against its journalists. the 76th annual british academy awards take place in london later with the german language film, all quiet on the western front, leading the field with m nominations. the us secretary of state antony blinken has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news after meeting china s top diplomat wang yi on the sidelines of the international security conference in munich. he said he d warned mr wang of consequences if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs that chinese firms were already providing non lethal aid for russia s invasion. he was asked if support given to the mercenary group, wagner, amounted to military support for moscow. there is open source reporting that chinese companies are providing. surveillance equipment to that mercenary group, the wagnerl group, fighting in ukraine. does the us consider this to be providing military. suppo
in ukraine foeradimir putin. the former british prime minister borisjohnson has intervened in the effort to reform post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland. rishi sunak is trying to agree a new settlement with the eu, amid unrest among members of his parliamentary party. mrjohnson has warned mr sunak not to abandon legislation he introduced that would give the government powers to unilaterally scrap parts of the deal. i spoke earlier to our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. there are already very complicated issue to like the european court of justice and the amount tax you should have on the so called green lanes, and goods that come from great britain into northern ireland and stay in northern ireland but beyond all this, of course, is as we have talked about, he needs to sell this to not only his own mps but