welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk where the home secretary, suella braverman, is in the firing line over claims she asked civil servants about the possibility of a private speed awareness course, after she was caught driving too fast. downing street says the prime minister has had a conversation with his ethics adviser, sir laurie magnus. it s not yet clear whether an investigation will take place, but opposition parties are adamant one is needed. the home secretary was asked about the fine as she arrived at downing street in the past hour. are you going to resign, home secretary? did you break the ministerial code? earlier, she was quizzed over the matter while visiting a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants last year to arrange a one on one driving awareness course when you were caught for awareness course when you were cau-ht for speedin- 7 awareness course when you were caught for awar
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Minister. now, we heard a little bit there when she was asked in the streets whether she would resign. she said she was there to stop the boats. in other words, people arriving in the uk by illegal routes across the english channel. but i can t imagine that a conversation would simply stop or halt at questions of immigration when this controversy, to some extent, even overshadowed the end of the g7 summit injapan, when the prime minister s press conference was then dominated by questions about his home secretary s behaviour. so i imagine he ll talk to her, he ll talk to other people, he ll talk to his ethics adviser and then he ll decide whether he needs further information on a more formal basis. so his ethics adviser, for example, would be allowed to look at, for example, any correspondence between the home secretary, suella braverman, and those civil servants. she said she was simply seeking their advice on how to handle this situation that she found herself in after being caught sp
Live from london, this is bbc news. the uk home secretary says she s confident nothing untoward happened in relation to a speeding fine she received last year. last summer, i was speeding, i regret that, i paid the fine and i took the points. russian mercenary group claimed its voters have ta ken russian mercenary group claimed its voters have taken control of bakhmut but president zelensky insists that is not the case. a belarusian journalist is pardoned after being arrested in 2021. hello, i m maryam moshiri,