law abiding citizens. moscow s advance in eastern ukraine is continuing, russian backed forces are getting more ground close to a strategic town in northeastern donbas. and are close to encircling several important cities. this governor has warned that ukrainian forces may have to retreat to avoid being captured. that is it for me. my headlines at the top of the hour. my headlines at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to the media show. we are going to talk about partygate in this week s edition because sue gray s report or investigation into what happened in downing street during various lockdowns is now out. the prime minister has been responding, the media, of course, is covering it. and we are going to be exploring the role the media has played in this story from its beginning in early december, all the way through to this week of the report coming out. but before we get to that, we are also going to speak to anneka rice because the ve
today have said that they are done. they ve been looking into this since january. and so we have the figures for the final count. after a bit of back and forth, it s a bit confusing. where they confuse fines and people. but we now know that they issued 126 fines to 83 people. so most of those fined got one fine. and we know that the prime minister was one of those, as was the chancellor and the prime minister s wife. we know that 28 people got between two and five, so at least one person got five! yeah. so who is the party animal? i ve no idea. but, yeah, at least one person getting five. and, yeah, when you speak to ministers, you can hear the relief in their voice because there was a lot of talk, wasn t there, at westminster about does the prime minister get more than one? does he wallpaper an entire wall with them by the end of it? and what does that mean, after that boiling anger from conservative mps for a couple of months ago? that anger has long since dissipated. i don
reported across 11 countries. there will be a full roundup of the day s news at ten o clock. first, it s newscast. welcome to the newscast studio this week. and we re going to bejoined by all sorts of interesting people who will be popping in and out throughout this episode. but first, chris, you ve had a busy old day covering what you could describe as maybe the beginning of the end of the downing street party story. yeah. so the metropolitan police today have said that they are done. they ve been looking into this since january. and so we have the figures for the final count. after a bit of back and forth, it s a bit confusing. where they confuse fines and people. but we now know that they issued 126 fines to 83 people. so most of those fined got one fine. and we know that the prime minister was one of those, as was the chancellor and the prime minister s wife. we know that 28 people got between two and five, so at least one person got five! so who is the party animal? i ve
the washington post gets it. the washington post s understands the threat, the enormity of the threat to the united states delivered by pennsylvania s republican voters tuesday night. in an editorial under the headline after the pennsylvania primary, the threat to u.s. democracy rises, the washington post says quote, republican voters overwhelmingly nominated state senator doug mastriano, one of the country s most ardent deniers of the 2020 presidential election results. if mr. mastriano is elected in november, he could directly threaten u.s. democracy going forward. that is all it takes to destroy the absurdly fragile electoral machinery that produces a winner in american presidential elections. just one person. that is all it takes. one breathtakingly ignorant pathological liar. that is all it takes to and any semblance of democracy in presidential elections. pennsylvania state senator doug mastriano was at donald trump s january 6th rally, and was seen near the grounds of
post s understands the threat, the enormity of the threat to the united states delivered by pennsylvania s republican voters tuesday night. in an editorial under the headline after the pennsylvania primary, the threat to u. s. democracy rises, the washington post says quote, republican voters overwhelmingly nominated state senator doug mastriano, one of the country s most ardent deniers of the 2020 presidential election results. if mr. mastriano is elected in november, he could directly threaten u. s. democracy going forward. that is all it takes to destroy the absurdly fragile electoral machinery that produces a winner in american presidential elections. just one person. that is all it takes. one breathtakingly ignorant pathological liar. that is all it takes to and any semblance of democracy in presidential elections. pennsylvania state senator doug mastriano was at donald trump s january 6th rally, and was seen near the grounds of the capitol after donald trump told everyo