now on bbc news, it s time for dateline. hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together columnists on uk newspapers, bbc specialists and internationaljournalists who write, blog and broadcast from dateline london. this week, party blues for british conservatives how much trouble is borisjohnson now in? and joe biden says defending democracy is the defining challenge of our time , but does vladimir putin believe him? to discuss those topics, we re joined by michael goldfarb, who s been a foreign correspondent for national public radio in the united states. his blog is called the first rough draft of history. the much travelled ian birrell, who writes for the mail on sunday. and damian grammaticas, who s been based in the past in beijing, brussels and delhi, and is now a political correspondent at westminster, is here in the studio. welcome to all of you. it is lovely to have you with us here. this is a very interesting weekend in terms of domestic politics. let s
world championship, as he pips lewis hamilton. and a bit of intel for you the uk s intelligence and cyber agency releases its cryptic christmas card puzzle for kids. how hard can it be? hello, and welcome to the programme. the number of people killed by the tornadoes that swept through the midwest of the united states is now known to number more than 90. at least 80 of them were in kentucky. a search for survivors is underway across six states, with emergency crews combing through a vast amount of debris. the small town of mayfield was hardest hit. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has the latest from there. there were more than 30 tornadoes but one hurtled down a single track of more than 200 miles. it is thought to be the longest path ever taken by a tornado in us history. it flattened many homes, whilst leaving others untouched. in an instant, this small town of mayfield has been almost entirely wiped out. flattened homes are now buried in their own debris, toys and shoe
This is bbc news. welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: more than 90 dead and many more missing. the search goes on for survivors of the tornadoes which tore through six us states. we re not going to tell moy mother. ~ , ., we re not going to tell moy mother. because we re not going to tell moy - mother. because it ll mother. why not? because it ll break her mother. why not? because it ll break her heart. borisjohnson calls for an acceleration of the covid booster programme after warning the uk about a tidal wave of omicron infections. g7 foreign ministers condemn russia s build up of troops on the ukrainian border and threaten massive consequences . on the last lap of the last grand prix of the season, the dutchman max verstappen clinches his first formula 1
This is bbc news. welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: more than 90 dead and many more missing. the search goes on for survivors of the tornadoes which tore through six us states. we re not going to tell moy mother. ~ , ., we re not going to tell moy mother. because we re not going to tell moy - mother. because it ll mother. why not? because it ll break her mother. why not? because it ll break her heart. borisjohnson calls for an acceleration of the covid booster programme after warning the uk about a tidal wave of omicron infections. g7 foreign ministers condemn russia s build up of troops on the ukrainian border and threaten massive consequences . on the last lap of the last grand prix of the season, the dutchman max verstappen clinches his first formula 1