crisis in modern times. as covid spread, the nhs came under enormous pressure. in a televised address, borisjohnson announced extraordinary restrictions to daily life. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. the prime minister himself became seriously ill with covid. he was admitted to intensive care and spent three days in hospital. a key ally throughout this time was dominic cummings, his unconventional style aggravated many. sorry i m late. and within a year of the election victory, he d resigned after a bitter power struggle clashing with tory mps and the prime minister s wife. he soon went on the attack, becoming mrjohnson s fiercest and most damaging critic. he doesn t have a plan, he doesn t know how to be prime minister and we ve only got him in there because we had to solve a certain problem, not because we thought that he was the right person to be running the country. there were electoral losses too. th
one was the same. for me, the elastic snapped and that is why i sent a respectful and polite message to the prime minister this morning suggesting that he should go. mrjohnson has assembled a new cabinet, with some new faces he wants to stay in no 10 until there is a new conservative leader. arguments have raged all day about just how long borisjohnson can stay in downing street. tonight, he is promising any big decisions will be left to the next prime minister. just over two years ago, borisjohnson was riding high, but today he leaves a country divided about his legacy. i think he s lied and been found out, and i think he should go. i don t think he s credible any more. i think he did a marvellousjob. what he s done for the country, people don t realise. who else could have done that? who could have passed brexit? also this hour. foreign ministers arrive for the 620 meeting, the first with russia since the start of the ukraine war. and ons jabeur makes history as she reach
in texas, 19 children and 2 teachers are killed by a gunman the second deadliest mass shooting in american history. president biden has this message. iam sick i am sick and tired of it. we had to act. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. details and pictures emerge of those who died. we ll get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. the issue first came into view at the end of december last year with the end of december last year with the daily mirror carrying a story about a christmas party while restrictions were in place. in the months that followed the story has grown and grown. there is no a parliamentary inquiry and we have had the police investigation which has led to a number of fines and there has been an investigation by there has been an investigation by the civil servant sue gray. and borisjohnson has been asked about these parties in downing street and recent months of
not because we thought that he was the right person to be running the country. there were electoral losses too. the safe buckinghamshire seat of chesham and amersham taken by the liberal democrats. cheers and applause mrjohnson faced an investigation over the complicated funding of a lavish flat refurbishment. and then stories started leaking about rule breaking parties inside number 10, while the rest of the country was in lockdown. after a police investigation, mrjohnson was fined for a birthday celebration in the cabinet room. i ve received a fixed penalty notice from the metropolitan police relating to an event in downing street on the 19th ofjune, 2020. altogether, over 120 fines were issued to staff. a report by a senior civil servant blamed a failure of leadership and mrjohnson was accused of lying about what went on. i can announce that
covering, as we know, a number of the different events that went on in downing street, some of the allegations about rule breaking parties. i am allegations about rule breaking parties. iam having allegations about rule breaking parties. i am having a look at the conclusions now. let me come back to you in a second on that, but we know this report is not going to be everything that sue gray looked into for the simple reason the metropolitan police asked her to hold back some of those findings, or to only passing reference to them while they looked into them. we will be figuring out exactly what this says of the next few minutes and then in an hour s time the prime minister will be in the house of commons where he will be facing questions from mps about his interpretation and i m sure a lot of pressure from opposition politicians, and perhaps from his own mps as well about exactly what this says. own mps as well about exactly what this sa s. , ., , own mps as well about exactly what thi