as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. borisjohnson may have misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic. that s according to mps investigating the former prime minister s conduct. the privileges committee says evidence strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to mrjohnson, and identified four examples where he may have misled the house of commons. mrjohnson said there was no evidence he knowingly misled parliament. our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. joining me now is caroline slocock director of the independent think basically the privilege committee just be clear who they are as a committee of eight mps appointed by the whole house of commons and are answerable to the house of commons. the conservative majority on a committee so borisjohnson s party, some of his own mps in majority on a committee of its chaired by harri
hello, and welcome to the programme. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein, in germany, to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks, which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard ii tanks, to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made, adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the front line. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this
thank you so much for once again letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts rite now. thanks so much. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber, and we are tracking several stories for you tonight, including potentially remarks from president biden. but we begin right now with a mystery. consider that nobody really publicly has said they know exactly what secret deals were cut to make kevin mccarthy speaker. mccarthy isn t making it public even though there s been dribs and drabs in reports. house republicans actually say they are in the dark about what s been reported as a shod doe document, that there s a secret three-page addendum that includes mccarthy s most controversial conseeings to those so-called rebels. now controversial is one of those words that could mean different things to different people in politics, but that s reporting a lot of people in d.c. or people around mccarthy think it s controversi
while filming a social media video. a special report from afghanistan on women s rights we travel with the united nations envoy meeting the taliban. we are going to use this to push the door wider we are going to use this to push the door wider and not allow it to close door wider and not allow it to close. and not allow it to close, because close. and not allow it to close, because it close. and not allow it to close, because it would close on the women of afghanistan. teenage girls tell the bbc how they were contacted online by the influencer andrew tate and his brother, as they remain in custody in romania on rape and trafficking allegations. and fright night on sea how southend is becoming something of a global capital for amateur horror movies. and coming up on the bbc news channel: cameron norrie s out of the australian open. a five set thriller saw him miss out on making it through to the final 16 in the tournament yet again. good evening and welcome to the