the government rejected the claims about the health secretary, whilst borisjohnson also defended his record after cummings described him as unfit for thejob. we, with every step, tried to minimise loss of life, to save lives and protect the nhs, and we followed the best scientific advice that we can. we look at what lessons i have been learned. the aftermath of the hillsborough disaster. the families anger after three men are acquitted of altering police statements. police arrest five as they investigate the shooting of the black lives matter activist sasha johnson. our special reports on forced adoptions. we hear from those who ve lived their whole lives in shadow of shame. what would you have wished for? to. to have stayed with my mum. to have been kept by the lady, the woman, that gave birth to me. and amazon agrees to buy one of hollywood s most famous studios, mgm, for almost $8.5 billion. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news. once they were the closest of political
a 21 year old man has been charged with the murder of the police community support officer, julia james. breaking news this hourfrom russia where there are reports of a shooting at a school in the city of kazan it s thought eight children and one teacher have died. 11 11 people have died. a dramatic escalation of violence as israel launches bombing raids on military targets in gaza. more easing of lockdown restrictions in scotland where it s likely people will be allowed to meet in each other s homes in limited numbers from monday. a dramatic escalation of violence as israel launches and. it s the brit awards tonight in front of a live audience at london s 02 arena with no masks or social distancing required. good morning. borisjohnson is promising a skills revolution for england, as one of a host of policies set to be announced in today s queen s speech, which sets out the government s programme for the next year. it s part of the state opening of parliament,
it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. women are still fighting for equality all over the world. even in long established democracies like the uk, plenty of evidence suggests that from the workplace to the law courts, there is an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter? baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve, you know, reformed certain areas of law and we ve seen
those documents that the failed former president wants to keep hidden from investigators. and thanksgiving means something different for many native americans. to some, it can feel like a symbol of broken promises and the legacy of bad faith that followed from the u.s. government. my conversation with the president and first lady of the navajo nation is essential viewing, as we close out native american heritage month. velshi starts now. of. good morning. it s sunday, november the 28th. i m ali velshi. a new rapidly spreading variant of covid-19 is reminding the nation that this pandemic isn t over. 13 new cases of the omnicron variant now being confirmed in the netherlands this morning. that spike is connected to two flights that came in from south africa on friday, and that s in addition to detections in italy, austria, belgium, germany, australia, israel, hong kong, the united kidnapping come, and of course, south africa, where the variant was first identified on thu
also very focused on working together with partners to try together with partners to try to help the people restore security. that really is a necessary foundation. the developments happen as a christian aid group says an american nurse and her child have been kidnapped in the country. it happened on thursday near the capital port au prince after the us advised all its citizens to leave the country because of the worsening security situation. gangs control large parts of haiti s capital port au prince and kidnappings for ransom are common. earlier, i spoke about the situation in haiti with harold isaac, a journalist based near port au prince. kenya says that it is prepared to send a multinational force to haiti what more do we know about that and how it might work? very little at this stage. i mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to foreign police or military