Tory rebels want to force a government u turn on cuts to the foreign aid budget. America s last great wilderness. President biden blocks drilling for oil and gas in a wildlife refuge in alaska. And warming up for the euros england secure a narrow victory against austria, while scotland draw, and wales lose. And coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, fans return to watch england at lord s but its new zealand that take control after the opening day of the first test. Good evening. The man charged with developing a long term strategy to help pupils make up for lost learning due to the coronavirus pandemic has resigned, in a row over funding. Sir kevan collins took on the role in february, but now says the government s offer of an extra eli; billion will not lead to a successful recovery, and betrays an undervaluation of the importance of education. He d put forward plans that would have cost more than £10 billion. Borisjohnson says there ll hopefully be more money coming down
And the long running bbc medical drama, holby city is ending after 23 years, with the final series to air in march 2022. The man put in charge of the government s plans to help schoolchildren in england recover from the effects of the covid lockdown has resigned. In a letter announcing his decision to step down, sir kevan collins severely criticised the level of support that the government has said it will provide. It s proposed spending £11; billion to help children catch up on missed edcuation. But sir kevan said that was not enough, writing: the support announced by government so far does not come close to meeting the scale of the challenge , and adding that a half hearted approach risks failing hundreds of thousands of pupils he went on: the package falls far short of what is needed. It is too narrow, too small and will be delivered too slowly, and said that it betrays an undervaluation of the importance of education for individuals and society. Let s talk to our political corres
Latest figures show more than 4,000 new cases of coronavirus reported in the uk, ministers are still considering the further easing of restrictions due next month. Surgeons are calling for specialist hubs to be set up in england to tackle what they say is a colossal backlog of non urgent operations, caused by covid 19. Chelsea and manchester city fans arrive in porto in portugal ahead of tomorrow s champions league final. And coming up on the film review, mark kermode gives his views on the latest film releases including cruella 7 disney s new 101 dalmations prequel. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. An inquestjury has found that two graduates jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed by the convicted terrorist usman khan, at fishmongers hall in 2019. The jury found that a catalogue of failings led to the deaths of the cambridge university graduates. They said unacceptable management and a lack of accountability among the agencies responsible for usman khan had l
from going to elementary school. we are going to get into it. thank, you as, always the fabulous simone. a great show tonight. and, good evening. welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, trump tangled web. right, now the front runner for the republican presidential nomination in 2024 finds himself ensnared in a picket of legal liabilities. this week special counsel jack smith hit former president donald trump with new federal criminal charges in the classified documents case. alleging trump was part of a scheme to delete security video showing boxes of sensitive government materials being moved around in the mar-a-lago resort. trump, is as expected denying the new charges. meanwhile another federal indictments related to trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 vote could drop at anytime. and there are the state level cases. charges related to falsifying business documents have already been handed down in new york. and an election interference investigation in georgia is ongo