we gave the example of one viewer who picked out the so—called westminster village effect. people being turned off politics. could that be a factor in the uk? yes and no. i mean, i think what the bbc and others see is when there's a big political event, actually, the viewing figures go up. and i think what that is, is people who are interested in news and interested in politics, of whom there are still many, are quite often very interested in the twists and turns of what's going on at westminster. i think the problem is that huge numbers of other people a re less interested. they've got other things going on in their lives and they just want to know the big picture. and i think quite often we sort of super optimise our tv channels or radio channels or our websites for those people who are really interested in news. and we sometimes forget a little bit about people who wantjust sort of headlines or a bigger range of stories, as your viewer explained. yeah, the pandemic changed a lot of people's connections and habits long—term. do you think that's played a part in the declin

and so westminster— caught up with him. and so westminster is once - caught up with him.sfixed by borisjohnson as he storms off whilst keeping his party guessing on a possible return. cabinet's voice on the commons stood up for the community investigating the former prime minister. indie community investigating the former prime minister.— community investigating the former prime minister. we have to be really strong about — prime minister. we have to be really strong about calling out _ prime minister. we have to be really strong about calling out people who | strong about calling out people who are attacking situations, people who are attacking situations, people who are attacking the house for carrying out its work. are attacking the house for carrying out its work-— out its work. boris johnson allies are standing by _ out its work. boris johnson allies are standing by their hero. - out its work. boris johnson allies i are standing by their hero. my main sort of source of _ are standing by their hero. my main sort of source of truth _ are standing by their hero. my main

scotland deserves better than this outdated corrupted westminster system that allows the likes of _ westminstere to the top, and i_ likes ofjohnson to rise to the top, and t fear— likes ofjohnson to rise to the top, and i fear that even these recommendations from the committee, decisive _ recommendations from the committee, decisive as _ recommendations from the committee, decisive as they are, will not prevent— decisive as they are, will not prevent the same happening in the future _ prevent the same happening in the future i_ prevent the same happening in the future. i worry that some conservative mps think that by accepting the recommendations and... this will— accepting the recommendations and... this will all— accepting the recommendations and... this will all go away, and that cannot— this will all go away, and that cannot be _ this will all go away, and that cannot be allowed to happen. in conclusion, yes, it clearly is beyond _ conclusion, yes, it clearly is beyond time at westminster abandons the damaging traditions that protect those _ the damaging traditions that protect those lying

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.e developments on our website, bbc news. turning our attention to egypt, where three british tourists are missing after a fire on board a boat in the red sea around 25 kilometres — or 15 miles — from the resort of marsa alam. these are the latest pictures of the boat — we can't see any flames but there's still a lot of smoke and clearly a lot of damage. 26 people, including 12 britons, were rescued — they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it's supporting the british nationals. huge fires ripped through this boat in the red sea resort of marsa alam. nearly 30 people were on board, including 15 british passengers. amateur footage shows the moments of horror as somejump to safety and are rescued. local authorities say most of the foreign visitors and the egyptian crew have been rescued, but search operations are still under way for those missing. translation: we arrived at dawn. we wake up daily at 6am and the briefing before diving is at 6:30 am. during the briefing, o

mps gather in westminster to debate that dramatic mps gather in westminster to debate that dramati , ., . mps gather in westminster to debate that dramati ,., . ., u , that dramatic report which accused boris johnson _ that dramatic report which accused boris johnson of _ that dramatic report which accused boris johnson of deliberately - borisjohnson of deliberately leading parliament over lockdown parties. that debate is due to start shortly, someone who will not be here according to number 10 is the prime minister. a special report from ukraine's front line. our correspondence is the games being made in ukrainian guns pound the russian positions. and our enemy soon response. in the ashes england struggle to build a convincing lead as australia take more wickets. welcome, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let's start by going to westminster. in the next 30 minutes mps will debate that dramatic report from last week which found boris johnson repeatedly misled parliament about lockdown parties at downing street. he called that conclusions arranged

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.are missing after a fire on board a boat in the red sea around 25 kilometres — or 15 miles — from the resort of marsa alam. these are the latest pictures of the boat — we can't see any flames but there's still a lot of smoke and clearly a lot of damage. 26 people, including 12 britons, were rescued — they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it's supporting the british nationals. with more on this, here's david waddell. what more do we know about the individuals on board? t what more do we know about the individuals on board?— individuals on board? i spoke earlier to _ individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the _ individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the company - individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the company that i individuals on board? i spoke i earlier to the company that runs individuals on board? i spoke - earlier to the company that runs and owns the hurricane along with five other similar vessels and to give me the same numbers you reported there, 15

— schofield scandal comes to westminster when schofield scandal comes to- westminster-when under westminsterey going to do a good enough job, do you think ? enough job, do you think? i mean-net— enough job, do you think? i mean,-not really- enough job, do you think? i mean,-not really sure. enough job, do you think? ii mean,-not really sure it's mean, i'm not really sure it's their i mean, this is their business. i mean, this is it's the internal workings of a company. yeah i no. so company. yeah but i have no. so that's why . sure, there are that's why. sure, but there are lots places in this, lots and lots of places in this, i in this country i would imagine, in this country where department is not where the hr department is not doing robust job. the doing a very robust job. the point philip lied and said point is, philip lied and said that they together . the that they weren't together. the other and said they other guy lied and said they weren't together. see weren't together. you can see that somebody that's if we that if somebody that's if we believe what itv told us, believe what itv

lets talk more withjill wells in westminster.tminster. lets talk more withjill rutter, a former civil servant. she is now a seniorfellow at uk in a changing europe. this is more than a war of words. this is rishi sunak taking on borisjohnson and his allies in the conservative party. and his allies in the conservative pa . ., .., and his allies in the conservative pa . ., , ,, party. you could say rishi sunak started doing — party. you could say rishi sunak started doing that _ party. you could say rishi sunak started doing that when - party. you could say rishi sunak started doing that when he - party. you could say rishi sunak- started doing that when he resigned from boris johnson's started doing that when he resigned from borisjohnson's cabinet last from boris johnson's cabinet last july, from borisjohnson's cabinet last july, and actually triggered that big cascade of resignations which ultimately brought borisjohnson down. that is not perhaps a source of the bad blood between them but certainly it appears that boris johnson

— schofield scandal comes to westminster when schofield scandal comes to- westminster-when under westminsterow. she has to face up to mps. are they going to do a good tatapia— mps. are they going to do a good tatapa itt.— mps. are they going to do a good tatapa itt. tt— mps. are they going to do a good tatapa tap. to tea— mps. are they going to do a good enough job, do you think ? enough job, do you think? i meat-aet— enough job, do you think? i mean,-not really- enough job, do you think? i mean,-not really sure. enough job, do you think? ii mean,-not really sure it's mean, i'm not really sure it's their i mean, this is their business. i mean, this is it's the internal workings of a company. yeah i no. so company. yeah but i have no. so that's why . sure, there are that's why. sure, but there are lots places in this, lots and lots of places in this, i in this country i would imagine, in this country where department is not where the hr department is not doing robust job. the doing a very robust job. the point philip lied and said point is, philip lied and said that they together . the that t

helen catt, bbc news, westminster. correspondent, nick eardley, is at westminster. it's interesting that mr sunak was so direct in relating his version of events in relation to that conversation with mrjohnson? isn’t conversation with mrjohnson? isn't it 'ust, conversation with mrjohnson? isn't itjust. clive? _ conversation with mrjohnson? isn't itjust, clive? since _ conversation with mrjohnson? isn�*t itjust, clive? since rishi sunak became prime minister, he has often gone to great lengths to try and avoid rows with his own party, but he was pretty vociferous this morning, accusing borisjohnson of asking him to do things that he wasn't prepared to do, to overrule the body responsible for vetting peerages and try and break with precedent. i have to say, the response to that from boris johnson's camp has been furious as well. they have essentially accused mr sunak of not telling the truth, of blocking peerages by acting too slowly and dragging their feet over some of the cheques that need to be done to make sure these

our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me now from westminster.ou for waiting there patiently while we just covered that breaking news. just give us a sense of what you hearing there in westminster, that p.m. deadline has come and gone, the government now choosing to take on the covid inquiry —— that 4pm deadline. opposition saying there is a cover—up going on, and maybe some of the bereaved families feeling this evening, they see the government contesting the inquiry�*s demand for all of this unredacted, unedited material connected to borisjohnson, his whatsapp messages, his diary, his whatsapp messages, his diary, his notebooks. that is something the cabinet office totally refute. what they say is this is a matter of principle and that in their view, this would breach the privacy of many of the people whose communications would be released to the inquiry. they also think it would say harmful president for the inquiry to succeed instantly getting all of this underactive material as it asked for, but this has been going on for a few weeks. we have

huge speculative and in westminster as to whether he may be in a position -- speculation in westminsterwhether he may be in a position to mount some kind of comeback. that is not going to happen now. he has called time in his political career and this is an astonishing turn of events. lewis: just give us your reaction to some of the language here. talking about a witchhunt -- while that is a phrase we are all familiar from the u.s. and donald trump, talking about a kangaroo court, are these kind of flourishes of language we are used to him from his newspaper commentator days, or is this a real accusation with serious teeth? >> you make a very good point, and this is perhaps the sort of language you hear from someone like donald trump, who felt aggrieved and hard done by. he is trashing the system on his way out. he thinks that this has been done completely unfairly. he thinks the committee, the privileges committee israel houthi bias, -- privileges committee is riddled with bias and he never had a fair hearing. he accepted the process as it is, but he has not, he has lambasted them and

sarah campbelljoins us from outside westminster. get afternoon from _ from outside westminster. you would think there, there is a debate you in the house of commons, this is a debate on whether to approve the parliamentary privileges committee report, which was published and found that the former prime minister borisjohnson had misled the commons by repeatedly telling it after the partygate scandal emerged out of covid rules have been followed at all times a downing street. the report found that he had personal knowledge of preachers and he failed to proactively seek out authoritative assurances. you remember that the sanction put forward by the privileges committee was that they believed borisjohnson should have had a 90 day suspension from parliament. because it immediately resigns, that 90 day suspension effectively doesn't mean anything but they also voted that he should have his parliamentary pass withdrawn and that would happen if this committee report is approved later on today. there's are few things we don't know, we don't know one debate is exactly due to start, are po

the scottish government's circular economy minister says they want urgent talks with westminster to seet include glass, it will not go ahead. we have more details about the phone hacking inquiry and prince harry after the weather. hello. the pause button is held firmly down on our weather across the uk at the moment. many of us have seen no significant rain so far this month and before the end of the week there's none to come. why is it so dry? the area of high pressure being held down across the uk currently. you can see it wobbles about a little bit in the next few days. that affects the wind direction somewhat and potentially where we'll see some of the thickest cloud, but it's not until we start to see this low, that's close to portugal at the moment, coming up from the south—west that we're likely to see any rain, and that is late on on friday. some big differences in the temperature, though, across the uk, despite us all being under that big area of high pressure. that's because of where we have the sun towards the west and where we have the thicker cloud in the east and the breez

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with reading in westminster and across the world... !with a?ohnson's awaiting the face. it looks like borisjohnson's head! he will tell you it is a witch hunt and he will tell you he did nothing wrong but just one word tells his story... liar. in the guardian, the verdict onjohnson and a photograph of him with his back to us, he misled parliament, undermined democracy, complicit in abuse of mps. in the end of the road forjohnson in the times. but is it, thank you all very much. i'm back tomorrow. we'll have a special report from tunisia on the mediterranean boat crossings following the tragic news out of greece today, with at least 79 people killed and hundreds more feared dead. till then, from all of us here, goodnight. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. you're live with bbc news. now for the second of our reports about most secretive state in the world — north korea. earlier, we heard stories about people who are starving to death because food is so scarce. now our seou

how much of a shock is this being in westminster? well, things of, it seemed pretty quiet, didn't proceed politics and recent on sunday. well, that is and it's waist, and all might be buying a board as johnson has the effect to be thrown at a frank grenades rights into the hearts of richie. so united government, sending shards of political, shrapnel, and in old directions at this resignation ends the accusations he's making a run, a real risk of reopening those conservative policy civil was a recent months and he is how much time is will this be for his policy? well, it is not clear yet because the damage is still being assessed to get a sense from the governments that it is a trying to work out what to do next. it hasn't released an official statement yet . we haven't heard from down in street. we haven't had anything on the record from ministers at the the uh this is something that so i think it's going to take time to work out how much damage is done. suddenly at the immediate dispatch they said they were going to be no just one.

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.— in the drinking culture at westminster. my westminster.were all all too rlmo. r— better off if they were all all the time. i don't- better off if they were all all the time. cc?" c c the time. i don't think it's the biggest problem. but said biggest problem. but you said earlier on that culture comes from when you've from the top. and when you've got this workplace, a professional workplace representing we representing all of us and we are paying for this facility to be pumping, for people to be pumping full of pumping themselves full of alcohol taxpayer's dime alcohol on a taxpayer's dime and then you then misbehaving. and didn't you say someone was say that someone was inappropriate to you? oh, yeah. no conference to depher no names. conference to depher olour—luollly- about that. well, luckily for you, the end of the you, it's almost the end of the program, but it's fantastic telling me a little story. ladies a lady ladies and gents, about a lady behaving inappropriately ladies and gents, about a lady beha\i1g inappropriately ladies and

now, we go back to westminster to listen in on this hearing. brute now, we go back to westminster to specific policies, but around speaking up. so, we train our managers. _ speaking up. so, we train our managers, we have specific training for our— managers, we have specific training for our managers, to make sure that they know— for our managers, to make sure that they know how to handle complaints if they— they know how to handle complaints if they come into them directly. obviously, our hr staff are continually trained in that, and my legal— continually trained in that, and my legal team — continually trained in that, and my legal team also are trained on a regular— legal team also are trained on a regular basis in what to do if complaints come in. we brought in a director— complaints come in. we brought in a director of— complaints come in. we brought in a director of corporate compliance and ethics _ director of corporate compliance and ethics two _ director of corporate compliance and ethics two years ago to oversee this entire _ ethics two years ago to oversee this entire progr

these are hollow i words, this is westminster summed up.we should do, and they apologise but they don't show action. we don't have access anywhere, we don't have voices. they are the silent part of society, that they feel that, oh, sorry, is acceptable. it is not acceptable, we don't have a voice, i am her voice and they don't listen. they are listening to music, obviously, not listening to those who need change. they can make change when it suits them, they can't make change when it suits us. andrew, briefly, is there anything that party, that the government, could say or do now that would make you feel any forgiveness about this video and about the behaviour shown in it? ~ . ., video and about the behaviour shown init? n ., ~., video and about the behaviour shown init? ., ~ ., video and about the behaviour shown init? ., . ., ., in it? action. what we saw a stopidity. — in it? action. what we saw a stopidity. that _ in it? action. what we saw a stupidity, that happens. - in it? action. what we saw a | stupidity, that happens. this in it?

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.ilitary following the wagner group's mutiny last week. a senior general who had previously supported the wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin, has not been seen since saturday morning, when the short—lived coup attempt began. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has more. if you're the president and you faced mutiny, what you really want are public displays of adoration. "we are with you, we'll support you," she says, at this moscow event. vladimir putin liked that. and look what happened last night. putin mobbed in dagestan in the south of russia. very un—putin like, this, getting up close and personal with people. good timing, though. a few days ago, it was the wagner mercenaries being cheered, including their leader, yevgeny prigozhin, as they ended their rebellion. state tv went into overdrive about putin. "even rock stars don't get this treatment," she says. this is a turbo—charged putin we are seeing suddenly. he's here, he's there, he's everywhere trying to show he's super popular

return to westminster, saying no — could return to westminster, saying he could— could return to westminstercktracking on its economic plan to spend 28 piiiien— economic plan to spend 28 piiiien a— economic plan to spend 28 billion a year— economic plan to spend 28 billion a year on new green jobs ani— billion a year on new green jobs and technologies— billion a year on new green jobs and technologies .— billion a year on new green jobs and technologies . rachel reeves, and technologies. rachel reeves, the and technologies. rachel reeves, rne snaiew— and technologies. rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, insists cowo— the shadow chancellor, insists covio anar— the shadow chancellor, insists covid that labour would look to ramp— covid that labour would look to ramp-green— covid that labour would look to ramp green investment ramp up green investment but pianei— ramp up green investment but blamed-tories— ramp up green investment but blamed-tories for- ramp up green investment but blamed tories for the sharp blamed the tories for the sharp ii—rarn. — blamed the tories for the sharp ii—rarn. s

mark ustuu— westminster sex pests? mark dolan tonight— westminster sex pests? in reports as sunak khan from high wycombe in buckinghamshire. both died in the incident which involved ten swimmers a sightseeing boat named the dorset belle has been impounded by police . a man has impounded by police. a man has been charged after allegedly wearing a shirt to the fa cup final yesterday, which appeared to have an offensive reference to have an offensive reference to the hillsborough disaster. 33 year old james white from warwickshire has been charged with displaying threatening or abusive writing and is expected to appear at willesden magistrates court next week. 97 liverpool fans died in 1989 at the hillsborough stadium in sheffield . authorities in india sheffield. authorities in india say a signal failure was likely responsible for the country's worst train crash in decades . worst train crash in decades. 275 people were killed in the accident and another 1200 were injured when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train before derailing and striking a second

mark noton— westminster sex pests? mark dolan tonight— westminster sex pests? they are heartbroken and devastated. joe abbas from southampton and a 12 year old girl named in reports as sunak khan from high wycombe in buckinghamshire. both died in the incident which involved ten swimmers a sightseeing boat named the dorset belle has been impounded by police . a man has impounded by police. a man has been charged after allegedly wearing a shirt to the fa cup final yesterday, which appeared to have an offensive reference to have an offensive reference to the hillsborough disaster. 33 year old james white from warwickshire has been charged with displaying threatening or abusive writing and is expected to appear at willesden magistrates court next week. 97 liverpool fans died in 1989 at the hillsborough stadium in sheffield . authorities in india sheffield. authorities in india say a signal failure was likely responsible for the country's worst train crash in decades . worst train crash in decades. 275 people were killed in the accident and another 1200 were injured

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