opposition parties demand an explaination from borisjohnson, after he met with the senior civil servant, sue gray, ahead of the publication of her report into lockdown parties at downing street. pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps to women s hrt prescriptions, amid ongoing shortages. welcome to bbc news. australia s labor party is returning to government with a promise to transform the country into a renewable energy superpower. the party has come first in a general election, but hasn t secured an overall majority. it s not yet clear if it ll form a minority or coalition government. the outgoing prime minister, scott morrison, has congratulated his rival and successor anthony albanese. in his victory speech, the labour leader paid tribute to the outgoing prime minister and said australia was entering a new era. scott morrison called me to congratulate myself and the labor party on our victory at the election. cheering and applause. scott very graciou
parliament. we condemn scott benton for his comments which unjustifiably tarnish the reputation of all mps. some of the quotes which have come from that report into allegations made against the mp scott benton. to discuss this in a bit more detail, we can cross to our westminster newsroom and join our political correspondent harry farley. this is a developing story. what more does this report say? the a developing story. what more does this report say? this report say? the main headline is that it recommends this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a 35 - this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a 35 day - is that it recommends a 35 day suspension and what that means for the next steps, crucially, is that rishi sunak could be facing another by election in a key seat in blackpool south. scott benton won that in 2019 the majority ofjust over 3,000. the report says that scott benton
been on holiday with his mother, who wasn t his legal guardian, and his grandfather. melanie and david batty has been accused of abducting alex, possibly to take them to live on a commune in morocco. back in 2018, his grandmother, who was his legal guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting - guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting to - guardian, spoke to the bbc. been an absolute nightmare, wanting to see. absolute nightmare, wanting to see the grandson that you love so much, might not see him ever again. but she could soon be reunited with his grandson. officials in southern france cy alex, now 17, has been found in the town of revel east of toulouse. in a statement, greater manchester police say offices in oldham are in contact with french authorities to establish the authenticity of the report. they added, this is a complex and long running investigation and we need to m
it will come to an end sooner or later. plenty more that we ve been hearing from putin. yet again of putin questioned ukraine s very identity by that ukrainians and russians were one people. he questioned ukraine s territorial integrity, claiming that huge swathes of south eastern ukraine actually belonged to russia. he painted a very rosy picture of how things were going for his forces and said that the situation was improving for them and for ukraine he described the situation as a tragedy. he also hinted at difficulties experienced in terms of logistics supplying his troops in ukraine and he said not everything was being delivered on time and he also hinted that russia was successful in circumventing western sanctions saying that some of the war supplies were being purchased from abroad privately. he is sounding as defiant as ever, saying russia s goals in ukraine remained unchanged, those are the same goals that he announced before the start of the invasion last year with