orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. 0 rla orla guerin, and our team on the ground will getting usar updates from ukraine. —— will be getting us. britain's government has published controversial plans to cancel parts of the brexit deal it had agreed to with the eu. britain's prime minister wants to change what's called the northern ireland protocol — to make it easierfor some goods to move between mainland britain and northern ireland. the european union says the plan is unacceptable, as it breaks international law. meanwhile, the white house calls on the uk and the eu to get back to the negotiating table. our political editor chris mason reports. brexit is about borders, about different rules either side of them, but borders usually separate one country from another. and yet here in belfast, there is a border, checks, when goods arrive here from the rest of the uk. those checks happen because of a deal the government signed up to. but now it doesn't like what this means for northern ireland. people can't access the goods they need to access, we're not able to implement the same ta

orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. ross taking top billing on the pymarid stage sunday afternoon. our culture editor katie razzall reports from worthy farm in somerset on what the return of glastonbury has meant. # baby love, my baby love, i need ya, oh how i...# glastonbury is going out on a high. early at the legends slot, diana ross pumped out hit after hit. # white shirt now red, my bloody nose...# and history has been made at the festival by the youngest ever solo headliner, billie eilish. # heyjude, don't make it bad...# and the oldest, sir paul mccartney, whose 36 song set last night included a nearly 5—minute sinagolong to heyjude. crowd: # nah nah nah na—na—na—nah #. and some special guest appearances. mr bruce springsteen! # everybody had a hard year # everybody had a good time #. there was even a much missed beatle, 42 years after his death. seeing john again. we are back together. with 100 performance stages glastonbury is about so much more than the headline acts. this festival celebrates creativity, imagi

our international correspondent orla guerin has more.es. instead, a landscape of conflict and constant vigilance. and a vision of the future down the barrel of a gun. this is timor. just eight years old. we found him manning his own checkpoint, with a group of friends, armed with toy guns. keeping watch from morning till evening. flagging down cars. on the look out for russian infiltrators. they ask for ids and a password. this is their war effort. and timor, what do you know about the war that is happening in ukraine? "i know we are killing them and they are killing us", he says. are you scared because of the war? "very much". what is the most scary thing? "that they might come here. "with front lines not far away, the danger is all too real. just ask this boy, who is 12. "we know that russia invaded our country", he tells me. "of course our army is destroying the occupiers. "so they can't reach all of us. "regulars can pass freely, but they try to stop everyone else. the war they see around them is not a game. and this is not playtime.

orla guerin, bbc news, izyum.mike pence, and connecting donald trump�*s intense pressure campaign on his vice president not to certify the election results. the hearings also included details of the violent intentions of the mob that stormed the capitol, demanding that mike pence be dragged out of the capitol building. we want pence! the committee heard from two white house advisors, who testified that the vice president had been pressured to unilaterally and illegally overturn the election. one witness was] michael luttig, a formerjudge and influentialfigure in the conservative legal community. he said if pence had done as trump asked it would have been tantamount to revolution and that this remains a continuing threat. donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. let�*s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. all about mike pence today but what was the most interesting thing about the hearing today? it was an extremely compelling hearing and the t

our international correspondent orla guerin hasjoined troops in the kharkiv region. s now in nearby kostiantynivka. every flag marks a new grave, a fallen soldier in ukraine's war... ..anotherfather or husband or son... ..like denis gordeyev, a former lawyer and human rights activist, mourned by his brothers in arms. under the summer sun, a bitter harvest. this farmer points skywards and warns us there's a russian drone overhead. in the trenches nearby, bordering donbas, a fighter — nicknamed old pal — watches for the enemy and sees all he has lost. "i'm looking at that field, and it's so painful," he says, "because i used to be a farmer. "i used to cultivate that land, to reap and sow. "i haven't seen my two children or my two little grandchildren "since the war broke out." further along the trench, we find artem trapped by this war. very hard, because i don't see my family — my mother, sister, brother. very scared... ..because i must kill people. the russians are less than four miles away. here in this position, ukrainian forces have held their ground. they've block

orla guerin, bbc news, izyum.nistration voted unanimously in favour of expanding emergency use authorisations of the moderna and pfizer covid—i9 vaccines to include children as young as six months. the us centers for disease control and prevention is expected to vote on saturday on whether the shots can be administered. i spoke to professor arthur reingold, an epidemiologist at the university of california in berkeley. he is also a member of the advisory committee to the fda and told us more about this and how the cdc will be discussing this at the weekend. well, i wouldn�*t like to try and predict what my colleagues on the acip will say, but i can�*t imagine why they wouldn�*t, so, it seems to me the evidence is very strong and that they�*re likely to vote to proceed, yes. you say the evidence is strong, what benefits — can you run us through the benefits of why you think this should pass and it will pass? well, fundamentally, the data that we reviewed tells us that the benefits do outweigh the risks and the bene

orla guerin, bbc news, donbas.country. an estimated 1.7 million people had coronavirus last week, around 1 in 35 of the population. that's a jump of 23% from the previous week. health officials have said that more than half of covid cases are driven by newer strains of the omicron variant, baa and ba.5, which spread more quickly. they've stressed again the importance of getting vaccinated. we've very little evidence that it causes more severe disease. however, we are concerned that there are a number of people, particularly in the higher risk groups, the over 75s or those that are immunosuppressed who haven't come forward for their fourth dose of the spring booster, and those people we think, they could get the consequences of severe covid. so, we are urging people, if they have been offered theirfourth dose, to come forward. susan hopkins there. a second earthquake has shaken an area in south—eastern afghanistan, causing yet more death and destruction. more than 1,000 people are known to have died in the quakes in

orla guerin, bbc news, izyum.ird day of the january sixth committee hearings has wrapped up. it's been focused on mike pence and connecting donald trump's intense pressure campaign on his vice president not to certify the election results. the hearings also included details of the violent intentions of the mob that stormed the capitol, demanding that mike pence be dragged out of the capitol building. bring out p! bring out pence! on thursday, the committee heard from two of pence's white house advisors, who testified that the vice president had been pressured to unilaterally and illegally overturn the election. one witness was] michael luttig — a formerjudge and influentialfigure in the conservative legal community. he said if pence had done as trump asked, it would have been "tantamount to revolution," and that this remains a continuing threat. donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. i have been speaking to our north america correspondent peter bowes on wha

orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine.tant updates about — and analysis of what's happening in — ukraine, at bbc.co.uk/news, and via the bbc news app. large cash donations to the prince of wales�*s charitable projects — totalling more than £2 million — were reported by the sunday times today, raising questions about the way they were made and the donor — a former prime minister of the gulf state of qatar. our royal correspondent jonny dymond is here in the studio to explain — jonny, what was reported? the sunday times reports a huge donation from sheikh sheikh hamad binjassim you can see here meeting prince charles on a different occasion, a donation of around 3 million euros. £2.5 million. also the detail of it. the donations made in three different chunks but given overin in three different chunks but given over in banknotes, in cash, one donation apparently stopped into a carrier bag from fortnum and mason at top end food store and another given over in a suitcase directly to the prince. given over in a suitcase directl

orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine.in the uk, judges at britain's court of appeal have ruled that the first flight to rwanda taking migrants who've arrived illegally in britain — can take off on tuesday. the judges supported a previous decision by the high court that it was in the public interest for the government to carry out its policies. it's reported that there will be eight asylum seekers on the flight. our home editor mark easton has the story. dozens more asylum seekers arrived on the kent coast today, 37 men who the government says should potentially face removal to rwanda because they've travelled from france, a safe country. and this is the boeing 767 chartered by the home office to take the first group of asylum seekers on a one way ticket to rwanda tomorrow night. the plane can take around 200 passengers, but a maximum ofjust eight asylum seekers will be aboard, and three of those are in court tomorrow arguing to be removed from the passenger list. shame on you! the rwanda policy divides opinion, apparent o

one of the volunteers speaking to orla guerin. invitation of the country's president. here's the royal couple arriving in kinshasa. it's king philippe's first visit there since ascending to the throne in 2013. it's seen as a chance for reconciliation after the atrocities committed under belgian colonial rule. these images are from 1960, when the drc won its independence. belgium had controlled the country since the turn of the 20th century, when king leopold ii seized it as his personal possession. up to ten million africans died during his reign. belgium's princess esemeralda spoke to the bbc�*s focus on africa programme — she says recent events including the george floyd killing have influenced herfamily�*s thinking. it was always, obviously, discussed, but obviously the international events put the whole of europe, i think, to realise that racism and discrimination was coming from colonialism and all those difficult, painfuland, let's say, horrible times, what the colonial powers — the european colonial powers — did in africa a

orla guerin, bbc news, donbas. but now, what could moscow's next move be?ought russia wants to push south and west which would cut off vital access to the black sea coast. putin's forces tried this in march and failed. but attacks in the region have increased in the last week and there are fears that his forces may try again. laura bicker reports on the battle for the south of ukraine from the key port city of mykolaiv. the farewell scenes have become agonisingly familiar. ludmila holds her children for as long as she can, trying to put a brave face on it. "i'll see them again when the bombs stop," she tells me. but no one knows how long that will be. we've been hearing quite a few thuds in the distance, but in theory, this village should be out of range for now. the ukrainians have already pushed the russians out of the city, but the fear is, they're going to have to do it again, and that's why many people have made the decision to leave. they're fleeing a war of rockets and artillery. a cruise missile tore through the regional administrative building in m

our international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from the donbas. bleeps max speed. we're told to drive at maximum speed on the exposed road to lysychansk. a dark horizon greets us. munitions explode residents praying for salvation, as russia lays waste. man whistles and shouts ukrainian troops call for help... ..to take away one more victim of russian shelling. nearby, the rush to evacuate civilians... ..who have to duck for cover. a panicked departure in an armoured truck. people are taking this chance to get out while they can, but they know this could be a one—wayjourney. if the russians take this territory, and they're getting closer all the time, these people may never be able to come back to their city and their homes. "the situation is critical," a rescue worker says. "can't you hear the shelling?" so, another city empties out here in eastern ukraine. a few more wait anxiously for their turn, hoping to outrun moving frontlines. volodymyr is among them. he's sick and headed to hospital. he tells me that life here was calm until the war broke

orla guerin, bbc news, izyum.oris johnson's ethics adviser has accused the prime minister of planning "a deliberate breach of the ministerial code". lord geidt, whose resignation letter was published today, said he was placed in an "impossible and odious position" by mrjohnson. lord geidt had been exercised about lockdown parties in downing street, and about aspects of trade policy, as our deputy political editor vicki young explains. he's walked out of his job, and today we got a partial explanation. lord geidt had previously talked about his frustration being borisjohnson�*s adviser on ethics. the final straw, though, was a disagreement over a trade issue. in his resignation letter to the prime minister, lord geidt said he was asked... ..he said. he added that it would make a mockery of the rules on standards, saying... this is likely to be a reference to ministers wanting to extend tariffs on steel imports, a move that could break international trade rules. this isn't the first time borisjohnson has lost his ad

orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. a human trafficking network smuggling disabled children to from tanzania to kenya. many are taken from their parents with the promise of a better life. instead, the children are forced to beg on the streets, often for years, while their captors take all of the profits. bbc africa eye helped one victim escape. njeri mwangi reports from nairobi. for from nairobi. more than a year, i've been investigating for more than a year, i've been investigating the cruel trade investigating the cruel trade in disabled beggars from tanzania to canyon. on the streets of nairobi, there are hundreds of disabled children begging. thanks kenya. i soon realised many of them are being watched. this boy makes eye contact with his mind and, within seconds, he is taken away. oh, my gosh. i met dozens of beggars during my investigation. their stories were heartbreaking. this is farah. when i met him, he had been enslaved by traffickers almost half his life. he was making the equivalent of $6,000 us per year bu

orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine.n has published highly controversial plansto cancel parts controversial plans to cancel parts of the brexit deal he struck with the eu. the prime minister basically wants to change what's called the northern ireland protocol to make it easierfor some goods to move between britain and northern ireland. the eu says the plan is unacceptable as it breaks international law. so, what are the changes being proposed? at the moment, some goods are checked between britain and northern ireland to make sure they comply with eu rules. this is to allow them to go into the eu in the republic of ireland without checks, an essential part of the deal to keep the peace given the history of political tension around the border. so, without checks here, the checks take place as goods cross the irish sea. that was the arrangement agreed by the uk and the eu. but this is now causing upset among unionists in northern ireland who see it as a division between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. so, under bo

orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. let's get some of the day's other news.ratures in some areas of spain could reach up to 43 degrees celsius this week, as a heatwave which has been sweeping the country continues. the soaring temperatures have caused the authorities to put many areas of the country on alert due to the risk of wildfires. the american actor kevin spacey will appear in court in the uk on thursday, charged with sexual offences against three men, including four counts of sexual assault. prosecutors authorised charges against mr spacey last month, but the actor could only be charged once he arrived in the uk. kevin spacey said he will voluntarily appear in this country and is confident of proving his innocence. global stocks have tumbled on monday amid fears rising inflation could cause an economic downturn. in the us, the s&p 500 share index fell 3.8%, entering what's known as a bear market. this comes after the us on friday reported higher inflation than expected. in may, the annual rate rose to 8.6% — a more than iio—year high. britain's govern

the usual world—class journalism, impartialjournalism, that bbc news is known for, whether it's orla guerinsenberg, chris mason, faisal islam on the current economic situation in the uk and around the world, so i don't really accept that charge. obviously we are trying to refresh, modernise, evolve the programmes. and fantastic if we can bring in new viewers or people who are only occasional television news viewers, that would be fantastic. but i think what we have here is a much bigger and better impactful news programme for all our audiences. viewers are really noticing the amount of walking. stepping off once step, walking across the studio floor, up another step, it's clearly distracting them and it's not for them, so who is it for? i think, first of all, some viewers may be finding it distracting, but not all viewers, and again, it'sjust to produce a bit more energy and a greater dynamic into the programmes. equally, in the past, when presenters have sat behind a desk for the whole programme, we've had charges of the desk feeling like a barrier between the programme and the presenter,

journalism, that world—classjournalism, impartial journalism, that bbc news is known for, whether it's orla guerinislam on the current economic situation in the uk and around the world, so i don't really accept that charge. obviously we are trying to refresh, modernise, evolve the programmes stop it's fantastic if we can bring in new viewers or people who are only occasional television news viewers, that would be fantastic. but what we have here is a much bigger and better impactful news programme for all our audience for site viewers are really noticing the amount of walking.— for site viewers are really noticing the amount of walking. stepping off once ste - , the amount of walking. stepping off once step. on _ the amount of walking. stepping off once step, up another _ the amount of walking. stepping off once step, up another step, - the amount of walking. stepping off once step, up another step, it's - once step, up another step, it's clearly distracting them and it's not for them, so who is it for? festival, some viewers may be finding it distracting, but not all viewers, and again it'sjust t

orla guerin, bbc news, donbas. forty migrants in one boat reached the uk yesterday. it brings the total number of arrivals this year to more than 9,900 people. the french took one boat back to france with 43 people on board. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. the sunny conditions continue for scotland, northern ireland and north—west england through the rest of today. a bit more cloud elsewhere, and still some heavy showers around across parts of wales and the south—west. the odd rumble of thunder, but they become fewer in number. a little bit lighter this afternoon. further south and east we will see some drier sunny weather develop, losing the low cloud for all but some eastern coasts, where it will stay with a cool breeze. in fact, a blustery day across much of england and wales compared with yesterday. and through the first part of the night we start to see thundery rain returned to the south by the end of the night and across wales, the midlands and east anglia. humid around that. pressure further north, where western scotland, northern ir

the list includes the bbc�*s clive myrie, orla guerin and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine,r general tim davie. the editors—in—chief of the times, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the daily mail, and the independent were also sanctioned. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine, as russia pushes its advance into the country's industrial heartland. russia says it will give civilians a safe route out of the bombarded eastern city of severodonetsk for 12 hours on wednesday, although attempts to create humanitarian corridors in ukraine have often failed. the international criminal court's chief prosecutor has been in the city of kharkiv, to see the devastation for himself, and he said the court would prosecute the highest ranks of russians responsible. from there our correspondent, wyre davies reports. with this city still under daily attack... so, there was an air strike. ..karim khan's visit to kharkiv was more a statement of intent than gathering evidence. what were the ages of the children that normally you see? that will come later. the international criminal

orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. meeting in rwanda this week the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall arrived there earlier, representing the queen. prince charles met paul kagame, the rwandan president who is hosting the summit. the heads of government meeting itself begins on friday. but, well it is a political association made up of 5a countries mostly from work territories of the british empire but if you don't have empire links. rwanda is included joining in 2009. they sought membership as a nation building for after the genocide there. upwards of a million people were killed in months of ethnic violence and prince charles visited the genocide museum today were he saw the personal effects of victims on display. the first meeting of the commonwealth heads of government since 2018 when the queen, who is head of the commonwealth, hosted the gathering in london. just outside the rwandan capital is our reporter. this in london. just outside the rwandan capital is our reporter.— capital is our reporter. this is

the list includes the bbc�*s clive myrie, orla guerin and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine,. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine as russia pushes its advance into the country's industrial heartland. russia says it will give civilians a safe route out of the bombarded eastern city of severodonetsk for 12 hours on wednesday, although attempts to create humanitarian corridors in ukraine have often failed. the international criminal court's chief prosecutor has been in the city of kharkiv to see the devastation for himself, and he said the court would prosecute the highest ranks of russians responsible. from there, our correspondent wyre davies reports. with this city still under daily attack... so, there was an air strike. ..karim khan's visit to kharkiv was more a statement of intent than gathering evidence. what were the ages of the children that normally you see? that will come later. the international criminal court's chief prosecutor toured several badly damaged parts of the city, including a primary school which was being used as a shelter when it was hit

from donbas, our international correspondent orla guerin reports.rces, who can claim a key victory here. ukraine ordered its troops to retreat from the rubble, ratherthan its troops to retreat from the rubble, rather than die in vain. they thought he had building to building, and street to street. some of the fiercest battles of the war. —— they fought here. but they were outgunned by russia's heavy artillery. we reached this commander, who left at dawn underfire, obtained by the retreat. 16 of his men died trying to save the city. translation: it trying to save the city. tuna/mom- trying to save the city. translation: , . translation: it is drenched in the blood of — translation: it is drenched in the blood of ukraine's - the blood of ukraine's defenders, of my brothers, and mine, too. it was incredibly hard. at that moment i felt despair. but it is ok. it's not over. our leadership saved the troops to fight another day. maybe that's the right decision. i know for sure that we will be back there. his fiuhters we will be back there. his fighters in

that was one of the british volunteers in ukraine ending orla guerin's report from the eastern donbasore by the border force in this years total is already double the figure for the equivalent period in 2021. monkeypox is to be listed as a notifiable disease in england. it means doctors are required to notify their local council or health protection team if they suspect a patient has the viral infection. there are already more than 30 notifiable diseases in the uk, including measles, tuberculosis and diphtheria. the mother of jamal edwards, who died in february this year, has revealed that the cause of death was a heart problem after taking recreational drugs. brenda edwards says she's still trying to process what she's been told about his death. through his youtube channel, jamal edwards helped launch the careers of some of the biggest british stars in music today. here's our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. jamaal edwards was the music entrepreneur whose sbtv youtube channel helped launch the careers of stars like stormzy, dave, and ed sheeran. over 15 years, he grew the ch

our international correspondent, orla guerin, sent us this report after spending time with ukrainian grinding war. we're in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area around bakhmut is still in ukrainian hands, for now, but the enemy is approaching from two sides. troops prepare to face one more day of war. seasoned veterans. . . distant explosions. ..tempered by fire. dog barks. they've been fighting russian—backed separatists here in the east since 2014, among them anton. rapid explosions. dog barks. frantic chatter well, we just had to take more cover, get more protection inside our armoured car. there was an incoming attack, the troops say it was a cluster bomb, and it landed less than a mile away. now, in the last half an hour or so, there have been constant warnings about incoming fire. we've had to run and take cover, the troops have taken cover, and we've heard plenty of outgoing fire. it's very clear the war in this area is extremely active, and the russians are trying hard to push forward. and, as ukrainian forces try to hold their gro

orla guerin, bbc news, donbas.ing, roger, and everybody at home. _ there. yes, good morning, roger, and everybody at home. that _ there. yes, good morning, roger, and everybody at home. that was - everybody at home. that was announced yesterday by buckingham palace, that her majesty the queen wouldn't be attending the derby herself. it is one of the great sporting highlights for her in her sporting highlights for her in her sporting calendar. it will only be the fifth one she has missed in 70 years, and that includes the last two during the pandemic. but she will be watching at home on tv and they have sent her a race card. plenty of runners have names that link to the platinum jubilee celebrations, like a nation's pride, one of the horses she backs in the derby, even though she hasn't got a runner that she owns herself in this year's race. this view is one of the reasons the queen loves this event so much, because it is one of the most famous flat horse races in the world. on this side we are all wearing our top h

orla guerin has been speaking to three british volunteers helping to evacuate people near the front linedon't feel like there's anything else i could be doing that's more important than this. a briefing before they head off into harm's way. we'll probably be stopping en route to pick up the patient. as they have done every day for months in a van driven over from england. these volunteers from different walks of life teamed up here in ukraine. they fund themselves and prefer not to be named. the youngest is 21, a dog trainer from kent who has done a course in trauma first aid. when we're out on evacuations, we are very alert to what is going on. are very alert to what's going on. there have been a few moments you feel it's a bit close for comfort. as much danger as we are in, we also feel quite prepared and reliable as a team. it's a world away from her home in sussex and previous career in technology. it's hands—on. her own family knows this trauma. her grandmother had to flee poland during the second world war. the team has helped around 150 ukrainians to flee... ..including anastasia,

a statement posted on the ministry's website says those on the list — including clive myrie and orla guerinaine" and "promoting russophobia in british society". spain is experiencing its earliest heatwave in more than four decades, it's braced for temperatures as high as 43 degrees celsius today. some areas have been placed on high alert due to the risk of wildfires. mark lobel has more. as fun as hot temperatures can be for some, many are grappling with how to cope with spain's earliest heatwave in more than 40 years, with temperatures surpassing 40 celsius, or 140 fahrenheit, in parts of central and southern spain. a cloud of hot air from north africa has sent temperatures soaring, with neighbouring france bracing itself for rising temperatures too. translation: we've had many more heatwaves i after the 1980s than before. it is an enormous ratio of one to three, climatologists tell us, and we can see it. these heatwaves are likely to stretch through the season. decades ago, it happened mainly injuly and august. in spain, tourist hotspots seville and cordoba, are set to remain about 43 cel

our international correspondent orla guerin, and video journalist colm o'molloy sent this report from 12—year—old is old enough to help with bags and understand adult worries. it's all too much. andriy zagorodntuk is a former defence minister of ukraine and he told me i lot about how the russian forces were not prepared to go to war especially against well—trained ukrainian military. taste especially against well-trained ukrainian military.— especially against well-trained ukrainian military. we don't call them militia separatist - ukrainian military. we don't call them militia separatist because| ukrainian military. we don't call - them militia separatist because that seems some subjectivity and independent political position. they don't have that. these are proxy forces by russia so they are paid and recruited by russians and most of them did not want to go to the war. they were mobilised and they had to go. so, they essentially were people who had some kind of civilian life but they were obliged to go and fight and he did not have any proper training. they were put into positions w

our international correspondent orla guerin is in eastern ukraine.we know about the sentences. it is also unclear if there will be any attempt to actually carry out these sentences. they have been handed down by a court that is not internationally recognised, in a self—declared republic, the dpr, which is not recognised by anyone except russia. there is little doubt that the officials in the dpr actually take their orders from the kremlin, so this is very much a verdict from president putin, and it seems like a tactic to pressure britain, to embarrass britain, which has been a staunch supporter of ukraine since the war began, has sent a great deal of weaponry, including weaponry in use here in the donbas, and of course recently promised to send more advanced weapons systems into the battlefield here. the ukrainian government has given a brief initial response, saying that the trial was propaganda and that the men had the legal status of combatants. that view has been echoed by a legal expert in the uk who has said that this verdict and this trial is

the usual world—class journalism, impartialjournalism, that bbc news is known for, whether it's orla guerin, but not all viewers, and again, it'sjust to produce a bit more energy and a greater dynamic into the programmes. equally, in the past, when presenters have sat behind a desk for the whole programme, we've had charges of the desk feeling like a barrier between the programme and the presenter, so what we are trying to do is explore ways in which we can perhaps bring a little bit more engagement and interactivity with the studio and the set, which we think will be better for the programme and, ultimately, and, most importantly, betterfor the audience. you'll know that newspapers are reporting this set cost £5 million, so they put in a freedom of information request and have not had a response yet. was it a wise use regardless of licence fee money when the bbc is cutting journalists' jobs? like i said at the beginning, we were going to have to spend money one way or the other because everything needed an upgrade, whether it's staying in an old studio or moving into a new studio, we neede