to replace jacinda ardern as new zealand s prime minister, after being the only nominee for leadership of the labour party. hipkins is expected to be confirmed as the new leader by a meeting of labour s 64 lawmakers, or caucus, on sunday. he is currently the minister for the police, education, public service, and serves as leader of the house. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: we hear from the teenage girls in romania who say they were contacted by the social media influencer andrew tate. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill, in washington. it s going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting
been left with something unexpected to chew over. let s stay with british politics, as labour has called for the conservative party chair nadhim zahawi to be sacked following reports in the guardian unverified by the bbc that he has paid a penalty to the tax authorities as part of a settlement related to his tax affairs. leila nathoo has been explaining mr zahawi s background. he was a successful businessman before he went into politics. he was one of the co founders of the polling company yougov, and the questions center on whether mr zahawi tried to avoid paying tax by using an offshore company to hold shares in yougov. now, the sun on sunday had reported he d agreed to make a seven figure sum payment to the tax authorities to settle a dispute and today, the guardian have reported that as part of that settlement, he s agreed to pay a penalty, taking the total tax bill, according to the paper, to almost £5 million. now we have not been able to verify those claims,
the further east or southeast you are, the temperatures will be quite a bit lower. so look at that struggling in london, norwich and hull, only around 2 3 degrees above freezing. so really, quite a raw day for some of us on sunday. here s monday s weather map high pressure in charge of the weather, in fact, all the way from western europe through central europe, into russia, too. so lots of fine weather, and there is an indication that here in the uk, the temperatures will recover a little bit as we go through the course of the week, perhaps making double figures in some spots. that s it from me, have a good weekend.
sector pay is set and then recommended to the government as an offer. so that whole process could be called into question as well. and if there is a hardening of the union s position, then it is happening on the government s side as well. the prime minister writing in the sun on sunday today saying that while not mentioning any ambulance staff or nurses, who said that rail workers and border force have been offered fair and affordable pay deals, and has also described union leaders as the grinch as they want to steal christmas. we had about the military support in ian s report and there is a bit of concern coming from the head of the armed forces, admiral sir tony redken, who said we have not got spare capacity, and while they were take this work in the straight, it would be perilous to rely on the military missed the ultimate backstop. rely on the military missed the ultimate backstop. jonathan, thank ou ve ultimate backstop. jonathan, thank you very much ultimate backstop. jonatha
another picture after that miss in the sun on sunday harry s pain the headline there. and the strike itself stretched across the sunday times, as england now prepare to head home. manager gareth southgate consoling his captain on the front of the sunday telegraph. elsewhere the paper reports that labour plans to take on health unions and quotes shadow health secretary wes streeting saying the nhs must reform or die . a similar mix on the front of the observer too. there s harry kane and gareth southgate again, with the headline heartbreak for harry . elsewhere the paper claims that health unions could suspend christmas strikes, if the government open serious discussions about pay. and a final football front page the sunday people goes with qatar heroes for a brave england squad . let s kick off, excuse the pun. welcome back to you both, jo and