good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was the government s chief scientific advisor during the coronavirus pandemic, sir patrick vallance, has been revealing more details about what went on in downing street as covid took hold. sir patrick told the covid inquiry that the then prime minister, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. he says he was not consulted on the eat out to help out initiative it was very obvious that the eat out to help out scheme launched by the then chancellor, rishi sunak, would increase transmission of coronavirus. and key measures to stop the spread of covid including lockdown weren t brought in soon enough. here s our political editor, chris mason. it felt like he was on our screens almost every night, sir patrick vallance. . , ., vallance. the evidence i shall give shau vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, vallance. the evide
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french president emmanual macron, has had a lengthy telephone conversation with president biden, ahead of his visit to moscow today. the french president s talks with vladimir putin are part of his continuing efforts to avoid a war in ukraine, where russian troops have massed along the border. let s speak to our correspondent james waterhouse, who s in kyiv this morning. where do we stand at the start of another week? where do we stand at the start of anotherweek? j where do we stand at the start of another week? where do we stand at the start of another week? i think ukraine will be 0 en another week? i think ukraine will be open to another week? i think ukraine will be open to any another week? i think ukraine will be open to any potential - another week? i think ukraine will be open to any potential deal i another week? i think ukraine will be open to any potential deal that| be open to any potential deal that could come out of the meeting between emmanuel macron and president