirut a couple of hours ago. you will see the broken glass and twisted metal. that was a guards' hut, if you like, that was outside on

she's said to be in good spirits. 0ur correspondent megan paterson's with me.alk us through what we know here? , . ., , here? the statement was released _ here? the statement was released by _ here? the statement was released by buckingham. here? the statement was - released by buckingham palace after the story appeared in the sun newspaper last night at around 1030 pm uk time. the queen attended hospital in central london on wednesday afternoon for preliminary investigation. she saw a specialist and the practical reason she she then stayed in hospital. she returned to windsor castle on thursday afternoon and returned to her desk for light duties yesterday afternoon. this is the first time the queen has had an overnight hospital stay in eight years. some people it would be a matter of interest. the palace assuring people it was preliminary investigation and was a practical reason she stayed in overnight and it is not thought to be linked to covid—19. not thought to be linked to covid-19-— not thought to be linked to covid-19. ,, , ., , covid-19. she is remarkab

megan paterson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news..., as ministers unveil a £250 million winter rescue package. there's a warning the nhs in england is facing an "exceptionally difficult" winter, as the number of people waiting for routine hospital operations reaches a record high of 5.7 million. the north yorkshire police and crime commissioner, phillip allott, whose comments about the sarah everard case sparked outrage has resigned, after a no—confidence vote. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has told the bbc the government is doing "everything it can" to ease supply chain blockages. but businesses in industries from toys to construction to meat have warned that blockages at ports, caused by a shortage of lorry drivers, are still causing big delays. there are concerns about the impact on food prices, and the government has confirmed only 20 emergency visas for foreign drivers have been processed. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. both the port of felixstowe and the government sought to reassure the country today that the lo

megan paterson, in cockermouth in cumbria. what is the latest?oon. within the last few minutes we have seen a council worker come here to take pictures of the structural integrity of the bridge. the reassuring thing is the water has receded considerably, you can see by the line of leaves left by the river on the ground that the river has gone down. that is the case across the county. river levels have peaked, the legs are levelling out, the environment agency says this is an improving situation although it still will continue to reign for the next few hours. people are being advised to stay vigilant. we have not had any more reports of flooding to properties, that 40 you mentioned, but hopefully, they should not be anymore today. the environment agency the rain should ease off and the river catchment area should be able to cope with that. unfortunately there has been disruption to the roads, localised flooding making it difficult to get around for some people in cumbria today and for people trying to travel through the county, on the west coast m

megan paterson reports. a night out in glasgow. as well as showing id, vaccine passports too.get vaccinated in order to participate in this kind of event. it's definitely an incentive but my main _ it's definitely an incentive but my main reason is to be protected. | main reason is to be protected. i don't main reason is to be protected. don't agree main reason is to be protected. i don't agree with the concept of having — don't agree with the concept of having to — don't agree with the concept of having to show _ don't agree with the concept of having to show something - don't agree with the concept of having to show something to l don't agree with the concept of i having to show something to get don't agree with the concept of - having to show something to get into a duh _ having to show something to get into a duh i_ having to show something to get into a duh idon't— having to show something to get into a club. i don't agree in _ having to show something to get into a club. i don't agree in terms - a club. i don't agree in terms of freedom — a club. i don't agree in terms o

megan paterson is in in cockermouth in cumbria. county council worker come here to take pictures of the structural integrity of the bridge. the reassuring thing, though, is that the water has receded considerably here. you can see by the line of leaves left by the river on the ground here that the river has gone down and that's the case across the county. river levels have peaked. the lakes are levelling out. the environment agency says that this is an improving situation although it still will continue to rain for the next few hours. people are being advised to stay vigilant. we haven't had any more reports of flooding to properties, that a0 you mentioned, but hopefully there shouldn't be any more today. the environment agency saying the rain should ease off and that the river catchment area should be able to cope with that. unfortunately, there has been disruption to the roads. localised flooding making it difficult to get around for some people in cumbria today. and for people trying to travel through the county, on the west coa

we're joined now by our reporter megan paterson, who is outside windsor castle this morning. n, what more do we know about the queen's condition? good about the queen's condition? morning from a very windsor good morning from a very quiet windsor castle, apart from the camera crews setting up in the streets. we know the queen returned to windsor yesterday afternoon after a night stay in king edward vii hospital in london. it is about a 45 minute drive from here. she stayed there on wednesday for practical reasons, keen to say she is in good spirits. she even got on with a little bit of work, a little bit of light duties. her majesty is 95 years old and has a pretty good record of health. a robust constitution you might say. she broke a wrist, got back on the horse and 24—hour is after got diagnosed with a broken wrist. in 2016 she missed the church service at sandringham at christmas but was back out on royal duties in two weeks. she likes to get on with the job. we were told she is expected to go to the cop 26 climate change conference and that is still expected to happen. we

our reporter megan paterson is in cockermouth this morning.ood morning. i am looking at the river behind you and i can see the river behind you and i can see the river is flowing really fast. absolutely, this is the river derwent, flowing very fast, very full but thankfully we have had respite overnight from the ratios that plate southend cumbria yesterday and the day before. we still have nine flood warnings in the county but that has gone down from 13 yesterday. the rain is beginning to come again this morning. the environment agency say this is a slowly improving picture they are still urging people to be cautious. we know there is still disruption on the roads and rail networks, across the county, going on over to scotland. we know that yesterday around a0 properties were flooded. here in cockermouth and further west in egremont. people having to pump water out of their homes, today will be about drying out and cleaning up frustration for them, any of them who flooded once or twice before. today the environment agency is warning people to

megan paterson, bbc news.lings of sabina nessa and sarah everard. i only wells, this issue is not going away for boris johnson, is only wells, this issue is not going away for borisjohnson, is it? that's right. that is because while all politicians agree that more needs to be done to tackle male violence against women, there is a lively debate at the moment but what exactly should be done and whether any new laws need to be put in place to tackle the issue. as you have said, politicians from across the political spectrum have campaigned to make misogyny a hate crime. it would essentially mean that if any harassment or assault was deemed to be due to misogyny, thenjudges could get extra sentencing powers, punishment could be more severe as a result. secondly, the home office have also said they are looking at whether there are any gaps in existing legislation and whether any new law making public sexual harassment a specific offence could address some of those gaps, i.e., cracking down on any behaviour that mak

our correspondent megan paterson is in cockermouth. an hour and a half with the _ stop now. we've had an hour and a half with the rain _ stop now. we've had an hour and a half with the rain has _ stop now. we've had an hour and a half with the rain has eased - stop now. we've had an hour and a half with the rain has eased off. . half with the rain has eased off. people come down to the river here to take a look at what�*s happening. behind me is the river, the peak has now the hope is that the river level will continue to drop year. as you can see it�*s still fairly full, it�*s very fast—moving was that we�*ve seen over the last half or so bits of trees being floated down the river behind me. the environment agency telling us tonight that 11 flood warnings are still in place across the country. they are urging people to be vigilant over the next 2a hours to keep an eye on those alerts and to be mindful of the weather conditions and be prepared to leave their homes if they are in flood prone areas. this county is sadly familiar with flo

megan paterson reports.he prime minister shared this video on social media last night, reinforcing the message that the next stage of the vaccination rollout is central to the government's covid plans this winter. but, as colder weather approaches, ringing expected winter pressures to the nhs and covid hospital admissions go up week on week, calls for the return of some restrictions grow louder.— week, calls for the return of some restrictions grow louder. there has been too little, _ restrictions grow louder. there has been too little, too _ restrictions grow louder. there has been too little, too late, _ restrictions grow louder. there has been too little, too late, as - restrictions grow louder. there has been too little, too late, as far- restrictions grow louder. there has been too little, too late, as far as l been too little, too late, as far as i'm concerned, from the government regarding keeping urgent care going. the economy won't manage if we don't have people who are well enough to work in the ec

megan paterson has more.but the good news is the water levels are starting to recede. you can see this line of leaves on the grass here and this is where the water level was last night, but it has gone down very quickly this morning. we couldn't see the bottom of the bins are benches when we came down here that five en. the environment agency is telling us this is a slowly improving picture and water levels, river levels have peaked right across the county and lakes are beginning to level out. that is good news but there is still heavy rain forecast. there are still nine flood warnings in place across cumbria are people being urged to keep vigilant and keep an eye on the forecast to be mindful of floodwater if they live needed. we know that a0 properties, unfortunately, flooded yesterday. those people will be trying to dry out their properties today. hopefully nobody else will be affected. the environment agency, obviously, encouraging us to follow the forecast but hopefully it made a fledging event has been

our correspondent megan paterson is in cockermouth.million pound flood defences have been put in place across cumbria and cockermouth was a focus for that investment as well and as mark mentioned, these flood defences do seem to be doing theirjob. the river has peaked here and there still seems to be around two metres on the flood defences on the other side of the river and to go until they are over tops, but understandably people will be watching and waiting to see what happens next because every time there is heavy rainfall here there is a level of anxiety. at the moment the environment agency are warning people to be cautious, to particularly people who are holiday making of a half term, to keep an ear open and listen to local radio stations and just be mindful that the roads around here might be difficult to pass on to be careful near the rivers and the bridges because what might make a wonderful photo opportunity could be dangerous, because the force of the water is really fast flowing and can be really dangerous. thankfully at th