Right now, authorities in kyiv are nervous. tomorrow, russia stages its victory day. in the past, a celebration of their triumph in the second world war. for vladimir putin, it s an opportunity to try and justify what he is doing to ukraine. the concern is that could mean an escalation. the west thinks putin will double down to achieve his goals, goals which still aren t clear. james waterhouse, bbc news in kyiv. the deputy prime minister dominic raab has accused sir keir starmer of rank double standards in calling for borisjohnson to resign over partygate now that the labour leader is facing a fresh police investigation into the beer and curry he had with colleagues while campaigning last year. labour s shadow levelling up secretary, lisa nandy, described the allegations as absurd and desperate and said she remains confident sir keir won t be fined. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticus.
To say as a result of this election. he says the outcome with sinn fein as the biggest party does not bring the prospect of irish unity any closer and that may be reassuring to some unionists going into crucial discussions over the coming weeks. and although most people that i have spoken to and that s what i have been hearing across the board, been hearing across the boa rd, irrespective been hearing across the board, irrespective of their political tradition, have been concerned primarily about bread and butter issues in this election, the cost of living crisis, making decisions on health care education, infrastructure and so on. that thoroughly issue of the protocol is definitely going to come to the four in the days and weeks ahead. the deputy prime minister dominic raab has accused sir keir starmer of rank double standards in calling for borisjohnson to resign over partygate now that the labour leader is facing a fresh police investigation into the beer and curry he had with col
Trying to solve one issue, maybe they create issues for another party including sinn fein which opposed brexit and which is happy to work with the protocol. there are lots of competing interests they have to bearin competing interests they have to bear in mind in trying to find an accommodation, something that will get politicians back in here working together. back to you. the deputy prime minister dominic raab has accused sir keir starmer of rank double standards in calling for borisjohnson to resign over partygate now that the labour leader is facing a fresh police investigation into the beer and curry he had with colleagues while campaigning last year. labour s shadow levelling up secretary, lisa nandy, described the allegations as absurd and desperate and said she remains confident that sir keir won t be fined. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticus.
A bunch of questions to answer, in terms of how straightforward he s been with the public in his answers to beergate and also, frankly, the rank double standards. that s for him. the liberal democrats, who would love to be talking about their electoral gains the most of any party feel on firmer moral ground here. if he s found to have broken the law, does he have to resign? well, as i made really clear no politician is above the law. so that s yes? so if any politician, be it keir starmer, borisjohnson, if they get a fixed penalty notice after a police investigation, it s extremely difficult for them to continue. so this could get even more difficult for sir keir, and that won t change until durham police complete their investigation into his behaviour. damian grammaticas, bbc news. hong kong s former security chief john lee has been elected as its new chief executive. mr lee oversaw crackdowns on pro democracy protests in 2019 and was the only candidate for the role, which is
Pressure, may now be enjoying labour s discomfort. the conservatives losses in the elections are not the story now, but the fact mr johnson has already been found to have broken the law and remains under investigation means tory attacks are muted. the prime minister refused to resign when he was fined during for for breaking lockdown rules. so keir starmer doesn t have to resign even if he s fined, does he? look, keir starmer has clearly got . a bunch of questions to ask in terms of how straightforward he s been i with the public and his answersi to beergate and also, frankly, the rank double standards. i that s for him. the liberal democrats, who would love to be talking about their electoral gains, the most of any party feel on firmer moral ground here. if he s found to have broken the law, does he have to resign? well, as i made really clear, i no politician is above the law. so that s a yes? so if any politician, be it keir starmer, borisjohnson, if they get a fixed penalty noti