correspondent and he's just recorded a remarkable interview with the president of belarus, alexander lu kashenkoalso going to consider the new editor of the daily mail. how much control will he have over which political stories in the uk last, notjust for a day or two, but for much longer? and of course, we've got to talk about peppa pig. i'm sure lots of people saw the prime minister's speech at the cbi this week which featured peppa pig. let's begin the program by talking to the deputy political editor at itv news, anushka asthana. i wonder how itv covered that story. we certainly did cover peppa pig and i can imagine that my itv colleague in northumberland, who was there, was watching — as we all were — slightly through his hands at that speech — not onjust peppa pig, but at a few things, and of course, he had the opportunity straight after that interview to ask the prime minister some questions, so did all broadcasters, but it was his turn to ask the questions and you will remember that he i think spoke to the nation in a way when he spoke to the prime minister, "are you 0k?" and it is kind

belarus' leader, alexander lu kashenko, says he won't stop the flow of thousands of migrants throughn exclusive interview with the bbc, mr lukashenko admitted that his armed forces may actually be helping migrants cross the heavily guarded border into poland. steve rosenberg spoke to him at the presidential palace in minsk. it's not often you get the chance to meet the man who's been labelled "europe's last dictator". the west says alexander lukashenko is using migrants as a political weapon. we confronted him with claims his troops have been cutting borderfences to help migrants into the eu. translation: our guys - are helping the migrants get into polish territory? it's perfectly possible. i think that's absolutely possible. maybe somebody helped them. i won't even look into this. thousands of migrants have been coming to belarus to try to slip into europe. alexander lukashenko denies bringing them here, but he warned the eu six months ago. translation: you told the eu that belarus had been stopping migrants, but that now they would have to catch them themselves. the migrants took

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increasing too is alexander lu kashenko's rhetoric. gas to europe if the eu imposes more sanctions on belarus. but those who see belarus as a stepping stone to the eu, they couldn't care less about sanctions or geopolitics. they just want a better future. many of them have paid thousands of dollars for package tours that bring them to belarus and deliver them to the border with europe, but no further. for most, the journey stops here. and so, they have to wait...in the cold, while governments argue, waiting and hoping to be let through. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belarus. much of europe is facing a surge in coronavirus cases and measures are being reimposed across the continent. the netherlands will begin a 3—week partial lockdown on saturday night. non—essential shops, cafes, bars and nightclubs will have to close early. there will be no crowds at football matches and social distancing will be enforced. courtney bembridge reports. all chant: vri'dom! vrijheid! * fury on the streets of the hague after the announcement that restrictions

the european commission is accusing the belarussian president alexander lu kashenko of �*gangster stylee'. it says he is luring migrants to belarus with the false promise of easy entry into the eu. here's an eu spokesman. how the lukashenko regime conduct this operation, this very, very inhuman and unacceptable, and actually illegal operation, is that they reach out to potential clients, potential travellers, through seemingly official channels. belarussian consulates, belarussian embassies, travel agencies and other intermediaries which are issuing, for example, visas and telling them, "ok can you can come. and transport will be organised for you to go to the border." the flash point is this border crossing between poland and belarus. around 2,000 migrants are there. and in the past 2a hours, poland says there have been 300 attempts to illegally cross from belarus — which isn't a member of the eu — into poland — which is. many of the migrants are from the middle east. most are young men, though there are some women and children too. many don't have food or water. and they're coming up

something the lu kashenko something the lukashenko regime denies.is conducting, has its mastermind in moscow. the mastermind is president putin. moscow denies this. tonight, belarus's president said he didn't want an armed confrontation, but warned that any escalation would bring in its ally, russia. translation: it will immediately . drag russia into this whirlpool. and it's the largest nuclear armed power. i'm not a madman. i understand very well where this could lead to. the united nations is calling for calm, but the politics are bitter and the situation on the ground, increasingly desperate. nick beake, bbc news, on the polish—belarussian border. thousands of people are still desperate to find a way out of afghanistan, weeks after the evacuation flights largely stopped, and with internationalfunding more or less frozen. the remote town of zaranj, close to the borders of both pakistan and iran, is a major people smuggling centre. smugglers there have told the bbc their business has more than doubled since the taliban takeover of afghanistan, and

is your reporter said, presidentj reportersaid, president lukashenko has orchestrated lu kashenko hasenko has orchestrated this, flying these people to belarus deliberately. he wants to cause havoc in the eu, he wants to punish the eu for the sanctions imposed on them really since an election which was falsified and for other things he has done to his people and possibly downing a plane. he certainly is if you like the evil genius behind this. the role of russia and president putin is maybe a little less clear. this looks as if this was present lukashenko's idea. he is very dependent on russia for its economic help and energy supplies and it is very difficult to imagine that if russia did not want belarus to be doing this, that it would not pull some strings to get lukashenko to back down. as we heard in the report, russia backing belarus and say things like maybe the eu should play belarus some money and help take care of it. we belarus some money and help take care of it.— take care of it. we had condemnation - take care of it. we had condemnation from . take care of it. we had | co

increasing too is alexander lu kashenko's rhetoric.as to europe if the eu imposes more sanctions on belarus. but those who see belarus as a stepping stone to the eu, they couldn't care less about sanctions or geopolitics — they just want a better future. many of them have paid thousands of dollars for package tours that bring them to belarus and deliver them to the border with europe, but no further. for most, the journey stops here. and so, they have to wait, in the cold, while governments argue, waiting and hoping to be let through. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belarus. one of donald trump's former aides, steve bannon, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. he's charged with two counts of contempt of congress in connection with his failure to comply with a summons issued by a house select committee which is investigating the storming of the capitol in january. our north america correspondent peter bowes told us more about the charges. well, he has been charged with two counts. so the first count is refusing to hand over documents t

on because you've done quite an extraordinary interview with the president of belarus, alexander lu kashenkol media, it's been widely hailed for a range of reasons — one of them being you did the whole thing in russian. i have to say, ifound it all completely mesmerising. i've got to ask you — when did you first think of requesting to spend half an hour with him? do you know, when i put in my first request to interview alexander lukashenko, it was in 1999 — it was 22 years ago i made the first request, and it was a no that came back, so it's taken more than two decades. but basically, this time around, we went to belarus to cover the migrant crisis that's taking place on the border of belarus and the eu, — poland. several thousand migrants have gathered there trying to get into the eu and alexander lukashenko has been accused by the west of basically inviting them to come to belarus, to use his country get them into europe to try and put pressure on europe, pressure on the eu as basically revenge for eu sanctions. he denies that. but this is one of the things which has kept him — put him in

the united i states trial that mac strongly condemns the lukashenko's condemns the lu kashenko's regimecallous, inhumane, regular migration flows across its borders. but the belarusian _ flows across its borders. but the belarusian president denies encouraging them and blames the west for the inhumane treatment of migrants at the border. under international law, poland has to assist anyone seeking asylum, even if they arrived illegally. but for many here, the destination is not poland but beyond. the destination is not poland but beyond-— the destination is not poland but be ond. ~ �* :, :, :. but beyond. we're not going to poland, but beyond. we're not going to poland. we _ but beyond. we're not going to poland. we go _ but beyond. we're not going to poland, we go to _ but beyond. we're not going to poland, we go to germany. - poland, we go to germany. germany is life. no poland. germany is life. no poland. germany is life. no poland. germany is now calling for collective action from eu countries. nato has added its voice, excusing belarus of using these people as political pawns. pola

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increasing too is alexander lu kashenko's rhetoric. more sanctions on belarus. but those who see belarus as a stepping stone to the eu, they couldn't care less about sanctions or geopolitics. they just want a better future. many of them have paid thousands of dollars for package tours that bring them to belarus and deliver them to the border with europe... ..but no further. for most, the journey stops here. and so, they have to wait...in the cold, while governments argue, waiting and hoping to be let through. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belarus. negotiations have continued through the night at the cop26 summit in glasgow. delegates are now working on a third draft of a climate deal. steve bannon, ally of former president trump, has been indicted on two counts of contempt of congress over the investigation into the attack on the capitol. much of europe is facing a surge in coronavirus cases and measures are being reimposed across the continent. the netherlands will begin a 3—week partial lockdown on saturday night. non—essential shops, c

at the centre of this is the belarusian president alexander lu kashenko.mounting a �*hybrid attack�* by flying migrants to minsk from countries like iraq, syria and afghanistan — and pushing them to cross illegally into poland. the eu says president lukashenko against existing eu sanctions, imposed after the disputed presidential election last year. president lukashenko denies engineering the crisis. his message for the eu is this. it's more trouble than it's worth. we have never done that and we don't plan to. they threaten us with sanctions. 0k, we'll see. they think that i'm joking. we do everything for this camp not to exist so that those willing to get into the european union can do so. but for those not willing, we are ready, as we've always been, to put everyone on planes. but i need to say that these people are very stubborn and no one wants to return. well, the united arab emirates has now barred afghan, syrian, yemeni and iraqi citizens from taking flights to minsk. while iraq says it's organising a voluntary flight this thursday for citizens stu

crisis on the borders of belarus and the eu, and that is alexander lukashenko, the controversial lu kashenkocontroversial ruler of lukashenko, the controversial ruler of belarus who has been accused of stealing an election, launching a brutal crackdown on his own people, and now of weaponising migration, so how does he respond to these accusations? well, mr lukashenko has agreed to answer my questions on what is a rare interview to western media. hello. sunnier, colderweather by day means clearer, frostier conditions at night. and for many, it will be a frost as monday begins but a fine, dry, sunny day to come. now, feeling chilly, although temperatures are edging back closer to average for the time of year. we've lost that straight wind from the north and around this area of high pressure, some less chilly air feeding in and so, temperatures willjust recover closer to average for the time of year. and it is high pressure, and that means a lot of dry weather for the next couple of days so cloud is going to increase, as we will see in a moment. not much cloud around, though, first thing monda