here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit, saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary, sajid javid, stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary, nadim zahawi, will become the uk s new finance minister. and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post of health secretary for england. this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we good? yeah. not according to the man on the right. sitting next to the prime min
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blown out. showing images earlier in this program of communities that have just been wiped out. they ve been reduced to rubble. children are being killed. indiscriminately. there s been a lot of talk as to what russia s done amounts to war crimes. from your time in ukraine based on what you know in the diplomatic realm, what are your thoughts on that subject? do you think what putin has done at this point up until this point amount to war crimes? absolutely. there is no doubt. an unprovoked attack on a nation killing civilians intentionally as your reporters have shown. this is not accidental. they are being targeted. civilian infrastructure. civilian apartment buildings. hospitals. schools. your reporters have been showing this, jim. this is clearly war crimes and the evidence is mounting. you need evidence to do the investigation. that investigation will come.
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