the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout. the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zaha
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with some breaking news from scotland, where the prison service has announced an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is complete. it follows the outcry of the case of isla bryson, a trans woman convicted of raping two women before changing gender. isla bryson was initially remanded to cornton vale women s prison before being moved to a male wing at hmp edinburgh. the scottish prison service says that we have commenced an urgent review of all trans gender cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst cases currently manage in our establishment. our first concern cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst concern is always and remains the health, safety and well being of all the people in our care and that of our staff. we have very robust risk assessment processes and a track record of keeping people safe in ofte
Behind one of britians first healthy supermarkets. And with Brexit Theresa may heading to brussels next week to try and break the brexit deadlock well have a special report from the irish border on one of the key sticking points. Wed love to hear your views on the stories we cover today. Get in touch by twitter just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. The price of oil matters. Thats because it drives so much of the World Economy whether its used for transport people and goods or heating our homes and workplaces. And its why the focus is on vienna today because thats where the oil wm that deal is due to expire at the end of march. But there are signs of a split. Russia is happy with oil at 40 a barrel some of its oil bosses have been questioning why cuts should continue now prices have recovered. But the saudis need much higher prices to balance their economy they want oil at 60. Meanwhile the continuing recovery of the Global Economy has helped cut stockpiles. In september they fell to just un
Issue in the brexit cox and we will be live here throughout the day. Brexit talks. The bbc understands that a 24 year old british man who went to syria to fight so called Islamic State has been killed. Oliver hall, from the portsmouth area, hadjoined Kurdish Armed groups to fight against so called Islamic State. Trials show a new approach to preventing migraines can reduce the number and severity of attacks. Good morning, its thursday, november 30th. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has told theresa may that she should pay more attention to tackling terrorism in the uk, rather than criticising him. The message was delivered in a tweet last night after downing street criticised the us president for sharing anti Muslim Videos posted by a british far right group on social media. The row has placed more pressure on the Prime Minister to cancel mr trumps state visit to the uk next year. Our north america correspondent, laura bicker, reports. The home secretar