inquestjury has found. two separate sources have told the bbc that the prime minister s director of communications jack doyle offered his resignation to borisjohnson because of his attendance at the christmas party was revealed. but borisjohnson would not christmas party was revealed. but boris johnson would not accept christmas party was revealed. but borisjohnson would not accept it. coming up and have now s time, we will discuss exactly that story and the prospect of borisjohnson surviving as prime minister with the foreign correspondence based in london, giving an outsider s view of that and this week in ukraine. that is coming up at 7:30pm. stay with us on bbc news. hello, if you ve justjoined hello, if you vejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. it is a busy hour coming up. let me begin with the government warning tonight of a deeply concerning situation, as new data confirms omicron in the uk is growing rapidly in all parts of the country, and ministers have been
welcome if you have just welcome if you havejustjoined us. very good to have your company. we begin this are in the united states. the white house says presidentjoe biden is very concerned by the supreme court s decision to leave inplace a ban on most abortions in texas. it follows a ruling by the court on friday that abortion providers can pursue legal challenges to a controversial law that bans the procedure in the state of texas after the first six weeks of pregnancy. but the court also ruled that the legislation will remain in place for now. the law has been sharply criticised by doctors, women s rights groups and the biden administration. the president is very concerned by the supreme sourt s decision the president is very concerned by the supreme court s decision to allow sb8 to remain in effect, given the consequences that law has for women in texas and around the country and for the rule of law. i know you noted this, but i would just like to reiterate that the p
for years, politicians have ramped up the rhetoric of concern and pledged to speed up emissions cuts, but now there are signs of a political backlash. uk prime minister rishi sunak is championing new oil exploration and reining in spending on climate aid. that prompted my guest, zac goldsmith, to quit suna k s government. but in an age of populist politics, has going green become another ideologicalfaultline? zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you here. just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. why did you do that? my concern is that, you know, i m maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. and ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. it was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. and the key issue is this
zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you here. just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. why did you do that? my concern is that, you know, i m maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. and ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. it was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. and the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around international climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. you say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11.6 billion over five years. ..over five years to be invested in international climate change programmes and effor
zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you here. just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. why did you do that? my concern is that, you know, i m maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. and ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. it was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. and the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around international climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. you say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11.6 billion over five years. ..over five years to be invested in international climate change programmes and effor