by a former police officer. ukraine s president zelensky urges russians to stand up against the war in an interview with the bbc. the conservative mp conor burns has been sacked from the government following what it says is a complaint of serious misconduct. scotland s first minister calls liz truss arrogant and disrespectful for not contacting her since becoming prime minister. and i am at wembley, where englands women return to the scene of the european triumph to face the world champions in front of a sell out crowd. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s men are in rugby league action. they have their warm up game against fiji tonight before their world cup starts next weekend. good evening. without a complete restructure of the social care system, millions of people could be left without the support they need. that is the warning from care england, which represents independent social care providers. this week, bbc news is taking an in depth look at the social c
in coming up on bbc news, know that novak djokovic on course to defend his french open title and through to the third round after being roberto in straight sets. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was until last night the conservative mp for bolton north east in greater manchester has joined the labour party. mark logan is not standing at the general election but he says he is now backing sir keir starmer as the next prime minister. this afternoon he told the bbc the conservative party was unrecognisable from the party hejoined a decade ago. it comes amid continuing confusion and division over the fate of one of labour s longest serving and best known mps, diane abbott. she says she s being banned from standing next month. keir starmer has been saying no decision has been taken. but today labour s deputy leader angela rayner said she sees no reason why she shouldn t be allowed to stand again for her seat in east london. our political editor chris mas
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Constituencies today. bournemouth west, conservative for decades which is now a labour target and lead red car which was won by the conservatives in 2019. joining me now is our political editor and a bbc political reporter from redcar. peter i gather you have been covering some of the d day events in portsmouth, has there been any sense of reaction to the prime minister s apology and how big a deal has that been? i apology and how big a deal has that been? ~ apology and how big a deal has that been? .. . apology and how big a deal has that been? ~ , ., apology and how big a deal has that been? ~ . :. ., been? i think it is a huge deal, gathering been? i think it is a huge deal, gathering pace been? i think it is a huge deal, gathering pace before - been? i think it is a huge deal, gathering pace before the - been? i think it is a huge deal, i gathering pace before the debate this evening. on wednesday, when the d day focus was on portsmouth, rishi sunak suspended electoral campaign