good evening. downing street has admitted that staff gathered inside number ten during the first lockdown in june 2020 to wish borisjohnson a happy birthday. the rules at the time banned most indoor gatherings of more than two people. the prime minister s office, responding to a report by itv news that up to 30 people were present, said staff had gathered briefly and that mrjohnson was there for less than ten minutes . it s the latest difficulty for the prime minister whose problems have been piling up. he s already waiting for an official report by sue gray, a senior civil servant, into several parties at downing street. he s ordered an inquiry into claims by the conservative mp nusrat ghani that she was sacked as a minister because of her muslim faith. and today in the house of lords a minister resigned saying the government was not serious about billions lost in fraud under
on tensions with russia reporting the prime minister s words that any invasion is going to a painful, violent, and bloody business . and the telegraph looks at the us plans for a deterrent, asjoe biden puts 8,500 soldiers on high alert. would you like to kick us off this evening? good evening to you kick us off with the guardian, and it s a very nice picture but i don t think that s the birthday cake that his wife arranged for him? he i that s the birthday cake that his wife arranged for him? no i don t think so. wife arranged for him? no i don t think s0- i m wife arranged for him? no i don t think so. i m sure wife arranged for him? no i don t think so. i m sure claire - wife arranged for him? no i don t think so. i m sure claire is - wife arranged for him? no i don t think so. i m sure claire is the . think so. i m sure claire is the same, i do this paper review every couple weeks or so, but i feel like i m trapped in groundhog day because every time, it s the same! there is
of lords this afternoon resigning at the dispatch box. he said it was nothing to do with the current state of political woe for the tory party, but it all adds to the sense of instability and the sense that downing street is absolutely not in control of events. there are people who want to see borisjohnson stay on, absolutely, they are hanging on for two great s official report into what exactly happened behind closed doors during lockdown. yet at the same time the overall mood in the conservative party is a very serious discussion over whether boris johnson s problems are starting to outweigh the positive that he brings to the job. outweigh the positive that he brings to the ob. ., ., outweigh the positive that he brings to the “ob. . . , , , to the ob. laura kuenssberg with the to the job. laura kuenssberg with the latest at to the job. laura kuenssberg with the latest at westminster. - to the job. laura kuenssberg with the latest at westminster. let s l the latest at westminst
i m shaun ley. the headlines. as russia continues to mass troops on the ukraine border, the pentagon has said 8,500 us based troops are at a heightened readiness to deploy. president biden has spoken with european leaders to discuss a common response to the standoff. downing street admits that staff gathered inside number ten during the first lockdown in june 2020 to wish borisjohnson a happy birthday. the rules at the time banned most indoor gatherings of more than two people. the army in burkina faso has announced on television that it s removed the country s president from office and suspended the constitution. the governing party said the president and a government minister had survived assassination attempts. bob dylan has sold the master recordings to his entire back catalogue to sony music. the musician had previously sold his publishing rights to universal music for a reported $400 million.
kind of meeting of eu leaders and nato leaders in which borisjohnson was involved, as well, is obviously designed to be a deterrent and it s designed to be a deterrent and it s designed as a unified response, to use diplomacy to threaten russia with sanctions whether any of it will be terribly forceful in terms of prudent s eyes, i doubt it vladimir putin s eyes. there s talk of this lightning war, him intending to quickly invade kyiv and install a progression leader it seems like a situation coming to a boiling point that s been dominating the pages, more than the downing street birthday parties. and i think biden s intention, ifear it might be too little, too late and not taken seriously enough because of his previous comments. taken seriously enough because of his previous comments. paige? what s his previous comments. poly? what s fascinatin: his previous comments. poly? what s fascinating here his previous comments. poly? what s fascinating here is his previous comment