This is bbc news with the latest headlines conservative mps urge the Prime Minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser, Dominic Cummings. Several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid 19. The us president elect, joe biden, strongly criticises Donald Trumps handling of the crisis. President trump has insisted he wont put the us into lockdown, and comes close to admitting he could leave the white house next year. I will not go. This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the. Whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell. Ethiopias government warns that fighting with local forces in the Tigray Region appears to be spreading into neighbouring areas. A ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk is expected to be brought foward to 2030, a decade earlier than originally planned. And diwali with a difference the festival of lights is celebrated in a socially distanced way by hundreds of millions of people around the world. I think everybody, in their mind, they are scared about coronavirus, but at the same time, they are kind of adjusting to the new normal. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister is being urged by conservative mps to use the departure of his chief adviser Dominic Cummings to reset government. Mr cummings left downing street
for the final time last night after internal battles about his role. Former brexit secretary david davis told the bbc that senior ministers are hoping for more of a say in how the country is governed. A warning this report from our Political CorrespondentJonathan Blake contains flashing images. Stepping out of number 10, but staying in the spotlight until the last possible moment. Dominic cummings left downing street for the final time last night at the end of a torrid week. After a meeting yesterday afternoon at which the Prime Minister, were told, wanted to clear the air and move on, mr cummings, already due out by christmas, was gone for good by the end the day. With that, say many, comes a chance for change. It does give the government a chance to reset all sorts of things. Its relationship with parliament, the way it deals with the press, im told its relationship with cabinet. So that, in one respect, is an advantage for the Prime Minister, but i do hope in doing it he doesnt forget the things where mrcummings was right, which is many of the failures of the last nine months have not been mr cummings fault but have been intrinsic in the system. Seen here with the Prime Minister last night, lee cain, another close aide, resigned in a tussle over becoming Boris Johnsons chief of staff. All smiles by the end, perhaps, but he didnt go without a fight. With his two closest aides gone, borisjohnson must now decide who to put in place. Yourjob as chief of staff, i think, is to make sure the Prime Minister is getting advice from all the different voices that he or she needs to hear from, and to try to build an Effective Team in downing street that unites the political advisers, who will often come from a range of views within their political party, and the Civil Service team that works there as well. Friends of both men continue to blame carrie symonds, Boris Johnsons fiancee and former party official, for their downfall. She is said to have been unhappy
with some of the team at number ten. As the drama of the past week subsides, there are pressing issues for the Prime Minister, and he cant afford for downing street to stay in limbo for long. 0ur Political Correspondent, Jonathan Blake, is here. Lots of claims and counter claims over the last 2a hours. Lots of claims and counter claims over the last 24 hours. There have indeed been some colourful and conflicting accounts about the last hours of Dominic Cummings and lee cain. We know there was that meeting with the Prime Minister around lunchtime where we are told the borisjohnson lunchtime where we are told the Boris Johnson wanted lunchtime where we are told the borisjohnson wanted to clear the airand move on. Borisjohnson wanted to clear the air and move on. What happens next has been the subject of debate, but again today allies of Dominic Cummings and lee cain have said this was an amicable departure and all that was a well in at the end. I think whether that was the case or not, it does not really matter because the tensions in number 10 had been getting to the point where things had boiled over, spilling out into the Public Domain and we had
this encounter briefing going on and something, frankly, had to give. And the Prime Minister, whether he first emerged in anger or let them go relu cta ntly emerged in anger or let them go reluctantly has drawn a line under it and perhaps ring a new people and having a fresh start, that is what a lot of conservative mps would like to see her felt that they have been sidelined by the downing street operation recently. Some people may ask themselves why no . Why not a few months ago when at the hole at Barnard Castle controversy happened where tory mps and the press were so dead against how the Prime Minister was sticking by his man . One conservative mp has spoke to yesterday suggested he should have let him go much sooner back when that controversy was at its height during the lockdown at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. A Boris Johnson made a calculation at the time that it was better for him, on
balance, to keep him on board than to let him go over what was clearly, in most people because s eyes, a serious mistake, an error of judgment. As things stand, Dominic Cummings, was until yesterday planning to leave at the end of the year a nyway planning to leave at the end of the year anyway so he has essentially gonein year anyway so he has essentially gone ina year anyway so he has essentially gone in a few weeks earlier than he had intended and not without some fireworks. What happens next for borisjohnson, his fireworks. What happens next for Boris Johnson, his premiership fireworks. What happens next for borisjohnson, his premiership and the decisions he has to make in the coming weeks and months . the decisions he has to make in the coming weeks and months . I think it will be really interesting to see what happens in the coming days. Boris johnsons downing what happens in the coming days. Borisjohnsons downing street operation is in something of a limbo period at the moment although there are still many key staff in place and any Prime Minister himself remains in charge. He was heavily influenced and, to an extent, the whole operation was, in tone and
substance, influenced by Dominic Cummings and lee cain and the methods that they brought with them, the combative, confrontational, certainly in conventional methods of doing things that rubbed so many people up the wrong way, but you cannot argue were not in many ways effective. Now that has gone, Boris Johnson will have to make some decisions for himself about her to bring in and that will, in itself, tell us that the shape and style of the government that will be operating from here on in. Thank you very much, Jonathan Blake. The us president Electjoe Biden has won the state of georgia, the bbc projects the first time a democratic candidate has done so since 1992. The win strengthens bidens victory giving him a total of 306 Electoral College votes, well over the 270 he needed. Since election night, President Trump has tweeted more than 90 times, promoting claims of voter fraud without providing any evidence. Experts now fear disinformation
has undermined faith in democracy for millions, as Marianna Spring reports. Even beforejoe biden was declared the us president elect, people took to the streets to claim the vote was rigged. This is why. This is a case where they are trying to steal an election. They are trying to rig an election, and we cant let that happen. Stopthesteal went viral after unsubstantiated allegations that the democrats had rigged and stolen the election. But seeds of mistrust in the democratic process were sown long before election night. Trump tweeted allegations of voter fraud and election rigging over 70 times in the build up to polling day. Its not a new theme he made claims about fraud back in 2016 too. The difference this time is that lots more people have been seeing it all over their social media feeds for weeks and joining big facebook groups. Im an admin of the stop the steal group on facebook. 0ur movement believes that fraud has occurred, and we are angry. Ijust think the voter fraud in this election, just with the mail in ballots, those have been a concern. President trump will be the winner after there is an honest recount in the states, and fraudulent votes are thrown out. The democrats have said since the beginning of all this covid stuff that they are going to do whatever it takes to get trump out, and i believe that they think theyd succeeded. The experts are worried about its imminent and lasting impact. There were all of these breadcrumbs and a whole narrative framework that it was a forgone conclusion that the democrats were going to steal the election, and now we just have to watch the ways they are trying to do it. So people were primed to accept this narrative, to then propagate this narrative well before any votes were even cast. Back at the source, social media sites have been trying to stamp out false and misleading posts, but they are struggling to keep pace. This weekend, more stop the steal protests are happening in the us. 0ne worry going forwards is that this Online Movement could provoke unrest, as disinformation risks seriously undermining the faith of millions in democracy. Marianna spring, bbc news. Talks on a post brexit trade agreement have made less progress in the past week than the eu had hoped for. An eu source said one of the meetings was short and brutal. One of the uk contingent said big gaps still remained between the two sides, with sticking points around fishing quotas and trading standards on goods. There are just seven weeks for any deal to be agreed and ratified, before the end of the transition period on january the first. The bakery chain, greggs, has announced plans to cut more than eight hundred jobs because of a fall in sales due to the coronavirus restrictions. Managers have warned staff the firm may not be profitable if sales continue at lockdown levels. The bbc understands borisjohnson is poised to announce that the government is bringing forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by a decade from 2040 to 2030. It is understood that new hybrid cars those with electric motors as well as engines wont be banned until 2035. Heres our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, whose report was filmed prior to the current lockdown. Cars have changed surprisingly little over the years. Yes, the design and the performance have improved. But what happens under the bonnet hasnt. I cant believe it, racing at brooklands engine roars listen to that she sounds and she looks magnificent but, remember,
the basic principle of the internal Combustion Engine hasnt changed since this car was built 110 years ago and, remember, it relies on blowing up explosive gases. And we know that produces Carbon Dioxide and other pollutants. It really does accelerate fast which is why the government isnt saying get rid of cars. Just the engines. This is the race version ofjaguars latest electric offering, proving the performance of Electric Vehicles, even at the top end, is at least the equal of petrol. Most of the big Car Companies now have at least one Electric Vehicle in their range, but they say the 2030 target is very ambitious. We have been an industry built on petrol, diesel engines for over a century. Shifting that, with all the embedded
investment, to a Brand New Technology in the space of what is a few years is an incredible challenge. There are lots of questions. Will Electric Vehicles be affordable . Will they have the range we need, and where will we charge them . We really do need more charge points on city streets and in towns to cater for the people who dont have off Street Parking opportunities. They need to be around, where people can see them, to give them confidence they are going to be able to charge their vehicles, and they also need to work. Back at the museum, theyre putting the cars away for the night. It now looks like, from 2030, our petrol and diesel cars will be on their way to being museum pieces, too. Justin rowlatt, bbc news, brooklands museum. The World Health Organization has told the bbc its really concerned that some young people are doubting whether to get
vaccinated against covid 19. Experts say a vaccine is the only way to rapidly stop the pandemic. But with misinformation online, Research Shows that a number of young people may choose not to get the jab. As 0livia le podevin reports. I would definitely take it. I would not get vaccinated. Im on the fence. Vaccination is the only thing that can get us out of this situation. The Covid Vaccine is looking more like a reality, with some trials showing promising results. Its the only thing that can rapidly stop this pandemic. Vulnerable and older people will be first in line. But young people will need vaccinating eventually to stop covid spreading. But some are questioning whether they would want one. This Kings College london study suggest 16 to 34 year olds in the uk are twice as likely as 55 to 75 year olds not to want a covid vaccination. Meanwhile, in the us,
one poll by pew Research Found only 56 of 18 to 29 year olds they asked said they would definitely get a vaccine. Some young people question why they would need to get a vaccine if theyre low risk. And this has got the World Health Organization worried. Young people are an incredibly important part of ending this pandemic. It will be really important for young people to be vaccinated because we know from whats going on now is lots of transmission is going on among young people. So where is this concern coming from . Well, partly its about the volume of misinformation were being exposed to. Hashtags like vaccinesaredangerous and tiktok videos are wrongly suggesting the vaccine could be dangerous to us. And some people are worried about the speed at which things are moving. I believe in the power of vaccines, but im having some trouble right now trusting the federal government, and believing that anything pushed out in the short timeframe has had rigorous tests applied to it to make sure that its safe long term. We are concerned that there are some people who are questioning whether the vaccines are safe. There is absolutely no compromising on Scientific Evidence thats being collected and is being scrutinized around the safety of these vaccines. Even at this speed . We get speed because theres so much support and funding that we can move quite quickly from one stage to the next without having to pause for several years and search for Additional Support and funding. So here are the key points if youre under 35, dont forget, you can still get covid and become very ill. Even if youre not worried about getting the virus yourself, you can still spread it by not getting a vaccine, and that would stop herd immunity from developing. And finally, all Covid Vaccines would have been tested on tens of thousands of people and gone through tough safety checks before you even get one. The headlines on bbc news. Conservative mps urge the Prime Minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser, Dominic Cummings. Several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid 19. The us president elect, joe biden, strongly criticises Donald Trumps handling of the crisis. President trump has insisted he wont put the us into lockdown, and comes close to admitting he could leave the white house next year. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres gavin. Good afternoon. Lance stroll has become the First Canadian to claim a formula one pole position since Jacques Villeneuve 23 years ago. The 22 year old racing point driver mastered the wet and greasy conditions at istanbul park better than anyone else to claim the first pole of his career. Congratulations to him. Lewis hamilton could only manage sixth on the grid for the turkish grand prix. But hell become World Champion if he doesnt lose more than seven points to Mercedes Team mate valtteri bottas, wholl start from ninth. Its tight at the top of the leaderboard, going into the third round of the masters, golfs final major of the year. The big climber being jon rahm. The spaniard shot 6 under round 66, finishing the delayed second round earlier on. Hes now level on 9 under with four others, including the world number one, dustinjohnson. Englands danny willett, justin rose and Tommy Fleetwood are two shots further back on 7 under. Bad light delayed the start of the tournament, with many reaching the midway point today. Scotland staged a late fightback to beat italy in their opening autumn nations cup match. They trailed 17 14 going into the closing stages before Scott Cumming powered over to put them ahead. George turner then wrapped up the win late on, this bonus point try given after a check by the tmo. Thats now five wins in a row for scotland. England are under way in their opening autumn nations cup match. Its 0 0 against georgia at twickenham. Jack willis making his first start for england today. England and georgia are in pool a. Ireland sit top of that, after their victory over wales last night. Englands women beat france comfortably in their first test match in grenoble. With the scores poised at 10 10, Alex Matthews went over to put england ahead. The victory was sealed soon after whenjess breach stormed through the French Defence with this fine solo effort. 33 10 the final score. The second and final test will be at twickenham next weekend. What a shock here. Argentina beat new zealand for the first time in their history this morning. Nicola sanchez became a national hero, scoring the only try and kicking all his sides points in a 25 15 victory. Their captain described it as a big day for our country and our people. There were tears ofjoy at the end, while its the second time new zealand have lost in a week. Womens Super League LeadersManchester United came from 2 0 down to draw with rivals Manchester City and maintain their unbeaten record. City took the lead early on and then doubled it thanks to this rocket from laura coombs. And theres another cracker of a goal coming here tobin heath getting one back for united. Absolute star, look at the bend on that. Before substitute Kirsty Hanson prodded home the easiest finish of the day to complete their comeback. That match is one of four taking place today, the midlands derby between aston villa and birmingham one to look out for. 0 0 there at the moment. Later, everton can go second with a win over reading. And bottom side bristol city host second bottom tottenham at 6 30pm. There are two more games in the wsl tomorrow. Chelsea will be in action and they are a side with a couple in their team. Uefa womens player of the year Pernille Harder is in a relationship
with Magdalena Eriksson who she followed to the club in september. Theyve been speaking exclusive to bbc radio 5 live about life together and why they believe a culture problem in football means there wont be openly gay couples in the mens game anytime soon. Hope that we are future i hope that we are going in the future where there will be one of male Football Player that will come out, one or two or more, butjust that the first will not do it, i think that is the most important thing that the first will do it. The big thing is about creating a safe space around for someone to be able to be brave enough to come out andl able to be brave enough to come out and i think we are not there yet in and i think we are not there yet in a mens football. Strong words there. The motogp riders title could be decided this weekend withjoan mir only needing a podium finish to be crowned champion. But that will be difficult, with the spaniard only able to manage 12th on the grid in qualifying for the valencia grand prix. Title rival Fabio Quartararo is right in front of him. Franco morbidelli will start from pole. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. Thank you, gavin. Nasa and spacex were due to send astronauts to the International Space station tonight, but even a meticulously planned rocket launch can be delayed by the one thing we cant control the weather the four astronauts are preparing to make the first operational crewed flight using a privately owned spacecraft. Simon king has been speaking to those who provide that crucial forecast. Ignition, lift off may 2020, and two nasa astronauts on their way to space in the new spacex crew demo programme. The day before, the launch had been aborted, with just 17 minutes to lift off. All because of the one thing we cant control. We continue to violate a couple different weather rules that we now
do not expect to clear in time to allow for a launch today. But who are the weather forecasters that make the critical decisions for a space launch . 0ur role, the 45th Weather Squadron, is pretty huge in what we do in the space industry. Essentially, at the cape, nothing gets to space without our support. And so were talking launch vehicles, keeping those safe, protecting all of our assets and personnel as well. So safety is kind of the big thing here with us. The 45th Weather Squadron has a number of rules which have to be passed before a mission is go for launch. Most of these involve the type of cloud, lightning, atmospheric electricity and rainfall. Forecasters monitor the conditions around Cape Canaveral and abort sites in the build up to lift off, but its not always as straightforward as it might seem. People look at the conditions that are going on outside and theyre kind of like, i wonder why were
not launching today . Its great picnic weather. But we have that upper level cloud, that does potentially have electrification and have that mixed space, so punching a rocket through there could condense that electric field a little bit stronger and trigger its own lightning strike. Radio um, unless you can give us another ten minutes, i dont think were going to get there with any of the rules today. That was mike mcaleenan, the launch weather officer on that day in may. I asked him what it feels like to make those important weather decisions. You enter the countdown, kind of mentally no go for all the criteria, and prove that we are go. So on launch day you have a whole team there helping you evaluate. Youre the voice, but you have the team on the radar, and flying the aircraft, and providing the data to you to feed to the launch director. So everybody is well understanding that launching through dangerous conditions is not something anybody is pushing for and we can always stand down and launch another day,
and thats always the safest thing to do. The first nasa and spacex operational mission, known as crew one, will carry four astronauts to the International Space station. With lives at stake in a multi Million Pound mission, the go no go decisions of the 45th Weather Squadron will once again be critical. Simon king, bbc news. The festival of lights, or diwali, is being celebrated today by hundreds of millions of hindus, sikhs and jains around the world, but of course its a little bit different this year. 0utdoor celebrations around the uk have been called off due to the pandemic. And families are being urged to meet up virtually this weekend. Meena trivedy is a music teacher and dancer. She teaches religious songs and says shell be celebrating online this year. It is going to be very different this time and we just have to make it as special as we can, just by staying at home. Obviously i have made lots of sweets and lots of food and, as you can see, there is rangoli so i havent actually compromised on anything else, its just that we cant see ourfamily, we cant see our friends. But on that occasion we are just going to use the zoom and make zoom calls so we can see everyone and wish happy diwali to everyone. Everybody makes rangoli during diwali, everyone makes rangoli. But the occasion can be different for everyone because everybodys new year falls in a different time of the lunar calendar. For gujaratis, the new yearfalls on the next day of diwali so i have made this rangoli and rangoli is coming from two words actually, rang, agoli, means the row of colours basically, thats what it means. So this is just a row of colours. Usually it is a tradition that they put rangoli patterns outside their house just to welcome the guests and not only to the guests but also welcoming goddess lakshmi to come in and the goddess lakshmi, who is the goddess of prosperity, the goddess of wealth. 0ne tradition that will be absent from most our christmas calendars this year is the annual trip to the local pantomime. With theatres closed, and thousands from the arts out of work, former blue peter tv presenter peter duncan was so keen to keep performances going this year, he organised a panto of his own during lockdown and staged it at the bottom of his garden. The idea was so well received itll now be rolled out across cinemas nationwide, as Thomas Magill reports. Nothing could be finer than to be with carolina in the garden. This is panto in 2020. Jack and the beanstalk performed outdoors during lockdown at the bottom of a south london garden. All the brainchild of former blue peter presenter and dame, peter duncan. This is the greenhouse, now, which was used to be. This is the home of buttercup the cow. Buttercup 0riginally, he had the idea back in the summer when theatres were forced to close. Come the first lockdown, i thought to myself, 0h, theres not going to be any pantos this year. And, obviously, i produce pantos, so what am i going to do instead . Itjust tumbled into happening. To be honest, i was going to kind of shoot it on an iphone to begin with. Then, just like a fairy tale, cinema bosses heard about the project and they decided to release the film nationwide into 55 cinemas. I never expected in my wildest dreams. Because, you know, pantomime is always regarded by a lot of people as quite lowbrow. And, actually, ive often
thought the opposite. I think its quite. I think its bordering on high art. Its been a tough year for the arts, with many productions, including pa ntos, becoming financially unviable due to social distancing. And thats meant thousands within the sector out of work. So, small one off productions like this, which employed 35 out of work freelancers, has proven invaluable. Sam ebenezer plays jack. I was working here for four years, up until the pandemic and now were back and im going to be on the big screen. I will climb to save my family. Hed been an usher at the everyman cinema in north london before the pandemic and says times have been tough recently and welcomed the chance to get back to work. I didnt think id have the opportunity to be performing in a cinema on the big screen. And, yeah, a Global Pandemic has brought that but, yeah, my face will be filling that screen in a few weeks time. That screen and others
across the land, once lockdown ends. Oh, and im assured in true panto tradition, theres still plenty of audience participation to enjoy. Thomas magill, bbc news. Looks like good fun. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Hello. I where there is definitely looking lively this weekend. A big area of low pressure stretching across the uk will continue to feeding, bouts of heavy rain and keep the winds are strong as well. South westerly winds so strong as well. South westerly winds so it is almost eerily mild in some places. Some of the rain, though, could cause localised flooding. Another band of rain coming in for the west and as the centre of the law approach is that if strong when the coastal areas with the risk of coastal flooding. The centre dress northwards overnight and showers by england and wales tie back to the coast. A wetter spell for northern
ireland and