iain: two things. obviously the vaccine news is good, but is likely to be a few quarters before we get the economy back to normal, given the production and distribution in getting it in place. the fed is now looking at average inflation targeting, so it is going to be very comfortable allowing inflation to be above that 2% level over short periods. it really needs to get back to full employment and forward-looking inflation out to percent. if you look back at history, the previous hiking cycle we would not have had a hike for the first six because we weren't at the level of inflation based on a new framework. it feels to me that until we can really bring forward hike expectations, that actually the treasury curve is going to steepen a little bit, but really struggled to get away from itself, particularly when using about the low yields we have across the rest of the world at the moment, when you look at the inflation levels in other parts of the world, europe and japan, is less expectations of tighteni

in terms of iain duncan smith's contribution, ijust think it is laughable. but he offers no alternative and quotes david nabarro from the world health organization who says it should be the last resort. but this is the last resort. the key is we need strong public health services and a robust test and trace system. that is the one thing they don't want to talk about, because it is so going so badly wrong. he also says he's already pointing out, this was written last night, but it could be longer than four weeks, that is a concession that michael gove has made this morning. no one knows. what do you think will be the effect on what the mail calls the lockdown sparking tory civil war, if the government has to come back to say, you know we said 1st december, actually it will be the 8th or 15th or whaer date?|j don‘t be the 8th or 15th or whaer date?” don‘t know whether people will be so concerned as to know what will be done to revive the economy when we come out of this. iain duncan smith, whether you agree with him or not said it is not is much a circuit brea

iain williamson, ceo of old mutual, speaking a little earlier today.'s take a look at where european markets are. we are few minutes away from the close in europe. banks are the underperforming sector. what a change it has been since the beginning of the week. we are starting to perform on that steeper yield curve. this starting to become unstuck today. the ftse 100 down a little bit less. we have a negative pound today. we will continue to see what is happening in 10 downing street to see whether the pound could pop on the departure of dominic cummings. we watch the politics with interest, as ever. more details to follow. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: wrapping up this thursday in europe. it is a negative session. beginning of the week, we were so focused on the vaccine. now, we are focusing on what is happening with the virus and some of the data across the continental european banks fitting the charge. a positive start to the week. down by .7%. the ftse down by .5%. the dac is the big outperform her, down by 1.1%. seeings of what we are with the ftse 100

as iain would say, the weekend at augusta is set up say, the weekend at augusta is set up perfectly, because the world's top three players were all tied at the top of the leaderboard going into this third round, that has never happened ina third round, that has never happened in a major before. we are going to start right at the top with world number one dustin johnson. he start right at the top with world number one dustinjohnson. he has never won the masters before, but he is on never won the masters before, but he isona never won the masters before, but he is on a tear so far in this third round. he is, and on the pga tour as well. you look at his last six tournaments, five of them he has finished in the top three, because of form like this. this is the second hole of his third round, and just look at this approach into the par five. it is just ridiculously easy, or at least he makes it look ridiculously easy. that was an eagle, and two holes later, par three, he holds that from a monster distance, so that was a brilliant start. eagle on the second, birdie on the third and fourth.

iain: i think it will happen behind the scenes.case that the ecb will inflate its balance sheet. as the bonds mature, they will reinvest them, which is what they have been doing. they will be very supportive to countries around europe. you need to realize how supportive they have been through this pandemic. if you get some extensions or increases we expect from the european central bank in december, you look into next year, we will have a significant net negative supplied. when you take into account the bond maturities and coupons coming in, and european central bank buying, these countries will have net negative supply, which is supportive and will continue to push yields down in places like italy. that will reduce the cost of financing further. anna: thank you very much, stay with us, iain t. stealey, cio fixed income, jpmorgan chase bank. a quick word on germany, talking about the new announcement from germany overnight about the extension of the current restrictions in place. we are getting comments from chancellor merkel, she

iain watson, bbc news, westminster. well, iain watson is with me now.the sounds of it, as far as this parliamentary vote goes, there is some tension growing within the conservative party, but it may well come down to labour? it could well come down to labour? it could well come down to labour. 43 conservative mps would have to vote against their own government to wipe out boris johnson's majority and effectively make him dependent on labour votes. when the lockdown restrictions were voted on, 35 conservative mps voted against the government. some are confident that will happen again oozed up we will see a big push by other government ministers, notjust michael gove, to try to make the case to their own mps to fall into line. partly it is warnings about the state of the health service, and partly this idea that if you can hold your nerve now, just around the corner the cavalry is coming, the new vaccines. there is an to say, just let these disruptions go through and you will not have to live under them for all that much longer. whether that will be enoug

iain watson, for now, thank you.s the reinstating of the tier system mean for businesses across england? theo leggett reports. the end of lockdown means many businesses will be able to take down the shutters and get back to work, but severe restrictions will remain, and pubs are among the worst affected. under the new rules, pubs in tier2 affected. under the new rules, pubs in tier 2 areas across much of the country will only be allowed to open if they are also acting as restau ra nts a nd if they are also acting as restaurants and only allowed to serve alcohol if it is accompanied bya serve alcohol if it is accompanied by a substantial meal. pub chains and breweries are furious, they say they are being unfairly singled out. the industry claims the new restrictions will leave 20,000 pubs unable to open, either because they are not allowed or because they cannot make money. it's claimed that would cut sales by £1 billion in december alone and leave a quarter ofa december alone and leave a quarter of a million staff un

iain watson, bbc news. latest government figures show there were 12,155 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that takes the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week to 15,224. 152a people have been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last wednesday. another 215 deaths have been reported. that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means an average of 460 deaths per day in the last week. the total number of uk deaths is now 58,2115. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, has defended her government's handling of the pandemic as statistics show scotland's covid death rate is higher than england. official figures show there were 50.5 deaths per million in scotland in the week up to the 15th of november, compared to 40.6 in england. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, the first minister said it was too soon to be comparing statistics. the number of deaths in scotland is far too high. you won't hear me say any

a and iain, melani wish you a happy thanksgiving.nd now it is time for the moment of our guests of honor. they have been waiting, and in this case he has been waiting for this, and bring them out. look at that beautiful, beautiful bird. oh, so lucky. that is a lucky bird. pres. trump: corn, i hereby grant you a full pardon. thank you, corn. [applause] happy thanksgiving to everybody. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ >> before leaving office, will you be issuing a pardon for yourself? [applause] ♪ >> georgia senator kelly loeffler and democratic challenger rafael warnock will debate on sunday. it is one of two on afflictions--runoff elections held january 5. you can listen with the free c-span radio app. president-elect joe biden introducing key foreign policy and a security personnel concluding tony blinken as the secretary of state, jake sullivan as national security asisor, and avril haines director of national intelligence.

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.er three weeks of fighting in ethiopia, the prime minister, abiy ahmed, has declared that the federal government army is now fully in control of the capital of tigray province. it follows a period of heavy bombardment of the capital. here's the ethiopian army's chief of staff telling a press conference they had taken mekelle. translation: we planned how to take control of mekelle without any damage. and this afternoon, we control mekelle fully. let's talk now to david shinn. he's the former united states ambassador to ethiopia and is adjunct professor of international affairs at george washington university. good to have you with us. what do you make of this claim by the government given that it's hard to confirm anything because the lines of communication also disrupted to the province? there is virtually a blackout on information from tigray but let's assume it is accurate. it's a major step forward for the central government forces. it does not however bring to an end the conflict a

i'iow iain watson is at westminster. that we have mr co statement now that we have mr corbyn's statementl pages to be written yet. in order to regain free admittance to the labour party, he had to re—clarify the comments that got him suspended in the first place. he said concerns about anti—semitism were not exaggerated, he simply meant the vast majority of labour members were deeply opposed to anti—semitism. he resisted pressure to apologise and that has reopened some of the old divisions. while long—standing supporters of his leadership of the labour party, including trade union figures, have welcomed the decision to readmit him, thejewish welcomed the decision to readmit him, the jewish labour welcomed the decision to readmit him, thejewish labour movement have denounced his swift return to the fold. i think what is interesting about this, although he has been brought back as a rank and file labour party member, he has not been readmitted to the parliamentary labour party at westminster. some mps opposed to him, along with the board of deputies of britishjews are putting pressure on k

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.ee weeks of fighting in ethiopia, the prime minister, abiy ahmed, has declared that the federal government army is now fully in control of the capital of tigray province. there's been no independent verification of the claim and tigray‘s leader has indicated his forces will continue to fight. the development follows a period of heavy bombardment of the tigray capital. here's the ethiopian army's chief of staff telling a press conference they had taken mekelle. translation: we planned how to take control of mekelle without any damage. and this afternoon, we control mekelle fully. the united nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis as people flee across the border into neighbouring sudan. our correspondent kalkidan yibeltal is in addis ababa. though he might have had a crisis in the past, almost four weeks has been very tragic. we have heard stories of killings of civilians, more than 40,000 refugees crossing borders into sudan and high numbers of displaced people. earlier in the week

iain watson, bbc news.respondent ellie price explained the significance of the change in tone. it's not in the prime minister's habit of giving concessions where they absolutely don't need to. and there is a strength of feeling, i heard from one conservative mp yesterday who said he had no confidence in the cack—handed way this is being dealt with, nor the way they were going to get us out of all of this. i think this will go some way to making some conservative mps feel a bit better, but then others, i heard from another mp this morning who said it's all good news but i still haven't decided how i'm going to vote. the crucial things will be tomorrow, there's going to be an impact assessment release. that's looking at the economics, the social side of how these tiers, the effect these tiers will have on that sort of thing. but i think it's interesting the tone actually from the government this morning. yesterday, we head for michael gove, the cabinet office minister who said mps need to take tough decisions

iain watson, bbc news. correspondent has been talking to me about the significance in that change of tone from the government. it is not in the prime minister's habit and giving concessions when he doesn't have to. i heard from one conservative mp yesterday who said he had no confidence and the cack—handed way this is being dealt with and nor will they get is out of all of this. i think it will go some way to make some conservative mps feel a bit better. but i heard from another mp this morning and he says, it is all good news but i haven't decided how i will vote. there will be an impact assessment released tomorrow, looking at the social side of how these tiers will have an effect. we had from michael gove, the cabinet office minister who said mps needed to ta ke office minister who said mps needed to take tough decisions alongside ministers. we had from the foreign secretary also this morning. the truth is, we are concerned we have the five criteria for which tier you are in. one is pressure on the nhs.

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.ou can find out what the restrictions are in your area by using the postcode checker on the bbc news website. the latest government figures show there were 15,871 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 16,153. there were 1,551 people admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last tuesday. and a79 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week — a87 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 58,030 iran has vowed to retaliate in its own time for the assassination of its top nuclear scientist. president hasan rouhani has blamed israel for the killing of mohsen fakhrizadeh, and he says the country's nuclear programme will continue. the scientist was shot dead on friday when gunmen ambushed his car in the town of absard, east of the ca

iain is here. has he done enough? is a dramatic intervention from the prime minister, effectively pleading with his own mps to give him the benefit of the doubt in the commons vote this week in return for a new vote injanuary. also a strong hint that some areas might get an early christmas present, and come out of tier 3 restrictions when the review ta kes out of tier 3 restrictions when the review takes place in mid—december, but to answer your question, it is not clear he has done enough because i spoke to one of the leading rebels who said he still had profound concerns and was likely to vote against the government and another said this letter doesn't change anything. what we buy minister wants to do more than anything is to avoid having to rely on labour to get the measure through but it looks like he will have to do even more to get enough of his mps on side —— what the prime minister wants to do. thanks forjoining us. more than 150 people have been arrested at an anti—lockdown demonstration in central london. ma

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.irst african—american cardinal in the catholic church. wilton gregory was confirmed by the pope at a ceremony in the vatican. the archbishop is known for being outspoken on many issues — including sex abuse scandals. la times journalist tracy wilkinson was the paper's rome correspondent for 6 years. she says wilton gregory has been described as being diplomatic — but has also taken some courageous stands in the past. he's often described as being sort of middle—of—the—road, very diplomatic, but in fact, as you mentioned, he's taken some very strong, even courageous stands in the past over the years, including as you also mentioned, the sexual abuse scandal long before anybody else, he was talking about 0—tolerance, meaning a priest abuses, he must be punished or removed from the priesthood, even criminally prosecuted, which back then, as you recall in the 90s, the vatican still preferred to handle these matters internally by transferring priests, counselling them and not necessarily de

with more, here's our political correspondent, iain watson.as one of the lowest infection rates in the country, and yet from next week it will be in tier 2, not tier 1, because the same restrictions are imposed across the whole of devon. it's a similar story in other counties, where some areas with a low level of the virus can still face tough rules. the government's advisers say a countywide or regional approach is more effective than more local restrictions. but you can't keep politics out of a pandemic, and there is pressure from some of the government's own mps for a rethink. the big question we have to ask ourselves, we had tier version one a couple of months ago. we've just lived through lockdown version two, and yet we now have vastly more people being moved up a phase, despite being told, "this is the last push, this is the new panacea." in the times today, cabinet minister michael gove warned wavering mps not to rebel on tuesday when parliament votes on the restrictions. he said the tougher tiers were "grimly, inevitably necessary," a

here's our political correspondent iain watson. here is a riddle for you. wells and kent has 109 covid cases per 100,000 people. next week, when the english lockdown ends, it will be an tier3 the english lockdown ends, it will be an tier 3 with the toughest restrictions. so, why is it that westminster, with 115 cases per 100,000 is only in tier 2? the a nswer 100,000 is only in tier 2? the answer is, if your town has a low level of virus, but you are in the same county as an area with a much greater level, you could end up in a high tier. some former cabinet ministers say unless the government signals a change, they will rebel against the restrictions. unless somebody produces some new and convincing evidence i haven't seen yet, i will vote against them. the point that i and others have been making consistently is that we should do it on a rational basis. so, instead of having these wide, cou nty so, instead of having these wide, county —based areas where people are put in tiers, we should do it on a borough basis. there is probably no better way of suggest

iain watson, bbc news.led by women. the bbc has had exclusive access behind the scenes to explore how the coalition works in practice as the prime minister discusses finland's new equality programme. megha mohan reports for the bbc‘s 100 women season. please enter the conference password. this estate is about to host the world's youngest female prime minister, and her all—female letter centre—left coalition government, as they discuss their new equality club, a flagship policy the whole coalition has to agree on. then land has had coalition governments forever. —— fenland. so of course we are used to trying to make compromises and trying to find consensus between different parties and ideologies, and i think it is also a big strength for us. there is kind of this tendency of some people to say that because there is women, you will make a certain type of policy, or it is easier for you to agree when you are all women, and so on. and that's not, i think, women, and so on. and that's not, ithink, necessarily w

iain watson, bbc news.o through this with our political correspondent, ellie price, she's here with me now. how worried are the government about a rebellion from their own backbenchers? well, i think are pretty worried because prime ministers aren't in the habit of giving concessions to their mps u nless giving concessions to their mps unless they absolutely have to, and you saw the cabinet minister, michael gove, yesterday had a different approach in an article in one of the papers, where he appealed to his mps and said, look, it is for mps to take difficult decisions, not just ministers. today we see a slightly more softly, softly approach from the prime minister, in which they seem to be these concessions on this idea of a sunset clause on the new tier system by the end of january that mps can vote on again and the government has said it will release an impact statement, a sort of cost benefit analysis of what these tiers might mean on monday and speaking to mps i know they are waiting for that informati

iain watson, bbc news.o through this with our political correspondent, ellie price, she's here with me now. this is going to be a very important vote for the government on tuesday? yes, it really will be. i think the fa ct yes, it really will be. i think the fact that the prime minister to intervene this morning gives you some sense of how worried the government must be worried about it, because it is not in the habit of giving concessions when it doesn't need to and there is a strength of feeling. i heard from one conservative mp yesterday who said he had no confidence in the cack—handed way this is being dealt with or they are going to get us out of this. i think this will go some way to making conservative mps feel a bit better, but others... i heard from another mp this morning saying, it is all good news, but i have still haven't decided how i'm going to vote. tomorrow there is going to be an impact release, looking at the social or economic side of how these tiers will affect that sort of thing. but i

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.a by using the postcode checker on the bbc news website. the latest government figures show there were 15,871 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 16,153. there were 1,551 people admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last tuesday. and a79 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week, a87 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 58,030. a largely peaceful protest in paris has been marred by clashes, with police firing tear gas at protesters opposing a bill which would restrict the public‘s right to film police officers' faces. the demonstrations come days after footage emerged showing police racially abusing and beating a black music producer. 0ur correspondent sangita myska's reports contains images from the start which so

iain watson, bbc news, westminster. make businesses financially and legally liable for human rights violations or environmental damage. if the swiss vote in favour in the referendum, the country could impose some of the world's strictest corporate responsibility rules. recent polls indicate that a slim majority supports the initiative to amend the swiss constitution, which was launched by an alliance of 130 non—governmental organisations. the archbishop of washington dc has been made the first african—american cardinal in the catholic church. wilton gregory was confirmed by the pope at a ceremony in the vatican. the archbishop is known for being outspoken on many issues, including sex abuse scandals. christopher white, national correspondent for the national catholic reporter, explained why it's a significant appointment. wilton gregory was tapped in 2019 to come to washington, dc, at a time when it was really ground zero for the sex abuse crisis, you know, that year there had just been two archbishops of washington tha

iain watson, bbc news.r of the rebellion in ethiopia's tigray region has said his forces will fight on despite reports that government troops have taken control of the tigrayan capital. he said his forces were withdrawing from the city of mekelle, suggesting this would now become a guerilla war. trade negotiations between the uk and the european union are continuing after talks stretched over the weekend. with only a month to go until the end of the transition period, the british government says a deal could soon be concluded, although substantial differences remain over eu fishing rights in uk waters. human rights activists in belarus say more than 300 opposition supporters have been detained by the security forces this weekend. it's the 16th straight weekend of protests against president alexander lukashenko. tens of thousands of people across the country took part, with as many as 60 separate demonstrations in the capital minsk. president trump has given his first interview since the us election and agai

iain watson there. with me now is our health correspondent nick triggle. on this action if it starts on thursday? when will we see impact on this action if it starts on thursday7m won't be immediate. because of the incubation period for the virus, it takes people sometime before develop symptoms, and therefore come forward for testing. so it could be one or two we e ks for testing. so it could be one or two weeks before we see infection levels start to come down, but certainly that is the expectation that they will. what we don't know is by how much. i have seen estimates suggesting anywhere between 10% and 75% reduction. much will depend on the public's adherence to the lockdown. as for hospital cases and certainly deaths, it could be the end of november before we begin to see those figures change, and that is because of the length of time it takes for someone who becomes infected to become seriously ill. so we should expect to see mounting pressures on hospitals in the coming weeks. there are currently just over 9000 patients in hospital with covid in en

let's bring you the bbc‘s reporter, iain watson, lives with us from westminster.expected this to go through, but whether any dramas in the commons? there was, actually, and what was interesting as it was a massive victory for the government, of course, because the labour opposition largely supported the government's measures. they felt the government's measures. they felt the measures were introduced too late, but also they did feel they we re necessary , late, but also they did feel they were necessary, so the drama really came from boris johnson's were necessary, so the drama really came from borisjohnson‘s own side of the house of commons and interestingly i think it was not so much the quantity of those who rebelled against him, but the quality, if you like, because two former conservative leaders, two former conservative leaders, two former leaders of his party spoke out very critically, theresa may, the former prime minister critical of the data that the government was using to make these decisions to lockdown england for the next month. she said she certain

here's our political correspondent iain watson. here's a riddle for you.ls in kent has 109 covid cases per 100,000 people. next week, when the english lockdown ends, it will be in tier 3 with the toughest restrictions. so, why is it that westminster, with 115 cases per 100,000 is only in tier 2? the answer is, if your town has a low level of virus, but you're in the same county as an area with a much greater level, you could end up in a high tier. some former cabinet ministers say unless the government signals a change, they'll rebel against the restrictions. unless somebody produces some new and convincing evidence i haven't seen yet, i'll vote against them. the point that i and others have been making consistently is that we should do it on a rational basis. so, instead of having these wide, county—based areas where people are put in tiers, we should do it on a borough basis. there's probably no better way of suggesting you are following the science than to be seen in a public health laboratory. the prime minister wants more rapid covid tests, which he t

let's bring you the bbc‘s reporter, iain watson, lives with us from westminster.ut whether any dramas in the commons? there was, actually, and what was interesting as it was a massive victory for the government, of course, because the labour opposition largely supported the government's measures. they felt the government's measures. they felt the measures were introduced too late, but also they did feel they we re necessary , late, but also they did feel they were necessary, so the drama really came from boris johnson's were necessary, so the drama really came from borisjohnson's own side of the house of commons and interestingly i think it was not so much the quantity of those who rebelled

. >> reporter: he even launched a youtube channel to chat with actors, including iain armitage from the sitcom "young sheldon" who said he has been bullied, too. >> i have always loved sparkle and pink and "girl" things. >> reporter: charlie is now determined to help other kids. >> it will get better, and you will see life at the end of the tunnel, and you need to talk, talk, talk, talk. don't suffer in silence because we can't chng th change the worn silence. >> reporter: so he has teamed up with his new celebrity friends to spread his message of hope. ♪ you will be found >> reporter: ian lee, cbs news, london. >> yuccas: oh, i hope he keeps pursuing his passion. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and don't forget "sunday morning with jane pauley" first thing tomorrow. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. have a great night . . >> everything that america stands for. >>> count down to curfew. most of the bay area and state have a few hours left before they have to be home but what happens if they aren't? >>> the local police departments are making the

iain watson, bbc news.nment has secured another two million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the us, which proved 95% effective after trials. the uk now has 7 millionjabs on order from the american company moderna. if the vaccine is approved, doses could be delivered by next spring. the uk has called on the european union to bring "fresh thinking" to post—brexit trade talks, which downing street says could end this week. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has been in london this weekend for talks with his uk counterpart, but big differences remain overfair competition and fishing. the transition period ends in five weeks. police patrols will be stepped up, and there will be greater surveillance using drones and radar on french beaches to stop migrants crossing the channel to england. it comes after the uk and france reached a new agreement to double the number of officers. the home office did not say how many more officers would be deployed. primary school pupils across scotland will get free m

with a vote due in the house of commons on tuesday, here's our political correspondent, iain watson. difficult finding each year in this festive season. in greater manchester they have been living under some restriction since the summer and what's more cutting is being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions from next week. if you look at the figures, they seem to have cracked down harder on greater manchester. speaking amongst the people, they seem speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some are putting a brave face on it. they are putting a brave face on it. they are correct what they say, we have to be careful. if we are all sensible it will all end soon enough, not this year. this goodwill hasn't extended to westminster with borisjohnson facing hasn't extended to westminster with boris johnson facing rebellion from his own mps but ministers say they are reaching out. mps tell me they just want to understand the measures ta ke just want to understand the measures take into account notjust the cost and benefit of tackling the virus but the econo

iain watson, bbc news.th december, people arriving in england from abroad who are subject to quarantine rules will be able to significantly reduce their self—isolation period, if they pay for a covid test after five days and get a negative result. the transport secretary grant shapps has been explaining the new policy. it is for anybody travels, we don't specify which group of people, and we changed the rules because at the moment it requires 14 days of self—isolation, quarantine. this will reduce it to size days, and having consulted very extensively with medical experts, we believe five days plus a very reliable test is sufficient time now to be able to release people and the test capacity is 32 there to do this now. we will be talking more about this with the chief executives of heathrow airport and ryanair in the next few hours, so stay with that. let's focus on the four nations and the effort to get a coordinated plan on restrictions around christmas. let's go straight to westminster and talk to our po

our political correspondent iain watson says the controversy is not over.r to gain readmission to the labour party, jeremy corbyn had to clarify the comments that got him suspended in the first place. he said that concerns about anti—semitism weren't exaggerated, he'd simply meant that the vast majority of labour members were deeply opposed to anti—semitism. but while he clarified those comments, he resisted pressure to apologise and that has reopened some of the old divisions. so, while long—standing supporters of his leadership of the labour party, including important trade union figures, have welcomed the decision to readmit him, jewish groups, in particular the jewish labour movement, for example, have denounced his swift return to the fold. and i think what is interesting about this is although he has now been brought back as a rank and file labour party member, he hasn't yet been readmitted to the parliamentary labour party here at westminster. so, some mps opposed to him, along with the board of deputies of britishjews, are putting pressure on labour

the party, when he said the scale of the problem had been "overstated". 0ur political correspondent iain to gain readmission to the labour party, jeremy corbyn had to clarify the comments that got him suspended in the first place. he said that concerns about anti—semitism weren't exaggerated, he'd simply meant that the vast majority of labour members were deeply opposed to anti—semitism. but while he clarified those comments, he resisted pressure to apologise and that has reopened some of the old divisions. so, while long—standing supporters of his leadership of the labour party, including important trade union figures, have welcomed the decision to readmit him, jewish groups, in particular the jewish labour movement, for example, have denounced his swift return to the fold. and i think what is interesting about this is although he has now been brought back as a rank and file labour party member, he hasn't yet been readmitted to the parliamentary labour party here at westminster. so, some mps opposed to him, along with the board of deputies of british jews, are putting pressure on labour

a crucial vote is being held in the commons on tuesday. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has morejohnson is determined borisjohnson is determined to pull out the stops to squeeze the rebellion he is facing in his own ranks. tomorrow they his own ranks. tomorrow they his route into the covid recovery group of mps, lockdown sceptics, suggesting there is unity of purpose is constructively taken on board his suggestions and putting more testing of asymptomatic people but is also conceded the key rebel demand, to produce an economic and social impact of the measures that he introducing. to put it crudely, his mps want to know if the lives these restrictions or faith will outweigh the damage to likelihood they will cause, and speaking to some of those potential rebels, they are prepared to be convinced but they say that withholding their support until see the hard data behind borisjohnson‘s decisions. the un says nigeria's most deadly islamist attack this year could have left up to 100 people dead. dozens of farm workers were brutally killed although the exact number isn't known, with s

morning to you iain.ound england wait the find out which tier their area will be in other key questions is will some counties be be allowed to have two different tiers and if the government is starting from the position it is better off to put more areas in a hiring tier and move downwards when possible, what will the cite are be for doing that? —— criteria it is going to be extensive. it won't be about pressures on the nhs, will be the previous lens of the virus overall but the prevalence of virus for the over—60s, how many people are likely to get a more severe infection. there will be a range of different criteria in total, five, before deciding to move areas down or indeed upa deciding to move areas down or indeed up a tier, i think potentially what we will so a cautious approach because we already know that the government's going to relax the rules, restrictions for five days over christmas, so it may well feel it is perhaps better to put some areas in a hiring tier at this stage than when it is revi

let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watson.n got this lockdown. how much of a job has boris johnson got to this lockdown. how much of a job has borisjohnson got to win over his own mps? i think they will certainly be his prime audience at 3:30pm when he gives his statement to the house of commons. he would have preferred to announce the lockdown this afternoon rather than saturday, but links to newspapers and broadcasters forced his hand. effectively, what he will be saying as it is far too dangerous not to act, given the evidence that has been piling up and the threats to life that would have happened otherwise across winter as we have been hearing. i think the specific demands he will be facing from some of his own mps will be to look at this problem, as they see it, in the round. could there be for example an economic assessment done of the impact of a months long lockdown in england? how manyjobs would be lost? what would be the overall loss to the economy? a whole range of conservative mps have been calling for this or rai

thank you very much, iain watson.ckdown periods. the snp westminster leader ian blackford mpjoins me now. thank you very much for hanging on. ian blackford, first of all, this sounds like a blank cheque. how much are you asking for, how long will this last? it is about reasonableness. if you consider what the prime minister is doing on the back of the lockdown he is putting in place, he is making sure there is financial compensation there for businesses and workers that need it. what i'm simply saying is that all the nations of the united kingdom should be treated in the same way. if the science dictates we need to ta ke if the science dictates we need to take additional lockdown measures in scotland, it is only right that the scottish government and the welsh government and the administration of northern ireland has access to funds forfurlough northern ireland has access to funds for furlough payments if we northern ireland has access to funds forfurlough payments if we need it. we cannot have a situation where the p

our political correspondent iain watson reports.ifficult finding cheer in this festive season. in glazebury in greater manchester, they've been living under some form of restrictions since the summer, and what's even more cutting is they'll be placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. if you look at some of the figures, and things like that, if you study it, they seem to have cracked down a bit hard on greater manchester in my opinion. just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some are putting a brave face on it. we've got to be careful. if we're all sensible, it'll all end soon enough. not this year. the season of goodwill hasn't extended to westminster. boris johnson's facing a growing rebellion in his own ranks. ministers haven't ruled out a third lockdown, but they say new restrictions are the best way to avoid this and that they'll reach out to those mps who have concerns. mps say to me, "we just want to understand that the measures you're taking take into account, notjust t

someone point i have in mind is that if someone is a senior is the former conservative leader, sir iainge, the scientific advisory group, has pressurised the government with members publicly lecturing the government of giving in to scientific advisers. does that not significantly undermined that them the message that the prime minister and the government is trying to get out and undermine public trust in what is trying to be done?” out and undermine public trust in what is trying to be done? i think it isa what is trying to be done? i think it is a good thing that we have a robust infrastructure of scientific advice. it is never only one scientific advice. there are elements of that advice that they come together in this group to advise the government. it is right that the government acts on that advice. the government also has to keepin advice. the government also has to keep in mind other things, of course. year the scientists and the medics acknowledging this, that when you are the government you also have to think about the economy. this has an effect on the line on peoples health.

too tough and don't take account of the situation in local communities. 0ur political correspondent iain it's been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. in greater manchester they have been living under some been living under some form of restriction since the summer, and what's even more cutting is they're being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. if you look at some of the figures and stuff like that, the news stories about it, they seem to have cracked down a bit harder on greater manchester in my opinion. just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some are putting a brave face on it. they're correct what they're saying, we've got to be careful. if we're all sensible it'll end soon enough — not this year. the season of goodwill hasn't extended to westminster. borisjohnson is facing a growing rebellion from his own mps but government ministers say they are reaching out to those concerned. mps tell me theyjust want to understand the measures taking into account notjust the cost and benefit of tackling the virus but the

challenge cup runners—up salford are looking for a new coach after announcing the sudden departure of iainft them with immediate effect after being approached by another super league club. the news comes just a fortnight after he rejected an approach from hull and pledged to see out his salford contract, which was due to run to the end of 2022. former champion sergio garcia will miss this week's masters after testing positive for covid—19. tournament officials announced the news on social media on monday afternoon, just three days before the tournament gets under way. garcia defeated justin rose in a play—off to win his first major title at augusta in 2017. players like to get to the masters as early as possible. it is a very, very special place for golfers. so i would imagine that the vast majority of the field will have gone through the preliminary testing procedures. and if sergio garcia is the only positive test then that's potentially very good news for the rest of the field. these are unique circumstances, it is going to be eight masters like no other. england'sjonny bairstow has sig

doing it now get attacked for not having done it sooner and it also gets attacked, like your colleague iaing in the telegraph today saying that he thinks, this is not so saying that he thinks, this is not so much a lockdown, it is kind of a business breakdown, but the impact on the economy will be so great and the damage so significant that that will cause its own share of health problems and difficulties that come with unemployment and all the rest of it? that's right, it is a very careful balancing act and the truth is there is no goldilocks solution of two sooner or too early because we have to act on the data as it comes in. if we lockdown earlier, would we be able to come out at an earlier time? we don't know and that is all retrospective and hypothetical. i think if we went on later, would that be too late? would we be in for longer? we don't know. but what we do know is we are learning more and more about the virus every single day. we know that it spreads in cold, damp environments, where people are inside and obviously looking out the window now people will realise that thatis wind

is—time major winner isn't in the best form heading into the tournament, but our golf correspondent iainbe written off. he has only had one top ten finish in eight tournaments this year, so there is nothing to suggest in the way that he has been playing that he could contend, but he is tiger woods. you write him off at your peril. he is going for a sixth masters title. you have to go back to the days of old tom morris in the 19th century to find a player who in their 405 has successfully defended a major title, but as we know with tiger woods, he is capable of extraordinary things. we will let you know when a player gets back under way. —— micro when play gets back under way. to a huge night for both scotland and northern ireland, with both nationsjust one match away from qualifying for next summers european championships. for scotland, you need to go back to 1998 for the last time the mens' side reached a majorfinals. that was the world cup. tonight, that could all change. a win against serbia in belgrade and they'll seal a place at next summer's euros. i was still playing the last time