administration has sought to align its foreign policy basically to focus on china and to manage russia. well, it looks in the event of what could go down that it might have to rethink that strategy quite considerably. quite considerably. david willis, thank quite considerably. david willis, thank you - quite considerably. david willis, thank you so - quite considerably. david| willis, thank you so much quite considerably. david - willis, thank you so much for that update. for more on this head over to the bbc news website where our coverage includes a page answering some of your questions on the crisis, including how big is the risk of invasion and how can tensions be de escalated. there s also details on the history of conflict between the countries. it s emerged there was a gathering of people in downing street, injune 2020, to mark borisjohnson s birthday. number ten has admitted the event took place, but said it was brief, with the british prime minister attending for less than
leadership of came to borisjohnson s defence. tte: leadership of boris johnson this leadership of borisjohnson this country has had has been so brilliant, it has gotten through this incredibly difficult period and he got all the big decisions right. an event on the prime minister s birthday injune 2020 is the latest to come to light. downing street has admitted that staff gathered in the cabinet room, how many is disputed but some say up to 30 were there including interior designer, lulu lytle, leading the refurbishment of the number ten flat. we are told borisjohnson was therefore around ten minutes and was given a cake. social indoor gatherings were banned at that time. laura oakley s father died the previous week. to at that time. laura oakley s father died the previous week. at that time. laura oakley s father died the previous week. to find out boris johnson died the previous week. to find out boris johnson is died the previous week. to find out boris johnson is having died
in a stampede at the africa cup of nations in cameroon. no more covid tests for fully vaccinated people arriving in england and scotland they ll be scrapped next month. and climate change is threatening to destroy treasures buried in the uk. archaeologists warn britain s history is at risk. good morning and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is facing renewed anger following another revelation about gatherings in downing street during lockdown. number 10 has admitted that, injune 2020, staff met in the cabinet room, where they were served cake to celebrate the prime minister s birthday.
the prime minister is a national distraction, and he s got to go. number 10 s denied there was also a birthday bash in the flat that night, although mrjohnson did see a small number of his family in the garden, but these new claims come just as the tory party is trying to make up its mind over whether the prime minister should stay or go. the question that he should be asking himself every morning is, is me staying in office allowing me to run this office in a way that is making the country better? or am i a distraction? how, then, do ministers defend what happened a gathering inside of around 30 people on borisjohnson s birthday when, at the time, any social gatherings inside were strictly banned? i think some of these allegations have got a little bit out of hand. i mean, what really happened here is a group of staff, small group of staff, who had been working closely with the prime minister brought
itv news reported that up to 30 people attended thejune 2020 event, sang happy birthday and were served cake. rules at the time 19june 2020 banned most indoor gatherings involving more than two people. the bbc has learned that sue gray, the senior civil servant compiling a report into gatherings on government premises during covid restrictions, already knew about the 19 june event. her findings are expected to be published later this week. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. the prime minister has long said, my policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it. so much so he had two on his 56th birthday injune 2020 the first courtesy of a school in hertfordshire he visited in the morning. # happy birthday to the prime minister! ..and another when he got back here to the cabinet room in downing street