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are on standby to deploy to europe, as fears grow that russia will invade ukraine. eight people are killed and many more are injured in a stampede at the africa cup of nations in cameroon. no more covid tests for fully vaccinated people arriving in england and scotland they ll be scrapped next month. and a warning that britain s history is at risk archaeologists say climate change is threatening to destroy treasures buried in the uk. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson is facing renewed anger following another revelation about gatherings in downing street during lockdown. number 10 has admitted that, injune 2020, staff met in the cabinet room, where they were served cake to celebrate the prime minister s birthday. itv news reported that up to 30 people attended thejune 2020 event, sang happy birthday and were served cake. rules at the time 19june 2020 banned most indoor gatherings involving more than two people. the bb ....
and the lord has resigned over the handling of the scandal. over the and a special report into the accusations made against the boss of brewdog. he denies all the allegations. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin tonight with further allegations made against boris johnson about social events in downing street during the first covid lockdown back in 2020, this time an event to celebrate his birthday. itv news reported this evening that on the 19th ofjune in 2020, 30 people, including staff members at downing street, gathered together in the cabinet room at number 10 to mark the premise to s birthday in a surprise event organised by his wife, carrie. downing street issued a statement saying another of staff who had been working that day gathered briefly after a meeting and the prime minister stayed for less than ten minutes. there is also talk of a second gathering, this time with family and friends in the evening in the prime minister s flat. those allegations have be ....
do get in touch on twitter @lukwesaburak or by using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. also in today s news. police investigating the murder of primary school teacher sabina nessa in south london release details of her last movements. we re expecting to hear an update within the hour. germans head to the polls this weekend to elect their next government and choose who will take over from angela merkel as chancellor. we ve been touring the country to get a feel for what is top of the agenda for voters. and hairdressers express concern of clients having new allergic reactions to hair dye after contracting coronavirus. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s time for humanity to grow up and take responsibility for climate change. that was boris johnson s message to the united nations general assembly as he gave his speech. with just a0 days to go until the uk hosts a set piece summit on climate change, the prime minister called on leaders ....
london teacher sabina nessa was killed by a stranger. her body was found near her home on saturday. # ole, ole, ole, ole.# and excitement mounts on the eve of the 43rd ryder cup, delayed by a year by covid. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the australian prime minister says no special deals for families of england cricketers to travel for the ashes. covid restrictions could lead to some players pulling out. good evening. nearly 1.5 million customers have been hit injust two weeks by energy firms collapsing due to rising gas prices. two firms avro energy and green ceased trading yesterday, and their combined customers of 830,000 will now be switched to other, potentially more expensive providers. it s not yet clear who their new providers will be that s to be decided by the energy watchdog 0fgem but all customers who are affected will still receive energy while an alternative supplier is found. here s our consumer affairs correspondent coletta smith. as the ....
about this year s victory parade is that there isn t a fresh victory, which i m sure was the ambition when this whole terrible war started. what is actually being celebrated is the victory over germany, over the nazis in world war ii, in which tens of millions of russians died. so it s a bit of a holy day for russia. that enormous sacrifice, that victory. and it seems to me that the dangerous thing for us, in what putin might do with this, is that in the absence of a victory, and he has lost 11 generals, 10,000 troops, a lot of kit, that he will seek to link up his claim that he is denazifying ukraine with a victory over the nazis in world war ii, and that is a further escalation i think, a further mobilisation of russian society and perhaps an escalation into adjacent geographies. he has to come up with something, from his perspective, positive and that only means, i think, he is not a man that backs down, that means going further, so that s why it s a very worrying mo ....