millions face hunger in 31 degree temperatures. it s in! and the marvel of darvel how the sixth tier side felled a scottish premiership giant. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: ten years after she won her last grand slam title, victoria azarenka reaches the semi finals of the australian open, where the wimbledon champion awaits. after the organisers go bust. another borough. good evening. a bbc investigation into abuse and neglect at three children s homes and schools in doncaster has found that more than 100 reports of concern were made before they were closed. leaked documents show that children were said to have been badly mistreated, yet the regulator, 0fsted, continued to rate the homes as good, and there d been a0 separate alerts over three years. 0fsted s chief inspector says she s deeply sorry, and the hesley group, which ran the homes, has also apologised. some of the details in this report from noel titheridge you may find distressing. it has
the british volunteers reported missing in eastern ukraine have been killed, according to one of the men s families. and the conflict in ukraine could be set to change if germany as now seems likely approves the supply of tanks to ukrainian forces. the number of british firms struggling to survive hasjumped by more than a third according to the latest figures. we need your help. very busy today and no time to help you. and the science fiction film everything everywhere all at once leads the field in the oscar nominations. and coming up on the bbc news channel. mikaela shiffrin breaks the record for world cup wins with victory in italy taking her total to 83. good evening. we start tonight with the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. ever since the taliban seized power again in 2021 conditions have been grim and dangerous especially for millions of women and girls whose freedoms have been wiped out including access to education. afghanistan is now facing its coldes
translation: we will still have to fight - for the supply of modern tanks. but every day we make it more obvious there is no alternative to making the decision on tanks. the chair of the conservative party nadim zahawi has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson
connected sam blyth with the head of the civil service, simon case, for advice on the rules. mr sharp says he agreed not to be involved any further to prevent a conflict of interest. he d already applied for the job of bbc chairman, and a few weeks later was announced as the government s choice. he says he did nothing wrong. he says the three friends all had dinner at chequers, the prime minister s country residence, later that year, after he d got the job, but describes this as a social meeting. and mrjohnson s financial affairs were not discussed. during the process, candidates were askedif during the process, candidates were asked if i could be anything that could embarrass the government if it came to light. this is in to be bbc and potentially the government, isn t it? . . . and potentially the government, isn tit? . . . ,. isn t it? having had a discussion with the cabinet isn t it? having had a discussion with the cabinet secretary - isn t it? having had a discussion | with
now in the spotlight. over reports about a loan guarantee reportedly offered to mrjohnson by another old friend, businessman sam blyth who, mr sharp says, read about mrjohnson s financial problems in the news and wanted to help. so in late 2020, mr sharp connected sam blyth with the head of the civil service simon case for advice on the rules mr sharp says he agreed not to be involved any further to prevent a conflict of interest. he d already applied for the job of bbc chairman, and a few weeks later was announced as the government s choice. he says he did nothing wrong. he says the three friends all had dinner at chequers, the prime minister s country residence, later that year, after he d got the job, but describes this as a social meeting and mrjohnson s financial affairs were not discussed. this morning i asked mr sharp about exactly what had happened. during the process, candidates were asked if there could be anything that could embarrass the government or the organisation