translation: we will still have to fight - for the supply of modern tanks. but every day we make it more obvious there is no alternative to making the decision on tanks. the chair of the conservative party nadim zahawi has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson
of the exchequer. president zelensky says he ll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park in the uk. last week the uk s high court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. millions of people around the world are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. you are watching bbc news. political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to a new series, conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guess this week is the leader of britain s second largest trade union, sharon graham who replaced the rather better known mark. we are at a time restriction on the health service, strikes on the railway, strengths and schools, strikes in the civil service. foryears, and schools, strikes
but there should be some sunshine around in places. increasingly wintry. factor in the northerly winds, it ll feel colder than this. for next week, turning much colder for a time, increasing risk of frost and ice where we have had all of the flooded fields. things could be disruptive on monday, so stay tuned to the forecast. thanks, stav. that s it. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight, just getting underway over on bbc two. but the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good night. this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant source of information. long established news sources, lik
hello and welcome. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainan town it has captured sincejuly after six months of russian forces in nearby bakhmut. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still underway. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim, to be in complete control, and that this town is the start of something bigger. the capture of soledar became possible due to the constant destruction of the enemy, says russia s defence ministry. by ground at
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