investigation which resulted in the prime minister being issued with a fixed penalty notice. simon case is the cabinet secretary and top civil servant. it was the person who sent out an invitation to one of the parties and actually resigned or recused himself from doing the investigation which sue gray then took over. if his head was to roll either by resignation or by sacking it would be rather weird to think that here is somebody who has not been fined but presumably has been investigated by the met, loses his job, but the prime minister stays in position. you know, ithink job, but the prime minister stays in position. you know, i think we have to wait and see what comes out in the sue gray report. i suspect that borisjohnson probably the sue gray report. i suspect that boris johnson probably will get away with this, but it will be the cost of living crisis that is his undoing. of living crisis that is his undoing- of living crisis that is his undoing. of living crisis that is his u
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the metropolitan police wrap up their investigation into the downing street parties, with a total 126 fines issued for breaches of covid rules. no further fine for borisjohnson, but that does not mean he is entirely in the clear. still to come, the sue gray report and the inquiry by the privileges committee into whether he misled parliament. joe biden gives his full backing to sweden and finland s bid tojoin nato. the president said the addition of the two countries would make the alliance safer. meanwhile, the financial leaders from the g7 countries meet to agree a new aid package for ukraine. and from partygate in the uk to nokiagate in the netherlands, why the dutch prime minister is facing questions over the text messages he deleted. tonight with the context,
agreement signed in minsk that has been observed largely in its breach. people are dying on an almost weekly basis. and the effort being made in this multilateral talks known as the normandy process is to try to dial down the violence there, get a cease-fire in place, which might in a sense symbolically help the wider issue, which is the persistent and the view of the united states imminent threat of an invasion of the wider ukraine. in an effort by vladimir putin s russia to seize yet more territory in their neighbor. sam kiley, walking us through all the developments. thank you, sir. laura? happening right now, munich s archbishop is responding to that disturbing report of sex abuse within the catholic church. we have a live report on that next. and the man who wants to be florida s surgeon general can t answer a basic question about covid. that s just ahead. do your eyes bother you?
press conference has just started. he s just begun to speak. this is a cardinal who is extremely important, not only is the archbishop of munich and he himself accused of mishanding two cases of sex abuse during his tenure, but he s a very popular and progressive cardinal in germany. as i said, he s just begun to speak. here is a few of the things which he s had to say about this report. he said it represents the dark side of the church, the church has been a place of fear and harm, the report holds up a mirror to the catholic church and is part of an honest view. the cardinal is one who actually commissioned this report. it was done by an independent law firm in germany. but the report found over 75 year period there were nearly 500 victims of sexual abuse. and, of course, as we know also in that report benedict xvi is accused of mishandling four cases.
and most critically how much of the report to release. now, prime minister boris johnson evaded that question in parliament, when he was asked if he would release it in full because there are indications, worries from opposition lawmakers that the prime minister would withhold parts of the report, only release the summary potentially. and this is important, because this is the evidence his party needs to make that decision. does he stay or does he go? christine? salma, thank you. i know you ll be following it for us. thank you. coming up, jeopardy champ amy schneider s winning streak comes to an end. the question that stumped her next. possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions, vmware helps companies navigate change. faster. vmware.