peter mandelson wasn't quite cracking out the ferreira shape peter mandelson wasn't quite cracking outt would have been pretty obvious to anybody watching that he quite fancies the gig. a few people have been writing about it. someone in the sunday times wrote about it this morning. his name is doing the rounds. did you feel he was making a fairly unashamed pitch for the job with all this talk of trade potentials and they are to the deal and working with trump and how that can go? totally, yes. he knew that he was. i am quite curious. i will ask at what point he agreed to appear on the sunday programme. i was chatting with someone very senior in government earlier this weekjust before the election and they were talking about this choice of who the next uk ambassador to the us would be. they said there are four names at the top of government doing the rounds. peter mandelson, david miliband, cathy ashton and valerie amos, and cabinet minister in the new labour years for the new labour years for that they said any of them would work under a harris presidency but one of them, i think, wou

the reflections of lord peter mandelson on the death ofjohn prescott. next to the middle east.n beirut. this is the scene live — the israeli military had issued an evacuation order. lebanon's official national news agency has reported a number of violent strikes on the haret hreik neighbourhood. this comes as us special envoy has arived in israel, where he'll hold talks with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as washington tries to secure a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah in lebanon. meanwhile, a 30—year—old man was killed when shrapnel from a rocket struck a playground in the northern israeli town of nahariya on thursday, israel's mdamedical service and local media said. the israeli military said around 10 rockets were launchedfrom lebanon towards nahariya. channel 12 said three rockets hit the coastal town. hospital officials in northern 6aza say many people have been killed in the latest israeli airstrikes. at least five buildings in beit lahiya and gaza city were hit early this morning. the israeli military made no immediate comment. it's intensified its

. >> there's talk here of peter mandelson, lord mandelson could take the role of ambassador.nald trump would welcome ? trump would welcome? >> well, peter mandelson is a very clever man. you know, whether you agree with him or not. he's a very clever man who i watched him in the european commission, master his brief and whether he's quite the kind of guy that can bowl into the oval office and speak to donald trump, i'm not 100% sure he's the right guy, but but at least he would be respected because he's got a good brain. >> and just finally, there's chatter here about this chagos deal chatter here about this chagos deal. i know you've been very critical of it. do you think trump could veto that altogether? the idea of handing over some sovereignty to mauritius and then it transferring after 100 years away from maybe us influence ? away from maybe us influence? >> well, look , let's see who >> well, look, let's see who trump appoints to run defence andindeed trump appoints to run defence and indeed also to be secretary of state . they are very key of state. they are very key a

he often didn�*t see eye to eye with others in labour�*s hierarchy, such as peter mandelson. phone one sunday morning on facetime and says, "is that you, peter?" i said, "yes, john, it is, how are you?" he said, "i want to tell you i forgive you". i said, "what are you forgiving me for, john?" he said, "well, you were treated not well. you were the meat in the sandwich, you always got a good kicking, and i want you to know i forgive you". i said, "do you mean forgive me or sympathise with me? he said, "yes, that as well". and we talked for another ten minutes or so and then he was off, and that was just this year, it was lovely. by the end of his decade as blair�*s deputy, prescott�*s influence was diminished after revelations about an affair with his secretary. this party has given me everything and i tried to give it everything i�*ve got. i know in the last year, i let myself down. i let you down. so conference, ijust want to say sorry. behind john prescott�*s living image was a political heavyweight, labour to the end with a unique ability to connect. john prescott there a

ever ready to mock new labour pretensions, here, the claws out for his colleague, peter mandelson. name is? he's called peter. he was never the slickest politician. those five pledges are essential. you can see, i can't find them. i knew this would happen. you know me. i can't use the boards. i'm old labour. i've got to still look to my old ways. john prescott�*s most notorious moment came during the 2001 election, when his short fuse ignited and he punched an egg—throwing protester. tony blair's response when told was "john will bejohn." tribal, rumbustious, a straight—talking bruiser. we're on a roll, aren't we? for five decades, john prescott moved with the currents of the party he loved. former prime minister sir tony blair has also paid tribute tojohn prescott, saying he played a vital part in "keeping the whole show together." i mean, people often used to see him as traditional labour as opposed to new labour and that was true to a degree. i mean, he obviously came from a completely different background from me. he reached parts of the labour party and parts of the electorate

and in his last year, living without signers, and attempt at reconciliation with lord mandelson.see on my phone john prescott's face. he said, ijust want to say that i've forgiven you. you are forgiven. i said, oh, yes, what for exactly? he said, well you were not treated well. it was a sort of signing off. it was a putting something right. from a seafaring waiter by the european parliament to much later the house of lords, john prescott was the country's longest serving deputy prime minister. chris mason looking back at the life ofjohn prescott, who has died at the age of 86. john prescott who has died at the age of 86. in an experiment that's turning heads in the scientific community, a team of researchers in richmond, virginia has successfully taught rats to drive. using custom—built miniture vehicles, the rodents have demonstrated a surprising amount of skill — as well as an enthusiasm to get behind the wheel and hit the road as much as possible. the experiment has raised questions about cognitive research and whether animals can feeljoy and pride at learning a new skill. let

firstly to you, lord mandelson...re ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way, together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukrainejoining nato, but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in eastern ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. the washington post is reporting that donald trump has spoken to vladimir putin for the first time since his re—election and that he urged the russian leader not to escalate the war in ukraine. we know that over the course of his presidential campaign, the president—elect pledged an immediate end to the war, though he didn't offer details of how he would do so. our north america co

firstly to you, lord mandelson...sible future ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way, together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukrainejoining nato, but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in eastern ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. dr marina miron, post—doctoral researcher at the war studies department of king's college london, told us more about the recent attacks. thank you so much for your time. could you put this into perspective for us how does this compare to the exchanges that we have seen so far in this war?— that we have seen so far in this war? �*, . , .,, ., , this war? it's a pleasure to

firstly to you, lord mandelson...d as a possible future ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way, together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukrainejoining nato, but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in eastern ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. as we mentioned earlier, the lobbying around what the trump administration's policy might be in ukraine is intensifying. helena humphrey is in west palm beach, florida, and has more details on the reported call between trump and vladimir putin. on the campaign trail, donald trump repeatedly said he would solve the war in ukraine within 2a hours, without saying h

he often didn't see eye to eye with others in labour's hierarchy, such as peter mandelson.fter many years of not having been in contact, he comes onto my phone one sunday morning on facetime and says, is that you? is that you, peter? and i said, yes, john, it is _ where are you? how are you? he said, i want to tell you, i forgive you. and i said, well, what are you forgiving me for, john? he said, well, he said you were treated not well. you were the meat in the sandwich. you always got a good kicking. and ijust want to want you to know we forgive. i forgive you. i said you mean forgive me or sympathise with me? he said yes, that as well, he said. and we talked for another ten minutes or so and then he was off. and that was just this year. it was lovely. by the end of his decade as blair's deputy, prescott�*s influence was diminished after revelations about an affair with his secretary. this party has given me everything, and i've tried to give it everything i've got. i know in the last year i let myself down, i let you down. so conference, ijust want to say sorry. behind j

firstly to you, lord mandelson...d as a possible future ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way, together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukraine joining nato but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in the east of ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. defence analyst and former british army captain, patrick bury, explains the significance of the latest exchange of drone attacks. i think really the drone attacks are interesting, because usually you use the drones to try to use up your adversaries�* air defence assets. so, the way the attacks have been happening in recent times, especially from the russians

this hierarchy, such as peter mandelson. he is called peter.— he is called peter.ter. this year, after many years of _ he is called peter. this year, after many years of not _ he is called peter. this year, after many years of not having - he is called peter. this year, after many years of not having been - he is called peter. this year, after many years of not having been in l many years of not having been in contact, — many years of not having been in contact, he — many years of not having been in contact, he comes onto my phone one sunday— contact, he comes onto my phone one sunday morning on facetime and says, is that— sunday morning on facetime and says, is that you. _ sunday morning on facetime and says, is that you, peter? i said yes, john, — is that you, peter? i said yes, john, it — is that you, peter? i said yes, john, it is, _ is that you, peter? i said yes, john, it is, how are you? he said, i warit— john, it is, how are you? he said, i warrtto— john, it is, how are you? he said, i want to tell— john, it is, how are you? he said, i want to tell you i fo

and in his last year, living with alzheimer's, an attempt at reconciliation with lord mandelson.phonejohn prescott�*s face, and he said, "i just want to say that i've forgiven you. "i really i want... "you're forgiven." and i said, "oh, yes? "what for exactly?" he said, "well, you weren't treated well." it was a sort of signing off. it was a putting something right. from a seafaring waiter via the european parliament and, much later, the house of lords, john prescott was the country's longest serving deputy prime minister. chris mason, bbc news. john prescott was mp for hull for four decades. his wife and sons said today that representing the people of hull had been his greatest honour. here's danny savage. that's what's made you tough, huh? a long way from westminster, this is where the larger—than—life political whirlwind john prescott was known for having a more relaxed and accessible side. he lived in this area of east hull and represented a constituency here for a0 years. he was always approachable and he had time for little people like me. this man was one of his constituen

applause _ and in his last year, living without signers, and attempt at reconciliation with lord mandelson my phone goes and i suddenly see on my phone john prescotto— and i suddenly see on my phone john prescott's face. he said, ijust want — prescott's face. he said, ijust want to— prescott's face. he said, ijust want to say that i've forgiven you. you are _ want to say that i've forgiven you. you are forgiven. i said, oh, yes, what _ you are forgiven. i said, oh, yes, what for— you are forgiven. i said, oh, yes, what for exactly? he said, well you were _ what for exactly? he said, well you were not— what for exactly? he said, well you were not treated well. it was a sort of signing _ were not treated well. it was a sort of signing off. it was a putting something right.— of signing off. it was a putting something right. from a seafaring waiter by the european _ something right. from a seafaring | waiter by the european parliament something right. from a seafaring i waiter by the european parliament to much later the house of lords, john prescott was the country's longest serving deputy pr

a man who is the leading sort of potential next foreign minister, lord mandelson, has already said that the u.s. should maybe -- the uk -- sorry, not foreign minister, but u.s. ambassador, the front-runner to get the job of u.s. ambassador, has essentially said that we should rethink the special relationship, that maybe that's not the most important thing in the world. macron of france has said to europe, we need to become omnivores after the trump victory. europe can't be the world's herbivore anymore. you go over to the middle east, you're seeing qatar pull out of the negotiations for the supposed peace agreement that the biden administration was trying to get. you can see all around the world, if you're an expansionist autocratic type leader, like bibi netanyahu, like vladimir putin, like xi jinping, this would be the time, donald trump's leadership era would be your time to thrive, yeah? >> that's right. this is maximum permission structure to do what you want to do. it's interesting, i know peter mendelson. he was in the blair administration. he supports a strong special relationsh

and danny mandelson another writer did the arrangements for me and he helped me with arranging the song and were it patiently. and that passage may have been provided, may provide it a tale for the audience to relish. none of the facts were true. [laughter] none of them. the creator of the song is michael wells knows is michael meeropol born and raised in russian jewish family. the college yearbook declared him a gifted poet and a genius. he had a master's in arts from english literature department the university. english teacher at dewitt clinton high school said michael meeropol was a member of the communist party. having joined around 1932. he contributed to the young communist theater arts committee and the lincoln brigade which is why he chose to publish under the pseudonym lewis allan in homage to his stillborn son who would have been seven that they need not wish his leftist politics to interfere with his ability turn al, living. still he was sympathetic to the parties advocacy for equality and supporting his federally anti-legislation. throughout thehe jim crow era posed a dange

peter mandelson. the former prime minister tony blair, also paying his tribute tojohn prescott. i mean, people often used to see him as a traditional labour as opposed to new labour and that was true to a degree. i mean, he obviously came from a completely different background for me. he reached parts of the labour party and parts of the electorate that probably i couldn't reach. but he was actually an innovator. he was highly intelligent. that was sometimes masked by, you know, people used to make fun of his speeches and his use of the english language. but he was an incredibly direct communicator. and even if the syntax never quite made sense, the sentiment was very powerful and made complete sense. and ifound him, you know, we had our disagreements from time to time, but he was loyal, committed and an enormous help to me. he had a fantastic gut instinct about politics. even though you say you knew it was coming, it must be an emotional thing to hear this and also to know someone that you were so cl

lord mandelson has a way of making headlines and he always does.ills, but mandelson in washington is someone who the media will want to speak to. he will attract attention. so i think that is a legitimate concern for him. of course he is also run for a job in the uk as chancellor for the university of oxford so it's confusing which one he wants more. ., ., . ., more. oxford or washington, it's a nowjoel, i don't know how you see the next four years working out, but there are options. i present to you the village of ollolai on the italian island of sardinia very nice postcode. but in recent years a little down at heel. and they have spotted an oppportunity in the wake of the election. after decades of depopulation they are reaching out to dispirited democrats and offering up old, dilapidated houses in their village, for as little as a euro — that's just over a dollar. there is an escape, a sanctuary out there. gallows humour is rich amongst democrats here.— gallows humour is rich amongst democrats here. dusting off old passports. _ democrats here. d

ever ready to mock new labour pretensions, here, the claws out for his colleague, peter mandelson.ed peter. he was never the slickest politician. those five prejudices are essential. —— those five pledges are essential. you can see i can't find them. i knew this would happen. you know me. i can't use the boards. i'm old labour. john prescott�*s most notorious moment came during the 2001 election, when his short fuse ignited and he punched an egg—throwing protester. tony blair's response when told wasjohn will bejohn. tribal, rumbustious, a straight—talking bruiser. we're on a roll, aren't we? for five decades, john prescott moved with the currents of the party he loved. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now. morning tea year. some politicians come and go and not not particularly memorable. —— morning to you. john memorable. -- morning to you. john prescott was — memorable. -- morning to you. john prescott was a _ memorable. -- morning to you. john prescott was a huge _ memorable. —— morning to you. jrvm prescott was a huge figure in the labour party and parti

to our panel this week — legendaryjournalist tina brown, lord peter mandelson and historian and toryrd andrew roberts. let's start by looking at what's making the news. the sunday times splashes with a billion pound warning for tescos tax bill — after the government's hike to national insurance. the observer suggests the chancellor would oppose any trump tariffs. and the sunday mirror and the sun on sunday mark the princess of wales being back at work — attending the remembrance event last night, as she makes a gradual return after being treated for cancer. and the bbc�*s leading on donald trump moving closer to a clean sweep of swing states. after several days of counting, he's set to win arizona too. that victory, stronger than anybody had expected. so much to talk about. the world has changed in the last seven days. i wonder where all three of you were when you realise the news, and what you made of it? there was a kind of— news, and what you made of it? there was a kind of delayed _ news, and what you made of it? there was a kind of delayed reaction - news, and what you made of i