at the time, was very close to all of this and sat on his hands. and i think first and foremost of the families, not just those that lost loved ones, but also all the other families who were obeying the rules and changing their lives, whilst those in government were not even following their own rules. the labour leader has himself caused a row and enraged some conservative mps after he offered a top job as his chief of staff to the civil servant who investigated partygate, sue gray. she resigned from the civil service but will wait for advice from the appointments watchdog before taking up the role. as for boris johnson, he will have the chance to put his case to the privileges committee in person later this month before they reach their final conclusions. the white house has confirmed president biden has had a cancerous skin lesion removed from his chest as part of a routine health check. a statement from the president s doctor said a biopsy confirmed that the lesion was cancerous and
and is getting ready to launch a major new offensive. sofia bettiza, bbc news. the white house says president biden had a cancerous skin lesion successfully removed from his chest last month. a statement from the president s doctor said a biopsy confirmed that the lesion was cancerous and that the affected tissue was safely removed. it also says mr biden s chest has healed well and he will be monitored forfurther developments. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, gave us more information about the president s condition. well, president biden had his annual physical last month. we were told the bottom line from the doctor s report was that he was fit for duty, but we were told that he had this lesion removed and some tissue was sent away for testing. the result of that is now in and, as you say, it was determined that it was cancerous, a basal cell carcinoma, which is a form of cancer that does not easily spread to other parts of the body,
president biden had a cancerous skin lesion successfully removed from his chest last month. a statement from the president s doctor said a biopsy confirmed that the lesion was cancerous and that the affected tissue was safely removed. it also says mr biden s chest has healed well, and he will be monitored for further developments. our north america correspondent peter bowes gave us more information about the president s condition. well, president biden had his annual physical last month. we were told the bottom line from the doctor s report was that he was fit for duty, but what we weren t told was that he had this lesion removed and some tissue was sent away for testing. the result of that is now in and, as you say, it was determined that it was cancerous, a basal cell carcinoma, which is a form of cancer that
of extensive fighting. skin lesion removed from his chest during a routine health screening. nobel peace prize winner alice bialiatski has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in belarus. he is the founder of a human rights group which helped protesters during a wave of unrest in 2020. he was been charged with smuggling money into belarus and financing protests, which he denies. two more activists got nine and seven years in jail. here s the un s special rapportuer on the human rights situation in belarus. this verdict comes as little surprise, the prosecutor had in fact required 12 years for ales bialiatski, nonetheless he alongside three other members of the organisation received very long prison sentences.