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good afternoon. a conservative backbencher who has accused government whips of trying to blackmail some mps seeking to oust borisjohnson is to meet the police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he d be speaking to a scotland yard detective in the commons early next week. the prime minister has said he s seen no evidence to support the claims but mr wragg said he wanted any inquiry to be carried out by experts . our political correspondent helen catt reports. some of the methods used to persuade mps to follow their party line have always been a bit murky. these extraordinarily public allegations levelled at the government and its whips are serious. that some conservative mps suspected of wanting borisjohnson out have been in the end of attempts to intimidate them with embarrassing stories in the press and threats to take away public money from their constituencies. the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. moreover, the reports of whi ....
i m so sorry. welcome to bbc news. the united states has, with the backing of its european allies, warned russia that if any of the tens of thousands of its soldiers massed at the ukrainian border invade, there will be grave consequences. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov, are scheduled to have crucial talks in geneva later, but moscow denies planning to invade ukraine. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. it s notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. these are pictures released by ukraine s defence ministry, showing their forces training close to crimea. it was annexed by russia in 2014 and the kind of incursion that ukraine and its allies are trying to deter once again. i ve been absolutely clear with president putin, he has no misunderstanding, if any any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border, that is an invasion. but it will be met with severe and co ordinated e ....
i m so sorry, it s been impossible. we ve been up against so much and itjust ain t ready. i m really sorry. hello and thanks forjoining us. the uk s foreign secretary, liz truss, is warning moscow that invading ukraine would lead to terrible loss of life, like the soviet takeover of afghanistan. her warning comes ahead of a meeting between the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov. they will be meeting in geneva later to discuss the crisis. russia says it is not planning an invasion, but it has massed tens of thousands of troops on the border. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from geneva. it s notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. these are pictures released by ukraine s defence ministry, showing their forces training close to crimea. it was annexed by russia in 2014 and the kind of incursion that ukraine and its allies are trying to deter once again. i ve been absolutely clear with pres ....
here in the uk, a senior conservative has accused ministers of tory rebels trying to oust borisjohnson have been threatened renewed pressure on borisjohnson as a conservative mp says tory rebels have been threatened with damaging publicity and removal the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. moreover, the reports from which i m aware would seem to constitute blackmail. and we re getting pictures from ghana of the aftermath of a huge explosion in bogoso. many are feared dead. american diplomacy is in high gear as the tensions on the russian ukraine guardian porter escalade. foreign ministers from key european countries have held talks in berlin with the us secretary of state, antony blinken. they ve been trying to co ordinate a western strategy to avoid a conflict. here s mr blinken speaking earlier. we have been very clear throughout, if any russian military forces moved across the ukrainian border and commit new acts of aggression against ....
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in geneva on the eve of key talks between us secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov as tensions grow between russia and the west over the future of ukraine. mr blinken was in berlin thursday, meeting with european foreign ministers to coordinate a strategy over a potential russian invasion. mr blinken warned that the presence of 100 thousand russian troops along the ukranian border risked dragging the region back into a cold war era. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale is in geneva for us, and has this report. it is notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. these are pictures released by ukraine s defence ministry, showing their forces training close to crimea. it was annexed by russia in 2014 and the kind of incursion that ukraine and its allies are trying to deter once again. i have been absolutely clear with president putin, there is no misunderstand ....