the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout. the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zaha
the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zahawi should have understood that he was under investigation by hmrc. he went on to say that nadhim zahawi failed to disclose relevant information, in this case the nature of the investigation and it outcome of a penalty. he concluded that his admissions amounted to a serious failure to meet the high standards set out in the ministerial code. in a one page letter, the prime minister sealed nadhim zahawi s fate. he said it was clear there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code and that he was sacked from the government. the ethics adviser was also critical of what he labelled an untrue statement from nadhim zahawi, that he echoed in an interview last july. i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that hmrc are looking into me. i m
to mr zahawi that it was clear that there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code. israel s security cabinet has approved new measures in response to the killing of seven israelis in a synagogue in eastjerusalem. they include depriving residency and other rights of an attacker s family members. a bus has crashed into a ravine in pakistan, killing at least a0 of the 48 people aboard. in a separate incident, at least ten children have died in a boat accident in tanda dam lake in the north west of the country. scotland s prison service has announced an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is completed. you are watching bbc news. now the travel show. this week on the show. the city that never sleeps. we are in brooklyn, new york, and this area in particular has gone through quite a renaissance. and why it s taken ages to wake up. we re going. let s go. could it be the end
when graham was opening that envelope, i was like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and