of russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov. in the ft, the boss of p&o ferries admits to mps that a decision to sack 800 workers last week without unions consultation broke the law, but he insists he would do it again. leading on the same story, the yorkshire post says that unions have shared serious safety concerns following the sackings, suggesting that a lack of training for the replacement agency crew will mean lives will be put in jeopardy . let us begin, and if i can begin with you in the guardian, the warning to putin over the use of chemical weapons. warning to putin over the use of chemicalweapons. president warning to putin over the use of chemical weapons. president biden said they would respond in kind i think people are hoping he doesn t mean anyone will respond using chemical weapons, mean anyone will respond using chemicalweapons, but mean anyone will respond using chemical weapons, but that would mean there would be some kind of big response.