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she was speaking after the cabinet office minister, michael gove, said the snp's failure to win an outrightority at holyrood proved that people in scotland weren't "agitating" for a new poll. mr gove said the snp should concentrate on recovering from the pandemic instead. from edinburgh, here's our political correspondent nick eardley. back in power, back to work. nicola sturgeon says her immediate priority will be the pandemic, but a battle is coming. the snp won the election by some distance, and even though they were short of a majority alone, with the greens there is a comfortable pro—independence majority and the first minister says that is a mandate. the people of scotland have voted for the snp on the strength of offering, when the time is right, an independence referendum. and, as in 2011 leading up to 2014, any uk government that has any respect for scottish democracy would simply accept that and come to an agreement with the scottish government that put it beyond any legal doubt. holyrood will now pass a referendum bill and ms sturgeon warned of the consequences of trying to block

the cabinet office minister, michael gove, has said the snp cannot expect the government at westminsterapprove a second scottish independence poll. speaking this morning, mr gove said the results from the holyrood election showed that a majority of people had voted in constituencies for parties opposed to a referendum. but the first minister, nicola sturgeon, has accused the westminster government of a "lack of respect" for scottish democracy. i've not been planning for a referendum over this past year. i have been focusing on covid. but anyone who knows anything about the legislative process in the scottish parliament knows that any government needs to consult its law officers before it brings forward legislation. that will all be part and parcel of what we do. i don't want to lose this point, andrew. so, no, we haven't got to the stage of introducing a bill formally, but that will be part and parcel of the process. but can ijust be clear, because i think it's important we don't lose sight of this point, that all of this talk about legality and whether or not the uk government will cha

you have hancock pointing at the cabinet office.me minister, i would have said, mark warner is in charge of this whole thing. he speaks with my authority. he has is close to kingly authority. he has is close to kingly authority as the state has. you're pushing them boundaries of legalities. and he can fire anybody and he can move anybody and he can juggle and he can move anybody and he can juggle the whole thing around. that way you actually have clear responsibility, one of the terrible problems we had april, may and june as we were trying to build plan b, we at number ten could say we have to do this on the other. the cabinet secretary were saying hancock is responsible. but everybody is saying, hancock is incapable of doing the job so saying, hancock is incapable of doing thejob so he saying, hancock is incapable of doing the job so he cannot be responsible so no one gets to grips with who is in charge. who responsible so no one gets to grips with who is in charge.— responsible so no one gets to grips with who is in charge. who i

we will leave the cabinet office and michael gove - cabinet office and michael gove speaking in front and east of the country, and where you get sunny spells that could set off the odd heavy shower. but because of more cloud around, the temperatures won't be quite as high as what we've had through today. it stays fine, settled, sunny and warm for england and wales for the bank holiday weekend. on bank holiday monday, there's athe chance of thick cloud, perhaps some showers for scotland and northern ireland. this is bbc news. the headlines. borisjohnson denies claims made by dominic cummings, that the poor handing of the coronavirus pandemic led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. at every stage, we've been governed by a determination to protect life, to save life, to ensure that our nhs is not overwhelmed. the health secretary has also robustly defended claims against him from mr cummings, who said he is a liar and should have been sacked. these unsubstantiated allegations around honesty are not true, and that i've been straight with people in public and in private throughou

but the cabinet office minister penny mordaunt rejected calls for further investigations.ceived conflicts of interest. but time and again, ministers act like the rules are for other people — none more so than the prime minister himself. last year, he declared £15,000 from a tory donor for his sleazyjet trip to a private island. this weekend, mr speaker, we read that the real cost was double that, and paid by someone else entirely. now, people might ask "why is this important?", mr speaker? it's important because it goes to the very heart of our democracy. who does our government answer to — the public or private interests? she thought the independent adviser on ministers�* interests should investigate their involvement in ppe contracts. when the home secretary lobbied on behalf of a former adviser flogging substandard face masks, who lands a £100 million contract without tender and double the going rate, who cannot perceive this as a conflict of interest? penny mordaunt said priti patel had been perfectly entitled to forward an offer of help from her local chamber of comme

the cabinet office minister 7 michael gove 7 says the first minister nicola sturgeon should focus onpandemic. she says she will do that — but there is a clear mandate for another vote with a majority in the scottish parliament for pro—independence parties. here s our scotland editor sarah smith. nicola sturgeon congratulating some of her brand—new msps who will bolster the pro—independence majority in the next scottish parliament. confident she has a strong mandate for an independence referendum, she still might face the hurdle of a legal challenge from a uk government. will you see them in court if you have to? the snp won the election on a commitment for a referendum when we are through the crisis and even that selection overwhelmingly and in any normal democracy, that would be expected. —— we won that the election overwhelmingly and in any normal democracy that would be respected. for now she is clear, her priority is dealing with the pandemic and she is to meet the prime ministerfor a covid summit. nicola sturgeon doesn't intend to take any steps towards a referendum in the near

the guardian here are quoting the cabinet — guardian here are quoting the cabinet offices own figures mainly elderly, disabled and homeless _ people mainly elderly, disabled and homeless people who might lack photo id homeless people who might lack photo it) now _ homeless people who might lack photo id now. therefore face the danger of being _ id now. therefore face the danger of being effectively disenfranchised. that is _ being effectively disenfranchised. that is a — being effectively disenfranchised. that is a serious worry. any rule that's designed to deal with fraud. because the evidence of electoral fraud in this country is pretty thin. you mentioned last hour the case that made that case so extraordinary it was so unusual. t extraordinary it was so unusual. i agree. i think that it's an interesting point of view. i think frankly people should be, i remember this is r. people were helped, people who were disabled, people who couldn't get to the polling booths were held either by postal parties or by local authorities or by friends and neighbours to get to vote. that's one of t

i literally speak up -- - mike spoke to people who work in the cabinet office today said, when i look of a plan for that. yeah. you talked about what _ that lack of a plan for that. yeah. you talked about what happened | that lack of a plan for that. yeah. i you talked about what happened on march _ you talked about what happened on march the _ you talked about what happened on march the 17th last year, they could maximise _ march the 17th last year, they could maximise bed capacity by discharging every patient they could safely discharge. there was hardly any testing — discharge. there was hardly any testing of— discharge. there was hardly any testing of those people at that point — testing of those people at that point. there was an intention to test our— point. there was an intention to test our said there was an intention to test— test our said there was an intention to test trut— test our said there was an intention to test but it was not possible to test _ to test but it was not possible to test 0n — to test but it was not possible to test. on that major policy change of dischar

that was discussed with people in the cabinet office and the private office. because i didn't want the same problems to pop up and my parents' house in durham. when the story came out, the prime minister and i agreed, when the first came out about me, much of the store was completely wrong, it suggested the police had spoken to me about my behaviour because of lockdown rules, which was completely false. the police had only spoken to me about security issues but the metre presented it as have i been talking to by the police for breaking long—term accruals, the whole story was crazy. the prime minister and i agreed that, because of the security things, we would basicallyjust stonewall the story and not say anything about it. i was extremely mindful of the problem that, when you talk about these things, you cause more trouble for yourself. a daugherty put my wife and child in the firing line so i said, i am not talking about this, we should shut our mouths about it, loads of this is wrong, we should ignore it. then on the monday, the pm was under so much pressure

wasn't interesting | is that quoting the cabinet officers own finding. section of the electric. but there's precious little evidence that its progress a real problem. fraud in this country. many people think that the real issues around postal voting. but this is something that the government has promised to legislate for in the queen speech. saying that they will require people to have a photo id. as you say to me and people don't have photo id. the question now is whether they will get them or whether they will instead be denied their democratic right to vote. instead be denied their democratic right to vote-— instead be denied their democratic riaht to vote. ,, ., , , right to vote. should it be depended on photographic _ right to vote. should it be depended on photographic id? _ right to vote. should it be depended on photographic id? what— right to vote. should it be depended on photographic id? what should i right to vote. should it be depended | on photographic id? what should you on photographic id? what should you on this? in other countries it's

the problems with that brexit deal with the eu to go shooting by the word frost who is now a cabinet officeawl when things open up to get to that point. it was reported yesterday that lord frost stated his view of the protocol and its current form was not sustainable. will the first minister agree the protocol is not working for anyone in northern ireland and is in fact destabilising? i'm not sure that a pub crawl will be allowed under covid restrictions but i thank him anyway for his comments. in terms of lord frost, i noted those comments very much. it was notable that he said it's unsustainable that they are not working for anyone for examples here in northern ireland. i welcome his words, now we need to see action in relation to these issues and i hope we see action in the near future because we have seen some very alarming stories recently. particularly in relation to cancer drugs, and we want to get clarity in relation to those issues as soon as we possibly can. arlene foster. later, lord frost faced mps at westminster, where he warned of the "anxieties and unsettledness" in northern

he the cabinet office and across the department of health.— department of health.artment of health. he prides himself as someone who doesn't department of health. he prides - himself as someone who doesn't play by the rules but do you think of any otherformer senior by the rules but do you think of any other former senior political adviser, top political adviser who has spoken quite frankly in this way. because usually these things are kept professionally quiet. there are kept professionally quiet. there are --eole are kept professionally quiet. there are people who _ are kept professionally quiet. there are people who write _ are kept professionally quiet. there are people who write books, - are kept professionally quiet. it” are people who write books, i wrote one myself but there are people who are chiefs of staff for senior aides who have been mavericks. david cameron have one with steve hilton, theresa may had a long serving aide in downing street nick timothy, but none of these people lasted about longer than two or two and a half years. the dominic cummings

unaware of the fast—track principles and we escalated through a number of ministers, mps and cabinet officeser company began ordering without a government contract. we risked everything as a company and went to mass production with no security at all. and so when everything came out in the press and the government were aware of what was going on, we had already mobilised two to three months earlier and we were told that we were the only existing supplier that could supply before august. it was very frustrating not being able to get the attention of the authorities and retract the stock is running out on a daily basis and we rang on a daily basis, we ask how many weeks of supply there were of critical items and it was tromping through the floor on a weekly basis and we knew that key items are going to run out. she called government officials urging them to get on with it. you need to ring the other two suppliers, you need to buy everything you can get your hands on, i will give you their product codes, get it in, you're going to need a huge amount, does not matter where it comes from, to skip

the cabinet office minister, michael gove, has refused to be drawn on whether the government at westminsterould challenge a second scottish independence referendum in the courts. he said the focus of the devolved administration in edinburgh should be the recovery from the pandemic. but the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, warned number ten against using legal arguments. it comes as the prime minister invites the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how to recoverfrom the pandemic. i asked our political correspondent at holyrood — nick eardley — how quickly nicola sturgeon might try to go for another independence referendum. probably not for a while. i think you will see nicola sturgeon make a very public play in the next couple of days about going back to work and focusing on the big pandemic decisions that she has to make. but there is also two things coming, there is a political battle which is going to be nicola sturgeon saying, "i have my mandate, you have got to give us another referendum," and the uk government saying no, and potentially after that a legal battle

been unaware of, not sufficient numbers of questions, and the role of others in this about the cabinet officegoing to be asked. i think downing streetjesus is drawing a line. downing street jesus is drawing a line. ., downing street jesus is drawing a line. . , . line. helen, thanks very much. downin: line. helen, thanks very much. downing street _ line. helen, thanks very much. downing street said _ line. helen, thanks very much. downing street said boris - line. helen, thanks very much. i downing street said boris johnson downing street said borisjohnson raised concern —— downing street, i believe, is drawing a line. he also defended his hostility towards muslim immigrants to hungary and denied he was anti—semitic. ryan giggs will go on trial this year accused of controlling his girlfriend. he is accused of assaulting kate last november. the trial will take place at the manchester crown court injanuary. ryan giggs denies the charges. i'll be back with our panel of guest for dateline london. at half past seven it's dateline london, but first a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. in tha

february that there was really any sort of sense of urgency, i would say, in terms of the number ten cabinet officewould you say that you were operating on a war footing in february? as i said before, i think in the first ten days or so of february, no. there were all sorts of things going on — there was the h52 nightmare, there was the reshuffle going on, and that happened on the 12th, then the pm went away on holiday for two weeks. he gave the impression that at that stage, boris johnson wasn't taking the threat of covid as seriously as he should have. the basic thought was that — in february, the prime minister regarded this as just a scare story. he described it as the "new swine flu." did you tell him it wasn't? certainly. but the view of various officials inside number ten was, if we have the prime minister chairing cobra meetings and he just tells everyone, "it's swine flu, don't worry about it, i'll get chris whitty on live tv to inject me with coronavirus so everyone realised it's nothing to be frightened of" — that would not help actually serious planning. by 12 march, household quarantin

but the cabinet office minister, penny mordaunt, said her claims were based on "speculation, smear and and rejected calls for further investigations. she'd been responding to angela rayner�*s urgent question. the ministerial code is clear — there must be no misuse of taxpayers money, nor actual or perceived conflicts of interest. but time and again, ministers act like the rules are for other people, none more so than the prime minister himself. last year, he declared £15,000 from a tory donor for his sleazyjet trip to a private island. this weekend, mr speaker, we read that the real cost was double that and paid by someone else entirely. now, people might ask "why is this important, mr speaker?" it's important because it goes to the very heart of our democracy. who does our government answer to, the public or private interests? she thought the independent adviser on ministers interests should investigate their involvement in ppe contracts. when the home secretary lobbied on behalf of a former adviser flogging substandard facemasks who lands a £100 million contract without tender and do

the cabinet office minister, michael gove, has refused to be drawn on whether the government at westminsterottish independence referendum in the courts. he said the focus of the devolved administration in edinburgh should be the recovery from the pandemic. but the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, warned number ten against using legal arguments. it comes as the prime minister invites the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how to recoverfrom the pandemic. it follows another triumphant victory for the snp. let's take a look at the results in scotland. snp are on 64 — up one seat — conservatives in second with 31 seats, labour down two seats on 22, and the greens on eight seats — up two, and lib dems on four — down one seat. which means that there is a majority for independence supporting parties at holyrood. let's speak now to nick eardley in edinburgh. 0f let's speak now to nick eardley in edinburgh. of course there is a mandate in the sense the majority of msps in that building behind you are pro independence, but what does this mean for nicola sturgeon? when is she g

also talks about officials in the cabinet office who are concerned that cummings will on wednesday accusedinister of being away and missing several significant meetings during the early days of coronavirus and the catastrophe that was going to hit us hard because apparently he was working on a book, i biography of shakespeare which he needed to earn money from in order to settle his divorce bill. so all of these things conspire to make wednesday not a day for the prime minister to look forward to, i would have thought. nigel, some pretty strong language, pretty emotive, isn't it, when he talks about the government doing very badly on mass testing and goes on to say that lives were needlessly lost. nigel? on to say that lives were needlessly lost- nigel?— lost. nigel? yes, and i think what cummings— lost. nigel? yes, and i think what cummings has — lost. nigel? yes, and i think what cummings has outlined _ lost. nigel? yes, and i think what cummings has outlined is - lost. nigel? yes, and i think what cummings has outlined is broadly| cummings has outlined is broadly what _ cummings has out

that falls under the cabinet office.is correct. but it's not as if... it's not like michael gove is in charge of government procurement. he’s michael gove is in charge of government procurement. he's a minister responsible _ government procurement. he's a minister responsible for - government procurement. he's a minister responsible for the - minister responsible for the department in government which is responsible for procurement. are you saying that he shares no burden of blame in the situation at all? i’m blame in the situation at all? i'm sure he would see like all of us involved, like all senior... i don't think this single senior person involved would say there haven't been serious mistakes and i'm sure michael would say the same, that he made mistakes on it. at the heart of... we went into the crisis with the wrong system and everyone had to kind of barge away through that. the issue of kind of barge away through that. he: issue of lockdowns. who kind of barge away through that. ti9 issue of lockdowns. who in the

the first time in history, carter involved mondale in the transition, involved him in meeting cabinet officers, in setting the policy for the administration and so forth. and he went out of his way to signal that mondale would be an important part of the administration. given that he had picked a running mate who he was personally compatible with, given that he picked a running mate who he felt idealogically compatible with, given that he picked somebody who he thought could add needed resources to his administration, and given that he had picked somebody who he thought was able and was both a leader and a follower, i think the other thing that was critical was the vision of the vice presidency that vice president mondale came up with. it was really about 180 degrees from the vision that nelson rockefeller had had, whereas vice president rockefeller's view was that everything about the vice presidency turned on the fact that the vice president was the first presidential successor. what vice president mondale tried to do was deemphasize the fact that he was the first presidential successor and

sufficient numbers of questions, and certainly, you know, the role of others on this — what about the cabinet office chain? so i think the questions are still probably going to be asked. i think downing street sees this as drawing a line. downing street has said boris johnson raised "significant concerns" about human rights in hungary when he met the country's leader this afternoon. after the meeting at number 10, viktor 0rban spoke of his friendship" with the prime minister. but he also denied he was anti—semitic and defended his hostility towards immigrants. you should understand, probably, gentlemen, that the cultural context of migration, here, in a centre of a global empire, may i say, is totally different than in central europe. migration in the hungarian cultural context is totally negative. so to be anti—migrant, it means that you're on the good side, and this is the intention of the people. we don't need migration. you know, we don't like that phenomenon at all. why did you refer to muslims once as "invaders"? that's happened. that was the fact. so, without any kind of legal permission, wit

as i'm bound as a lawyer and the former -- and as a former cabinet officer of the executive branch to maintain some kinds of information in confidence and also must avoid making any statements that could interfere with the numerous on going investigations and prosecutions of individuals involved in the events of january 6th. i appreciate your understanding as i'll do my best to address the events of january 6th. with that, thank you for inviting me today and i look forward to your questions. >> the gentleman yields back. our next speaker is mr. contee. >> good morning members of the committee. i'm robert j. contee iii. i appreciate this time to brief you on the events of january 6, 2021, a dark day for our country. it is critically important that we, members of congress, district leaders and residents and all americans find answers to questions about the 6th. i'll relate to you the facts as we know them at this time based on the point of view of the metropolitan police department and the government of the district of columbia. as with any event with multiple agencies, thousands of peo

he had made a deck relation that cabinet office officials were informed throughout and that the prime allowed to say that about football? the countdown to tomorrow�*s champion�*s league final is on. chelsea will play manchester city in a highly—anticipated all—english final. it�*s only the third time that two premier league sides have met in the biggest game in european club football. more than 16,000 people will be allowed inside the stadium to watch, thousands of fans have been making their way to the portuguese city of porto. 0lly foster is there for us. i�*m smiling enviously. you will know that i know more about porto than football, but nonetheless, it�*s all very important and exciting. it is straightforward. itjust feels so marvellous with everybody getting back towards some kind of normality. those trial test evidence getting fans back in for the last week for the premier league season. each premier league side were allowed their home bands in. we saw manchester city welcome their fans back in. they are premier league champions once again. they won the league cup. it�*s been a

this topic was the meeting we had with the president himself and the members and a couple of cabinet officersd the secretary of transportation. i think the president would like to get there on a bipartisan deal. our biggest gap is not the money. our biggest gap is defining what infrastructure is and if we get to a definition of infrastructure that the country would have always accepted, that becomes a much narrower space than it appears to be right now. i do think we've got about a week or ten days to decide if we can work together on this or not. i'd like to. i believe the president would like to. the number is too big because the scope of what the white house staff wants to call infrastructure is way too big. >> chris: senator blunt, thank you, thanks for coming in today and we will stay on top of what happens to the commission and the senate. up next, we will bring back our sunday group to debate who's playing politics with this plan for an independent investigation. ♪ ♪ ed. as your broker, i've solved it. that's great, carl. but we need something better. that's easily adjustable has no pe

leaning on ministers, cabinet ministers, chancellor, his old friend orfrenemy, michael gove, cabinet officeon, says he things it's bonkers that they are not doing what he wants, and said that he is going to get on the front of the chancellor and michael gove. in terms of the reputation of the former prime minister, doesn't look very good, particularly, as you set a second ago, this was the prime minister who in 2010 promised to get tough on lobbying and soliciting and whispering in fran's ears. jim. lobbying and soliciting and whispering in fran's ears. jim, i ret wh whispering in fran's ears. jim, i get why this _ whispering in fran's ears. jim, i get why this is _ whispering in fran's ears. jim, i get why this is awkward - whispering in fran's ears. jim, i get why this is awkward and - get why this is awkward and uncomfortable for david cameron, but perhaps if we knew the extent of all lobbying that was going on, the wouldn't necessarily be outside the norm whether it is acceptable or not post opposite necessarily different or wrong? i would take some issue with that because people tell m

only on certain topics within the scope of today's hearing i am bound as a lawyer and a former cabinet officer with the executive branch to maintain some information in confidence and also must avoid making any statements that could interfere with numerous ongoing investigations and prosecutions of individuals involved in the events of january 6. i appreciate your patience and understanding and do my best to address the events as i saw them. with that, thank you for inviting me today i look forward to your questions. >> the gentle man yields back the next speaker is recognize. >> in morning chairwoman and ranking member and members of the committee. i am the chief of police for metropolitan police department the primary police force in the district of columbia. i appreciate the opportunity to brief you on the events of january 62021 a dark day for our country. it is critically important that we as members of congress district leaders and residents and all americans find answers to questions about the six. will relate to you the facts as we know them at this time based on the point of view of t

bringing a hold to more than a week of fierce fighting prime minister benjamin netanyahu officers, his security cabinets voted in favor of a mutual and unconditional truth proposed by egypt. a spokesman for hamas says the sci fi would take effect at 2 a. m local time. there on friday. me. european union leaders have agreed to a new e. u. y is proven 900 vaccine pasco scheme. the digital certificates a to give a boost to the peak travel season by waving current team requirements for some people. the document will state whether a person has been vaccinated, tested negative, or recently recovered from the current of virus. me and enormous iceberg has broken from an ice shelf. and i thought, because european space agency says it's larger than the spanish island of my yorker and is currently the world's largest iceberg scientist believe the spirit was cause naturally rather than a result of global warming. this is the w news from berlin. you can find much more on a website on d, w dot com. mm hm. ah . in the past 24 hours, the pressure on israel and him off to suspend their area tanks on each other, reached

they were taken to a military base outside the capital on monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two military officerslonel who detained them also orchestrated last year's coup. the australian city of melbourne will enter a snap lockdown of up to ten days to contain a new covid—i9 outbreak. at least 25 people have tested positive, after several months of almost no community transmission in the country. president biden has given us intelligence agencies 90 days to conduct a fresh investigation into the origins of covid—i9, as speculation continues that it may�*ve leaked from a chinese lab. this claim has been strongly denied by beijing who said politicising the issue would only hamper investigations. i asked the bbc�*s will grant what's the basis of the claims that the coronavirus emerged from a lab in wuhan. there is no sign of them going away, and they are partly stoked by news reports that appear to have information passed from intelligence agencies suggesting it could well have been from a laboratory incident rather than from nature. of course, the belief up until now was that it has perhaps been p

they were taken to a military base outside the capital on monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two military officerswho detained them also orchestrated last year's coup. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. what happens now to the work and personal possessions of professor stephen hawking? in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the j tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of. the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left th

they were taken to a military base outside the capital on monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two military officerslonel who detained them also orchestrated last year's coup. the australian city of melbourne will enter a snap lockdown of up to ten days to contain a new covid—i9 outbreak. at least 25 people have tested positive after several months of almost no community transmission in the country. well, let's stay in australia, where a judge has dismissed what could've been a landmark case, brought by eight teenagers and a nun trying to stop the expansion of australia's coal production. the young people behind the case are the organisers of australia's school strike 4 climate campaign, which marched in sydney last week. the case in melbourne targeted the planned expansion of a coal mine in new south wales. butjustice bromberg has dismissed an injunction, on the grounds there was not enough evidence. our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil says coal production remains a divisive topic, and this ruling could have some ramifications. it has come to light during the catastrophic bushfires of 2019 a

they were taken to a military base outside the capital on monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two military officersnel who detained them also orchestrated last year's coup. environmental campaigners have welcomed a landmark ruling by a dutch court which ordered the oil giant shell to make big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. the decision is only binding in the netherlands, but it could influence judges elsewhere. anna holligan reports. "a violation of human rights" was how the climate campaigners described shell's ongoing investment in fossil fuels. cheering. the dutch branch of friends of the earth, along with six other groups and more than 17,000 dutch citizens, brought the case to court, arguing that the oil giant's transition to clean energy wasn't going far orfast enough. thejudge agreed the corporation had to be more ambitious in reducing its carbon footprint and delivered a precedent—setting verdict. translation: the court orders royal dutch shell| to reduce its co2 output and those of its suppliers and buyers by the end of 2030 by a net of 45% based on 2019 levels. this is the first

we have a statement by the israeli prime minister's office that says the israeli security cabinet haseed to accept an egyptian proposal for mutual cease-fire without any preconditions, and it will go into effect at an hour to be agreed upon later, and we have this news from reuters, hamas official who confirmed that a mutual and simultaneous truce with israel will start at 2:00 a.m. this morning on friday morning. brent: ok. 2:00 a.m. local time, not long off from now. we are hearing this came through an egyptian mediator. this points to the fact that there has been a lot of regional and international pressure on both sides to come to this agreement, does not it? correspondent: yes, it does. we heard the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this week several times sayinthat israel wants to contie, that he wanted the campaign to continue, b it seems that the pressure was mounting to come to an end, and the egyptians had been mediating wit the unite nations bend the scenes, but what we are looking at is what does this proposal entail, what kind of cease-fire are we talking about? i

reporter: we have had a confirmation from the prime minister's office and the explanation is the security cabinet, israel's, accepted the recommendations of the military who said at this stage if there would not be a ground operation, proceedings are going to be continuing only from the air and that israel had reached the limit of what could be achieved from t air so they made the decision not to have a ground operation and to accept the military recommendation. the information about timing came from hamas. 2 a.m. local time, this morning. there are reports of hamas rocket fire coming into israel. previous rounds of hostility from the 2014 war, so i anticipate there willtill b rocket fire until 2 a.m. and at 2 a.m., we will settle down to see how the morning looks. it is not a truce. ere arno terms. it is a cease-fire. both sides are putting down weapons for the moment. >> thank you on that one. in terms of whether this will hold, as you pointed out, it is hard to tell. something may be negotiated in some form officially. >> i just saw something from islamic jihad, onef the militant groups fighti