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could be published soon. despite earlier suggestions it would be delayed because of the investigation. foreign secretary, liz truss, says she will be visiting ukraine next week, as tension with russia grows there. she warns a russian invasion would be a massive strategic mistake. the uk economy will grow more slowly than expected this year, as it recovers from the covid pandemic, according to the international monetary fund. and john lennon s afghan coat is going up for auction but only as a digital token. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news. the metropolitan police has launched an investigation into allegations of multiple parties at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown to establish whether coronavirus rules were broken. the prime minister has welcomed the decision saying he s willing to speak to detectives and hopes it will draw a line under the matter. the head of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, revealed this morning that the investigation w ....
trump candidates peddling the big lie. remember what trump tried to do to georgia s secretary of state who refused to overturn the will of the people. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. there s breaking news on that front today. the request by a georgia district attorney to seat a special grand jury to look into that infamous call and other potential election interference by trump has just been granted. the fulton county georgia d.a. will be allowed to seat a special grand jury this spring. and that is ominous news for the ex-president. this is a criminal investigation and some of the key evidence is on tape. much more on that in a moment. speaking of tape, team trump isn t trying to hide its attempts to overthrow president biden s victory. just confessed on live television a few days ago to taking part in a scheme to replace real electors from seven states with fraudulent ones. yes, i was part of the process to make sure there wer ....
and helping him stay on target. he gets one-on-one coaching when he wants some advice, and can adjust his plan whenever he needs to. and now he s so prepared for retirement, ben is feeling totally zen. that s the planning effect from fidelity. don t miss full circle, our digital news show. 6:00 p.m. eastern on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. watch it on the cnn app at any time on demand. the news continues with jim acosta and democracy in peril. thank you. i m jim acosta. this is our special series to expose the ongoing threats to our democracy post-insurrection as we head into yet another election season. the stakes could not be higher. less than ten months away from the midterms, we all need to be paying more attention to what s going on to disrupt our political system, like the changing of laws nationwide to restrict access to voting or election map rigging where all the trump-back the candidates who keep peddling the big lie now running for positions that ....
hold two classified briefings for congressional staff later today. we ll have more on that in just a moment. you ll hear the latest intelligence. also ahead here at home, extremism on the ballot. a new report released just moments ago shows that dozens of far-right candidates are endorsing qanon conspiracy theories ahead of this year s midterms. what we re learning about the connections those candidates have with white supremacists, anti-government exsttremists an the proud boys group on january 6th. an important conversation to be having now but we begin our top story. international diplomatic correspondent nic robertson and international correspondent sam kiley on the scene in ukraine. nic, we ll start with you. how is the kremlin responding to the news that u.s. troops are put on high alert and ready to go at a moment s notice? reporter: the kremlin claiming this is part of the informational hysteria over recent days but also saying this move raises the tensi ....
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are polly mackenzie, chief executive of demos, and claire cohen, women s editor at the telegraph. welcome back to both of you. let me bring you up to date with the front pages, got a few more in since our last review. the front page of the i focusses on the reports of another party in downing street during the first coronavirus lockdown this one, a surprise birthday party for borisjohnson. the guardian also features the news of downing street lockdown parties, saying the prime minister is facing renewed anger from mps and bereaved families over the allegations. the times says about 30 guests sang and ate unionjack cake at the celebration organised by the pm s now wife carriejohnson. the metro s front page reports that nato has ordered warplanes and battleshops to eastern europe, as borisjohnson accuses russia of planning a lightning war on ukraine. the daily express also fo ....