tory m.p. who chairs the liaison committee he's remained silent really in the past over dominic cummings but had particular issues with him potentially particularly around the vote in the campaign so he would like to appear tough we've also got cooper she's a labor m.p. she's known for asking very difficult questions and the party line of the labor party is to be very critical of dominic cummings boris johnson will also then face all of the chairs of the scottish affairs committee northern ireland a 1st committee and also the welsh affairs committee they have different stances when it comes to dominate comings but mostly they are critical particularly over in scotland because of course over that scotland's chief medical advisor was forced to step down for potentially flouting the measures herself so really many people will be very angry indeed with dominic cummings the real problem though and what this is all bringing to light is essentially how much of this public anger translate and form a pu

johnson has said there won't be an inquiry into dominic cummings actions this despite around 40 tory m.p.'s calling for his resignation. polls have shown support for the government has slumped and with discontent over the impact of the pandemic growing johnson's decision may prove costly. with just 16 minutes to launch the 1st mission from u.s. soil since 2011 to carry american astronauts to space was called off for bad weather caused the delay at the cape canaveral launch pad in florida to nasa astronauts are hoping to ride the 1st privately built crude rocket to the international space station musk space x. made the vehicle which is now slated to lift off on saturday way. always on time here if you have your news which you are watching right now and more news will be coming up but just remember to keep up to date meanwhile i our website g w dot com and always follow us on twitter and instagram acted out the news thanks very much for watching. go beyond. the stories that matter to. us. whatever it takes. to running. into a little bit d.w. made for minds.

workers with a 2 tory m.p. say these people have essentially been risking their lives for the country by working in social care by working in the n.h.s. and that they should be made. it's from paying that the charge is going to go ahead the government have doubled down and saying that they will be increasing that fee again by over $200.00 pounds but we could also see perhaps an exemption coming if the pressure continues for at least and it says work is not having to pay for those surcharges and fees thank you very much indeed for one of the world to discuss the government's initiative on track and trace i'm now joined by a spokesperson for the world health organization dr margaret harris margaret very good of you to be with us now the government is promising to roll out contact tracing by the 1st of june this is then the way out of the crisis good afternoon bill yes essentially testing tracing tracking treating the as the full payload you have to know where your virus serious you have to know who's got it you'v

there is too there's been a wave of attacks on china from very senior places in the west you've got tory m.p.'s in protection in particular but also i saw the foreign secretary mr rob saying something i know that if you see trump who seems to be launching a series of attacks on china he did this of course in 2016 when he was being elected but it's much stronger now and it's much more vicious and have at the domestic political scene well the revelation that they they to kingdom is likely to have the highest death rate in europe empat on the public consciousness when we eventually pull through this health crisis will that have significant effects and how the public regard the government over the medium term i think it's not appropriate to go heavily into that at the moment is the right questions now are you move forward but if it turns out to be the case and nobody wants any country to do badly that britain has has made mistakes along the way which of course thousands or tens of thousands of lives then of course there must be an accounting no less really. for purposes of political point scorin

cover of the impact of bracks that on though the call that recession i spoke to daniel kaczynski the tory m.p. from short tells us programme the euro skeptics like him and his colleagues who broke no delay in the transitional agreement the head of the new european pressure group and former labor m.p. roger casale says it would be lunacy to reskin no deal breaker and make the coming recession much much worse meanwhile s.n.p. parliamentarian neil wants a vital scottish some press may be sacrificed in the online negotiations these clear interviews are coming out later in the program but noted in glasgow we have to ensure emails and your messages thank you alex in response to last week's you on the pandemic and you economic policy featuring economists the key price interest credit then got says that is a big looming recession coming mark says scrappy chance to see billions norma says scriptwriting and save money maybe white says i have to say i've to speak for a lack of independence since beginning of this crisis we could have done so much more and quicker additionally would have had a substantia

tracing the tracking apps when it eventually is rolled up everywhere for it to be a success and the tory m.p. blog cd says that he was half of his local residents to use that up so that the country can get on with the job of tracking tracing and ultimately getting over the coded 1000 crisis talking to the buffets behind this as i was doing yesterday they were saying that if we can get 50 percent if we can get just half of islanders who got smart phones to to be using this app then we could be the 1st place in britain to get rid of this virus prior to getting rid of this virus throughout our nation or certainly minimizing it as much as possible because what we know is what we have at the moment isn't a life. but in addition to those privacy spying concerns with the other concerns have been raised some sources say that there are failures with regards to performance critical safety and also cyber security but at the n.h.s. is digital spokespeople saying that those apps aren't being assessed fully at this stage of the big states the testing stage and then more issues and testing have to be carri

downing street says it considers the matter closed but a growing chorus of over $800.00 tory m.p.'s a criticize cummings at least $44.00 saying his position is untenable x. more than and secretary kerry bradley says that he should consider his position while former defense secretary penny mordant said that he had undermined key public health messages and former chancellor such as jabat says cummings journey to darwin was unnecessary but didn't call for him to be sacked or for more all what this might mean for the future compliance of lockdown measures i'm joined by former police officer peter kirk i'm good to see you peter now or darren police say that cummings trip to barnard castle was on mine that breach of lockdown drills but without any consequences is informant now impossible it's not impossible but it would be inconsistent with how the police have been approaching this whole thing and the way from the start has been a lost a lost. last resort and the police of troy engage with people who do carry them encourage them to do the right thing and when they've done that they've be

do that he has no choice but to carry on trying to do so that the difficulty is that you've got tory m.p.'s same it's not good enough and that is that it's got this judgment wrong you've got members the scientific community saying that they're stressed you know a public health strategy lies in tatters and you've also got a state newspapers like the daily mail saying well no this isn't just westman so it's really cuts to the people and it's going to have long term consequences for the government so they've pretty much decided the strategy they need to try and stick with that strategy now trying brazen it out and maybe they will but i think the long term political can't consequences for the government probably set now and so even if don't come in stays the struggle ahead of the government in the months to come chris work ins managing partner for the strategic advisory firm orderly and former director of strategy for terrorism a south thank you. india now the country has reported its biggest daily increase in confirmed virus cases more than $6700.00 were added taking the total number of inf

return to durham downing street says it considers the matter closed but a growing chorus of over 80 tory m.p.'s have criticised cummings with at least 44 saying his position is untenable x. northern ireland secretary kerry says he should consider his position while former defense secretary morton said he had undermined keep public health messages while former chancellor such a javits as cummings journeyed to darwin was unnecessary but didn't call for him to be sacked. but johnson's loyalty to come in this could be the start of a gradual wane in popularity according to a leading polling expert former you gov boss peter kilner likened the crisis to john major's blunt wednesday moment when the pound crashed just 23 weeks after his election win and for johnson the coming star also broke 23 weeks after he secured his 80 seat majority and his crisis lost him the trust of lifelong tory voters paving the way for tony blair has a landslide victory well polling shows that johnson might be in a similar position with a hung parliament expected on the latest figures well for more on what the coming saga

with downing street says it considers the matter closed but a growing chorus of over 80 tory m.p.'s have criticised cummings that he's $44.00 saying his position is untenable x. more than and secondly karen bradley's says that he should consider his position on former defense secretary penny mordant said he had undermined keep public health messages and for much else of such a job it says cummings journey to darwin was unnecessary but didn't call for him to be sent. the b.b.c. is under fire after admitting newsnight host emily make this breached impartiality rules with her comments on dominic cummings made this confirm she was asked not to present last night's show after the event to reporters monologues sparked at least $247.00 off calm complaints of the case kate partridge has the details in a global pandemic the rao dominating the u.k.'s headlines is about the prime minister's special advisor dominic cummings made a controversial trip out of london during the coronavirus lockdown which has infuriated some people including b.b.c. newsnight presenter emily may for this he made tho

those measures as soon as possible those words coming from the nancy 22 backbench committee old tory m.p.'s and so graeme brady's chat of that committee saying that if those looked on measures aren't listed soon the economic impact could be long term the public has been willing to assist if anything in some instances it may be the public has been a little bit too willing to stay at home i'm sure i'm not the only member who has heard from employers struggling to fulfill orders because it's difficult to get employees back from further. i think we all know how critically important it is that they all want to be able to get their workers back so that we can make sure those jobs remain when the furlough period ends. now of course one of the cheaper parlance of those lockdown measures was professor neil ferguson from imperial university's the progressive predicts that there would be hundreds of thousands of deaths unless the country went into lockdown well easy resigned from his position after it was revealed that his married partner a married lover and sunniest starts reported the visit him a

to tory m.p. . everyone is very very angry about this cummings is gonna go all boris has to go. i think it's an exaggeration to say that everyone is very angry the media are very angry and a whipping this up into a stall boris is actually making a longer term decision here dominic coming to someone who is very important for delivering the government's program which of course will include helping us out of the economic problems of coronavirus which we will have to deal with when we've dealt with the initial problems of the blindness so he's made that calculation that it's important to keep cummings in place for the help he can provide in longer term you know actually nothing would be easier than for boris to fire him this self to noon and move on and stop the conversation going on around him but he's made the decision he needs this guy there for the longer term and for the good of the country but doing a u. turn in far incomings wouldn't look great for boris johnson would it. so it wouldn't look great in the other problem with doing a u. turn in that way of course as it would cre

that's 400 pounds but it's juta rise to above 620 pounds but there have been calls from 2 tory m.p.'s from roger gale and william rod who have said that those e.u. workers who are working in social care or in frontline n.h.s. positions should be exempt from paying that charge to use the n.h.s. because they are. in their words heroes who are helping save many lives in the country while the government have doubled down and said that they will continue to impose that charge no idea whether they will have an exemption for n.h.s. workers but it does come as a court has ruled that health care and social care workers who can prove that they can't afford to pay that n.h.s. charge will be exempted from it so this is been deemed a massive victory for those who are from outside the european union. thank you very much indeed for that update spokesperson for the world health organization dr margaret harris emphasized just how important an effective track can trace strategy is in combating the virus. testing tracing tracking treating the as the full pillar you have to know way of virus is you have

downing street says it considers the matter closed but a growing chorus of over 80 tory m.p.'s have criticised cummings with at least 44 saying his position is untenable it's northern and secretary kerry and bradley says he should consider his position while former defense secretary penny morton said he had undermined a key public health messages while former chancellor such a job and says cummings journey to darwin was unnecessary but didn't call for him to be sacked. but johnson's loyalty to cummings could be the start of a gradual wane in popularity according to a leading polling expert for you gov boss peter kiln have likened the crisis to john major's black wednesday moment when the pound crashed just 23 weeks after his election win for johnson the cummings are also broke 23 weeks after he secured his 80 seat majority mage's crisis lost him the trust of lifelong tory voters paving the way for tony blair's landslide victory while polling shows that johnson might be in a similar position with a hung parliament expected on the latest figures we do stay with us here in our u.

still focusing their sights on the senior aide to the prime minister the guardian rising tory revolt over m.p.'s refusal to ditch cummings and the daily mirror fast and furious this newspaper focusing on a detail of cummings is account way said that to test his eyesight he went for a drive to a local beauty spot that is. become the source of a 1000 memes in the past couple of days. cummings does stay in office is there any speculation about how difficult it might be for boris johnson particularly but also for his cabinet to try to pos legislation and try to manage the the return in the reopening of the u.k. which could be incredibly difficult so this is all about seizing back control of the messaging and what we're going to see a little bit later on in the day is the prime minister face his 1st grilling by the liaison committee that's a committee of senior m.p.'s from different parties including. members of his own party he'll face questions about the government's strategy when it comes to dealing with the corona virus to date some of those questions will undoubtedly focus on the debacle abou

winter months so there's see an increase there in respect to tory illness is that which could make this situation even worse on the some of the m.p.'s here reporting live from colombia's capital bogota something many thanks indeed doctors nurses in peru say that hospitals that can't cope with a rising number of coronavirus and sections of them are demanding more government help 141000 infections been reported. more than $4000.00 deaths including among doctors branco gupta reports. these doctors were on the frontline of the fight against the corner virus into their colleagues are now mourning their deaths. a black ribbon hung on the facade of the medical college in lima a reminder of the price paid by d's health workers battling the operate in the 2nd hardest hit country in latin america there are more there are 4 bull behind me all the 36 doctors who have lost their lives until today and represent the most painful image right in front of this location we have 1300 medical doctors who are ill and of which $23.00 are seriously ill and are in intensive care units that is the reality for doctors in peru. they say hospitals are overwh