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now on bbc news, global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from kyiv, the capital of ukraine. the government here has been monitoring the intense talks between russia and the west very anxiously. have the negotiations this week defused the tensions on the ukraine russia border, where moscow has been amassing troops? or is it the start of a new cold war? applause welcome to the mystetskyi arsenal cultural centre here in kyiv. let me tell you who is on my panel, who ll be taking questions from the audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is 0lha stefanishyna. although ukraine was not party to the talks this week, she s been presenting the government s position. kristina kvien is the acting ambassador for washington here in ukraine. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe s leading statesman. and professor sergey radchenko is a russian born political scientist based in europe. that s our panel. welcome t ....
ever chinese driver. welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has insisted that he will fight any challenge to his leadership of the conservative party despite another bruising day caused by the row about lockdown drinks parties at downing street. during prime minister s questions, the former brexit secretary, david davis, called on mrjohnson to step down, telling him, in the name of god, go! earlier, one of the prime minister s own backbenchers dramatically defected to the opposition labour party. but the prime minister batted away repeated calls to resign, and in a statement which pleased many, he went on to announce an end to the main covid restrictions in england. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. the atmosphere in the prime minister s neighbourhood is full of risk. danger dangles all around for borisjohnson, uncertainty hanging in the air. downing street confronting the truth that some of his own mps want him gone. a ....
i will be back at four o clock. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, we re on wheels as we race through the new car tech in las vegas, and then bring it safely to a stop. but is anyone actually in the driving seat? plus, what s up with this shop? we re at the supermarket that has something very strange in store for you. hey, welcome back to the consumer electronics show in vegas. we have cars for you this week, lots of them. one of the biggest draws at this show in recent years has been the motor hall. so, lara, are you ready to get your driving shoes on? i m revved up and ready. ok, on your marks, set.go! every year, ces is full of concept cars. 0ften outlandish ideas as to how we re going to be travelling on roads in future. maybe that ll be having a chat to your vehicle. do you like it? yes sounds good. ..or turning the back into a really impractical and uncomfortable living room. this year, though, there was at least one idea with a somewhat more convi ....
and, untouched by climate change. scientists discover a rare pristine coral reef off the coast of tahiti hello and welcome. the british prime minister, borisjohnson has insisted he will fight any challenge to his leadership of the conservative party. it follows a fiery day in the house of commons over the so called partygate scandal with one new mp defecting to the labour party, and a former cabinet minister calling for the prime minister to stand down. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. calm? not much of it around here. westminster is tense about a report into what party happened in downing street during lockdown and how long borisjohnson will remain prime minister. yesterday one conservative mp decided he had had enough. christian wafer joined the labour party. they publicly defecting on the floor of the house of commons. music to the ears of his new leader. can i start by warmly welcoming the honourable member of very self to his new post. and to the parli ....
quantities of volcanic ash. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. time is running out for negotiators trying to break the impasse between the united states and iran and revive the deal curbing tehran s nuclear ambitions. iran is still enriching uranium. the biden administration is talking of giving up on the current diplomatic track. my guest is an adviser to iran s negotiators in vienna, mohammad marandi. if a nuclear deal can t be done, how real is the danger of a catastrophic war in the middle east? mohammad marandi in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you are in the austrian capital with the iranian negotiating team, us negotiators are there too, but it does look as though efforts to revive the international deal on your country s nuclear programme are running out of road. why is that? the americans are dragging theirfeet, and so are the europeans ....