She s learned from school, something they ve been talking about, then she ll teach me. And a 24 year old student from glasgow survives the black chair, becoming the youngest ever winner of mastermind. The prime minister is coming under increasing pressure after several allegations over his personal conduct in office. Today there are renewed questions, over who paid for the redecoration of his downing street flat. A spokesman has again declined to say whether boris johnson received a loan from the conservative party to cover the costs, but insisted he has fully complied with all guidance. The prime minister chaired a cabinet meeting this morning as he attempted to shift the focus away from personal controversies. Here s our political correspondent, helen catt. The government is keen to dismiss a number of rows, including how borisjohnson funded a revamp of his home in downing street, asjust a bit of westminster curtain twitching that doesn t interest the world outside. This morning, he
Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up: more questions for borisjohnson over who paid for the revamp of his downing street flat. Don t the british people deserve a prime minister they can trust and a government that isn t mired in sleaze, cronyism and scandal? but the prime minister insists he picked up the bill. He should know that i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. Also on this programme: fresh demands by help for india as it struggles with its covid crisis. And peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of fire safety works being passed on to leaseholders. Here we are today, with perhaps a million of our fellow citizens being thrown to the ravages of financial bankruptcy. But first, it s been dubbed cash curtains, the row over just who fitted the initial bill for the revamp of the prime minister s downing street flat has daubed borisjohnson all week. The news that the election watchdog was launching a formal enquiry into the funding
Now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. A few days ago, the ukrainian government was pleading for international help to confront the threat of a russian military offensive from the east. That feared assault never came. Russia declared its military exercise was over and began to redeploy its forces. My guest is ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro kuleba. What did ukraine and the outside world learn from this rattling of russian sabres? foreign minister dmytro kuleba in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. It s great to be with you. Let s start with the situation on the ground. It s just a few days since the russians announced that they were redeploying their forces away from that border area close to eastern ukraine. Can you confirm that has happened? it is happening. This redeployment is taking place. However, we have to remain vigilant because, first, we do not know whether all units which were deployed to the border of ukraine will
dashing hopes she d be coming home. in india, doctors say people are dying from covid in the streets while desperate families queue to buy their own oxygen. restrictions ease further in scotland, as restauraunts, pubs and bars welcome customers indoors but only until 8pm. paris? they don t even speak english there. and after a night like no other at the oscars, anthony hopkins is the oldest best actor winner at the age of 83. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the return of the invincibles. arsenal legends thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira alljoin a bid to buy the club. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sources have said to the bbc that, as england went into a second lockdown last autumn, the prime minister said he would rather see bodies pile high than take the country into a third lockdown. the prime minister denies it. the government was criticised for delaying the lockdown, during which tens of thousands more people died. labour say