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
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More ina more in a moment. I want take you like to new york with Michael Cohen. So far, hes outlined that he was thanked for his work helping his ex boss, which the prosecution said it was a reference to the payment made to Stormy Daniels. He is also smoke at about back channels for communicating with then president and how we ultimately decided he could not lie for him any longer. That is some of the detail. Lets go live to the courthouse to nada tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, michael tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, Michael Cohen tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, Michael Cohen on tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, Michael Cohen on the tawfik. Take us through more. Ir u matthew, Michael Cohen on the second day on the stand is really zipping through the timeline of events in question. He talked about visiting donald trump in the white house after he became president and their conversations there, saying donald trump again expressed that he
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george floyd. floyd s sister will join me in a few moments. and fallout from the interview with prince harry and meghan, alleging racism in the royal family. there s a conversation with you with harry. about how dark your baby is going to be? potentially, and what that would mean or look like. much more on that interview straight ahead this hour. but i want to get right to something we ve all been waiting for. the cdc releasing official guidance for americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. what can they do? where can they go? can you hug your family, or be inside without masks? dr. jonathan reiner joins me now. thanks for joining. this is good news. we can see some small gatherings, grandparent hugs. but dr. leana wen argues, it s too cautious. you should be cautious, right? she says the cdc should be saying if you re willing to get vaccinated, you should be able to travel freely. do you agree? i agree. this administration said that science wo