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are on standby to deploy to europe, as fears grow that russia will invade ukraine. eight people are killed and many more are injured in a stampede at the africa cup of nations in cameroon. no more covid tests for fully vaccinated people arriving in england and scotland they ll be scrapped next month. and a warning that britain s history is at risk archaeologists say climate change is threatening to destroy treasures buried in the uk. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson is facing renewed anger following another revelation about gatherings in downing street during lockdown. number 10 has admitted that, injune 2020, staff met in the cabinet room, where they were served cake to celebrate the prime minister s birthday. itv news reported that up to 30 people attended thejune 2020 event, sang happy birthday and were served cake. rules at the time 19june 2020 banned most indoor gatherings involving more than two people. the bb ....
and the lord has resigned over the handling of the scandal. over the and a special report into the accusations made against the boss of brewdog. he denies all the allegations. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin tonight with further allegations made against boris johnson about social events in downing street during the first covid lockdown back in 2020, this time an event to celebrate his birthday. itv news reported this evening that on the 19th ofjune in 2020, 30 people, including staff members at downing street, gathered together in the cabinet room at number 10 to mark the premise to s birthday in a surprise event organised by his wife, carrie. downing street issued a statement saying another of staff who had been working that day gathered briefly after a meeting and the prime minister stayed for less than ten minutes. there is also talk of a second gathering, this time with family and friends in the evening in the prime minister s flat. those allegations have be ....
of the best selling of all time, has died at the age of 7a. the us and russia remain at a diplomatic stand off with their military assets standing by. after months of escalating tensions, the two superpowers have been holding talks about ukraine, which nato fears is the next sovereign territory moscow wants to seize through force. remember, it s less than a decade since russia annexed crimea. russia says it s concerned nato is sending weapons and military expertise to ukraine and wants guarantees that the organisation will pull back from its borders. speaking after the talks in geneva, russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said the dialogue would continue and his country had no plans to attack ukraine. russia is understood to have more than 100,000 troops currently near its border with ukraine. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. more russian forces on the move, surface to air missiles in the country s far east, due to join what moscow says ....
from the indonesian volcano but what are they laughing at? it s eight in the morning in singapore and six pm in chicago where a jury has found actorjussie smolett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. smolett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a staged homophobic attack against him by fake trump supporters in 2019. it was reportedly to generate publicity after being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. let s go to our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. great to have you on the programme. i great to have you on the programme. i know great to have you on the programme. i know that great to have you on the programme. i know that this news is just coming programme. i know that this news isjust coming out. do you tell us will was said in court today? tell us will was said in court toda ? . v tell us will was said in court toda ? . , , ., today? that s right. this all happened today? that ....
and bringing some cheer to children evacuated from the indonesian volcano, but what are they laughing at? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore and 7pm in chicago, where a jury has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a staged homophobic attack against him by fake trump supporters in 2019. it was reportedly to generate publicity after being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. in the past half hour, special prosecutor daniel webb gave a statement to the media, speaking of the importance of taking this case to trial. let s take a listen. a lot of times people say well, it will things under the rug but this police department we spotted by absolutely testifying in his trial that they took it seriously, they believed he was the victim of a crime and they work ....