the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent chris mason. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says. minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn t he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they re investigated promptly. but
mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute, an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. our political editor chris mason reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says. minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn t he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they re inve
three drones were involved and only minor damage was caused to the roof of the building. well, to discuss this further, i m nowjoined by taraneh stone from our persian service. thanks forjoining us. thanks for joining us. just thanks forjoining us. just tell us, what more do we know so far? last niaht, what more do we know so far? last night. around what more do we know so far? last night, around 11:30pm, a loud explosion was heard in the central city of isfahan. state media at first said that this explosion happened at an industrial complex that belongs to the defence ministry, and later that night, the defence ministry issued a statement, saying that one of the defence workshops was attacked unsuccessfully by three mini spy drones. the defence ministry said they had downed one of the many
yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the iranian defence ministry says it has foiled an unsuccessful drone attack on a military facility in central isfahan province. this footage filmed and posted online by a localjournalist appears to show the explosion at the facility. according to local media, three drones were involved and only minor damage was caused to the roof of the building. for more on this, i spoke to taraneh stone from the bbc persian service. last night, around 11:30pm, a loud explosion was heard in the central city of isfahan. state media at first said that this explosion happened at an industrial complex that belongs to the defence ministry, and later that night, the defence ministry issued a statement, saying that one of the defence workshops was attacked unsuccessfully