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
showers, some of the showers could be wintry to the far north and east, temperatures will feel colder than this, because of the added wind chill. sophie. thank you very much. that is it from the bbc news at six. it is time to join that is it from the bbc news at six. it is time tojoin our that is it from the bbc news at six. it is time to join our news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. manchester city and arsenal learn their opponents for the champions league knock outs, but it s a draw without some stellar names of europe. luton town fans show support for tom lockyer, and harry kane continues to blaze a trail in the bundesliga the england captain with his 20th goal of the season already, and in record time. anthonyjoshua tells anthony joshua tells us anthonyjoshua tells us how he s preparing for his next fight. focusing on my opponent, focusing on my bigger picture and using my evasion down at the gym avoid. also coming up on sportsday
welcome to belfast and the lyric theatre where tonight, the play agreement will mark a moment 25 years ago that changed every aspect of life here in northern ireland forever the signing of the good friday or belfast agreement. it brought peace to northern ireland, but it has been an imperfect peace. the agreement guaranteed power sharing in government between nationalist and unionist communities. but for more than a third of its lifetime, there hasn t been a sitting government at stormont. these halls at the lyric have captured huge moments of symbolism both big and small. ten years ago, martin mcguinness, northern ireland s former deputy first minister, a former ira commander, shook hands with queen elizabeth here, a moment that would have once been unimaginable. and it is moments like that that people will be looking out for this evening when president biden arrives. here in northern ireland, words matter, and people will be looking to president biden s speech to see ho
police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital islamabad. protestors in afghanistan are arrested after making a stand against the taliban s latest prohibition on women and girls attending universities. tuesday s late night announcement has triggered international outrage. george cohen, who was part of england s 1966 world cup winning team, has died aged 83. a prosecutor in paris says a 69 year old gunman who opened fire at a kurdish community centre had previously been charged with racist violence. three people were killed in today s shooting in the tenth arrondissement, where witnesses say the gunman initially targeted the cultural centre before entering a nearby hairdressers, where he was arrested by police. this is what the paris prosecutor had to say at the scene a short while ago. translation: according to the latest casualty reports. translation: according to the latest casualty reports. i
and triangle of sadness s dolly dillion. this is really, really bad. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. some wintry scenes in the north of england, there was some disruption at manchester airport, some of the travel problems too but over the next few days the snow will ease and gradually, it will be a gradual process, things are set to turn milder. we had this stream of snow showers affecting northern ireland, south west scotland, north west england, wales, parts of the midlands, this morning and now we have this area of sleet and snow that s pushing southwards across scotland, some of that getting into north east england as we go through the afternoon but the broad theme is for the wintry showers to become fewer and further between. many others seeing crisp blue skies and sunshine overhead. temperatures 3 7, for most not quite as windy as yesterday but it does stay blustery through northern scotland and parts of north east england where w