welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk where the home secretary, suella braverman, is in the firing line over claims she asked civil servants about the possibility of a private speed awareness course, after she was caught driving too fast. downing street says the prime minister has had a conversation with his ethics adviser, sir laurie magnus. it s not yet clear whether an investigation will take place, but opposition parties are adamant one is needed. the home secretary was asked about the fine as she arrived at downing street in the past hour. are you going to resign, home secretary? did you break the ministerial code? earlier, she was quizzed over the matter while visiting a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants last year to arrange a one on one driving awareness course when you were caught for awareness course when you were cau-ht for speedin- 7 awareness course when you were caught for awar
important issue, the government recently published anti social behaviour action plan. my right honourable friend the home secretary and her colleague are jointly chairing a task force to make sure action is taken. we are setting up hotspot patrols around the country to make sure the blight of anti social behaviour is heavily policed against and to make sure that where it occurs it is dealt with thoroughly and no one is left behind. . ~ with thoroughly and no one is left behind. ., ~ i. with thoroughly and no one is left behind. . ~ ,, ~ with thoroughly and no one is left behind. ., ~ ~ .~ behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary insists - behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary insists on - the home secretary insists on exacting private landlords from asylum seekers, this means that local councils and fire authorities will not be able to enforce basic safety and overcrowding standards. does not m
of pregnancy, with some exceptions. the bill also bans gender altering surgery , and restricts hormone surgery and restricts hormone therapy and puberty blocking drugs for transgender people under the age of 19. next, a year long bbc investigation has uncovered an immigration scam in which migrant women pay british men thousands of pounds to pose as fathers to children that aren t theirs. this is buying a british dad. i think that s her. she s just sat down with an undercover researcher. this woman is running an elaborate immigration scam. she finds british men to pose as fathers to children that aren t theirs, giving migrant women a way to stay in the uk. we go undercover to expose those behind this criminal enterprise. this fake father s scam is incredibly elaborate, very sophisticated, incredibly difficult to police. we found some men are being paid thousands to be fake dads. and it s happening across communities under the radar of the authorities. shocking, isn t it? it
come under strain. manchester city are the premier league champions following second placed arsenal s 1 0 defeat today at nottingham forest. and while celebration are afoot in manchester, the arsenal side finds consolation in coming second their best result since 2016. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan after landing in japan. zelensky tweeted that peace will be closer as a result of his meetings. sinn fein is for the first time the largest party in both local government and the northern ireland assembly, after making huge gains in council elections. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. it isn t that long ago, since nicola sturgeon looked to be unassailable as first minister of scotland. she and her party, the snp, were held up as
with g7 leaders in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. mr zelensky will address the leaders of the major western democracies during meetings on sunday. while the war in ukraine continues to dominate those summit talks the war itself is raging on. bakhmut has been the focus of the longest and bloodiest battle of the war but the leader of russia s private wagner group has said the city has now been taken. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax says president putin has congratulated troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine says its units are still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american made f 16 jets to help with its fight against russia a move moscow and china have criticised. here now, our political editor chris mason, who s in h