truss— of him, whereas it is possible that liz truss may be seen as a soft touch — liz truss may be seen as a soft touch this— liz truss may be seen as a soft touch. this is a big blow for boris, lord _ touch. this is a big blow for boris, lord frost— touch. this is a big blow for boris, lord frost was a big ally and a stronq — lord frost was a big ally and a strong character.— lord frost was a big ally and a strong character. lizzie. that is interesting- _ strong character. lizzie. that is interesting. also _ strong character. lizzie. that is interesting. also liz _ strong character. lizzie. that is interesting. also liz truss - strong character. lizzie. that is interesting. also liz truss also | strong character. lizzie. that is . interesting. also liz truss also has a number of other responsibilities, she is foreign secretary, the women —— back to the minister for women and equalities, she has quite a lot on her plate and the brexit brief is important and will take up quite a lot of time. there may be some concerns about how much time she can dedicate specifically to

do ou foreign office under liz truss. do you think recent events over the last 2a, 48 hours you think recent events over the last 24, 48 hours gives the eu and upper hand oran last 24, 48 hours gives the eu and upper hand or an advantage in any way upper hand or an advantage in any waj ., , , ., upper hand or an advantage in any way absolutely not, i think they negotiating _ way absolutely not, i think they negotiating strengths _ way absolutely not, i think they negotiating strengths of - way absolutely not, i think they negotiating strengths of both i way absolutely not, i think they . negotiating strengths of both sides have been there for a long time. there's a degree of interest in the eu and a degree of concern that this might slow the process down but the ultimate issues on the table about whether we can lessen those checks in the east west gb to northern ireland border, but whether we can find institutions to satisfy both the european union and the uk government, remain as they ever were. arguably in northern irel

so often the topic as is iran and mostly liz truss i is iran and mostly liz truss has been speaking about russia as well because that is been on the table in terms of the nuclear deal and how you deal with iran. we have heard about the british woman there. what does liz truss have to say about iran. that hunger strike now for 21 days urging the foreign office to act. how can they act? people like richard radcliffe, relatives of people detained in prison in iran are saying that £400 million debt owed by the uk to iran for historic arm sales in the 70s needs to be paid, they believe that the two are linked and their relatives freed. about that debt, _ their relatives freed. about that debt, liz _ their relatives freed. about that debt, liz truss - their relatives freed. about that debt, liz truss was - their relatives freed. about. that debt, liz truss was asked unless listen to what she said. it is our policy that this is that— it is our policy that this is that that _ it is our policy that this is that that the british government needs to pay. there are complexities to working with—

-- liz truss. , that's exactly right. it's _ introduced -- liz truss. , that's exactly right. it's no _ introduced -- liz truss. , that's exactly right. it's no surprise i introduced -- liz truss. , that's exactly right. it's no surprise to| exactly right. it's no surprise to see that most of the front pages are focusing on this for tomorrow. they are cabinet tensions we have heard about with people like michael gold and sajid javid taking a hard line on lockdown, they are gatherings behind the scenes coming out in public as well. the only result that is having his causing confusion and fear among people. is having his causing confusion and fearamong people. i is having his causing confusion and fear among people. i know most of the front pages are saying, oh, great, we can have christmas, but actually, all we've got is more uncertainty, more wary, more empty pubs and restaurants in cities around the uk, and it's actually not around the uk, and it's actually not a good thing. we shouldn't be in the situation in the first

powerful resignation letter, liz truss is— powerful resignation letter, liz truss is in. _ powerful resignation letter, liz truss is in, she is the first of five — truss is in, she is the first of five now— truss is in, she is the first of five now i_ truss is in, she is the first of five now i think brexit ministers who voted — five now i think brexit ministers who voted remain in a referendum but actually— who voted remain in a referendum but actually i _ who voted remain in a referendum but actually i think we have seen... i think— actually i think we have seen... i think it _ actually i think we have seen... i think it is — actually i think we have seen... i think it is interesting and i have spoken— think it is interesting and i have spoken to — think it is interesting and i have spoken to someone who is close to quite _ spoken to someone who is close to quite a _ spoken to someone who is close to quite a iot— spoken to someone who is close to quite a lot of tory backbench mps who are _ quite a lot of tory backbench mps who are worried that although she is str

liz truss, welcome back to political thinking. great to be here. do you remember what you said to me about diplomacy last time we sat in the studio? i've completely forgotten, nick. "i'm not very diplomatic." how does it feel being the country's top diplomat? i think it depends on the way you interpret the word "diplomacy". i think what i was getting at is on somebody who likes i think what i was getting at is i'm somebody who likes to speak my mind. i'm clear about what i think and i'm not going to trim my messages for the audience. i think that quality can be useful in foreign policy when we face, at the moment, a situation with a very aggressive russia, when we face challenges for the free world in terms of our fundamental beliefs in things like freedoms and democracy. maybe now is not the time for diplomat. old—fashioned ideas of diplomacy — schmoozing, telling people what they want to hear, perhaps, constructive ambiguity — they have all gone? i fully approve of the schmoozing part because you do have to get to know your colleagues, you

liz truss, welcome back to political thinking. great to be here. do you remember what you said to me about diplomacy last time we sat in the studio? i've completely forgotten, nick. "i'm not very diplomatic." how does it feel being the country's top diplomat? i think it depends on the way you interpret the word diplomacy. i think what i was getting at is i'm somebody who likes to speak my mind. i'm clear about what i think and i'm not going to trim my messages for the audience. and i think that quality can be useful in foreign policy when we face, at the moment, a situation with a very aggressive russia, when we face challenges for the free world in terms of our fundamental beliefs in things like freedoms and democracy. maybe now is not the time for a diplomat. old—fashioned ideas of diplomacy — schmoozing, telling people what they want to hear, perhaps, constructive ambiguity. have they all gone? i fully approve of the schmoozing part because you do have to get to know your colleagues, you have to be... modern diplomacy is now about whatsapp a

and it is going to be the foreign secretary, liz truss. our political correspondence damian grammaticas is here. she's going to be busy. she's already responsible for foreign policy and trips abroad and now she has the northern ireland protocol to focus on. , ~�* northern ireland protocol to focus on. , w ., on. exactly, you're right. we've had the news from _ on. exactly, you're right. we've had the news from downing _ on. exactly, you're right. we've had the news from downing street - on. exactly, you're right. we've had the news from downing street in i the news from downing street in literally the last few minutes. this was quite a big decision from boris johnson, quite a big dilemma, what would he do to replace lord frost? he created the role for lord frost and took it out of the foreign office and put lord frost in charge of relations with the eu, negotiating brexit, dealing with the ongoing negotiations. now, his dilemma that he had... lord frost has been a very competent negotiator. that had gone down very well with brexit suppor

britain's foreign secretary, liz truss, will become the uk's lead negotiator with the european union following the resignation of lord frost. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas amid concerns over the omicron variant. the uk health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions and says people should be cautious in their social mixing. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, is to become the chief uk negotiator in talks with the european union. it comes after the former brexit minister, lord frost, resigned over the introduction of further covid restrictions. ms truss has the task of finding a solution to the trade status of northern ireland. the current arrangement — called the northern ireland protocol, avoids a hard border with the irish republic, which is the eu. but it has disrupted commerce between mainland britain and northern ireland. why does this matter? our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, is here. hello. let us just first start off with why lord frost resigne

the big winner was liz truss, now the foreign - was liz truss, now the foreign secretary. dominic raab was moved to justice, the consolation prize of being made deputy prime minister. are you happy? have you been demoted? fits are you happy? have you been demoted?— are you happy? have you been demoted? a , ., demoted? as politicians headed off to their conferences, _ demoted? as politicians headed off to their conferences, drivers - demoted? as politicians headed off to their conferences, drivers found | to their conferences, drivers found themselves going, well, nowhere. fuel supply issues led to panic buying and lengthy queues at petrol stations. in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. in this hall as leader of our great la . ., in this hall as leader of our great .a . ., , ., in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was h

liz truss replaces lord frost as the uk's lead brexit negotiator. we take a look at some of the major challenges she faces. let's start with international travel, because with the omicron variant spreading across europe and much of the world at rapid speed it's causing major disruption for the travel industry. many have chosen to change or cancel christmas travel plans as more countries introduce new restrictions. one of the latest is germany, which from sunday banned most travellers from britain, denmark, and france. anyone entering germany from these countries need a negative pcr test and is required to quarantine for m days, regardless of vaccination status. it's notjust an european problem. in the us, dr anthony fauci, who advises the white house, has warned christmas travel will increase the spread of the omicron variant across the country. so far the new variant accounts for 3% of cases in the us, but that number is quickly rising. let's go live to dusseldorf and speak to axel hefer, the chief executive of the travel website trivago. good to t

what were the key message liz truss�*s is trying to to get across. well, she was adding to this growing concern about the situation in ukraine. as you say, president biden addressing it on his phone call with president putin a few days ago, because us intelligence and ukrainian fears, because us intelligence and ukrainianfears, division, the satellite imagery that has come out of the border between ukraine and russia, of around 100,000 troops apparently russian troops, on the border there. fears of an imminent invasion. so president biden said, look, they will be strong economic and other measures against russia if, he said it to mr putin, and we had also the spectacle of president macron, standing side—by—side with olaf scholz, we just heard him there, saying the us should be careful of self—levelling prophecies. he wanted no unnecessary tension on this issue. but liz truss has taken a slightly different attack, she says that this upcoming g7 foreign ministers meeting in liverpool this week there should be a show of unity among like—minded e

�*joining u5. he| liz truss, thanks forjoining us. what a three years can only has liz truss gun to make. not only has liz truss gun to a leading candidate to boris gigading candidate to renlacebaris she's gone from aileading candidate to renlacebaris she's gone from a woman johnson, but she's gone from a woman happy tojoke about johnson, but she's gone from a woman happy to joke about her past, happy to tell anecdotes and wanted to present herself as the serious foreign secretary, and who knows? perhaps a serious candidate to replace borisjohnson at number ten. that's it from this addition of political thinking. thanks for watching. after a cold weather we've had for a while, things are looking milder and staying mild as we head into next week. tomorrow we will notice the amount of wind in wales, and there will be around —— a lot of cloud around. behind that rain is where we see the temperatures rising. you can see it stays pretty damp a �*moments. further north, a few drier moments. further north, scotland and northern ireland

our news reporter mark lobel told me the key message liz truss is trying to to get across. she was adding to this growing concern about the situation in ukraine. as you say, president biden addressing it on his phone call with president putin a few days ago, because us intelligence and ukrainian fears, the vision, the satellite imagery that has come out of the border between ukraine and russia, of around 100,000 troops apparently russian troops, on the border there. fears of an imminent invasion. so president biden said, look, there'll be strong economic and other measures against russia if, he said it to mr putin, and we had also the spectacle of president macron, standing side—by—side with olaf scholz, we just heard him there, saying the us should be careful on self—fulfilling prophecies. he wanted no unnecessary tension on this issue. but liz truss has taken a slightly different tack, she says at this upcoming g7 foreign ministers meeting in liverpool this week there should be a show of unity among like—minded economies to show maximum deterrence to russia if the

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the big winner was liz truss, now the foreign secretary. dominic raab was moved tojustice, with the consolation prize of being made deputy prime minister. are you happy? have you been demoted? as politicians headed off to their conferences, drivers found themselves going, well, nowhere. fuel supply issues led to panic buying and lengthy queues at petrol stations. in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was happy, though. i have no regrets! shouting slogans or changing lives, conference? do you stand by your remarks? the deputy leader caused controversy when she used the word "scum" to describe conservative ministers. she stood by it at the time but apologised unreservedly a month later. in manchester, borisjohnson used his conference speech to buoy up supporters. after decades of drift and dither,

the big winner was liz truss, now the foreign secretary. dominic raab was moved to justice, with the consolation prize of being made deputy prime minister. are you happy? have you been demoted? as politicians headed off to their conferences, drivers found themselves going, well, nowhere. fuel supply issues led to panic buying and lengthy queues at petrol stations. in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was happy, though. shouting slogans or changing lives, conference? do you stand by your remarks? the deputy leader caused controversy when she used the word "scum" to describe conservative ministers. she stood by it at the time but apologised unreservedly a month later. in manchester, borisjohnson used his conference speech to buoy up supporters. after decades of drift and dither, this reforming go

the big winner was liz truss, now the foreign secretary. dominic raab was moved to justice, with the consolation prize of being made deputy prime minister. are you happy? have you been demoted? as politicians headed off to their conferences, drivers found themselves going, well, nowhere. fuel supply issues led to panic buying and lengthy queues at petrol stations. in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was happy, though. shouting slogans or changing lives, conference? do you stand by your remarks? the deputy leader caused controversy when she used the word "scum" to describe conservative ministers. she stood by it at the time, but apologised unreservedly a month later. in manchester, borisjohnson used his conference speech to buoy up supporters. after decades of drift and dither, this reforming g

mrjohnson has moved fast to hand lord frost's negotiating responsibilities to liz truss, the foreign secretary. also popular in tory ranks for the trade negotiations she's done since brexit. but recent revelations have damaged mrjohnson, like this video of his staffjoking leaked to itv news. today, another leak to the guardian, the downing street garden in may 2020, with bottles of wine. the rules at the time said only two could meet outside socially. number 10 says this was a work meeting. three, two, one! and the shock by—election loss in north shropshire. to pass new measures, mrjohnson will have to recall parliament. if the government felt that further action had to be taken, of course we would present that to parliament and it would be for parliament to decide. and the noes to the left, 126. but this week 100 tories already voted against the latest measures, so a new vote could see even more rebels. he's got over 100 conservative mps who are holding _ him to ransom, are saying they won't even vote for the most mild - i restrictions that we voted on inl parliament this week, an

liz truss, welcome back to political thinking. great to be here. do you remember what you said to me about diplomacy last time we sat in the studio? i've completely forgotten, nick. "i'm not very diplomatic." how does it feel being the country's top diplomat? i think it depends on the way you interpret the word diplomacy. i think what i was getting at is i'm somebody who likes to speak my mind.

truss will now be the chief negotiator for the uk when liz truss will now be the chief negotiatorfor the uk when it liz truss will now be the chief negotiator for the uk when it comes to trying to get changes to the northern ireland protocol and she will represent the uk government in thosejoint meetings will represent the uk government in those joint meetings with the eu. she has a new deputy, chris heaton—harris, the backbencher has been promoted to being a minister, quite a fervent brexiteer, and i suppose liz truss will have to decide if you want to continue with the same asks that david frost had or if she tweaked them a bit, downgrade them a bit, water them downgrade them a bit, water them down or does she do nothing? because actually, they are borisjohnson's asks and they will stay the same so interesting to see how that pans out. . ~ interesting to see how that pans out. ., ~' , ., interesting to see how that pans out. ., ,, i. ., interesting to see how that pans out. ., ,, ., ., ,, interesting to see how that pans out. ., ., ., ,, ., interesting to see how that pans out. .

britain's foreign secretary liz truss will take responsibility for the uk's post—brexit negotiations with the eu following the abrupt resignation of lord frost. lord frost said he was unhappy with the direction of borisjohnson's government and urged the prime minister not to impose what he called the "coercive" covid measures seen in some other countries. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas looks at the challenges for the prime minister in the coming days. lord frost? lord frost. i'm from the bbc. can i ask you a few questions, please? no. can i ask why you've resigned from the government, lord frost? do you believe that boris is still fit to lead? he wasn't answering today but lord frost's resignation came at a terrible time for the prime minister. 0n borisjohnson's behalf, he'd been at the forefront of the ongoing battles with brussels and was admired by many tory mps, who today said they shared lord frost's concerns, including his dislike of new covid restrictions. many of the things that he worries about, i and many of my colleagues worry about. we want to see the cons

the other dynamic as whether people like rishi sunak, like liz truss i thinking about potential future leadership. thinking about potential future leadership-— thinking about potential future leadership._ cella| thinking about potential future - leadership._ cella making leadership. you reckon? cella making 'ust the leadership. you reckon? cella making just the right — leadership. you reckon? cella making just the right noises _ leadership. you reckon? cella making just the right noises to _ leadership. you reckon? cella making just the right noises to those - just the right noises to those conservative mps who are opposed to lockdown will go down quite well. you old cynic, david, you old cynic. reporting in the times to break away from the telegraph or one second that chris whitty and sir patrick balance are also not commenting on the lack of restrictions. there is one quote here saying "i didn't get the impression that the two of them were convinced we were making a mistake even if they probably thought on balance we probably are." the reason the jury is out to because in the dai

the uk foreign secretary liz truss is to become the chief uk negotiator in talks with the european union. it comes after the former brexit minister, lord frost, resigned over the introduction of further covid restrictions. she will continue to run the foreign office alongside her new task of finding a solution to the trade status of northern ireland. at least 169 people have reportedly died after a powerful storm struck the philippines on thursday. super typhoon rai sent some 300,000 people running for safety when it hit the country's south—eastern islands. rescue teams have described some areas as looking "like they were bombed worse than world war ii". there have been reports of sudanese authorities firing heavy tear gas at protesters outside the presidential palace in the capital, khartoum. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets around the country to denounce the military and to mark the third anniversary of protests that led to the overthrow of omar al—bashir. turnout in local elections in hong kong has officially been announced as the lowest ever in its

we heard from liz truss there and the eu have spoken out, as have america, is russia likely to listen or take any of this seriously, james? well, that is certainly _ any of this seriously, james? well, that is certainly what _ any of this seriously, james? well, that is certainly what western - that is certainly what western powers hope will happen. there is a genuine fear that certainly the military posture adopted by russia and the fact that there are more than 100,000 troops poised on the edge of ukraine, that if they wanted to invade, they have the capacity to do that and that is deeply worrying in western capitals. they do not want there to be any conflict. everybody is desperately trying to deter that action and every minister when they are asked or threatening severe consequences, specifically economic consequences and the thing is that russia has been subject to sanctions before, it is already subject to sanctions and the question is can those sanctions be firm enough. they are talking about excluding russia from international banking clearing systems, perhaps maybe curbing th

britain's foreign secretary liz truss will take responsibility for the uk's post—brexit negotiations with the eu following the abrupt resignation of lord frost. lord frost said he was unhappy with the direction of borisjohnson's government and urged the prime minister not to impose what he called the "coercive" covid measures seen in some other countries. our political correspondent damian grammaticas looks at the challenges for the prime minister in the coming days. lord frost? lord frost. i'm from the bbc. can i ask you a few questions, please? no. can i ask why you've resigned from the government, lord frost? do you believe that boris is still fit to lead? he wasn't answering today but lord frost's resignation came at a terrible time for the prime minister. on borisjohnson's behalf, he'd been at the forefront of the ongoing battles with brussels and was admired by many tory mps, who today said they shared lord frost's concerns, including his dislike of new covid restrictions. many of the things that he worries about, i and many of my colleagues worry about. we want to see the cons

what were the key message liz truss's is trying to to get across. her main messages to do at this mounting international concern about a potential conflict in the ukraine. that is because of reports of 100,000, over 100,000 russian troops amassed on the border between russia and ukraine. this topic came up earlier this weekend president putin and president biden spoke in biden came away from that meeting warning of economic and other consequences on russia if there was this invasion of ukraine. president putin came away saying that he was concerned and wanted guarantees that nato wouldn't expand eastwards into ukraine. the two of them are at loggerheads. liz trost wants this meeting this week and deb g7 moran technique for administration a as a show of unity between like—minded economies to deter russia from invading ukraine. she was speaking to the bbc�*s james landau. let's have a listen to how she put it. i share the view that it would be extremely serious if russia where — be extremely serious if russia where to— be extremely serious if

the uk's foreign secretary, liz truss, is to become the uk's lead negotiator with the eu in post—brexit talks. she will continue to run the foreign office alongside her new role leading the negotiations over the northern ireland protocol. ms truss's appointment follows the resignation of the brexit minister lord frost. in the us, president biden's flagship piece of legislation — known as build back better — looks in deep trouble after a key senatorfrom his own democratic party said he wouldn't support it. senatorjoe manchin, who represents the conservative state of west virginia, told fox news he'd tried to reach a compromise on the multi—billion—dollar bill. the finely balanced composition of the senate means president biden cannot afford to lose a single democratic vote. 0ur correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, has the latest on the senator's statement. this is his top domestic policy priority. this is the cornerstone of his legislative agenda. it's this use and social spreading bill which involves programmes that fought climate change, as well as boosting health care sub

the foreign secretary, liz truss, has warned russia will face �*massive consequences' and a �*severe cost�* if it were to invade ukraine. speaking at the g7 ministerial meeting in liverpool, ms truss said the uk, the united states and other allies are considering �*all options' if russia were to launch an incursion across the border, amid rising tensions in the region. a body has been found in a park in camberwell, south london, in connection to an investigation into the disappearance of nursing assistant petra srncova, the metropolitan police said. the metropolitan police said officers were called by a member of the public to brunswick park in camberwell, south london, at around 11.aoam on sunday.a body was found and officers remain on scene at the location.the force is still awaiting formal identification, but said petra srncova's family have been informed.at this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained. an 11 year old girl has died, after being found unresponsive, in a building in east london, where a quantity of what's being described as �*chemicals' have been foun

britain's foreign secretary liz truss will become the uk's lead brexit negotiator with the european union, following the resignation of lord frost.

so liz truss could do a lot to finish brexit because she's a pragmatist, i think, and also there's a lot of goodwill on the europe side to solve the problem of northern ireland, fishing, migrants because europe wants to move on. you know, there will be a new french president, there is a new chancellor in germany, there are enormous challenges to be met, and brexit is at end of it. and it's not the problems we have that could derail finding an agreement. now i'm not sure that macron will be reelected, and that might be the problem. because if he faces pecresse in the second round, the right wing choice, traditional right wing government, he will lose because part of the left will go on with pecresse because precresse always had a social dimension and macron is hated by the left because he is perceived as a president of the rich. he is considered aloof and arrogant. so you could have president pecresse rather than president macron. so it's all about as ever with french politics who gets into that last round playoff between the two top placed candidates, assuming no candidate gets 50%?

and foreign secretary liz truss joins nick robinson in this week's episode of political thinking, that's in half an hour. good evening. health officials have renewed their call for everyone who's eligible to get their covid boosterjab. new modelling suggests the uk could be facing a bigger wave of infections than back injanuary. a further 633 omicron cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours — the uk's biggest dailyjump in omicron infections so far. but there's still uncertainty about how many people may need hospital care, and how much pressure will be on the nhs. here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. at vaccine centres around the uk, including this one in grimsby, the race is on to get even more jabs into arms and boost our defences against what may become the biggest wave of covid infections we've seen so far. it's more worrying, i think, because we don't know exactly what's going to happen, so it's betterjust to be safe. ijust want to protect people as well that i'm going to be in contact with. the new variant omicron is spreading fast, doubling every 2.5 days. n

britain's foreign secretary, liz truss, will become the uk's lead negotiator with the european union following the resignation of lord frost. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas amid concerns over the omicron variant. the uk health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions and says people should be cautious in their social mixing.

foreign secretary liz truss will replace lord frost as the uk's lead negotiator with the eu in post—brexit talks following his resignation. in hong kong, a record low turnout in the first elections since china tightened control. now on bbc news...saeeda mahmood, born and brought up in southern afghanistan, explores and introduces a remarkable set of films shot in the 1950s by american glenn foster, and his afghan assistant hajji mehtabuddin. this is precious. i love this sweet. and ijust ate half of it and kept another half because i thought i will never, ever have them again. for me, this is a diamond. reminds me of my childhood. and the golden time. i was so excited to discover these films. my family had many photographs, but we lost them when we fled the afghan wars as refugees. most afghans have no pictures of their past. nothing to show their grandchildren. it is a terrible gap in our lives. these films, kept safe for half a century, are the only ones i have ever seen that have survived the wars. they show my afghanistan — to me, the real one. a land full of life and hope. they tell

the foreign secretary, liz truss, who's chairing the g7 meeting, had this warning for iran. this is the last chance for iran to come to the negotiating table with a serious resolution to this issue which has to be agreeing the terms of theirjc poa. this is the last chance and it is vital that they do so. we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and it is vital that they come to the table and are serious about the negotiations. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. her remarks are just the latest stage of western leaders and ministers trying to put a little bit more pressure on iran just to say, look, the situation as it is currently cannot continue forever. there are talks taking place in vienna with negotiators on both sides still talking, still holding lots of meetings but they are not negotiating over detailed texts yet and that is because there is a disagreement over where they should start. essentially, the west, britain, france, germany, the other signatories to the initial agreement, china and russia, are all saying these negotiations should p

the headlines: britain's foreign secretary liz truss will become the uk's lead negotiator with the european union on the northern ireland protocol following the resignation of lord frost. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas amid concerns over the omicron variant. the uk health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions before christmas in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. he says it is time to be cautious about social interactions. votes are being tallied in hong kong, in an election where candidates could only stand if they proved their loyalty to the chinese communist party. coming up in a moment on bbc news, it's sportsday. but first, here's the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. hi, mark. what have you been watching? very mixed bag. we have spider—man: no way home. we have the lost daughter, the directorial debut from maggie gyllenhaal. with olivia colman. and the tender bar, with ben affleck

this was how liz truss put it a little earlier. i share the view that it would be extremely serious if russia were to take that action. it would be a strategic mistake and there would be severe consequences for russia. what we are doing this weekend is working with like—minded allies to spell it out. james, we are hearing about consequences, just how much pressure, how much power even, does the g7 have and when we hear about consequences, are we talking about diplomatic or economic sanctions. primarily economic and diplomatic sanctions. but it is a good question as to what they actually mean by these severe consequences. because there are a range of economic sanctions, there are sanctions imposed on russia already. the big ticket items are things like the nordstream 2 gas pipeline between russia and germany. that exists, but it is not actually on tap at the moment because there are regulatory obstacles still to be overcome. and there are many western capitals who believe that if there were to be a russian invasion, that that pipe

the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, who's chairing the g7 meeting, had this warning for iran. (tx $$$ this is the last chance for iran to come to the negotiating table with a serious resolution to this issue which has to be agreeing with the terms of thejcpoa. this is the last chance, and it is vital that they do so. we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and it is vital that they come to the table and are serious about negotiations. let's talk to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. very strong words there. last chance, we won't allow you to acquire the weapons, how likely is iran going to take all of this seriously?— iran going to take all of this seriousl ? . ., , seriously? the remarks are 'ust the latest stage — seriously? the remarks are 'ust the latest stage oft seriously? the remarks are 'ust the latest stage of western _ seriously? the remarks are just the latest stage of western leaders - seriously? the remarks are just the latest stage of western leaders and j latest stage of western leaders and ministers trying to put a little bit more press

liz truss the foreign secretary says she weekend to be a show of unity by the west against that, and how do i know that? she has tweeted is already saying at this meeting will be a show of unity against global addresses. she will probably get that. where it will be harder is over the detail. well that's right include for example a threat to block a new pipeline, gas pipeline between russia and germany? if that were to be blocked, that would certainly have a negative impact, damaging impact on russia but also have a negative impact on the west, because it means gas prices would go up, notjust there butt elsewhere and this also concerns about how much of an extent can russia be squeezed out of the international banking system ? it would have an impact on the city of london is a the uk treasury has admitted some officials did have drinks in their office in november last year — but has denied that this amounted to a party. the times has reported that about two dozen civil servants held a drinks party to celebrate finishing work on the chancellor's spending review. a treasury spokespers

this was how liz trust put this earlier. —— truss. it would be a strategic mistake stop there would be severe consequences for russia. what we are doing this weekend is working with like minded allies to spell that out. we are hearing of consequences. how much pressure, how much power, does the g7 have? when we hear about consequences, diplomatic and economic sanctions? primarily diplomatic and economic sanctions. it is a good question as to what they actually mean by these severe consequences. there are a range of economic sanctions. there are sanctions that are imposed on russia already. the big ticket items are things like the gas pipeline between russia and germany. that exists but it is not actually on tap at the moment because there are regulatory obstacles still to be overcome. and there are many western capitals we believe that if there were to be a russian invasion that pipeline should just be shut down. that would have a huge impact on russian gas exports, it would damage russia's economy. it would be a very high price to pa

liz truss who's hosting this event is very much seeing this as a meeting of the free world. she puts there and of like minded countries, and that such like monte countries have duty to be united in their, in their perspective on threats that the free, well does. she might say it is under now. those threats, of course, at the moment, primarily coven, 19 with omicron, the new variance spreading around the world. they have much to talk about on that front. president abraham racy, says iran is serious about the latest round of negotiations to revive the 2050 nuclear deal and the world powers are willing to remove sanctions. an agreement can be reached. stay tv reported those comments as talk continued for another day in vienna, palestinians and the occupied west bank of voting and local council elections that the 1st poles in 2 years. but the leaders of fatter and hamis remained at all civil when to hold the next general election, which was last held 15 years ago. dozens of people have been killed and several others were injured. after dozens of tornadoes tore through parts of t

the foreign secretary, liz truss, who's chairing the g7 meeting, had this warning for iran. this is the last chance for iran to come to the negotiating table with a serious resolution to this issue, which has to be agreeing the terms of the jcpoa. this is the last chance. and it is vital that they do so. we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and it is vital that they come to the table and are serious about the negotiations. the headlines on bbc news: the uk covid alert level has been increased to level 4, meaning there's widespread pressure on health services — because of the rapid increase in omicron cases. the prime minister will make a televised address to the nation later this evening days before an expected backbench rebellion — prime minister, borisjohnson faces fresh questions about christmas gatherings at downing street a year ago — after a photo emerges of him taking part in a quiz. emergency teams in six us states are continuing to search for survivors following one of the largest outbreaks of tornadoes in us history. at least 80 people died in k

i think the fact that liz truss cannot _ video? i think the fact that liz truss cannot deny _ video? i think the fact that liz truss cannot deny this - video? i think the fact that liz truss cannot deny this tells i video? i think the fact that liz l truss cannot deny this tells you everything that you need to know. when i saw this video, i was quite rightly enraged. amelia christie people are enraged about this. staff practising and laughing about how to cover up this party and the rule breaking that goes along with it is terrible given the practices that people have made. they have missed out on seeing their loved ones and other sacrifices in keeping their communities, theirfamilies other sacrifices in keeping their communities, their families safe. they have been doing the right thing. it should not be up to the people to set an example to the prime minister, but unfortunately, that�*s the way it is now. this is a prime minister that doesn�*t know the difference between right and wrong and he has misled the houses of parliam

foreign secretary liz truss will replace lord frost as the uk's lead negotiator with the eu in post—brexit talks following his resignation. in hong kong, a record low turnout in the first elections since china tightened control. a victory for the hard — left candidate in chile's most polarising election ever. the 2021 bbc sports personality of the year is emma raducanu. and tennis star emma raducanu has won the bbc sports personality of the year. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lizzy buchan, deputy online political editor at the mirror and olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph. let's take a look at some of tomorrow's front pages already in. starting with the metro. "it's all looking a bit ominous" it says, as the health secretary refuses to rule out more covid restrictions ahead of the christmas break. those restrictions hang in the balance, reports the i. the government is under increasing pressure from scientists after what they describe as a sobering analysis of the latest uk covid data. the daily teleg

liz truss replaces lord frost as the uk's lead brexit negotiator. we take a look at some of the major challenges she faces.

meanwhile, the british foreign secretary, liz truss, has warned russia it will face "severe economic consequences" if it were to invade ukraine. she was speaking to the bbc on the eve of a meeting of g7 foreign ministers in liverpool. she stresed there would be a show of unity in making clear to moscow that any military action would be a strategic mistake. i share the view that it would be extremely serious if russia were to take that action. it would be a strategic mistake, and there would be severe consequences for russia. what we're doing this weekend is working with like—minded allies to spell that out. michael nesmith, singer and guitarist with 1960s pop group the monkees, has died at the age of 78. the quartet rose to fame with a string of hit songs and starred in their own popular tv sitcom. in a statement to us media, michael nesmith's family said he: "...passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes." earlier, i spoke to david browne who's a senior writer at rolling stone magazine. i asked how influential and significant he th

foreign secretary liz truss will replace lord frost as the uk's lead negotiator with the eu in post—brexit talks, following his resignation. the health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions and says people should cautious in their social mixing. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas, amid concerns over the 0micron variant. now on bbc news...it�*s the travel show, with a look back at 2021. coming up on the programme this week: it has been another challenging year for travel. but that has not stopped us from doing what we love best. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, rajan datar. there is no denying that 2021 will not go down as a great year for travel. hotels, airlines, tour operators and all of us who wanted to get away have had to cope with ever—changing rules and restrictions to do what we simply took for granted two years ago, before the pandemic struck. so, this week on the show, we are looking back at 2021 and some of our favourite stories of the year. and it was a year when many of us started changing the way we think about tr

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