the latest headlines: the former british prime minister, borisjohson, is facing a fight for his political life, as he s due to be questioned by mps over whether he misled parliament. france s president macron prepares to defend the new law on pension reform, as protests continue against raising the retirement age. china s huge and troubled property firm, evergrande, the company at the centre of china s broader property debt crisis started a court hearing on monday in hong kong, part of a $110 million lawsuit brought by an investor injune last year to wind up the company. evergrande began one of china s biggest debt restructuring processes early last year but has yet to reach agreements with bondholders on the details. it has more than $300 billion in liabilities.
with great regret, the committee has decided that south africa will be excluded from the 1970 competition. i chanting streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the former british prime minister, borisjohson, is facing a fight for his political life, as he s due to be questioned by mps over whether he misled parliament. france s president macron prepares to defend the new law on pension reform, as protests
this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. our top stories. fighting for his political life former prime minister, borisjohson is due to be questioned by mps over why he misled parliament. a global water crisis due to pollution and excessive consumption a warning from the un. here in the uk, mps will vote today on rishi sunak s new brexit deal for northern ireland. but the democratic unionist party have said they will be voting against it. the inflation rate in britain rose unexpectedly to 10.4 percent in february, after three months of falls. and france s president macron prepares to defend the new law on pension reform as protests continue against raising the retirement age
through is that at the end when susanna said that lorraine kelly would be picking up on her programme which came straight afterwards, and the prime minister said, who is lorraine? and that would be national treasure lorraine kelly! let s talk now to the energy economist nick butler, who is the former group vice president for strategy and policy development at bp. he was also a senior policy adviser to the former labour prime minister gordon brown. lots of hats you are wearing for us this morning. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. as that figure was announced today from bp, what went through your head? through your head? well, i think there are two through your head? well, i think there are two parts through your head? well, i think there are two parts to through your head? well, i think there are two parts to the i through your head? well, i think| there are two parts to the results that you quoted earlier which are contradictory and very interesting. first of all, the write
have said that a number of times, prime minister, i have to take issue with you. you are saying that you are doing everything you can, but you could do more. let are doing everything you can, but you could do more. are doing everything you can, but you could do more. let me go back to our you could do more. let me go back to your suggestions you could do more. let me go back to your suggestions. if you could do more. let me go back to your suggestions. if you you could do more. let me go back to your suggestions. if you put you could do more. let me go back to your suggestions. if you put a - your suggestions. if you put a windfaii your suggestions. if you put a windfall tax on the energy companies, what that means is that you discourage them from making the investments that we want to see, that well investments that we want to see, that well in the end keep energy prices that well in the end keep energy prices lower for everybody. and that reference susanna reid was makin