conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres
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he acted pretty decisively in sacking nadhim zahawi as the conservative party chairman, as he defends his handling of the affair. the kremlin rejects claims by borisjohnson that president putin threatened him with a missile strike before russia s invasion of ukraine. and the former all black campbelljohnstone becomes new zealand s first national player to reveal he is gay. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we wll have the draw for the fifth round of the women s fa cup, we re down to the last 16. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. firefighters and control room staff across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike for the first time in 20 years over pay. last year the fire brigades union rejected a 5% pay offer. the union now says it ll give the government and employers 10 days to come up with a better offer, or the strikes will go ahead. it s the latest in a series of strikes announced by the public sector. on wednesd
in the wagatha christie libel case, picking up on barbed comments between coleen rooney and rebekah va rdy. the times says petrol retailers are being accused of profiteering after failing to pass on the whole of the recent cut in fuel duty. it also has an extraordinary photo of a ukrainian solder in the azovstal steel plant. let s begin, thank you both for taking the time this evening. let s start with the front page of the metro, and the headline reads, proud to say i m gay. he s been held as an inspiration to but michael last one obviously being just and fastly. it s been a great story, and he s had a lot of support from everywhere, hasn t he? absolutely, from current everywhere, hasn t he? absolutely, from current footballers everywhere, hasn t he? absolutely, from current footballers like - everywhere, hasn t he? absolutely, from current footballers like harry l from current footballers like harry kane, the tottenham striker, and former players you contrast the fro
of at least three people. skies have turned red across nothern syria, iraq and parts of saudi arabia. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord digbyjones, who s a former uk trade minister, and the broadcaster, henry bonsu. welcome to you both. but first, let s have a quick look at tomorrow s front pages before we start. the metro leads with teenage footballerjake daniels, who has become the first male professional to come out as gay since 1990. the i has the same story, and reports the huge wave of support jake daniels has received, calling it a chorus of approval . the financial times features the warning by bank of england governor, andrew bailey, that he s unable to stop inflation hitting 10% this year. the guardian also picks up on the governor s concerns he s issued what he calls an apocalyptic warning about food price rises, driven by the war in ukraine. that story leads the telegraph, as well they rep