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a 1000000 lives and other ethnic minorities in shame, john province. ah clair. again, i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera, a gunman has killed 19 primary school children from the same class, and 2 teachers in the u. s. state of texas, it happened in the city of a volunteer near san antonio, and his read night calls for gun control across the us. in the u. k. boys, johnson says he takes full responsibility for several parties under his watch breached the case corona vice lockdown walls. the opposition says the prime ministers showed complete contempt for the british people. the war in ukraine now in the kremlin, has made it easier for residents else. rush and occupy parts of ukraine to gain russian citizenship present. that may protein has his decree has offered fast track

citizenship to people in kasan and zap alisha the options been available in russian controlled areas of don yeske and lou hans since 2019 i. we're going to take you now to london, where the british prime minister source johnson is looking after a damning with one of the legal party that height of current, of eyes lockdown to straighten that was really status into what he has her work. she's identified a number of failings, some official, some political, and some that i accept are entirely my own, which i take full responsibility. i want to start by saying that i am humble, by what has happened and i renew my whole hearted apology, or for the gathering in the cabinet room, or on the 19th of june 2020 my birth date, which i received a fixed penalty. notice now that sue gray has completed her inquiry and everyone can read her report. i want in all humidity in without a mitigating what has happened to offer

a few points of context. 10 downing street is not just my official residence, but the headquarters of the government where hundreds of people work and because they directly support the prime minister, the regulations allowed them to continue attending their offices for work purposes throughout locked downs. su gray describes them as tight knit groups of officials and advisors who worked long hours under difficult conditions. these were the public servants who secured the p. p. e. that saved many lives, established the biggest testing program in europe, and enabled the developers and distribution of the vaccines that succeeded in protecting. so many people. when some of these officials and advisors were leaving their jobs, i briefly attended gatherings to thank them for everything they had done. because i believe that recognising achievement and preserving morale are essential duties of

leadership. the police did not find my attendance it these occasions to be a breach of the rules are but they found otherwise in respect of some of those gatherings after i had left or, or when i was not in the building. danny street and the counted office together have hundreds of rooms, and again, i said is not in any way to extend your way, my personal responsibility, but to give context to these events. and i was in particular, appalled to learn that there have been multiple examples in su grey's phrase of disrespectful and poor treatment, all cleaning and security personnel. and this afternoon, i personally apologized to those dedicated members of staff for what happened. and i expect anyone who behaved in that way to do the same as to gray acknowledges i have acted on her recommendations to make

a series of changes. 10 downing street now has its own permanent secretary charged with upholding the highest standards. i've appointed a new leadership team including a new chief of staff and a new principal private secretary. and i've made it easier for any member of staff to voice any worries they may have. and su grey says that she is reassured by this reform. and it is precisely because i have learned this lesson that i feel an even greater weight of responsibility to deliver on the priorities of the british people and lead our country through some of the most challenging times. in recent history, i will work every hour to ease the hardship caused by the rising cost of living to protect our nation from the aftershocks of cove it to stand firm against putin's aggression and unite and level up across our united kingdom. that is the mission

that drives this government, and that is the mission. i will continue to pursue you. thank you all very much because i'm going to go to we're going to try and get as many questions in as possible, right. just say, one thing we will have a chance have more questions. if everybody can bear to confine him herself to one question each. let's go 1st to chris mason of the bbc because i promised to adjust our view today. he, he has all of this in questions your character knows judgment, your integrity, and your willingness to tell the unvarnished truth, bluntly talk to you or convince of you that you're not. can you not tempted or willing to lie to get out of a tight spot? i thank you very much, chris, and i hope that i the imaginary view, i was not an imaginary view. i've got several views right now, i just say to the,

to, to that a person, look, i've tried to explain as clearly as i can. ah, what happened? or why i said what i said at the house of, of commons, or the event for which i have be found to be a fault. i've tried to explain the event in the, in the cabinet room, and on, on, so i mighty 2020 barrows basically stand at my desk for a, for a brief period surrounded by some other, some other colleagues. and then i tried to explain the context of a why i was at another events where i was saying a farewell to to valued colleagues. and i just, i know that people will think it was some people think it was wrong or even to do that, i have to say, i respectfully disagree. i think it was right when, when people are working very hard a for very long hours. i, when they giving up a huge amount to a to serve their country and,

and then moving on to some other part of government. i think it is right to, to thank them or, or leaving out govern service altogether. i think it is right to, to thank them. and i, i repeat what i, what i said in the, in the comments earlier on, ah bulow. and i believe that they were, were work events it's, they were part of my job. and i'm, i've that, that view appears to be substantiated by the or the fact that i wouldn't find for those events. for the rest, i just want to say, you know, i, i appreciate the things didn't go in the way that i would want i would have wanted to they the events preceded off to it's in our, the way the tab. i certainly wouldn't of, i wanted to see what happened with the a custodians was plainly and, and the cleaners was plain the utterly unacceptable and i, i apologize for, for that as a, as i've apologized to them personally. i recall the sun.

i think i missed on that one. second is i think corridors why not the was left the cleaners to clean up stuff. the work. he was rude to securities. are members of his building. what steps are you taking me on often and say, sorry, and is there a place no administration for that sort of behavior? and if i may, you were rather coy in house of commons only when asked directly by one who am he's . if you ever asked see, great, not of us are fort subsequent to the place this case you want to clear up. now, did you infer any point to sue gray? the publication might not be necessary so, so to call that it's, it's never been. it's impossible for the terms of reference make it absolutely clear that sue has got to publisher a report and i think it's entirely right that she has. and i think that the, um, what she's published is, you know, you couldn't, i didn't think anybody could reasonably say reading that report that an awful lot has been swept under the carpet to be absolutely frank with you. but you know,

took, i would just say on the, ah, ah, the behavior of staff and, and the ledge of rudeness it is, i don't know who is specifically it is guilty of that that. so in my, in the course of my apologies that i, i began to make some inquiries and i will of course continue them. and as i said earlier on, if people have been, i think it's utterly intolerable for people to be rude to a hard working start. and at the very least that they should, they should apologize. but i don't yet have the the names of those who are, who are responsible up, matt fry jennifer from here, sir. and we are city or standing in your case in the place that flouted the rules that were made him more than any other institution in the country. you yourself

made history by the coming the 1st 5 minister to break the law, one in office. and he took it on other people who insulted staff and so on. but i want to know what you think your own personal failing is were in creating the culture that allowed the staff. i think that i think that you, in the best thing i can invite you to do is look very carefully at what sue has said. and if you, if you, if you read her report and you and you look at the, the detail in which she describes benito, but me, my own participation in the events or what i did, ah, how long i was there. and, and so i think you get a pretty, a fair picture of what took place that does not mean that i don't accept responsibility for the totality. oh, of what happened. and yes, i bitterly regret it. and that's why we've taken steps. or since the

interim report, in particular to a, to drive a lot of change in number 10 in the way number 10 works in t m. and or to ensure that there are much clearer lines of, of command and everybody understands the difference between ah, being a engaged in, in work and in socializing. and i think that is the, that is the crucial thing. i. jason grows daily. well, thanks your principal private secretary appears to have been organizing parties against advice. he says, when boasting about it are getting away with it, why didn't you stop him? and more boldly. is any warning or whitehall government go to face any sort of disciplinary process as a result of this? so he so yes, so 1st of all i, j. so i don't want her to comment on individuals who are named in the, in the report. i don't think it's right for petitions to to talk about officials in,

in that way or any official. ah, what i can say is that i, i think that, ah, you, we've all, we've all, no, so i want to because i, i didn't know that for instance i, ah, you know, a lot of the stuff that i saw in the report this morning. ah, you know, was news to me. ah, but i, i think it's important it, me put it this way. i think it important that the, ah, everybody who everybody is david, everybody and everybody who hasn't been that everybody who's in any way involved in this whole story. our business has got to learn the lessons that applies to, to everybody in the, in the report. tom, how would you be news? i think by mr. the fines that were issued across standing street and the whole of whitehall were for events that took place of the varying levels of restriction. it

took months of investigation to determine whether a number of edge cases broke the rules that you set or not. indeed you said earlier in parliament that it can be very difficult to decide the boundary between what qualifies as work and what qualifies a socially socializing. so in hindsight, were the rules that you set simply to unclear to illogical and too tight for too long and, and justify may on another issue that really does affect it. look down the country real wages are projected to be lower in 2026 than they were in 2008. what are you going to do about it? so, so 1st of all, tom, the, on the, on the rules are, look, i, we had to implement and this is a controversial thing. and there are many people who think that you could have done without a restrictions you could have done with you could just relied on people's personal responsibility. the difficulty was that we were facing her a pandemic of

a kind that we'd never seen before. oh, so you know, my life time its effects were, were unknowable. and all the medical and scientific advice was that you had to proceed by non pharmaceutical interventions. you had to get people at to behave according to certain rules. so i did in the floor was with the, with the rules tom, i got it, you know, it, we should have, we should have recognized that the boundary between work events and, and socializing for people who are continuously working together in the same place . i was gonna be hard to draw and we should have, which we think should have been done differently in that. and they certainly are being done differently from now on, on your point about incomes, which is the crucial thing. and look, either the coded, pandemic cost, the government, a huge, the cost taxpayers for an $8000000000.00 just to a support businesses and support families through the pack it. it's left a very difficult a fiscal position. employment is very strong. some features of our,

of our economy are extremely strong, but there's no doubt because of the, the global supply chain shocks a exacerbated what, by what k, a bought by. what putin has done in, in ukraine, ah, by the, the, the spike in the price of energy. we're gonna see pressures for a while to come. i've just got to be realistic with people about that when she pressures on our own household finances. so what i'm saying to people is that we will continue to respond just as we responded a throughout the, the pandemic. these were, it wouldn't be easy, we would be able to, to fix everything. but what i would also say is that we will get through it and, and we'll get through it well. and we have some fortunate fundamentals, not least dinner, the lowest unemployment rate since 1974 that we have strong. ah, it, and the strong labor market. we have

a lot of firms who are looking to have people looking to, to grow and that all goes well for the future, but there's no question. we have a pression, our on household finances. everybody knows it. everybody can feel it. and believe me, the government is going to do everything we can to help people. let's go to ester webber, as the web or political. no, i am given everything we've had and what you said about the foundry is not being properly through go key said to be a share of it. you are the official to your point of child with oh, capable of being grown up and her thank you. as that, i think that it, i mean just to on, on mean in particular and, and a, my role i'm, i just wanna remind you of what i have said. i do hope i won't seem to be

a pity when i say that i, i thought the things that i was attending were work events. i thought that my job was to, to thank people for their contribution to, to public, liked it, to the, to, to government service. ah, but you know plainly, ah, we all made mistakes and we have to learn from them. it is, it is no mitigation, but it is, it's help set the context that these were really, really exceptional circumstances. but then they were exceptional for everybody in the country and, and i accept that beth read the sky. he's a prime minister, though, my drunken out cation, security staff been treated with contempt cleaners, having to more pop red wine seagraves us shaving da syria, isn't it? of what's meant to be the place, heart if government that sets the standards of our country and is your culture

under your leadership? did you never for a moment during the past 5 months or even this morning? when that report landed on your desk and you read it, play by play. think about resign in a poll out today. just out says 3 and 5 persons think he should. yes, i and jo beth i of course, i understand why people are i indignant in the end i a why people have been angry at what, what took place at all i can say is that i really think given everything that is going on right now, it's my job to get on, and so the people in this country, not just to get us through the biggest war in europe for, for 70 years, but the, a huge spike in the, the cost of living and to deliver our manifesto commitments on which i was

elected. with a large majority i, i so i, i, i hear you, i understand you, but i, i, i really feel it's my job to, to, to get on. the thought about it is to in any event, did you have a thing is why are you allowed to come back better, you know, special patient ok. give it like, i mean i just, i just repeat my, my point. i think that, ah, i'd say i overwhelmingly feel it is my job to get on and, and, and deliver, and, and that, and no matter how bitter and painful the conclusions of this may be and they are at it and no matter how humbling they are. i've, i, i've gotta keep moving forward in the gum. it's gotta keep me and we, we are. and you know, just this week i, we're getting on with things again, delivering on things that have been left undone for a very long time trying to fix her. the legacy issues in, in northern ireland,

incredibly difficult thing to do. a government for decades of have shocked it a, but we'll get, we're getting on and, and doing it. and i was, i was pleased to see that, ah, you know, at least in a p to madison is supporting what we're, what we're doing. even if the, or the current opposition is not. we will get on and, and continue to do the tough things at jess. l got the guardian and he said, in this way, told us that when a party, people from your press always told us and then a party. and we now know the parties took place even mckesson with, as he been told to lie classes. and do you can feed now that a decline. well, jess, i don't know exactly what they, what they told you, but by might my batting talk to people in this, in this building about what happened and, and what was said it's, it's my strong impression that they genuinely believed that what they were doing at

was working and they were working round the clock and they did not think that what they were doing was in conflict with the rules. that's what they, that's what they told me. and i said, look, i certainly don't think that they say they set out to or to deceive you about that . but plainly a, if you look at but sue has, has found. and if you look at what the met her found that simply wasn't right. and we've got her except it and, and we've got to, to recognize that mistakes were made. and we've got to contribute. i've made her a lot of changes already will continue to, to make changes. but i think the, the best thing i can do is, is continue to repeat the apologies that i've, that i've given, but also to stress that i think we are we just hafta to try if we, if we possibly possibly can or to continue with the,

the people's priorities and we certainly can, and we will own on that point for brand i t v minister. i see you said so far the south needed some of us will breaking news news to you. you tell them he's you tell us all categorically that no rules were broken, but this is your home you thought was going on. you participated in what was going on. you made the rules as prime minister. so it does like the question, are you alive? ra, a pull, i think give us no, but look at the and what i said a turn to parliament and look at what sue has said about what, what took place and about my, my role in it. um i, i just to get back to, to what i said, i think in the, in the 1st answer. i'm ok i was in the, the cabinet room. ah ah for a short period standing up at my desk or on june 19th, 2020,

and some people a came in to congratulate me on my birthday. now, there weren't very many of them. it didn't occur to me then that this was a breach of the rule. i got up to, frankly, didn't occur to me in ready. and i think you know, that that's just that just the way it was. similarly, when i was, i'm speaking to a to colleagues about the departure of, of an of another spad or a government advisor or an official ah, it didn't occur to me that this was anything except what i it was my duty to do as prime minister during her a pandemic and that's why i did it. and that's why i spoke as i did in the house of commons. and yes, as, as the su has found. and as everybody can see in as the, the evidence,

as has shown after i had been there, things did not go well and music will ocoee. no, no, no i this does the z. ah, let's, let's be absolutely clear. this is a very, very big place or of the rope, 0. ah, if you take number 10 in the, in the, a cabinet office together, there are hundreds of her of rooms. you know, her mind and you're watching our da 0. we're bringing your life pictures from dining street in london for a u. k. prime minister boss johnson is speaking after a damning report into illegal parties at the height of corona, virus locked guns has been released during that press conference. he said he disagreed with those who thought it was wrong. to thank colleagues who were leaving, he said that i don't think anyone reading su grey's report. this is the report that has produced those damning revelations to day. could think that an awful lot has been swept under the carpet. when asked if he was

a considering resigning. u. k. prime minister said he was overwhelmingly feeling that it was his job to go on and deliver. let's go to john hall in london. john, are you been obviously sitting across this and listening to it? and this was a prime minister very much under fire getting very pointed questions from the press and very defensive. it seemed like oh yes, very pointed questions from the political journalists here in westminster, offering morris johnson the opportunity again to give an account of himself to explain what happened and his role in what happened. and indeed, why he told parliament that nothing untoward had happened. he took the opportunity again to apologize. it's not his 1st apology of the day he did so in parliament earlier he said again, addressing the public essentially. but he bitterly regretted everything that had happened and accepted responsibility for the totality of all of it. but again, setting out this context in which he believed no rules would be broken,

the context of a workplace that was also the place that he lived. how people working against the clock during a pandemic within a bubble of their own, in which the lines between work and socializing, we're always likely to be blurred. he believed when he addressed these events, when he had a brief and made a brief appearance that he was doing, his job was prime minister and that it was entirely right to be thanking and rewarding stop. it never occurred to him that there been any breach of the rules and he didn't know about the parties that subsequently happened because he wasn't there a lot of the stuff i saw in the report he said was news to me. i didn't know everybody involved has got to learn the lessons. the key question now is how will all of this go down with his own m, p. 's of course. will this encourage any of them to go further in triggering a potential leadership challenge and how will it go down with the public? a new poll out suggests that 59 percent of people out there think for is johnson

should resign. 74 percent. think he knowingly lied. he said he hasn't considered resigning boris johnson just wants to get on with the job. jonah, thank you very much. and he just very briefly and just in 15 seconds as you say, the future is kind of hanging in the balance. we only have a just a few seconds. what do you think the reaction in the commons is going to be politically? how is this going to play out? number 10 downing street will be hoping that it has played out already in months and months of drip, drip, drip leaks. and that was the fury people had to vent they have vented already. jonah, thank you very much. indeed, of course we're going to be carrying on with his story as we move on through the coming hours here on ology 0. i'm going to be back in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories, including the revelations from the u. k. parliament today, i'm about this and stay with me about. ah

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