out and attacked the privileges committee, using very strong language. if we park for one moment, the rights and the wrongs and just leave with the impression that isn t this going to undermine trust in the political institutions? dozen that have echoes of what we have witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? i witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , ., witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , a, , that? i want to understand your question. that? i want to understand your question, exactly, that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are - that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are you - question, exactly, are you suggesting that his criticism of the privileges committee, in of itself, undermines confidence in political institutions? i undermines confidence in political institutions? institutions? i was referring more to the language. institutions? i was referring more to the language, kangaroo - institutions? i was referring mor
important this is to you on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision contest is unveiled as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. and coming up on the third anniversary of brexit, we ll have a special phone in on the impact. my colleague nicky campbell will be asking what your experience has been so far, in the next half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world s major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says its forecast reflects the uk s high energy prices, high inflation and high interest rates. the us, germany, france, italy and japan are
eurovision song contest. we have kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, superfans on kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, super fans on the way and there is no bigger superfan dan rylan and aj. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo? we have a band of cloud and rain clearing the south of england. then most will have a day of sunshine and some showers, most of which in the north. the wind is also going to strengthen with gales later, especially in the north. all the details through the programme. it s tuesday, january the 31st. the world s most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. it is pretty st
says its navy fired shots to repel a north korean ship that had passed into the sea boundary between the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shot. now here on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson and just a note that this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement broke about borisjohnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. the turmoil in the conservative party, the psychodrama, the soap opera with ever more unlikely plot developments, has its roots in brexit, the unresolved question of how this country should reshape itself, having decided to leave the eu. that is one reason my guest on political thinking this week matters. david frost is seen by his admirers as the guardian of the brexiteer flame, the man who borisjohnson put into the house of lords and made his chief brexit negotiator, who s now considering a bid to become a member
dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. britain s conservatives like to think of themselves as belonging to the natural party of government. this week, it s looked more like the natural party of farce. two cabinet ministers announced publicly that they d had enough of boris johnson. mrjohnson had not had enough of himself and for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, refusing to resign as prime minister, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23 junior ministers quit because he wouldn t, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who d told him to go. another, who d accepted promotion from him just the night before, then deserted his cause too. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandat