after another week of bad headlines, the loss of senior downing street staff and some of his own mps openly calling for him to go, tonight borisjohnson was attempting to get on the front foot. he has appointed the former bbc journalist guto hari as his director of communications. he worked for borisjohnson when he was london mayor and here he was just over a week ago setting out what the prime minister had to do. boris has always underestimated how critical it is to have a fantastic team around him and i don't think, even if he can pull this back, he will be allowed to do it unless he promises to his party that he is going to overhaul that machinery. and as part of that overhaul, unusually the new chief of staff in downing street won't be a civil servant but a politician, the former brexit secretary steve barclay. his job will be to ensure that the cabinet and mps feel more involved in decision—making, although tony blair's former chief of staff jonathan powell questioned whether a demanding full—time role as a government official really can be combined with the job of an mp. aft

johnson moved into downing street. he came in to run the office as the civil servant in boris johnson's office. he is the one who sent in email that are merged about a party inviting 100 staff, a garden party in downing street in may 2020, at the time when the country was in lkdown. that now infamous email said, we want you to come and enjoy the hot summer weather, and byob. bring your own booze. he has been a name in the frame in all of those investigations. he, too, offered his resignation. the prime minister thanks them for thr significant contribution and will continue in their roles as successors are appointed. ros: one thing that i'm trying to navigate, and you'll be able to help me on this, while the attention has been on the lockdown parties, we have had these four resignations and they don't seem to be for the same reasons. >> we will have to see exacy how to explain it. munira mirza, certainly, that first resignation we had today, she was the head of the policy unit. she gave a different reason, as you were o

- disappointed with the things that have gone on at downing street, i have gone on at downing street, while _ have gone on at downing street, while the — have gone on at downing street, while the rest _ have gone on at downing street, while the rest of _ have gone on at downing street, while the rest of us _ have gone on at downing street, while the rest of us have - have gone on at downing street, while the rest of us have been. have gone on at downing street, while the rest of us have been ini while the rest of us have been in lockdown — while the rest of us have been in lockdown. but _ while the rest of us have been in lockdown. but overwriting - while the rest of us have been in lockdown. but overwriting that, i while the rest of us have been in| lockdown. but overwriting that, i think. _ lockdown. but overwriting that, i think, overall, _ lockdown. but overwriting that, i think, overall, going— lockdown. but overwriting that, i think, overall, going forward. . lockdown. but overwriting that, i think, overall, going forward. mi think, overall, going forward. ae3 much think,

is part of your plan to hasten him out of downing street? certainly — i think the sooner he goes, the better, for sure. 0h, dominic cummings, - doesn't he come back to haunt the prime minister? i think dominic cummingsi is incredibly disappointing. the prime minister took a lot of criticism for standing - by dominic cummings - after the barnard castle affair and i think he's being very disloyal to him. i for dominic cummings, loyalty doesn�*t come into it. he thinks the prime minister has become a liability and is calling for regime change on social media. the twitter account, the last 2,000 or 3,000 tweets, you know, this goes beyond criticism, it�*s seriously vengeful, venomous stuff, some of it. it is and that's what he's like, once he's in campaign mode, which for him, this will be — a campaign. he doesn't pull any punches and he uses hyperbolic language, he uses every trick he can think of, leaking to the papers, whatever. he won't care about perceived rules or niceties. like in every campaign he's ever run, he's going to be abs

a cabinet collea . ue downing street adviser. a cabinet colleague has _ downing street adviser. a cabinet colleague has come _ downing street adviser. a cabinet colleague has come to _ downing street adviser. a cabinet colleague has come to his - downing street adviser. a cabinet. colleague has come to his defence. downing street adviser. a cabinet i colleague has come to his defence. i think the best thing for the country is for the prime minister to continue, i think he is doing a greatjob. continue, i think he is doing a great job-— continue, i think he is doing a ureat 'ob. , , . ., ., great “0b. the spectacle of ageing to great job. the spectacle of ageing to mark the _ great job. the spectacle of ageing to mark the opening _ great job. the spectacle of ageing to mark the opening of _ great job. the spectacle of ageing to mark the opening of the - great job. the spectacle of ageingi to mark the opening of the winter olympics. but fewer world leaders attend because of claims of human rights abuses by president xi jinping's government. ajudge rules the cheques between bri

it's a very big blow to the prime minister. —— downing street — the prime minister. —— downing street it— the prime minister. —— downing street. if the prime minister wants to sacristy— street. if the prime minister wants to sacristy sunak, fine. that's verym — to sacristy sunak, fine. that's verym he's— to sacristy sunak, fine. that's very... he's one of the most confident— very... he's one of the most confident ministers in the cabinet. the difficulty is he got two sets of cabinet ministers. the second group who are _ cabinet ministers. the second group who are perfectly confident decent ministers — who are perfectly confident decent ministers who have now increasingly be ministers who have now increasingly he tainted _ ministers who have now increasingly be tainted by this drip, drip, and having— be tainted by this drip, drip, and having to— be tainted by this drip, drip, and having to go and defend us. it's like jeffrey's resignation speech when _ like jeffrey's resignation speech when he — like jeffrey's resignation speech when he resigned from margate thatc

a new photo emerges from a downing street from a downing street christmas quiz in 2020 — the met police say they're reviewing their decision not to investigate the gathering during covid restrictions. a man serving life for murdering his fiancee in 2016 has just been found

the findings are grim for downing street. ms gray found a serious failure to observe the high standards expected, with too little thought given to what was happening across the country. there were failures of leadership and judgement by different parts of number 10 and the cabinet office. she found excessive consumption of alcohol that is not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time, and some staff who had wanted to raise concerns about behaviours felt unable to do so. this may not be the full and final version, but the conclusion is clear — a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did. and, remember, this is only the initial report into what has emerged week by grisly week about what was going on behind the closed door of number 10. jokes about explaining away the rules. this fictional party was a business meeting! cheese and wine in the garden, claims of loud music and parties in the flat upstairs. birthday cake in the cabinet room. the rule—se

there may be no easy downing street escape. the blond head and red box you can spot from the sky arriving for a moment borisjohnson�*s enemies believed could be a reckoning. prime minister. he started with another apology. firstly, i want to say sorry, j and i'm sorry for the things we simply didn't get right - and also sorry for the way that this matter has been handled. and it's no use saying - that this or that was within the rules, and it's no use saying that people - were working hard. this pandemic was hard for everyone. j his penance, though — not changing his own address, but shifting others around. mr speaker, it isn'tl enough to say sorry. this is a moment when we must look at ourselves in _ the mirror and we must learn. we are making changes now to the way downing street . and the cabinet office run, so that we can get - on with the job that| i was elected to do, mr speaker, and the job that this government. was elected to do. mr speaker, i get it and i will fix it. - the findings are grim for downing street. ms

munira mirza, another key downing street aide as well. - key downing street aide as well. dougie smith. i wondered what might happen there. do you think downing street is brace for more of these are not? . , ., are not? dominic cummings... you miaht are not? dominic cummings... you might well— are not? dominic cummings... you might well say _ are not? dominic cummings... you might well say it — are not? dominic cummings... you might well say it looks _ are not? dominic cummings... you might well say it looks that - are not? dominic cummings... you might well say it looks that way. i might well say it looks that way. the other— might well say it looks that way. the other thing that caught my attention and is perhaps further evidence — attention and is perhaps further evidence is whether or not the chancellor, when he was talking about _ chancellor, when he was talking about energy price hikes and what he's doing — about energy price hikes and what he's doing to help people. he was asked _ he's doing to help people. he was asked directly what he thought about downi

it appears _ downing street. it's looking like that. it appears that _ downing street. it's looking like that. it appears that there - downing street. it's looking like that. it appears that there are i that. it appears that there are stories on the day that he'd been advised against saying that, so it was premeditated and his advisers said no, it was very clear from the letter yesterday that she told him she thought he should have apologised, and his refusal to take her advice was the reason she decided to quit. and i think that's another reason why, moving into downing street, looks unattractive. frankly, there's no point in going in as an adviser if you know that the prime minister is not looking for advice and not willing to take it, even from people who have worked with him for the 1a years that she had worked with him. so i think a really difficult environment there, but i do think the prime minister's problem is that he manages to start off ok when he's making these apologies, but his more natural, combative self justifying apologies, but his more natural, combat

uk prime minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at downing street. and — the uk firms up tougher laws that will force global social—media companies to take down harmful content, more quickly. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen has announced her hopes for the monarchy, when her eldest son, prince charles, becomes king. in a highly significant intervention, she's expressed her "sincere wish," that her daughter—in law, camilla, be known as queen consort, paving the way for the duchess of cornwall, to be crowned at her husband's side. the news comes on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her own accession to the throne. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell reports from sandringham. she's preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the day she came to the throne. this morning, the queen greeted guests in the ballroom at sandringham, walking slowly and carefully, steadied with a stick. but alert and fully engaged. i was told it had to be upside—down for the press. so, they can see it. laughter. idon�*t min

uk prime minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at downing street. and firming up legislation in the uk — that will force global social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the operation to rescue a five—year—old boy trapped in a well in morocco since tuesday has ended in tragedy. emergency workers were able to reach the boy, rayan awram, earlier this evening — but the moroccan authorities confirmed that he had died. king mohammed sent condolences to his parents. rayan awram, aged five, fell into the well on tuesday, triggering a huge rescue effort that engrossed the country. moroccan journalist hassan alawii has been following the story — he gave us his reaction to tonight's news. we were hoping to have some good news, even if it doesn't make sense for this story to end in a good manner because if you spent five days in the bottom of a well, and you are only a five—year—old boy, it is very unlikely that you can survive this terrible experience. so

downing street insists borisjohnson is still in control,

downing street says boris johnson paul adams, bbc news. downing street says borisjohnson will respond as required after he received a police questionnaire yesterday about events he attended during lockdown. the metropolitan police say the questionnaires, which are the written equivalent of police interviews under caution, are being sent to more than 50 people who attended downing street parties, who may have broken covid laws. matt cole joins us. may have broken covid laws. matt colejoins us. so, where our things at now? cole joins us. so, where our things at now? ~ ., ., , at now? well, we are now inside the seven days — at now? well, we are now inside the seven days that _ at now? well, we are now inside the seven days that boris _ at now? well, we are now inside the seven days that boris johnson - at now? well, we are now inside the seven days that boris johnson has i at now? well, we are now inside thej seven days that boris johnson has to seven days that borisjohnson has to reply. he has received this questionnaire from the metropol

the findings are grim for downing street. ms gray found a serious failure to observe the high standards expected, with too little thought given to what was happening across the country. there were failures of leadership and judgement by different parts of number 10 and the cabinet office. she found excessive consumption of alcohol that is not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time, and some staff who'd wanted to raise concerns about behaviours felt unable to do so. this may not be the full and final version, but the conclusion is clear — and, remember, this is only the initial report into what has emerged week by grisly week about what was going on behind the closed door of number 10. jokes about explaining away the rules. this fictional party was a business meeting! cheese and wine in the garden, claims of loud music and parties in the flat upstairs. birthday cake in the cabinet room. the rule—setters alleged to be rule—breakers while the rest of the country was locked down. in contrast to the prime minist

, by downing street garden on may 20,2020, by claiming... i believed implicitly that this was a work event. but politically. _ was a work event. but politically, this - was a work event. but politically, this is - was a work event. but politically, this is a i was a work event. but i politically, this is a very difficult situation for a serving prime minister to be in. while some allies have said they will support him, even if he received a fixed penalty notice, many tory mps think if he is found to have broken the law, his position would become untenable. ione wells, bbc news. in phoenix, arizona one suspect is dead and a woman is in a critical condition after what�*s being described as a domestic incident. the police were trying to take a baby away from the scene when the suspect started shooting. nine officers were injured and five of them were taken to hospital with non—life—threatening injuries. the man was later found dead at the property. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news. the united nations is warning that south suda

street residence during the curve at 19 knocked down. the findings accused hen and parts of his team are failing in leadership and judgment. johnson has apologized that says he will not step down the prime minister. a crunch day for boris johnson, leaving his headquarters in london's downing street to give a statement in parliament on what's become known as the party gates candle. firstly, i want to say, sorry, and i'm sorry for the things we simply didn't get right. and also sorry for the way that this matter has been handled and it's no use saying that this will, that was within the rules and you know, you saying that people are working hard. i don't the opposition lead a kiss. darma was quick to pounce, saying, johnson repeatedly claim the lockdown rules were followed. despite the parties in downing street the house, the guidance, we now know that 12 cases have reached the threshold for criminal investigation, which i remind the house means that there is evidence of serious and flagrant breaches of lockdown a contract, johnson acknowl

downing street insists boris johnson is still in control — after another conservative mp calls on him to go — and a fifth senior adviser resigns. as tensions in ukraine continue, we have a special report from its eastern region that's for years suffered loss of life on the front line with russia. emergency workers are hopeful of reaching a five—year—old boy who has been trapped for four daysin who has been trapped for four days in a deep well. queen elizabeth marks her platinum jubilee, viewing some cards and gifts celebrating her 70 years as monarch. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. china and russia have announced a new partnership hailed by president putin as an unprecedented pact of cooperation. china says it will back russia's foreign policy aims and says it supports russia's demands that nato halted its expansion. the president of china and vladimir putin held talks hours before the official opening of the winter olympics in beijing with a low—key ceremony held amid concerns about the covid and a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses. c

is part of your plan to hasten him out of downing street? certainly — i think the sooner he goes, the better, for sure. 0h, dominic cummings, - doesn't he come back to haunt the prime minister? i think dominic cummingsi is incredibly disappointing. the prime minister took a lot of criticism for standing - by dominic cummings - after the barnard castle affair and i think he's being very disloyal to him. i for dominic cummings, loyalty doesn't come into it. he thinks the prime minister has become a liability and is calling for regime change on social media. the twitter account, the last 2,000 or 3,000 tweets, you know, this goes beyond criticism, it's seriously vengeful, venomous stuff, some of it. it is and that's what he's like, once he's in campaign mode, which for him, this will be — a campaign. he doesn't pull any punches and he uses hyperbolic language, he uses every trick he can think of, leaking to the papers, whatever. he won't care about perceived rules or niceties. like in every campaign he's ever run, he's going to be absolutel

a fascinating chat in downing street. it will be a long | downing street. it will be a long day and a long week in politics. now for the weather. morning, day and a long week in politics. now forthe weather. morning, both. good morning everyone. we are looking at a mixed picture over the next few days. it will stay windy, not as windy as it was yesterday. today their wins will be strong enough far north of scotland in particular. some of us have opened up to blue skies and lovely sunrises. you can see on the picture from a weather watcher in north lincolnshire. others have woken up to more clad in spots of rain. this weather front has been sinking south. looking at the isobars, we have windy conditions, not as windy as yesterday. the other thing you will notice is where there are yellows and ambers, it will be mild, and mile day and a mild start and that will continue. here is the cloud associated with the weather front. sinking south and west say behind it is brightening up quite nicely. we'll see a fair of sunshine. in the north of the country some shower

well, as one mp said to me, "it's not a downing street nightmare, it's a downing street meltdown!" and let's say, we are now recording this at 8:15. in the last couple of hours, the prime minister's policy chief has quit. the prime minister's director of communications has quit. the prime minister's chief of staff has quit. the prime minister's principal private secretary... i always worry about getting that out correctly. civil servant. ..has also quit. so, four of the most senior people in downing street are on their way out. we were expecting a bit of a clear—out. one of them, we were not expecting. and it all makes everything feel like my wobblyjenga tower i talk about every week... yeah. ..suddenly got a lot more woogly. or shoogly, as we'd say in glasgow. shoogly! exactly. pretty shoogly. so, the news has changed a bit, but the analysis of what's going on with thejenga tower is basically still the same as we recorded a little while ago. so here's an episode of newscast we made earlier. i've always wanted to say that! newscast. newscast, from the bbc. hello, it's adam in the

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. one of the prime minister's longest serving members of staff, munira mirza, the head of policy at downing street, has resigned over boris johnson's attack this week on the labour leader overjimmy savile. mrjohnson falsely claimed in the commons that sir keir starmer was personally responsible for failing to prosecute savile — a claim widely criticised this week. today, boris johnson finally backtracked but failed to apologise. a short time ago, the chancellor said he would not have said what the prime minister said aboutjimmy savile. damian grammaticas reports. beset by crises, borisjohnson�*s troubles have often seen self inflicted when his veered off course. his remarks about sir keir starmer on monday met with dismay on all sides said today he tried to row back a bit. all sides said today he tried to row backa bit. i’m all sides said today he tried to row back a bit. �* . ~ ., ., back a bit. i'm talking not about the leader— back a bit. i'm talking not about the leader of

the findings are grim for downing street. ms gray found a serious failure to observe the high standards expected, with too little thought given to what was happening across the country. there were failures of leadership and judgement by different parts of number 10 and the cabinet office. she found excessive consumption of alcohol that is not appropriate in a professional workplace atany time, and some staff who'd wanted to raise concerns about behaviours felt unable to do so. this may not be the full and final version, but the conclusion is clear: and, remember, this is only the initial report into what has emerged week by grisly week about what was going on behind the closed door of number 10. jokes about explaining away the rules. this fictional party was a business meeting! cheese and wine in the garden, claims of loud music and parties in the flat upstairs. birthday cake in the cabinet room. the rule—setters alleged to be rule—breakers while the rest of the country was locked down. in contrast to the prime minister's

downing street says the two leaders updated each other on their discussions with other international partners, including the prime minister's visit to kyiv last week. they also agreed that nato must be united in the face of russian aggression and a diplomatic solution to the current tensions must remain the overriding priority. a greater manchester police officer has been charged with sexual assault. pc james holt — who's 32 — has been placed on restricted duties. he's due to appear in court next month. the comedianjimmy carr is facing criticism for a joke he made about europe's traveller communities being murdered during the holocaust. he made the joke in a comedy special released on netflix. travellers groups, mps, and the holocaust memorial day trust are among those to express their disgust. borisjohnson has appointed two new members of his back—room staff at downing street — in a move he said in a statement would strengthen the role of my cabinet and backbench colleagues and accelerate our defining mission to level up the country. the cabinet office minister steve barclay

., downing street? that is exactly what he said in parliament _ downing street? that is exactly what he said in parliament yesterday. i downing street? that is exactly what he said in parliament yesterday. he. he said in parliament yesterday. he said that he acknowledges that the buck stops with him. that is of course a statement of the obvious. but that is not to say that things do not go on in downing street as they do in any other ministerial department that are not personally sanctioned by the prime minister. that is a function of a large organisation. i think that is why he takes the very sensible view, i think, let's wait until we see the full details of the metropolitan police report and the update from sue gray to make sure that he can get those changes right. he has already committed to really significant changes and i think those are a large part of what is needed. do those are a large part of what is needed. , ., those are a large part of what is needed. ,, ., those are a large part of what is needed. i. ., ., ., , needed. do you not have worries about

mrjohnson has written to all of his mps, pledging to improve the way downing street operates. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. borisjohnson left downing street for the weekend last night and escaped to the countryside, perhaps, but there's no escaping his difficulties. nick gibb, a former schools minister, the latest mp to submit a letter of no confidence. in today's telegraph, which once carried mrjohnson�*s columns, he says... adding... others disagree. of course there are problems. the prime minister himself has suggested that there are problems. he has apologised graciously for them. but i think there is a big mistake going on here. there's an assumption that he's the office manager of the number 10 downing street. he's not. he's not responsible either for paying the electricity bill or for making sure that all the social distancing rules are observed all the time 21w, even when he's not there. yesterday, it was another tory mp, aaron bell, who submitted a letter. earlier in the week in parliament, he'd said he'd followed the lockdown rules at his

what taking responsible for what happened at downing street?— at downing street? what i see is a prime minister _ at downing street? what i see is a prime minister with _ at downing street? what i see is a prime minister with absolutely - at downing street? what i see is a prime minister with absolutely no| prime minister with absolutely no shame. he has deeded into the deepest and darkest recesses of the far right on social media and parroted those lines in the house of commons. it is the lowest of the low and it resulted yesterday in protesters and thugs shouting at keir starmer and other members of the shadow cabinet on the street and the shadow cabinet on the street and the police having to be involved. the prime minister and everybody associated with him should be ashamed of themselves and they should call out this thuggery and apologise for the language that they have used in the house of commons. he did call out the thuggery, he said he absolutely condemns those actions and has clarified what he said. he wasn�*t saying that sir keir starmer directly was r

social gatherings held a downing street. a full report is expected soon, that could reveal more damage and details. firstly, i want to say, sorry, i'm sorry for the things we simply didn't get right. and also sorry for the way that this model has been handled, has made the turmoil hudson johnson's approval ratings. into free fall and a growing number of his own conservatives are calling for his resignation. many other things. for now, johnson is standing firm. he insist his government can be trusted and has promised to change his leadership style. but the mass exodus of his top team leaves him with fewer and fewer allies, as he fights for his political future. well, they can turn our attention now to some of the developments in at v cove at 19 pandemic. germany's vaccine commission has recommended a 2nd covey cove at 19 booster be given to at risk groups that includes the over seventy's, those with compromised immune systems and health care workers. the world health organization, meanwhile, has said europe maybe. and during

downing street insists borisjohnson is still in control after another tory mp calls on him to go, and the resignation of a fifth downing st adviser. a spectacle in beijing to mark the opening of the winter olympics — but fewer world leaders attend because of claims of human rights abuses by president xi's government. a court orders checks on food and agricultural goods from britain to northern ireland must continue for now. now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. bbc three is back on tv — can its new show, the catch up, persuade young adults back into watching news bulletins? enough colleagues to rescue your premiership... and guess what the subject was at the first question to the prime minister at this press conference in ukraine? in the face of strong protests, bbc three disappeared as a broadcast channel in 2016, though it continued to exist online. bbc bosses said it was to save money. this week, keen to ensure that 16—34—year—olds didn't lose forever the habit of watching scheduled television, the bbc brought it

the findings are grim for downing street. ms grey found a serious failure to observe the high standards expected, with too little thought given to what was happening across the country. there were failures of leadership and judgement by different parts of number 10 and the cabinet office. she found excessive consumption of alcohol that is not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time, and some staff who'd wanted to raise concerns about behaviours felt unable to do so. this may not be the full and final version, but the conclusion is clear — a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did. and, remember, this is only the initial report into what has emerged week by grisly week about what was going on behind the closed door of number 10. jokes about explaining away the rules. this fictional party was a business meeting! cheese and wine in the garden, claims of loud music and parties in the flat upstairs. birthday cake in the cabinet room. the rule—sett

there may be no easy downing street escape. the | easy downing street escape. the blonde haired and red box you can spot from the sky arriving for a moment. can spot from the sky arriving fora moment. borisjohnson�*s for a moment. boris johnson's enemies fora moment. borisjohnson�*s enemies leave could be a reckoning. enemies leave could be a reckoning-— enemies leave could be a reckoning. he reckoning. prime minister. he started with — reckoning. prime minister. he started with another - reckoning. prime minister. he started with another apology. | started with another apology. firstly, i want to say sorry for the ad i am sorry for the things we simply didn't get right and also sorry for the way that this matter has been handled. and it was make no use saying that is all that was within the rules, it is no use that saying people were working hard... , ,, that saying people were working hard. . ._ this - hard... interjections. this pandemic— hard. . . interjections. this pandemic has _ hard. . . interjections. this pandemic has been - hard. . . interj

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uk prime minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at downing street. and — brightening up the dark nordic winter — as europe's largest festival of lights illuminates the danish capital. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. one of india's most famous singers, lata mangeshkar, has died at the age of 92. the bollywood superstar was known to millions as the �*nightingale of india' — and had an extraordinary career spanning over half a century, singing more than 30,000 songs in 36 languages. she was hospitalised last month with covid. in a tweet, prime minister narendra modi said she leaves a void in the nation that cannot be filled. rajini vaidyanathan looks back at her life. singing. she was one of the most recorded artists in history with thousands of songs to her name. the voice of the silver screen. lata mangeshkar was a bollywood playback singer. in indian musicals where actors rarely sink themselves, her vocals were dubbed over generations of leading ladies. she began singing when she was a young girland she began si

when did you last visit downing street? a couple of months auo, downing street? a couple of months aao, i downing street? a couple of months ago. ithink. — downing street? a couple of months ago, ithink. doesn't— downing street? a couple of months ago, i think. doesn't happen - downing street? a couple of months ago, i think. doesn't happen often? | ago, i think. doesn't happen often? know. ago, i think. doesn't happen often? know how — ago, i think. doesn't happen often? know. how often? _ ago, i think. doesn't happen often? know. how often? not _ ago, i think. doesn't happen often? know. how often? not very - ago, i think. doesn't happen often? know. how often? not very often. i know. how often? not very often. maybe a couple of times a year, i might speak to him and other ministers on the phone. find might speak to him and other ministers on the phone. and is that fairly common? _ ministers on the phone. and is that fairly common? how _ ministers on the phone. and is that fairly common? how often - ministers on the phone. and is that fairly common? how

good morning, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire live at downing street. the prime minister tries to rally support from mps after that damning report into parties held at downing street. the deputy pm says it's important for the government to reflect on the initialfindings. it was important the sue gray report was published in full, the way many people have been calling for, and it was important that we looked at and learnt the lessons that she has highlighted, and also the prime minister has come back and said, "ok, i want to address and fix this." so many people are worried about issues _ so many people are worried about issues such— so many people are worried about issues such as their energy bills, which _ issues such as their energy bills, which are — issues such as their energy bills, which are going through the roof, and the _ which are going through the roof, and the prime minister is spending all of— and the prime minister is spending all of this— and the prime minister is spending all of this time saving his own skih~ — is the "sorry" f

how much did these - appointments really affect people beyond downing street and westminster? what difference does this make to the lives of people up and down the uk? thea;r this make to the lives of people up and down the uk?— this make to the lives of people up and down the uk? they don't make any direct difference _ and down the uk? they don't make any direct difference because _ and down the uk? they don't make any direct difference because they're - direct difference because they're not really public facing roles. guto harri will be dealing with the press, so he will be more public. he's not trying to be the pm's spokesperson, but he does make a difference to everyone's life and that this mess that's been going on, this pantomime has to end. if the prime minister is finally looking like he's getting a grip by appointing really credible figures, that's a step in the right direction. a lot of his mps will be mailing over whether they will put their letters to the 22 committee chairman this weekend, as they have been for the last six weeks, and it looks like there aren't

street, so it has been a very difficult period for downing street in terms of communications. against that backdrop, he has decided to go. so the communications chief has gone and earlier in the day, the policy chief has gone. she and earlier in the day, the policy chief has gone.— and earlier in the day, the policy chief has one. ,, . , ., chief has gone. she has detailed her reasons. chief has gone. she has detailed her reasons- yes. _ chief has gone. she has detailed her reasons. yes, they _ chief has gone. she has detailed her reasons. yes, they are _ chief has gone. she has detailed her reasons. yes, they are both - chief has gone. she has detailed her reasons. yes, they are both figures| reasons. yes, they are both figures who would not _ reasons. yes, they are both figures who would not be _ reasons. yes, they are both figures who would not be in _ reasons. yes, they are both figures who would not be in the _ reasons. yes, they are both figures who would not be in the public- reasons. yes, they are both figures| who would not be in the public eye, but are pretty signi

remind | us, is downing street going to tell us, is downing street going to tell us who has got a fixed penalty notice? , ., us who has got a fixed penalty notice? , . . ., , , ., notice? they have chopped and chanced notice? they have chopped and changed about _ notice? they have chopped and changed about whether - notice? they have chopped and changed about whether they i notice? they have chopped and | changed about whether they will notice? they have chopped and - changed about whether they will tell us of the prime minister gets one. their current position as they will tell as if the prime minister receives a fixed penalty notice. we will see in the next few days of they will acknowledge whether the prime minister has been contacted or not. he has acknowledged he was at some of these parties. just because he is contacted does not mean he will necessarily receive a fixed penalty notice. as for others i think it will be more perhaps up to them as individuals because it would not be standard practice for the police necessarily to name people who are recipients of a fixed penalty notic

i think the one qualification that downing street l qualification that downing street would offer that is that they are only investigating things that would warrant a fixed penalty notice and nothing more serious. that's not much of a defence but i think it is a problem for conservative mps but strategically it is kind of what downing street once and i don't want to drag this out as there is never a crunch moment were... we will get the rest of the serial port and in a few months' time maybe we'll get the police report and then the hope is that none of these things is big enough for a gut punch to force mps to go over the top of the downside is that as it is months potentially when the story is still in the papers and still having a corrosive impact on public opinion of the prime minister and the conservative party so i think tories have to decide is how much more at they prepared to put up with? and even if borisjohnson prepared to put up with? and even if boris johnson survive theoretically, what chance does he have of rebuilding trust before the general election? ., ., ., , rebuildi

his handling of the downing street arties? , , , , : parties? yes, she is very much her own person. _ parties? yes, she is very much her own person. her— parties? yes, she is very much her own person, her enemies - parties? yes, she is very much her own person, her enemies would i parties? yes, she is very much herl own person, her enemies would say that her politics is paradoxical, in a sense she is not a controversial person but she doesn't always think the same way as others do around her in the downing street machine. she has felt anger towards boris johnson because of his racist language in the past, herself from a pakistani background. she has said, people don't care too much about this, it isjust a stick don't care too much about this, it is just a stick to beat boris. so for her to come out with the comments blaming keir starmerfor comments blaming keir starmer for not comments blaming keir starmerfor not prosecutingjimmy comments blaming keir starmerfor not prosecuting jimmy savile, she was angry with that because it was so off piste

street— on the broader issue of downing street resetting the clock, what concerns — street resetting the clock, what concerns me about this is the conservative party seems to be saying — conservative party seems to be saying that what the prime minister has said. _ saying that what the prime minister has said, to my mind the prime minister— has said, to my mind the prime minister appears to of misled parliaments, donna street is under committai— parliaments, donna street is under committal investigation, with relation — committal investigation, with relation to some of these alleged macro— relation to some of these alleged macro i_ relation to some of these alleged macro i was going to say, they're not alleged any more, because rishi sunak_ not alleged any more, because rishi sunak saying, i turned up and thought— sunak saying, i turned up and thought it _ sunak saying, i turned up and thought it was a meeting, and there was alcohoi— thought it was a meeting, and there was alcohol —— under criminal investigation. effectively trying to say, does — investigation. ef

of a fifth downing street adviser. a cabinet colleague came to his defence. i believe that the best thing for the country is for the prime minister to continue, he is doing a greatjob. we'll bring you all the latest from westminster. also on the programme. music. a spectacle in beijing to mark the opening of the winter olympics — but fewer world leaders attend because of claims of human rights abuses by president xi's government. the desperate race to reach a five—year—old boy who fell down a narrow well in morocco four days ago. the number of children and young people in england needing specialist support for mental health issues hits a record high. and the queen marks her platinium jubilee, viewing some quirky cards and gifts — celebrating her 70 years as monarch. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: the old rivals meet again but who'll come out on top this time — as scotland face england on the opening weekend of rugby union's six nations? good evening. the conservative backbench mp aaron bell h

uk prime minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at downing street. and brightening up the dark nordic winter — as europe's largest festival of lights, illuminates the danish capital. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen has said she wants camilla, the duchess of cornwall, to be known as queen consort when prince charles becomes king. in a message marking the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, the queen said it was her "sincere wish" that camilla would have that title. it paves the way for camilla to be crowned at her husband's side on his coronation day. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports from sandringham. she's preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the day she came to the throne. this morning, the queen greeted guests in the ballroom at sandringham, walking slowly and carefully, steadied with a stick. but alert and fully engaged. i was told it had to be upside—down for the press. 0h, they can see it. laughter. i don't matter. the queen seemed quite fit and well today, yes. sh

what the report does show 10 downing street is that 10 downing street was not observing the regulations they imposed on members of the public. either they did not read the rules or did not understand what they met, or they did not think the rules applied to number 10. which was a after -- which was it? >> it is a very important question. i want to hear the answer before other people go. five minutes, sir. >> no mr. speaker. that is not what the report says. i suggest she waits to see the conclusion of the inquiry. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it is a pleasure to follow the former prime minister. like many that went before him, the dignity about the importance of the office the state, of , truthfulness and the prime minister we were well advised to focus on those that have not dishonored the office like he has done. mr. speaker, we stand here today faced with the defamation of public trust in government and the institution of the state. that is hard. a prime minister being investigated why the police. -- by the police. there we have it. the long-awaited sue gray report, what a farce. it wa

n has been received within downing street. ., ., , , ., ., street. i want to pick up on what jessica street. i want to pick up on what jessica was _ street. i want to pick up on what jessica was saying _ street. i want to pick up on what jessica was saying about - street. i want to pick up on what jessica was saying about boris i jessica was saying about boris johnson and his international affairs. how much does his own political future, affairs. how much does his own politicalfuture, we affairs. how much does his own political future, we can discuss that with a neck story as well, depend on his stewardship of international crises and affairs? borisjohnson has a great many potential— borisjohnson has a great many potential traps he could fall into in terms — potential traps he could fall into in terms of his prime ministership and i_ in terms of his prime ministership and i know— in terms of his prime ministership and i know we are about to come onto party— and i know we are about to come onto party gate _ and i know we are about to come onto

he left downing street with the party gate at hall scandal in his ears ringing loudly. however, in the cabinet meeting he left just before flying out, according to her downing street spokesperson, there was no mention of party gates. the are the parties that have caused police inquiry and an internal inquiry here in downing street by sue gray, a. he was absolutely battered in the house of commons on monday, or by the opposition, and also by many conservative m p. so that aside, he now wants a break. he wants to see global britain in fact. and what we heard from, apparently in the cabinet was the chief defense to our family. tony radical. that saying that the situation on the borders of ukraine involved are the number of troops and the number of exercises taking place was on a scale never seen before. and so there are also references from the british that there will be a $119000000.00 of aid going into the military there. and also training support, which is already on the ground or in a number of locations in estonia, there is really a, are also a campaign, a very large

borisjohnson receives a legal questionnaire from police investigating lockdown parties at downing street and whitehall. large numbers of people have defied an injunction against the protests in the canadian province of ontario. police have intercepted hundreds of vehicles trying to enter paris as part of a protest against france's coronavirus regulations. an emotional trip home for chagos islanders, as a ship sent by the government of mauritius has arrived at the chagos archipelago which britain is refusing to hand over to the mauritian government. more evidence of the squeeze on household budgets, new figures show the soaring cost of a supermarket shop. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. president biden is to speak to vladimir putin by phone after the united states warned a russian invasion of ukraine could come "at any time". a few hours ago, the us secretary of state says america are prepared either way if russia chooses diplomacy or aggression. moscow has repeatedly denied planning to invade. the british and us governments have called for their citize

these downing street party should never have happened. although i think it is with knowledge in downing street obviously it is a massive complex and you have got around 400 employees who all work there. 0bviously, employees who all work there. obviously, the prime minister can't control everything that happened but obviously the buck does stop with him because he is the prime minister but what he is doing is creating a department, an office of the prime minister, which will hopefully help to introduce a new formal structure which will help to ensure that this proper transparency and accountability within that complex structure which clearly hasn“t structure which clearly hasn't happened and i think that is long overdue. 0bviously, happened and i think that is long overdue. obviously, we have seen overdue. obviously, we have seen over the last few days he has been clearing out some of his downing street staff, which is what he promised he would do... fine street staff, which is what he promised he would do... one left in rotest. promise

number 10, downing street. it accuses his government of leadership failures. ah, i'm really mohammed, welcome to the program. russia and the u. s. have clashed over ukraine at an emergency meeting at the un security called un security council. in the heated session, the u. s. and boy accused moscow of destabilizing europe by massing troops along ukraine's border. russia accused the us of theatrics and whipping up tensions. diplomatic sparring comes as fears grow over a russian invasion around the table. the key word was provocation. rushes envoy accused the us a feeling hysteria over ukraine. marty looper. we're all gonna agree. the discussion about a threat of war is provocative in and of itself. we got the euro most calling for this. you want it to happen. you're waiting for it to happen is if you want to make you words become a reality. the threats of action, if russia's security demands aren't met, is provocative. are encouraging. diplomacy is not provocative. the provocations from russia not from us or other members of this council. this is the largest. t