an attack on the southern ukrainian city of kherson by russian troops. three people are killed. scotland s prison service announces an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. our political editor, chris mason, reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism
the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. our political editor, chris mason, reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says. minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn t he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they re investigated promptly. bu
justice what s happening is not genocide. we reject that. and will always stand with israel and the threats against its security. mr khan alleges there is evidence to suggest starvation has been used by the prime minister and his defence minister as a method of war against civilians. he also alleges israeli leaders killed wilfully, intentionally directing attacks against civilians. mr netanyahu has described the allegations as absurd . in respect of hamas, the prosecutor alleges there is clear evidence they ordered mass murder, rape and the inhumane treatment of hostages. a panel of iccjudges must now decide whether they believe the evidence is sufficient to issue warrants, something which could take weeks or months. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem. today, israel and hamas found themselves attacking the same target. their leaders listed side by side at the international criminal court. international law and the laws of armed co
we begin this hour with a shake up in russia s military hierarchy. russia s defence minister, sergei shoigu, is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russia s security council. he s a long standing ally of vladimir putin and has served as defence minister since 2012, playing a key role in russia s invasion of ukraine. his replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy prime minister. earlier, our russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin. he s the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the defence minister is being changed. they don t happen too often. the foreign minister, he s been in his post for 20 years. mr shoigu, h
we begin this hour with a shake up in russia s military hierarchy. russia s defence minister sergei shoigu is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russia s security council. he s a long standing ally of vladimir putin and has served as defence minister since 2012, playing a key role in russia s invasion of ukraine. his replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy prime minister. earlier our russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin. he s the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the defence minister is being changed. they don t happen too often. for 20 years. mr shoigu has been defence ministerfor 12 years. he was app