minister. he wasn t there saying this shouldn t be happening, he| this shouldn t be happening, he wasn t saying can everyone break up and go home because my cable and socially distance? and everyone put masks on? no, he wasn t telling anybody that. he was grabbing a glass for himself. pressure coming on the uk government from a number of fronts more detail has emerged about the lockdown parties in number 10. there s confirmation energy prices will rise sharply later year as the cost of living crisis deepens. and an inquiry by mps has concluded that that the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster . we re going to look at all three across this first half an hour. let s begin with the parties because, for the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have talked in detail about what they saw. they ve been talking to the bbc s laura kuennsberg and in this clip a staffer described the culture in noio during at the time. they were every week. the event
on the lockdown gatherings could appear tomorrow. also tonight. another £800 rise in annual energy bills is likely that s the warning from the industry regulator. there has been a shooting at an elementary school in texas. we report from ukraine on the comprehensive medical efforts being made as the conflict shows no sign of abating. you get the feeling that they ve settled in for a long hard attritional struggle. and railway workers in the rmt union have voted in favour of strike action across england, scotland and wales involving 13 train companies. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. au revoirjo wilfried tsonga. the french fan favourite bids farewell in his final match at roland garros, as he retires from the sport. good evening. the prime minister is under renewed pressure tonight over gatherings during lockdown following the latest revelations by people who worked in downing street at the time. they describe a culture in which parties were routine desp
Agenda including immigration and trade. The president will deliver his first state of the Union Address. The theme of the address is building a safe, strong and proud america, which is exactly what the president has work to do during his first year in office. To get ahead of what the president will say in his remarks, but it will obviously be must watch tv. Maria will have full coverage and analysis of the state of union taking the podium at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Previewing and analyzing beforeandafter. Does making Major Investments here to the tax reform package. Exxonmobil yesterday announcing it will spend more than 50 billion in the u. S. A. To ask at its business. Good news for the American Economy for nancy pelosi insisting that threats to the economy of the darkest cloud. Republicans firing back through real hard about coming out. The momentum down today down 167 points concerning this morning over Rising Interest Rates weigh on investors. The 10 year treasury yielded to. 69
So ill be looking at what that means for the hundreds of thousands of workers in the sector. Good morning. In sport, swansea are out of the premier League Relegation zone for the First Time Since november after this howler from arsenal goalkeeper petr cech. Talking through her blowhole. Well find out why scientists have helped wikie the orca to become the worlds first speaking whale. And carol has the weather. Tha nkfully thankfully always easy to understand. Hello from outside the bbc in london. Patchy rain around in the south but weve got some snow even at lower levels in parts of scotland and Northern Ireland and Northern England today. In between there will be sunshine but its going to feel colder than it did yesterday. More inis colder than it did yesterday. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Prime Minister has responded to a series of attacks on her leadership by declaring shes not a quitter. Theresa may told journalists there was a long term job to be d