thank you, damian grammaticas _ public goods.d unrest erupted in the region around paris overnight after police shot dead a 17—year—old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. the teenager, named as nael m, died from bullet wounds to the chest — he is the second person in france to have been killed in a police shooting at a traffic stop this year. 31 people were arrested during the demonstrations, and 24 police injured. hugh schofield reports from paris — his report contains images of the incident moments before the shooting. riots again in the paris banlieus. the troubled suburbs. disaffected youth taking it out on private property and symbols of the state, police responding with tear gas. it's happened before when there's a grievance against the police, like now. and now, it's a big one. two officers stopped a yellow car for a control. there was a discussion and one officer pointed his weapon at the driver named as 17—year—old nahel. then the car moved off and the officer fired. a few seconds later, the car veered

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.are missing after a fire on board a boat in the red sea around 25 kilometres — or 15 miles — from the resort of marsa alam. these are the latest pictures of the boat — we can't see any flames but there's still a lot of smoke and clearly a lot of damage. 26 people, including 12 britons, were rescued — they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it's supporting the british nationals. with more on this, here's david waddell. what more do we know about the individuals on board? t what more do we know about the individuals on board?— individuals on board? i spoke earlier to _ individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the _ individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the company - individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the company that i individuals on board? i spoke i earlier to the company that runs individuals on board? i spoke - earlier to the company that runs and owns the hurricane along with five other similar vessels and to give me the same numbers you reported there, 15

sunak�*s conservative party is languishing in the opinion polls. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticase end of a political career? "a witch—hunt," borisjohnson says, forced him out. "a kangaroo court," he has called parliament's investigation. in truth, he saw its conclusions before we did, and decided to go. it was this, partygate, mps were probing — whether mrjohnson lied to parliament. he has gone before it's published. he feels he can't be held to account for what others did when he wasn't present. he didn't know? that is his version, that is his story. i am merely... laughter. ..i am merely acting as a reporter. so today, labour out campaigning in uxbridge. they smell a chance to snap up the seat borisjohnson once had a big majority in, but has abruptly vacated. borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once more. he has not held his hands up and taken responsibility as he should do. the privileges committee, a well—respected committee made up of a majority of tory mps, and he hasjust tried to trash them and say, "i've got no responsibility, "i've done nothing wrong." all this

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.of domestic and european trophies. it's only the second time that the treble has been accomplished by an english club, the last being manchester united in 1999. the winning goal was scored by rodri. the final score was 1—0. they beat inter milan. now, before we go, it's time to start horsing around. an annual running race in powys in wales is designed to answer the question can a human run faster than a horse? well, the �*mane' event — a 22—mile cross country route where competitors hoof themselves though muddy tracks and mountainous terrain. since the event started in the �*80s, it's been a nightmare and only three people have ever made it to the finish line first. winner daniel connolly came first, almost ten minutes ahead of the first horse — although, maybe the horse were �*rein—ing' it in. stay with us here on bbc news. that's all from us in washington, dc. thank you for watching. we will be handing the reins back over to london as the sun rises over that city. thank you for watch

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.e developments on our website, bbc news. turning our attention to egypt, where three british tourists are missing after a fire on board a boat in the red sea around 25 kilometres — or 15 miles — from the resort of marsa alam. these are the latest pictures of the boat — we can't see any flames but there's still a lot of smoke and clearly a lot of damage. 26 people, including 12 britons, were rescued — they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it's supporting the british nationals. huge fires ripped through this boat in the red sea resort of marsa alam. nearly 30 people were on board, including 15 british passengers. amateur footage shows the moments of horror as somejump to safety and are rescued. local authorities say most of the foreign visitors and the egyptian crew have been rescued, but search operations are still under way for those missing. translation: we arrived at dawn. we wake up daily at 6am and the briefing before diving is at 6:30 am. during the briefing, o

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.e following a plane crash have been reunited with their relatives. earlier, they were flown to a military hospital in bogota where they were met by the president and defence minister. the man who led the rescue operation, general pedro sanchez has agreed to be godfather to the youngest child who turned one during the ordeal. the siblings — aged between one and 13 — are said to be happy but tired. elsewhere, ukraine's president zelensky has confirmed that his country's counter—offensive against occupying russian forces, is underway. this week's escalation in fighting across the south and east of the country followed months of speculation as to when the counter attack might begin. the president was speaking after holding talks in kyiv with the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. from the capital, our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. anotherforeign leader, canada's justin trudeau, in town, and bearing gifts — £400 million of military assistance. and finally from president

thank you, our political correspondent, l you, our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.ng to put their lives back together. ukraine has blamed russia for the attack on the kahhovka dam. satellite images show how the kakhovka reservoir upriver shrank and dried up, leaving chronic water shortages. while those below the dam in southern ukraine have been cleaning out their homes, after flood waters finally receded. more than 50 people have died, dozens more are missing, and russian forces continue to shell the region. andrew harding sent this report from southern ukraine. a boat beached on the roadside. plenty of puddles — and, in places, more than puddles. "how can i live in this?" asks 72—year—old anna. but the worst of the flooding is now over here in kherson, a frontline city still targeted daily by russian artillery. somebody has helpfully marked the high water point on this building. and you can see over here on the garage door the lines where the floodwaters have slowly receded from this area. but there's mud everywhere. retired teachers irina and yevgeny clear throug

our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has the latest.nson says, forced him out. a kangaroo court he has called parliament's investigation. in truth, he saw its conclusions before we did, and decided to go. it was this, partygate, mps were probing, whether mr johnson lied to parliament. he has gone before it's published. he feels that he can't be held to account for what others did when he wasn't present. and if that is... ..that is his version, that is his story, i am merely... ..i am merely acting as a reporter. so today, labour were already out campaigning in borisjohnson�*s old constituency. they smell a chance to snap up this seat. borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once —— borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once more, you know. he's not held his hands up and taken responsibility, as he should do. the privileges committee, a well—respected committee, that are made up of majority of tory mps, and he'sjust tried to trash them and say "i have no responsibility, i have done nothing wrong." all this means trouble for

live now to westminster with our correspondent damian grammaticas.about it being a moral obligation to cut it but people want to know how his government is going to do that. he promised to halve it by the end of the year but he looks way off track. certainly looks increasingly difficult or tricky for him and his government to hit that target. that target is to bring inflation down to around 5.5%. when they set it it was around 5.5%. when they set it it was around 10%. at the moment the figures we are looking at, 7—8%, so moving down but the question is, will it come down enough to hit the target? if you listen to the tone of the prime minister today, he is saying this is going to be tough and difficult. he never said it would be easy, he said. but then he had words of reassurance, trying to say everything will be ok, trust me, stick with me. he wants to have this image which he has crafted fairly carefully from the outset as a safe economic pair of hands, in contrast to his predecessor liz truss. and borisjohnson as well to some extent. he wants to h

our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports.s is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i'm sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain they will be highly critical, as mrjohnson resigned abruptly on hearing the contents of the report. in his resignation statement, he insisted, "i did not lie". he accused them of being "determined to drive me out of parliament," and called it "the very definition of a kangaroo court." by itself, however, the committee could not have ended his political career. the full house of commons

our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has the latest.litical career? a witch hunt, borisjohnson says, forced him out. a kangaroo court he has called parliament's investigation. in truth he saw its conclusions before we did and decided to go. it was this, partygate, mps were probing. he has gone before the report is published. he feels he cannot be held to account for what others did when he wasn't present. that is his version, that is his story. i am merely... ..i am merely acting as a reporter. so today, labour out campaigning in uxbridge. they smell a chance to snap up the seat borisjohnson once had a big majority in but has abruptly vacated. borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once more. he has not held his hands up and take on responsibility as he should do. the privileges committee, a well—respected committee made up of a majority of tory mps and he has tried to trash them saying he has no responsibility and has done nothing wrong. all this means trouble for mrjohnson�*s successor. rishi sunak is blamed by some of borisjoh

our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports.nson. at the heart of it, the honours mr johnson handed out when he stood down some to those involved in the party gate scandals. keir starmer those who threw a downing street party the night before the late queen sat alone at her husband's funeral, will now receive awards from the king. if he's so tough, why didn't block it? mr speaker, as i said, i and the government follow due process and convention. prime ministers, prime ministers of both parties have always upheld the convention of noninterference on political honours. but the labour leader didn't let up. the argument got bitter. honours should be for public service, not tory cronies. isn't this the case? he was too weak to blockjohnson's list. and that also means that those who spent their time helping cover up johnson's lawbreaking are rewarded by becoming law makers for the rest of their lives. he talks about putting people in the house of lords. perhaps he could explain why he put forward for a peerage the former mp, labour m

live now to our political correspondent damian grammaticas at westminster. a pretty difficult spot — government's plan? well in a pretty difficult spot and _ government's plan? well in a pretty difficult spot and in _ government's plan? well in a pretty difficult spot and in the _ government's plan? well in a pretty difficult spot and in the hands - government's plan? well in a pretty difficult spot and in the hands of- difficult spot and in the hands of thejudges, because the difficult spot and in the hands of the judges, because the government has said that it wants to seek leave to appeal this to the supreme court who would then look at it again. we don't obviously know what would happen there, but the key point at the heart of this is that this element, this rwanda idea to deport people to rwanda so that their asylum claims are processed by rwanda is at the heart of the government's attempts to deal with this issue, and at the heart of the legislation that it's putting through parliament which it says is a policy to seek to tackle this issue of but arriv

our political correspondent damian grammaticas is in westminster for us.ou would have to think— labour to go on today? i think you would have to think that _ labour to go on today? i think you would have to think that the i labour to go on today? i think you would have to think that the issue | would have to think that the issue around the covid inquiry and the government's attempt to limit what information should be handed over to that inquiry, that is likely to come up, largely because oliver dowden, standing infor up, largely because oliver dowden, standing in for rishi sunak, is the deputy prime minister, he is also the person who runs the cabinet office, the operation at the heart of government that sits right next door to downing street, it is the cabinet office that is the one that is bringing the legal challenge, seeking thejudicial is bringing the legal challenge, seeking the judicial review to challenge the powers that the inquiry, the covid inquiry says it has under the statute in which it operates to demand any information. the cabinet office,