findings from baroness hallett.indings from baroness hallett. we should say that the covid — from baroness hallett. we should say that the covid inquiry _ from baroness hallett. we should say that the covid inquiry is _ from baroness hallett. we should say that the covid inquiry is likely to - that the covid inquiry is likely to go on until 2026 because there are a lot of modules. i was interested in when she talked about what should happen now and how they needed to be change otherwise all of those lives that were lost would be in vain. so what is she recommending that should happen? the what is she recommending that should ha en? ~ , , happen? the key thing, there is uuite a happen? the key thing, there is quite a lot— happen? the key thing, there is quite a lot of— happen? the key thing, there is quite a lot ofjargon _ happen? the key thing, there is quite a lot ofjargon here - happen? the key thing, there is quite a lot ofjargon here but. happen? the key thing, there is l quite a lot of jargon here but that quit

baroness hallett did not name names and it — today.mes and it was very broad but she | names and it was very broad but she did look ahead because she said we have got to learn lessons and she has made ten recommendations. absolutely. she once those recommendations implemented very quickly— recommendations implemented very quickly and her main recommendation is realty— quickly and her main recommendation is really that different parts of government are not responsible any more _ government are not responsible any more for— government are not responsible any more for planning the pandemics and catastrophic events, and she wants a thing _ catastrophic events, and she wants a thing which _ catastrophic events, and she wants a thing which a single independent body to— thing which a single independent body to prepare and respond to uk wide emergencies and she wants exercises — wide emergencies and she wants exercises every three years across the uk _ exercises every three years across the uk to— exercises every three years across the uk to s

in the report today from baroness hallett, she - today from baroness hallett, she will make some recommendationsow the recommendations? ida. it follow the recommendations? no, it is a ublic follow the recommendations? no, it is a public inquiry. — is a public inquiry, recommendations, the government can completely ignore them if it wants to. it would be a brave government at the moment in the uk that will completely dismiss these. quite interesting because when the new labour government came in, sir patrick vallance, chief scientist in the pandemic, he was named as one of the pandemic, he was named as one of the new health minister is, quite a surprise. it wouldn't shock me if he is the person who is given the job of taking some of the recommendations and making them into policy. but they don't have to take them, it will be up to the government. i them, it will be up to the government.— them, it will be up to the government. ., ., g government. i have to let jim run off now because _ government. i have to let jim run off now because the _ government. i have to let jim run off now because the jou

for those of us _ report from baroness hallett?and breathing _ those of us who have been living and breathing this for the last few years. — breathing this for the last few years, there are no surprises in this, _ years, there are no surprises in this, but— years, there are no surprises in this, but what i'm really pleased to see is— this, but what i'm really pleased to see is that — this, but what i'm really pleased to see is that baroness hallett is being — see is that baroness hallett is being robust, not pulling any punches, _ being robust, not pulling any punches, she is getting straight to the point, — punches, she is getting straight to the point, and this first report is all about— the point, and this first report is all about putting the right foundations in place because that is where _ foundations in place because that is where we _ foundations in place because that is where we have got to start. right foundations i got to be there, the nations— foundations i got to be there, the nations have got to work together, and we

baroness hallett there. speaking earlier. well, baroness hallett there. speaking earlier .pean leaders meeting in oxfordshire , with more support oxfordshire, with more support being promised for ukraine and earlier , the ukrainian president earlier, the ukrainian president said when he arrived in oxfordshire that he is counting on sir keir starmer's support in the uk, demonstrated leadership from the very beginning of russian attacks and all the strong steps and some some not. >> simple steps, always uk and uk began, so i count on my meeting. i will have meeting with prime minister and also bilateral one. and also i will have i will have meeting with with the government . with the government. >> and sir keir starmer is hosting that summit at blenheim palace, which he hopes will fire the starting gun on a new relationship with the eu following brexit. the prime minister says he wants to reset our relationship with the continent and to push for closer security ties with other countries. the group have now agreed on boosting defence capabilities in ukraine as it continues to

we will then hearfrom baroness hallett.ng you that on bbc news. back to you in the studio. thank you very much indeed, we look forward to hearing more about that report. let's go back to the news uk prime minister sir keir starmer is hosting a meeting of dozens of european leaders at blenheim palace in england. sir keir starmer says border security will be at the heart of the government reset with europe. the uk foreign secretary was asked if it is about trying to get the benefits of eu membership by the back door. well, let me answer the question. the first thing is to say the european union and its commission is not up and running after their elections last month. they won't be up and running until december. this is not a gathering of the european union. it's a gathering of the whole european family. and of course we're entering into discussions, but we're nowhere near a negotiation on the trade agreement, the paper—thin trade agreement that boris johnson struck, the veterinary deal, that we've said that we want to get, t

baroness hallett, the inquiry _ of this report?hallett, the inquiry chair, _ of this report? baroness hallett, the inquiry chair, certainly - of this report? baroness hallett, the inquiry chair, certainly hopes so. not only that, she expects it to happen. because one reason that this first report, just dealing with events leading up to early 2020, was published now, even as the inquiry is ongoing, is because she wanted to get out there warnings about the need to prepare for the next pandemic, which she says is going to be likely at some stage, and clearly from her report it is very obvious that the inquiry feels that not enough has been done, even since covid. so, she says she will be monitoring over the next 12 months the extent to which ministers and officials implement her recommendations, both at westminster and for the devolved administrations as well. she will keep on the case over that time. and in six months she expects to see some action. so the ball is very much in the courts of government. they will have to come up with

and it's reassuring that baroness hallett has actually said that.t point fingers at individuals per se. it points fingers at the system. there'll be more, i think, individuals within the next modules as we go through . modules as we go through. >> do you do you get the sense i'll be i'll be frank. i get the sense that what's being set up here is , a situation in which if here is, a situation in which if and when something similar is, happens again is launched upon us again, that they will feel justified , they will feel justified, they will feel justified, they will feel justified in the same people taking control without ever having had to pause to take account of the damage that was done.the account of the damage that was done. the last time, >> yeah , i think that's a huge >> yeah, i think that's a huge worry. i think that's a huge worry. i think that's a huge worry. neil. i think there are some elements within the module report which actually could give us a little bit of hope, but you could also interpret it in another way. so for example, a ba

through the stages we will have other reports that baroness hallett will publish.e last 15 minutes or so. we will have more reactions throughout the afternoon, but for the moment, back afternoon, but forthe moment, back to afternoon, but for the moment, back to you in the studio.— to you in the studio. thank you, nicky schiller. _ to you in the studio. thank you, nicky schiller. another - to you in the studio. thank you, | nicky schiller. another important inquiry we are monitoring is a post office inquiry into the horizon it scandal, they are taking a break at the moment but we have been hearing from sir ed davey, who was the postal affairs minister. we will continue with that inquiry as soon as they come back from their break. first, the justice as they come back from their break. first, thejustice secretary has called for the chair of the criminal cases review position to step down after an independent review into the case of andrew malkinson who was wrongly convicted of rape and spelt 17 years in jail. shabana mahmood said the report showed that helen pitcher i

we are expecting this report from baroness hallett to be quite critical.what is in it but we have some ideas based on what the evidence was that was given in the six weeks of testimony last year and there are three key areas. the first was about the actual planning around and whether we dealt and were looking at too much for influenza and flu rather than thinking it could be coronavirus because there had been by then two outbreaks of coronavirus in asia, sars and mers, and they dealt with it differently, quarantine and looking down borders. also the impact of brexit and whether departments were looking too much at planning for no—deal brexit rather than focusing on plans for a pandemic and also the issue of austerity and whether the austerity we had in the previous years had meant the whole service was not staffed enough with doctors and nurses. those are the three areas we think the report will focus on. it will be out at midday. first i want to also hear from some of the people this is really going to affect because the politicians will react to this but

baroness hallett , and complex.nised the inquiry, has made ten recommendations to avoid a repeat of what she's described as those fatal flaws in any future health emergency . in any future health emergency. sir keir starmer says he wants to use today's summit of european leaders to push for joint action on illegal migration. the prime minister is hosting around 45 foreign leaders at blenheim palace in oxfordshire, with defence, security and energy on the agenda. earlier, he used his opening speech to reaffirm the uk's support for ukraine, saying that the threat from russia reaches right across europe . in reaches right across europe. in the us, former house speaker nancy pelosi is reportedly backing calls for president biden to step aside in the presidential race. white house officials are suggesting she has told joe biden he cannot win the november the 5th election, echoing a growing number of democrats who've raised serious concerns about his ability to defeat donald trump. it comes after an assassination attempt

in the 240 page assessment released this lunchtime , baroness hallett this lunchtime, baroness hallettfound there were significant and widespread failures from successive governments . the successive governments. the report also condemns the 2011 pandemic strategy for being virtually abandoned when covid hit, with no forward focus on economic and social impacts. in other news today, five just stop oil protesters, including one of its co—founders, were jailed today for conspiring to organise protests which blocked the m25, causing massive disruption for motorists back in 2022. roger hallam, daniel schorr, louise lancaster , lucia whittaker de lancaster, lucia whittaker de abreu and cressida gethin organised 45 protesters to climb onto gantries over the motorway for four successive days in november 22nd prosecutors allege the protests cost the metropolitan police more than £1 million and caused more than 50,000 hours of vehicle delays for drivers. mr hallam was sentenced to five years imprisonment, while the remaining four defendants were each handed four years. the judge in the case sai

this is a very pertinent report today- _ we hope that baroness hallett will take it a step further andand that is what we are here about that is what we are campaigning for. straight to sir keir starmer. 46 straight to sir keir starmer. 45 european leaders, together, including president zelensky, who addressed the primary this morning as i thank you know. we discussed once again our commitment to stand with ukraine, a very important commitment made again today, including supporting their energy needs ahead of winter, so getting ahead of this winter and cracking down on the ships that are helping russia to evade sanctions. now we would need to be clear, ukraine is fighting notjust for the ukrainian people, though, of course it is. but for the european people, for freedom, democracy and the rule of law. and our security therefore starts in ukraine. we pledged to president zelensky once again that we will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. we also had a productive discussion on wider european security. defending our democracies against russian interference and supporting countrie

in the 240 page assessment, baroness hallett found there were significant and widespread failures bycessive governments. the report also condemned the 2011 pandemic strategy for being virtually abandoned when covid hit, with no forward focus on economic and social impacts . former post social impacts. former post office minister and now lib dem leader ed davey has said today that he was lied to about serious flaws in the horizon it system . mr davey told the system. mr davey told the inquiry today that the former chief executive, paula vennells, and the former md , david smith, and the former md, david smith, were the people passing the information to the government, he said, which was untrue . he said, which was untrue. between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of subpostmasters were blamed and then prosecuted for losses caused by bugs in fujitsu's faulty horizon. it system. and let's just bring you a little bit more detail on that breaking news i brought to you an hour ago from paris, where a police officer has been seriously injured after a man armed with a knife launched an attack in the c

here at the inquiry, baroness hallett has made a series of recommendations, including for a uk wide statutoryolved administrations to work on future resilience planning. she said based on the evidence she heard, another pandemic was likely. she said she wanted responses within six months, a view shared by campaigners gathering opposite westminster and determined to hold ministers to account. hugh pym, bbc news. the headquarters of the national television station in bangladesh has been stormed and set on fire. protesters are calling for the authorities to scrap a controversial quota system for governmentjobs that gives favour to relatives of independence fighters. there are reports of dozens of people killed in clashes between students and police but bbc bengali have been able to verify 19 deaths. the bangladeshi information minister told the bbc that broadcasts had been stopped and most employees had left the building in dhaka. in russia, the espionage trial of the journalist evan gershkovich has heard witness testimony behind closed doors. his employer, the wall streetjournal, says the case

baroness hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime.untry was deepin spring 2020 and the country was deep in lockdown. shops were shut, schools were closed. four years on and life might feel back to normal, but what needs to change if or when the next pandemic hits us? a public enquiry has been trying to answer that question. should be the truth. the _ answer that question. should be the truth. the whole _ answer that question. should be the truth. the whole truth... i the truth. the whole truth... and nothing _ the truth. the whole truth... and nothing but— the truth. the whole truth... and nothing but the - the truth. the whole truth... and nothing but the truth. i and nothing but the truth. today its first findings will look at just at the time before covid including planning and the state of the nhs after a decade of spending constraints. we were at the bottom of the table number doctors, nurses, beds, i to table number doctors, nurses, beds, ito use. if table number doctors, nurses, beds, ito use.— beds, ito use. if you lose contro

here at the inquiry, baroness hallett has made a series of recommendations, including for a uk wide statutorydence she heard, another pandemic was likely. she said she wanted responses within six months, a view shared by campaigners gathering opposite westminster and determined to hold ministers to account. hugh pym, bbc news. let's turn to the us now — where questions continue to grow around the candidacy of president joe biden in the 2024 us election. the washington post is reporting tonight that the former president, barack obama, has told allies that mr biden must seriously consider his viability to win a second term. the beleaguered president has now tested positive for covid, forcing him to suspend engagements and isolate at his home in delaware. his fortunes are in stark contrast to those of donald trump, who in the next few hours will deliver his convention speech before the republican party faithful in milwaukee, less than a week after a gunman tried to kill him. sarah smith has the very latest. looking frail and unsteady, it is almost painful to watch joe biden making his way home t

here at the inquiry, baroness hallett has made a series of recommendations, including for a uk wide statutoryo work on future resilience planning. she said based on the evidence she heard, another pandemic was likely. she said she wanted responses within six months, a view shared by campaigners gathering opposite westminster and determined to hold ministers to account. hugh pym, bbc news. police are dealing with violence and disorder in the hair hills area of leeds. police were called at around five o'clock this afternoon and there has been further pockets of disorder. what we know? this started at five o'clock — disorder. what we know? this started at five o'clock this _ disorder. what we know? this started at five o'clock this afternoon - disorder. what we know? this started at five o'clock this afternoon when - at five o'clock this afternoon when police were called to a street and it involved some agency workers and children, and they had to be removed to safety when other people turned up to safety when other people turned up and started these pockets of disorder. a lot of social media fo

the coronavirus outbreak when it happened in the 240 page assessment released this lunchtime, baroness hallettound there were significant and widespread failures from successive governments. the report also condemns the 2011 pandemic strategy for being virtually abandoned when covid hit, with no focus on economic and social impacts. ten recommendations were made, including a more simple approach to dealing with health emergencies and conducting uk wide pandemic exercises every three years. the prime minister said his government is committed to learning from the inquiry and expressed his heartfelt sympathy to those who lost loved ones dunng to those who lost loved ones during the pandemic. at least eight more reports will follow today's publication . five just today's publication. five just stop oil protesters, including one of its co—founders, were jailed today for conspiring to organise protests that blocked the m25 motorway, causing massive disruption for motorists. roger hallam, daniel schorr , louise lancaster, lucia schorr, louise lancaster, lucia whittaker de abreu and cressida gethin or

for the pandemic in a 240 page assessment released this lunchtime , released this lunchtime, baroness hallettnt and widespread failures by successive governments. the report also condemned the 2011 pandemic strategy for being virtually abandoned when covid hit, with no forward focus on economic and social impacts. the prime minister says his government is committed to learning from the inquiry and he expressed his heartfelt sympathies to those who lost, loved ones during that time. just quickly from the united states. now, the washington post is reporting tonight that barack obama, the former president, has told his allies that joe biden does need to reconsider his election bid for november at the same time, it's been confirmed that joe biden's had to cancel speeches because his team says he has covid. it's also being reported that nancy pelosi, she's a close aide of joe biden, has also privately told him he can't win the november 5th election, echoing a growing number of democrats expressing the same doubts. we'll keep you up to date on that throughout the rest of the evening, but for now, t

this our inquiry chair, baroness hallett, delivers her verdict on the uk's state of preparedness andim palace today as keir starmer hosts what's known as the european political community summit. the prime minister wants a deal on migration, but what might it cost us? >> and we're live in milwaukee, where donald trump is due to speak, accepting his party's nomination for the presidency. nigel farage, liz truss and bofis nigel farage, liz truss and boris johnson are all there to . boris johnson are all there to. and of course, throughout today , and of course, throughout today, keir starmer will be meeting key leaders across europe, all at churchill's birthplace, blenheim palace. he wants a deal on migration. >> yes . essentially he wants to. >> yes. essentially he wants to. although the reports are so far that he wants

baroness hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime.spring 2020, and the country was deep in lockdown. shops were shut, schools were closed. four years on, and life might feel back to normal. but what needs to change if or when the next pandemic hits us? good morning. a public inquiry has been trying to answer that question. shall be the truth... the whole truth. and nothing but the truth. today, its first findings will look just at the time before covid, including planning and the state of the nhs, after a decade of spending constraints. we were at the bottom of the table on number of doctors, number of nurses, number of beds, number of itus. if you lose control of your debt and you lose control of your deficit and you lose control of your economy, you end up cutting the health service. dr saleyha ahsan is a documentary—maker and trained army medic. ijust remember it being a really brutal time, i think. she filmed this working in a covid ward during the pandemic. we were dealing with a killer virus. we hadn't a vaccine at that point. p