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Delving back into troubled recent history, dominic cummings�* day to give his version of events — a verdict of failure and an apology for his part. senior ministers, senior officials, senior advisers like me fell disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect. when the public needed us most, the government failed, and id like to say to all the families of those who died unnecessarily how sorry i am for the mistakes that were made and for my own mistakes at that. he...

A white house spokesperson says the us is suffering an epidemic of gun violence, and the president has urged the senate to pass legislation which would strengthen background checks on gun owners. it comes after at least eight people were killed in a shooting at a rail maintenance yard in san jose, california. mark lobel reports. this light rail service yard south of san francisco is now a crime scene. a bomb squad was dispatched after an employee shot his valley transportation authority colleagu...

I only do the childrens ones because i think the grown—up ones are too fiddly! anyway, what have you been doing? chuckles well, let me tell you, you know those amazing photos of the stars in the night sky that you can get by taking a long—exposure photo? well, ive kind of been getting into that, and it turns out that astronomy as a whole has become a much bigger deal in the last year. i suppose its something you can do in your back garden when youre on your own and cant go out. exactly! so y...

And staying with football, antonio conti has left italian champions inter milan by mutual consent. contis departure comes just three weeks after leading them to their first league title for 11 years. hed been at inter for two seasons and still had one year left on his contract. conti, who won three league titles withjuventus and one in england with chelsea, has recently been linked with real madrid, amid speculation zinedine zidane will leave this summer, and also the vacancy at tottenham hotspu...

This picture taken by one of the weather watchers in ambleside invokes the anticipation of a beautiful day ahead, some blue sky and some early missed, but over the next couple of days, at long last, something a bit more summary on the way as we head towards the end of may, so things looking drier and warmer and today is no exception for most of us and a warmer day than we have seen recently and dry almost across the board. we will have a bit of rain in the forecast, particularly tomorrow in the ...

Tens of thousands of needless deaths, a prime minister unfit for office and a health secretary who repeatedly lied during the pandemic — matt hancock faces mps today after the explosive accusations by borisjohnsons former chief adviser. im off to drive forward of the vaccine — im off to drive forward of the vaccine programme. then i will be answering — vaccine programme. then i will be answering questions at the house of commons _ in an extraordinary appearance before mps, dominic cummings...

Bbc news, minsk. president biden has given us intelligence agencies 90 days to conduct a fresh investigation into the origins of covid—19, as speculation persists that it may have leaked from a chinese lab. this claim has been strongly denied by beijing, who said politicising the issue would only hamper investigations. well, the bbc�*s will grant joins me now from washington. these questions about the origins of covid—19 clearly still being taken pretty seriously?— still being taken pret...

As the gang reunites for the first time in decades — in just a few hours�* time. hello and thanks forjoining us. a desperate search is taking place for more than 150 people feared to have drowned when an over—loaded ferry sank in north west nigeria. the majority of those missing are reported to be women and children. president muhammadu buhari called the accident "devastating". the boat was travelling between central niger state and wara in northwest kebbi state when it sank. the bbc�*s ...

About the prime minister, suggesting that he had come to regret the first lockdown. last month, sources told the bbc that borisjohnson had said he would rather see "bodies pile high" than take the country into a third lockdown. did you hear him say "let the bodies pile high- in their thousands," or, "its only killing - 80—year—olds"? theres been a few different versions of these stories knocking around. there was a version of it in the sunday times which was not accurate. but the version tha...

A hybrid war against him. sarah rainsford reports. in minsk, appearances are deceiving. this is a country in deep political turmoil. we were heading to meet a womanjust plunged into the heart of it. she asked to meet in the open on the edge of town because annas daughter is now in a kgb prison, arrested with her opposition activist boyfriend when their flight over europe was diverted by force to belarus. the last anna heard from sofia was a text message. itjust said, "mum." the next was a video ...