on the outskirts of bakhmut , a city on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. investigations continue after a us fighterjet shot down a object flying over canada s airspace making it the third to be destoyed over north america in the last week. mps accuse the bbc chairman, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgment, in not declaring his ties to borisjohnson, before joining the corporation. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000, but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem, is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, have managed to gain access, and sent us th
penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, with 192
on the outskirts of bakhmut , a city on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. investigations continue after a us fighterjet shot down a object flying over canada s airspace making it the third to be destoyed over north america in the last week. mps accuse the bbc chairman, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgment, in not declaring his ties to borisjohnson, before joining the corporation. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000, but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned.
mps have accused the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgment, for not declaring his involvement, in helping borisjohnson secure a financial loan, when he was prime minister. at the time, mr sharp was in the process of applying tojoin the corporation, and maintains he s done nothing wrong. here s our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. richard sharp was made bbc chairman, a government appointment, in 2021. while he was applying for the role, he introduced the man on the left, businessman sam blyth, to the man on the right, the uk s top civil servant, simon case. mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility. mr sharp did not declare all the details to this committee of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined the advice he was originally given.
minimum she needs? look, what we can say with certainty this afternoon is that rishi sunak is their choice of conservative mps. he has a comfortable majority now of conservative mps backing him to be the next prime minister, including a number of figures who actually are quite surprising, key allies of borisjohnson, who were angry at rishi sunakfor borisjohnson, who were angry at rishi sunak for helping borisjohnson, who were angry at rishi sunakfor helping bring down his government but who have now decided that he is the only man who can lead them forward. however, the big question remains unanswered at the moment and we will find out in the moment and we will find out in the next hour, can penny mordaunt get that 100 figure which would push this potentially to a run off among conservative mps? speaking to her campaign in the last few minutes, they say it is going to go down to they say it is going to go down to the wire and it s extremely close. they claim to have more than 90