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covid inquiry today. rishi sunak was there facing questions about eat out to help out and also just like prime minister boris johnson, former prime minister boris johnson, he couldn't find any of his old whatsapp messages . or do his old whatsapp messages. or do you believe him? all that coming up in the next hour. >> the same old fault lines of brexit have come back today around rwanda. >> the same conservative right wing tory hardliners won't stand for this bill looking like it's going to go to a humiliating vote down tomorrow . could that vote down tomorrow. could that do for sunak what brexit did for theresa may? all that coming up in the next hour. but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines with tamsin roberts . headlines with tamsin roberts. martin thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. >> it's 3:02. the government's rwanda legislation provides a path , legal and incomplete path, legal and incomplete solution . according to the solution. accordin

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the covid inquiry wcovid inquiry that|ndled or we'll see from the covid inquiry wcovid inquiry thated or we'll see from the covid inquiry wcovid inquiry that we won't or a covid inquiry that we won't get the results of until about 2027. also , unfortunately, 2027. and also, unfortunately, i think focusing primarily on think it's focusing primarily on personalities rather than on policy. i want the inquiry to tell me whether we made the right decisions not about right decisions, not about the who who etc. no, who said, who said, etc. no, i agree with them. no, i agree with that, gary. >> you know, it's going to be a tough job for you. there's an election next year. know election next year. you know it's to a tough job for it's going to be a tough job for you. are the problems that birmingham has birmingham local council has been undergoing? maybe thing been undergoing? maybe one thing that you? well that could help you? well i mean, absolute disgrace. mean, it's an absolute disgrace. >> happened at >> what we've seen happened at birmingham for birmingham city council for months known

borisjohnson doing his second day of evidence at the covid inquiry.ime with borisjohnson over the years, we've spent a lot of time asking you about it. but was that a boris johnson that you recognised? like quite serious, quite emotional, quite contrite. ish! and i think that's... you made a very "ish" face there. yeah, i did, did didn't i? and i think that's the point. boris does do contrite, and i think, you know,| he nearly died from this virus, and you saw a very emotional boris johnson this afternoon. when he discussed that, - and i think all of that is genuine. well, let's watch it, and people can can see this emotional borisjohnson. i haven't talked about this before in public. and it goes to to what you were saying earlier about... ..about elderly people. and what you would claim is my indifference to the pandemic. ijust want to remind you that i... when i went into itu, intensive care, i saw around me a lot of people who were not actually elderly, and, in fact, they were middle—aged men, and they were quite like me. and some of us were going

the covid inquiry has been hearing from politicians and senior government officials in london beforet moves on to scotland, wales and northern ireland in the new year. last week, borisjohnson, the prime minister at the time of the pandemic, arrived 3 hours early at the hearing just after seven am. here's how the 6:00 news began its coverage at six. boris johnson apologises for the way the government handled the pandemic. arriving at the covid inquiry under cover of darkness, the former prime minister admits he should have twigged much sooner the need for action. several viewers wrote in to newswatch to say they thought that was unfair. caroljefferson from loughborough protested. daphne turpin emailed from northampton. ken holden agreed. we asked bbc news to respond to those complaints and they sent us this statement. the government's plans to send some migrants to rwanda if they arrive in the uk illegally has dominated the news in the past week when the new home secretary, james cleverly visited rwanda to sign a treaty. the bbc�*s political editor chris mason went along to report on

during his testimony at the covid inquiry, the former prime minister clashed with the inquiry s barristerdescribing the deaths seen in the uk and our place in international league tables. our head of statistics, robert cuffe, has pored over both claims. clashing this morning over half of the death toll compares other countries. the death toll compares other countries-— the death toll compares other countries. ., ., , countries. you will not be united kinudom countries. you will not be united kingdom had _ countries. you will not be united kingdom had the _ countries. you will not be united kingdom had the highest - countries. you will not be united kingdom had the highest rates i countries. you will not be united| kingdom had the highest rates of excess deaths and kingdom had the highest rates of excess death— kingdom had the highest rates of excess death ., ., .,, ., ., excess deaths and almost all of the western european _ excess deaths and almost all of the western european countries - excess deaths and almost all of the western european countries had . excess deaths and almost all of

inquiry into the covid inquiry inquiry inquiry.n't know what it is about this country. be obsessed country. we seem to be obsessed with looking and navel with inward looking and navel gazing. can't we just say, look, it it was awful, we it was hellish, it was awful, we survived. what can we do to make sure doesn't happen sure it doesn't happen again? and got to go to chris hope. >> we'll come back to the panel. we're going chris hope in the we're going to chris hope in the in street because in downing street because there's some breaking news about there's some breaking news about the home secretary, the former home secretary, suella and suella braverman, andrew and bev, huge news in westminster as well as in paddington, where the bofis well as in paddington, where the boris johnson is giving his evidence covid evidence to covid inquiry. >> braverman will give >> suella braverman will give a resignation after pmqs resignation statement after pmqs today in parliament. now, these statements are justifying what they why they think they

he's at the covid inquiry. ain't easy as inquiry.in't easy as chris said. >> sunak's covid inquiry showdown. the prime minister is about to give his evidence about how the government handled the pandemic. we'll cross to it shortly . shortly. >> and nigel farage, is he the saviour of the conservative party as he leaves the jungle coming third, some tory mps want him to return as prime minister and unite with farage to save the party. would they get your vote? well, nigel gave his usual trenchant assessment on the tories this morning. >> rudderless , leaderless, >> rudderless, leaderless, utterly useless, headed for catastrophe at the next election . deservedly so . but. but . deservedly so. but. but somehow, to think that i'm going to walk out of a jungle after 23 nights and announce a relaunch in british politics, frankly, is for the birds. in british politics, frankly, is for the birds . royal grafter. for the birds. royal grafter. >> princess anne's been crowned the hardest working royal. this year with 457 engaged moments. we'll s

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the former prime minister, borisjohnson is expected to apologise to the covid inquiry acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic. hello, i'm anna foster. our main story this hour. a convoy of humanitarian aid has come into gaza and this comes from the palestinian red crescent. the level of fighting is back what it was before the ceasefire deal began. this is a live review across northern gaza and you might see the traces of a huge cloud of smoke which we did not only see and hear but also felt the pressure wave of that large air where we are here overlooking gaza some of the fighting at the level before the deal started and a spokesman for the israeli military has said they are no hitting hamas —— and now hitting hamas targets all over the gaza strip. and in khan younis in the south where lots of people fled early in the war. the hamas—run health ministry said 200 people were killed and more than 600 people have been injured since fighting restarted in gaza yesterday. reports say khan yunis — in the southern part the israeli military earlier droppe

it's of the covid inquiry.oking at did lockdown work in the very limited faux pas purpose of bringing down cases of this respiratory illness that we know would have gone around anyway . and it's not looking at anyway. and it's not looking at in the overall picture. when you think education, other health think of education, other health care, business, mental health, all of those other factors , it's all of those other factors, it's essentially ignoring . essentially ignoring. >> absolutely right. and i think my concern about this, the approach of the barrister, is that actually he said that the cases went up after eat out to help out and that was to blame. but then there's an there's a graph which i've used before that shows the growth in cases at the identical time in september in france and in portugal, they didn't have that eat out to help out. so i'm afraid actually the barristers , afraid actually the barristers, that graph is on the screen now , that graph is on the screen now, the grey column there is au

well, that's my thoughts on the covid inquiry.at, in the next section, you will not believe what's been going on in the united states with with three of the top universities is extraordinary testimony that will shock you all. don't go anywhere. it's gb news on state of the nation tonight at 8:00, the prime minister comes out fighting on immigration after a tough week. >> here's rishi sunaks plan destined to fail or does it just need a bit of faith to succeed? lord cameron is on a diplomatic mission to reaffirm us support for ukraine after republicans opposed president biden's aid package. will his charm and charisma do the trick in keeping the american right on course? today boris johnson is once more grilled in front of the covid inquiry and the book club returns with a former senior number 10 adviser, samuel kasumu , giving us a first hand account of being the outsider tune in tonight at 8:00 >> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to farage. well, overin >> welcome back to farage. well, over in the united

but firstly, the covid inquiry.re you enjoyed the barrister grilling the former prime minister. what were your thoughts? am i right about this or do you think actually the barrister is doing a good job and he's focusing on the process 7 and he's focusing on the process ? yes. and the science ? ? yes. and the science? >> well, yes. i mean that some of your characterisation in there is not, i don't think quite right. i mean, for instance, you're, you are quite right in the early days we were talking about herd immunity. obe patrick vallance, the chief scientific officer, was on the radio speaking about that very thing . well, what came out at thing. well, what came out at the inquiry today was an agreement between hugo keith and bofis agreement between hugo keith and boris johnson that herd immunity certainly didn't work that by july of 2020, only about 6 to 7% of people had antibodies. so therefore it had been infected . therefore it had been infected. so herd immunity wasn't the answer. so, yes, you're right. the sci

but firstly, the covid inquiry.sure you enjoyed the barrister grilling the former prime minister. what were your thoughts? am i right about this or do you think actually the barrister is doing a good job and he's focusing on the process 7 and he's focusing on the process ? yes. and the science ? ? yes. and the science? >> well, yes. i mean that some of your characterisation in there is not, i don't think quite right. i mean, for instance, you're, you are quite right in the early days we were talking about herd immunity. obe patrick vallance, the chief scientific officer, was on the radio speaking about that very thing . well, what came out at thing. well, what came out at the inquiry today was an agreement between hugo keith and bofis agreement between hugo keith and boris johnson that herd immunity certainly didn't work that by july of 2020, only about 6 to 7% of people had antibodies. so therefore it had been infected . therefore it had been infected. so herd immunity wasn't the answer. so, yes, you're right. the s

we've been discussing boris johnson regrets and covid inquiry and you and the covid inquiry and you have a voter and an ex party member , if we an ex party member, if we brought back boris starmer would be history . and peter says the be history. and peter says the conservatives shot themselves in the foot when they got rid of bofis the foot when they got rid of boris johnson and changing leaders hasn't out very leaders hasn't worked out very well them . well, i was a for well for them. well, i was a for minister boris johnson, indeed, i was minister for government efficiency. items efficiency. and one of the items on agenda the abolition on the agenda was the abolition of many diversity courses of the many diversity courses that their way into that had crept their way into the civil service which were, of course paid for you , so to course paid for by you, so to name a few. i encountered the likes your privilege likes of check your privilege debiasing decision making and conscious inclusion and while i asked these courses to be abolished, i'm afraid it wasn't enough to stop the tide. and

covid inquiry all day .matic day, pip. it started with some jeers from protesters. there was even some tears from boris johnson. what were the highlights for you when bofis were the highlights for you when boris johnson was the prime minister? >> good afternoon, martin. well there could be another highlight in just a moment because we are expecting boris johnson to emerge from the building any moment now. there is a wall of media waiting for him as well as many people representing the bereaved . boris johnson avoided bereaved. boris johnson avoided them at 7:00 this morning when he arrived , but he's not going he arrived, but he's not going to be able to dodge them, i don't think when he leaves from the front the building any the front of the building any minute now, he gave . some six minute now, he gave. some six hours of evidence to the inquiry today and in the last hour or so , as i think you've just been talking about, he was questioned by inquiry lawyer hugo keith kc about the culture in number 10. and

it's of the covid inquiry.oking at did lockdown work in the very limited faux pas purpose of bringing down cases of this respiratory illness that we know would have gone around anyway . and it's not looking at anyway. and it's not looking at in the overall picture. when you think education, other health think of education, other health care, business, mental health, all of those other factors , it's all of those other factors, it's essentially ignoring . essentially ignoring. >> absolutely right. and i think my concern about this, the approach of the barrister, is that actually he said that the cases went up after eat out to help out and that was to blame. but then there's an there's a graph which i've used before that shows the growth in cases at the identical time in september in france and in portugal, they didn't have that eat out to help out. so i'm afraid actually the barristers , afraid actually the barristers, that graph is on the screen now , that graph is on the screen now, the grey column there is au

let's turn to the covid inquiry today is the second day that matt hancock , the former health hancockecretary during the pandemic , secretary during the pandemic, will give evidence to the inquiry. now, yesterday he admitted that the uk , the admitted that the uk, the government was too late to lock down. listen to this . down. listen to this. >> if we'd had the doctrine that i propose, which is as soon as you know, you've got to lock down, you lock down as soon as possible. well then we would have got the lock down done over that in on the 2nd of that weekend in on the 2nd of march, three weeks earlier than before. a doubling rate before. there's a doubling rate at point estimated every at this point estimated every 3 to days. we would have been to 4 days. we would have been six ahead of where we six doublings ahead of where we were, which means that fewer than a 10th of the number of people would have died in the first wave. >> well, let's go live to gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine thanks for joining us. katherine forster. catherine thanks forjoining us.

meanwhile, our covid inquiry has accumulated costs of over £100 million before it even began , millionn, and with many more millions of pounds expected to be spent. our inquiry with our boasts cases is expected to last until 2027, no doubt to protect their hourly fees. they're asking people to speak more slowly because then it takes even more time. and today was no different when they took a break for lunch, baroness hallett expressed a wish for bofis hallett expressed a wish for boris johnson to slow down. but with 2027 as the expected finish date , i think boris and all the date, i think boris and all the other witnesses ought to speak like pinky and perky as quickly as they possibly can to save a bit of time and money. but back with me, my panel. gb news is senior political commentator nigel and the editor of nigel nelson and the editor of conservative paul goodman. conservative home, paul goodman. nigel think boris has nigel how do you think boris has done nigel how do you think boris has dorwell, i'm normally a boris >> well, i'm normally a boris critic. i think he's done rather we

well, that's my thoughts on the covid inquiry.you what, in the next section, you will not believe what's been going on in the united states with with three of the top universities is extraordinary testimony that will shock you all. don't go anywhere. it's gb news on state of the nation tonight at 8:00, the prime minister comes out fighting on immigration after a tough week. >> here's rishi sunaks plan destined to fail or does it just need a bit of faith to succeed? lord cameron is on a diplomatic mission to reaffirm us support for ukraine after republicans opposed president biden's aid package. will his charm and charisma do the trick in keeping the american right on course? today boris johnson is once more grilled in front of the covid inquiry and the book club returns with a former senior number 10 adviser, samuel kasumu , giving us a first hand account of being the outsider tune in tonight at 8:00 >> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to farage. well, overin >> welcome back to farage. well, over in the u

meanwhile, our covid inquiry has accumulated costs of over £100 million before it even began , millionbegan, and with many more millions of pounds expected to be spent. our inquiry with our boasts cases is expected to last until 2027, no doubt to protect their hourly fees. they're asking people to speak more slowly because then it takes even more time. and today was no different when they took a break for lunch, baroness hallett expressed a wish for bofis hallett expressed a wish for boris johnson to slow down. but with 2027 as the expected finish date , i think boris and all the date, i think boris and all the other witnesses ought to speak like pinky and perky as quickly as they possibly can to save a bit of time and money. but back with me, my panel. gb news is senior political commentator nigel and the editor of nigel nelson and the editor of conservative paul goodman. conservative home, paul goodman. nigel think boris has nigel how do you think boris has done nigel how do you think boris has dorwell, i'm normally a boris >> well, i'm normally a boris critic. i think he's done rathe

the former prime minister, borisjohnson is expected to apologise to the covid inquiry, acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic and the bbc has been speaking to the stars of the crown about the latest episodes of british royal family drama. iam i am live in southern israel where authorities seem to have blocked humanitarian aid from entering the gaza strip after a week—long truce collapsed. fighting re—started yesterday, as both sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. one consequence appears to be the lack of any humanitarian aid article entering the gaza strip through the rafah crossing. this is seen looking at northern gaza. there have been many air strikes overnight. israeli military have been hitting targets all over the gaza strip. again heavy pulls of smoke rising over gaza. we had the regular sound of outgoing fire. it air strikes have also hit areas in western gaza and also in khan yunis and the south. that is where hundreds of people fled earlier in the war to escape the fighting. the hamas run health —— the ham2as

. — you are watching live coverage of the covid inquiry in london where the covid inquiry in london whereluded the first part of his evidence to the inquiry. there is going to be a short break but he will return. he is due to give evidence until about 5pm today. rishi sunak was chancellor during the pandemic and has been questioned about the decisions he made at the time. so some highlights of what has been discussed so far. a key focus of the lead counsel's questions are looked at the prime minister's views at the time about the tensions between public health concerns and the impact of lockdowns on people, and also how he put forward his position to the prime minister and to the cabinet. there were also questions about how decisions were made in downing street as well as the culture there. at the prime minister began by apologising to people who had lost loved ones, or had been affected by actions taken during the pandemic. here's what he had to say. i during the pandemic. here's what he had to sa . , ., ., during the pandemic. here's what he hadto sa. , ., ., , ., had to say. i 'ust wan

boris johnson, of course, was the covid inquiry was at the covid inquiry yesterday. the yesterday.s back in the witness today. and he'll be witness box today. and he'll be giving more evidence. >> of the star, >> front page of the star, incidentally, that's his nose, just case. incidentally, that's his nose, justyou:ase. incidentally, that's his nose, justyou wonder what that is >> you wonder what that is sticking out there. so that's basically what the daily star think of boris has think of what boris johnson has had to but was holding had to say. but he was holding back tears yesterday. have a look . look. >> we to be realistic about >> we have to be realistic about 2020, the whole year , a whole 2020, the whole year, a whole tragic, tragic year. we did lockdown , but then it bounced lockdown, but then it bounced back after we'd unlocked . well back after we'd unlocked. well the former prime minister arrived at 7:00 in the morning, three hours before he was due in that witness box. >> and he avoided protesters who had gathered at the front of the venue by doing that, i wonder if

boris johnson has told the covid inquiry.denies ever wanting to let the virus rip during the pandemic. it's after he was presented with extracts from the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance's diary. the former prime minister says when the idea was discussed that it was because he wanted to challenge the consensus. he told the inquiry his strategy was to save lives at all ages, and that is what we did. he said the inquiry has confirmed rishi sunak will appear at the hearing on monday . sunak will appear at the hearing on monday. the bbc licence sunak will appear at the hearing on monday . the bbc licence fee on monday. the bbc licence fee is increasing to £169.50 next yeah is increasing to £169.50 next year. it follows a two year price freeze . it was due to rise price freeze. it was due to rise in line with inflation. but it will instead be based on september. consumer prices index , making it £20 cheaper than it would have been . the national would have been. the national union of journalists said it will l

final question about the covid inquiry. last few the covid inquiry.is questioning . today ready for his questioning. today he's being dubbed in some the he's being dubbed in some of the papers this morning dr. death papers this morning as dr. death will it be a good day or a bad day for him at the inquiry? >> well, look, first of all, i'll just say it's so in i'll just say it's so easy in hindsight at all hindsight to sort of look at all these things with vision hindsight to sort of look at all thes say, ngs with vision hindsight to sort of look at all thes say, ah, with vision hindsight to sort of look at all thessay, ah, wonly vision and say, ah, if only had done x at y moment in time. the fact of the matter is, rishi sunak dunng the matter is, rishi sunak during covid saved millions of jobs in this country through the furlough program and saved millions of businesses as well, with huge amounts of support, over £400 billion. so i think we should actually remember that he was the guy who saved the economy an economy which, against all the expectation

he gave evidence at the covid inquiry this week. the former prime minister, he actually emotional during actually became emotional during his testimony. >> as you see, we often forget that he almost died of covid himself. so it's whether you believe his tears are genuine or not. >> yeah. were they genuine tears or were they crocker style tears.7 let us know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com winter wonderland has appointed four children as their board of directors this year, made up of roles including the chief magic officer and director of thrills. >> we're going to be going down to hyde park later to meet some of those brilliant kids. they've got some incredible stories. this segment . this is a great segment. >> really, special >> yeah, really, really special story. make sure you tune in story. do make sure you tune in for that. we're going to for that. plus, we're going to be big debate of be tackling the big debate of this £169. 50. it's a lot this week, £169. 50. it's a lot of money today, isn't it.7 especially in a cost of livi

covid. because of the inquiry? no, i think he's got covid. oh, speaker's got covid. yep keep up, sir.indsay hoyle has so he's obviously has got covid. so he's obviously he's recuperating , that he's still recuperating, that kind of thing. >> good. vaccines , >> no good. these vaccines, recovery . recovery. >> and before i answer, my honourable friend's question, i know the whole house will also want in offering our want to join me in offering our condolences to family condolences to the family and friends of alastair darling. glenys kinnock , and lord james glenys kinnock, and lord james douglas—hamilton . they made each douglas—hamilton. they made each an enormous contribution to pubuc an enormous contribution to public life and will be deeply missed. madam deputy speaker, the hillsborough families have suffered multiple injustices the loss of 97 lives, the blaming of the fans and the unforgivable bill institutional defensiveness by public bodies. i am profoundly sorry for what they have been through today the government has published its response to bishop james jones's report to en

we start with a significant story here in the uk, the covid inquiry. former prime minister borisjohnson apologised for the pain and loss, and suffering during the pandemic. he said he should've twigged earlier about the seriousness of the situation. here's our deputy political editor vicki young. a lot has been said by a lot of people about borisjohnson�*s time in number ten. he was confronted by the biggest challenge to face a prime minister in peacetime — notjust a health crisis, but an economic one as well. he's been accused of acting too late and of lying about what went on here. ..to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. this was mrjohnson�*s chance to give his side of the story and he began with an apology. can ijust say how glad i am to be here at this inquiry and how sorry i am for the pain and the loss and the suffering... sit down. ..of the covid victims. please, sit down. right, ushers, please could you ask them to leave. these were the four women thrown out for interrupting. they said they'd never accept mrjohnson�*s apology. 11 municip

boris in the covid inquiry anyway?ris johnson have his day in court. and, you know, i think he did a lot, a lot wrong . and i did a lot, a lot wrong. and i kind of want him to pay for that. i wish it had been at the ballot box rather than through the inquiry, the means of this inquiry, because the you know, i don't think even psychologically, emotionally or anything , anyone emotionally or anything, anyone wants to rake over those years and sort of do a sort of blame game because it's largely pointless. what is beneficial is to think what quite coldly and calmly, what went wrong , so that calmly, what went wrong, so that then when there are pandemic plans put in place for the future , which there should be, future, which there should be, we know exactly what they are. we sort of have some kind of democratic don't democratic input and we don't make mistakes. it make the same mistakes. and it feels this inquiry is hell feels like this inquiry is hell bent on trying to prove that lockdowns enough , lockdowns didn't go har

chris mason, bbc news, at the covid inquiry.e former us secretary of state, henry kissinger, who's died at the age of 100. us presidentjoe biden said in a statement that they often strongly disagreed but said "his fierce intellect and profound strategic focus was evident." the german born diplomat served as washington's national security adviser during the cold war but was also a polarising figure in international politics. much more on his legacies and impact especially here in southeast asia in the next hour of news day. do stay tuned. that's all for the moment. you can find much more on the bbc news website as well. thanks very much for watching and do stay on with bbc news. hello. this cold snap has brought some of the coldest november nights for 13 years and some unusual snow for devon and cornwall. now, that's all clearing out the way, but there are wintry showers elsewhere, and where the surface has been left damp with that rain, sleet and snow, very icy, poor visibility is going to add to the hazard as well. so a few sno

while we have been at the covid inquiry, we have been at the covid inquiry, we have had some breakingert jenrick. he has split thisjob into two. alex forsyth will explain all. robertjenrick quit his job as immigration minister last night because he said he did not agree with the way the government was managing its approach to the rwanda plan. that sent a shock wave through westminster. there was speculation about who might replace him. rishi sunak has chosen to split the role into two. there will be a minister for what the government calls illegal immigration and a minister for legal immigration as well. the ministerfor illegal for legal immigration as well. the minister for illegal immigration for legal immigration as well. the ministerfor illegal immigration has gone to michael tomlinson, who was a solicitor general before, conservative mp, of course. he takes on the brief from robertjenrick. thejob of solicitor on the brief from robertjenrick. the job of solicitor general, which michael tomlinson met a cross from is taken over by robert forbes. he wanted someone he would not public

the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, is expected to apologise to the covid inquiry next week —le acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic. and the bbc has been speaking to the stars of the crown about the latest episodes of british royal family drama. iam here i am here in southern israel where the renewed bombardment is entering its second day, after the collapse of a week—long truce. this is live looking across at northern gaza. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas targets all over the gaza strip. we've had reports of heavy smoke hanging over the area. also the sight and sound. you can hear often the sound of machine gun fire which is happening across in gaza at the moment. let's just talk about what has been happening over the last 2a hours or so. israeli air strikes have hit areas in northern gaza and in khan yunis. the health ministry has said more than 200 have been killed and 600 injured since the fighting we started at seven o'clock yesterday morning. khan yunis is seeing some of the heaviest bom

and former prime minister boris johnson is expected to apologise to the uk covid inquiry, acknowledgingrnment did not get everything right during the pandemic. let's return to the climate conference in dubai. labour leader sir keir starmer is among those attending. as i was saying, i spoke to him a little earlier and i asked him what he hoped to achieve by attending cop28. we have just been through the worst cost of living crisis for many, many years, and many people watching this will still be feeling the effects of that. one of the drivers of that is that we haven't had energy security, we have been exposed to the international market and we need to transition to renewables, and we need to do that at pace, because if we are able to achieve what we the labour party want to achieve, hopefully a labour government, which is clean power by 2030, that means reduce bills notjust for one year but permanently, and that means that we get energy security, so that putin can't put his boot on our throat and there are of course many, many thousands ofjobs in renewables. so i am really here ensuring

the covid inquiry taking a break until 25 past the hour.vidence to the inquiry for most of today from 10:30am this morning. earlier he apologised to all of those who suffered as a result of the governments decision during the pandemic. he is also faced questions about the controversial eater to help out scheme aimed at helping the hospitality sector. scientific advisers have already told the inquiry they didn't know about the plan until it was announced and there were concerns it could spread there were concerns it could spread the virus. when asked about that scheme the prime minister defended it from the accusations that it was introduced without any scientific backing. eat introduced without any scientific backinu. ., ., ., , introduced without any scientific backinu. ., ., ., ., backing. eat out to help out had been designed _ backing. eat out to help out had been designed specifically - backing. eat out to help out had been designed specifically in - backing. eat out to help out had | been designed specifically in the context of the sa

covid inquiry . let's talk about that. inquiry. let's talk about that. >> yes.ll, boris johnson is expected to admit today that he made during the made mistakes during the pandemic. he's appearing before the inquiry . the covid inquiry. >> well, the former prime minister will argue his government got the big decisions right. he always says that, doesn't he? he got the big decisions right with the times claiming he will also say he helped save tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives by preventing the nhs from being overwhelmed . overwhelmed. >> well, let's speak to the political editor of huffpost uk, kevin schofield. he'll be trying to convince us then on those big decisions. but there will be serious questions, not least about where he was in those ten days before lockdown was called and about some of the comments he made about letting the bodies pile up . pile up. >> yeah, good morning. yeah, you're right. i mean, there'll be all sorts of questions being fired at him. i mean, thus far he's come for in quite a lot of criticism from a lot of the other to inqu

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. _ let�*s turn to the covid inquiry.inished on he hasjust finished on day he has just finished on day two. he hasjust finished on day two. in the past few minutes, these are pictures of him leaving that inquiry in central london after two days of questioning and answers. he said the portrayal of the parties at downing street during the pandemic was a travesty of the truth and i million miles from the reality of what actually happened at number ten. he also defended his government�*s eat outs to help out scheme at the height of the pandemic, which made restaurants cheaper, and said it was properly discussed by scientists and was not seen as a gamble. our political correspondent pete saull reports from the inquiry. even earlier than yesterday, under cover of darkness, the former prime minister pulled up at the covid inquiry. do you regret the downing street parties? but he knows it will take more than a bobble hat to protect him from the cold reality of his time in office. this morning�*s focus, period of autumn 2020 when

no doubt we will possibly totally after the vote but rishi sunak at the covid inquiry today in the nextrtant and critical could that be for his leadership and his role as chancellor during the pandemic? i his role as chancellor during the pandemic?— his role as chancellor during the andemic? , _, , w pandemic? i might be complacent about this, _ pandemic? i might be complacent about this, i _ pandemic? i might be complacent about this, i think _ pandemic? i might be complacent about this, i think tomorrow - pandemic? i might be complacent about this, i think tomorrow is - pandemic? i might be complacent| about this, i think tomorrow is the big day for him. simply because of the power of the immigration issue and the broken promises over the years. it may make a mistake, he may make a gaffe under interrogation but my sense of where british people are, we focus so much in covid over the years, i think most people know what they think about the government handling of the pandemic which is... the difference is he is the prime minister, he was the chancellor so he can still carry the can in

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questions from the covid inquiry.uestions about his new rwanda immigration bill from several parts of his own party. we will look at what it means. barbenheimer is back. barbie and oppenheimer lead the nominations at the golden globe awards. we are going to start with the cop 28 climate summit being held right now in dubai. we are getting to the crucial part. they have published the latest draft of the deal it hopes to pass. what is not in it is what has caused the anger. no commitment to phasing out fossil fuels. let's take a look. the text includes a range of actions that could be taken by countries to reduce emissions. could, not should, we will come back to that. it makes no direct reference to phasing out fossil fuels. that was something demanded by the u.n. secretary general earlier on monday. take a listen. >> a central aspect in my opinion of the success of the cop will be for the cop to reach a consensus on the need to phase out fossil fuels in line with the time framework that is in line with the limits. tha

so those are the covid inquiry.those are the headlines . the headlines. >> so let's kick off with this one massive story on the daily mail. >> steve yeah, i'm across all the news. >> i think i've not really read up on is rwanda, so i'll be and robert jenrick you've never heard of those two. it's a shame that's up really, isn't that's come up really, isn't it? i think the daily mail front page though great. firstly, page though is great. firstly, the j—lo picture, we should mention, that outfit mention, she's in that outfit and she says she's bullet—proof. she's could get shot in and she says she's bullet—proof. she underboob could get shot in and she says she's bullet—proof. she underboob yeah, get shot in and she says she's bullet—proof. she underboob yeah, she shot in and she says she's bullet—proof. she underboob yeah, she wowsn and she says she's bullet—proof. she underboob yeah, she wows in crazy. >> look, i was wowed, but >> look, i was wowed, yes, but mainly because the mainly just because of the bright you'd

ellie price, bbc news at the covid inquiry in london. more now on the cop28 climate summit in dubai. world leaders have gathered in the gulf state to discuss limiting climate change. earlier today, the world leaders gathered and posed for a group photo — including the uk prime minister rishi sunak. mr sunak has announced £1.6—billion of uk funding for climate projects to support efforts to reach the paris agreement goal. he's been talking to the media upon his arrival in dubai. the prime minister, you said you were not in hock to ideological zealots when it came to climate, who are you talking about?— are you talking about? perhaps the --eole are you talking about? perhaps the peeple protesting _ are you talking about? perhaps the people protesting outside - are you talking about? perhaps the people protesting outside my - are you talking about? perhaps the | people protesting outside my house most recently. people think we should — most recently. people think we should get to zero without any regard — should get to zero without any rega

questions from the covid inquiry.said he didn't believe his eat out to help out scheme was a risk. questions about his new rwanda immigration bill from several parts of his own party. we'll look at what it all means. and barbenheimmer is back — barbie and oppenheimmer lead the nominations at the global globe awards. we're going to start with the cop28 climate summit in dubai. we are getting to the crucial part. the un climate body has published the latest draught of a deal it hopes to pass. what's not in it has caused anger. no commitment to phasing out fossilfuels. so let's take a look. the text includes a range of actions that could be taken by countries to reduce emissions. the word could not should. we will come back to that. this includes a promise to treble renewable energy capacity by 2030. however, it makes no direct reference to phasing out fossil fuel. that was something demanded by the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, earlier on monday. take a listen. a central aspect, in my opinion, of the success o

and former prime minister boris johnson is expected to apologise to the uk covid inquiry, acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic. let's stay with our main story and the ongoing hostilities, now, about that temporary truce between israel and hamas has ended. —— now that. bbc arabic correspondent adnan el—bursh and cameraman mahmoud al—ajrami are both from gaza and are currently based near khan younis. over the past week they've been following one family forced to move from their home, who now live in a makeshift camp in the south. upbeat music plays an ordinary family in an ordinary house in gaza city. but the music stopped... explosion ..and was replaced by the sound of shelling. their home destroyed, this is their new reality. meet this mother of three and granny to a little child who is just a year old. translation: in the rain we struggled a lot. - the rain entered our tent and drenched our mattresses, which we had to take from the dump. in the morning i had to bathe my grandchild in freezing water. she showed me a video of what her home us