peter bowes on _ the american action. peter bowes on that _ the american action. peter bowes on that story - the american action. peter bowes on that story for - the american action. peter| bowes on that story for us. the american action. peter - bowes on that story for us. you can get much more on this story on our website. including a look at how china has been preparing for the winter olympics and its plan to let foreigners enter again in large numbers, something it has not been doing, you will remember, for some time now, evidence the pandemic began, in fact. head over to our website or download the bbc news app. in other headlines myanmar�*s military rulers are facing international condemnation, after the deposed civilian leader aung san suu kyi was given a four year prison sentence. she was convicted of inciting unrest and violating covid restrictions during last year's election campaign. state media said her sentence was reduced from four to two years after a partial pardon by the head of the militaryjunta. although she still faces further charges as our

peter, are you seeinr political point. peter, are you seeing other— political point. peter, are you seeing other countries - seeing other countries following suit with their own diplomatic boycotts. it is diplomatic boycotts. it is . uite diplomatic boycotts. it is quite possible _ diplomatic boycotts. it is quite possible neither i diplomatic boycotts. it 3 quite possible neither the united states is taken this stance, that others will follow suit. we are not looking at, a lot of people looking at this and making this point and a lot of people in the sporting road do not like the fact that the olympics are used in some senses as a political tool, but the point is being made that whatever action is taken politically or diplomatically by the united states are potentially other countries, it is not going to affect the nature of the games themselves in the sporting activities. although china clearly as you refer to are protesting distancing that the games should not be used to essentially make political points like this, i think manipulation was the expression that they

peter, with all due respect, _ implication here. peter, with all due respect, the - implication here. peter, with all due respect, the tribunal| all due respect, the tribunal was unofficial and has no legal binding or international law, china's we expected, has disputed the findings of the tribunal and what can happen now, given all of that? i think the purpose _ now, given all of that? i think the purpose of _ now, given all of that? i think the purpose of the _ now, given all of that? i think the purpose of the tribunal i the purpose of the tribunal was to fill a gap in the international law or courts for example do have legal standing like the icc, the icj where they are unwilling or unable to address issues like this. and these come up when crimes are being committed by governments like china, powerful governments against their own people whether there is a reticence for the international community to act. so, although one might argue that the tribunal may not have a legal standing, but it is very valuable, certainly is very val

indeed, dr peter hotez life must in _ you too. indeed, dr peter hotez life must in houston, _ you too. indeed, dr peter hotez life must in houston, texas. --| life must in houston, texas. —— live. let's get some of the day's other news. the un says 3 million people are in need of assistance in the philippines — among them, around a million children. it comes after typhoon rai devastated the country's south—eastern islands. many have lost everything and are heading into christmas unsure if they'll be able to feed their families. 11 people are now known to have died when a boat carrying migrants sank off a greek island in the early hours of friday morning. another 90 people have been rescued from the island of antikythera. a search and rescue operation is still continuing. two leading american tech firms — meta, which was formerly known as facebook, and google — have received huge fines by a court in moscow for repeatedly failing to delete content russia deems illegal. google was fined $98 million, meta was fined $27 mil

great to have you on the programme, peter. indonesia is the first stop on the trip, and the us and china have often seen southeast asia as a crucial battle ground for regional security. what's the point of mr blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying _ blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying to — blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying to bring _ blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying to bring southeast i certainly trying to bring southeast asia closer to the us. the american grand strategy for managing the rise of china has shifted from the trump years into trying to encourage allies to get closer to the us. but there's a couple problems with that from a southeast asian viewpoint — one is from the american way of looking at things, northeast asia is the set centre of gravity, and northeast asia on the indian border... but secondly and more importantly, is that while the asian nations wish to be known as trustworthy and reliable, they like to chart a middle course betw

our north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now from los angeles, peter, always get debbie on the programme. we talked a while ago about the fact that this diplomatic boycott was coming. athletes can still go but what signal does this diplomatic boycotts send? i still go but what signal does this diplomatic boycotts send? i think the sianal diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the united _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the united states i diplomatic boycotts send? i think| the signal is the united states are not backing down over its long—held belief that they should be held accountable over human rights abuses, oppression over the uighur muslims and there has been considerable pressure in washington on the white house from both parties, the democrats and republicans and there's been support that the us should be taking this stance and they should not be heading to the olympics — partisan support. to a large extent, it is nothing on the scale

further south, peters out through the night. furthersouth, it's peters out through the night. further south, it's going to be a misty and foggy start. a milder start, but that is certainly worth bearing in mind if you are up and travelling to see friends and family first thing on christmas eve. the fog will gradually turn into low crowd. the rain easing into scotland. the same time, down into the south—west, northern ireland, wales and south—west england, we will see wetter and increasingly windy weather developing by the end of christmas eve afternoon. mild to the south, the greatest chance of seeing some brightness, some sunshine. but cool into the far north—east of scotland. as we move out of christmas eve and into christmas day, as the weather front continues to push its way steadily northwards, once again we have still got the cold air sitting across the far north of scotland. on the leading edge, there could be a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow early on christmas day. that will ease away. it's going to be a pretty nondescript christmas day for most of us. a lot

that will continue, although it is tending to peter out. we could have several centimetres lying towards morning. and also, fog is going to be an issue for those travellers on friday morning — quite thick patches in places reducing the visibility — and that's because we've had a lot of mild and moist air move northwards during the day on thursday. still with us friday, but so too that cold air and where those weather fronts bump into the cold air, as i say, across scotland at the moment is where we are likely to see the snow, but that boundary may come further southwards into christmas day. so, several centimetres over the hills, relatively low levels — that's 100m or so. some fog, though, under the clearer skies further south where it's at least milder, but it's the light winds that we've got an issue with here. so, going through the day on friday, we've got that mild air with us, the fog issue slow to clear, and then our rain starts to sweep into the south—west across wales later. some drier weather — just drizzly rain for north

that will continue, although it is tending to peter out. we could have several centimetres lying towards morning. also fog is going to be an issue for those travellers on friday morning, quite thick patches in places, reducing the visibility, and that's because we've had a lot of mild and moist air move northwards during the day on thursday. still with us friday, but so too that cold air, and where those weather fronts bump into the cold air, as i say, across scotland at the moment is where we are likely to see the snow. but that boundary may come further southwards into christmas day. so, several centimetres over the hills, relatively low levels, that's100 metres or so, some fog though into the clearer skies further south where it's at least a milder, but it's the light winds that we've got an issue with here. so going through the day on friday, we've got that mild air with us, the fog issue slow to clear, and then our rain starts to sweep into the southwest across wales later. some drier weather, just drizzly rain for northern ireland, ou

that will continue, although it is tending to peter out. we could have several centimetres lying towards morning. and also, fog is going to be an issue for those travellers on friday morning — quite thick patches in places — reducing the visibility, and that's because we've had a lot of mild and moist air move northwards during the day on thursday. still with us friday, but so too that cold air and where those weather fronts bump into the cold air, as i say, across scotland at the moment is where we are likely to see the snow, but that boundary may come further southwards into christmas day. so, several centimetres over the hills, relatively low levels — that's 100m or so. some fog, though, into the clearer skies further south where it's at least milder, but it's the light winds that we've got an issue with here. so, going through the day on friday, we've got that mild air with us, the fog issue slow to clear, and then our rain starts to sweep into the south—west across wales later. some drier weather — just drizzly rain for north

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. teenage schoolgirls from across afghanistan have told the bbc of their growing desperation as they continue to be excluded from school more than three months after the taliban takeover. the taliban government ordered boys to return to secondary school in september, but made no mention of girls. as part of the bbc�*s 100 women series, sana safi has this report. a school classroom, suspended in time. on the board, an old physics lesson that may never be finished. this is what most girls high schools look like since the taliban took control. and it's having a devastating impact. we have spoken to dozens of teachers and girls across a third of afghanistan is provinces to understand how their lives have changed. translation: i am 16 years old, not being able to study feels like a death penalty. i wanted to become a surgeon but i am hopeless now. these days, i am doing nothing, iam hopeless now. these days, i am doing nothing, i am lost. translation: i am 17 years old, when i see my cloth

that will continue, although it is tending to peter out. we could have several centimetres lying towards morning. and also, fog is going to be an issue for those travellers on friday morning — quite thick patches in places reducing the visibility — and that�*s because we�*ve had a lot of mild and moist air move northwards during the day on thursday. still with us friday, but so too that cold air and where those weather fronts bump into the cold air, as i say, across scotland at the moment is where we are likely to see the snow, but that boundary may come further southwards into christmas day. so, several centimetres over the hills, relatively low levels — that�*s 100m or so. some fog, though, under the clearer skies further south where it�*s at least milder, but it�*s the light winds that we�*ve got an issue with here. so, going through the day on friday, we�*ve got that mild air with us, the fog issue slow to clear, and then our rain starts to sweep into the south—west across wales later. some drier weather — just d

peter storey recalling his friend the archbishop desmond tutu. west mercia police has issued a written apology to the family of the former premier league footballer dalian atkinson, who died from injuries he suffered while being arrested in telford in 2016. the ex—aston villa striker was kicked in the head and tasered by pc benjamin monk, who is now serving eight years for manslaughter. in a letter, the force's new chief constable, pippa mills, said a uniform doesn't "grant officers immunity" from the law. the number of shoppers in the uk looking for a boxing day high street bargain plummeted compared to pre—lockdown levels. footfall for the full day was 45% lower than in 2019 as many people shunned shops, according to retail experts springboard. the british retail consortium said many retailers would continue to see a boost in online trade amid fears of the spread of the omicron variant. let's get more on this with diane wehrle who is marketing and insights director for springboard. are these figures as you feared they would be?— they woul

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. well, earlier i spoke to us defence policy expert michael 0�*hanlon from the brookings institution and asked what his take was on this conversation between president biden and president putin. i think president biden had it mostly right, economic punishment would be the right response for europe, nato and canada in the event of a very unfortunate and i think unlikely russian attack on ukraine. i don�*t think we want to commit american or nato military forces to protect ukraine. it�*s not a nato member and we don�*t want to use our military forces all over the world in places that are important but still secondary importance. we cannot give putin a green light and i think he needs to know the punishment that would result from any attack would actually be much greater than the sanctions he suffered in the last seven years. the only thing i would have advocated is a little more specificity that perhaps we would actually help nato countries develop more energy alternatives to russ

but peter, you know, with all due respect, the tribunal was unofficial. it has no legal binding in international law. china, as we expected, has disputed the findings of the tribunal. what can happen now, given all of that? well, i think from the outset, the purpose of the tribunal was to fill a gap in international law, where courts, for example, to have legal standing like the icc, the icj, where they are unwilling or unable to address issues like this and these come up when crimes are being committed by governments like china — powerful governments against their own people — where there is a reticence for the international community to act. so, although one might argue that the tribunal�*s judgement may not have a legal standing as such, it is very valuable, certainly it is very valuable, certainly as a signal in the first body to whip this kind of evidence and it may have been international standing, does not have standing in law and some things that the international community should be doing based on these findings. what are some of those thin

do you remember how to make your blue peter—style nuclear missile? it was carpet rolls. it was much bigger than that. it was about ten foot long. the problem was that my mother had covered it with flowered wallpaper so it perhaps didn't have the psychological effects of the real nuclear weapon. i imagine that she's pretty much a straight talker like liz truss is, so did she say, "now you're foreign secretary, you better get rid of these weapons?" i think she knows my views. we've had many conversations about this in the past. i respect the fact that she's got different views from me, and she respects that i have different views. and that's a great thing about living in a free society with broad—minded parents. that's a very good description. one thing i didn't know, which i've learned since, is you were a republican. you were against her majesty, the queen. although it's fair to say that when i was in my youth, i was a professional controversialist and i liked exploring ideas. you said we do not believe in people who were born to rule? as i say, i think i was in my tee

professor peter 0penshaw, very good of you to speak to us. professor peter openshaw, very good of you to speak to us.— it's nearly a week since the philippines were hit by a typhoon — the strongest they've had this year. at least 375 people were killed and hundreds of thousands have been left without shelter. the red cross says there is "carnage" in many areas, with no power, no communications and very little water. one of the worst affected areas was the popular tourist island of siargao. from there, our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. devastation as far as the eye can see. super typhoon rai first made landfall here last thursday, packing winds in excess of 150 miles an hour and dumping huge quantities of rainfall. this dramatic footage captured the moment a new sports hall doubling as an evacuation centre was torn to shreds. there was no protection, there was no roof, there was no wall. we was literally lying down there. and the entire force of nature was bashing on us with full power, with full force. we had nothing ther

..as is peter dinklage in the new version of cyrano... the world will never accept someone like me. ..and kristen stewart, who plays princess diana in the fable from a true tragedy spencer. three days. that's it. i'm thrilled to report that there's also a lot of awards buzz around paul thomas anderson's licorice pizza, a nostalgic love story that has something of the crazy romantic charm of my favourite anderson movie, punch drunk love. do you know who i am? yeah. do you know who my girlfriend is? barbra streisand? barbra streis—and. sand. yeah, like sands, like the ocean... barbra streisand? no, streisand. sand. of course, as with every year, 2021 has also had its fair share of stinkers. back injanuary, we had stardust, a film about david bowie that featured neither the music, lyrics, wit, charm or sheer entertainment value of its subject. who or what is david bowie? a few months later, the dismal shoplifters of the world came to uk streaming services, garlanded in praise from morrissey, which made sense because this preposterous fanbo

peter, thank you so much. tens of thousands of people in the north of england have spent a fifth night without electricity after storm arwen left infrastructure badly damaged. energy networks say at present there are around 30,000 households still without power. 15,500 of those are in the north east of england, 7000 in the north west and 7500 in different regions of scotland. power has now been restored to almost every home in wales, as our correspondent fiona trott reports. a new day and a new problem. if we can move all this here... they are working in wooler, 300 miles from home, and will be here for many days yet. their work is welcome, and it comes with an unexpected reward. we've been without power since about, oh, seven o'clock on friday night, and we've coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they're from bedford as well. i think they deserve some beer. working to restore electricity here is taking a long time. now the distributor is offering financial support. what we've announced

in his annual christmas message to people gathered in saint peter's square, pope francis has highlighted the tragedies in syria and yemen. the pontiff also called for more international dialogue — and warned against a tendency for nations to withdraw during the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, with shaun ley. hello and a warm welcome to the first of two special editions of dateline london. next weekend at the turn of the year, we will make some predictions for 2022. this weekend, we concentrate on the waning year and that seasonal classic. scrooge had three ghosts to remind scrooge. we don't have ghosts on this programme, we have guests. three distinguished journalists to reflect on the year. henry chu, isabel hilton and the bbc�*s lyse doucet. a very warm welcome for it to you all. thanks for breaking off to be with us on dateline. let us begin as you would expect with the virus. isabel, can you start by talking about how this year has been different from the previous year? this is the second year in which we had to learn to deal with covid. you'

lord peter hain is a former uk cabinet minister who spent his childhood in south africa and was a leading anti apartheid campaigner. thank you very much for being with us. an old man died and he has not beenin us. an old man died and he has not been in public view for a couple of years, but he is somebody who's reputation and image is implanted on everybody�*s mind. how big a figure was he, would you say, in the campaign against apartheid? huge and indispensnble- — campaign against apartheid? huge and indispensable. it _ campaign against apartheid? huge and indispensable. it is _ campaign against apartheid? huge and indispensable. it is a _ campaign against apartheid? huge and indispensable. it is a privilege - campaign against apartheid? huge and indispensable. it is a privilege to - indispensable. it is a privilege to acknowledge and pay tribute to him because at the time when nelson mandela was imprisoned, the leadership of the freedom struggle had been imprisoned, tortured, assassinated and silenced. desmond tutu, first as the dean of johannesburg, and then the archbishop was the

our north america correspondent peter bowes has more from los angeles. he was certainly a stalwart of the republican party, of us politics over many decades. 35 years representing the state of kansas, in both the house of representatives and in the senate, where he was his party's leader on two occasions, especially during that crucial period in american politics in the 1980s, when ronald reagan was the president and they worked closely together. bob dole himself had presidential aspirations. in fact, he stood as the running mate for gerald ford in 1976 and then some 20 years later was selected by the republicans to stand against bill clinton. now, that was not a successful campaign for bob dole. shortly after that he retired from politics but he certainly remained a key figure in his party. there was a fiscally conservative, in terms of financial matters, he was a very stalwart in terms of his beliefs, and a stoic figure. i think it is fair to say that about him, especially as far as his own disabilities were concerned, very badly injured in the second

peter bow. thank _ course. peter bow. thank you. - course. peter bow. thank you. i - course. peter bow. | thank you. i should course. peter bow. - thank you. i should say i course. peter bow. _ thank you. i should say i think the prime minister is doing a greatjob running the country. but... and i congratulate the honourable lady on getting this urgent question but i think the paymaster general missed one of the questions that she put and may i put that question again? it is quite right that the prime minister should come to this house and was told by someone and accepted that and did that in good faith. i want to know who that person was that told him. so perhaps the minister, the excellent minister, he does not need any protection, will tell us that answer? i don't have that answer, mr speaker. but what i will say, as i already have said, is that if required, the investigation will establish whether individual disciplinary action is warranted and that will be one of the principal focus is of the investigation. so of course, it will be ongoing and it will clearly be in the p

the day with the rain pushing eastwards, clearing eastern scotland, leaving sunny spells behind it, petering out across eastern england but the tail end will bring heavier rain across parts of wales and north—west england. temperatures ranging from nine in the north to potentially 16 or 17 once again in the south—east. this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the us and several european countries including france, italy and portugal record their highest daily rises in covid infections since the pandemic began. the scottish parliament is recalled amid record numbers of covid infections. one of the last pro—democracy media outlets in hong kong is shutting down and dismissing all its staff after it was raided by the police. england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game.

peter storey was president of the south african council of churches at the time when desmond tutu was the general secretary. he shared some of his recollections of theirfriendship. my first experience of him was, if you like, characteristic of his whole life. i was in nairobi for a conference, and sharing a room with some delegates. and when i woke up at four in the morning, somebody else had joined the room. and i saw an apparition, a sort of white apparition in the corner. it was somebody that had covered himself with a sheet and who was praying in the muslim way with his face right down on the floor. and the next morning, i discovered that it was desmond tutu. i said to him, "you gave me one heck of a fright last night." and he cackled the tutu cackle. and he said, "i'm desmond tutu." that first moment of seeing him at prayer was characteristic of his whole life and our relationship together. whether we were travelling in dangerous places, on aircraft, in airports, when the time came for him to follow his discipline of prayer, he simply opened his prayer book. a recap of our top st

i'm joined now by peter irwin from the uyghur human rights project, who tesitifed in front of the panel in september to provide information to the tribunal. i want to start by asking you, what is your reaction to the tribunal�*s findings? my is your reaction to the tribunal's findinus? y w ., , is your reaction to the tribunal's findinus? g ., , ., findings? my reaction is that finall , findings? my reaction is that finally, finally _ findings? my reaction is that finally, finally an _ findings? my reaction is that. finally, finally an independent findings? my reaction is that - finally, finally an independent body is weighing of the evidence and has said what is happening which will have major implications shown by the work of the tribunal, hundreds of hours of research, tens of thousands of pages of evidence and testimony working nonstop. working to stop genocide is a tremendous undertaking. it is the first step ever work must be done. there is no longer certainly an excuse for governments the international community not to act. there is no excuse any more. i think that's the major

well, earlier i spoke to dr peter hotez who's an infectious disease expert at baylor college of medicine. i began by asking how worried he was by the rapid spread of the omicron variant in the us. you know, one of the interesting things about this wave compared to alpha and delta is that we had a 4— to 6—week lag before the uk surge with alpha and delta, before it hit the us, so we had an opportunity to learn from the united kingdom on how to — and what we might expect. we don't have that luxury right now, this came up so fast, and it's causing pretty widespread social disruption from the standpoint that so many of the workers in various businesses — of course, including the airlines — are getting sick now with breakthrough covid, meaning they have had either two or three immunisations and yet, they're still getting breakthrough infections, so it's knocking out a lot of the workforce. so even though we don't really have a lockdown, as we would call it, effectively, it is almost acting like that because it is hard for businesses to operate. and, of course, our biggest concern ri

peter halcrow also said someone should have stepped in when "alarm bells" were ringing. arthur was killed in solihull last year by his father, thomas hughes, who was sentenced to 21 years for manslaughter, and his partner, emma tustin, who was jailed for life for his murder. their sentences are being examined to consider whether they were too lenient. first storm arwen wreacked havoc on large parts of the uk. now, storm barra is sweeping in from the atlantic. there are weather warnings for snow and strong winds in some areas. several hundred homes are still without power, 11 days after arwen hit. in a moment we'll speak to danny savage in county durham but first chris page, who's in newcastle in county down. chris, what are conditions like there? , . ., chris, what are conditions like there? , ,, ., . chris, what are conditions like there? , ,,., ., ,, there? yes, storm barra is still roarina. there? yes, storm barra is still roaring- for _ there? yes, storm barra is still roaring. for most _ there? yes, storm barra is still roaring. for most of _ there? yes, storm barra

doreen often doesn't know who peter is. but there's no mistaking herjoy at having her son by her side. peter says the home has been good at consulting families about visits. we've discussed together our thoughts on how things should open up and not be opened up. so we are involved in the process continually. and that gives you great reassurance that we've got some influence. the government's guidelines state they expect and encourage care providers to facilitate visits wherever possible, and to do so in a risk managed way. but several families with relatives at other homes have told us they are not getting enough access at christmas. wendy's mother suffered a catastrophic stroke 14 years ago. she lost the use of the right—hand side completely and has absolutely no speech at all. but she's mum. she's still mum. she's still very much my mum. she is frustrated that she will only get an hour with her mother on christmas day. we all know covid is going to be with us for some time. we've got to find a way of living with it and

baby p — peter connelly — and victoria climbie. reviews were held, but the mix of evil parents, the missed warnings by social services and potentially, in this case, lockdown where his extended family were kept away means more recommendations will be made. but will they help the children still at risk now? so, a national review into how thomas hughes and emma tustin were able to kill arthur, and inspections into the response of the police, social services and education system. there's a lot of attention, quite rightly so, on adult social care. now we also need to understand how important it is to get children's social care right, which means not only getting the funding for it right but also the time and nature of intervention too. the mp for solihull, where arthur died, made this emotional plea. at the very least, we owe it to arthur that every lesson from this horrific tragedy is learned, and no town has its heart broken like solihull�*s has had. the hope there will never be another child who says, "no—one loves me, no one's

air, we could see some significant snow to higher ground about 200 metres in the highlands before it peters out through the night. further south are misty and foggy start, and mild, but thatis misty and foggy start, and mild, but that is worth bearing in mind if you are travelling to see friends and family first thing on christmas eve. the fog will lift and the rain easing into scotland but by the same time, down to the south west into northern south—west england, we will see wetter and increasingly windy weather starting to develop by the end of christmas eve afternoon. mild to the south and the greatest chance of seeing some brightness and sunshine but cool into the far north—east of scotland. as we move out of christmas eve into christmas day, as the weather front pushes steadily northwards, once again we still have the cold air sitting across the far north of scotland, so on the leading edge there might be a wintry mixture of rain, sleet and snow early on christmas day but that will ease and it would be a pretty nondescript today, a lot of cloud and yet again some rain, into norther

rob cross, gary anderson and peter wright are all aiming to reach the quarterfinals. the evening session is just underway. mervyn king has already sealed his place in the last eight. he fought back from 3—1 down to win 4—3 against raymond smith, and reach the quarter finals for the first time since 2009. callan rydz is also into the last eight as his remarkable tournament goes on. after losing the first set to alan souter, the 23—year—old won ten legs in a row to ease to a 4—1 victory. speculation continues to build over whether the australian open champion, novak djokovic, will play at the first major of the year in melbourne. fellow serb, dusan lajovic, has said the world number one is unsure if he'll make the tournament, due to start in just over two weeks. djokovic has already withdrawn from the serbian team taking part at the atp cup in sydney this weekend. the 34—year—old, who's won a record nine australian open men's titles, has repeatedly declined to say if he's been vaccinated for covid—19 — a requirement demanded by organisers at melbourne

peter colborne the economist admittedly no fan of boris johnson, it's fair to say that if he thinks lord geidt quits he doesn't thinks lord geidt quits he doesn't think borisjohnson will be able to hang on much longer. t think boris johnson will be able to hang on much longer.— hang on much longer. i would say or not, i do think if— hang on much longer. i would say or not, i do think if lord _ hang on much longer. i would say or not, i do think if lord geidt - hang on much longer. i would say or not, i do think if lord geidt quits - not, i do think if lord geidt quits thatis not, i do think if lord geidt quits that is a crisis for the tory party. because ultimately there are lots of tories will be very unhappy about the current direction of travel, the level of tory sleeves they are seeing about the brand and i think the tendered plea next to your device according giving the boris johnson struggled to hold on would be quite symbolic and bring together all these various themes which do seem to come matter what the story relates to, accusations of dishonesty, not being true, not being

and pope francis delivers the traditional christmas eve mass from st peter's basilica.

peter halcrow has been outlining what he'd like to see from the inquiry into arthur's death. it is not as if it was a kind of thing, a person by thing. people were flocking up there were problems and social services got involved and said there was nothing to worry about —— people were flagging up. and then, hey—ho, three orfour months later, the boy is dead. how can you ask me what i would like them to consider? they must have a tick list, the house is clean and tidy so we will not worry about it. but if alarm bells are ringing all around, even neighbours' statements, then surely there must be someone or some kind of body that can step in and say, right, we are taking that child out of that situation, you know? the father is not man enough to do that himself, someone has to say, this child is suffering and needs help, and take them out of the situation. and i guess that is what social services are for. the head of a us company has come under fire after sacking around 900 of his staff on a single zoom call. vishal garg, chief executive of a mortgage firm, told his employ

arthur�*s grandad peter halcrow has been outlining what he�*d like to see from the inquiry into his death. it�*s not as if it was a kind of thing that... a passing by thing. i mean, people were flagging up their problems and social services got involved but said there was nothing to worry about, you know. then, hey—ho, three orfour months later, the boy�*s dead. so how can you ask me what i would like them to consider? i mean, they must have a tick list to do. house is clean, everything�*s tidy, blah, blah, blah, so we�*ll not worry about it. but if alarm bells are ringing all around, even neighbours�* statements, then surely there must be someone or some kind of body that can step in and say, right, we�*re taking that child out of that situation, you know? if the father�*s not man enough to do that himself, then someone has to say this child is suffering and needs help and take them out the situation and i guess that�*s what social services are for. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we are looking at widespread gales today and

peter halcrow also said someone should have stepped in when "alarm bells" were ringing. arthur was killed in solihull last year by his father, thomas hughes, who was sentenced to 21 years for manslaughter, and his partner, emma tustin, who was jailed for life for his murder. their sentences are being examined to consider whether they were too lenient. the government has admitted a series of failings in the years leading up to the grenfell tower disaster and apologised to the victims of the fire. at the public inquiry into the tragedy, a barrister representing the government said it was �*deeply sorry�* for its past failures in overseeing building safety. the department is deeply sorry for its past _ the department is deeply sorry for its past failure is in relation to the oversight of the system that regulated safety in the construction and refurbishment of high rise buildings. it also deeply regrets past failures in relation to the superintendents of the building controi— superintendents of the building control bodies, which themselves had a key role _ control bod