instead, we telegraph, his former newspaper, but instead, we are looking at hollow victory instead, we are looking at hollow victory tears teresa part. that is a damning victory tears teresa part. that is a damning headline from the daily telegraph, who are generally supportive of boris johnson and telegraph, who are generally supportive of borisjohnson and his leadership, but that is what happened in westminister today stub he would happened in westminister today stub he would much rather be talking about he would much rather be talking about the he would much rather be talking about the cost crisis, the war of ukraine, about the cost crisis, the war of ukraine, plenty of other issues, and let s not ukraine, plenty of other issues, and let s not forget, we are a couple of years away let s not forget, we are a couple of years away from the general election for the years away from the general election for the party need to be thinking about for the party nee
of incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities it includes evidence of a shoot to kill policy. the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster, says an inquiry by mps, which will damage the nation s interests for years. the murder of three year old kemarni watson darby his mother s boyfriend is jailed for at least 2a years, after subjecting the toddler to weeks of beatings. good morning everyone and welcome to the brand new elizabeth line service. and the train pulling in is three years late and £4 billion over budget crossrail opens for business, as the first passengers catch the elizabeth line. it was a long wait but, you know, it s here now, and we are on it. the journey time between canary wharf and whitechapel blew my mind. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: gareth southgate is set to announce his squad for next month s nations league games, when england will take on hungary, italy and germany. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc new
heart of china s highly secret in incarceration. includes details of the sheet kill policy. the murder of this toddler. the boyfriend is jailed. west ham defender pleads guilty to kicking and slapping a cat under offences under the animal welfare act. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. speaking for the first time, insiders who attended gatherings in downing street during covid lockdowns have told bbc news that they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before, and that parties were routine. they say staff sat on each other s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, where the prime minister has now been pictured, and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about his attendance at the leaving party, and the metropolitan police are facing calls to explain why the prime minister wasn t issued with a fine. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has
as soon as the sue gray report is published. now the met s investigation is over, the labour london mayor has said the police have some explaining to do. i ve not asked questions about this. i ve kept away from this but i think it s important when it comes to trust and confidence, when it comes to policing by consent, questions being asked about the integrity of an investigation, that the police explain why they ve reached the conclusions they have. and borisjohnson will soon have to explain to mps and voters how all of these gatherings were allowed to happen and who, if anyone, should take responsibility. let s talk to our political correspondence, david, now. david, does all this new testimony rack up pressure on borisjohnson, do you think? i pressure on boris johnson, do you think? ~ pressure on boris johnson, do you think? ~ ., , think? ithink it does, ben. it focuses in think? ithink it does, ben. it focuses in on think? ithink it does, ben. it focuses in on the think? it
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