Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
But hopes to be fit for next weeks game against finland in cardiff. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has told the commons that alleged comments made by Tory Party Donor frank hester were wrong and racist. Mr hester is reported to have said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate all black women, and should be shot. At Prime Ministers questions in the last hour, The Labour Leader sir keir starmer asked rishi sunak if he was proud to be bankrolled by a someone using racist and mysoginist language. Heres our Political Correspondent damian grammaticus. Will correspondent damian grammaticus. You give the minister . Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . Iii} will you give the money back, Prime Minister . . ,. , minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money and minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money and a minister . £10 million, is a hugei amount of money and a politi
Than 170 million users in the us. The measure is the latest in a series of moves in washington to respond to Us National Security concerns about china, from connected vehicles to advanced Artificial Intelligence chips to cranes at us ports. Lets get the latest on this our north America Business correspondent erin delmore has been folllwing the vote from new york. Just how significant is this . Because it is the first stage, isnt it . ,. ,. , it . There is more to come. Exactly, ben. It it . There is more to come. Exactly, ben it sets it . There is more to come. Exactly, ben. It sets the it . There is more to come. Exactly, ben. It sets the table it . There is more to come. Exactly, ben. It sets the table for it . There is more to come. Exactly, ben. It sets the table for what ben. It sets the table for what could be further action and to be very specific, the action says that the company, the Chinese Company that owns tiktok would have to either divest, that mean cell, tiktok or face a
From the last few minutes. The government has said it will bring forward a change in the law to prevent the ownership of uk newspapers and magazines by foreign states. The move follows concern about the potential takeover of the Daily Telegraph and spectator by a group backed by the united arab emirates. Minister say they will try to amend the digital markets, competition and consumers bill currently going through parliament. Labour has indicated it is likely to back the move. So, that developmentjust coming into the last little while. More on that in the six oclock news here in the next little while. Now, though, as promised, lets round up all the sport of the day. Gavin is in the bbc sport centre. Yes, mathew, good evening to you. Lets start at cheltenham, where trainer Willie Mullins is still waiting for his 100th winner, which could come in the weatherby s champion bumper, the final race of the day. It is now under way. El fabiolo was the favourite for the champions chase earlier,
As is their motive. Mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny s chief of staff until the Opposition Leader died suddenly in prison in the Russian Arctic last month. Speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. Thats why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. Matthew sussex is Senior Fellow of Central European studies at the Australian National university, he gave his take on the situation. Regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up Leonid Volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. And that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as Leonid Volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it is possible for you to end u