I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the Prime Minister to berlin. And its just two months after he was elected as Prime Minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. Its, on the one hand, its a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think Thats Something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they cant really do much is when it comes to trade, because thats within the. Thats within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. I think when it comes to closer cooperation between t
welcome, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start by going to westminster. in the next 30 minutes mps will debate that dramatic report from last week which found boris johnson repeatedly misled parliament about lockdown parties at downing street. he called that conclusions arranged and described the committee which carried out the investigation as a kangaroo court. they recommended a 90 day suspension but mrjohnson had stood down as an mp. 0ne mrjohnson had stood down as an mp. one more thing to the mix, the bbc has seen in invitation to a jingle and mingle event from december 2020, held at conservative headquarters when london was under cupboard restrictions banning indoor socialising. video of the event emerged over the weekend showing a roomful of people in close proximity with some apparentlyjoking about covid regulations. let s bring you the latest. rishi sunak is not expected to attend this afternoon s debate. the prime ministe
good afternoon. three hours of checking out the truth behind stories. starting in the uk, starting mps will debate this afternoon the report that found former prime minister borisjohnson deliberately misled parliament over lockdown parties in downing street. the commons privileges committee said mrjohnson commited repeated offences, but he s denounced the committee as a kangaroo court. they recommended a 90 day suspension but he had already stood down as an mp. the bbc has seen an individuation to poetry event in december 2020 held at conservative party headquarters banning indoor socialising. this video emerged over the weekend showing a a roomful of people with apparently joking the weekend showing a a roomful of people with apparentlyjoking about westminster regulations. let s go to our correspondence. set the scene for us. ,., ., ., ., ., our correspondence. set the scene for us. ., ., , for us. good afternoon, a sun shinin: for us. good afternoon, a sun shining day. fo
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as the agencies humanitarian coordinator says that the humanitarian situation is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flew ggooii the country is the ongoing violence put up will be speaking to the deputy terry humanitarian coordinator in sudan for that me while fighting continues in the capital of khartoum despite cease fire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off and put sudan in the red sea today. those not able to get there by plane are taking boats across to jeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent reports. britain s airlift may be ending but the larger evacuation goes on. a cluster of different officials ready to greet their citizens on the dark side. exhausted families including more than 20 british nationals recounting their experiences. it nationals recounting their experiences. nationals recounting their experiences. it was scary. terrifying- experiences. it was scary. terrifying. there - experience