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of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. the former uk prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to a parliamentary committee later this month, who are looking into whether he lied to parliament. it relates to the parties which he participated in during the covid lockdown, and the statements which he subsequently made to parliament about them. it comes as conservative mps express anger that the partygate investigator, sue gray, has been offered a job with the opposition labour party, as sir keir starmer s chief of staff. a short while ago, we heard from mrjohnson. when i knew they could probably be contradicted by dozens and dozens of officials. but why on earth would i have done that? it simply doesn t make sense. i believed that what we were doing was within the rules. that s why i said what i said in the chamber. it was my honest belief at the time and that s why i thank the committee, but i don t think the
a british parliamentary probe into partygate finds evidence that breaches of covid rules would have been obvious to boris johnson. the us announce another new military aid package for ukraine worth 400 million dollars. it comes as president biden meets the german chancellor scholz for talks in washington. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine the head of russia s wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. it s the murder case that s gripped the us and drawn attention across the world. alex murdaugh, a prominent south carolina lawyer, has been given two life terms in prison for killing his wife and son on their hunting estate. in court today, prior to the sentence being announced, the sa year again denied murdering his son paul and his wife maggie. i m innocent. iwould never i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife maggie and i would never hurt my son paul paul. wife ma
and political ties between the two countries following talks between the two in moscow. at a news conference in the last hour and a half, the pair announced increasing economic partnerships, and said they would deepen co operation between their armed forces. president putin praised china s plan to end the war in ukraine, saying the proposals could form the basis for a peace settlement. however there were no further details of the plans, and they are unlikely to be acceptable to the ukraine government. the russian leader said moscow would help chinese businesses replace western firms that had abandoned operations in russia due to sanctions. president xi, meanwhile, described their discussions as friendly, frank, and fruitful. it s the chinese leader s second day in moscow our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley sent this report earlier. it s a visit being watched around the world for what its global consequences could be. according to the chinese president, his meet