And on newsnight at 10. 30pm well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. The Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester, who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist but that mr hester s apology for making rude comments should be accepted. This evening, diane abbott attacked both the conservatives and labour for their response to the controversy. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . The Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept and i would give tha
to hear. the rest of the week looks very wet indeed. there could be flooding issues, a lot more rain to come on the ground is saturated. the rest of today is windy with rain slowly clearing but more pushing into the west later. that is the morning rain, confined to the north of the uk. it has cleared large parts of england and wales but here is the next band, pushing in later. barely any sunshine out there and a blustery feel two things. the only plus site is it is not feeling cold with temperatures in double figures, milder than we expect this time of year buckle across the north of scotland. a wet end to the day for the northern part of the country, rain rattling through quickly and clear spells and showers for overnight. chaos and severe gales affecting the northern isles and the north highlands through tonight so a wild night to come, blustery for most of us, when trainers on the hills, the best chance of dryness is towards the east. lots of isobars on the charts as we he
and, could koalas become extinct? they ve been declared an endangered species in much of australia s east coast. hello, welcome. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, has told the bbc his country will only enter peace talks after the last russian soldier has left ukraine. some ukrainian officials have expressed concerns their country may be pushed towards a peace deal with russia, as the war continues to put pressure on food and energy supplies. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has meanwhile warned of what he called ukraine fatigue setting in. mrjohnson has just returned from a visit to kyiv on friday. our correspondent nick beake reports from kyiv. singing the russians killed roman ratushny on the ninth ofjune. today, his father buried him, before returning to the front line. a funeral for a 24 year old who answered the call to defend his country. his grandmother, joined by hundreds who came to bid him farewell. with so many young lives being lost every day, some
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent at the french broadcaster france 2a, and susie boniface, columnist at the daily mirror. Struggling in the face of the lurgie. Thank you for coming in. Oh, you see, they love us so much. Tomorrows front pages the mail focuses on the new years honours list and dubs mark lowcock, the Civil Servant honoured with a knighthood, as sir foreign aid. The paper carries a picture of ken dodd, who also received a knighthood. Andy murrays knighthood is on the front page of the daily telegraph, as well as a warning from the nhs chief that the service cannot cope with the strain of party goers. The times chooses to headline Donald Trumps praise of Vladimir Putin over the russian leaders dealing with the latest diplomatic row. It also applauds times cartoonist Peter Brookes inclusion in the honours list. The sun gives its front page over to the new years honours list, wi