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inquiry, facing mocking for claiming it was a work event, and calls to quit even from his own side. the other main story tonight. prince andrew faces a civil trial in the united states over accusations of sexual assault after a judge refuses to dismiss it. virginia giuffre is suing the duke of york, claiming he abused her when she was 17 allegations he strenuously denies. we ll be asking what it means now for the queen s second son. and soaring energy costs could affect household bills for at least two years, warns the boss of the uk s biggest energy supplier. and in the sport on the bbc news channel. novak djokovic admits to a serious covid breach before he arrived in melbourne. but with five days to go to the australian open, he s still in the drawer. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has for the first time admitted that he attended a party in downing street at the height of the first lockdown. appearing in front of a packed h ....
when the whole country was locked down, he was hosting boozy parties in downing street. is he now going to do the decent thing and resign? do the decent thing and resign or will his tory mps be forced i to show him the door? and the high court ruled that the governments use of a vip lane sold millions of pounds of contracts for personal protective equipment was unlawful. and i m alice baxter with this afternoon s other top stories on the bbc news channel. an admission from tennis star novak djokovic of mistakes on his paperwork to enter australia. an arrest has been made in the unsolved murders of three british family members and a french cyclist who were shot dead in the alps in 2012. and the boss of the uk s biggest energy supplier warns that high energy bills will last for two years. i m ben brown, live at downing street, where the prime minister has confirmed he was at a drinks party in the garden of number 10 during the first lockdown, and apologised for attending. break ....
will continue to apologise. and russia and nato hold their first face-to-face apologise. and russia and nato hold their first face-to-face talks - apologise. and russia and nato hold their first face-to-face talks in - their first face to face talks in two years as tensions remain high over the build up of russian troops in the boot order border with ukraine. let s begin with prince andrew. prince andrew has failed to get a civil case in the united states, which accuses him of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, dismissed. virginia giuffre is suing the duke of york, claiming that he abused her when she was seventeen at the homes ofjeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell. the prince has strenuously denied the allegations, but the ruling by the judge in new york today means the civil trial can now go ahead. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. everything for andrew had rested on this ruling and it has gone against him. in his 43 page ruling in the case ....
when she was underage, after a usjudge ruled her lawsuit against him can proceed. ms giuffre claims the prince sexually abused her on three occasions. prince andrew has consistently denied the allegations against him. he is effectively a dead man walking, as far as the royal family is concerned. but the one thing he can do is to accept the responsibility, except the blame, except that he has to fall on his sword. russia and nato hold their first face to face talks in two years, as tensions remain high over the build up of russian troops on the border with ukraine. and soaring energy costs could affect household bills for the next two years, warns the boss of the uk s biggest energy supplier hello, if you re just hello, if you rejustjoining us, welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has for the first time admitted that he attended a party in downing street at the height of the first lockdown. appearing in front of a packed house of commons, boris johnson apologised, say ....
prince andrew will face a civil trial in the united states over accusations of sexual assault. a new yorkjudge ruled his attempt to dismiss it was without merit. tonight with the context, daily mail columnist sarah vine and the political editor of the daily mirror, pippa crerar. hello, a warm welcome. for the first time, borisjohnson has admitted he did attend a downing st party during last years lockdown. and, for the first time, the leader of the opposition has called on him to resign. the prime minister urged all sides to await the findings of an internal inquiry led by the senior civil servant sue gray. but as far as lawbreaking goes, many would say he has already admitted, that his advisers if not the prime minister himself were in breach of laws, that many others have been fined for breaking. i thought it was a work event and, mr speaker, i regret very much that we did not do things differently that evening and, mr speaker, as i said, i take full responsibilit ....