hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: the first shipment of us military aid to ukraine has arrived in kyiv. it follows talks between russia and the us secretary of state in geneva on friday. moscow has denied it plans to invade. a conservative backbencher who accused downing street of trying to blackmail mps seeking to drive out borisjohnson is to meet police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he will be speaking to a met police detective early next week. the government has denied the allegations. humanitarian aid is begining to reach the tens of thousands of people affected by the volcano and tsunami in tonga. the new zealand navy is providing 250,000 litres of water. five of the uk s leading business groups have called on the government to act now to support consumers facing spiralling energy bills. for the last eight months, with every passing sunrise and sunset, a solitary figure has stepped into a glass box eight storeys above the ground in hull. i
the ukrainians have 100,000 troops, as well, along the border with the so called donbass republic, so a. but that used to be part ukraine until not that long ago. absolutely, certainly part of ukraine, but if you recall, the minsk agreement of 2015, ukraine and sat in the west six years to sort it out, basically, absolutely, they should return, that was the idea, to ukrainian sovereignty but with a certain amount of devolution. a conservative backbencher who accused downing street of trying to blackmail mps seeking to drive out borisjohnson is to meet police to discuss his allegations. william wragg who wants the prime minister to quit said he will be speaking to a met police detective in the house of commons early next week, after requesting a meeting with the force. number 10 said it had not seen any proof of the behaviour he alleges. conservative mp and chair of the foreign affairs select committee, tom tugendhat, says he doesn t recognise claims of blackmail in parliament.
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to talk to you about that, i am sure we will talk again. thank you so much for being with us. here in the uk, a conservative backbencher who accused downing street of trying to blackmail mps seeking to drive out borisjohnson is to meet police to discuss his allegations. william wragg who wants the prime minister to resign said he will be speaking to a met police detective in the house of commons early next week, after requesting a meeting with the force. number 10 said it had not seen any proof of the behaviour he alleges. let s talk to our political correspondent helen catt. this is quite an acceleration of the allegations isn t it, to make a formal, what will effectively be a witness statement to the police? we re not sure it s quite that formal. what we understand is that william wragg has asked for this meeting with the met police, that someone from scotland yard will meet with him in the commons this week, so i am not sure that we are quite at the stage that you might have