if he s to leave office. the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said he ll vote against the prime minister. i m victoria derbyshire, we are live on college green this afternoon in front of the palace of westminster. we will bring you the latest and get reaction from conservative mps to the vote this evening, and ask them how they are going to vote. wherever you are in the country, as a voter, let me know what you think about this confidence vote in the prime minister this evening. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister borisjohnson will tonight face a vote of confidence in his leadership by conservative mps. if he loses, he will stand down as party leader. it follows anger over sue gray s report detailing lockdown rule breaking in downing street. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire. thank you, rebecca. let s talk about the dramatic events of this morning. at about 6:30am my colleague helen catt was o
corporate cousin, heatedly denying moscow s false accusations against him. kurt volker at former u.s. forml represent for ukraine negotiations. who knows a lot about russia and russian thinking. ambassador, very good to see you. your thoughts that evan s attention has been extended it was supposed to have expired in april 29. it s a way for them to keep them longer? absolutely. it is misleading to even call him a prisoner, conduct or waiting pretrial. he is a hostage. russians are holding him in order to try to put pressure on the united states about our support for ukraine and resistance aggression in europe. they are doing this on purpose. it s very good, very important that his lawyers are doing everything they need to do in