a very warm welcome to the programme. i m sally bundock. we start here in the uk. allies of the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, have condemned the cabinet office for releasing details about possible covid lockdown breaches to scotland yard and thames valley police. lawyers preparing the government s case ahead of the public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic have sent the police information about meetings held at downing street and the prime minister s country retreat, chequers. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. his team says. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more details. there is no investigation. what has happened here is that the lawyer through borisjohnson lawyer through boris johnson cosmic ministerial diary from the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for a forthcoming public enquiry which will examine th
tales of traumatic atrocity. and the most difficult years of his career. the billionaire businessman sir richard branson tells the bbc he thought he was going to lose his entire empire in the pandemic. hello, i m sally bundock. a new wave of russian airstrikes is under way in ukraine, with reports of explosions in kyiv and the southern cities of zaporizhzhia and odesa. the raids come a day after russia accused ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the kremlin it what it claimed was an attempt to assassinate president putin. ukraine has rejected accusations that it was responsible. vincent mcaviney reports. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone, then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified but the kremlin says early on wednesday morning, two drones targeted the residents of the president. moscow quick to blame ukraine saying that no one was inj
welcome to the programme. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader vladimir putin for war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of hundreds of children from childrens homes and orphanages in ukraine for adoption in russia, since last year s invasion. it s the first time the court has ordered the arrest of a prominent, serving political leader. ukraine s president zelensky has hailed the decision as historic, but moscow dismissed the announcement as outrageous, saying it doesn t recognise the jurisdiction of the court. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. vladimir vladimirovich putin, president of the russian federation and now alleged war criminal. accused along with a senior official of illegally removing children from ukraine, accused by this man s court. the judges have reviewed the information and evidence submitted by th
Which is classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, killed more than 1300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. We can show you these live pictures of gaza city right now, where it is shortly after 6 00am in the morning. In a drone strike, the Israeli Military said on saturday that it has killed a hamas commander who led part of the assault on israel. Ali qadhi is the second hamas chief to have been killed in a day. Meanwhile, on the ground in gaza, thousands of civilians are on the move. Thats after israel warned over one million living in the north to move south beyond the Wadi Gaza River here an order the World Health Organization has said is a Death Sentence for those needing hospital treatment. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 people have been killed in retaliatory israeli bombing, including children while attempting to evacuate along a designated safe route. Earlier on saturday, israels Prime Minister visited an army post, and asked troops whe