deliberately misled the house of commons over downing street parties during the covid pandemic. mrjohnson has produced a 52 page defence supporting his claim that he did not intentionally or recklessly mislead the commons. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has more details. borisjohnson boris johnson and downing borisjohnson and downing street staff gathered inside number 10 when covid restrictions were in place. when those events came to light, borisjohnson said no rules had been broken. find light, boris johnson said no rules had been broken. and the uuidance rules had been broken. and the guidance was rules had been broken. and the guidance was followed - rules had been broken. and the guidance was followed in - rules had been broken. and the guidance was followed in the i guidance was followed in the rules were followed at all times stop by yesterday he admitted those denials meant parliament had been misinformed, but argued that wasn t his fault. the former prime mi
this is bbc news 7 welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the world. i m ben mundy. our top stories. borisjohnson is holding face to face talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, during a visit to kyiv. downing street says they are discussing the uk s long term support to ukraine and the prime minister will set out a new package of financial and military aid. escaping mariupol which has been described as hell on earth . ten humanitarian corridors are agreed, as an urgent appeal is made for people to leave luhansk.ten humanitarian corridors are agreed to help thousands of ukrainians flee the war. one is providing an escape from mariupol, which has been moscow re organises its military leadership in ukraine. general alexander dvornikov who commanded russian forces in syria is given overall charge. elsewhere. and angry scenes in pakistan s parliament between supporters and opponents of the prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a vote of no confidence.
we re joined from lviv by our correspondent, danjohnson. a meeting earlierfor president zelensky. yes, borisjohnson appearing on kyivjust one day after the eu commission president ursula von der leyen was there yesterday with the slovakian prime minister so president zelensky having a few face to face meetings but this will not be announced, we did not know borisjohnson will appear but boris johnson will appear but downing borisjohnson will appear but downing street confirmed he has been to give today, saying he travel meet president zelensky in person. the statement says it will discuss the long term support to ukraine and the pmo set out a new package of financial and military aid and we knowjosh yesterday uk government announced £100 million package of anti tank weapons and air defence systems to be shipped to ukraine, and the eu also announcing more
campaigning has ended in the first round of france s presidential election, which takes place on sunday. and mission accomplished as the first all private astronaut team ever launched to the international space station completes docking. hello. thanks forjoining us. borisjohnson has travelled to kyiv to hold face to face talks with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. downing street says they are discussing the uk s long term support to ukraine and the prime minister will set out a new package of financial and military aid. it comes as ukrainian officials say ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from regions besieged by russian forces have been agreed for today. it s thought around 10 thousand