Reveal all. Next patrick, thank you and good evening to you. Well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that the suspended tory mp lee anderson held tory mp lee anderson has held private talks with the leader of the party leader, the reform uk party leader, richard tice. Its fuelled speculation that the former deputy chair of the tory party is about to defect to the rival party. Gb news understand that they met for in person talks in derbyshire on sunday. The meeting happened a day after lee anderson lost the whip for refusing to apologise after saying islamists had control of the london mayor, sadiq khan , the london mayor, sadiq khan, and also today , mp paul scully and also today, mp paul scully has apologised for saying there are no go zones in birmingham and in east london. The former minister made reference to areas with large muslim communities , with large muslim communities, comments which he says he now regrets. Mr scully admits he regrets. Mr scully admits he could
terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp leadership race close at midday with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. our first report comes from james waterhouse. a thud, marking the moment when ukraine and the world. air raid siren sounds. ..changed foreve
take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. good afternoon. it s a year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine and there are no signs that the conflict is coming to an end. there have been huge casualties on both sides and millions of people have become refugees. the conflict has also affected the global economy, threatening supplies of food and energy. speaking in kyiv earlier, ukraine s president zelensky says his country will do everything it can to achieve victory this year and wouldn t stop until those he called russian murderers had faced punishment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning, and has been looking back at the last 12 months with some of those who he s spoken to along the way. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato bel