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photograph of footballers and their girlfriends of the world cup. she was giving evidence in her high court libel trial against rooney. the first picture of the enormous black hole at the centre of our galaxy and the passenger with no flying experience match to land the plane after the pilot passed out. the metropolitan police have issued more than 50 new fines for breaches of covid rules in downing street and other government buildings. these fixed penalty notices are in addition to more than 50 handed out last month, including to borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak. neither mrjohnson nor his wife carriejohnson are among those to be fined this time. our political correspondent ben wright reports. are you shocked at the scale of lawbreaking in number ten, prime minister? how could you let that happen under your watch? the fallout from whitehall rule breaking has followed the prime minister to stoke. for a cabinet away day also attended by the uk s top civil servant, simon
trial against coleen rooney. a portion of students in england really receiving first class degrees has doubled in a decade. the very first picture of the enormous black hole at the centre of our galaxy. also, before 9pm, we are off to the south coast of england, spotting dolphins. hello and welcome to the programme. police have issued more than 50 fines after parties in downing street and other government buildings breached coronavirus rules at the height of lockdown. the new fines are on top of 50 already issued, including to the prime minister and the chancellor. it s thought at least some of the latest fines relate to a christmas party which borisjohnson did not attend. the metropolitan police says their inquiries are continuing. labour say it s evidence of industrial scale partying at number 10. here s our political editor chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, ri
liberated a number of towns near kharkiv. the region where they reported the civilian killed has seen several explosions. the cause is missiles and bombs. ukraine has not confirmed nor denied responsibility for the blast. another major development is finland joining nato possibly. they agreed to assist each other militarily should either country face attack. finland shares an 800 mile border with russia. finland s president will contact vladimir putin if that should happen. if that will be the case, what my response would be that you caused this. vladimir putin s profile. critics made a daring escape from russia. she ll tell us how she managed to get out. we ll start of the report of the russian civilian killed. scott mcclain. scott, since the first time this war began in february, what do we know? reporter: anderson, yeah. as you mentioned earlier, this is an area where ukrainians have been making progress in taking towns and villages around kharkiv. in those areas they
very well could be next. he also went further ripping the republican party as, quote, petty and extreme. saying it is, quote, coward by trump. well, he is obviously angry with senate republicans. all of whom, blocked voted to block the women s health protec protection act this afternoon. this is the bill that would he ensure roe s protections. the president vowing, quote, we will continue to defend women s constitutional rights to make private reproductive choices as recognizes in roe v. wade. and my administration will continue to explore the measures and toll tools at our disposal to do just that. look, tonight, it is immediate knot immediate apparent what those tools and measures oob could be. a democratic-controlled congress seemed to have nowhere close to 60 votes. in fact, they didn t even get 50. and while the president does blame republican, keep in mind a member of his own party did side with gop because he believes the bill went way beyond keeping the status quo.