of them with alleged links to pakistani intelligence are alleged to have duped secret service agents in washington, dc into believing that they were members of law enforcement and they went to elaborate lengths it would seem in order to pull this off. finding out who worked as local law enforcement officers in a particular washington, dc apartment building, targeting those people, plying them with tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts including iphones and television sets before the fbi caught up with them. the fbi searched vehicles and apartments belonging to these men, they confiscated ammunition, weapons, body armour and they also found a list of details of who was living in the apartment building and visas from pakistan and iran relating to one of the two men. the two men were arrested yesterday, appeared in court today in
for the actions they take. yesterday, he did i the opposite of that. so i will remind him of a quotation altogether too familiar to him, - of leo amery to neville chamberlain. you have sat there too long, i for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. and what matters now is how many conservative mps think the same, and submit letters for him to go. damian grammaticas, bbc news. well, we have heard in the last few minutes the prime minister s press secretary says if it comes to a confidence vote, borisjohnson would fight that and i still think he is the best man for the job and is also talking to mps this afternoon in the commons to shore up his support. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is in pa rliament s central lobby. in the palace of westminster. it was
a second arrest has been made by police investigating the killing of the primary school teacher, ashling murphy in ireland. the man, who s in his thirties, is suspected of potentially withholding information. another man, arrested yesterday, is being questioned on suspicion of murdering ms murphy whose body was found on the banks of a canal in county 0ffaly a week ago. more now on the easing of covid restrictions in england from next thursday. people will no longer be encouraged to work from home or need covid passes for some major events. the mandatory wearing of masks in shops, schools and on public transport will be scrapped. adam brimelow is from nhs providers which represents hospitals and ambulance trusts, hejoins me now.
correspondent damian grammaticas. with rebellion against him brewing, borisjohnson summoned his cabinet this morning, hoping perhaps that a decision to lift covid restrictions might help save him from a challenge. at conservative headquarters, the party chairman faced the question all tory mps are now being asked. does he have your support? of course he does. are you supporting the prime minister? yes. and backbenchers too were also called to downing street today. the reason i ve come out in so you can get a photo and then if you move across the road. the febrile atmosphere has been heightened by mrjohnson s former right hand man, dominic cummings. he says the prime minister was warned about the summer garden party and last week lied to parliament. yesterday, a beleaguered mrjohnson denied that. nobody told me. i am absolutely categorical about this, nobody said to me this is an event