Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
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for a showdown with the january six committee as one of his closest allies in the senate is forced to testify in a georgia grand jury investigation. then, it s her party, marjorie taylor greene no, longer fringe. inside her district as georgia early voting breaks records. and the scramble for a new leader in the uk as the stress steps down after just 44 days, and the warning sides flushing here at home, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the choice of the next president is bracing for what could be an explosive confrontation lawmakers investigating january 6th. the house select committee is set to be on the verge of sending donald j trump that subpoena for records and testimony. the vote to take that step was exactly one week ago, tonight. the washington post reporting this. lawmakers and community lawyers spent the last days, since last week s hearing, carefully crafting subpoena language closely studyi