he acted pretty decisively in sacking nadhim zahawi as the conservative party chairman, as he defends his handling of the affair. the kremlin rejects claims by borisjohnson that president putin threatened him with a missile strike before russia s invasion of ukraine. and the former all black campbelljohnstone becomes new zealand s first national player to reveal he is gay. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we wll have the draw for the fifth round of the women s fa cup, we re down to the last 16. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. firefighters and control room staff across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike for the first time in 20 years over pay. last year the fire brigades union rejected a 5% pay offer. the union now says it ll give the government and employers 10 days to come up with a better offer, or the strikes will go ahead. it s the latest in a series of strikes announced by the public sector. on wednesd
in london as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners with four awards, including the much coveted album of the year. hello to you in the uk and around the world. let s bring you some breaking news here in the uk first and a committee of mps has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. it has, in effect, urged him to consider his position. the digital, culture, media and sport select committee accuses mr sharp of a significant error ofjudgement for getting involved in facilitating a loan to the then prime minister, borisjohnson, at the same time as applying for the chairmanship of the bbc a job ultimately in the gift of the prime minister. mr sharp has insisted he was appointed bbc chairman on merit. he said that while he hadn t told the committee about the loan offer, he had informed a senior government official. and we ll have more on this a little later. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have bee
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and country to chris hipkins. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. david waddell reports. it was a day of festivities to usher in the chinese lunar new year. the shooting happened soon after 10pm in the evening, when official events had grown to a close. witnesses at a dance venue where the shooting happened say the gunman opened fire indiscriminately with a semiautomatic weapon. local police responded to an urgent call to find a large number of casualties. officers from the monterey park police department responded to a local business in the 100 block of w. garvey ave in the city of monterey park regarding a shots fired call. when officers arrived on scene, they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the locati
on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. a 44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of thomas o halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. rail workers are on strike once again in their dispute over pay causing widespread disruption to the network across england and wales. only about 20% of the usual train services are running around the country and finishing much earlier than normal as the latest wave of strikes hit the railways. and a winning streak for emma raducanu, who picked up where she left off after beating serena williams to thrash victoria azarenka in cincinatti. good morning and welcome to bbc news. pupils across england, wales, and northern ireland are getting their a level, t level, and btec exam results. we are rooting for you. these students are the first cohort to sit exams since before covid 19. grades reached record highs last year during the pandemic when they were determined by teach