earlier. we are going to bring you another story. we will come back to events in nottingham shortly. you are watching bbc news. the other story we are following here in the uk today is the first day of a new phase of the covid inquiry. this inquiry is looking into how the government handled the covid pandemic. today marks the first day of public hearings, but they are expected to last for several years. today the inquiry has heard opening statements from counsel for the core participants, and that is what you are seeing on screen right now. let s hear from the bbc s ali are seeing on screen right now. let s hearfrom the bbc s ali price, and her report starts with some of the video testimonies from bereaved families that were played to the inquiry. families that were played to the in . ui . ~ families that were played to the inuui .~ families that were played to the in.ui . ., families that were played to the inuui . ~ ., ., inquiry. when we looked down at work, i inquiry. w
and nato defence leaders meet to discuss ongoing support for ukraine, including a training timeline for the vital f16 fighterjets kyiv has been pleading for to help with their counteroffensive. but first, for the next half hour, we are going to focus in on a monumental day here in uk politics the release of the parliamentary report into borisjohnson. the report by the privileges committee found that the former prime minister deliberately and repeatedly misled mps about parties at 10 downing street when coronavirus lockdown measures were in place. the committee says it would have recommended suspending him as an mp for 90 days if he hadn t already stood down from the role after he saw the report last week. it also recommends the former pm should not get a pass which allows ex mps to access parliament after they leave. mrjohnson has admitted his statements about the parties misled parliament, but denied doing so intentionally or recklessly, saying, this is rubbish. this is a
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come, as negotiators desperately try to agree on a wording that will avoid another us veto. we will get reaction from one of the un teams that have been working inside gaza about how vital a pause in fighting is for aid groups to continue their operations in the strip. also tonight, we will be live in iceland, where there has been a dramatic volcanic eruption. and after having his requests for more military funding blocked in washington and brussels, president zelensky has told the ukrainian people that he is confident they will win the war, calling for half a million more ukrainians to join the army. negotiators in the united nations security council have spent the day trying to come to an agreement over the wording of a resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting in gaza. they have delayed the vote multiple times in the last 2a hours to try and come to an agreement that will avoid a us veto. a vote is now expected in around two hours time. remember, the us was