in the next hour, before conservative mps go into that committee room, and place their votes in a secret ballot we will be talking to some of them in the run up. good afternoon. the prime minister borisjohnson has addressed conservative mps to try and convince them to back him in a vote of confidence this evening. in an hours time, tory mps will start voting on whether they want mrjohnson to be replaced. he s been under increasing pressure following the publication of a report which looked into parties at downing street which broke covid rules. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham brady, the chairman of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter that works out at 5a. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire: it s been a dramatic day and it
friday is another dry day. some in sunny spells around and quite breezy and temperatures between 8, 11 degrees. forthe and temperatures between 8, 11 degrees. for the weekend we keep the high pressure towards the south but there is a weather front working in from the north west so quite windy for many but mild on saturday. sunday looking a bit cooler and some rain for the weekend across the north west in particular. milder and brighter on the whole, good news! borisjohnson faces boris johnson faces mps borisjohnson faces mps in a rowdy house of commons as westminster awaits the report into lockdown parties in government. that s all from the bbc news at one so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, i mjane dougall with your latest sports news. at the australian open,
without that mantaux dream that vladimir putin would be acting any differently and who should take vladimir putin at his word. he told us although not very clearly but certainly clear enough for him for us to understand what his goals for us to understand what his goals for ukraine are. for ukraine are. thank you for “oininu for ukraine are. thank you for joining us- the foreign secretary has said the uk is ready to inflict the maximum amount of economic pain on russia , if vladimir putin continues to threaten ukraine. restrictions have been imposed on five banks and three billionaires, after mr putin ordered troops into those two regions in eastern ukraine, controlled by russian backed separatists. but are these financial and business restrictions really going to deter the russian president? 0ur diplomatic correspondentjames landale has been finding out more. borisjohnson boris johnson told mps borisjohnson told mps the sanctions the uk is leveling against russia will hit vlad