across the papers, a picture of dominic cummings, whichi the papers, a picture of dominic cummings,nk is really interesting, him walking out of number ten with a cardboard box. he does not have to walk out that way, and this speaks to me to the drama in numberten, to and this speaks to me to the drama in number ten, to the spectacle of him wanting to be seen to walk out in this way. and i think one of the things that is really irritated me about this story is that it is really political gossip in a lot of ways, there is very different pieces that will come out, for instance what cummings may or may not have said about boris johnson's fiance, various turn arguments internally, andi various turn arguments internally, and i think for us, as outsiders, thinking about the invocations of such drama at the heart of government, when we are still in the grips ofa government, when we are still in the grips of a pandemic, we are in the middle of the second lockdown, when the unemployment rate jumped this week, the applications of this, we still have not got a brexit deal. what does this mean a

we are not going to follow dominic cummings, which is a market difference from when dominic cummingsxact same trick when he was running the leave campaign when there was a bit of attention and conflict, shall we say come at the top there, and various numbers of vote leave tried to sack him from that position, again, he threatened to take half the staff with him. and on that occasion, they said that they would follow him, on this occasion it looked like they sent no, actually, he will be on his owfi. sent no, actually, he will be on his own. so even though you can never predict what he's going to do, and i will completely agree that there have been numerous occasions when i would've thought he would've resigned or been sacked and he hasn't. he is certainly losing allies at the moment, and i don't think he necessarily wants to work ina work think he necessarily wants to work in a work environment that he is no longer in full control. also it's what the independent is focusing on as well with the rather dramatic picture on the front page. it's this idea that boris johnson picture on the

we will chat in a moment, a quick look first through the front pages, dominated by dominic cummings. the daily telegraph reports dominic cummings was ordered out of downing street for good, after being accused of briefing against the prime minister. according to the times, the departures of lee cain and dominic cummings represent the conclusion of a vicious power struggle at the heart of government. the financial times says the architect of britain's exit from the eu left downing street carrying a cardboard box and a trove of potentially dangerous secrets, and quotes a government insider saying they wouldn't be surprised if there's an explosive stunt between now and christmas. the i reports it was a bitter end to life at downing street for dominic cummings, after days of political turmoil as, according to the paper — borisjohnson lost patience with his controversial chief adviser after toxic infighting. while the guardian says the prime minister has been urged to appoint an mp as his permanent chief of staff to help heal deep divisions between him and his backbenchers. the daily mail

it is hard to overstate the influence of dominic cummings and borisjohnson, influence of dominic cummingsf dominic cummings and borisjohnson, and on government as a whole. go back to before the election, remember, the government going to extreme lengths to get its brexit legislation through, chucking mps out of the party, suspending parliament as a whole and then, in the tory party manifesto, dominic cummings‘s personal priorities of investment in science and to and reaching out to areas left behind economically, taking the government support well beyond traditional tory areas of support. some will be sorry to see him go. but being far more vocal today are those who, frankly, are happy to see the back of him. 0ne tory backbencher described this as an opportunity to mock out the sta bles as an opportunity to mock out the stables and get a new team in. another tory mp said dominic cummings had such disdain for those on the backbenches, he couldn't care less that he was going and he should have gone sooner. less that he was going and he should have gone sooner. perhaps that gets to the heart

cummings and someone influence that dominic cummings and someone like lee cain has had.e is a lot of mps in the parliamentary party who had a very strong feelings about to dominic cummings and his allies. and it's being said, reported in westminster this evening that actually, dominic cummings who probably will be a household name in a way that lee cain isn't, may be thinking about resigning in solidarity with lee cain. so that's a lot of names being chucked out there, a lot of internal politics. i think for a lot of us, they will be sitting at home thinking, "goodness, what is going on a number ten? " we have got a global pandemic, brexit is about to happen, the number of official deaths from covert exceeded 50,000 today in the uk, the first european country whose official death toll has done that, and it just feels kind of awful to be meeting about —— reading about number ten meeting about —— reading about numberten in meeting about —— reading about number ten in meltdown on the front page. just thinking about her international audience, page. just thinking about her i

which is very dominic cummings way of handling it. iwould very dominic cummings way of handling it.tle bit more complicated than that. but certainly people in the tory party and friends who are not coming fans have seized on this as their moment to say, get rid of him. and reset your primary ship. reach across the aisle, talk to your party, talk to parliament. put forward a more positive vision of conservatism which we haven't really seen. also a reminder again in the guardian, dominic cummings said that he is not a conservative, he doesn't particularly like the conservative party anyway. that should also remind us of what kind ofan should also remind us of what kind of an individual he is. he's been running time but not downing street in the prime minister as a... even a tory. that is one way of putting it. this is one of the most dominic cummings resignation, not resignation, i won't be here by the end of 2021. he points to his blog andi end of 2021. he points to his blog and ijust end of 2021. he points to his blog and i just had end of 2021. he points to his blog and ijust had a

dominic cummings was right in a lot of his analysis.ting about government and what does not work well sometimes. but as always, the solutions are much harder than the diagnosis. like everyone, he found it very hard to change those things. in doing so, having bought quite a degree of antagonism to some of those relationships... that's not to say... every government has the right to change people and get people to see things its way, to try to get things to move more quickly. it takes most governments some time to do that, about six months anyway, and on top of that this government has had a pandemic. dominic cummings did have a supper no falls quality to it, which meant some people who perhaps would have been helpful to the government would not have been as helpful as they could have been. —— suffering no. as helpful as they could have been. -- suffering no. you talked about the relationship between boris johnson and his party. i wonder about the relationship between politicians and the public. we had controversy politicians and the publ

dominic cummings, in style and substance, has made his mark.s up. well, he was always someone who would shake things up. he didn‘t take things as if, just because they‘d been done that way, that they couldn‘t be done any other way, and it‘s good, ithink, to have people who challenge the system and challenge the way things are done. i'm not surprised, in a way, that it's ending in the way that it is. but no prime minister can afford a single adviser to become a running story, dominating his government's communications and crowding out the proper messages the government wants to convey. and nobody is indispensable. after another senior aide to the prime minister resigned earlier this week, dominic cummings told the bbc that rumours he too had threatened to quit were invented. but asked about claims he could be gone by christmas, he said his position hadn‘t changed since a blog which he wrote earlier in the year. in that, he said he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020. masterminding the successful vote leave campaign was dominic c

cummings narrative. 0k. does sort of play into the dominic cummings narrative.ence of this. at this and talking about whether it might mean a bit of what they call it backsliding on brexit in terms of the new trade deal if there is going to be a trade deal with the eu. will the fact that the vote leaf action are leaving downing street, will that —— vote leave. vote leaf action are leaving downing street, will that -- vote leave. we had about 50 days unless to the end of the transition period on december the 31st. there is undoubtedly concern at the loss of the mastermind of the brexit campaign, dominic cummings, will affect that. one of the reasons i think boris johnson liked to have dominic cummings on the payroll was that he has been dubbed a career psychopath by david cameron, the ex prime minister. that actually focus the minds of the european union like negotiators because when he said he was ready to drive britain over the edge of a cliff and a lever 30 deal, they actually believed when and this has brought them to a negotiation table and start to behave a

remember, dominic cummings, only became the —— dominic cummings and lee cain, who announces that departureuestion is does it lead to a change of strategy? there are those in the conservative party, those in government as well, who think that borisjohnson has to basically reset his approach to governing, it has to look more at creating a consensus, getting parliaments on side, getting the public on side. and also winning people over through the media, rather than saying, look, this is our strategy, like it or lump it. that may well change in the new year, but as i say, remember, the man at the top is the prime minister. he is staying put and potentially, this is all up to him. nick, thank you. the department of health and hang it telling us that in the last 24—hour period today, 376 people died with a positive test in the last 28 days. that was for covid—19. in that same 24 hour period come across the uk, 27,000 301 people tested positive for coronavirus. —— 20 7301. -- 27,301. one of britain‘s most notorious killers, peter sutcliffe, who was known as the yorkshire ripper, has died in hospi

what do we now understand about the circumstances in which dominic cummings departed?f tension at number ten did come to a head yesterday afternoon. we know the prime minister had a meeting yesterday afternoon with lee cain, his former director of communications, and dominic cummings and it was said the prime minister wa nted and it was said the prime minister wanted to, at that meeting, clear the airand move wanted to, at that meeting, clear the air and move on. there are conflicting and colourful accounts about what was said and what happened in the hours after that. it is being claimed the prime minister accused the two men of briefing against his fiancee carrie symonds and that version of events is a hotly disputed by others. one source any room at the time described it as any room at the time described it as a lovely conversation between the three men at which they reminisced about their various achievements together. and then it yesterday evening, as we saw, dominic cummings left number ten by the front door carrying that cardboard box, a very deliberate move tha

so, who is dominic cummings?15, the former advisor to michael gove ran the pro—brexit vote leave campaign in the eu referendum and was behind the group's "take back control" slogan. after becoming the prime minister's senior adviser in 2019, the "get brexit done" campaign message helped the conservatives win a large majority in the general election. but he made enemies. there were many disparaging comments. he described some tory brexiteer mps as "useful idiots". sajid javid resigned as chancellor after refusing to comply with mr cummings' request to dismiss his special advisers. three months later, he was fighting for his political life in the downing street rose garden, after two opposition party leaders demanded his resignation for travelling to his parents‘ farm during the covid—i9 lockdown. he survived. but it seems the announcement of his departure was accelerated after the news his close colleague, lee cain, resigned as communications director on wednesday night. dominic cummings insists he always wanted t

yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died.iscussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcome. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us reports another record day of infections, as the coronavirus continues its surge across the country. the uk prime minister's most senior adviser — dominic cummings — leaves hisjob in downing street. now to ethiopia, where reports of mass killings of civilians in northern tigray region have prompted the un human rights commissioner, michelle bachelet, to call for a full inquiry into possible war crimes. human rights campaign group amnesty international had reported that possibly hundreds of people had been murdered in mai—kadra town in the west of the region. eyewitness have blamed forces loyal to tigray‘s ruling party, tplf, but tigray‘s leader said the accusations were "baseless". the un said those responsible must be held accountable. i'm joined now by david shinn, who is form

and will the evangelizing of dominic cummings on the subject be on this? thing clear about the epidemic was the british public supported an idea of an extension as a result of the coronavirus. that was not taken, and fax that was specifically denied and it may be 110w specifically denied and it may be now that of the last minute either a brexit in name only excelled a way to carry on kicking the can down the road, or that a formal extension is 110w road, or that a formal extension is now sought. that will be another good yearfor now sought. that will be another good year for the government and remains to be seen. but what is clear is that there is a great deal of uncertainty around this. clearly the only thing we do know is that we don‘t know much about what‘s going to happen. i'm glad you know what you are doing. great story of a wrong paper. and any error there, the sunday express has the headline referring to brexiteers. let‘s turn to the observer now. and the story on council homes to malusi. yes. —— lucy. it seems the debacle at number ten is donating

they say rockets were fired by the dominant political power in tigray.have taken responsibility for the attacks, and they happen in retaliation for air strikes by the federal government and the federal army in the region. so we know this conflict is escalating and things are going worse, but we don't know whether there were casualties in the latest rocket attacks. what about the reports from the un human rights organisations, saying that these reports could amount to war crimes? what are you hearing? yes, that is a report that shocked the country as it emerged a few days ago, a report by amnesty international, calling it a massacre, a killing of scores and possibly hundreds in a small town. they haven't confirmed the perpetrators, but they say that eyewitnesses told them the killers we re eyewitnesses told them the killers were retreating forces loyal to the tplf, who have denied this claim. but we are seeing more and more in this conflict, and the un are saying that if this report is true, it could amount to war crimes and the human rights commission go

to an a p pa re ntly dominic cummings and lead to an apparently used about kerry simmons, the fiancently used about kerry simmons, the fiance of borisjohnson and it speaks to the counter briefings encounter, counter briefings that we have a nation have been subject to over who said what‘s, who thought what, who was on whose side and the one version of events as to what led to dominic cummings leaving very dramatically through the front door of number ten was a borisjohnson had been shown text that had been sent by dominic cummings which referenced kerry is being described by this nickname of princess nut nuts and we do not know whether that is actually true and they have said, thatis is actually true and they have said, that is definitely not what happened and allies have said that this is pa rt and allies have said that this is part of the picture that they were fighting against, but it does speak to the factions, the tension that has been going on behind that locked door in downing street but we do not necessarily know and in human relationships, you also do not know who was right

the dominic cummings era in government is coming to an end.g street and that means his chief aide, seen here this morning leaving home, won't be returning to number ten. the way this place works matters to us all, from how the decisions are made to the direction of policy. after the very high—profile departures of recent days and some of the drama inside, some tories are hoping for a change. it does give the government a chance to reset all sorts of things, the relationship with parliament, the way it deals with the press. many of the failures of the last nine months have not been mr cummings' fault, they have been intrinsic in the system. there have been many unhappy tory mps in recent months, angry at high—level u—turns, worried the prime minister wasn't listening to them. one of them told me changes in the top team would be important. it's going to make an enormous difference. over the past year there has been a significant and growing gap between the number ten operation and the parliamentary party. we are enormously fond of him and we fel

and there's more on dominic cummings and his impact on british politics in taking control: the dominiclayer now. the serial killer peter sutcliffe, known as the yorkshire ripper, has died in hospital at the age of 7a. he had coronavirus. sutcliffe murdered 13 women across yorkshire and the north west of england between 1975 and 1980. he was also convicted of the attempted murder of seven other women. this report from our correspondent danny savage contains some flashing images. over a period of six years, all of these women were murdered by the same man. 13 families‘ lives torn apart by peter sutcliffe. wilma mccann was the first to be killed, in leeds in 1975. her son richard was just five years old when she died. he believes today brings some sort of closure. i know that there will be many people that welcome this day, and maybe some of them will get some peace. it is the man that took my mum's life, so it is significant. it's not... well, it is emotive in some ways, but i have got my own life and my own family now. let's get on with our lives with a bit more peace, shall we say, aft

dominic came live from berlin. at least $42.00 people are now confirmed to have died after typhoon vanco swept across the northern philippines. well, the 20, you're still missing, landslides and flooding of destroyed homes and left dozens of towns without power to me to undergo reports from our readers. in the town of rodrigo's in result, we met eric and lisa band where they were able to evacuate their home before it was submerged by flood waters. and i mean, they had to return no matter how hard it is to get here, because really that to get the race and legs we had in the storage, at least we have something to eat this week. but everything else has been destroyed . they know it will take them years to rebuild, so they see they hold on to what gives them hope. next door evangelion my louis is in despair. all her belongings have been damaged too, and she still has her mortgage to pay. please help us. we need clothes, food. we don't even have drinking water vanco barreled across many areas in the zone, destroying hom

dominic cummings left downing street for the final time last night at the end of a torrid week.eeting yesterday afternoon at which the prime minister, we're told, wanted to clear the air and move on, mr cummings, already due out by christmas, was gone for good by the end the day. with that, say many, comes a chance for change. it does give the government a chance to reset all sorts of things. its relationship with parliament, the way it deals with the press, i'm told its relationship with cabinet. so that, in one respect, is an advantage for the prime minister, but i do hope in doing it he doesn't forget the things where mrcummings was right, which is many of the failures of the last nine months have not been mr cummings‘ fault but have been intrinsic in the system. seen here with the prime minister last night, lee cain, another close aide, resigned in a tussle over becoming boris johnson's chief of staff. all smiles by the end, perhaps, but he didn't go without a fight. with his two closest aides gone, borisjohnson must now decide who to put in their place. yourjob as chief of

lee cain, a close ally of dominic cummings and while he is an important figure in downing street, dominic street. the prime minister's cheap aid, a man who really does have the ear of boris johnson. there was huge controversy at the earlier in the year when dominic cummings travelled from county durham during lockdown and boris johnson refused to ask him to step down. there has been a lot of speculation over the future of speculation over the future of dominic cummings since this event and he has been speaking to our political editor tonight and asked about the rumours that he would be leaving number 10 by christmas. said in his blog that he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020 and a senior downing street sources said that he will be out of government by christmas. why this is important, a couple of big picture things, there is clearly been right a lot of turbulence in downing street over who gets whatjob and who has the ear of the prime minister and it is a government trying to tackle the pandemic on the other thing as well that lee cain and dominic cummings both worked o

a close ally of dominic cummings.g street, dominic cummings is central —— while lee cain. there was a huge controversy earlier in the year when mr huge controversy earlier in the yearwhen mrcummings huge controversy earlier in the year when mr cummings travelled from london to county durham during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson during the height of lockdown. boris johnson refused during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson refused pressure for calls to sacked the dominic cummings, displaying his importance to the prime minister. after the departure of lee cain, there's been a lot of lee cain, there's been a lot of speculation over the future of speculation over the future of dominic cummings and as you say, he's been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg tonight and he was asked about these rumours that he would be leaving number ten by christmas. saying his position has not changed. he has a blog in which he said he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020. a senior downing street source

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dominic cummings has not been elected.they are happy, and they want to see a reboot of boris johnson's whole strategy and government. a senior mpi was talking to arlier once him to appoint couple of chiefs of staff who actually know what is going on. alix: i really appreciate it. great detail, emily ashton, u.k. government reporter. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: time now for a bloomberg business flash. the biggest food delivery platform in the u.s., doordash, has filed for an ipo. in a set to join airbnb finale to what is already a record year for ipos. private investors valued at at $16 billion back in june. draftkings higher after the comedy raises its revenue forecast for this year, an indication that the rise of sports betting shows no signs of slowing down. draftkings is now looking at revenue growth of up to 30% this year. that assumes all sports calendars are maintained through the end of the year. johnson & johnson wants to speed up the testing of its experiment oh coronavirus vaccine. it has turned to data experts at

—— dominic cummings is gone?king about the fact he personally isn't going to pound on this. david frost was unhappy with the departure of lee cain and dominic cummings. i do think there area dominic cummings. i do think there are a few ways. firstly, nigel farage after dominic cummings left. he took to the social media to suggest this meant a brexit sell—out was coming, so i think it could make a little bit harder to make brexit feel the success if you weapon eyes that side of it. i also have heard of view tory mps raise the question of view tory mps raise the question of what the team currently in number ten be the ones borisjohnson would wa nt ten be the ones borisjohnson would want but by his side and i know you'll brexit. —— a no—deal brexit. you have the scenarios... i think it pla nts you have the scenarios... i think it plants the seeds of doubt. very briefly, who agreed to allow dominic cummings to leave? i think he agreed to it. it clearly at choice, i think we can say. let's go the mail. end of the road

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dominic cummings was very keen for that to happen. the uk has been blamed for that.down. many of prime minister, advices come and go. there area minister, advices come and go. there are a lot of members of the tory party celebrating his departure. he got ina party celebrating his departure. he got in a lot of fights with the media, band ministers from going on holiday, etc. serve his purpose to the prime minister but it would appear that purpose has expired. the prime minister but it would appear that purpose has expiredlj wonder appear that purpose has expired.” wonder if we'll find out who leaked that. in the meantime, the labour party issuing a statement about this. basically flagging up the fact that this has been a green milestone when it comes to the coronavirus deaths for the uk. we don't have much time, but this is happening politically? that's right. expect the opposition to be pointing this out, but it's grim and depressing to see numberten out, but it's grim and depressing to see number ten melting down before our eyes when the country is managing the bigg

breach of british declaration —— dominic robb.d that the country is not to interfere in china's affairs. we urge the releva nt in china's affairs. we urge the relevant individuals to go back to international law. any of the attempt to pressure china undermine china's sovereignty will not succeed. from tomorrow, the first time since hong kong was returned to china its legislative council had been without any effective opposition. it's unclear whether they will ever have one again. the most crucial thing here hasn't really been the dismissal or even the mass walk—out by the entire pro—democracy block. but rather a permanent change of the rules which from now on means that the communist party surrogates canal remove any undesirable opposition, even though they have been directly elected by they have been directly elected by the people —— can now remove. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. let's talk to a former chair of the democratic party and a former member of the hong kong legislative council. emily, telus, was there a better wa

these 3 maps show the area of effective communist domination as it was last august and from december 20th. now to the present day or the end of march, the communist control a much wider section of the country. the position of this administration has been carefully considered. and we have sought to make it just as clear as we know how to the government's concern 1st. we strongly and unreservedly support the goals of a neutral and independent layo. no outside group of powers threatening no one and free from any domination by fellow americans. far away from america. but the world and the security of southeast asia will be endangered if laos loses its neutral independence. i want to make it clear to the american people and all the world that all we want in layoffs. and i know that you and i want to get to the truth. i'm going to move down the bill could, could get lives when we, when you're hungry we should note that, i mean that would, i would model during the long run much in the moment and i am not exactly in on it and then i knew thankee and i think so myself from june 1060 point to

but dominic cummings has left for good, bara bit of dominic cummings has left for good, bar a bit ofm home between now and christmas, and it does leave a void that needs to be filled at the heart of boris johnson's premiership. he has brought in his long aide are edward lister to run things as his interim chief of staff, but there are big questions from here on about the nature of borisjohnson's time in downing street, his government from here on, and just how things will be run by downing street for the rest of his time here. scientists advising the government on the coronavirus pandemic are warning that the type of christmas we'll be able to enjoy hangs in the balance. latest figures show the r number, the rate at which the virus is spreading in the uk, has fallen — raising hopes that some restrictions could be eased over the festive period. but experts say the situation remains volatile. simonjones reports. there are just 41 days to go until christmas, but it is still far from clear what a christmas in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic will look like. the hope is that the curr

the cane, a close ally of dominic cummings, and while he is an important figure —— lee cain, dominicr's chief aid, a man who really has the ear of boris johnson. chief aid, a man who really has the ear of borisjohnson. and if you remember, there was a huge controversy earlier in the year when mr huge controversy earlier in the yearwhen mrcummings huge controversy earlier in the year when mr cummings travelled from london to county durham during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson during the height of lockdown. boris johnson refused during the height of lockdown. borisjohnson refused because to sack him, emphasising his importance to the prime minister but following the departure of lee cain, there is a lot of speculation regarding the future of dominic cummings, and he has been speaking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg, tonight, and a nswered kuenssberg, tonight, and answered these rumours about him earlier. he said his position hasn't changed and that he seeks to be largely redundant by the end of 2020. a senior government redundant by the end of 2020. a senior government

is now clear for all to dominance in this competition is now clearfor all to see. dominance in thisn‘s fa cup final done and dusted, albeit six months late and manchester city don‘t have long before they start defending their title because the 2020 edition of this competition is already under way and after they lost the community shield a couple of months ago it now means they have five trophies to go for this season, the first of which is already in the bag now. indeed, thank you very much, jo currie at wembley for us. everton keeperjordan pickford was dropped to the bench for this afternoon‘s premier league game at newcastle, and watched his side lose 2—1. pickford had started the last 120 league games since joining everton injune 2017, but his form has dipped this season. everton were undone by two goals from callum wilson, the first a penalty. dominic calvert—lewin pulled one back in injury time. some quality, some speed, some attention, more attention, i think that today was imbalanced. that is what we wanted to have, imbalance and to aid the opportunity... we gave them a penal

some years might not be aware how important i think your dominic cumming is.ll us how significant his departure is —— i think dominic cummings is. he's an influential figure in the last ten years of british politics because he was one of the masterminds behind the vote leave campaign, the campaign for the uk to leave the european union back in 2016. he came back into downing street, actually he came into downing street for the first time with boris johnson downing street for the first time with borisjohnson became prime minister, and he was a really influential member of mrjohnson's. he had more power than most special advisers have in the uk government over things like policy. he was part ofa over things like policy. he was part of a faction in downing street which was designed to push brexit over the line to make sure it happened. they help make some of the really controversial decisions. unlawfully suspending parliament, introducing that legislation earlier this year, which ministers accept would break international law by going against the brexit withdrawa

that,ficial testified quote, the national security --ks of increased dominance chinese dominance on the global api market cannot be overstated. ,ince china joined the wto operations have expanded dramatically. china's policies were designed to promote that. what is troubling is the expansion of r&d. national firms increased r&d spending in china at nearly twice the rate of domestic spending. china&d expenditures in on the chemicals including pharmaceuticals surge between 2000 and 2017. chinese state directed and controlled entities have engaged -- in the u.s. with many focused on the health or -- health care sector. actors in china have used illegal means to obtain the health data of u.s. citizens that may allow their firms to dominate the increasingly important biosynthetic sector. the focus today is on medical supplies, but our dependence on china for many products, some of them critical, is broad and deep. areas, this reduces our potential resilience. we should examine supply chain risks and determine the potential impact on our national and state economic security. again, thank you

yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died.e of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcome. this is bbc news, the main story this hour... president trump says he won't put the us into lockdown, despite a surge in covid—i9 as he comes close to admitting he's leaving the white house next year. russian peacekeepers are deploying in the breakaway region of nagorno karabakh, following a deal to end six weeks of war between azerbaijan and armenia. under the agreement, armenia will withdraw from districts held since 1994. azerbaijan will keep territory in nagorno karabakh, and the surrounding areas retaken during the fighting. the enclave is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. but victory has come at a cost, as our international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the city of terter in azerbaijan. "get up and let's go," lalazar begs. a mother's lament at the grave of he

dominic cummings, the prime minister's top adviser, is to leave his job by christmas.street. not all the audience shared the media's fascination with all this, with phil campbell expressing a frequent concern about the bbc‘s political reporting... it'll be a few more weeks before the votes cast in the us presidental election are certified and the winner officially declared. but there's no doubt about who that will be in most people's minds, as ben wright described from washington on monday morning. donald trump continues to say nothing publicly aboutjoe biden having won this election. he has not given him his approval, he hasn't conceded, he's complained on twitter a lot, of course, about what he thinks is a rigged election — which he has no evidence for at all. on thursday, federal and state us election officials rejected president trump's claims of fraud, but the phrase used in that clip — that there was no evidence at all for those claims — and similar statements elsewhere on bbc news,

these 3 maps show the area of effective communist domination as it was last august and from december 20th. now to the present day or the end of march, the communist control a much wider section of the country. the position of this administration has been carefully considered. and we have sought to make it just as clear as we know how to the government's concern 1st. we strongly and undeservedly support the goals of a neutral and independent layo to no outside group of powers threatening no one and free from any domination by fellow americans. they are far away from america. but the world of the security of southeast asia will be in danger if laos loses its neutral independence. i want to make it clear to the american people and all the world that all we want and layoffs is not. and that on the one hand by a model team, tim jump through hoops team, i'm going to move down the ball. could none of them will, could dive down not for me when you're hungry we should note that i mean that would i would molineux all day and the month, month even to now they're not as yet and i didn't see me a

if an advisor is close, the prime minister is dominant. cummings is not able to deal with conservative m.p.'s and other senior figures in the party. then the position of power point was going to become more and more difficult. i think the other issue here, of course, is also that the voices are not really supposed to be part of the story. no choices by definition, are working behind closed doors to deliver the prime minister's priorities. the difficulty that dominic cummings has had is he's become so high profile that he almost is the story. he dominated is the political profile image of the government almost beyond any other minister, including the prime minister, and that's not really sustainable in the long term. so not since i think his position became unsustainable as growing outrage in bell or suffer the death of an addict of the protest at 31 year old roman on that anchor died on wednesday in the capital. minsk. witnesses say, had been detained and beaten by security forces. the interior ministry has denied responsibility here opini

if they can rule ethiopia under their domination, hedge many as fine. if they cannot, then they will discover the g.o.p. and a greater take, right? separate other prospects of a grey in separatist state being created some kind of shades of south sudan when obama was in power. right now it doesn't seem to create a separate decries state would much area less because they don't tell the majority of support among the ground people. i very much doubt and they are militarily they have been losing ground about in the turner was done from this point. they are encircled from many directions, doesn't mean that the operation that the federal government is conducting to, to enforce the rule of roll in ethiopia. and bring this criminal struggle leaders of the to p.l.f. to test justice will be over within a day or 2. now, that's not likely, but i think the odds are against them except some of their international supporters on the ground are losing any ground war. either the concern of the federal government and most just as is that with men and civilian casualties as

boris johnson brought dominic cummings with him into downing street.emainer mps risky strategy and took on remainermps in risky strategy and took on remainer mps in parliament and through the gauntlet out to the country under the banner of get brexit down. he looks like the cat that got the cream. he has had a controversial time as well. he confused coronavirus legislation when he took he long drive to check his eyesight. many felt that bent the spirit of the rules. and lee cain, another from the tampa mac faction, lost out in a very public power battle for boris johnson's year to a very public power battle for borisjohnson's year to the incoming press secretary allegra stratton, and boris johnson's beyonce, carrie symonds and minera meza, his policy chief. the two will be leaving downing street at the end of the year. what does this all mean for the future direction of downing street? potentially this is significant. there could be a reset. what has been briefed to nicholas what is there will be more emphasis on climate change, music to the ears of pr

us open champion dominic thiem stands in his way.our, i lost in the third set was a really thrilling match, hopefully we can have another great match, but hopefully this time of the different outcome. djokovic clearly not ready to bow outjust yet — matching roger federer‘s record of six atp finals singles titles is still possible. it is promising to be a brilliant weekend with those two semi finals coming ahead of the final on sunday. sue barker will be there for us and she's with tim henman now. the winner in straight sets, he really set the tone, walked out there at the first few points and on his a—game wasn't the? there at the first few points and on his a-game wasn't the? you want to stamp his authority on it and how they have frailties on the second serve that novak djokovic got that early break winning 12 of the first 14 early break winning 12 of the first 16 points and does really good foundation for him to get the first said under his belt and second set was closer but you just felt that he a lwa ys was closer but you just f

prime minister most senior advisor dominic cumngs leaves his job in downing street.nd we will be taking a look at how families plan to celebrate the wally during lockdown -- diwali during lockdown. ♪ good evening and welcome to bbc world news. in the united states, the number of new coronavirus infections recorded each day has doubled in just three weeks. latest record show 100 50,000 new coronavirus cases. that is a one-day record. with the thanksgiving holiday less than two weeks away now, when more people are expected to travel than at any other time of the year, local leaders are introducing all kinds of restrictions to try and stop the spread of the virus. chicago's mayor has asked residents to stay home for the next 30 days, beginning from monday. a similar move may be imposed across the state of illinois in the coming days. the governor of michigan has warned that hospitals are running dangerously low on personal protective equipment. she says cases are skyrocketing. and in new york city, the number of positive cases among those tested has hit 2.6%, closing in