the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world s first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? oh, i think it s a wonderful achievement. and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea, if i could, to get her to go up there for a little while! this is newsday on the bbc. i m arunoday mukharji in singapore. 0ur headlines the us announces another $1 billion in security assistance for kyiv and urges allies to increase the delivery of weapons to help ukraine battle russian forces. the uk prime minister borisjohnson s ethics adviser has resigned. lord geidt gave no details other than to say that he felt it was the right thing to do. getting you news from afghanistan now, where more
again partygate right on the front page again right whenjohnson partygate right on the front page again right when johnson thought he could move on to wedge issues to divide could move on to wedge issues to divide the could move on to wedge issues to divide the country. lord geidt quitting divide the country. lord geidt quitting with a very short statement, no detail or reason why he s quit, statement, no detail or reason why he s quit, no statement, no detail or reason why he s quit, no smoking gun i think he s quit, no smoking gun i think he sent he s quit, no smoking gun i think he senta he s quit, no smoking gun i think he sent a strongly worded letter to the prime he sent a strongly worded letter to the prime minister which explains his reasons. he s a public servant, why shouldn t he state his reasons? a strongly why shouldn t he state his reasons? a strongly worded letter would be a first for a strongly worded letter would be a first for lord geidt, of co
the queen s most senior adviser before taking on the job he s just left. his task as independent adviser overseeing and investigating ethics and behaviour in government at a time dominated by rows about the prime minister s own conduct. the ministerial code is very clear in that the sole jurisdiction over it is commanded by the prime minister himself, and that s why, that s how we ensure there s good administration, good governance. and, of course, we are always going to be guided by the rules and the principles in that code, and that s what we always bear in mind as ministers. this very arrangement was clearly awkward for lord geidt. just last month, he said it was a legitimate question to ask if borisjohnson had breached the ministerial code by breaking covid laws, but the code s author and guardian, as he put it, were mrjohnson. the prime minister denied such a breach. given that, he was asked yesterday.
inflation down if we are to have a sustained period of strong labour market conditions that benefit all. let s turn to the uk, where the ethics adviser for prime minister borisjohnson, lord geidt, has announced his resignation, saying there was a legitimate question about the prime minister s conduct in relation to lockdown gatherings in downing street and whether he d broken the ministerial code. lord geidt, who took up the role in april last year, said he was leaving with regret . 0ur political editor chris mason reports. i do try, you know, to make things work as well as i can. you can hear the exasperation in lord geidt s voice. this was him in front of a committee of mps yesterday. and tonight, this statement of few words and even less detail. lord geidt used to be
news that broke this evening just a few hours ago let s start with the daily telegraph in the headline there, lord geidt resigns as johnson s ethics chief. this there, lord geidt resigns as johnson s ethics chief. johnson s ethics chief. this is the story that s johnson s ethics chief. this is the story that s really johnson s ethics chief. this is the story that s really been johnson s ethics chief. this is the | story that s really been dominating a lot of front pages for tomorrow s papers. it broke quite late this evening, meaning it was the ideal front page story, something that s fresh and new that hasn t been around all day. so this is the prime minister s ethics adviser who has resigned in a very short, very to the .1 word sentence published on the .1 word sentence published on the government s website this evening to the point. downing street were not expecting this at all and the government sources are saying it was only on monday that he wanted to continue