britain s prime minister borisjohnson dismisses threats to his leadership as the row over lockdown parties in downing street continues. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine is urging the united nations and other international organisations to do more to rescue civilians and provide critical aid to areas under attack from russia. in particular officials say more helped is needed to get to people in the besieged southern city of mariupol. there will be a fresh attempt to establish another humanitarian corridor later. ukraine s deputy prime minister says if all goes to plan, evacuations will begin midday local time. russian forces have been trying to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow, before travelling on to kyiv. president zelensky claims russia is intending to invade other countries, as simonjones reports. underattack, ukraine s second city, kharkiv. russia s as
breaking lockdown rules. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. ukraine is urging the united nations and other international organisations to do more to rescue civilians and provide critical aid to areas under attack from russia. in particular officials say more help is needed to get to people in the besieged southern city of mariupol. there are hopes for another attempt at a humanitarian corridor today but no confirmation yet whether that is under way. russian forces have been trying to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow in the coming days, before travelling on to kyiv. earlier, president zelensky warned that russia could attack o
60 of the scottish electorate voted for parties who vowed to try and block another referendum on scottish independence, so Nicola Sturgeon knows she is now on the wrong side of public opinion. What she has to do is to try to find a way to row back from demands for another Independence Referendum Without Com Pletely independence referendum without completely closing of the option just in case circumstances change during or after Brexit Negotiations. Sarah smith, thank you. In wales, the labour party had a strong night taking back a number of seats from the conservatives. Labour ended up with 28 seats, while the tories now have eight and plaid cymru won four. The liberal democrats lost their only welsh mp. The tories saw their hopes to make gains in pro brexit areas dashed. Our correspondent sian lloyd now reports on the picture in wales. In gower this morning, the smiles of welsh labour said it all. The partys leader introducing two of their three new mps here. This seat was one they ha
Well have the full result, with the conservatives on 318, labour on 262, and both parties having increased their share of the vote. In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party, with ten seats, agreed to try to help the conservatives to stay in power. The Prime Minister has spoken to me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it might be possible to bring stability to our nation. In scotland, a challenging night for the snp. They lost a third of their seats. The former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. After a collapse in ukips share of the vote, and no mps, the Party Leader Paul Nuttall resigned. And with just ten days to the start of the brexit talks, well be reporting on the far reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom. More news and analysis throughout the day. We will have reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to the result. Good evening from Downing Street, where theresa may is
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