as we come on air, more developments in the middle east, with reports of the us and uk beginning morejoint airstrikes against houthi targets in yemen. we ll have the latest. it come as israeli hostage families have come to britain to plead with the prime minister to try to help them resolve the regional crisis. we speak to the brother of twins who are held by hamas. mounting anger inside israel, where the families of hostages stormed the knesset, about netanyahu s response to the crisis. i ll bejoined by liran, whose brothers are still being held hostage in gaza. we also hearfrom unicef on the ground in south gaza about the horrors children are facing there. every child in gaza has been traumatised. they have to be. almost every child has been displaced. has witnessed the absolute horrors of war that no child should have to witness. also tonight, millions of parents in england are being contacted by the nhs and urged to have their children vaccinated against measles. from the
allegations are and what questions have yet to be answered. did you switch off your lights in the last hour? up to a million people are paid to use less electricity to avoid blackouts. and manager frank lampard is sacked by everton after just a year as the team faces relegation. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. no stopping novak djokovic chasing a record extending tenth title in melbourne he cruises into the quarter finals of the australian open. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. rishi sunak has asked his independent ethics adviser to look into the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman and former chancellor nadhim zahawi. the prime minister has resisted calls to sack mr zahawi but says, clearly, there are questions that need answering. mr zahawi paid a penalty believed to be around £5 million to the tax authority hmrc for unpaid tax while he was chancellor. mr zahawi says he made a careless error and is confident he has acted prop
to south africa. and britain s prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi million dollar tax dispute. let s start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russia s invasion. estonia s foreign minister has been at those talks in brussels he s been speaking to the bbc. decisions need to be implemented and the decisions need to be done and there is a moment of leadership which needs to be created. and my strong message is indeed, to all countries, who have weapons and stockpiles to give them immediately without any political caveats or any further considerations or hesitance of the russian s reaction. so let s take a closer look at germany s role in all this. the leopard 2 is operated by about 20 countries worldwide
the government is responsible for the appointment. mr sharp insists he has not been involved in a loan, a guarantee, or arranging any financing. here s our culture and media editor, katie razzall. this is the bbc you now it prides itself on being the great entertainer, the educator, the informer. behind the scenes, the two informer. behind the scenes, the two in charge of the chairman, richard sharp, appointed by the government, he leads the bbc board and upholds the independence of the corporation. the day to day running is led by director general tim davie, the editor in chief. this afternoon, the commission of public appointments has announced he will review the process that led to mr sharp getting the job. process that led to mr sharp getting thejob. it process that led to mr sharp getting the job. it follows weekend reports that he helped to arrange a loan for borisjohnson when he was prime minister and that mr sharp didn t declare that during the appointment process. i have no
of the chairman, richard sharp, appointed by the government, he leads the bbc board and upholds the independence of the corporation. the day to day running is led by director general tim davie, the editor in chief. this afternoon, the commission of public appointments has announced he will review the process that led to mr sharp getting the job. it follows weekend reports that he helped to arrange a loan for borisjohnson when he was prime minister and that mr sharp didn t declare that during the appointment process. i have no reason at all to doubt richard sharp s integrity. the problem is the manner of the appointment, in times when the public is alarmingly lacking interest of our public institutions, in trust, everything has to be crystal clear and transparent, and it does not mean, of course, that there was a conflict of interest, but the appearance of a conflict of interest