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Feisty— strong on brexit lord frost was very feistv and _ strong on brexit lord frost was very feisty and eu negotiators were certainly, he was formidable and they were — certainly, he was formidable and they were probably a little bit wary of him. _ they were probably a little bit wary of him, whereas it is possible that liz truss— of him, whereas it is possible that liz truss may be seen as a soft touch — liz truss may be seen as a soft touch this— liz truss may be seen as a soft tou...

Your— turns to the country and says, it is your fault, — turns to the country and says, it is your fault, we are going to close our borders— your fault, we are going to close our borders and i do not think it is a coincidence that the country finding — a coincidence that the country finding the variant, do the most sequencing. we have vilified south africa _ sequencing. we have vilified south africa and — sequencing. we have vilified south africa and now we are being vilified and trave...

It is our borders and i do not think it is a coincidence that the country finding — a coincidence that the country finding the variant, do the most sequencing. we have vilified south africa _ sequencing. we have vilified south africa and — sequencing. we have vilified south africa and now we are being vilified and travel— africa and now we are being vilified and travel restrictions do not work. i do not _ and travel restrictions do not work. i do not quite see the point. stay with the fina...

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Hello and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson could face the biggest tory backbench revolt since he entered downing street when mps vote on new covid rules for england. as many as 70 conservative mps have indicated that theyre prepared to vote against the government plan b covid rules for tackling the omicron variant. the prime minister has defended his plans as a "proportionate" response to the rising cases. mps are due to vote on a series of measures. new rules on facemasks which came into force...

Vaccination certificates or a negative covert test are going to some bigger venues, and also replacing self—isolation with daily testing, if you are the contact of somebody who has the omicron variant. these are important changes, which the government say will help slow the spread of the new variant, and it will not like the fact that, as things stand at the moment, we expect more than 70 tory mps to vote against. this is quite a broad range of tory backbench opinion too, some brexiteers, some...

This is bbc news with ben brown. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. pressure mounts on the uk prime minister — with fresh questions over the revamp of his flat — and the row continuing over downing street christmas parties. its emerged the current downing street director of communications attended a christmas party in number ten last year which, its alleged, broke lockdown rules. i feel very comfortable about the prime ministers integrity. clearly, though, i dont ...

This is bbc news. the headlines at 11. the us government has won its appeal to extradite wikilea ks founderjulian assange from the uk to the us — where hes wanted over the publication of thousands of classified documents pressure mounts on the prime minister with fresh questions over the revamp of his flat — and the row continuing over downing street christmas parties its emerged the current downing street director of communications attended a christmas party in number ten last year which, i...

Cloud, breeze and outbreaks of rain here. its 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. its emerge...

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. labours leader agreed there was no military solution, but said the government had failed to prepare. theres 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 a...