Of the israel gaza war. Iam in i am in North Yorkshire, where police say they were staggered to find an 11 year old boy behind the wheel of a car towing a suspected stolen caravan. And get me to the train on time one couples rather unusual wedding day. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. It could be a championship Winning Weekend for unbeaten ireland. We will be at twickenham ahead of their six nations match against england. Good evening. His actions cost more lives than they saved thats the conclusion of a report into a british spy who operated at the highest levels of the ira during Northern Irelands troubles. Violent conflict lasted for 30 years between loyalists, who wanted to remain part of the uk, and republicans, who wanted a united ireland. The ira killed people suspected of Leaking Secrets to the security forces. The troubles ended with the good friday agreement in 1998. Todays report is about Freddie Scappaticci codenamed Stakeknife Who worked inside an
from buffalo, hardest hit by the blizzard of the century welcome to bbc news. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, following growing alarm at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow suit. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral home, one of the city
gets under way today, with england hoping to end australia and new zealand s dominance of the competition by lifting the trophy. hollywood history under the hammer. we ll get to see the movie memorabilia expected to fetch millions. good morning. the heavy overnight rain pushes northwards and eastwards, already heavy showers following behind into the south west. and the strong winds in the south will continue as we go through the day. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, the 1st of november. our main story. the chief inspector of prisons has told breakfast the government must get a grip on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today, says back injuly the facility at manston was working reasonably well, but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being described as wretched. meanwhile, opposition mps have condemned the home secretary, suella braverman, for describing the arrival of migrants into britain as an invasion.