and 18,000 miles in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter claim have been flying around today. the prime minister insisted he s taking the allegations against michelle mone extremely seriously. she replied, what s the pm talking about, he knew about her involvement all along. a former tory health minister thenjoined in, saying she didn t tell him about it. the company run by baroness mone s husband, ppe medpro, made £60 million profit from its contract with the government. 0ur political editor, chris mason, has the latest. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks personal protective equipment, pp
so you can go ahead, good evening. the prime minister has said he takes extremely seriously the allegations against the former conservative peer, baroness mone. he said the government was taking legal action against the company run by her husband ppe medpro. in an interview with the bbc, michelle mone admitted lying about her links to the medical clothing company and confirmed she and her family stand to benefit from the £60 million profit made during the pandemic. the couple apologised for denying their role in the deal for more than three years. and today baroness mone has hit back at rishi sunak, saying she was honest with the government over the contracts. 0ur poltical editor chris mason is in westminster this evening. it was an extraordinary interview. you can watch or listen to yourself on the iplayer or bbc sounds. it was the story of an emergency. human foibles, taxpayers money, making money, truth and lying. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks, pers
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. impacts of israel gaza war are widening. will war are widening. take a look at the red sea. oil giant bp stopped using it. war are widening. not the first. war are widening. because rebels in yemen firing at ships. who with the rebels these are that support hamas. houthi rebels support hamas. one of the world s busiest shipping routes. now means long way round africa our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports the threat to shipping in the red sea is very real. this was an attack by iranian backed houthi fighters last month, storming a cargo ship registered in britain. the militia from yemen claiming that any vessels owned by allies of israel were legitimate targets. so intense have the attacks become, two vessels were hit by drones today, that some of the big shipping companies are pulling out of the red sea, sending their huge vessels around southe
semifinal on tuesday. earlier today, the draw for the champions league last 16 was made. at this stage, teams from the same country or who came through the same group are kept apart. the holders manchester city look to have been given an easy path to the quarters, they will face the lowest ranked team left in the competition the danish side fc copenhagen. these are the other ties as they were drawn at uefa headquarters in nyon. premier league leaders arsenal face porto while italian champions napoli face barcelona. german giants bayern munich also face italian opposition in lazio. the current serie a leaders inter milan play atletico madrid while there is a daunting task for rb leipzig against the iii time champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. here is the reaction of manchester city director of football txiki begeristain to facing copenhagen. of course we remember the two games we played, and they went well, at least at etihad
acid rain. the community says it s like someone dropped a toxic nuke on them. basically nuked a town with chemsz. so get a railroad open. i was kind of surprised that when they quickly told the people they can go back home. there s a lot of what-ifs and we are going to be looking at this thing five, 10, 15, 20 years down the line and wondering gee, cancer clusters could pop up, well water could go bad. jesse: the state government s top doc came out today and said those cancer clusters no big deal. you have been exposed to these things your whole life. if you get cancernot because east palestine looks like chernobyl. most of the chemicals that we are worried about and that we re talking about fall into a category known as volatile organic chems. vulnerable organic compounds or vocs it s important for us to recognize are actually a part of our everyday life. so, if you go this afternoon on your way home to pump gas in your car, you re being exposed to volatile organic c