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a woman who was kidnapped as a toddler, finally meets one of the men who saved her life. plus, the grey will clear to more sunshine this morning. the flip side is strong winds and heavy rain spreading to scotland and northern ireland later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 26th of january. the official inquiry into gatherings at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown is believed to be complete and could be submitted to number 10 within hours. it s understood the senior civil servant, sue gray, has evidence, including photographs and whatsapp messages, and is keen for the report to be published in full. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. can the prime minister bounce back from this? reporters shout questions. for many tory mps, their answer depends on what s in sue gray s reports into parties that took place behind these doors, and across whitehall, during coronavirus restrictions. yesterday, confirmation some evidence she has found was enough to warra ....
as we sort those technical problems out, let s turn to that case in new york. prince andrew has demanded a jury trial as he seeks to defend the civil sex case that has been brought by virginia giuffre, according to legal documents filed by his lawyer in new york. it was reported he might have to pay more than $5 million to his accuser to persuade her to settle, although mr giuffre has signalled before that she wanted to a proceed to a court trial. the duke has strenuously denied the allegations she is making. our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york. this is a formal response by prince andrew s legal team to virginia giuffre s complaint, and so in it, he goes through every allegation in the complaint line by line and either denies or admits to the assertions in the complaint. so, for example, he denies all allegations of sexual abuse with virginia giuffre on the three occasions that she alleges when she was 17 in the us virgin islands, and london and new york. he al ....
of staff and the us special envoy to northern ireland. hello, and welcome. joe biden says he will talk to vladimir putin on friday, to try and persuade him to step back from conflict in ukraine. the united states is preparing to send 8,500 troops to eastern europe to bolster nato defences. on top of that, the administration has signalled it will retaliate by cutting energy exports to europe, should russia invade, and they will consider imposing santions on president putin himself. there will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade, as he could, the entire country. or a lot less than that, as well. for russia, not only in terms of economic consequences and clinical consequences, but enormous consequences, but enormous consequences worldwide if he were to move in with others forces, it would be the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. move in with those forces. let me bring you up to speed with some the other development. in ....
the world record for rowing across the atlantic. borisjohnson has ordered a cabinet office inquiry into claims made by a muslim mp who says her faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020. nusrat ghani welcomed the inquiry, saying all she wanted was for the matter to be taken seriously. the government s chief whip, mark spencer, said ms ghani s allegation referred to him, but he said the claims were completely false. the new cabinet office inquiry comes at the beginning of what is likely to be a difficult week for the prime minister, with the expected publication of a report into parties on government premises that took place when coronavirus restrictions were in place. from westminster, here s ione wells. as one inquiry into parties here is about to draw to a close, another one is about to open. this time into claims made by the tory mp nusrat ghani, who s said this weekend that she had been told by a party whip that her muslimness was a reason sh ....
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