the russian leader, vladimir putin, has addressed the huge victory day military parade in moscow, saying the invasion of ukraine had been provoked by the west, and that russian troops fighting there, were defending the motherland . what he didn t say was anything about the progress of that invasion, let alone how or when the war might end. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports now from moscow. it is the annual pomp to showcase russian power. across red square they marched, thousands of soldiers, in a parade marking a glorious victory the defeat of nazi germany. upbeat marching band music. but today there is no peace. vladimir putin has invaded ukraine. back from there, parading too, paratroopers who moscow says took part in the russian offensive. a war of conquest, says the west. the kremlin disagrees. translation: the defence of our motherland, when its destiny - was at stake, has always been sacred. as in the past, you, our soldiers, are today fighting for our peop
The prime minister s been in staffordshire happy to pose for pictures, less keen to talk about covid partying. look, as soon as i have any more to say on this subject, i will make sure that you, sam, are amongst the very first to know. but what we re doing here in stoke is making sure that we focus on the thing, i think, that matters most to the people of this country right now, and that is getting us through the post covid after shock. this is a list of the potential post covid political after shocks, the events in and around downing street now under investigation. a christmas do on the 18th of december 2020 is thought to have led to a big chunk of this latest batch of fines. at the start of the week, the focus was on keir starmer, who s vowed to quit as labour leader if he s fined by durham police over an incident last year involving beer and curry in an mp s office. labour today are still calling for the prime minister to resign.
On north korea and called for the complete denuclearisation of the country. he s also pledged to bolster the security alliance with the us. police in ecuador say at least 100 convicts are on the run after a riot at a prison. more than a0 inmates were killed when violence broke out between members of two gangs. officials say they will carry out a search for weapons inside the facility and transfer gang leaders to a different prison. the uk s opposition leader sir kier starmer says he ll resign if a police investigation concludes he broke the uk s lockdown laws in 2021. the labour leader says no rules were broken when he had curry and a beer at an mp s office during an election visit. sir kier is facing allegations of hypocrisy after calling for prime minister boris johnson s resignation when he was fined last month for breaching covid rules. early returns in the presidential election in the philippines give ferdinand marcosjunior the son of the former dictator a clear lead over his
Was also there in an mp s office in durham a year ago and a takeaway curry was ordered. the latest revelation in the mail on sunday is a memo circulated within the labour party which shows the curry was planned rather than spontaneous. it s for durham police to decide if this matters. what we do know is the force had already decided there was enough new evidence to look again at what happened, having cleared sir keir of wrongdoing in february. but the real reason all this matters is not what happened a year ago, but what sir keir starmer has said since. he has repeatedly expressed his outrage, shared by millions, about the covid lawbreaking within government, including from borisjohnson. and he s repeatedly called for the prime minister to resign. but his critics now say if you climb aboard a moral high horse, it will turn into a bucking bronco if it turns out that you have also broken the rules. after the prime minister was fined, sir keir said this. this is the first time in the hist
Backing the separatists and east of the country the same year? or will he things further? this full scale invasion has been frustrated and the worry is what he is willing to do nextin worry is what he is willing to do next in order to get things back on track for him. pressure is growing on the labour leader sir keir starmer, as police continue to investigate whether he broke covid rules a year ago when he was filmed drinking a beer with colleagues in an mp s office in durham. a sunday newspaper has published an internal labour document showing time was set aside in advance for those there to have a takeaway curry, but sir keir maintains no rules were broken. our political correspondent chris mason reports. this is what this row is about sir keir starmer having a beer. his deputy, angela rayner, was also there in an mp s office in durham a year ago and a takeaway