good evening. welcome to bbc news. we are beginning this hour with the shooting in the danish capital of copenhagen. several people have been killed in the danish capital copenhagen after a shooting at a shopping centre in the city. a 22 year old man from denmark has been arrested after chaotic scenes at the fields mall in the east of the city. police say there is no indication that other gunmen were present but police cannot rule out terrorism as the motive of the incident. the chief police inspector told journalists at a news briefing just a few minutes ago that several people were killed. the motive of the gunman, described by the police as an ethnic dane, you have just heard that they cannot rule out terrorism, but they have not confirmed any motive. those are the latest lines coming from that news conference. booster emil kirchner is a freelance journalist and knows the shopping mall area well. very surprised. denmark is a very peaceful country, we are not used to these
You re travelling on a crowded air plane, bus, train, etc, please, before you go, buy yourself a good quality ff to be mask and win it on those crowded places thank you very much, dr pankhania. == those crowded places thank you very much, dr pankhania. much, dr pankhania. fh to be mask. the government s spending watchdog is to review borisjohnson s pledge to build a0 new hospitals by 2030 to see if it still represents good value for money given spiralling inflation. details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretary, wes streeting. but the department of health and social care insists the plan is on track to deliver a0 new hospitals by 2030. let s return to news that boris johnson is facing questions and how much he knew after appointing chris
And embarrassed himself and others. this weekend has brought six more allegations. all are denied by mr pincher. three are that he made similar unwanted advances to fellow mps, one in a bar in parliament, one in his private office. in february, when mr pincher was made whip, one of those mps contacted downing street to relay his concerns. downing street has said that at the time, borisjohnson was not aware of any specific allegations, something repeated by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty
Our guestsjoining me tonight are the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about how much he knew when he appointed chris pincher as deputy chief whip in february after a series of fresh allegations about his behaviour emerged. the tamworth mp resigned from the government on thursday after he was accused of groping two men in a private members club the night before. mr pincher, who admits that he d had too much to drink, says he s now seeking professional help. he denies the latest claims, which are made in a number of sunday newspapers. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. for borisjohnson, new scrutiny about his decision to appoint chris pincher, one of his most loyal supporters, to the powerful post of deputy chief whip. mr pincher resigned that post after the events here at the carlton club on wednesday, accused of publicly groping two men. he said he had drunk far too much
Circumstances? that a reasonable defence in the circumstances? no, i don t think it is. ithink circumstances? no, i don t think it is- i think if circumstances? no, i don t think it is. i think if there circumstances? no, i don t think it is. i think if there are circumstances? no, i don t think it is. i think if there are rumours - is. i think if there are rumours going around and somebody is already resigned once from the whips office because of such stories, one would because of such stories, one would be very much on a watch. and equally, it is now being said that johnson had remarked some time ago pinch by name, pinch are by nature. of pinch by name, pinch are by nature. of course, it has a nice line and borisjohnson is a very keen on witty lines pincher by name, pincher by nature but if it is true he said that, he had an awareness of the character traits that chris pincher had. i the character traits that chris pincher had. the character traits that chris pincher had. .