from bbc news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me, thejournalist and times radio presenter jenny kleeman and political commentator and former conservative party press chief, giles kenningham. more from them in a moment. just to update you on the front pages we have had quite a few more in the last 45 minutes or so. we begin with the telegraph. they are reporting that plan b coronavirus restrictions are set to be scrapped as the pm faces a plot to call a vote of no confidence from rebels in his party. the metro has a picture of the prime minister looking glum as he s questioned over whether downing street parties broke covid rules, under the headline nobody told me . on the front page of the guardian is a report on the clamour to oust the prime minister they also report plan b restrictions will be eased on the 26th of january. and note claims that lateral flow tests may be charged for any summer, a claim the gov
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and times radio presenter jenny kleeman and also the political commentator and former conservative party press chief, giles kenningham. welcome to both of you. good to have you with us. let s start with the front pages, which i think will be of particular interest to them and any of you who are political enthusiasts. the telegraph who are reporting that plan b coronavirus restrictions are set to be scrapped as the pm faces a plot to call a vote of no confidence from rebels in his party. the metro has a picture of the prime minister looking glum as he s questioned over whether downing street parties broke covid rules under the headline nobody told me . on the front page of the guardian is a report on the clamour to oust the prime minister they also report plan b restrictions will be eased on the 26th of january. buy game maker activision blizzard the ft focuses
substantially reduced next week. in ireland hundreds line the streets for the funeral of 23 year old teacher ashling murphy as police reveal a man has been arrested. and the biggest gaming deal in history is taking shape as the maker of call of duty and candy crush is set to be bought for £50 billion. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel manchester city may be well ahead in the premier league title race but chelsea can move second with a win over brighton. good evening. faced with persistent claims that he s misled the house of commons the prime minister has categorically denied that he was warned about a drinks party in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. he insisted nobody had told him the gathering was against the rules but his former adviser dominic cummings says he did warn mrjohnson and he s accused the prime minister of misleading mps. at westminster, there is more evidence of discontent among conservative
the prime minister and he ll be giving evidence to the official inquiry. two major us telecoms providers delay the roll out of new five g networks near airports after warnings it could cause chaos in the aviation industry. and betting big on gaming microsoft is buying the company that makes call of duty and candy crush for more than $70 billion. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv, where the american secretary of state antony blinken is due to arrive for urgent talks, amid warnings that russia could carry out an invasion of ukraine at any moment . mr blinken also plans to meet russian foreign minister sergey lavrov on friday, with the white house describing the situation as extremely dangerous . russia has amassed 100,000 troops on the border and over the weekend moved forces to belarus forjoint military drills but it denies planning an invasion. here s our diplomatic editorjames landale. russian forces training near the border with ukraine, just som
This is bbc news. the headlines: the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday for face to face talks on ukraine. it comes as america warns russian could invade ukraine at any moment. borisjohnson has denied he was warned about a party at downing street that broke lockdown rules. the civil servant leading the inquiry will now speak to mrjohnson s former adviser dominic cummings, who made the claim. us telecoms giants at&t and verizon have agreed to delay the roll out of new 56 mobile networks across the country after warnings it could cause chaos in the aviation industry, leading to thousands of delays and cancellations. and microsoft is set to buy the company that makes call of duty and candy crush for more than $70 billion. the takeover of activision blizzard is the biggest deal ever by the technology giant.