police investigating the parties say they ve received hundreds of photographs and documents. also in the programme. it s a year since the military seized power in myanmar un investigators say more than a thousand people might have been killed in war crimes since the coup. translation: i took up arms in the hoe translation: i took up arms in the hepe our translation: i took up arms in the hope our weapons translation: i took up arms in the hope our weapons would - the hope our weapons would bring justice for the whole society. i will be fighting for that as long as i live. and more than a billion people around the world are celebrating lunar new year we ll tell you all you need to know about one of the world s biggest festivals. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and midnight in london where borisjohnson has been addressing his mps in a private meeting trying to fend off more calls for him to step down. it come
people s took us all for full. he held people s sacrifice in contempt. he showed himself unfit for office he showed himself unfit for office he showed himself unfit for office all for falls. police investigating the parties say they ve received hundreds of photographs and documents. also in the programme: it s a year since the military seized power in myanmar. un investigators say more than 1,000 people might have been killed in war crimes since the coup. translation: i took up arms in the hoe translation: i took up arms in the hepe our translation: i took up arms in the hope our weapons translation: i took up arms in the hope our weapons would - the hope our weapons would bring justice for the whole society. i ll be fighting for that as long as they live. and more than a billion people around the world are celebrating lunar new year. we ll tell you all you need to know about one of the world s biggest festivals. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc ne
Which is well over 500 pieces of paper, about a ream and a half, and we received over 300 photographs, so we ve just received that and my officers are prioritising this week to consider what s been provided in that bundle of material, what further investigations that they need to do and, of course, who they re going to be contacting. and who might get fined? well, that s not yet clear. detectives will be writing to dozens of staff in downing street and the cabinet office, asking for their accounts of the gatherings and whether they had a reasonable excuse for their actions. although the maximum penalty for these alleged offences is only a small fine, detectives here say they will be fast tracking the investigation and it should be over in a matter of weeks, rather than months. but how damaged are the metropolitan police after being caught in this political storm? they ve been accused of not intervening to stop the alleged parties at the time and then getting in the way of the publicati
It s 8am in singapore, and midnight in london where borisjohnson has been addressing his mps in a private meeting trying to fend off more calls for him to step down. it comes after he again apologised to parliament, following a report by a senior civil servant into downing street parties during lockdowns. though limited in scope due to an ongoing police inquiry, the report was nevertheless greeted with anger by many mps including those in his own party. police say they are reviewing more than three hundred photos passed to officers in relation to 12 events across government on eight different dates. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports on the day s events. it has been a long, uncomfortable wait for number ten an official verdict into the government itself breaking the rules. part one, at least,