millions of people around the world prepare for lunar new year. and britain s andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain s roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time at the tournament. the uk conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov, which mr zahawi founded. he said hmrc, which is the uk s tax authority, had concluded it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. let s go through all of this, there is a lot of detail here. reminders to the background of all of this. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one centr
has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov, which mr zahawi founded. he said hmrc, which is the uk s tax authority, had concluded it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more on today s statement. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one central question at the heart of this scrutiny and that is whether he used an offshore entity to hold shares in the polling company yougov which he set up before he came to politics back in the year 2000, and also whether subsequently he has paid a settlement to hmrc for tax that he owed as a result of potenti
the left wing leader, luiz inacio lula da silva. two weeks ago thousands of people invaded and vandalised government buildings in the capital, brasilia. hundreds of people remain in police custody. this includes members of the police and the armed forces who are accused of condoning or encouraging the violence. security forces in burkina faso have rescued 66 women and children who were kidnapped by armed fighters. state tv showed pictures of the rescue operation. the women and children were taken by militants earlier this month while gathering food in the northern sahel region. reports says they were found on a bus at a security checkpoint some 200km, or 125 miles, south of where they were kidnapped. it is not clear if their captors have also been detained. chris hipkins is set to become new zealand s next prime minister, after being the only candidate nominated by the governing labour party to replace jacinda ardern.
yeah. you look at it now and you think back of the fun times you had as a kid. and when you know you didn t have to go to work and do it, you just played and read cartoons and try to climb the trees. i would say the bash street kids is probably one of the best we didn t have never even a tv interview, 1958, you know. who are your favourites? he s actually got copies of his dad s beano from when he was a kid, so that s what got him into it. david sutherland s final comic strip will appear in the beano next week. aileen clark, bbc news, glasgow. britain s andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain s roberto bautista agut in four sets
welcome to the programme. before we pick up when it comes to the prime minister and this next, the latest fixed penalty he has been issued with, we have been discussing nadhim zahawi, he issued a statement around 20 miner s ago or so, i wonder can we get your initial reaction to what we get your initial reaction to what we are seeing, in terms of what is happening with nadhim zahawi himself? ~ :, , :, , ~ himself? well, to be honest, i think this statement himself? well, to be honest, i think this statement raises himself? well, to be honest, i think this statement raises more - himself? well, to be honest, i thinkl this statement raises more questions thanit this statement raises more questions than it solved. the whole process of liz nadhim zahawi s tax returns seems to be very complicated, it seems to be very complicated, it seems to be tied up in offshore accounts, which is always going to be messy, and although this has passed through the cabinet secretary prior to nadhim z