and mash, has died at the age of 88. the ball given back to them, though. denmark hold england to a disappointing draw in the euros. and thousands gather at stonehenge on the longest day of the year to celebrate the summer solstice. and in half an hour, bbc london s investigation reveals how taylor swift fans heading to her wembley stadium concerts this weekend could be targeted by scammers. good evening. the prime minister says he was incredibly angry when he found out about allegations over betting on the date of the general election. rishi sunak called it a really serious matter and said that anyone who is found to have broken the rules should face the full force of the law and would be booted out of the conservative party. it comes after it emerged that the conservative party s director of campaigning and his wife, a tory candidate, are being looked into by the gambling commission. the prime minister was speaking as the leaders of the four main parties faced an evening of
dmytro kuleba in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. it s good to be with you again, stephen. it s great to have you back on the show. you have just arrived back in kyiv from a round of intensive diplomacy, including that so called peace summit in switzerland. for all of the talking, what have you actually achieved in practical terms? well, with the utmost respect, there is nothing so called in the summit that we held. it was indeed a peace summit convened upon the initiative of ukraine, based on the peace formula put forward by president zelensky. this formula is based on the principles of international law and the un charter. we had 100 participants countries and international organisations and one of the most important deliverables is the following putin keeps making the point that the whole war that he launched against ukraine is ukraine and the west fighting on the one side, and russia and the rest of the world fighting on the other side. and this is simply not true. and
interest rates have been held at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row by the bank of england, despite the rate of inflation hitting the bank s target level of 2% for the time in three years. of 2% for the first time in three years. economists have predicted that interest rates, which are currently at a 16 year high, won t be cut until august. with more, here s our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. ok, so it s four bedrooms. first time buyerjames has his eye on his dream home in coventry. but getting the keys to the door has been more challenging than expected as higher mortgage rates have made the first rung of the housing ladder harder to grasp. we definitely had to make some cutbacks as a couple and look at our financial plan to see if we could afford the mortgage. with the rates being high, we ve had to save for effectively another year to come into line with that. it s also understanding, yeah, the term of the mortgage, you know, from looking at it, it s now
for comment and has not offered a response. yesterday, it emerged a police officer from the prime minister s protection team had been arrested and bailed in connection with similar allegations. here is our political editor chris mason. this was the prime minister in suffolk visiting a nuclear power plant. wherever he goes he has close protection officers out a view nearby. i was tipped off to that one of them had put that s on the timing of the general election, the mitch bolton believe acknowledging i was right. they were informed by the gabler commission, the regulator, on friday. they said the matter was immediately referred to offices in the mat was immediately referred to offices in the met police directorate of professional standards who opened investigation and the officer was also removed from operational duties. the officer was subsequently arrested on monday 17 was subsequently arrested on monday i7june on suspicion of misconduct in public office. he was taken into