report into down street parties. another of his mps have called for them to go. andy who says medical waste from the pandemic is a threat to the environment and to human health. and the who. let me bring you right up to date on the tensions around ukraine. in the past hour, the uk by minister boris johnson has warned that europe is at a critical moment. we also note the mats and russia and the west have been engaged in talks diplomats. and president putin has made his first public comment on the situation there since december. translation: the united states most im ortant translation: the united states most important goal translation: the united states most important goal is translation: the united states most important goal is to translation: the united states most important goal is to contain translation: the united states most important goal is to contain russia. - important goal is to contain russia. that is the most important thing. in that sense ukraine is
now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast for the dateline london. this week an inspector is called from russia without love and mr breyer goes from washington. but is it the wrong one? joining us this week steve richards who writes, broadcasts and even takes to the stage with his take on life at westminster rock n roll politics. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for the german newspaper die welt and its associated website. and i m delighted to say that in the studio with me is michael goldfarb, formerly foreign correspondent with public broadcasting in the united states and now presents the podcast the first rough draft of history. now, the parties are over but the memories kind of linger. they are about to be tested too, thanks to the commissioner of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, w
now on bbc news it s time for dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast for the dateline london. this week an inspector is called from russia without love and mr breyer goes from washington. but is it the wrong one? joining us this week steve richards who writes, broadcasts and even takes to the stage with his take on life at westminster rock n roll politics. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for the german newspaper die welt and its associated website. and i m delighted to say that in the studio with me is michael goldfarb, formerly foreign correspondent with public broadcasting in the united states and now presents the podcast the first rough draft of history. now, the parties are over but the memories kind of linger. they are about to be tested too, thanks to the commissioner of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, who announced a p
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast for the dateline london. this week an inspector is called from russia without love and mr breyer goes from washington. but is it the wrong one? joining us this week steve richards who writes, broadcasts and even takes to the stage with his take on life at westminster rock n roll politics. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for the german newspaper die welt and its associated website. and i m delighted to say that in the studio with me is michael goldfarb, formerly foreign correspondent with public broadcasting in the united states and now presents the podcast the first rough draft of history. now, the parties are over but the memories kind of linger. they are about to be tested too, thanks to the commissioner of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, who announced a police investigation into gatherings in downing
in greece, the search continues for the nearly 500 people who remain missing after one of the worst migrant boat disasters in the mediterranean in years. at least 79 people are confirmed to have died with up to 100 children travelling in the hold. nine suspected people smugglers have been arrested. officials are denying reports suggesting an overloaded fishing boat sank when coastguards tried to attach a rope to the vessel. louisa pilbeam reports. this new footage is said to show the boat in the hours before it sank. you canjust make out how crowded it is on board. abc verify has determined that this video was filmed this week and that the shape of the vessel and the weather matched the known details of this tragedy bbc verify. hope is all but gone for the hundredth still missing. kassam abu zede is waiting for news of his 21 year old wife ezra who risked the journey with people smugglers after she was denied a visa to travel to germany to live with him. she had been stayi