thousands mourn the late vietnamese monk and peace activist thich nhat hanh, who s credited with bringing mindfulness to the west. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday stop welcome to newsday its seven in the morning in singapore and six in the evening in washington where the us secretary of state has said it is too soon to impose stricter sanctions against russia for its hostile stance towards ukraine. antony blinken said the deterrence value of the measures would be lost if they were triggered prematurely. it comes as yevhen murayev a former ukrainian mp dismissed an allegation from britain that the kremlin is planning to install him as the head of a russian puppet government in kyiv. an adviser to the ukrainian president said the british allegation needed to be taken seriously, but downplayed the status of mr murayev within the country s political scene. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in california, fresh supplies of a
the guardian runs with the row over the sacking of former minister nusrat ghani. the times says it fears russia will weaponise gas supplies , meaning record uk bills if ukraine is invaded. and finally, the mail reports the entire cabinet would back a tax hike delay to help those hit by the cost of living crisis, according to an unnamed minister. so, plenty to get through. let s start straight away. we will start this one with the guardian. the headline there, prime minister pulled into row over tory party islamophobia. that s the headline. number ten can deeds returns with borisjohnson. why don t you kick us off, henry? boris johnson. why don t you kick us off, henry? off, henry? this is a row which has been dominating off, henry? this is a row which has been dominating westminster - off, henry? this is a row which has| been dominating westminster since last night when the sunday times revealed that nusrat ghani, a well respected conservative mp and former minister, said
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejonathan walker, political editor at the birmingham mail, and henry zeffman, chief political correspondent at times. before we speak, let s have a look at the front pages. the metro quotes the ukrainian ambassador to the uk, who says his country will fight to the death if russia invades. meanwhile, the ft features comments from the us secretary of state, who suggests moscow s efforts to destabilise ukraine are part of the russian playbook . the economic impact of covid on regional towns and cities is the main story for the yorkshire post. according to the telegraph, police at number ten have been questioned by the gray inquiry over what happened during lockdown. the mirror has the headline freezing shedding light on the victims of the growing energy crisis.
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejonathan walker, political editor at the birmingham mail, and henry zeffman, chief political correspondent at times. before we speak, let s have a look at the front pages. the metro quotes the ukrainian ambassador to the uk, who says his country will fight to the death if russia invades. meanwhile, the ft features comments from the us secretary of state, who suggests moscow s efforts to destabilise ukraine are part of the russian playbook . the economic impact of covid on regional towns and cities is the main story for the yorkshire post. according to the telegraph, police at number ten have been questioned by the gray inquiry over what happened during lockdown. the mirror has the headline freezing shedding light on the victims