the family of a black man killed by police in the us city of memphis have welcomed the decision to disband the special crime unit to which the officers belonged. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. mr sunak said in a letter to mr zahawi that it was clear that there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code, which guides ministers on how they should uphold standards. his dismissal comes after an independent investigation of mr zahawi s tax affairs. these have been the subject of growing controversy since it emerged that he had to pay a penalty to the tax authorities. rishi sunak recieved the report from the sir laurie magnus, independent adviser on ministers interests. sir laurie told rishi sunak that certain omissions by nadhim zahawi fell short of the standards set out in the ministerial code. he concluded, i consider that these omissions constitute a serious failure to meet the standards set
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more information has come forward and that is why i have asked the independent adviser to look into the matter. for the first time, amazon workers in the uk walk out on strike they say they re treated worse than robots. and talking to the animals a study of chimpanzees suggests human beings can understand the gestures they make. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. no problems for novak, as russia s rublev is ruthlessly swept aside in straight sets. djokovic into the semifinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after weeks of hesitation, germany has finally confimed it will send some of its leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine. ukrainian commanders are hoping they could help turn the tide of the war with russia. germany will also allow nato allies like
and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more i information has come forward. and that is why i have asked the independent adviser- to look into the matter. we will take you to washington and listen to presidentjoe biden talking about ukraine. listen to president joe biden talkin: about ukraine. , . , . talking about ukraine. democrats and reublicans talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have - talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have stood . republicans in congress have stood together. the us has worked in lockstep with our allies and partners around the world to make sure the ukrainian people are in the strongest possible po