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katy, thank you for that, katy austin _ it reluctantly. katy, thank you for that, katy austin live _ it reluctantly. katy, thank you for that, katy austin live at - it reluctantly. katy, thank you for that, katy austin live at st - it reluctantly. katy, thank you for. that, katy austin live at st pancras in london. across europe, governments are struggling to contain the omincron variant, leading to a record number of cases in some countries. the government of italy, which reported a record 189,000 covid infections today, is meeting to discuss whether to make vaccines mandatory for all workers and the over—sos. and in france, president macron used controversial language to say he wants to make life difficult for people who haven't been vaccinated. our correspondent mark lowen reports from rome. the youngest to be armed in the endless battle against covid. five—year—old edoardo gets his firstjab as italy steps up vaccinations for children. maybe too small to grasp at the pandemic has change their world. but, say parents, they, too, mu

katie austin at st pancras in | that. katie austin at st pancras in north london. across europe, governments are struggling to contain the omincron variant, leading to a record number of cases in some countries. the government of italy, which reported a record 189,000 covid infections today, is making vaccines mandatory for the over—50s. and in france, where 335,000 cases were reported president macron used controversial language to say he wants to make life more difficult for people who haven't been vaccinated. mark lowen reports from rome. bravissimo! the youngest to be armed in the endless battle against covid. five—year—old edoardo gets his first jab, as italy steps up vaccinations for children. maybe too small to grasp how the pandemic has changed their world, but, say parents, they, too, must fight it. why did you want to vaccinate your son? because i love him. his father and i really love him and want him and all his little friends to go back to a normal life. so, this is the least we can do. respect science and respect our children. "it was ok," says

katie greenwood, thank you so much for — people. katie greenwood, thank you so much forjoining _ people. katie greenwood, thank you so much forjoining us. _ people. katie greenwood, thank you so much forjoining us. we - people. katie greenwood, thank you so much forjoining us. we will - people. katie greenwood, thank you so much forjoining us. we will stay| so much forjoining us. we will stay in touch and keep you updated with the latest on that unfolding situation. the duke of sussex has launched a legal challenge for the right to pay for police protection when he's in the uk. prince harry lost his security when he stepped back from royal duties in 2020. he says his private protection team in the us doesn't have adequate jurisdiction abroad or access to uk intelligence information needed to keep his family safe. let's go back to our main news, the expulsion of novak djokovic from astrantia. the serbian president, alexander vucic, has been giving his reaction to australia's decision to revoke the visa of novak djokovic. of course al

katie's piece reflected some of the — pleased. katie's piece reflected some of the perils _ pleased. katie's piece reflected some of the perils horse - pleased. katie's piece reflected some of the perils horse riders| pleased. katie's piece reflected - some of the perils horse riders and horses face. can you give us a sense of how many horses are killed, perhaps, on british roads each year? well, in 2021 last year, 66 horses were killed, over 100 riders injured, over100 were killed, over 100 riders injured, over 100 horses injured. as an annex noted police officer, riding around london, i can tell you right when i wrote sometimes can be intimidating. we know that don't want to intimidate us, but some of them don't know how to pass safely. with our dead slow campaign and working with the highway code, we are going to inform driver so everybody can be safe and there is not that element of consideration amongst all road users. 15 not that element of consideration amongst all road users.— amongst all road users. is your speaking. _

if you want to read katie decision. katie, thank you very - much. if you want to read katie and her colleagues, you can do so at scotusblog. stay with us on outside source because still to come... we're going to talk about some leaked for office e—mails by a whistle—blower which appears to show borisjohnson did approve the evacuation of pin farthing and his animals from afghanistan. storm anna has killed almost a6 people with up to 50 being injured. here's more from stephanie prentiss. this is now home for these families in the madagascar capital. a crowded emergency accommodation site with no infrastructure or privacy, and few resources. translation: the reason we are staying here is part of our house has collapsed. we asked for help. we can't live at home because it's flooded. if we leave here, we have nowhere to go. translation: we had to leave because all the mattresses are wet and the baby got sick. mattresses are wet and the baby got sick we _ mattresses are wet and the baby got sick. we had no house and we had to come _ sick. we had no ho

by contrast, katy perry was not as strict, i did go see the katy perry show. there are, they were not asking or requiring proof of vaccination, nor did you have to give them a negative covid test for the katy perry show at resorts world, they were just enforcing mask usage and not even enforcing it that much but adele was demanding that you take a covid test and provide a negative result within 48 hours of the show and show proof of vaccination. so i thought because 0micron was spiking so hard that she would delay it but what was troubling to me is that it seemed as if covid was a secondary and the main reason the show is not going forward is because she is not happy with the results of where it is right now. but i'd say ok, i understand that, adele... but there was just really bad planning involved. i don't understand why she and her team have announced already that they are rescheduling all dates, through april! why not just delay it opening by a week or two or three weeks but they have rescheduled even their april shows. have rescheduled even their aprilsho

katie razzall has more details. the bbc is 100 this year and so much has changed across radio, tv and more recently, online. in a digitalage, the corporation is under increasing pressure. and today came the opposite of a birthday present — the £159 licence fee that funds nearly three quarters of the bbc�*s budget will be frozen for two years. the bbc wanted the fee to rise to over £180 by the end of this settlement. instead, it will remain fixed at £159 until april 202a. that's more money in the pockets of pensioners, in the pockets of families, who are struggling to make ends meet. labour says this government wants to destroy the bbc because it doesn't like its journalism. is the licence fee really at the heart of the cost of living crisis? or is this really about their long—standing vendetta against the bbc? now it's part of operation red meat, to save the prime minister from becoming dead meat. the culture secretary had claimed yesterday in a headline—making tweet that this license fee announcement wou

katie razzall, bbc news. it's a question that has plagued historians ever since the end of the second world war — who betrayed the family of anne frank to the nazis? anne frank died in a concentration camp in 1945, at the age of 15, after two years in hiding. her diary, published after her death, is probably the most famous first—hand account ofjewish life during the war. anna holligan reports from amsterdam. the final entry in anne frank's diary. tuesday 1st august 19114. three days later, thejewish teenager was arrested. this was the frank family's hiding place during the nazi occupation of the netherlands. and this question of who betrayed the frank family, who had lived in this building undetected for more than two years, untiljust months before the end of the war, has remained one of the great mysteries of dutch history. and now this team of investigators have identified a man who they believe is the key suspect, a jewish lawyer who had been based here in amsterdam helping jewish refugees fleeing naz

thank you, katy balls from the spectator- let's _ wall. thank you, katy balls from the spectator. let's get _ wall. thank you, katy balls from the spectator. let's get some _ wall. thank you, katy balls from the spectator. let's get some labour i spectator. let's get some labour reaction, with the party chair, anneliese dodds. i don't know if you manage to listen to katy balls, she talked about the deflection of christian wakeford to labour as leading to a closing of ranks amongst tory backbenchers. could it be that it has not worked so well for you, this particular move? i for you, this particular move? 1 think if that has taken place for you, this particular move? i think if that has taken place then it will definitely have been the wrong thing for those conservative mps to do, because as well as christian wakeford's defection to labour today we also saw the spectacle of a conservative prime minister yet again trying to explain away very, very serious concerns about his conduct and the fact that he appeared to be partying while we were at the heart of the pandemic, so i think an

katie gornall, bbc news. holders algeria are out of the africa cup of nations after losing 3—1 to ivory coast. frank kessie opened the scoring for the elephants, slotting home from close range. a headerfrom ibrahim sangare made it 2—0 before this finely taken goal from nicolas pepe put ivory coast in control. if ever there was a sign it might not be algeria's day, this was probably it — riyadh mahrez crashing his penalty against the post. they did manage a late consolation, but algeria are out. and equatorial guinea willjoin ivory coast in the knockout stages after beating ten—man sierra leone 1—0 in the other group e game. pablo ganea with the only goal of the game to send equatorial guinea through in second place. in group f, mali ensured top spot in the group with a comfortable 2—0 win against mauritania. in the other game, gambia beat tunisia 1—0 to finish second, with tunisia also advancing to the knockout stages in third. emma raducanu has revealed she was advised not to play her second ro

katie fully vaccinated passengers. thank you. katie austen. _ our top story this lunchtime. there is no let up on the pressure on borisjohnson as some mps say he should resign. virginia giuffre's lawyer says she's unlikely to accept a purely financial settlement from prince andrew, following her sexual assault allegations. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel — still playing the waiting game. novak djokovic's visa could yet be cancelled but he's named in the draw for the australian open, which starts on monday. not a single river in england is free from pollution, according to the findings of an influential group of mps. the environmental audit committee says it's uncovered a "chemical cocktail" of sewage, agricultural waste and plastic in our waterways. the mps are calling for tougher enforcement of rules on dumping and better monitoring of the problem. here's our environment correspondent, jonah fisher. see it down there? i don't know what that is. it looks a bit like poo, doesn't it? ashley smith is searching for sewage. these particles coming out. this is shi

katie prescott, bbc news. we've just had the latest government data uncovered i9 we've just had the latest government data uncovered 19 in the uk is reporting 137,583 new covid—19 cases in england and wales within the latest 24—hour period. i should clarify that that is just for england and wales. it doesn't include data from northern ireland and the uk. and that is the latest that we have, 137,583 new covid cases in england and wales on sunday. a processing issue means we do not have the full numbers that would cover scotland and northern ireland. patricia marquis is regional director for england at the royal college of nursing. let's return to that issue of workplace absences. how much of an effect as it having to follow your members? it’s effect as it having to follow your members?— members? it's really very significant. _ members? it's really very significant. they - members? it's really very significant. they have - members? it's really very. significant. they have been members? it's really very -

katy austin, bbc news. more travel now on bbc news in the travel show with carmen roberts. this week on the travel show, tiny spaces in tokyo. vast wide open ones in finnish lapland. freedom, the silence around you, and generally just live a happier life. and the trips to look forward to in 2022. international restrictions will start to ease, restoring the benefits travel brings to the world. it's a city of dazzling neon, where robots can fix your drink, and you order your food from a machine. and even way back in 1972, architects were coming up with visions of the future that still leave us spellbound. this is the nakagin capsule tower. it's astonishing to sit here and look at this building, and even though it was built about 50 years ago, it still looks really futuristic. but the netting on the outside is a sign that time is beginning to catch up with the nakagin. it's made from more than 140 pods, each of which can be detached and replaced. the tower was the first finished example of metabolism — an architectural movement inspired by the natural world — but this year

katie razzall, bbc news. there's an anxious wait for news from the pacific islands of tonga, where a volcano eruption has triggered a tsunami and covered the region in volcanic ash. the authorities have not officially asked for aid or confirmed any deaths, but the communications network is virtually destroyed and there's been little contact with people there. the eruption happened underwater on saturday, north of the main island of tongatapu where the majority of the population lives. the family of one british woman say she died after being swept away by the waves. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest. these pictures of the hunga tonga—hunga ha'apai volcano erupting are from last friday. this is just a foretaste of what was to come a day later — an eruption many, many times larger. this is the volcano poking above the ocean's surface last week. and today, it's completely gone. it has now been confirmed the huge eruption severed the main cable linking tonga to the outside world. this m

katie prescott, bbc news. well, due to the holiday period, the government's latest coronavirus figures aren't complete, but there were 137, 583 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period in england and wales alone. 73 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test in england and wales. and our political correspondent damiam grammaticas is here. the government is still saying nothing in the data to warrant further restrictions in england at the moment but there's an important review this week? that is right, these measures in england, were brought in in the middle of december. there was a battle in parliament, barely 100 conservative mps, some talking about the last chance saloon, and we had mask wearing, work from home and covid passes. in other parts of the uk have gone further, with distancing measures, limits on numbers of people who can meet in nightclubs. here, ministers have been sent today, no sign in the data of the need for more restrictions for which the

our business correspondent katie prescott has more details. cancelled trains, delayed deliveries, closed restaurants and shut—up shops. staff shortages because of the spread of 0micron are a real worry in the new year as people go back to work after the christmas break. i think it makes sense to try to plan for such events. we know we have a very contagious variant in the uk and we know that lots of people are catching the virus and naturally there will be absences throughout all businesses, really. from a retail perspective, the biggest concern will be on the supply chain to make sure that that is still running at the efficiency we are used to. empty workplaces where key staff are needed is the nightmare for government. ministers are looking atjust how bad things could get and drawing up contingency plans to try and protect against any disruption from rising infection. to try and keep school gates open as well as hospitals and other vital services, in the public sector leaders have been asked to look at the worst—case scenarios of having

katie prescott, bbc news. a little earlier, our political correspondent damian grammaticas explained to me how the government is likely to respond to the warnings that there could be a quarter of public sector staff off because of covid. what we are seeing is basically the government saying they are looking at the situation day by day, at the data as it comes out. and what they are saying at the minute, the minister saying today, the health minister saying there is nothing in the data that indicated a need for new restrictions. and that is important, that word "restrictions". but they continue to look at that. but at the same time, they are obviously concerned because, as we see, they are bringing measures in in schools. and inside the heart of government, in the cabinet office, they have instructed all departments to look at these scenarios, so, as you say, 25% workforce absence, but also 10% and 20%. so that 25 is the worst case. and that is in order to be prepared for what could come as we see the impact of

katy austin, bbc news. let's take a look at today's coronavirus figures. there were almost 88,500 new infections in the latest 24—hour period. so there were just over 93,000 new cases on average per day in the last week. more than 17,500 people are in hospital with covid. another 56 deaths were reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 263 deaths per day. 0n vaccinations, nearly 37 million people have had a boosterjab, that's 64.2% of those aged 12 and over. the plan b covid restrictions in england are due to be lifted later this week. the world health organisation says "light is at the end of the tunnel" for the uk, but officials here remain cautious, in part because of the number of unvaccinated people — estimated to be around 5 million. in the first of two special reports, my colleague clive myrie, cameraman david mcilveen and producer sam piranty, have returned to the royal london hospital to talk to staff and patients. at the royal london hospital, a multi—bed intensive care un

here's our sports correspondent katie gornall. novak djokovic isn't about to give up on this trophyjust yet. the world number one will now defend his australian open title following months of uncertainty. djokovic has never publicly revealed his vaccination status, but today, he wrote on social media he was heading down under and had been granted an exemption permission which removes the requirement to be vaccinated in order to play at melbourne. djokovic isn't alone in receiving an exemption, but the news has raised some eyebrows in the tennis community. i don't know what to say about that, really. i mean, you know, ithink if it was me that wasn't vaccinated, i wouldn't be getting an exemption, and that's... you know, but, well done... well done to him for getting cleared to come to australia and compete. organisers of the australian open said his medical exemption was granted after a rigorous review process involving two separate independent panels of medical experts. valid reasons for exemption include acute conditions such as

our culture editor katie razzall has more details. the bbc is 100 this year and so much has changed across radio, tv and more recently, online. in a digital age, the corporation is under increasing pressure. and today came the opposite of a birthday present — the £159 licence fee that funds nearly three quarters of the bbc�*s budget will be frozen for two years. the bbc wanted the fee to rise to over £180 by the end of this settlement. instead, it will remain fixed at £159 until april 202a. that's more money in the pockets of pensioners, in the pockets of families, who are struggling to make ends meet. labour says this government wants to destroy the bbc because it doesn't like its journalism. is the licence fee really at the heart of the cost of living crisis? or is this really about their long—standing vendetta against the bbc? now it's part of operation red meat, to save the prime minister from becoming dead meat. the culture secretary had claimed yesterday in a headline—making tweet that this license fee announcement wo

is has tv| personality and campaigner katie piperfor her work personality and campaigner katie piper for her work with people affected by burns and other injuries. spice girl mel b, a patron of women's aid has been made an mbe for her work highlighting the abusive behaviour. another black lifeand. and diversity star ashley banjo says he is humbled and proud to become an mbe for services to dance.— services to dance. black lives matter. lizo mzimba, bbc news. among the many 0lympic stars to receive an honour is the gold medal—winning diver, tom daley. he spoke to the bbc�*s sally nugent about being given an 0be. iam i am extremely proud to be honoured with an 0be and i think it is also that now being an 0be it is almost like a responsibility to make the whole commonwealth a better place for lgbt people, for women, for people of colour, to make it more inclusive and accepting environment. and in accepting environment. and in accepting this 0be it is now my responsibility to try and help create change and help create the environment where everybody can be anything that they want,

katie prescott, bbc news. joining me now is colenzo jarrett—thorpe, the national officer for health at unite the union. good morning. how serious do you think these problems could be? the nhs has think these problems could be? tue: nhs has been think these problems could be? tte: nhs has been chronically underfunded over the last 10—12 years or so. this is just a symptom of that, because they haven't had the funding and investment, nhs staff are absolutely knackered and exhausted and are not able to cope with what's going on. they have been pushed to their limit over the last two years with the pandemic and there are already 100,000 vacancies shortage in the nhs. there will be a 21% shortage so we don't know how the nhs and other public sector services will be able to cope. can nhs and other public sector services will be able to cope.— will be able to cope. can you give some examples _ will be able to cope. can you give some examples of— will be able to cope. can you give some examples of what - will

katie prescott, bbc news. firefighters in south africa have been battling a fire at the country's parliament building. the fire, which authorities say is contained but still burning, is thought to have started in office space on the third floor at the parliament building in cape town before spreading to the national assembly building. let's take a look at the latest pictures.... this is the scene live now in cape town. the picture clearly tells the story, still smoke filling the air behind the houses of parliament there. fire services say the fire is under control, but clearly still a lot of black smoke filling the sky there. dozens of firefighters dealing with the fire. it is not clear what caused the fire to start, but the city authorities have said the roof area had caught fire and the national assembly building was also on fire. so this is the scene live. the minister for public works says they have started an investigation into the cause of the fire. we have the situation under control for now. we have co

katy austin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weatherm here's susan. hello. stormy times for the uk this weekend. saturday has seen northern britain being battered by malik. tomorrow, corrie heading our way. there's malik off into scandinavia overnight. this is corrie set to continue deepening as we move through the next 36 hours. meanwhile, we've got a ridge of high pressure sitting between the two to get us through the evening and overnight. it becomes very still outside, frost likely to the east, perhaps temperatures just above in the west. a cold, crisp but bright start to sunday with some widespread sunshine and just light winds. but here comes corrie through the afternoon, deepening all the while. rain into northern ireland and scotland, some snow for the mountains, definitely a colder feel to sunday. we will see that rain sinking south overnight sunday. it's the low centre that's going to be the biggest cause for concern, running across northern scotland and diving down into the north sea on monday. these the areas the met office is most concerned abou

katy austin, bbc news. scotland is easing most of its remaining covid restrictions, meaning that nightclubs can now reopen, and that limits on indoor socialising have been dropped. but people are still being asked to work from home where possible and face masks are still required in indoor public places, including secondary schools. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie has spent the morning in hamilton, south lanarkshire, getting reaction to the changes. things are looking brighter, the omicron wave of coronavirus is thought to have peaked in scotland, the number of daily cases is falling and the restrictions put in place because of the new variant have now been eased. this cafe struggled because of this physical distancing rule for indoor public places. it rule for indoor public places. it feels great, it feels great, it feels great, it feels great, it feels as if were back to normal a little bit. still got facemasks though but we are able to have another two tables in, you can have more than six

here's our business correspondent, katie prescott. this cumbria care firm has been short—staffed and finding it tough to recruit for a while. bosses say they've got enough work for at least another a0 people. now omicron has decimated their rotas. it's going to be difficult. we may be in a position as a care sector where not everybody is going to get the care they need. in fact, the unfortunate truth, we are not going to be able to provide care for everybody that needs it, and that's obviously a major worry. this lack of carers has a knock—on impact on hospitals too, as people are unable to be sent back home once they are well enough. it is what happening there that's a real worry. to try and keep vital services like hospitals open, public sector leaders are being asked to make contingency plans for having ten, 20 or even up to 25% of their staff off at any one time. solutions to that could include drawing on pools of former workers, former teachers in schools for example, or prioritising certain services. shortages are also hitti

katie, thenjust five, presented a photo to the couple. i presented a photo to the coule. , ., , presented a photo to the coule. , .,, ., , couple. i remember i was really excited because _ couple. i remember i was really excited because there - couple. i remember i was really excited because there was - excited because there was meeting a real prince and princess. i thought hours going to be —— i thought they were going to be showing up in a massive dress stopping a thought they would be just like the ones on the books i've read and they were just as lovely. the move from private, contained kate middleton to a public royal duchess of cambridge has had its challenges. adjusting to the attention, coping with the scrutiny and finding her voice. this was the duchess' first ever speech and 2012. you have all made me — ever speech and 2012. you have all made me feel _ ever speech and 2012. you have all made me feel so _ ever speech and 2012. you have all made me feel so welcome. l ever speech and 2012. you have all made me feel so welcome

katie prescott, bbc news. twenty conservative mps and peers have called on the prime minister to tackle the spiralling cost of living. five ex—ministers are among those who have written to the sunday telegraph arguing for a cut in environmental levies and the removal of energy taxes. their call follows big rises in wholesale gas prices. the government says it is meeting suppliers and the regulator regularly to work out how to help consumers. denmark says it hopes to end the use of fossil fuels on domestic flights by 2030. the danish prime minister says flying must be made green but acknowledged the target would be hard to meet. denmark had already announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by 70% of 1990 levels by 2030. a fire has broken out at the south african houses of parliament. dozens of firefighters have been tackling the blaze in cape town. the flames spread quickly when the historic buildings sprinkler system failed to activate. 0ur south african correspondent nomsa maseko has more an historic build

katy austin, bbc news. scotland is easing most of its remaining covid restrictions, which means that nightclubs can now reopen and crowd limits on large indoor events have been scrapped. but people are still being asked to work from home where possible, and although table service is no longer necessary in most venues, face masks are still required in indoor public places, including secondary schools. there were almost 88,500 new infections in the latest 24—hour period. so there were just over 93,000 new cases on average per day in the last week. more than 17,500 people are in hospital with covid. another 56 deaths were reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 263 deaths per day. 0n vaccinations, nearly 37 million people have had a boosterjab, that's 64.2% of those aged 12 and over. the time is 1a minutes past six. our top story this evening. the prime minister warns russia that invading ukraine would be a "disastrous step" — as the uk

katie prescott, bbc news. let's speak now to dr chaand nagpaul, a gp and council chair at the british medical association, a union for doctors in the uk. doctor, what is the effect at the moment of staff absences and what if that were to increase? yes. moment of staff absences and what if that were to increase?— that were to increase? yes, we are already seeing _ that were to increase? yes, we are already seeing a — that were to increase? yes, we are already seeing a significant - that were to increase? yes, we are already seeing a significant impact| already seeing a significant impact on our ability to provide services with shortages of staff. we predicted on the 18th of december our own modelling we put out, we thought that one in ten nhs staff would be offset by this time because we could see the trajectory of infection rates rising stop remember the term, people who work in nhs are part of the general population and in london, one in ten people are infected and that will reflect on those that work in

katy austin, bbc news. we don't often talk about personal grooming on this show, but let's take a splash now. did you know that the average shower uses 75 litres of water and what products you use while the water is running can affect how long the shower lasts? the beauty industry has been developing products where consumers will hopefully use less water and waste with products. today garnier is launching its own no rinse conditioner and claims it's the first mass market brand to do it. but how much water will it actually save and do consumers care about sustainability? joining me now is adrien koskas, global brand president, garnier. come to the programme. first of all, tell us about the product and also you say it is the first for a big company such as yours to come out with a conditioner that does not need washing out but really isn't unilever out with a product in the us and lots of smaller companies that have had these products out for some time, haven't they?— products out for some time, haven't the

katie prescott, bbc news. earlier i spoke to dr chaand nagpaul, a gp and council chair at the british medical association, a union for doctors. i started by asking what the impact of more staff absences in the nhs would be. we're already seeing a significant impact on our ability to provide services with shortages of staff. we actually predicted on the 18th of december, our own modelling we put out, we thought that one in ten nhs staff would be off sick by this time because we could see the trajectory of infection rates rising. remember that people who work in nhs are part of the general population and in london, one in ten people are infected and that will reflect in those that work in public services such as the health service. the other problem we have is that front—line staff aren't able to stay at home. they are much more in contact with people and if you're a doctor or a nurse or a health care worker, you are going to be in contact closeby patients who are carrying the infection. the other problem is w

our culture editor katie razzall has more details. the bbc is 100 this year and so much has changed across radio, tv and more recently online. in a digital age, the corporation is under increasing pressure. today came at the opposite of a birthday present, the opposite of a birthday present, the £159 licence fee that buttons nearly three quarters of the bbc budget will be frozen for two years. the bbc wanted the feed to rise to over £180 by the end of this settlement. instead, it will remain fixed at £159 until april 202a. that is more money in the pockets of pensioners, families, who are struggling to make ends meet. labour sa s this struggling to make ends meet. labour says this government _ struggling to make ends meet. labour says this government wants _ struggling to make ends meet. labour says this government wants to - says this government wants to destroy the bbc because it doesn't like its journalism. destroy the bbc because it doesn't like itsjournalism. i5 destroy the bbc because it doesn't like itsjournalism.— destroy

thank you | for speaking to us, katie greenwood. two british teenagers are still being questioned, as part of the investigation into a hostage—taking incident at a synagogue in texas on saturday. british citizen malik faisal akram from blackburn, was shot dead by police after a ten hour siege. 0ur reporter nick garnett sent this report from blackburn this morning. the two people arrested on sunday evening remain in custody, very little is known about then, to be honest. we know they were arrested in the south of manchester, we don't know their age or gender and we don't know why they were arrested at this stage, if there was any direct link between then and malik faisal akram. however, they are being questioned, both by police here in britain, the counterterrorism policing unit of the north—west, but also fbi officers want to talk to them about what happened, what they know and what might —— how they might be able to help. akram's brother came to the police station here to try to speak to him, to get himself to give himself

katy austin, bbc news. the tennis star novak djokovic has admitted mistakes were made on his immigration forms for entering australia. he also said he'd made an error ofjudgement by agreeing to meet a journalist for an interview — after he knew he'd tested positive for covid—19. the serbian player is still waiting to hear if his visa will be withdrawn before he can defend his title at the australian open. from melbourne shaimaa khalil reports. hard at work in the hot australian sun. but, at the same time novak djokovic was on the tennis court training, he released a statement on his social media accounts. the world number one had a lot to say about questions over the past few days. still in dispute is when djokovic knew he had covid—19. it is important, because an infection is the reason he was granted a vaccine exemption and allowed to travel to australia. today, the tennis star said he found out on december the 17th, hours after attending a tennis event with children in belgrade. but this conflicts

our sports correspondent katie gornall is here. what happened, katie? this happened in what was an important and crucial game in the context of the wsl title race. arsenal, who had been off of late, they came from behind to secure a crucial point against city and maintain a four point lead over chelsea at the top of the table. but the whole story of the game was really dominated by the controversy surrounding city's opening goal. it happened, it started when lucy bronze tried a pass towards caroline weir in midfield and it took a heavy deflection off of the referee and was diverted into the path of an oncoming demi stokes. eventually ending up with shaw scoring city's opening goal. under the laws of the game, law nine is the crucial one here, if a ball hits a match official, stay employee and eating lunch is a promising attack, play should be stopped and restarted with a dropped ball. obviously that is a subjectivejudgment a dropped ball. obviously that is a subjective judgment call, the referee could argue that city were still in their own half at that

katie gornall, bbc news. holders algeria are out of the africa cup of nations after losing 3—1 to ivory coast. frank kessie opened the scoring for the elephants, slotting home from close range. a headerfrom ibrahim sangare made it 2—0 before this finely taken goal from nicolas pepe put ivory coast in control. if ever there was a sign it might not be algeria's day, this was probably it — riyadh mahrez crashing his penalty against the post. they did manage a late consolation, but algeria are out. and equatorial guinea willjoin ivory coast in the knockout stages after beating ten—man sierra leone 1—0 in the other group e game. pablo ganea with the only goal of the game to send equatorial guinea through in second place. in group f, mali ensured top spot in the group with a comfortable 2—0 win against mauritania. in the other game, gambia beat tunisia 1—0 to finish second, with tunisia also advancing to the knockout stages in third. emma raducanu has revealed she was advised not to play her second ro

katie gornall, bbc news. did everything to put out a competitive team, and we had our moments in the game, certainly in the first half when we had chances, when we hit the bar, we have to score. the same in the second half, but when that happens, the first time they got over our halfway line, they scored a goal with a bit of luck. there was almost a big shock in the scottish cup, with part—timers cove rangers taking premiership side hibernian all the way to extra time. it took until the 112th minute for kevin nisbet, to finally find a winner to put out the league one side. hibs will find out who they play next tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. naomi 0saka has been taken to a deciding set, i will be back later. more now on one of our top stories, and a damaging conversation which was apparently secretly recorded between conservative mps and the chief whip could soon be published by those who want to oust borisjohnson. that's the claim in the times this morning. it comes after the government was accused

on the snow — as at the world para snow sports championships, britain's menna fitzpatrick and guide katie guest won the women's visually—impaired slalom event in lillehammer. and there was bronze for gb�*s men in the snowboard team event in norway thanks to james barnes—miller and ollie hill. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the news today. scotland's scott jamieson heads into the final round of the hsbc championship in abu dhabi with a one shot lead. he birdied the last hole to stay top of the leaderboard on 11 under par. there was frustration for england's women cricketers overnight with their second ashes t—20 match abandoned due to rain in adelaide. they'd actually made a decent start, after being put into bat, reaching 25 without loss in just over four overs before the rain ruled out further play. and jump racing's big showdown between the best two mile chasers was an absolute thriller — as shiskin battled back to beat — ener—gu—meen in the clarence house chase at ascot. energumeen in the clarence house chase at ascot. to the australian open

and irish fighter katie taylor will make history in april as part of the first ever women's bout to top the bill at madison square garden in new york. the undisputed lightweight world champion will put her belts on the line against amanda serrano of puerto rico, a seven—weight world champion, saying that a "fight of this magnitude is the pinnacle of the sport". the iconic venue is 140 years old and has been the scene of many of boxing's most famous fights. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. after the sunshine on thursday, we've seen clear skies and lighter winds overnight, so it's pretty chilly out there for many. but the weather is going to change once again because during friday, we're going to find more cloud coming in from the atlantic, and that in turn will bring in some milder air as well. now, at the moment, high pressure is centred more to the south of the uk. we've got these weather fronts bringing some rain towards scotland in particular during friday, but also drawing in these stronger winds from the southwest, bringing in that milder but generally cloudy air as

as has tv personality and campaigner katie piper for her work with people affected by burns and other injuries. spice girl mel b, a patron of women's aid, has been made an mbe for her work highlighting abusive behaviour. as the world watched on, another black life gone. and diversity star ashley banjo says he is humbled and proud to become an mbe for services to dance. black lives matter. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the legendary american actor and comedian, betty white, has died at the age of 99. her career spanned nine decades — from the earliest days of television, to the latest toy story film just two years ago. she will probably be best remembered for her portrayal of rose nylund in the sitcom the golden girls, as gail maclellan reports. rose, is this another one of those scandinavian viking concoctions? yes. it's called geneukenfleuken. betty white's performance as the ditzy rose earned her an emmy and the hearts of generations of fans. the golden girls, which ran from 1985 to 1992, a top rated series of its time, featured an age demographic rarely highlighted on television. betty

here's our business correspondent, katie prescott. this cumbria care firm has been short staffed and finding it tough to recruit for a while. buses say they have enough work for at least another a0 people will stop now 0micron has decimated their rotors. it’s decimated their rotors. it's auoin decimated their rotors. it's going to — decimated their rotors. it's going to be _ decimated their rotors. it�*s going to be difficult. we may be in a position as a care sector where not everybody�*s going to get the care they need. that's the unfortunate truth. we're not going to be to provide care for everybody that needsit provide care for everybody that needs it and that's obviously a major worry. needs it and that's obviously a major worry-— major worry. this lack of carers has _ major worry. this lack of carers has a _ major worry. this lack of carers has a lot - major worry. this lack of| carers has a lot knock-on carers has a lot knock—on impact on hospitals, too, as people are unable to be sent back home once they are well e

now on bbc news, it's time for the media show, with katie razzall. hello. a major trial will take place this year in the us. you'll remember the story behind it. el shafee elsheikh is accused of being a member of the islamic state group and of being one of the notorious is beatles. so named by their hostages because of their british accents and accused of torturing and beheading journalists and aid workers. itv news�* rohit kachroo secured interviews with el shafee elsheikh and another man before they were transferred into us custody. those interviews are to form part of the trial. so, what are the ethics of interviewing some of the members of a terror group? is it ever ok to give what amounts to be publicity to people accused of such serious crimes? and how you even go about doing it? welcome to the media show, and let's start right at beginning of the story. who were the is beatles and when did you first come across them? everyone will remember years ago, 2014, 2015, the rise, the rapid rise of islamic state group, isis. and the fact that they started t

it's katie, i'vejust come to do your pcr. difficulty getting enough tests, and slow pcr results are adding to the company's problems. so we've got our last five boxes of lateral flow tests — are you able to access any more? i'm not able to get any at all from the council. even though the demand for care is huge, they're having to turn away new clients. we've closed our books and we've got about 70, 75 clients when we could be running at a capacity of 100 on a normal day—to—day basis. so what is it that's holding you back from doing that? the staffing level. so if we had good, experienced staff with us, then we'd be able to take on more packages of care. care providers running more than 5,000 services across the uk and employing nearly 100,000 staff responded to questions from an organisation representing them. of those working in home care, two thirds say they're no longer able to take new clients. and in care homes, nearly half say they've closed to new residents. staff vacancies were high before 0micron amongst those

i�*ve been speaking to katie greenwood who is the head of the pacific delegation for the international federation of red cross. she explained the difficulty of getting through to those people affected. there�*s a lot that we do know but, unfortunately, there�*s still a lot that we don�*t know. international red cross has urgently been trying to re—establish communication with our red cross teams on the ground for about 2k hours now. we did have some initial contact with our team just after the major eruption and when the tsunami alert had been raised and our teams were supporting local authorities to move people to the very limited higher ground around nuku�*alofa on the main island in tonga, so we do know that. we do know also that there has been some significant damage in the northern shore of the main island in tonga. we are very keen to hear from the low—lying and outer atolls within tonga itself closer to the eruption site and we have not been able to establish that contact. it�*s very difficult, with the ash cloud causing problems with satellite phones, the undersea

now on bbc news, it's time for the media show, with katie razzall. hello. a major trial will take place this year in the us. you'll remember the story behind it. el shafee elsheikh is accused of being a member of the islamic state group and of being one of the notorious is beatles. so named by their hostages because of their british accents and accused of torturing and beheading journalists and aid workers. itv news�* rohit kachroo secured interviews with el shafee elsheikh and another man before they were transferred into us custody. those interviews are to form part of the trial. so, what are the ethics of interviewing some of the members of a terror group? is it ever 0k to give what amounts to be publicity to people accused of such serious crimes? and how you even go about doing it? welcome to the media show, and let's start right at beginning of the story. who were the is beatles and when did you first come across them? everyone will remember years ago, 2014, 2015, the rise, the rapid rise of islamic state group, isis. and the fact that they started t

as has tv personality and campaigner katie piper for her work with people affected by burns and other injuries. spice girl mel b, a patron of women's aid has been made an mbe for her work highlighting abusive behaviour. as the world watched on, another black life gone. and diversity star ashley banjo says he is humbled and proud to become an mbe for services to dance. black lives matter. lizo mzimba, bbc news. among the many 0lympic stars to receive an honour is the gold medal—winning diver, tom daley. he spoke to the bbc�*s sally nugent about being given an 0be. i am extremely proud to be honoured with an 0be and i think it is also that now, being an 0be, it is almost like a responsibility to make the whole commonwealth a better place for lgbt people, for women, for people of colour, to make it a more inclusive and accepting environment. and with accepting this 0be, it is now my responsibility to try and help create change and help create this environment where everybody can be anything that they want, no matter where they come from. that is an aspirational thing to mark out, isn

as has tv personality and campaigner katie piper for her work with people affected by burns and other injuries. spice girl mel b, a patron of women's aid, has been made an mbe for her work highlighting abusive behaviour. as the world watched on, another black life gone. and diversity star ashley banjo says he is humbled and proud to become an mbe for services to dance. black lives matter. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the legendary american actor and comedian betty white has died at the age of 99. her career spanned nine decades, from the earliest days of television to the latest toy story film just two years ago. she will probably be best remembered for her portrayal of rose nylund in the sitcom the golden girls, as gail maclellan reports. he rose, is this another one of those — he rose, is this another one of those scandinavian viking concussions? yes. it's called... _ concussions? yes. it's called---_ concussions? yes. it's called. . . called... betty white's performance _ called... betty white's performance as - called... betty white's performance as the . called... betty white's l per