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On scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustnt be kept in the union against their will. You cannot just lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. In other news, a british man has been killed and his son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery, outside a five star hotel in buenos aires. Delegates at un climate talks in madrid struggle to reach agreement, in a bid to tackle global warming. And in half an hour here on bbc news, click looks at social media innovation made in china, and why its setting nerves jangling in silicon valley. Hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. Jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labours worst general election defeat since the 1930s. Immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps whod lost their seats. But in a letter to the sunday mirror. He said. The shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell also apologised for the loss but also blamed the media portrayal of the mr corbyn. Portrayal of mr corbyn. It is on me, it is on me, lets take it on the chin, i own this disaster, so i apologise to all those wonderful labour mps who have lost their seats who have worked so hard, i apologise to all our campaigners, but most of all i apologise to those people who desperately need a labour government. And, yes, if anyone is to blame, it is me full stop. We have to recognise. I think it was brexit that did it. We were in this horns of a dilemma, we couldnt move either way, or if we did and we tried to compromise, it didnt work. That is the first thing. The second we have to recognise that, look, the media did a number onjeremy for four years solid every day. Let me just finish this. Every attack, every smear was going on. And they transposed someone who i know as a man of honesty and principle into someone demonised in a way no other politician on this scale has been done before, and i deeply regret that. Andrew marr talking tojohn mcdonnell there. Our Political Correspondent Tony Bonsignore told me that despite mr corbyns apology the labour leader insisted the party had got some things right. There is not much apologising going on to be frank. He says that labour won the argument when it comes to Climate Change and austerity and the economy. He says the manifesto was popular but labour were hit by brexit. He also attacked the media as well for the ferocious attacks on him personally. Supporters about what comes you can read this as a rallying cry to corbyn supporters about what comes next, about the future direction of the party. What he has had to say today hasnt gone down well in some quarters. Jess phillips today, who will throw her hat into the ring to become labour leader, we think, says that too many in the party are obsessed with the party rather than winning power. Then another figure today, lisa nandy, very popular in some parts of the party, she has also written an article where she says that labour has lost touch with the day to day worries of voters. She has also spoken to the bbc in the last half an hour or so and this is what she said when asked if she was considering standing as leader. Well, the honest answer is that im seriously thinking about it. The reason im thinking about it is because weve just had the most shattering defeat, where you really felt in towns like mine that the earth was quaking. And weve watched the entire labour base just crumble beneath our feet. I think we need to think seriously now about, first of all, how you bring those lifelong labour voters, who felt that they not only couldnt vote labour, but actually, in many instances, chose the tories, how you bring labour home to them. And i also think we have to think seriously about how we rebuild that coalition that has propelled us into power three times in the last hundred years. The lewishams and the leighs and how you speak for both. Lisa nandy, iwould imagine one of many labour mps who will throw their hat into the ring. The leadership process has already began in trying to agree what went wrong last week. Borisjohnson is already back at work and some pretty radical plans that the government is thinking about. Next week will be huge in parliament. All the mps are going in tomorrow and tuesday to be sworn in. Thursday is the first really big day for this government because it is the queens speech. It is the chance for them to set out what their priorities are beyond brexit. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove was interviewed this morning about that and this is what he had to say about what we might expect. Well, i think what we can expect is a recognition that the National Health service is the number one focus of this government, when it comes to domestic policy. We need to make sure the National Health service is properly funded and we will be bringing forward legislation to ensure that there is an nhs funding guarantee. Thats the first and most important thing. And then alongside that, we also need to tackle an economic problem that this country has. It has been the case in the past that the areas of highest productivity in the uk economy have tended to be in the south and east of england. We need to make sure that Economic Opportunity is more equally spread across the whole country and we need to invest in the infrastructure and also the improvements to skills and education necessary in order to make sure opportunity is more equal. So michael gove theyre reaching out to those former labour voters who voted conservative last thursday. Beyond that we will have a very busy few weeks of the government trying to get brexit legislation through parliament in time for that key date, january 31. The latest and what the government hopes will be the final brexit day. Beyond that there is talk about a major rethink of the way that government works. We know that is a big pet project of borisjohnsons special adviser dominic cummings. There is also in the aftermath of the election a lot of talk about scotland following the snps thumping victory there. Nicola sturgeon has been talking today. There is too political momentums clashing really when it comes here. There was honestly a great result for the snp, a very positive result for them with 48 out of 59 mps. They want to push for another independence referendum sooner rather than later. Michael gove was asked about that in the same interview and he was very blunt. Will there be an independence referendum in scotland in this government . No, he said. That was then put to the snps leader Nicola Sturgeon and here is what she had to say about that. Well, that wont hold. And if he thinks that. Actually, i said this to him on friday night on the telephone. If he thinks saying no is the end of the matter, then hes going to find himself completely and utterly wrong. And, you know, he cannot. As i was saying yesterday, and, again, its quite a fundamental point of democracy, you cannot hold scotland in the union against its will. You cannot just lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. If the union, the united kingdom, is to continue, then it can only be by consent. And if borisjohnson is confident in the case for the union, then he should be confident enough to make that case and allow people to decide. And the problem for Nicola Sturgeon, of course, is that the power to grant another referendum lies with borisjohnson grant another referendum lies with Boris Johnson and the grant another referendum lies with borisjohnson and the parliament in westminster so that is shaping up to be an almighty battle in the next few years. Well, as tony mentioned downing street has confirmed there will be a review of whitehall departments and the sunday papers report that the Prime Minister will work over christmas on plans to merge and split different government offices. Someone who knows very well how departments are run is lord ricketts, the former head of the Foreign Office former ambaassador to paris. Hejoins me now. Thank you very much indeed for being with us. The suggestion amongst other things that the Foreign Office and the department for International Development will be merged. What you think of these ideas for a whitehall revolution . It is not the first time that a Prime Minister after re election decides they are going to put their stamp on whitehall with a big shake up. In my experience it never achieves the outcome that people want. It absorbs the Civil Service in a friction of redoing the plumbing when they should be out there doing policies. I am cautious about a big upheaval, especially when we face a year with the eu when we will have to have some enormously complex negotiations about our future relationship. No doubt there will be some change but i would not go for a large change. It seems in downing street, particularly dominic cummings, doesnt feel that whitehall is working in the interest of the british people. Clearly he doesnt. But i think the truth is that the Civil Service has not been the problem over these last chaotic 3. 5 years. I could make the case that it has kept the country on the road while the politicians have squabbled about brexit. They planned for no deal. They turned themselves inside out to find a way of getting theresa mays contradictory red lines to work. Each time they delivered. I think the Civil Service isa delivered. I think the Civil Service is a huge asset and i think it would bea is a huge asset and i think it would be a mistake to think we need to somehow shake it up and bring in lots of outside experts. By all means experts are good but the Civil Service is doing a professionaljob. He had been commentating on the ins and outs of brexit over the last few yea rs. And outs of brexit over the last few years. What do you think are the implications of this election result on where we go forward with brexit . One of the things that people have been most surprised about and critical of outside the uk is that there seems to be a total drift and inability to decide and to move forward. That has been very frustrating. I think now with Boris Johnson having this huge majority, he has an enormous chance to set a direction. The Civil Service will respond and i think our friends and allies around the world will welcome it if britain is back and prepared to put political time and effort into helping solve the huge World Problems out there. I hope therefore we wont continue to be absorbed in an internal debate in the uk and have trade agreements as our only priority because i think we do have a role and it is going to have to be re and after this three years where we have basically. Some people think we have become a bit of a laugh. The laughing stock in europe and around the world. Does this at least give some clarity of Going Forward . I think people appreciate a leader with a stable base at home and the capacity to spend some energy outside. The problem with hung parliaments in tiny majorities is that the ministers havent been able to travel. They have a ways been called back for votes. People havent seen the uk playing the role that they normally play. I hope with a Prime Minister with a stable majority that people will put that behind them and say, at least the brits are back. But we have a reputation that has to be earned back. Weve got this big Climate Conference coming up in glasgow shortly. Britain ought to be back on the world stage. That doesnt require the Prime Minister to find the time and energy to do something other than the post brexit stuff. You say a stable majority but it is also a very big majority. Does that change what mrjohnson will do . Some people are saying he will be free from the European Research group, the eog, the brexit wing of his party and he can shape brexit in a slightly different way and some people even suggesting a softer brexit. Is that you read in our system a Prime Minister with a big majority has a large freedom of manoeuvre. Provided he can get it through the house of commons he can go for whatever odyssey he wants to go for whatever odyssey he wants to go for. When he starts to see the choices in the post brexit relationship it will get more difficult and thats majority although big is potentially fragile. For example if he is suddenly going to start diverging from eu rules, im not sure that workers in the north of england who lent their votes to the tories this time will like that. There will be awkward choices out there. He has much more freedom to manoeuvre if he wants to use it but it would be good to take time now to really work out what are going to be the priorities because we cannot have everything. They will have to be choices. Very good to talk to you. Thank you for coming negotiators at the un climate talks in madrid are attempting to reach a final deal, at a summit that has been in deadlock and has over run. The discussions have stalled over demands from the eu and small island states that all nations put new climate plans in place by the end of 2020. We can speak to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath who is at the conference in madrid. Quite a lot of deadlock and debates beyond when they were supposed to have finished. What is the upshot at the moment . They have gone through 48 hours of negotiations beyond when they should have closed on friday evening. The upshot really is that they have agreed a mixed bag compromise deal. The hope had been that the European Union and small island states that the plans that country would put on the table next year would raise ambition and close the gap between what the scientists tell us need to be done and what the plans are in existence at the moment. There is a big gap between them. The hope in the European Union is they could do this and ultimately the United States and australia and others objected to that. They secured a compromise which means there will be new plans put on the table next year but in return for that the richer nations will have to show what they have been doing up until 2020. I think that is a compromise they have reached here at the moment. Is there a degree of frustration with countries like the United States from some of those island states for example and European Countries too . That they feel the us as may be blocking progress . There is certainly that feeling very strongly here over the last couple of years the United States has sat on its hands at this conference are not done much. According to participants here they have been playing a much more obstructionist role. They have been working hard to make sure not much is agreed here. That is why a lot of people feel that what has been agreed here is a watered down sense of ambition compared to what the science is telling us. This is supposedly the last time the United States will be in this process and they are supposed to leave before conference in glasgow next year but there have certainly been making their mark here with their delegates. Very good to talk to you, mark. The headlines on bbc news. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised to supporters, for his partys heavy defeat in the general election. As Boris Johnson prepares for thurdays queen speech, the government is to enshrine in law, a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. Nicola sturgeon has renewed her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustnt be kept in the union against their will. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres holly. More premier League Action today with liverpool top of the table. Liverpool fans will be very pleased at the moment. Arsenal are also in action today. But the Chinese State broadcaster cctv wont be showing todays premier league game between arsenal and Manchester City as planned following comments made by arsenal midfielder mesut ozil. Ozil posted on social media about the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in china, calling them warriors who resist persecution and criticising both china and the silence of muslims in response. Arsenal had distanced the club from their german players views, saying the club itself was apolitical. China has consistently denied mistreating the Uyghur Muslims. Well, before arsenal host Manchester City spurs are at wolves and Manchester United host everton at old trafford. For League Leaders liverpool, though,a packed schedule this week sees them playing at the Club World Cup in doha and the League Cup Quarterfinal in the space ofjust 24 hours. And withjurgen klopps men already dealing with injuries hes raised concern the pitch in qatar could lead to further problems. Obviously, i think it is raining there. That doesnt help the pitch. The one pitch we are playing all on. Sensationally organised. All of the games on one pitch and it is raining. Im not sure if people in qatar are really used to a lot of rain. We will see what the pitch is like but that could be a bit of a problem. Back home, both celtic and rangers are in action today in the scottish premiership. Rangers can leapfrog celtic and go to the top of the table for a few hours at least if they win at motherwell. That match is already under way, its still goalless. Celtic face hibs later. Pakistan batsman abid ali has become the first man to score a century on both his odi and test cricket debut. He reached a century on the fifth final day of the test against sri lanka in rawalpindi. It follows his 112 against australia on his odi debut in march this year. The match itself which was the first test match for pakistan on home soil since 2009 ended in a draw. In golf, tiger woods led his United States side in the president s cup in melbourne. Tiger woods led his United States side to victory 16 points to 14 in the president s cup in melbourne. His visitors had trailed 10 8 going into the final days play but turned it round with a dominant performance to win an 8th successive trophy. This way, as a captain and a player, the guys understood that and it was communicated going in. There was a lot of different plans that could happen. I trusted all of them. All 11 players, it was trust in each other and that is what ultimately won us other and that is what ultimately won us the cup. In rugby, saracens champions cup win over munster was marred by a brawl involving almost 30 players. Sarries head coach mark mccall claimed a comment to their Hooker Jamie George prompted the fight while munster say they dont know what caused it. The english sides15 6 victory though means that their defence of the title is still alive and they can still make the quarterfinals. Ahead of the main event later, its been announced that marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge has been voted bbcs world sport star of the year after winning the public vote. The kenyan runner became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours in october. In winning the award, kipchoge beat off competition from, among others, gymnast simone biles and south africa rugby captain siya kolisi. And tonight is the main event bbc Sports Personality of the year is on from 7pm on bbc one this evening. The bbc sport website will build up to the show from 5pm. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more in the next hour. Thank you, holly. See you later. The Foreign Office says its supporting the family of a man who was killed in a suspected robbery outside a five star hotel in argentina. The mans son is being treated in hospital after being shot in the thigh during the incident outside a five star hotel in buenos aires. Police are reportedly investigating whether it was a random attack, or if their taxi had been tailed from the airport. Our reporter Greg Mckenzie has been at the Foreign Office for us. The Foreign Office has confirmed that they are supporting the family of two british nationals, who were shot in buenos aires yesterday afternoon in broad daylight. This took place just outside a hotel, a luxury hotel, in Puerto Madero region, an affluent region of buenos aires. Cctv footage is clear as day, you can see the two men, a father and son, trying to fight off their attackers when theyre being robbed. Sadly they were both shot and taken to hospital. It was there where the father was pronounced dead a short time later. Now, the traveljournalist, simon calder says these attacks are all too common in south american countries. This is an awful tragedy, im afraid that crime, particularly aimed at people who are regarded as well to do tourists or business travellers, is all too common. Notjust in buenos aires, argentina, but elsewhere, particularly in the big south american cities. And the advice, simply, myself being targeted is either run away if you possibly can, or just hand over whatever it is they want. Awful situation. Argentina in general is a very friendly, very safe, very welcoming country, which at this time of year, is a joy to travel in. But, unfortunately, like elsewhere in latin america, there are criminals who will, im afraid, use of violence if they feel they need to. Last year, more than 110,000 british nationals visited argentina and relatively trouble free. But what the advice has always been on the ground in buenos aires is that if you are approached by a gang or individuals carrying weapons, you simply dont resist. You hand over your belongings. Now, of course, there is a Police Investigation and theyre trying to determine whether these two british nationals were followed from the airport to the hotel, or whether this was simply a random attack. Greg mckenzie at the Foreign Office. Police investigating the death of a 15 year old boy in cheshire have charged a teenager with murder. The body of alex rodda was discovered on friday morning. Matthew mason, whos 18, has been remanded in custody and will appear before magistrates on monday. A mans in a Critical Condition after he was shot by police in hull in the early hours of this morning. Officers from Humberside Police were sent to the citys hessle road following reports of a man in possession of a firearm. The Police Watchdog has started an investigation. There were no other injuries sustained by anyone. An australian injured in last weeks volcanic eruption on white island in new zealand has died bringing the official death toll to 18. The victim, who has not been identified, died in hospital in sydney. Around 20 people remain in intensive care with severe burns. Rescue teams returned to white island earlier today but were unable to locate the bodies of two people still missing. Our correspondent phil mercer has the latest from sydney. 18 people now have been confirmed dead in the disaster that struck on monday at white island in the bay of plenty just off new zealands north island. Those recovery teams returned to the volcanic island today, on sunday, to once again look for two bodies. There are two more victims who have been unaccounted for. Authorities have been working on the theory that one of those bodies may well be near the crater, and another was apparently seen in the water 24 hours after the eruption. On friday, recovery teams brought out six bodies, but the search goes on for those two others. The search includes people being flown to the island to carry out this painstaking search. This it is a very risky environment still. There is a risk of further eruptions and police and navy divers have been in the contaminated water off white island, searching unsuccessfully for one of those two remaining victims. And there are plans for a minute silence to remember the victims of this disaster . At 11 minutes past two in the afternoon tomorrow in new zealand, the Prime Ministerjacinda ardern is hoping new zealand will pause for one minute, to remember those victims. At the moment, 18 people have been confirmed to have died. About 20 people remain in intensive care here in australia and new zealand. Some of those survivors have the most appalling injuries, suffering burns of up to 90 of their bodies. Also, internal burns too. It is a great challenge for skilled professionals in new zealand, and australia, to keep those people alive and help them recover. On monday, just after two oclock in the afternoon, new zealand and people elsewhere will pause to remember a tragedy that took place exactly one week ago when that minute silence is observed. Phil mercer reporting there from sydney. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello, there. For some of us, theres been a bit of snow overnight, particularly across the high ground in the north, but weve also seen a bit of snow in some of the showers, pushing right down towards sea level across parts of north east england. That was the scene to start the day in redcar and cleveland. Today, though, is a day of sunshine and blustery showers, the showers frequent across southern coastal counties of england, wales and through scotlands central belt, where across some of the higher elevations, we could still have a bit of winteriness around. A cold day for northern areas, temperatures for most of england and wales between 7 and 9 but perhaps feeling a little bit cooler than that given the strength of the winds. Overnight, showers continue to work in. Again, some of them could be wintry at times, a bit of snow over the high ground. Cold enough for some frost in the north but for most of england and wales, temperatures between of england and wales, temperatures between 3 and 6 celsius. Further showers to come, then, through monday, but bigger gaps between the showers and a bit more in the way of sunshine. The exception to that theme, western scotland, where there will be some rain and even some snow pushing into western areas. Hello this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised to supporters for his partys heavy defeat in the general election