street lockdown parties. joe biden discusses security and north korea s nuclear programme with south korea s president in seoul. as monkeypox spreads worldwide, uk doctors say it could have a massive impact on access to sexual health services. polls close in parts of australia as two political veterans battle it out for the country s top job. now on bbc news.dateline london with shaun ley hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a week either of sequels or of re runs. in the uk, we re waiting for sue grey again and her reporting on partying in government whilst the country was in covid lockdown. borisjohnson and the european commission are wrestling over northern ireland post brest again. post brexit again. covid surges and an authoritarian government in asia locks down again and polling
blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a week either of sequels or of re runs. in the uk, we re waiting for sue grey again and her reporting on partying in government whilst the country was in covid lockdown. borisjohnson and the european commission are wrestling over northern ireland post brest again. post brexit again. covid surges and an authoritarian government in asia locks down again and polling made australia s politicians nervous about the outcome of this weekend s election yes, you guessed it again. in the studio are janet daley american by birth, british by choice whose weekly column appears in the sunday telegraph, the irishjournalist suzanne lynch, who writes for the politicos brussels playbook and newly returned from filming in cambodia, the bbc s asia pacific editor, celia hatton. welcome to all of you. thanks for coming in. let s begin with party gate. the fines are in and they re over, they won t be any more