jonathan, we are all told before ourflights, sit jonathan amos. jonathan, we are all told before our flights, sit back, relax and enjoy the flight. do you think those are the final instructions from jeff bezos to those four astronauts?- instructions from jeff bezos to those four astronauts? well, he shook the _ those four astronauts? well, he shook the hand _ those four astronauts? well, he shook the hand of _ those four astronauts? well, he shook the hand of everybody i those four astronauts? well, he shook the hand of everybody as | those four astronauts? well, he - shook the hand of everybody as they got in the capsule. i'm sure they are excited. i know when i go on an aeroplane, i have slightly sweaty hands when we head down the runway. i wouldn't be surprised if the four individuals on top of this rocket have slightly sweaty hands at the moment. but injust have slightly sweaty hands at the moment. but in just a few minutes, they will get a big kick in the backside, as this rocket lifts off the pad here in west texas, and they will climb, clim

isn’t labour shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth.— jonathan ashworth. isn't it the truth is that _ jonathan ashworth. isn't it the truth is that it _ jonathan ashworth. isn't it the truth is that it is _ jonathan ashworth. isn't it the truth is that it is stalling? - jonathan ashworth. isn't it the l truth is that it is stalling? many people — truth is that it is stalling? many people haven't even been invited for a booster— people haven't even been invited for a boosterjab, and on current trends you want— a boosterjab, and on current trends you want complete the booster programme until march 2022. instead of doing _ programme until march 2022. instead of doing hundred and 65,000 jobs a day, will— of doing hundred and 65,000 jobs a day, will the minister that a commitment to do 500 jobs a day and -et commitment to do 500 jobs a day and get this— commitment to do 500 jobs a day and get this programme complete by christmas? 50, get this programme complete by christmas? ., �* , get this programme complete by christmas?— christmas? so, labour'

jonathan toebbe had been working in the navy between 2012 and was active until 2017. he thought he might get caught doing this so he did have his passport and some cash ready in order to be extracted, but in fact he was caught by the fbi before he could escape for attempted espionage, detained under the atomic energy act. so of course he is innocent until proven guilty and he will appear in court with his wife for the first time on tuesday. let's now take a look at some other stories in the headlines. 16 people have died in a plane crash in russia nearly 1000 kilometres east of moscow. a further six people who were on board the light aircraft were rescued, with serious injuries, and have been taken to hospital. the plane, owned by a local flying club, crashed soon after take—off. most of those on board were members of a parachute team. state media in yemen say that six people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the city of aden. it's understood that a convoy accompanying the local governor and a government minister was targeted. both men are reported to have su

jonathan toebbe, with lots of access to secrets of the navy, wrote a letter in april 2020. let's show you that letter. this arrived in a foreign country with a package, sent to a foreign government. it said. now, that package was actually passed to the fbi in this we do not know what the signals were that were sent, but allegedly they agreed to do drop—offs of this information where they would be present but they would leave them in items such as the peanut butter sandwich, for which he got $20,000 in return so that he would give the password to the fbi. they did a second one in a chewing gum wrapper. the third one on the saturday, they caught him and his wife. she is a teacher in america, teaching humanities, and she was acting as the lookout for these drop—offs, allegedly. $20,000 for a summit, i thought my lunch was extravagant. what were the secrets that they managed to get out, if any? they were on the way to finding out about the designs of nuclear powered warships. these are the type of warships that can go silently in the water and propel themselves so fast that

, thank you. jonathan blake - will be longer term gain. jonathan, thank you. jonathan blake they'rel thank you. jonathan blake they're reporting from westminster. up to 50 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque during friday prayers in northern afghanistan. the islamic state group said it carried out the attack on the building in kunduz city. it's one of the bloodiest since the taliban took the capital kabul in august. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani reports. fear and panic once again in afghanistan. injured victims of the blast are rushed to hospital. translation: there were so many people who were injured. _ hardly anyone was unhurt. most of those who were sitting there were killed. it's terrible. the local branch of the islamic state group isk said it had targeted members of the shia minority. isk is much less powerful than their rivals, the taliban, but has a history of devastating attacks in afghanistan. in august more than 150 people were killed at a bombing outside kabul airport. explosion. in recent weeks is has also launched dozens of smaller attacks

my thanks to ruth and jonathan ford are questions. now from the journalists, thank you for coming —— ruth and jonathan, for their questions. sophie from bbc news? jonathan, for their questions. sohie from bbc news? ,, sophie from bbc news? reporter: nhs oraanisations sophie from bbc news? reporter: nhs organisations had _ sophie from bbc news? reporter: nhs organisations had said _ sophie from bbc news? reporter: nhs organisations had said they _ sophie from bbc news? reporter: nhs organisations had said they are _ organisations had said they are right at the edge of what they can manage now, given your own measure is unsustainable pressure on the nhs in order to bring in restrictions, isn't it time to do so? and a question for professor powis, do you believe these nhs organisations when they say they are right at the edge, is this not unsustainable? first they say they are right at the edge, is this not unsustainable?— is this not unsustainable? first of all, i is this not unsustainable? first of all. i think— is this not uns

katie prescott, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake is here. businesses are saying they want the government to help and intervene. what can the government do? i don't aet what can the government do? i don't net the what can the government do? i don't get the sense — what can the government do? i don't get the sense they _ what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are _ what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are on _ what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are on any - what can the government do? i don't get the sense they are on any major. get the sense they are on any major intervention here. there are more talks in the coming days as they work out possible measures, possible steps to take. as for what that could be, the sorts of things industry is asking for, a possible subsidisation of wholesale energy costs in the short term, a price cap for business in the long term, those are expensive measures that the government is being expected to take. while they are not been ruled out, i would expect any

blake, or should put in place. jonathan blake. thank — or should put in place. jonathan blake, thank you. _ the united states detained more than 1.7 million migrants along its border with mexico in the year to september, and the number of arrests soared to the highest level ever recorded in a single year. no question immigration is president biden's biggest headache. he promised during the transition a more humane policym but it would be a cautious approach. well, they are short of that. but his record and the policies they've enacted are sure become a majorfocus in the next year's midterm elections. i'm joined now by former department of homeland security spokesperson, david lapan, in washington. nice to have you with us. they skyrocketed, let's be frank, in the months after resident biden took office. what changed?— months after resident biden took office. what changed? well, most of what changed _ office. what changed? well, most of what changed is _ office. what changed? well, most of what changed is the _ office. what changed? well, most of what changed is the migration - what

well, jonathan toebbe had been working in the navy between 2012 and was active until 2017. between 2012 and was active until2017. he between 2012 and was active until 2017. he thought he might get caught doing this, so he did have his passport and some cash ready in order to be extracted, but in fact he was caught by the fbi before he could escape or attempted espionage, detained under the atomic energy act. so because he is innocent until proven guilty and he will appear in court with his wife, for the first time, on tuesday. one last brief— first time, on tuesday. one last brief question. - first time, on tuesday. one last brief question. what i last brief question. what happened to the sandwich? i think we will have to find something to hide in their of significant importance later. they will leave you to take over. thank you very much, mark labelle. still to come: so just sojust mourn so just mourn the loss of biodiversity is risking global supply chains. —— scientists warned the loss. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the ma

jonathan, thank you. remembering: powell- black americans. jonathan, thank you. remembering: powell who. black americans. jonathan, thank. you. remembering: powell who has died at the age of 84. a bronze disc, believed to be the world's oldest map of the stars, is to go on display at the british museum in the new year. the nebra sky disc, discovered in germany in 1999, is understood to be more than 3,500 years old. it measures around 30 centimetres, with gold symbols representing the sun, moon and stars which are thought to have been objects of worship. when a man in surrey received a fine for driving in a bus lane in bath in somerset more than 100 miles away, he assumed it was a mistake. but when david knight from dorking looked at the photographic evidence, he couldn't even find a car in the picture. jon kay takes up the story. we got this through the door. laughing. it's not often you can laugh at a parking ticket but paula and dave knight can't stop chuckling. because when they looked closely at the penalty notice they were sent from bath, they spotted a mist

jonathan beale is here now. jonathan, this was a wide—ranging interview. what did admiral richard say about the reports today — that north korea fired a missile into the sea of japan? i asked him about that in he would not go into details but it underlined the need for deterrence in the region and they have 20,000 troops in south korea and it protects south korea with its nuclear umbrella. i think the big worry he has his china and if you talk any us military commander, they talk any us military commander, they talk any us military commander, they talk a lot about china and this comesjust talk a lot about china and this comes just after talk a lot about china and this comesjust after a talk a lot about china and this comes just after a day when there was a report that china had used a long—range hypersonic missile. he would not confirm or deny that china had in fact used to hypersonic missile and in fact, china has denied it but a lot of experts believe they did use a hypersonic missile and this is of concern because with the us is seeing is the modern

it began in april last year when jonathan - little surprising. it began in april last year when jonathan offered l little surprising. it began in april i last year when jonathan offered to sale restricted data concerning the design of nuclear powered warships to an unnamed foreign power. he wrote, i apologise for this poor translation into your language. the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was passed the letter which had a return address in pennsylvania, and used encrypt e—mail to smoke the centre out. after a sweetener of $10,000 in crypto currency and a further diplomatic gesture to win trust, jonathan bit. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data injune at a secret location with his wife, a humanities teacher, on the lookout. they're a data card was fed into a peanut butter sandwich for which he received a further $20,000. in august a further drop off in eastern virginia involving a chewing gum package and a $70,000 payoff. finally the fbi panellist during a third drop—off in west virginia on saturday. —— the fbi pounced.

jonathan beale, bbc news. joining me now is afghanistan veteran andy reid who in october 2009 was blown up by a taliban improvised explosive device while on patrol in helmand province, he was injured so badly that it was thought he would not survive. thank you very much for talking to us. who are you thinking about today? us. who are you thinking about toda ? . ~' ,. us. who are you thinking about toda ? ., ,, y., , us. who are you thinking about toda ? ., , . us. who are you thinking about toda ? ., ,, , . ., today? thank you very much. i am 'ust today? thank you very much. i am just thinking _ today? thank you very much. i am just thinking about _ today? thank you very much. i am just thinking about some - today? thank you very much. i am just thinking about some friends . today? thank you very much. i am | just thinking about some friends of mine who did pay the ultimate sacrifice with regards to my regiment and guys any regiment i served with when i was over there. how are you marking today? i am 'ust rela

jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan blake, our political correspondent. let's speak now to sir peter fahy. he's a former chief constable of greater manchester police. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the question occupying so many people right now, how do you protect mps on democracy, people's access to those mps, while at the same time effectively identifying and stopping threats. threats which are ever more present because of social media? yes, absolutely. clearly there will be quite a bit of focus on the prevent programme. which was put in place after thejuly the prevent programme. which was put in place after the july the 7th bombings, when we realised a lot of the threats were coming from inside the threats were coming from inside the country. this suspect was referred at some point. it is like any other programme which is put in place to try and deter young people from getting involved in knife crime or drugs, gangs, you know, it is voluntary and it will have its successes and it will have people who

for the morning, jonathan. so we are hearing all these headline figures, but what is the reality behind them? the reality is that the government has basically gone back to its policy pre—pandemic, which is to listen to the advice of the independent pay review bodies when setting pay for millions of public sector workers. while there was a kind of reasonable argument to hold down public sector pay growth during the kind of main part of the pandemic itself, when there were lots of problems in the labour market for private sector workers, it seems a fairly sensible and not overwhelmingly surprising move for the government that will clearly lead to some increases in public sector pay. lead to some increases in public sector pay-— lead to some increases in public sector a. ., . , sector pay. ok, there are concerns now about _ sector pay. ok, there are concerns now about inflation, _ sector pay. ok, there are concerns now about inflation, real— sector pay. ok, there are concerns now about inflation, real concer

jonathan van tam there, talking to dan rowen. to cricket now — and scotland are closing in on qualification for the super 12s stage of the men's t20 world cup. they beat papua new guinea by 17 runs to make it two wins from two in their qualifiers, after their opening day victory over bangladesh. joe wilson has this report. having excelled by beating bangladesh at the weekend, scotland had a different challenge in the desert of oman. proud opponents. ritchie barrington, 13 years of scotland international, hit three sixes. scotla nd scotland international. and it seemed feasible. when barrington was up first 17, they lost energy. 165 — good total, but psg were relieved it wasn't more. they attacked with the bat and did not work. whose hand grabbed that catch? ritchie barrington's. scotland took five quick wickets, but then they played a defiant ending. it kept things on the edge. and to his fury, they deflected the ball for the wicket. in the end, 140 all—out. scotland's record, ioo%. joe wilson, bbc news. well, if scotland b

maggie, the vaccines minister was at the - vaccines minister was at the dispatch box today answering jonathan ashworth's emergency question. but apart from that, she's not been that visible, sometimes that can be down to people in departments deciding which minister gets put up for things. what do you make of the front of the paper? this is incredibly — make of the front of the paper? ti 3 is incredibly concerning, and is like hospitals — as you said, it depends on where in the country you are, but hospitals are struggling or will potentially be struggling to cope with this big surge in demand. this isn't only covid, but covid will potentially put a huge amount of pressure on the nhs. we are seeing infection rates hit 50,000 for the first time since the end of lockdown, and whilst the vaccination programme means things look slightly better, the numbers of people who are dying is also increasing. and i think one of the things that we've learned over the past year and a half is that it's no good acting late, which is what the government seems to do quite often. sol late, which is what the g

jonathan, _ themselves safe. difficult dilemmas for mps. jonathan, we _ themselves safe. difficult dilemmas for mps. jonathan, we will- themselves safe. difficult dilemmas for mps. jonathan, we will be - themselves safe. difficult dilemmas for mps. jonathan, we will be back. for mps. jonathan, we will be back with you shortly, for more tributes to sir david which will begin in the house of commons at half past 3. we are now going to talk more about the earthshot prize which aims to recognise innovative solutions to climate change. i of the winners was costa rica. joining me is costa rica's minister for environment and energy — andrea meza—murillo. thank you so much for being with us. tell us about what you are doing is a relatively small nation to try and fight climate change, especially in terms of forestation?— fight climate change, especially in terms of forestation? thank you. you have pronounced _ terms of forestation? thank you. you have pronounced my _ terms of forestation? thank you. you have pronounced my name _ terms of forestation? thank you. you have pro

it began in april last year, when us navy nuclear engineer jonathan toebbe offered to sell restricted data concerning the design of nuclear—powered warships to an unnamed foreign power. he wrote... but the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was passed the letter, which had a return address in pennsylvania and used encrypted e—mails to smoke the sender out. after a sweetener of $10,000 in cryptocurrency and a further diplomatic gesture to win trust, jonathan bit. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data injune at a secret location in west virginia with his wife, a humanities teacher, on the lookout. there, a data card was fed into a peanut butter sandwich, for which he received a further $20,000. then, in august, a further drop off in eastern virginia involving a chewing gum package and a $70,000 payoff. finally, the fbi pounced during a third drop off in west virginia on saturday. the secrets were up for sale on these nuclear—powered warships weeks after america agreed to sell similar secrets to the australians in an attempt to counter chinese influence in the asia—p

jonathan, thank you. with the nhs winter flu jab campaign under way, there�*s a warning about the risk of catching both flu and covid at the same time. early evidence suggests you are twice as likely to die if you become infected with both viruses. those eligible for a flu jab are being encouraged to get it as soon as possible. here�*s our health correspondent anna collinson. viruses are released into the air when people infected with flu or covid—19 breathe out, speak, sing or sneeze... as this latest nhs campaign video warns, this winter will bring with it other dangers, not just covid. after very little of the flu virus circulating last year, it�*s feared no immunity could result in tens of thousands of deaths in the coming months. then there is the threat of catching covid and flu at the same time. research shows those infected with both viruses are twice as likely to die, compared to covid alone. this is probably the first season where we will have significant amounts of covid circulating as

it began in april last year, when us navy nuclear engineer jonathan toebbe offered to sell restricted data concerning the design of nuclear—powered warships to an unnamed foreign power. he wrote... "i apologise for this poor translation into your language. "please forward this letter to your military "intelligence agency. i believe this information will be "of great value to your nation. this is not a hoax." but the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was passed the letter, which had a return address in pennsylvania and used encrypted e—mails to smoke the sender out. after a sweetener of $10,000 in cryptocurrency and a further diplomatic gesture to win trust, jonathan bit. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data injune at a secret location in west virginia with his wife, a humanities teacher, on the lookout. there, a data card was fed into a peanut butter sandwich, for which he received a further $20,000. then, in august, a further drop off in eastern virginia involving a chewing gum package and a $70,000 payoff. finally, the fbi pounced during a third drop off in west v

jonathan kent is the latest superhero to come out following versions of captain america, a command. a superman as we have never seen him before. john kent is coming out as bisexual. the creators say the man of steel has always stood for hope, truth and justice and now presents something more. when i was offered this job, now presents something more. when i was offered thisjob, i thought, if we will have a new superman for the dc universe, it feels like a missed opportunity. dc comics publisherjim lee said in a statement, we can be prouder to tell this important story. the comic isn't due to be released until november, but there has been plenty of reaction online already. been plenty of reaction online alread . ., , ., already. the reactions have been, honestly _ already. the reactions have been, honestly they - already. the reactions have been, honestly they have i already. the reactions have . been, honestly they have been overwhelmingly positive, which i wasn't quite expecting. yes, there is a lot of trolling online, but there are so many people reaching out in so many different l

we can now speak to jonathan mcdowell who is a space flight expert at the harvard—smithsonian center for astrophysics. thank you for coming on the programme. lots of people watching will say this is a big publicity stunt and it has clearly worked because we are all talking about it but william shatner clearly very emotional and lots of people watching pretty emotional as well. i watching pretty emotional as well. ~ , ., ., well. i think it is a great advert for— well. i think it is a great advert for blue - well. i think it is a great advert for blue origin. i well. i think it is a great - advert for blue origin. william shatner did not pay for his flight but there were to paying customers aboard. they need more and i think seeing william shatner�*s raw emotion and or at what he had experience has been helpful for the new advertising.- helpful for the new advertising. helpful for the new advertisinu. . ,. . , advertising. that is certainly true. advertising. that is certainly true- on _ advertising. that is certainly true. on the _ advertising. that is certainly true. on the spac

jonathan mcdowell there. researchers in the netherlands say they've developed a way to carry out injections without using needles. they've developed a laser called a �*bubble gun�* that fires droplets of liquid into the skin in a process said to be virtually painless. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. astrid nijsen is an actress and terrified of needles. so much so, she has had to seek therapy for a phobia that stretches back to her childhood. translation: it back to her childhood. translation: , ., translation: it started during ube . translation: it started during puberty- when _ translation: it started during puberty- when i _ translation: it started during puberty. when i see _ translation: it started during puberty. when i see a - translation: it started during puberty. when i see a needle . translation: it started during| puberty. when i see a needle or have to get a shot, ijust want to leave. i will tear the place down just to avoid getting a shot. but for astrid and millions of others like her, sa

will take a look at the front pages in the papers with our gusts, the former pensions minister and jonathan walker, political editor of the birmingham post and mail. first, the weather, with matt. good evening. slightly muggy and humid air overthe good evening. slightly muggy and humid air over the past few days is now on its way out and we have fresher air heading south behind this weather front, which you clear away from the south—east corner as we go through sunday afternoon. icy does mean tonight will be colder out there compared to what we have been used to. there is cloud across the north of england towards wales in the north—west, patchy light rain or drizzle for a time, clearing away towards the south—east as we go into the morning. temperatures underneath, you can see by the orange colours in double figures, but either side into single figures and here we could see mist and fog on sunday morning. overall, sunday is not looking bad, a pleasant day, many places will be dry, cloudy in the south. high pressure building then and there is the weather front pushing across the southâ

our guests this evening are the former anschutz minister ros altmann, jonathan walker, the political editor of the birmingham post and mail. now for a look at the weather with matt taylor. good evening. if you got caught in some rain, it was a weather front that will bring something cool in the next few days. it will push its way southwards and eastwards and underneath that temperatures will not drop much. still sitting in double figures, with some drizzle. either side, a fresh start to tomorrow. some mist and fog patches around. any early sunshine in kent will be taken away and largely cloudy until the end of the afternoon. after a cloudy start in some areas, it will brighten up later. a scattering of showers in the northern half of scotland, winds may be touching 40mph in orkney and shetland. but mostly a dry afternoon and pleasant for much of england and wales, and temperatures down to what we have seen recently, but still not faring too badly. ia to 20 for the vast majority. the week ahead should be mainly dry, but it will feel cooler. this is bbc news, the headlines... chancello

jonathan amos, bbc news. the queen's baton relay for the 2022 commonwealth games in birmingham has officially launched from buckingham palace was top just over nine months until the start of competition, the queen oversaw the start of the bat on's 90,000 milejourney queen oversaw the start of the bat on's 90,000 mile journey to all 72 nations and territories of the commonwealth, carrying a message that will be read out at the opening of the games on the 28th ofjuly. earlier my colleague spoke tojohn crabtree, the chair of the 2022 commonwealth games organising committee, and dame louise martin, president of the commonwealth games federation about the significance of the event. it federation about the significance of the event. , , ., , ., the event. it is unbelievable to believe we _ the event. it is unbelievable to believe we are _ the event. it is unbelievable to believe we are actually - the event. it is unbelievable to believe we are actually here i the event. it is unbelievable to i believe we are actual

our guestsjoining me tonight are the former pensions minister ros altmann and jonathan walker, who's the political editor of the birmingham post and mail. the education secretary has committed to tackling persistent pupil absences "head on", describing it as a "key priority". in a speech to head teachers this afternoon, nadhim zahawi said disadvantaged children lose out most from not being in school. ahead of the spending review later this month, he pledged to invest "record sums" in children's education. we must really close the gap, the disadvantage gap and do the best buy every sigel child, by focusing on the outcome for every single child. that means mental health must be better understood, and support provided where it is needed. i want us to pull wellbeing and put it at the centre of everything we do in schools, alongside a drive for rigorous standards and high performance. but of course we cannot do this if children are not at school, so another key priority for me will be getting to the root of what is causing children not to be at school and to be persistently absent, and th

it began in april last year, when us navy nuclear engineer jonathan toebbe offered to sell restricted data concerning the design of nuclear—powered warships to an unnamed foreign power. he wrote... "i apologise for this poor translation into your language. "please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency. i believe this information will be "of great value to your nation. this is not a hoax." but the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was passed the letter, which had a return address in pennsylvania and used encrypted e—mails to smoke the sender out. after a sweetener of $10,000 in cryptocurrency and a further diplomatic gesture to win trust, jonathan bit. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data injune at a secret location in west virginia with his wife, a humanities teacher, on the lookout. there, a data card was fed into a peanut butter sandwich, for which he received a further $20,000. then, in august, a further drop off in eastern virginia involving a chewing gum package and a $70,000 payoff. finally, the fbi pounced during a third drop off in west vi

jonathan blake and westminster. _ chris page is in belfast. what are the people of northern ireland want from these talks? weill. ireland want from these talks? well, there are two — ireland want from these talks? well, there are two dimensions _ ireland want from these talks? well, there are two dimensions to - ireland want from these talks? -ii there are two dimensions to the protocol in northern ireland itself. one practical, the other political. 0ne practical, the other political. when it comes to the practical side of things, that is mainly about the businesses who have suffered a degree of disruption, particularly companies who have in the past at least got most of their supplies in england, scotland and wales. they say they found certainly that has become much more difficult, some companies have stopped delivering to northern ireland altogether because of the extra paperwork and checks which mean it is too much hassle. those businesses will say fundamentally, what they need is the checks happening here and the likes of belfast port to

evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are the former pensions minister ros altman and jonathan walker who's the political editor of the birmingham post and mail. the education secretary has vowed to tackle persistent pupil absences "head on", describing it as a "key priority". in a speech to head teachers this afternoon, nadhim zahawi said disadvantaged children lose out most from not being in school. ahead of the spending review later this month, he pledged to invest "record sums" in children's education we must really close the gap, the disadvantage gap. and do the best by every single child by focusing on the outcome for everything a child. and that means mental health must be better understood and support provided where it is needed. i want us to put well—being at the centre of everything we do in schools, alongside a drive for rigorous standards and high performance. but of course, we can't do this if children are not at school. so, another key priority for me will be getting to the root of what is causing children not to be at school and to be persistently absent and th

we are continuing with our interview with the shadow health secretary jonathan ashworth. sorry to interrupt you. the officials suffered from groupthink, the report says. that's an interesting phrase. in a situation like this, pretty unparalleled i would say in the uk, do you think there is an excuse for a groupthink or in government should there be voices if they disagree with the majority who are cutting through and saying, i think we are out to be doing something different here? does that phrase try to absolve any individuals from responsibility? the absolve any individuals from responsibility?— absolve any individuals from responsibility? absolve any individuals from resonsibili ? , , responsibility? the buck stops with the prime minister _ responsibility? the buck stops with the prime minister and _ responsibility? the buck stops with the prime minister and is _ responsibility? the buck stops with the prime minister and is his - the prime minister and is his responsibility to ask the urgent questions of the advice he is receiving from sage and to make a judgment bec

as jewellers jonathan of those viewersjoin me now. as jewellersjonathan munro, bbc deputy director of news. carolyn, can i start with you. what did you object to with that news coverage? basically, ifelt it to with that news coverage? basically, i felt it was a bit of a nonstory that was built up to the point where people started saying, don't panic. if we have learned anything

jonathan beale is here now. especially timely with north korea firing a missile into the waters of japan. ile firing a missile into the waters of ja tan. ., . ., japan. he did not confirm the details of _ japan. he did not confirm the details of that _ japan. he did not confirm the details of that but _ japan. he did not confirm the details of that but it - japan. he did not confirm the details of that but it has - japan. he did not confirm the| details of that but it has been reported that north korea fired a ballistic missile possibly from a submarine, that is not certain. admiral richard said it underlined the need for deterrence and the us has 28,000 troops in south korea. it covers south korea with its nuclear umbrella of which admiral richard is in charge and they often have a show of force with strategic bombers going into the region and they have us carrier groups in the region as well. the biggest concern for us command at the moment is china, which is a potential adversary, and notjust north korea laun

our science correspondent, jonathan amos joins us now. how envious were you when you saw this's i was pretty, supportive, jealous. this's i was pretty, supportive, 'ealous. , ., jealous. yet, will he gets a free trip because — jealous. yet, will he gets a free trip because he _ jealous. yet, will he gets a free trip because he is _ jealous. yet, will he gets a free trip because he is a _ jealous. yet, will he gets a free trip because he is a fan - jealous. yet, will he gets a free trip because he is a fan of- jealous. yet, will he gets a free trip because he is a fan of starl trip because he is a fan of star trek and this is where the heroes of his childhood. if you want to go, you'll have to pay a big price. it is very interesting to see shatner there. he was tears afterwards. you speak to astronauts who have been up there in the talk about the overview effect, this idea did when he looked on planet earth and they see the curvature of the planet, and this is the black of space in the blue of the black of space in the blue of the atmosp

here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad, in an attempt to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now, the government's going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. having some additional capacity, right now, i think everybody agrees is a good idea. this is a quick way of doing it. it doesn't require visas to do. people are already here. so, it'sjust a common—sense measure at these times. it's hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that while it might take the pressure off in the run—up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals. pig farming is another sector that's been strugglin

let's speak to jonathan ball, professor of molecular virology at the university of nottingham. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. let's talk about the sage minutes first of all and to what extent do you agree with these scientists that the government really should get ready to impose restrictions and protections if needed? i restrictions and protections if needed? ~ , restrictions and protections if needed? ,, , , , needed? i think being prepared is very important- — needed? i think being prepared is very important. in _ needed? i think being prepared is very important. in the _ needed? i think being prepared is very important. in the past, - needed? i think being prepared is very important. in the past, we i needed? i think being prepared is i very important. in the past, we have been _ very important. in the past, we have been very— very important. in the past, we have been very much _ very important. in the past, we have been very much call— very important. in the past, we have been very much call out _ very important. in the past, we have been very mu

jonathan blake, bbc news. one area seeing a sharp rise in covid cases is suffolk, which saw 4,265 cases recorded in the seven days to the 16th of october — an increase of almost 600 cases compared with the previous week. now the council says it's introducing rules after half term, that say staff and secondary school pupils will have to wear masks in communal areas outside the classroom, unless exempt. suffolk county council's director of public health explained why they made the decision. we know about 51% of our cases are under 19 so two or three weeks ago we brought in some measures which meant that if a school had an outbreak and a child had an outbreak and a a sibling, we asked them to stay at home for three days and take a pcr test and that helped to reduce numbers. ultimately we are in a position where we have some of the highest rates in suffolk and the wider county and we are seeing cases start to increase in parents of children and people over 60 so it is about working out what works locally to keep

jonathan beale, bbc news. detectives are appealing for the public�*s help. 15—year—old andreea was last seen on friday, 1st october at her home in canterbury, kent. her cousin, 16—year—old izabela, was last seen on sunday, 3rd october in harrow, west london. if you have seen this girl, please contact the police as soon as possible. the first ever audit which will find out the number of people in england, with secondary breast cancer, is set to go ahead. funded by nhs england, charities and patients have campaigned for 10 years for data to be gathered, as it's vitalfor the planning of services and support. lisa fleming is the founder of make 2nds count, and shejoins me now. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. i think we need to go back to basics here. what do we mean by secondary breast cancer? thank you for having me. secondary breast— thank you for having me. secondary breast cancer is when the primary breast— breast cancer is when the primary breast cancer is when the primary bre

navy nuclear engineer jonathan two offered to sell restricted data concerning the design of nuclear powered warship to an unnamed foreign power. he wrote two... but the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was past the letter which had a return address in pennsylvania and used encrypted e—mails to smoke the sender out. after a sweetener of the $10,000 in crypto currency and a further diplomatic gesture to win trustjonathan bit. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data injune at a secret location in west virginia with his wife, a humanities teacher on the lookout. they are a data card was fed into a peanut butter sandwich for which he received a further $20,000. then in august a further $20,000. then in august a further drop off in chewing gum package at a $70,000 payoff. finally the fbi pounced during a third drop off in west virginia on saturday. these secrets were up for sale on these nuclear powered warships weeks after america agreed to sell similar secrets to the australians in an attempt to counter chinese influence in the asia—pacific region. but no more as this by who ha

margaret's church for us now and jonathan, we heard so much tributes and i'd say i was struck by the level of fondness that there was, notjust from the conservative benches, but is so striking is that so many people called them his friend, called him theirfriend right across the political spectrum. it was striking. we see a lot of the confrontation here westminster, a lot of disagreement and debate but sometimes gets a little bit unpleasant, but there was nothing but affection and nothing but respect from across the house of commons this weekend and that special session led by the prime minister who described sir david amess as a kind and decent man who had strongly held beliefs but nothing but respect for those who disagreed with them. it was a surprise all around the prime minister confirmed that south bend would be granted city status in memory of sir david amess serve the constituency for so many years it is many people have said, there's really no more fitting tribute. people saw him is notjust a colleague but a friend, two of those who also constituencies nearby to further davi

jonathan kent, the son of clark and lois lane, will share a kiss with a budding journalist. courtney bembridge reports. a superman as we've never seen him before. dc comics say the son of clark kent and lois lane, jon kent, is coming out as bisexual. the creators say the man of steel has always stood for hope, truth and justice and now represents something more. ~ ., , .,' , justice and now represents something more. ~ .,, .,' , .,, more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thou~ht, more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought. wen. i more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, weu. hi more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, well, if we i more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, well, if we are i more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, well, if we are going i more. when i was offered this job, i thought, well, if we are going to i thought, well, if we are going to have a new superman for the dc universe, it feels like a missed opportunity to have another straight white saviour. di: opportunity to have another straight white saviour.— white saviour. dc comics

jonathan blake, bbc news. iain watson, our political correspondent, is at westminster. let's pick up on that point. because these are effectively short—term measures, but the long term and mission of the government is to raise wages in this country to reduce the reliance on foreign workers. . , reduce the reliance on foreign workers. ., , ., , workers. that is right, that is the vision set out _ workers. that is right, that is the vision set out by _ workers. that is right, that is the vision set out by the _ workers. that is right, that is the vision set out by the prime - workers. that is right, that is the i vision set out by the prime minister just last week at the conservative party conference, high wage, high skill economy. but the government say they are in a bit of a transition period getting from a to b, from low skills and low wages. it is high wages for many of course in the hgv sector at the moment because of a labour shortage. but at the moment, the government proposes a consultation, another week before they decide definitely to go ahead with relaxing th

jonathan beale, bbc news. the biden administration has welcomed a judge's decision to block a near total ban on abortion in the us state of texas. the white house described it as an important step towards restoring constitutional rights for texan women. the court issued a temporary injunction to suspend the controversial law which prohibits abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. the judge described it as "an offensive deprivation of an important right." the state authorities have lodged an appeal. in a landmark decision last month, the conservative majority on the us supreme court agreed to let the us supreme court agreed to let the restrictions stand, resulting in protests right around the united states. thank you for your messages about your energy bills. this from john wilson smith, she says i am 73, i have had to go back to work to afford by electricity, i am all electric and have no choice and currently with only two small storage heaters, my bill is £5 per day. god only knows what it will be like

thank you to sian for your kind words and thank you to shun a - words and thank you to shun a jonathan — words and thank you to shun a jonathan for your leadership of the parix _ thank you both for leading us as we broke through into new areas all across the country helping others achieve record results in european and local elections.— and local elections. thank you for the many hours — and local elections. thank you for the many hours of _ and local elections. thank you for the many hours of zoom - and local elections. thank you for the many hours of zoom calls, . and local elections. thank you for - the many hours of zoom calls, media interviews _ the many hours of zoom calls, media interviews in — the many hours of zoom calls, media interviews in your living runs your work _ interviews in your living runs your work standing up to the tory government when there was near silence _ government when there was near silence from others. from our and from _ silence from others. from our and from all_ silence from others. from our and from all party members and supporters, a heartfe

more on this from jonathan blake. he had been suffering from lung cancer. yes, sad news to report that the james brokenshire the former cabinet minister has died, the news has come in a statement from his family which you mentioned and it confirms that with deep sadness they are mostly death of james brokenshire at the age of 53. they describe him as a brilliant government minister and the various roles he held, a couple and cabinet as secretary of state for housing and northern ireland, but more junior ministerial rules under david cameron. they describe him as a educated constituency mp, bexley and said cup for the past 11 years. and they describe him most importantly in the statement as a loving father to has three children, a devoted husband and faithful friend to so many. the statement goes on to say the family would like to thank all the family would like to thank all the nhs staff particularly those at guy's and st thomas in london who killed four gems with warmth and judgments and professionalism over the past three years and they would like to ask

let's go live to westminster this evening and to our political correspondent jonathan blake. worker shortages, gas prices, there is a whole host of different economic pressures on the government going into the winter. the government _ going into the winter. the government is _ going into the winter. the government is under - going into the winter. tie: government is under pressure going into the winter. tte: government is under pressure on a number of fronts, the industry urging government to intervene. labour accusing the prime minister of refusing to take responsibility for these problems. if you take the example of pig farmers which we saw in the report there, some in government are urging the prime minister to act and say this problem could be easily fixed by relaxing requirements around the english language for the visas which are needed for people to come in and fill the vacancies that are there and ease the backlog. the trouble is that would not sit right with boris johnson's big theme at the moment of making the uk economy less reliant on foreign labour. as one minist

if correspondent jonathan blake. if these correspondentjonathan blake. if these proposals turn out to be accurate, will the uk accept them? not as a final solution. they might welcome some of the ground the eu has given, some of the things they are suggesting which you outlined, changes to the proposal around fewer customs checks, the continuation of allowing chilled meats from great britain into northern ireland and beyond, and also some changes to regulation around medicines, to address potential difficulties there. but the red line that the uk has which the brexit minister, david frost, set out earlier this week, was that the adjudication of the european court ofjustice over disagreements which arise through the northern ireland protocol, as you heard, the conservative party chair 0liver dowden talking about, thatis chair 0liver dowden talking about, that is a problem and it needs to 90, that is a problem and it needs to go, in the uk's eyes. they see it as an overhang of britain's membership of the eu and something which allows the eu far too much po

jonathan beale, bbc news. the first sea lord and chief of the naval staff has been appointed as the new armed forces chief. admiral sir tony radakin will take over as chief of the defence staff from general sir nick carter at the end of november. his new responsibilities will include leading and setting strategy for defence, as well as conducting operations and maintaining relationships with other military leaders. ajudge in the us has given permission for prince andrew's lawyers to get access to a confidential document, which they believe will end a civil claim against him. virginia giuffre is pursuing a case against the duke of york, alleging she was the victim of sexual assault. prince andrew has always denied those allegations. our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani is here. how significant could this be? it could be significant. there's lots of caveats around that. going back, virginia guiffre, when she sued jeffrey epstein for sexual abuse, he settled that in 2009. we know from the documents in

carla denyer and adrian ramsay are now the co—leaders of the party — after jonathan bartley stood down, and sian berry chose not to seek re—election. tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled, if the government doesn't take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. that's the warning from farmers and farming unions, who are calling for more visas to be issued to allow skilled workers from mainland europe to enter the uk. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. pig farmers despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abattoirs. if mature pics can't be taken away it leads to overcrowding if mature pigs can't be taken away it leads to overcrowding on farms which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big retailers don't want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his pigs on his farm said he had been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association before brexit and the pandemic around 80% of the staff in two of the uk