cloud, breeze and outbreaks of rain here. it s a cold start to saturday morning across eastern areas, but that milder air will spill to most places on saturday and by sunday, we are all in that milder air, temperatures close to the mid teens celsius, but there will be a lot of cloud around. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: pressure mounts on the prime minister with fresh questions over the revamp of his flat and the row continuing over downing street christmas parties. it s emerged the current downing street director of communications attended a christmas party in number ten last year which, it s alleged, broke lockdown rules. adding to the government s problems a possible tory backbench rebellion as face masks become compulsory in most indoor public venues in england. in scotland, people are being urged to cancel christmas parties because of a rise in cases of the omicron variant.
and at this bleak turning point, we must help the people of afghanistan to choose the best of all the possible futures. the prime minister said the us pull out from afghanistan meant there was little britain could do. labour s leader agreed there was no military solution, but said the government had failed to prepare. there s been a major miscalculation of the resilience of the afghan forces and staggering complacency from our government about the taliban threat. the result is that the taliban are now back in control of afghanistan. the gains made through 20 years of sacrifice hanging precariously. tory backbench anger was growing, and one former prime minister was scathing. was our knowledge of the position on the ground so inadequate, or did we really believe this, or did we just feel that we had to follow the united states and hope
the prime minister said the us pull out from afghanistan meant there was little britain could do. labour s leader agreed there was no military solution, but said the government had failed to prepare. there s been a major miscalculation of the resilience of the afghan forces and staggering complacency from our government about the taliban threat. the result is that the taliban are now back in control of afghanistan. the gains made through 20 years of sacrifice hang precariously. tory backbench anger was growing, and one former prime minister was scathing. was our knowledge of the position on the ground so inadequate, or did we really believe this, or did we just feel that we had to follow the united states and hope that, on a wing and a prayer, it would be all right on the night? watching on, a demonstration demanding all afghans who worked for the uk can move here, and there is already a scheme in place. ministers have said the uk will also