and coming up the bbc sjiyar gol travels to israel on the trail of half a ton of missing iranian secret documents. that s in the hidden war at 1.30. a good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a former government minister has joined calls for borisjohnson to resign over the claims of downing street lockdown parties and submitted a letter of no confidence. nick gibb who was schools minister until last year accused the prime minister of flagra ntly disregarding the rules . 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 problem
the community, wasn t he? so although this was worldwide, global news, it would have been felt much more personal here in norfolk. yes, i mean, the king was very special to everybody in norfolk because he. i think sandringham was one of his most favourite places to be. and i remember that my sister and my mother and i went to wolverston station and saw the king s coffin being put on the train. and it was so moving because the train went very, very slowly and there was so many people. most of us didn t have television sets in those days, but one or two people did. and i remember, they were like postage stamps, and we went to someone who had one to watch the queen coming back from africa. and it was so moving her standing at the top of the stairs in her black coat. and suddenly, somebody, you know, we d known i d known since she was a child was queen. of course, the queen every year comes here this is where she wants to remember him. absolutely. as the queen. i think it
welcome to bbc news. us president elect donald trump has described president vladimir putin as very smart after russia said it would not yet be expelling any american diplomats in a row over cyber espionage. the obama administration has ordered 35 russian diplomats to leave, accusing moscow of interfering in the us presidential election by hacking into democratic party emails. the kremlin has denied any involvement and mr putin said he looked forward to rebuilding links with america when donald trump takes office next month. our moscow correspondent steve rozenberg has more. near the kremlin tonight, they were putting on a seasonal show. ahead of the new year celebrations, there was song and dance and some musical theatre. but that was nothing compared to the political theatre being played out inside. first up on stage, the foreign minister who advised president putin to expel 35 us diplomats. america had expelled 35 russians. in other words, tit for tat. cold war style.
drivers are told to take care in fog and freezing conditions, as a coach overturns on the mao in oxfordshire, injuring 17 people. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the new year s honours list has been published, and among the many sports starts named is andy murray, the world number one, who s knighted for his services to tennis. he s joined by olympic champion mo farah in a list dominated by britain s olympic and paralympic champions. our correspondent andy swiss has more details. at the end of a glittering yearfor british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest honours. first, a knighthood for the man who spent 2016 scaling dizzying new heights. wimbledon champion again, a supreme performance. after winning a second wimbledon, a second olympics and the world number one spot, it s now sir andy murray, a fitting finish to a remarkable season. there s also a new title for mo fa rah‘s collection. gold for great britain again! the double double. he describe
them off the bottom of the premier league. and matt has more on those tricky weather conditions. still somersault around this morning, particularly around southern areas but not as bad as yesterday. still summer fog. southern areas but not as bad as yesterday. still summerfog. i will have the details later. good morning. first, our main story. more than 100 olympic and paralympic stars have been recognised in the new year honours list, with knighthoods for andy murray and mo farah. jessica ennis hill and the rower, katherine grainger, have received damehoods, while the gold medal winning paralympian, lee pearson, has also been knighted. 0ur correspondent andy swiss has the details. paire at the end of a glittering yearfor british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest of honours. first, a knighthood for the man who spent 2016 scaling dizzying new heights. commentator: wimbledon champion again, a supreme performance. after winning a second wimbledon, a secon