great yasmin alibhai—brown. to have you both back. a q| look great to have you both back.es. "act fast or lose control within days," reads the front page of the times as a scientific adviser to the government warns that britain may be only a few days from losing control of coronavirus infections. "final virus warning" — another sombre headline on the frontpage of the mirror, with medics warning that a new coronavirus peak is inevitable within the coming months if improvements aren't made to the track—and—trace system. meanwhile, the paper says ministers are considering telling 4.5 million people to shield. the independent says the party's over, with a picture of revellers on the streets of soho ahead of a new law banning gatherings of more than six from tomorrow. meanwhile on the metro, the tale of a student who was fined £10,000 for organising a party that broke existing covid rules. he says he invited 25 people, but it's reported that more than 50 partygoers turned up to the house in lenton, nottingham. gps are being told that they must see patients "face—to—face", repor

to discuss those stories, our dateline panel — the british writer and broadcaster yasmin alibhai—brownchu from the los angeles times. and here in the studio with me, sanitised and safely distanced, the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent james landale. welcome to all of you and good to have you with us again. they've been changing the name plates in whitehall this week. out goes dfid, which since the days of tony blair had administered the aid budget. in comes a beefed—up foreign, commonwealth and development office. this is stage one of boris johnson's global britain, using the opportunity created by leaving the european union to forge a new, independent foreign policy. james, why does borisjohnson believe axing this department will enhance britain's diplomatic clout? this decision was driven by politics and policy. the politics was that this department was quite unpopular with large sections of the conservative party. the idea that it was wasting money and it was being spent on the wrong priorities that should be spent domestically at home, schools and hospitals and things like that. that

our reviewers joe twyman, the co—founder and director of deltapoll uk, and also the broadcaster yasmin alibhai—brownk at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. the weather is set to get quite a bit hotter across england and wales for the next day or two, but taking centre stage more recently has been this weather front stretching thousands of miles out into the atlantic. and that's been bringing some very heavy rain, some large rainfall totals building in across the highlands. we've had over 1a0 mm of rain recorded, bringing reports of some localised flooding. and we've had this landslide effect at the a83, at the rest and be thankful. looks like that route is going to be out of action for a little while. now, looking at the weather picture at the moment, we've still got some of the rain coming down in the highlands. the rain eventually is going to turn a little bit lighter and patchier, but nevertheless some spots of rain still around for the highlands, the hebrides, 0rkney and shetland as we start the day on monday. further south, a lot of drier weather. could be a few mist and fog patches in

with me arejoe twyman — the co—founder and director of deltapoll uk — and the broadcaster, yasmin alibhai—brown. first, a quick look through tomorrow's front pages. final virus warning — a sombre headline on the frontpage of the mirror, with medics warning that a new coronavirus peak is inevitable within the coming months if improvements aren't made to the track and trace system. meanwhile the paper says ministers are considering telling 4.5 million people to shield. the independent says the party's over — with a picture of revellers on the streets of soho ahead of a new lan banning gatherings of more than six from tomorrow. meanwhile, on the metro, the tale of a student who was fined £10,000 for organising a party that broke existing covid rules — he says he invited 25 people but it's reported that more than 50 partygoers turned up to the house in lenton, nottingham. gps are being told that they must see patients "face to face". reports the front page of the telegraph. the paper says a letter to every gp in the country, following growing concern that too many patients are "shut out" from surge

guestsjoining me tonight are joe twyman, co—founder and director of @deltapolluk, and the broadcaster yasmin alibhai—browny that represents care providers in england says the government's coronavirus testing regime has had serious problems. it comes just days after the department of health and social care wrote to care home providers, warning of a rise in new coronavirus infections within homes. the letter acknowledged it was mainly staff being affected, but also said some residents are testing positive too. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has more details. in care homes like this one in manchester, they have already had a long and exhausting fight against coronavirus. in april, they lost nine residents. but with careful infection control like this and increased testing, they have managed to keep it out of the home over the summer. if there is a second wave, quick testing will be vital in identifying people without symptoms and keeping residents safe. but mark adams, who heads a charity that runs 18 uk care homes including this one, says in recent weeks they have had problems getting result

to discuss those stories, our dateline panel — the british writer and broadcaster yasmin alibhai—brown, the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent james landale. welcome to all of you and good to have you with us again. they've been changing the name plates in whitehall this week. out goes dfid, which since the days of tony blair had administered the aid budget. in comes a beefed—up foreign, commonwealth and development office. this is stage one of boris johnson's global britain, using the opportunity created by leaving the european union to forge a new, independent foreign policy. james, why does borisjohnson believe axing this department will enhance britain's diplomatic clout? this decision was driven by politics and policy. the politics was that this department was quite unpopular with large sections of the conservative party. the idea that it was wasting money and it was being spent on the wrong priorities that should be