former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak has ordered an inquiry into the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the man he appointed as chair of the conservative party. the ethics adviser sir laurie magnus, a former investment banker, has been asked to get to the bottom of everything , following reports mr zahawi was forced to pay a fine and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes to hmrc. it is quite the turn around. on wednesday the prime minister told the commons there was nothing further to investigate. mr speaker, my honourable friend has already addressed this matter in full, and there is nothing more i can add. but there are plenty of questions that remain unanswered. number 10 says, it was only this weekend the prime minister became aware of penalties mr zahawi had paid to the tax office, while serving as chancellor. in that role, mr zahawi was nominally, overseeing the work of the tax office. a complicating factor. integrity and accountability is rea
murders of a schoolboy by serial killers in the 1960s begin a new dig. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour s land by force, after vladimir putin announced the annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: i want the kyiv authorities and their real- masters in the west to h
hurricane ian has now made landfall in south carolina after it hit florida earlier this week, causing severe devastation. welcome to bbc news. president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour s land by force, after vladimir putin announced the annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: i want the kyiv authorities and their real- masters in th
park, california where investigators are searching for what motivated a man to kill ten people on saturday night at a dance studio during lunar new year. police have identified the gunman as 72-year-old huu can tran. he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as officers closed in on his vehicle following a massive manhunt and this morning we re hearing from one fts heros who helped so stop the carnage. a 26-year-old man who subdued and disarmed the gunman at a second location is speaking out for the very first time. natasha chen joining me now with this hero s riveting account. good morning. what did he say. reporter: well, brandon tsay said he was cleaning up after most customers have gone at the lailai dance studio in alhambra and wasn t paying attention to the front door but he heard it close and he saw this man and heard the sound of metal rubbing together. this man, he said, seemed as if he was not looking for money. not as if hes with trying to rob anybody
yet to be identified as police work to determine a motive after a gunman killed at least ten people at a dance hall saturday night in monterey park, california. the shooter a 72-year-old man a fixture at that dance hall. police say armed with a semiautomatic weapon and extended magazines and died sunday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. it could have been so much worse. shortly after the attack, he went to a second location where a man there disarmed him, and this morning he described their frightening confrontation. i needed to get the weapon away from him. needed to take this weapon, disarm him or else everybody would have died. when i got the courage i lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby, trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, smashing the back of my head. i i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him, create some distance. finally at one