anniversary of taking hong kong back from britain and claims the territory now has true democracy. ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend one of his mps who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much at the carlton club, the conservative party members club in london. labour have questioned why he s being allowed to sit as a tory mp. they say it shows the conservative party is mired in sleaze and scandal. our political correspondent iain watson reports. are you drowning in sleaze? after striding the world stage, borisjohnson is back in britain and the spotlight has moved on to problems in his party, one
martin yip, bbc news. the rate of people testing positive for covid 19 has continued to increase across the uk, the office for national statistics says. in both england and wales, data suggests that around one in 30 people had coronavirus in the week ending 2ajune. in northern ireland, the figure was 1 in 25 and in scotland the rate was1 in 18. with me in the studio now is our health correspondentjim reed. how concerning are these figures? this is a significant weekly increase in the level of covid infections but we should point out because some people might be thinking, are we even testing for it any more? this is the office for national statistics that go out and randomly test tens of thousands of people each week to see if they have covid so it is not based on people coming forward with symptoms, so it is seen as the most accurate reading we have of infections across the country and it shows in the last