welcome to the programme. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has been in kyiv today hoping to shore up a deal struck that was between ukraine and russia in the summer to allow for the export of grain from both countries. the agreement, which was brokered in turkey and is overseen by the un, must be renewed by 18 march, but there s concern, moscow will refuse to renew it. the deal also aimed to facilitate the export of russian food and fertilisers. moscow says those shipments are still being disrupted by us and european sanctions. exports of ukrainian, as well as russian food and fertiliser are essential to global food security and food prices. i want to underscore the critical importance of the rollover of the black sea grain initiative on 18 march, and are working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible news of export infrastructures through the black sea, in line with the objectives of the initiative. this really matters. ukraine is one of the to
hello, welcome. we start in the uk. the chair of the conservative party, nadim zahawi, has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier, labour had called on nadhim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjohnson s chancellor, in charge of the country s finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he s faced questions about his
a future member state, georgia cannot go off the democratic path, and this law very much risks that. the man that a lot of people are looking at is this oligarch, the former prime minister of the country who made all his money in russia. he is not formally in politics, but he bankrolls the ruling party. what evidence do you have to suspect that he or russia is involved in what s going on? he or russia is involved in what s auoin on? he or russia is involved in what s oaian on? he or russia is involved in what s aoain on? going on? indeed, so the huge evidence comes going on? indeed, so the huge evidence comes on going on? indeed, so the huge evidence comes on the - going on? indeed, so the huge| evidence comes on the growing informal governance of the country since the ruling party came to power, and he has formally retired from his party. every time we see something that is apparently so clearly progression, this is usually he who s claiming through the party of the georgian dream
analysis is right, and i think this sort of seems to stack up with what is in the public domain, he did come forward voluntarily because the penalty for what they call prompted disclosure, after hmrc have said, hang on a minute, what is going on here, that is much higher, so it is likely he came forward voluntarily, he was moderately cooperative, not 100% cooperative. 0therwise he was moderately cooperative, not 100% cooperative. otherwise the penalty would have been 22.5%, the minimum level. so it is slightly less than overly enthusiastic to get hmrc sorted and get the whole thing resolved, but they have got a good reduction, so whoever was negotiating for him and dealing with hmrc, they have come outwith, given the circumstances, i think a lot of people are commenting today, not a bad outcome, in penalty terms, at 30%. bad outcome, in penalty terms, at 3096. , . . ., bad outcome, in penalty terms, at 3096. ,~ , ., a,