an announcement today. us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in ukraine for urgent talks, after warnings that russia could carry out an attack at any point . the united nations says it s intensifying its response to the volcanic eruption and tsunami in tonga. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the cost of goods and services in the uk is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years. the december figure for inflation showed that prices have gone up by 5.4% compared to the year before. energy costs and the price of food and drink drove the rise, which was higher than economists had been forecasting. in america, the scourge of rising prices now ranks among us business leaders top concerns, according to a survey out today. our business presenter ben boulos has been gauging reaction in skipton in the north of england. good morning, yes, here at skipton market, traders and customers are already grappling with that rise in average prices. dom runs
for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. cheering but as some tory mps rally around the prime minister tonight, we ll be trying to guage the level of threat to his premiereship. also tonight. england s plan b covid measures are being dropped completely. work from home ends today, face coverings are no longer required from the end of next week. inflation soars to its highest level in almost 30 years, driven by rising food prices and energy bills, and there are warnings of worse to come. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, after last night s drama, england prepare to face australia again in the final of netball s quad series at london s copperbox. good evening from downing street, on a dramatic day in westminster as the prime minister fights for his political life in the face of intense pressure over parties held here during lockdown. for the second week in a row, borisjohnson faced calls for his resignation at prime minister s questions, among them from
we have more people in employment land more employees on the payrolll now than there were before the pandemic began. - that is what my staff have been working on in downing street. i some mps are accusing borisjohnson of misleading parliament over lockdown parties in downing street. the leader of the scottish conservatives says the number of letters needed to oust the prime minister is near . 5a letters are needed to trigger a leadership vote. over the next half an hour, we ll look at how borisjohnson got to this point, his career so far and his future as prime minister. he s a successful politician. we ll look at what you need to do if he s to carry on. he needs to do. boris johnson s future tonight hangs in the hands of his own mps after days of public anger, over lockdown parties held in downing street. we heard another person calling for him to go. like many on these benches, i spent weeks and months defending the prime minister against often angry constituents. i r
will become the first ever chinese driver to take up a spot on the starting grid next season. we ll speak to him live it s seven in the morning in singapore, and ”pm in london where the british prime minister boris johnson is fighting to save his job. the british prime minister boris a former conservative cabinet minister has joined the calls for mrjohnson to resign. one lawmaker even defected to the opposition labour party a few hours ago. mrjohnson is under huge pressure over parties held at downing street during lockdown but he s determined to fight on. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. the atmosphere in the prime minister s neighbourhood is full of risk. danger dangles all around for borisjohnson, uncertainty hanging in the air. downing street confronting the truth that some of his own mps want him gone. as ministers gathered to agree to ditch some covid rules this morning, some of his own side waiting and watching, thinking about ditching him. is it u
in the name of god, go. cheering we ll have more on the day s events at westminster, and we ll be asking where they leave borisjohnson. also tonight. in england, working from home ends today and face coverings are no longer required from the end of next week. a sharp rise in the cost of living inflation soars to its highest level in almost 30 years. the uk sends anti tank missiles to ukraine, as moscow is urged to reflect on the risk of conflict as america warned russia it faces disaster if it invades. and a visit to bury in the north west of england to ask people what they think of their newly converted labour mp. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel we ll have all the latest football news, including action from tonight s premier league games. good evening. we re live in downing street, where the prime minister borisjohnson is no doubt reflecting on a turbulent day. he s faced public calls from his own side for his resignation, and a defection from the