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that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport i'm ben brown live in downing street.estions — as he awaits the publication of the official report into gatherings held at downing street and whitehall during lockdown. the findings of the inquiry by the senior civil servant, sue gray, could be released this afternoon. downing street are still saying they have not yet received the report, when they do it will take some time for the prime minister and other officials to pour over it before that has released to the public. we may not set eyes on it until tomorrow. we will have to wait and see. we will have to wait and see. scotland yard is already looking into whether any covid restrictions were breached. during heated exchanges in the commons, the labour leader sir keir starmer accused mrjohnson of showing contempt for decency and honesty and said he should resign. let's listen to part of their exchange. sue gray to the police, having found evidence of behaviour that's potentially a criminal offense. prime minister, if you do not understand the significance of what happene

i'm ben brown live in downing street.icial inquiry into gatherings at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown is believed to be complete — and could be submitted to number 10 within hours. it's understood the senior civil servant, sue gray, has evidence including photographs and whatsapp messages, and wants the report to be published in full. borisjohnson is due in the commons later for prime minister's questions and has also pledged to respond to the report in front of mps once it is published. it comes after the metropolitan police has announced it is launching its own investigation. our first report today comes from our political correspondent, ione wells. can the prime minister bounce back from this? reporter: are you going to have to resign? - for many tory mps, their answer depends on what's in sue gray's reports into parties that took place behind these doors, and across whitehall, during coronavirus restrictions. yesterday, confirmation some evidence she has found was enough to warrant a police investigati

i'm ben brown.hich prince andrew's lawyer believes could stop a civil case against him in the us has been made made public. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. lawyers on both sides of the atlantic will be scrutinising the document to see what impact, if any, it has on the case. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, rules out further covid measures in england for now despite the ongoing rise in 0micron infections. the pressure on our nhs, on our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks and maybe more, because there's no question 0micron continues to surge through the country. more than 28,300 people crossed the english channel to the uk

i'm ben brown live in downing street. our headlines at 2: borisjohnson fights for his premiership over lockdown parties in downing street and defends his record to a packed house of commons. with support in his own party looking increasingly fragile, mrjohnson fought back. we have more people in employment, more employees on the payroll now than they were before the pandemic began. that is what my staff have been working on in downing street, mr speaker. doesn't the country deserve so much better than this out of touch, out of control, out of ideas, and soon to be out of office prime minister? cheering this morning a dramatic defection — the conservative mp for bury south, christian wakeford, crossed the commons floor to join the labour party and a former cabinet minister had this for boris johnson. you have sat there too long - for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. and i'mjane hill here in the studio — the other headlines this hour... living with coronavirus: boris johnson outlines a relaxation of some

i'm ben brown. lawyer believes could stop a civil case against him in the us has been made made public. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. lawyers on both sides of the atlantic will be scrutinising the document to see what impact, if any, it has on the case. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, rules out further covid measures in england for now despite the ongoing rise in omicron infections. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, rules out further

i'm ben brown, our top stories: prince andrew's lawyers prepare to ask a us court to dismiss a civilffre. pupils across the uk head back to school this week amid concerns about covid—related staff shortages. it's an ever shrinking supply situation. we need to have high quality, professional teachers in front of children to give them an excellent education, and they aren't out there. covid is causing problems for schooling around the world, including in the united states which has set a record for surpassing one million daily covid infections.

i'm ben brown. our top stories...ther covid measures in england for now, despite the ongoing rise in 0micron infections. the pressure on our nhs and on our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks and maybe more because there is no question 0micron continues to surge through the country. scotland records more than 20,000 new covid cases — its highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. scientists in the netherlands meet to discuss whether schools there can re—open next week — after closing early for christmas in the face of rising infections. france toughens its rules around face masks. all children over six now have to wear them in shops and on public transport.

i�*m ben brown, our top stories: prince andrew�*s lawyers prepare to ask a us court to dismiss a civilns about staff shortages. covid is causing problems around the world with schooling. we�*ll hear from the head of a teacher�*s union in the us. a second chinese city is locked down and the winter olympic bubble sealed, as officials rush to contain outbreaks, a month before the opening ceremony. after questions about his covid vaccination status, novak djokovic gets a medical exemption and says he will travel to australia to defend his open title.

the bbc's legal correspondent came into the studio and explained to ben brown what the document said.this is a 12-page document signed in november 2009 which seems a whole world away, but the allegations of virginia giuffre against jeffrey epstein and people around him including prince andrew date back 20 years. she was suing him in a cot in florida -- epstein -- saying she had been lured into a world of sexual abuse and had been accused by people around epstein, his closest confidants, she talks about being abused by politicians and royalty, but they are not named in the document. when she settled the case, paid $500,000, 300s of new 1000 pounds by today's rates. in the document -- this is the crucial bit -- she says she forever discharges the legal ground for which epstein and any other entity who could have been a defendant in that action she was bringing up in florida, and in doing so, she agrees not to bring any damages claim against anyone from the beginning of time effectively up until the date of that settlement. the reason why this is important is because the prince's lawyers

i'm ben brown live in downing street.ister, borisjohnson, has told mps he would not comment on an imminent report into lockdown parties in government during a raucous prime minister's questions in the commons this lunchtime. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the conservatives had done immense damage to public trust and called again on mr johnson to resign. the official report by the senior civil servant sue gray is now complete, although it hasn't yet been handed to number ten. it is expected to be released soon, although it's not clear whether it will be published in full. the metropolitan police have also announced their own investigation into potential government breaches of the law, heaping yet more pressure on the prime minister. here's our political correspondentjonathan blake. westminster is waiting. the prime minister left downing street this morning with his fate hanging in the balance. expectations could not be higher as he arrived at the house of commons to face prime minister's questions. but for now,

this is bbc news, with ben brown, the headlines...a to compete in the australian open after the authorities cancelled his visa. the president of kazakhstan is seeking help from a russian—led regional military alliance to quell nationwide protests. on wednesday, demonstrators seized the airport and several government buildings in the main city almaty. france has just recorded 335,000 new covid cases — a new daily record for europe, with other european countries also seeing records broken. french president emmauel macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for unvaccinated people in france. and the us attorney general has promised to hold accountable all those involved in the deadly attack on congress in washington a year ago.

i'm ben brown, our top stories.ia giuffre. britain's health secretary says there's nothing in the data to call for tougher covid restrictions in england, but it's still too early to know how hospitals will cope. sadly, we are seeing hospitalisations arise across the country, particularly in older age groups, but thankfully, there was in intensive care, those numbers are broadly flat. —— those in intensive care. meanwhile, pupils across the uk head back to school this week amid concerns about staff shortages due to the virus. tennis world number one novak djokovic says he's heading

ben brown will be in the chair next week.en stephen breyer was nominated, 87 senators voted for him. funny times. goodbye. hello, the weekend has begun with some very windy weather across the northern half of the uk, particularly thanks to a storm that has been named by the danish weather service, storm malik. sunshine and showers pretty much covers it weather—wise and it will be turning colder through the day after what was a mild start. storm malik will cause big impact in denmark later in the week, but for us you can see tightly squeezed isobars, very strong winds with gusts up to 80 mph for expos spots in eastern scotland. we have a met office amber warning here, also extending into the far north—east of england. more broadly, across northern england, northern ireland and scotland, a met office yellow warning where we could see gusts of wind up to 80 mph. some outbreaks of patchy rain sinking southwards as we go through the afternoon. it is likely to stay cloudy for southern counties of england, the south of wales, but fu

i'm ben brown. our top stories... prime minister borisjohnson rules out further covid measures in england for now, despite the ongoing rise in omicron infections. the pressure on our nhs and on our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks and maybe more because there is no question omicron continues to surge through the country. scotland records more than 20,000 new covid cases — its highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. scientists in the netherlands meet to discuss whether schools there can re—open next week — after closing early for christmas in the face of rising infections. france toughens its rules around face masks. all children over six now have to wear them in shops and on public transport. a legal document which prince andrew's lawyer believes will stop a civil case against him in the us, is expected to be made public today. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. and we report on how the queen will ce

i'm ben brown, our top stories: prince andrew's lawyers prepare to ask a us court to dismiss a civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. pupils across the uk head back to school this week amid concerns about covid—related staff shortages. it's an ever shrinking supply situation. we need to have high quality, professional teachers in front of children to give them an excellent education, and they aren't out there. covid is causing problems for schooling around the world, including in the united states which has set a record for surpassing one million daily covid infections. a second chinese city is locked down and the winter olympics venues are sealed off as officials rush to contain outbreaks of covid a month before the games begin. novak djokovic claims medical exemption from receiving a covid jab and prepares to travel to australia to defend his tennis open title. and former tech billionaire elizabeth holmes — founder of the health company theranos — is found guilty of fraud over her failed blood testing technology. hello and welcome. lawyers for prince andrew are atte

ben brown will be in the chair next week.. storm corrie continuing to bring some damaging gusts of winds during the overnight period and to start monday morning. met office warnings remain in force for strong winds across more eastern parts of the country and we'll also have an ice risk to start the day across northern scotland — some cold air digging in behind the storm as it moves out into the north sea. but you can see a real squeeze in the isobars still across eastern coastal parts of scotland, down towards the wash and norfolk, so the yellow warnings remain in force through this morning for further gusts of 50—60 mph. eventually, the strongest of the winds will pull away from the east coast, and then it'll leave a blustery day for all. after that icy start across northern scotland, temperatures will rise a little bit, but it's going to be one of sunshine and blustery showers. these showers again wintry over the hills of scotland, some of these showers also getting into parts of north west england, the midlands, wales and

i'm ben brown, our top stories. lawyers for prince andrew ask a us court to dismiss a civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. britain's health secretary says there's nothing in the data to call for tougher covid restrictions in england, but it's still too early to know how hospitals will cope. sadly, we are seeing hospitalisations arise across the country, particularly in older age groups, but thankfully, there was in intensive care, those numbers are broadly flat. —— those in intensive care. meanwhile, pupils across the uk head back to school this week amid concerns about staff shortages due to the virus. tennis world number one novak djokovic says he's heading to the australian open after being granted a medical exemption for covid. and former tech billionaire elizabeth holmes — founder of the health company theranos — is found guilty of fraud over her failed blood testing technology. hello and welcome. lawyers for prince andrew are attempting to have a civil claim for sexual assault against him thr

i'm ben brown. our top stories. tonga's government warns there's a long road to recovery — a week after the volcanic eruption and tsunami. survivors recall the moment the wave hit. nobody knew that there was a wave coming so, you know, in every household that was on the road, we were just shouting out, "tsunami, tsunami!" — you know, "get to higher ground!" the uk says it's uncovered a plot by moscow to install a pro—russian leader in ukraine, as tensions rise over a possible invasion. intense fighting in syria, former conservative minister nusrat ghani tells the sunday times she was sacked from herjob, because of her muslim faith. the government chief whip mark spencer says her claim is completely false. two years to the day since china forced the city of wuhan and its ten million citizens into lockdown, we hear from a man evacuated from wuhan in the pandemic — and we have a special report on how beijing is containing the virus. hello and welcome to bbc news. the government of tonga says it's facing a long programm

ben brown will be in the chair next week.there. the winds from storm malik eased down quite quickly during the latter part of saturday and we saw a ridge of high pressure build in to give us a fine start for sunday morning — cold, frosty and sunny for many — but conditions will deteriorate across the north and the west of the country later as the next deepening area of low pressure hurtles in off the atlantic. this has been named by the uk met office as storm corrie, and that'll arrive later on sunday across scotland, northern ireland, northern england. but we start the day off largely fine and settled with lots of sunshine around. the sunshine will hold on across central, southern and eastern parts of england through the day. cloud will build up further north and west and it'll start turning wetter and windier for northern ireland. northern and western scotland, some snow developing on the hills. gales developing across the western isles. it's going to be a chilly day across the board for sunday — highs of 5 to 9 degrees. an

our legal correspondent dominic casciani has more details, he's been speaking to my colleague ben brownhis is a 12—page document signed in november 2009, which seems a whole world away, but you have to bear in mind the allegations virginia giuffre makes againstjeffrey epstein and people around him, including prince andrew, date back 20 years. now, this is part of her case where she was suing him in a court in florida. this is epstein. it's her saying she been lured into a world of sexual abuse and she also had been abused by people around epstein and his closest confidantes. she talks about being abused by politicians and royalty who were not named in the document. she settled the case. she was paid about $500,000, about £371,000 by today's rates. in the document, the crucial bit says she releases and forever discharges, in the legal language, epstein and any other person or entity who could have been a potential defendant in the action she was bringing in florida, and in doing so that she agrees not to bring any damages claim against anyone from the beginning of time effectively up unt

i'm ben brown. our top stories — a legal document which prince andrew's lawyer believes could stop a civil case against him in the us has been made made public. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. lawyers on both sides of the atlantic will be scrutinising the document to see what impact, if any, it has on the case. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, rules out further covid measures in england for now despite the ongoing rise in omicron infections. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, rules out further covid measures in england for now despite the ongoing rise in omicron infections. the pressure on our nhs, on our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks and maybe more, because there's no question omicron continues to surge through the country. more than 28,300 people crossed the english channel to the uk on board small boats in 2021, triple the number for 2020. firefighters in south africa are back at

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines...rence and diplomacy to urge him to desist. rafael nadal claims a record 21st grand slam men�*s tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. counting the cost of storm malik, with another powerful front, threatening more homes, in scotland and northern england. remembering the dead of bloody sunday 50 years on after 13 where killed by the british army in londonderry. both the uk prime minister boris johnson and the chancellor say a widely—opposed rise in national insurance will go ahead to fund health and social care. more on rafa nadal�*s victory in melbourne, and all the other news now.

i'm ben brown, our top stories: prince andrew's lawyers prepare to ask a us court to dismiss a civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. pupils across the uk head back to school amid concerns about staff shortages. covid is causing problems around the world with schooling. we'll hear from the head of a teacher's union in the us. a second chinese city is locked down and the winter olympic bubble sealed, as officials rush to contain outbreaks, a month before the opening ceremony. after questions about his covid vaccination status, novak djokovic gets a medical exemption and says he will travel to australia to defend his open title. and former tech billionaire elizabeth holmes — founder of the health company theranos — is found guilty of fraud over her failed blood testing technology. the language is extraordinarily broad and this is the type of very broad language that lawyers sometimes think is going to be helpfulfor them but often it actually result in finding that a provision is invalid because it is in fact too broad. prince andrew was adamant in his 2019 newsnight int

ben brown will be in the chair next week.trong winds have now eased away towards the east and we are in a relatively calm spell of weather because the next storm is moving on from the north west and for many areas in and east it will be dry and sunny but increasingly wet and windy weather arrives from the north west later. a ridge of high pressure setting to the south but here it is time to moving on from the north west, isobars, the pressure dropping quickly with the storm system. still a lot of dry weather in the afternoon across the bulk of england and wales, but you can see the rain in northern ireland and scotland and that will be preceded by snow on higher ground. the wind is picking up in the middle of the afternoon towards the further south and east, or top temperatures and it should stay dry during the day, but as we head through this evening and overnight, look at the isobars, particularly windy on the rear edge of storm corrie as it moves its way across scotland and the north of england. we have got a yellow wind w

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown.uld be imminent. police will meet a conservative mp who's accused government whips of trying to "blackmail" politicians who've tried to oust borisjohnson. a man appears in court charged with the murder of an elderly woman and the attempted murder of her husband. the port of dover admits new customs checks have contributed to big queues on the roads. and at 6.30pm, a roundup of today's premier league of today's premier league action in sportsday.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at six: the first shipment of american military aid to ukraine arrives there, amid warnings a russian invasion could be imminent. police will meet a conservative mp who's accused government whips of trying to "blackmail" politicians who've tried to oust borisjohnson. a man appears in court charged with the murder of an elderly woman and the attempted murder of her husband. the port of dover admits new customs checks have contributed to big queues on the roads. and at 6.30pm, a roundup of today's premier league of today's premier league action in sportsday. good evening. a senior conservative mp says the uk must do more to support ukraine as russian troops mass along its border. tobias ellwood, who chairs the commons defence committee, says he thinks an invasion could now be "imminent" and that president putin is "taking full advantage of a weakened west". russia has denied it's planning an invasion. but the us has delivered 90 tonnes of what it calls �*lethal aid' to ukr

i'm ben brown with your other stories... for nhs workers in england.

i'm ben brown.ublic. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. lawyers on both sides of the atlantic will be scrutinising the document which has just been unsealed to see what impact, if any, it will have on the case. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, rules out further covid measures in england for now despite the ongoing rise in omicron infections. the pressure on our nhs, on our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks

i'm ben brown live in downing street, the headlines: the police say they will now investigate multiplens. i welcome the met's decision to conduct its own investigation because i believe this will help to give the public the clarity it needs and help to draw a line under matters. sue gray's report will not be published while the met police investigate — so what do tory mps do next?

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 2...amilies affected by coronavirus, show their anger. borisjohnson, having survived covid himself, thought it was appropriate to host a party where you could bring your own booze, sit in the garden at downing street, where borisjohnson met me and four other bereaved families and told us, to our faces, after listening to my dad's story, i did everything i could to save him. to my dad's story, "i did everything i could to save him." this was organised in advance, mr speaker, so did the prime minister know about the event beforehand and did he give his permission for it to go ahead? one in 12 teachers were absent from england's schools last week,

ben brown in downing street for sublessor turned out to the news that prince andrew has failed in hisid to get a us judge to dismiss an assault case burned against him by virginia —— brought against him by virginia giuffre. he has denied all the allegations she has made against him. earlier, we spoke to mark stevens, a lawyer with expertise in defamation, and reeta chakrabarti asked him whether he saw this coming. i asked him whether he saw this cominu. ~ ., , asked him whether he saw this cominu. ,, . , ., , , coming. i think many lawyers saw this coming. the _ coming. i think many lawyers saw this coming. the judge _ coming. i think many lawyers saw this coming. the judge has - coming. i think many lawyers saw| this coming. the judge has thrown coming. i think many lawyers saw i this coming. the judge has thrown a judicial decision, a recentjudicial decision, like a bomb in the heart of the royalfamily decision, like a bomb in the heart of the royal family and friends to provoke a constitutional crisis as a consequent. this is been a case limited in the pastor prince andrew, but as

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown at downing street where pressure is growing on the prime minister afterntense pressure to explain himself. i certainly wish that things had happened differently on the evening of may the 20th. and i apologise for all misjudgments that have been made, for which i take full responsibility. despite the apology, the prime minister was urged to resign, while tory backbenchers were called on to remove him. when the whole country was locked down, he was hosting

statesman, rachel cunliffe, and chief political commentator at times radio, tom newton—dunn, with ben brownhton on the south coast. a win for the blues would have taken them second and to within ten points of leaders manchester city. hakim ziyech had them on target when he scored just before the half—hour mark. but adam webster equalised when he found himself in acres of room and unchallenged to head in for graham potter's side, who are ninth on the table. rangers were held to a 1—1 draw by aberdeen in the scottish premiership, which sees their lead at the top cut tojust four points. ianis hagi put the champions ahead in the 20th minute at pittodrie and they were on their way to re—establishing a six—point lead over celtic, but the hosts were given a penalty in the 73rd minute, which lewis ferguson converted for the sixth—placed dons. elsewhere, third place hearts were 2—0 winners over bottom—of—the—table stjohnstone and there were wins for st mirren, livingston and ross county. four—time winners ghana have been eliminated from the africa cup of nations after losing 3—2 to comoros in what i

much more coming up on the main stories under ben brown will be with you from tpm.nd, cloud will continue to thicken and we have a weather front moving in, quite a weakfront thicken and we have a weather front moving in, quite a weak front but it will spread rain eastward over the next few hours. temperatures will most will be between seven and 9 degrees. overnight we will see a weather front moving into scotland bringing more rain and this is a cold front and finishes the night across parts of northern england and ahead of that a lot of cloud must over many of us it will stay frost free. tomorrow, colder air on the way and behind the cold front and the fronts themselves bringing rain across england and wales but it will be patchy and the afternoon becoming much sunnier. the coldest weather will be in shetland where there will be snow showers getting down to sea level and particularly bitter winds and temperatures are only! degrees, but otherwise it will feel colder from the north. this is bbc news. the headlines... more pressure on the prime minister, amid claims h

ben brown is in the chair for dateline: london next weekend. we will call it when with a mixture of sunshine and showers. right now to the west of us we have storm mattek funding and it will be approaching scotland through the course of friday night and into the early hours of saturday and the rest of the weather will occur during the day on saturday. all the while across england and wales to the evening it will be quiet and it's dry here is the storm forming to the rest of the hebrides saturday morning and it's pushing him very mild airfrom the morning and it's pushing him very mild air from the southern kinds so it means on saturday morning temperatures will be around 10 degrees and so a mild start to today. here is the weather map for saturday notice the pressure lines and it's that very strong wind blowing out of the northwest and here is a look at the warning for the met office because they have been updated and now an amber warning is in force for each and parts of scotland so for the populated areas into edinboro as well in a yellow warn

i'm ben brown live in downing street.lations. i welcome the met's decision to conduct its own investigation because i believe this will help to give the public the clarity it needs and help to draw a line under matters. sue gray's report will not be published while the met police investigate — so what do tory mps do next? we'll be getting analysis and reaction throughout the afternoon. i'm martine croxall — the other main news. bradford council is going to lose control of its children's services. it comes after the death of star hobson. the 16—month—old died in 2020 after months of neglect, cruelty and injury. foreign secretary liz truss says she will be visiting ukraine next week. it's as tensions with russia grow there — she warns an invasion from russia would be a massive strategic mistake. hello and welcome to bbc news live from downing street. the metropolitan police is investigating gatherings at number ten and across government, to see if breaches of covid restrictions took place. the commisioner of britain's bigge

a little earlier my colleague ben brown spoke to other rosen.third thing i first thou . ht street. my third thing i first thought is _ street. my third thing i first thought is the _ street. my third thing i first thought is the story - street. my third thing i first thought is the story that i street. my third thing i first | thought is the story that my street. my third thing i first i thought is the story that my wife and family told me. they were at home trying to maintain contact with me, get contact with me because they can come in and see me. and of course i could've died and we've heard the awful stories all day on your program. of people who said goodbye to their loved ones from home on zoom calls and phone calls. and the only way emma can stay in touch with me was to talk to the nurses and the doctors. everybody was doing their best to abide by the government instruction. so this feels like a smack in the face, feels like a smack in the face, feels like a smack in the face, feels like contempt, it feels awful. and what should happen no

i'm ben brown live in downing street.nt, more employees on the payroll now than they were before the pandemic began. that is what my staff have been working on in downing street, mr speaker.

i'm ben brown, live in downing street on another difficult day for the prime minister. as westminster awaits the report of a senior civil servant into lockdown parties in government, borisjohnson faces mps in a rowdy house of commons. the labour leader has called on him to step down. the ministerial code says that ministers who knowingly mislead parliament will be expected to offer their resignation. does the prime minister believe that applies to him? mr speaker, of course. let me tell the house that i think he's inviting a question about an investigation which is as you know, mr speaker, i can't comment. the house of commons has finished for the day so it's now highly unlikely we will get to know the findings of sue gray's report this evening. and more controversy for the prime minister — foreign office emails leaked by a whistleblower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of pen farthing and his animals from afghanistan in august — which mrjohnson denied at the time. i'll be bringing you all the latest developments on that report into downing s

i'm ben brown. times she was sacked from herjob, because of her muslim faith. the government chief whip mark spencer says her claim is completely false. tonga's government warns there's a long road to recovery — a week after the volcanic eruption and tsunami.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 2... police say they're in contact with the government, after it emerges a hundred people were invited to drinks in the garden at downing street, during the first lockdown. labour, and families affected by coronavirus, show their anger. borisjohnson, having survived covid himself, thought it was appropriate to host a party where you could bring your own booze, sit in the garden at downing street, where borisjohnson met me and four other bereaved families and told us, to our faces, after listening to my dad's story, i did everything i could to save him. to my dad's story, "i did everything i could to save him." this was organised in advance, mr speaker, so did the prime minister know about the event beforehand and did he give his permission for it to go ahead? one in 12 teachers were absent from england's schools last week, as the omicron variant of coronavirus spread rapidly. a medicalfirst in america, where doctors have transplanted a genetically modified pig's heart into a human patient.

let's head over to downing street and my colleague ben brown.claimed more than 30 people attended the bring your own booze event. labour leader keir starmer says mrjohnson should "do the decent thing and resign". our political correspondent jonathan blake reports on a dramatic pmqs. did you lie about the parties, prime minister? are you going to apologise? emerging to face the fury — borisjohnson left number 10 this morning and headed to the house of commons after revelations about a 'bring your own booze' gathering in the downing street garden during lockdown. what would he say, what could he say to answer the challenge from his opponents — was he there? — and ease the anger among his own mps. mr speaker, i want to apologise. i know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months. i know the anguish they have been through, unable to mourn their relatives, unable to live their lives as they want or to do the things they love. and i know the rage they feel with me and with the government i le

i'm ben brown.g down under, the djokovic story and the cricket. the ashes aren't getting a look in because it's all about djokovic, as you had in your headlines. he is in trouble again. the tennis world is continuing to react to the news today that novak djokovic has had his visa cancelled for the second time ahead of the australian open which starts on monday. the 20—time grand slam champion, who's hoping to break the record there — will be back in court in melbourne to appeal the decision. australia's immigration minister alex hawke says it was made on 'health and good order grounds.�* andy murray described the saga as "not great for tennis." while boris becker, who coached the serbian, said it was a "political game". here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller. what we know is that djokovic is a free man tonight. he will have to report to the offices of border force in melbourne at eight o'clock tomorrow morning our time at which point he will almost certainly be detained. that will allow him

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hello this is bbc news with ben brown.land ease today — nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are being dropped. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four—year—old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming — the first british woman to swim the channel. mercedes gleitze set a series of records for endurance swimming in the 1920s and 30s — we�*ll speak to the director of a new film about her exploits. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*sjohn watson. i�*m not sure if he has a swimming use but he has football news and news of that glorious liverpool win yesterday. i thought you might be interested in this one! good morning. liverpool managerjurgen klopp wont discuss if he thinks league leaders manchester city can be caught, despite doing their best to keep the title race alive. it�*s after they beat crystal palace. they were 2—0 up and cruising, alex oxlade—chamberlain with their second. but palace hit back through odsonne edouard. i guess the big tal