and allow his country to export 1a leopard ii battle tanks to ukraine. a scandal of abuse and neglect at three children s homes in doncaster. the regulator rated the homes as good even though there had been many warnings about ill treatment and this year s oscar nominees have been announced. those up for best picture include everything everywhere all at once, avatar, and elvis. the chairman of the bbc has been ordered to give evidence to mps on the digital, culture, media and sport select committee on the 7th of february to answer questions on his alleged involvment in a loan to former prime minister, borisjohnson. richard sharp says he has no plans to step aside or resign over the row, and believes he has done nothing wrong. richard sharp is accused of helping to facilitate a loan to the then prime minister, when he was applying to be bbc chairman. his appointment is now under review by the commissioner of public appointments. our media editor katie razzall has been speaking
tonight, bringing us the context are stefanie brown james, co founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics, and former ukjustice secretary and chief secretary to the treasury david gauke. welcome to the programme. for several days now western leaders have been providing political cover for the german chancellor, while privately venting frustration at his reluctance to send the leopard tanks to ukraine. according to german newspapers his refusal to approve the deliveries on friday, at a meeting of nato defence ministers, led to sharp words between him and the us secretary of defence lloyd austin. olaf schulz s office deny that, saying neither the tone nor content of the reports were true. but certainly there was frustration, and you could hear it when the bbc spoke, earliertoday, to the polish prime minister, who has decided to go it alone. let me put it this way, poland and the free world cannot afford not to send leopard ta
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