uk russia or the u. k. the u. s. canada- all making this accu. warning this thomas. to be on the left thank you against russia also been tabled the u. k. says rurussians tried to influence the december twenty nineteen general election was won by the conservatives by a landslide margin at eighty six now russia is denying meddling in that election permintaan visual cues agency moscow it has no knowledge of the attempted faxing. hack l leaks investigations and accusations in a statement on thursday uk foreign secretary dominic raab said that russian actors switch interfere in the twenty nineteen general election by acquiring on public trade document between the united states and britain and then releasing the material via social media. rob however noted that there was no evidence of a broad spectrum russian campaign against the general election. prompting a swift response from his russian counterpart the jobs will go over there. dominic raab said that a criminal investigation is going on at this stage it would be inappropriate for us to say something. rob statement is so

uk. russia promotes disinformation and attem pts russia promotes disinformation and atte m pts to russia , whether that is through social media, hack and leak, or using it stating traditional media is being widely reported. the uk is clearly a target and must equip itself to counter such efforts. 0ur paper—based voting and counting system paper—based voting and counting syste m ma kes paper—based voting and counting system makes actual interference with the mechanism difficult. the focus instead is on attempts to influence voters before they cast their votes by spreading disinformation and creating discord by amplifying existing differences. the question is, who is protecting the british public from interference in our democratic process? in a nutshell, we find that no one is. we find the defence of the uk's democratic process is a hot potato. no one was prepared to accept their overall lead. we now do understand that there is a considerable nervousness about the security intelligence agencies getting involved in the mechanics of the democratic process, and that is rightly so, but we are

years of suspicion, finally, in black—and—white, pa rliament‘s independent verdict on how russia threatens the uke new facts, a different finding. shocking, outrage, astonishing. there was reason to fear russia might meddle in the biggest decision in decades, the eu referendum. the evidence of that the government didn't seek and didn't find. the uk government have actively avoided looking for evidence that russia interfered. we we re evidence that russia interfered. we were told they hadn't seen any evidence, but that is meaningless if they hadn't looked for it. the committee found it astonishing that no one in government had sought beforehand to protect the referendum from such attempts were investigated afterwards what attempts to influence it there may have been. the outrages and that there was interference, it is that no one has wanted to know if there was interference. successive governments have welcomed russian oligarchs and their money with open arms, and there is a lot of russians with very close links to putin who are now very well integrated into both uk business, political and social

uk. russia dismisses allegations that it tried to steal uk research for a coronavirus vaccine.aptain tom moore will be knighted by the queen today in his own personal ceremony at windsor castle. please do get in touch with us regarding any of today's stories, on twitter @annita—mcveigh, or #bbcyourquestions and coming up this hour — the big butterfly count. the public is urged tojoin an annual butterfly count, as part of efforts to protect wildlife. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england will get an extra £3 billion of funding to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus this winter. some of the money will be used to keep nightingale hospitals open to the end of the financial year, and for private hospitals to carry out non—urgent operations. the prime minister is expected to give more details in a downing street briefing later today. he's also expected to announce new powers for local authorities in england to impose lockdowns, as the government seeks to reassure the public that coronavirus is under control. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. today

finally in black and white, parliament's independent verdict on how russia threatens the uk. s, a different finding. shocking. 0utrage. astonishing. there was reason to fear russia might meddle in the biggest decision in decades, the eu referendum. but evidence of that, the government didn't seek and didn't find. the uk government have actively avoided looking for evidence that russia interfered. we were told that they hadn't seen any evidence, but that is meaningless if they hadn't looked for it. the committee found it astonishing that no one in government had sought beforehand to protect the referendum from such attempts, or investigated afterwards what attempt to influence it there may have been. the outrage isn't that there was interference. the outrage is that no one would want to know if there was interference. successive governments have welcomed russian oligarchs and their money with open arms, and there is a lot of russians with very close links to putin who are now very well integrated into both uk business, political and social scene. is it your belief that the gove

russia tends to belittle the uk as some kind of poodle of the us. ng in this report. since vladimir putin, seven in the last yea rs of vladimir putin, seven in the last years of his presidency here, we've seen years of his presidency here, we've seen this presentation of the west asa seen this presentation of the west as a hostile force for russia. —— certainly in the last years of his presidency. they are presenting the west as the aggressor. that's the message we have on state television here and it's the message we have from president putin and his officials. so our parallel universe here inside russia. but russia would argue that the west has been interfering in russian politics for many years and that any accusations against russia whilst that denies them, it would suggest that this is essentially the west getting back what it is owned. the committee said that oligarchs had high level access to uk companies and political figures. we werejust to uk companies and political figures. we were just talking to kier giles from chatham house who was usin

the ambassador also said russia was willing to start a new chapter in its relations with the uk, whiche cooled in recent years, partly due to the 2018 novichok poisioning in salisbury, thought to have been carried out by two officers in russia's intelligence service. andrey kelin also took aim at britain's imposition of sanctions on individuals implicated in the death of russian lawyer sergei magnitsky in 2009... as for magnitsky, we will find the way to punish those who are making these types of sanctions because sanctions are illegal. sanctions can only be imposed by the united nations. as you said, the united kingdom is a member of the security council. we are prepared to turn the page and do business with britain, to open once again our committees on investment that we have had, the committee on energy we have had and to conduct normal relations. we still do not understand why some spy story should disrupt this important business relation which would be very helpful to britain in time when it is exiting from the european union. let's get the thoughts of sir tony brenton — he was th

i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia's ambassador to the uk rejects allegations his country has interfered in british politics, or tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research. i do not believe in the story at all, there is no sense in it. the veteran american civil rights leader and long—serving congressman, john lewis, has died at the age of 80. eu leaders struggle to reach an agreement on a 750 billion euro economic recovery package to repair the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic. and lewis hamilton sets a new track record as he takes pole position for the hungarian grand prix. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the russian ambassador to the uk has flatly rejected british allegations that his country's intelligence services have tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research. speaking to the andrew marr show, andrey kelin also denied russia's involvement in last year's general election, and even suggested

the 2019 election is not the only uk vote russia is accused of interfering with. 016 referendum on leaving the european union is also believed to have been targeted by russia. the government has a report on the interference, but has yet to publish it. this is a headline in the times from november 2019, saying the report names nine russian business people who have donated to the conservative party, and britain's intelligence agencies were understood to be "furious" at the delay in releasing the report. here we are seven months later and the report still hasn't been published. in fact, the conservative party have kicked out one of their mps, julian lewes, after he was elected head of the intelligence committee in charge of releasing the report, in place of the government's preferred candidate, chris grayling. a senior government source accused mr lewes of colluding with opposition mps to secure the position. the chief features writer at the financial times, henry mance is not impressed, he said on twitter so in october the intelligence committee had a report ready to

uk government's response. we categorically reject that. and we offer a second placement on the threat russia poses. , let's hear from mark lyall grant, the uk's national security adviser between 20— —— 2015-17. the suggestion in the report that somehow the government at the time had taken its eye off the russian ball and didn't see russia as the threat that it is is com pletely russia as the threat that it is is completely wrong. russia was front and centre of the national security review in 2015. what is truth is that i think the government was more focused on the hard edged, direct hostile activity by russia. whether that was threatening nato, annexing crimea, the assassination of alexander live in enko and others in europe, hacking governments and businesses, then perhaps it was around the softer misinformation campaigns. and appelbaum is a pulitzer prize—winning historian with a focus on russia, and here's what she told the bbc. first of all, i'm glad that it's appeared. it was meant to appear many months ago, and the very fact of its delay is a part of the problem, which is that a part of the p

the uk is one of russia's top intelligence targets, today's report said, but it questions whether thes equipped to respond. after months of delay the uk parliament has finally been able to publish its report into allegations of russian interference in british public lifeit described russian influence in the uk as ‘the new normal‘ — and said successive governments had welcomed rich oligarchs with open arms — without asking too many questions about the source of their wealth. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more details. the uk is one of russia's top intelligence targets, today's report said, but it questions whether the country is equipped to respond. the report details russia's aggressive use of spying, especially in cyberspace, stealing information. it points to its use of assassination, going after russians abroad like sergei skripal, poisoned with nerve agent in salisbury in 2018. and most significantly, it points to a long—running campaign of political interference, meddling in events around the world. this russian campaign is the new normal, we were told today. but t

uk and its partners. so i think the fundamental question has to be why does russia reject these overtures that countries like the uk, but there are others, make in terms of a loadbearing relationship? we are never going to always agree with russia. we are often not going to agree on a huge number of subjects, but we are both permanent members of the security council and we do have certain interests in global stability. and that ought to be a good foundation for some productive, even if difficult, conversations. what we don't see russia as a permanent member. we see russia doing all the things you just described, and more, , and george and of the countries besides the uk. and we also see how can donate if not affecting the use of chemical weapons in syria. chemical weapons are a universal comes universally precipitate weapon. so why does a permanent five the member want to allow one of its clients states to use such an awful weapon? and i think the russia of the cold war, if you like, the soviet union of the cold war, would it seen that as crossing a line in terms of stability. so i think this comes to your q

the uk is one of russia's top intelligence targets, today's report said, but it questions whether thepped to respond. the report details russia's aggressive use of spying, especially in cyberspace, stealing information. it points to its use of assassination, going after russians abroad like sergei skripal, poisoned with nerve agent in salisbury in 2018. and most significantly, it points to a long—running campaign of political interference, meddling in events around the world. this russian campaign is the new normal, we were told today. but the report also says the uk has been slow to respond. it is tough on britain's spies, saying they treated the task of defending the democratic system like a hot potato, with no—one wanting to take charge amid competing demands like stopping terrorist attacks. but the real criticism is for the government forfailing to give the spies clear direction. and as well as not investigating recent events like the brexit referendum, the report also says there was a longer term problem of not seeing the challenge from moscow. the killing of alexander litvinenko

this is bbc news: i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia's ambassador to the uk rejects allegations his country interfered in british politics — or tried to steal vaccine research. i don't believe in this story at all. there is no sense in it. there is no sense in it. a record single—day increase in global, coronavirus infections — as nearly 260 thousand new cases are recorded in 2a hours. us presidents from across the political divide pay tribute tojohn lewis — an iconic figure of the american civil rights movement. and posecutors believe a fire at the cathedral in the french city of nantes may have been started deliberately. the russian ambassador to the uk has flatly rejected british allegations that his country's intelligence services have tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research. andrey kelin also denied russia's involvement in last year's general election, and even suggested, following russia's referendum on its constitution, that cyber—attacks aimed at his country originated in the uk. our correspondent caroline hawley has more. it'

uk. this poses actual and potential harm, does the prime minister agree that it's time to look again at licensing from russiaate in the uk? i think this would come more credibly from the leader of the opposition had he called out the former leader of the opposition when he took money for appearing on russia today. he flip—flops from day to day, mr speaker. one day he is in favour of staying in the eu, the next day he is willing to accept brexit. the leader of the opposition has more flip—flops than bournemouth beach. mr speaker, preprepared gags on flip—flops, this is the former columnist who wrote two versions of every article ever published. laughter mr speaker, in case the prime minister has not noticed, the labour party is under new management. and no frontbencher of this party has appeared on russia today since i've been leading this party. after prime minister's questions, mps kept pressure on the government's handling of the threat posed by russia. they raised concerns in the report about the prevalence of russian money and that the government had actively avoided investigating kremlin interference in

and its partners so i think the fundamental question has to be why does russia reject these overtures that countries like the uk but there are others, make in terms of the load bearing relationship. we are never going to always agree with russia, we are often not going to agree on a huge number of subjects, but we are both permanent members at the security council. and we do have certain interests in global stability. and that ought to be a good foundation for some productive evening conversations. but we don't see russia behaving. we see russia doing all the things you just described in more in georgia and other countries besides the uk. we also see them condoning if not abetting the use of chemical weapons in syria. chemical weapons are a universal universally prohibited weapon, so why does a permanent five member want to allow one of its clients states to use such an awful weapon? and i think the russia of the cold war soviet union would have seen as worth crossing a line in search of stability so i think this comes, rachel to how long this is been going on, and i'm not in the story and i haven't looked into

government has handled the perceived russian threat rather than the details of what threat russia actually presents to the uki think it away russian officials here are saying a bank lending, in the sense that he does portray russia as a country of some power, a country that has managed to penetrate the uk it seems in institutions, financial world and many other ways. so for russia which is attempting to reassert itself on the world stage for good or bad, this potentially could actually be seen as this potentially could actually be seen as a this potentially could actually be seen as a positive which is rather counterintuitive but russia does operate in a parallel world. counterintuitive but russia does operate in a parallelworld. all right, thank you. let's go to frank. the suggestion is the government was complacent and the intelligence agencies were essentially kind of taking their eye off the ball and they could not cope with the threat of terrorism and russia at the same time. this report makes very uncomfortable reading i think for all three of britain's intelligence agencies, mi five whose job it is to

this is bbc news, our main headlines: russia's ambassador to the uk rejects allegations his country aronavirus infections, as nearly 260,000 new cases are recorded in 24 hours. russia's ambassador to the uk rejects allegations his country has interfered in british politics, or tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research. more now on the death of civil rights icon john lewis. i've been speaking to to dr rashawn ray from the brookings institution. i mean, i think that the reaction has been widespread, notjust in the united states but across the world, and i think it highlights that john lewis was a revolutionary figure. and of course he has several quotes, but one of the ones that i always think about is when he says, "get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and redeem the soul of america". and i think that's where we are in this moment, notjust in the united states, but around the world. and i think he's going to be a galvanising light, moving forward to november, to put the united states on a different course. that's so interesting that you quote those words, because we spoke on this

the uk has for the first time accused russia of conducting a weapons test in space. rom air vice marshal harvey smith from the raf who is not head of the uk space directorate but that is a new entity, saying that russia last week launched a projectile with a characteristics of a weapon, he has called for a halt for such tests and the us space command said that there is evidence that russian efforts to develop space weapons so clearly what people in the uk feel that russia has crossed the line. yes there has been other technologies used to target satellites by countries such as america, russia, china, india as well. which is normally ground based systems to missiles essentially to target satellites in space that can obviously have the potential to cause huge damage. this is different. this is a test that was conducted and the americans and the british believed by the russians with one of their satellite sent into orbit last year and there‘s a project which looked like a refuse and they are worried that this will be deleted to an arms race in space. —— a lead in. strong

russia has dismissed allegations it tried to steal research into a coronavirus vaccine and meddle in british politics. the ukcanada say hackers in russia have targeted organisations trying to find a vaccine. separately, the british government says it's "almost certain" there were russian attempts to interfere in the uk's last parliamentary election. 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera has more. today, the government lashed out at russia's spies, this accusing them directly of trying to steal vital uk research on the coronavirus pandemic. given that the world is trying to come together to find a vaccine for our own peoples, british people here in the uk, but also for people around the world, i'm afraid it's pretty egregious behaviour and it deserves and it should be called out in the way we're doing today. oxford university has been leading the world in developing a vaccine. i understand it's one of the labs whose computer systems have been targeted. british intelligence says it's seen hackers trying to steal data from universities, labs and pharmaceutical companies. but its cyber security chief told me

russia has dismissed allegations it tried to steal research into a coronavirus vaccine and meddle in british politics. the uk have targeted organisations trying to find a vaccine. separately, the british government says it's "almost certain" there were russian attempts to interfere in the uk's last parliamentary election. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more. today, the government lashed out at russia's spies, accusing them directly of trying to steal vital uk research on the coronavirus pandemic. given that the world is trying to come together to find a vaccine for our own peoples, british people here in the uk, but also for people around the world, i'm afraid it's pretty egregious behaviour and it deserves and it should be called out in the way we're doing today. oxford university has been leading the world in developing a vaccine. i understand it's one of the labs whose computer systems have been targeted. british intelligence says it's seen hackers trying to steal data from universities, labs and pharmaceutical companies but its cyber security chief told me it's been trying to defend them. w

i think if you look, we've got a long period of recognizing the significance rather by russia and the uk, and the national security authority. we called out russia when is necessary in relation to the cyber attacks in the research. and canada. and we are not complacent with this when it comes to sovereignty. >> the question was whether we would like to do more about china. i don't think about it that way. we think that the entire world needs to work together to ensure that every country including china behave in international system in a way that is consistent with the international order. you can't go make claims. you can't threaten countries. you can't engage and co-opt in institutions like the world health organization. we want to see emanation to understand freedom and democracy and values that i know is important to their own people and their own sovereign countries. to be successful and to understand the chinese communist parties opposing to this and work for themselves and collectively to restore what is rightfully ours. look at president trump, policy simply asked for was a fair

the uk is one of russia's top intelligence targets, today's report said, but it questions whether therespond. the report details russia's aggressive use of spying, especially in cyberspace, stealing information. it points to its use of assassination, going after russians abroad like sergei skripal, poisoned with nerve agent in salisbury in 2018. and most significantly, it points to a long—running campaign of political interference, meddling in events around the world. this russian campaign is the new normal, we were told today. but the report also says the uk has been slow to respond. it is tough on britain's spies, saying they treated the task of defending the democratic system like a hot potato, with no—one wanting to take charge amid competing demands like stopping terrorist attacks. but the real criticism is for the government forfailing to give the spies clear direction. and as well as not investigating recent events like the brexit referendum, the report also says there was a longer term problem of not seeing the challenge from moscow. the killing of alexander litvinenko in lond

this is bbc news: i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia'srfered in british politics — or tried to steal vaccine research. i don't believe in this story at all. there is no sense in it. there is no sense in it. a record single—day increase in global, coronavirus infections — as nearly 260 thousand new cases are recorded in 2a hours. us presidents from across the political divide pay tribute tojohn lewis — an iconic figure of the american civil rights movement.

we have a long period of recognising the enduring significant threat posed by russia to the uk includingntire world needs to work together to ensure that every country, including china, behaves in the international syste m china, behaves in the international system in ways that are appropriate, consistent with the international order but you cannot go making claims for maritime regions that you have no lawful claim to. you cannot threaten countries and bully them in the himalayas. you cannot engage in cover—ups and co—opt international institutions like the world health organization. we want to see every nation who understands freedom and democracy and values that knows it is important to their own people, their own sovereign country to be successful, to understand the threat that the chinese communist party is posing to them and to work for both themselves and collectively to restore what is rightfully ours. we look at president trump on trade, or he simply asked for was a firm reciprocal trade agreement with china, with them not stealing intellectual property and denying people who wor

it comes as russia and president putin are under scrutiny for their role in global politics, not least accusations from the us and ukat russia says are distorted. a teenagerfrom a teenager from cumbria a teenagerfrom cumbria in northwest england has unearthed a piece of wartime history which has caused a few ripples on the other side of the world. max hazlehurst was looking for wildlife when he found an australian airman's dog tag from the second world war. he has since tracked down the owner's family. it's a walk max hazlehurst will never forget. the 13—year—old was searching for bugs and snakes on black combe fell in the lake district when he discovered something rather special. the path gets really rocky and there was... i maybe saw about that much of it. so i picked it up and i thought. . . maybe thinking it was a dog collar or something like that, and then i saw the actual tag bit, which had the name on. he had found a second world war dog tag — or military identification label — thought to have been lost up here in the 1940s. max and his family put the details on social media and soon discovered it belonged to

just last week authorities in the u.s., canada, and uk accused russia of trying to steal coronavirus data. >>> and a series of recent polls show the president falling behind his challenger joe biden not only in overall votes but in trust over who can best handle the pandemic. and now scott mcgrew, some changes in the strategy at the white house. >> reporter: for sure. good morning to you. starting with the president publicly praising masks. he did it on twitter. take a look. a picture of himself with a mask saying, many people say it's patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance. there is nobody more patriotic than me, your favorite president. his press secretary was asked why the change. >> does he think it's important to lead by example on this issue? >> well, the president has been consistent even going back to march 31st when he said then my feeling is if people want to do it, there's certainly no harm to it. >> but he hasn't done it. he hasn't worn a mask. is it not mixed signals? >> the president wore a mask in may. and at walter reed. the president is the mo

i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia'scoronavirus vaccine research. i do not believe in the story at all, there is no sense in it. the veteran american civil rights leader and long—serving congressman, john lewis, has died at the age of 80. eu leaders struggle to reach an agreement on a 750 billion euro economic recovery package to repair the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic. and lewis hamilton sets a new track record as he takes pole position for the hungarian grand prix.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia'sterfered in british politics, or tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research i do not believe in the story at all, there is no sense in it. the veteran american civil rights leader and long—serving congressman, john lewis, has died at the age of eighty. more protests in the far east of russia as thousands turn out to support an arrested governor seen as a threat to the country's president. and prosecutors believe a fire at the cathedral in the french

russia's ambassador to the uk rejects allegations his country interfered in british politics or triedo steal vaccine research. i don't believe in this story at all. there is no sense in it. us presidents from across the political divide pay tribute tojohn lewis, an iconic figure of the american civil rights movement. and prosecutors believe a fire at the cathedral in the french city of nantes may have been started deliberately. the number of global coronavirus cases has seen a record single—day increase. the world health organization says nearly 260,000 new cases have been recorded in 2a hours, the highest ever daily increase. while western europe and east asia have largely managed to contain covid—19, the picture elsewhere is bleak. in brazil and the us, where lockdown measures are patchy, there is little sign of the curve being flattened, and scientists say india, which has the world's third—biggest outbreak, could be months away from reaching a peak. earlier, my colleague paul hawkins told me more about he latest findings. in the us, 71,000 new daily cases. 41 states out of 50 are

russia interfered in the french election in 2016, the election in 2017, and poisoning of a former spy in the ukia interfered in the uk election last year and on and on. is there any doubt that the russian government is directly tied to this latest hack on coronavirus research center? >> they're highly concern that this group is tied to the russian intelligence services. they say as much in the advisory. this is called attribution, jake. they're attributing this attack to russia. these intelligence institutions don't do that unless there's a high level of certainty. in fact, the british put numbers on it, they said 90% chance that cozy bear is part of russian intelligence. that there's an 80% to 90% chance that cozy bear is going after vaccine research. they're quite sure it's tied to russian interaction. and back in may, the russians also accusing china of similar attacks. jake. >> alex marquardt, thank you very much. >>> money lead, new unemployment figures show another 1.3 million americans filed for benefits last week. nearly 1 in 3 workers in the u.s. have now filed for claims at least once

report reveals that no one in government knew if russia interfered in or sought to enter —— influence the referendum because they did not want to know. the uksia interfered. actively avoided looking for evidence that russia interferedm was claimed the government should have learned the lessons of 2014 in scotla nd have learned the lessons of 2014 in scotland voted to reject independence. the report says there is credible, open source evidence russia did try to influence that campaign. though other parts of its findings having done haven‘t been made public. there are concerns about russian money, members of the house of lords linked to russian companies and russians in the uk linked to president putin. few if any questions have been asked regarding the provenance of considerable wealth. this open door approach has provided an ideal mechanism by which illicit finance can be recycled through the london laundromat. the report doesn't have a smoking gun which shows how russia changed the political events in the uk but nevertheless, it is highly critical of recent government decisions, saying, essentially, they weren‘t looking, turning a blind ey

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticiseovernment for "badly underestimating" the threat and the response it required. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was visiting london, meeting prime minister borisjohnson and foreign secretary dominic raab. now on bbc news — click. this week: cleaning up the social network. getting your mask on. and... breaking bad with giancarlo esposito. hey, welcome to click and wear a mask. that's the advice you are given, just do it, it's not a problem. hey, welcome to click and wear a mask. that's the advice you are given, just do it, it's not a problem. in fact in some part of the world it is just the norm anyway. so do it. hey, lara. hello. i hope you have been bending the metal bit over your nose, now i know about it seems really obvious. absolutely right and i didn't know that, until recently, and it does help it to sit in place so it is very useful information. it doe

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticisedovernment for "badly underestimating" the threat and the response it required. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was speaking on a visit to london, where he met prime minister boris johnson and his british counterpart dominic raab. it is about1:30am. it is about 1:30am. you are up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news — panorama. tonight, panorama investigates the uk's plans to fight coronavirus. it was just this fatalism that we're all going to get it and we might as welljust get it over with. we speak to scientists at the heart of the government's response. we mustn't be catastrophists. we could do a lot of damage by raising false alarms. the world health organization was calling for urgent action. we have rung the alarm bell loud and clear. the only way you really deal with this virus is by actually stopping transmission. we reveal the early warning that

the uk— russia relationship is in the doldrums and doesn't look like it will get better sooner. was mainly directed at the british government, and that has deflected of course allegations against russia. it is a sober assessment that russia does present assessment that russia does present a threat. the question is nowhere does the government do about that in britain? calling russia out doesn't make an lot of difference. words don't hurt. russia is not going to change its calculus. russia sees the west and uk as well as hostile territory where it will insist on playing by its rules to defend what it is its interests —— to defend what it sees as its interests. care homes in england are urging the government to publish its guidance on when they can open their doors to visitors as soon as possible. nearly two weeks ago, the health secretary matt hancock promised to outline the next steps "within days", but that has still not happened. andy moore reports. some care homes have gone to enormous lengths to make sure their residents can see their families. at this home in cheshire, they'

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticisehe government for "badly underestimating" the threat and the response it required. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was visiting london, meeting prime minister borisjohnson and foreign secretary dominic raab. now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. if covid—19 were to spread right across africa, it could be a human catastrophe. many feared that the continent is simply not ready to cope with the crisis. its health systems are already under strain and could buckle underfurther pressure. my guest is ngozi okonjo—iweala. she is a special covid—19 envoy for the african union as well as being chair of gavi — the global alliance on vaccines and immunisations. as the world races to find a vaccine, what is she doing to ensure that lower income countries are not forgotten? dr ngozi okonjo—iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, ze

mps on a key house of commons committee describe the uk as one of russia's top targets and criticiseovernment for "badly underestimating" the threat and the response it required. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has said washington wants to build a coalition of like—minded allies to counter, what he called, the threat from china. he was visiting london, meeting prime minister borisjohnson and foreign secretary dominic raab. you are pretty much up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news — tuesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to tuesday in parliament. a medical expert says the uk should have been better prepared for coronavirus. the fact that we were asleep to the concept that we would have a pandemic, i think shame on us. after the windrush scandal, priti patel promises to change the way the home office is run. and there are far too many times where i am the only non—white face in the room. and a former prime minister speaks up for the families of victims of dangerous driving. all feel that justice is currently, in many cases, not being done. but first, experts have

and we categorically reject any suggestion that the uk actively avoided investigating russia. te activity, including any potential interference in past or current uk democratic processes. and our 30—year russia strategy is designed to move us to appoint where russia chooses to work alongside the international community. since the committee took evidence injanuary 2019, much more has been done. we have established the defending democracy programme and strengthened our cross government counter disinformation capability. in march, we formally about the existence of thejoint we formally about the existence of the joint state threat assessment team. earlier this month, we launched the uk global human rights sanctions regime, to target serious human rights abuses with 25 russian government officials already sanctioned. and we have committed to bring forward legislation to counter hostile state activity and espionage. this will modernise existing offences to deal more effectively with the espionage threat and consider what new offences and powers are needed. this includes reviewing th

canada and the uk say russia is trying to steal information from researchers developing a covid-19 vaccine. the hackers are part of a group called apt29 also known as the dukes. >>> i'm anne makovec at the live news desk. following the ongoing murder trial for the two young marin county men accused of kilning on italian police officer last year. finnegan lee elder now 20 years old and gabriel york now 19. his face is blocked out there. they said they mistook the officer and criminals as attackers trying to attack them and they scuffled trying to defend themselves. that has they are charged in the killing of mario serious yellow on italian street. elder doing the stabbing and york is accused of murdapon. but they're both charged with homicide because that is what is allowed under italian law. we're going to keep an eye on this trial. back to you. >>> new this morning, alameda county fire crews or rather the department's training division in san leandro for a real fire call. in the office building there. no word of any damage. the cause is under investigation. >>> happening today, black live

turn a little more u nsettled the uk, it could turn a little more unsettled by the time we to wednesday. —— get to wednesday. this is bbc news the headlines at seven. russia'sd in british politics, or tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research. i do not believe in the story at all, there is no sense in it. councils in england now have new powers to close shops, cancel events and shut outdoor public spaces to manage outbreaks of the virus. the veteran american civil rights leader and long—serving congressman, john lewis, has died at the age of eighty. eu leaders struggle to reach an agreement on a 750 billion euro economic recovery package to repair the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic. the uk government guarantees financial support for holiday makers seeking refunds for trips that that were cancelled

today, the government lashed out at russia's spies, accusing them directly of trying to steal vital ukesearch on the coronavirus pandemic. given that the world is trying to come together to find a vaccine for our own people, british people in the uk, but also for people around the world, i'm afraid it's pretty egregious behaviour and it deserves and it should be called out in the way we're doing today. oxford university has been leading the world in developing a vaccine. i understand it's one of the labs whose computer systems have been targeted. british intelligence says it's seen hackers trying to steal data from universities, labs and pharmaceutical companies. but its cyber security chief told me it's been trying to defend them. we're working flat out to protect vaccine research because it's so important to the nation right now. with our canadian and american partners, we've seen russian spies, who go by the name of cozy bear and the dukes, try to hack into the networks, undertaking some of our vital research. so, we've been able to detect it. this was russian tv news last night, sa