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police investigate so what do tory mps do next? we ll be getting analysis and reaction throughout the afternoon. i m martine croxall the other main news. foreign secretary liz truss says she will be visiting ukraine as tensions with russia grow there. she warns an invasion from russia would be a massive strategic mistake. the president of cameroon orders an inquiry into a deadly crush at a stadium hosting the africa cup of nations at least eight people have been killed. and it took upto 300 people to rescue him we ll hear from the man trapped in a welsh cave for sa hours. hello and welcome to bbc news live from downing street. the metropolitan police is investigating gatherings at number ten and across government, to see if breaches of covid restrictions took place. the commisioner of britain s biggest force, cressida dick, confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking, as a result of information provided by civil servants, who are als ....
of staff and the us special envoy to northern ireland. hello, and welcome. joe biden says he will talk to vladimir putin on friday, to try and persuade him to step back from conflict in ukraine. the united states is preparing to send 8,500 troops to eastern europe to bolster nato defences. on top of that, the administration has signalled it will retaliate by cutting energy exports to europe, should russia invade, and they will consider imposing santions on president putin himself. there will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade, as he could, the entire country. or a lot less than that, as well. for russia, not only in terms of economic consequences and clinical consequences, but enormous consequences, but enormous consequences worldwide if he were to move in with others forces, it would be the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. move in with those forces. let me bring you up to speed with some the other development. in ....
border. we re live for you in moscow on this order. plus another party hangover for boris johnson. new reports the prime minister attended his own birthday party during lockdown. and inflation has the u.s. president hot under the collar and caught on a hot mic. we ll explain. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it s tuesday, january 25th. we begin with a significant step by the u.s. as fears that russia could be on the verge of invading ukraine. the pentagon has announced that as many as 8500 american troops are now on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe though no final decision has been made. have a listen. in the event of nato s activation of the nrf or deteriorating security environment, the united states would be in a position to rapidly deploy additional brigade combat teams, logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, transportation and ....
now it is vladimir putin s time for choosing. invade ukraine or back down. plus, a cnn exclusive. senator mitch mcconnell prefers he and donald trump just ignore each other, but a new interview highlights a likely mcconnell/trump midterm crash. the republican leader says it s critical gop candidates avoid trump s big lie. and spiking crime is an every city challenge. the new york mayor vows to lead the fight and his plan relies on reviving a controversial police unit. we begin with the ukraine standoff. the white house holds two classified briefings to brief lawmakers and bring them up to speed on the security situation in ukraine. president biden says he is now ready to send 8500 more american troops to eastern europe. nato has put more assets in the region. the intent? to add military muscle to the diplomatic pressure and get vladimir putin to back down from a potential ukraine invasion. whether the russian leader takes that off ramp, though, is an open question ....
now on bbc news, it s time for some political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. this week coming from self isolation. be back in the studio soon. if borisjohnson does fall, if he is forced out of office by his own mps, people will say, history will no doubt recall that he had to go because he broke the rules which he had set. the truth will be a little more complicated, as my guest on political thinking will spell out, i think. it will be because many conservatives think that borisjohnson has stopped being a conservative. that those very covid rules, limitations on freedom, that extra spending, that higher tax, all represents a change that they don t want to see. steve baker was a thorn in the flesh of theresa may when he ran the erg, the european research group. he has become a thorn in the flesh of borisjohnson, as one of the leaders of the crg, the covid recovery group, which has opposed the lockdown, the restrictions, the compulso ....