the bill moved a step closer last night, passing through the house of representatives on wednesday, but the clock is ticking. and do you know your o s from your e s, your g s from yourj s? the pressure mounts in washington, as the final of the national annual spelling bee gets under way. i ll put our panel to the test. but first the legal challenge launched by the government. it s over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in response, borisjohnson said he was happy to hand over unredacted material if asked. let s talk about it with the panel, and, jim, what do you make of this? because the government here is saying we are not going to ha
of cyber attacks from russia. and brazilian leader jair bolsonaro is expected to address the nation today for the first time since losing the presidential run off to his left wing rival. the chief inspector of prisons has said the government must get a grip on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today says back in july the facility at manston was working reasonably well , but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being described as wretched . working reasonably well, despite a number of risks. meanwhile, the home secretary has been accused of using inflammatory language about migrants. suella braverman told the commons she wanted to stop what she called an invasion on our southern coast. she told mps the current asylum system is broken and illegal migration is out of control. labour accused her of being unfit for office, whilst one refugee charity called the home secretary s comments indefensible. it follows criticism
but warmest weather will be across south east england. a reminder of our top story. borisjohnson has told ministers that it borisjohnson has told ministers thatitis borisjohnson has told ministers that it is time to draw a line under his leadership troubles and deliver for the public. the prime minister survived a confidence vote last night but more than 40% of conservative mps refused to support him. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. thank you everybody for all your good work yesterday because it was a very important day because we were able to hello and welcome to sportsday. i m sarah mulcair ends. coming up. dustinjohnson resigns from the pga tour to join the saudi arabia backed liv golf international series. i , i resigned and i m going to play here for now. , i resigned and i m going to play here for now, and , i resigned and i m going to play here for now, and that s - , i res
ifi if i can have the attorneys approach for a moment. they just cut the sound feed theyjust cut the sound feed there in the courtroom as some discussions are taking place, if you re just joining us, we are awaiting moments away the verdict in the depp heard defamation case democrat child that s been going on for six weeks, thejury has that s been going on for six weeks, the jury has reached a decision and we are waiting to hear that in this courtroom in virginia in the us any moment now. all right, ladies enjoyment of the jury, what i need is to give the forms back to you. when you fine for a defamatory statement, one or more, you need to fill out the comments of tory damages, it has to be at least $1 and up to whatever you feel the damages should be. for punitive damages, you can put zero orfill that out there as well, but i need those filled out. if i can have you retire back to the deliberation room and do that for me. so we will be in recess until we hear back from them