we start in the uk. borisjohnson has faced many questions about whether covid rules were observed in downing street. it s understood around 30 people gathered for this event. labour has called on borisjohnson to call come clean. borisjohnson has faced many questions of about whether covid rules were observed. i can rules were observed. i can understand rules were observed. i can understand how rules were observed. i can| understand how infuriating rules were observed. i can i understand how infuriating it rules were observed. ice i understand how infuriating it must be to think that the people who have been setting the rules have not been following the rules. that was december 2021. 19 months earlier in may 2020, england was in its first lockdown. there were already over 30,000 covid deaths. 20th may was the hottest day of the year so far. and at 5pm, culture secretary 0liver dowden led the government s daily covid update and reiterated the rules. you can meet one per
we ll have the latest on the pressure building up at westminster. also tonight. in england s schools, some classes are merged as more teachers are signed off with covid. in afghanistan, the un calls for billions of pounds in aid, with more than half the population struggling to find food. and history is made as an american man becomes the first human to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel. lewis hamilton is still undecided about his future in formula one and understood to be disillusioned with the sport. good evening. the prime minister borisjohnson is under growing pressure to explain why a drinks gathering took place in the downing street garden in may 2020 at the height of the first lockdown. more than 100 people were invited by email by one of the prime minister s staff. eye witnesses have reported that the prime minister and his wife were among those who attended. at the time of the party in may 2020
to hawaii on monday to meet the survivors and emergency workers in maui. the white house says biden is expected to visit the areas of wildfire damage and discuss the next steps in the recovery operations with officials. officials have now reopened the road to the worst hit part of the island, giving most survivors their first opportunity to assess damage and retrieve their belongings. however, people are still barred from entering the town of lahaina, which was destroyed in the blaze. our correpsondentjohn sudworth has been on maui since last week, and has more. there s been some criticism, of course, over the speed of the national government response to this disaster. so it will be welcome news here on maui that the president and the first lady are coming here. i m in the community, we are some distance away from the devastated town, but nonetheless, you can see from these destroyed homes and businesses the power of the weather event that the fire crews were tackling that ni
chirpy piano tune plays. history is thankfully and finally beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the windrush generation. you look beautiful. how are you? it is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the empire windrush at tilbury injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. and those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. many served with distinction in the british armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a better future for themselves and their families. when they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have