also found workers pay increases are still being outstripped by rising prices. the prime minister is hosting representatives of the supermarket and farming industries at downing street this morning to discuss inflation and its impact on food production. rishi sunak is honouring a pledge made during his leadership election campaign to hold an annual food security summit. later, the prime minister will also attend a meeting of the council of europe in iceland, where he s expected to call for european countries to work together to tackle illegal immigration. it s the fourth time the council has met like this since it was set up in 1949. a british businessman whose foreign companies were at the centre of an international money laundering investigation is a major donor to the conservative party. javad marandi strongly denies any wrongdoing and is not subject to any criminal action. that was the news, now the sport with katie smith. thank you, good morning. referees chief howard webb s to
which was returned is damaged, very dirty, it s currently being restored by experts at the museum, those items, which are still missing it s feared will probably never be recovered. a bbc investigation has found that a british businessman, whose foreign companies were at the centre of an international money laundering investigation, is a major donor to the british conservative party. some ofjavad marandi s companies were alleged to be involved in a scheme to move money from one of azerbaijan s richest oligarchs out of britain. mr marandi is not subject to any criminal action and denies any wrongdoing, as dominic casciani reports. wealthy and well connected, this is javad marandi. awarded an obe for services to business and philanthropy, he s been a major tory donor, with access to senior party leaders. one of mr marandi s british companies is the famous design brand, the conran shop. it s not involved in this case, which raised questions about some of his overseas interests.
electoral commission and openly published by them. they say is above board and fully complies to the law. but in last half an hour or so there has been an urgent question and has house of commons triggered by our story, where mps, opposition mps, are asking the conservatives to clarify their relationship with mr marandi. that is going onjust as we came on air. as for mr marandi himself, he is clearly deeply, deeply disappointed he has been named. in fact, deeply disappointed he has been named. infact, his deeply disappointed he has been named. in fact, his spokesman believes he s been treated deeply and fairly. this is a fundamental injustice. 0ver and fairly. this is a fundamental injustice. over the 18 month legal battle here, the courts involved in this case needed him to present clear are evidence about why he would suffer damage. he said he was unable to defend himself in this case because it was targeted at someone else and effectively he becomes collateral damage. last night, th
the court about a major money laundering enterprise. and that should be a concern, notjust people who are worried about where that money came from, but about what it says, about how easily money can reach political parties without due proper checks on its origins. the national crime agency won t say if javad marandi is under investigation. mr marandi says none of his business interests have ever been the subjects of investigations into unlawful conduct. dominic casciani, bbc news. the ukrainian capital kyiv has come under heavy fire overnight, with a large number of explosions reported. the city was targeted from different directions with suspected russian missiles and drones. we re joined now by our correspondent this sounds like a really intense few hours where you are.-