there are very, very serious claims. 0bviously, 0liver dowden saying he categorically denies coveringhe mp is not named, but this is yet another story relating to the working culture in westminster, and yet another story relating to complaints procedures. and questions will no doubt be raised about whether those mechanisms, those procedures that exist within parliament, within political parties are fit for purpose. the un office on drugs and crime says p°ppy the un office on drugs and crime says poppy cultivation in afghanistan is plummeted by 95% of the taliban authorities banned the crop last april. poppy plants are used to make opium which has seen production plunge. the report estimates farmers will have lost around $1 billion in income, raising further humanitarian concerns any country where chief parts of the country where chief parts of the country are in dire need of aim. —— eight. afghanistan was the largest producer of opium for the band. —— before the ban. to western nepal now, where thousands of people have spent the night outdoors in cold temparatures following friday's e

there are very, very serious claims. 0bviously, 0liver dowden saying he categorically denies coveringamed, but this is yet another story relating to the working culture in westminster, and yet another story relating to complaints to complaints procedures. and questions will no doubt be raised about whether those mechanisms, those procedures that exist within parliament, within political parties are fit for purpose. to western nepal now, where thousands of people the night outdoors in cold temperatures following friday's earthquake. more than 150 people have been killed and over 350 injured. aftershocks have hit the worst hit districts of jajarkot and west rukum since the quake on friday night. officials said that with search and rescue efforts coming to a close, the focus will be on helping people who have lost their homes. 0ur reporter sanjaya dhakal has the latest from kathmandu. the number of dead has risen to 157 and the total number of injured persons is over 350. and the focus now is shifting towards providing shelter to the homeless and distributing essential supplies such as t

there are very, very serious claims. 0bviously, 0liver dowden saying he categorically denies coveringd, but this is yet another story relating to the working culture in westminster, and yet another story relating to complaints to complaints procedures. and questions will no doubt be raised about whether those mechanisms, those procedures that exist within parliament, within political parties, are fit for purpose. to western nepal now where thousands of people have spent the night outdoors in cold temperatures following friday's earthquake. more than a 150 people have been killed and over 350 injured. aftershocks have hit the worst hit districts of jajarkot and west rukum since the quake on friday night. officials said that with search and rescue efforts coming to a close, the focus will be on helping people who have lost their homes. live now to our bbc nepali correspondent asahok dahal who's in kathmandu. thank you forjoining us. it has been a very hard few nights for those who find themselves lost without a home and those that have lost loved ones.— lost loved ones. yes, families in

see you then-— the deputy prime minister, 0liver dowden, has denied the conservative party covered up a former party chairman, sirjake berry, raised concerns with the police, because he felt the claims hadn't been properly dealt with. mr dowden told the "sunday with laura kuenssberg programme" that all allegations were taken exceptionally seriously. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is here. he was chairman of conservative party for a few weeks when liz truss was prime minister and it was at the end of her tenure when he left office that he wrote this letter to the police are basically saying he did not think his party had done enough to deal with these allegations. now there are some really serious claims in this letter that has been reproduced by the mail on sunday saying that there may have been five victims of this person, some of the allegations include multiple rapes and there is the claim you just reference that the matter has been going on for more than two years and the failure of others to act that allowed this person to keep offending. sirjake berry does not name any

the deputy prime minister, 0liver dowden, has denied the conservative party covered up rape allegationse mail on sunday says a former party chairman, sirjake berry, raised concerns with the police because he felt the claims hadn't been properly dealt with. mr dowden told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that all allegations were taken exceptionally seriously. a council leader and nine other councillors have resigned from the labour party over the leadership�*s position on gaza. burnley council leader afrasiab anwar had previously called for sir keir starmer to resign over his position. instead, he has quit the party, along with colleagues. a number of labour mps — including shadow ministers — have called for a ceasefire. but sir keir starmer has rejected the calls. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. - this is dawn, named to mark a new era of uk technology. it's the country's fastest ai supercomputer and it's housed in a high—security data centre at the university of cambridge. you can barely hear y