Stay updated with breaking news from Jonathan culp. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
double fault for novak djokovic as the tennis star admits breaking isolation rules when he had covid and says there was an error on his immigration form. nato and russia are to hold their first face to face talks in two years in an effort to defuse tensions over russian troops massed near the ukrainian border. putting the brakes on smart motorways the government pauses their rollout over safety concerns. and the boss of the uk s biggest energy supplier warns that high energy bills will last for two years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, will face mps later, with pressure mounting for him to say whether he attended a bring your own booze drinks party in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. witnesses said mrjohnson and his wife were among about 30 people present at the event in may 2020, when outdoor gatherings were banned. conservative mps have joined labour in saying he must explain ....
on his paperwork needed to enter australia. and why so many chinese students are still heading abroad for their studies, despite the pandemic. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s seven in the morning in singapore and ii in the evening in london, where the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has apologised for attending a large drinks gathering in the garden of 10 downing street in may 2020. at the time, the uk was in a strict lockdown, where meeting more than one person outside your household was not allowed. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, accused mrjohnson of having run out of road after months of deceit and deception, and said he should consider his resignation. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. a mess there is no other word. a prime minister belatedly trying to clean up. are you going to apologise? with an admission of possible rule breaking, an apology from a weakened leader. but will the answers to today s p ....
australian open? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has always been and is now more than ever team federer. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, january 10th. we ll start with the news. at least 19 people are dead including nine children after fire and smoke filled the inside of an apartment building in the bronx here in new york city. fire officials say it started yesterday morning with most likely a malfunctioning space heater in an apartment where the door was left open, allowing smoke to rise to every floor. many were rescued, but some people were trapped in the stairwells. nbc news correspondent kathy park has more on this story. reporter: flames shooting out windows on the second and thirty floors. karen was making breakfast when she heard it all started i heard people screaming help, help, help. reporter: the smoke quickly spreading throughout all the floors in this building of more than 100 apart ....
the looming and existential threat to our democracy. new laws are being written, not to protect the vote, but to deny it. not only to suppress the vote, but to subvert it. not to strengthen and protect our democracy, but because the former president lost instead of looking at election results from 2020 and saying they need new ideas or better ideas to win more votes, the former president and his supporters decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your vote and subvert our elections. it is wrong. it is undemocratic. and frankly, it s un-american. and he s taking his voting rights push on the road. the president and vice president harris are heading to georgia on tuesday, to specifically speak about the need for federal voting rights legislation. but several georgia-based voting rights groups are saying the duo should stay home. issuing a statement that reads in part, quote, such an empty gesture, without concrete action, without signs of real tangible work ....
happened a year and a day ago behind us, we still need to reckon with the events of that day and hold those responsible accountable. attorney general merrick garland vowed to take as long as it takes and whatever it takes. he is delivering. the department of justice charged more than 700 members of the trump mob and so far 75 sentenced and 36 receiving jail time including a north carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the capitol on january 6. today virginia spencer was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 36 months probation. the judge said she did not believe spencer understood the significance of her participation and what it means for our democracy. the january 6 select committee is beginning to hold those responsible accountable making it clear that it is interested in speaking with former vice president mike pence but has yet to formally request his voluntary cooperation. the republican vice chair liz cheney acknowledged the committee is examining donald ....