this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. deadline day for the report into lockdown breaches in downing street. those named have until 5pm to respond ahead of its long—awaited publication. the education secretary defends the prime minister. i think the prime minister has always throughout this process allowed sue gray to conduct herself independently. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to a ceasefire with russia that involves giving up territory in an apparent hardening of its position. australia's prime minister—elect gets ready to take to the world stage, promising a new approach on climate change. there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, particularly with regard to climate change and our engagement with the world.

the annual world health assembly will discuss a rare outbreak of monkeypox when it convenes in geneva later. a dozen countries. the premier league title race between manchester city and liverpool will be decided today. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the long—awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has given people she intends to name in her report until 5pm today to respond. meanwhile, pressure is growing on the prime minister to explain what was discussed at a meeting between him and ms gray several weeks ago. our political correspondent,

iain watson, reports. the long—awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend, and it is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has contacted all those she is intending to name or criticise, and they have until 5:00pm today to respond. but if some of them challenge her account of what went on here, the report could be delayed further, and labour are questioning why borisjohnson met sue gray a month ago if she was supposed to be working independently of downing street. number ten say the prime minister hasn't seen the contents of the report or tried to influence it. but labour is calling for all the evidence, including more than 500 photos or cctv images of gatherings, events and parties which went on here during lockdown, to be made public. that won't happen, but it is possible some photos will be published if sue gray thinks they are relevant. for example, if she wants to make a point about social distancing, or lack of it, then we may well see

images of crowded rooms. there haven't been new calls from conservative mps for borisjohnson to go, but when the detail of some of the gatherings in downing street is revealed, it could still prove damaging. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, explained what we can expect when the report is finally published. this will be all about the detail and all about the conclusion that sue gray and her team have reached about the nature and the extent 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, explained of the events which were happening. in the last couple of days, we have seen a bit of a debate about a meeting which sue gray and the prime minister held, who instigated that, what was discussed, slightly different versions of events between downing street and sue gray's team and the education secretary nadhim zahawi has been facing questions about that this morning, declining to say, perhaps because he doesn't know, who first suggested that as an idea but very clear that

as far as he is concerned and the government is concerned the prime minister has never sought to interfere or influence sue gray, saying he in fact would welcome her publishing all of the evidence that has been amassed. sue gray has complete control over this. i have not seen the report. she will publish that report when... but you would welcome it? i would absolutely welcome it. it is the right thing to do and i think it is important that the prime minister comes back to the despatch box and responds to that, as he has promised he would do. ultimately, what matters is people understand what happened and then learn the lessons. learning the lessons will be a phrase i think we hear repeated after the publication of this report and as said there, the prime minister has committed to coming to parliament and making a statement on the findings of sue gray and her report. of course, once that is over, the metropolitan police investigation has concluded

into all of this as well, sir keir starmer still faces an investigation into his actions at a particular event in north—east of england during a campaign for a by—election, when he was pictured with a beer and he and his staff were having a takeaway curry. and that if you like is important context because it has meant that labour have, although they still argue there was lawbreaking on an industrial scale and it is a completely different magnitude of order, compared with what sir keir starmer is facing, it does make it more difficult for them to criticise borisjohnson and the government for what has happened and the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, pat mcfadden, has been talking about that on sky news this morning and sir keir starmer�*s promise that if he has been found to have broken the law to resign his position. his statement showed real integrity and leadership. he is a former director of public prosecutions and takes adherence

to the law extremely seriously. and if you contrast that to the culture that has been exposed both by what the met police have uncovered and what we are likely to see in sue gray's report, you see that culture comes from the top. jonathan, in terms of how much detail there will be, how many names there will be, what are you expecting? there will be names. a group of around 30 people, senior officials, senior civil servants, have been contacted by sue gray and her team to notify them that they will be named in the report and they have until 5pm today to respond and object, if they see fit, to anything that is being said. if that happens, that could be something that holds up the process and if there is any legal challenge to the findings or people being included, that is something that could still delay this report further. downing street will be very keen

to get it out as soon as possible in an attempt to draw something of a line underneath this. but that is the unknown. quite who will be named and implicated and in what way will be crucial and also the level of detail that is involved. we have heard talk of photographs, text messages, e—mail, whatsapp messages, exchanges being published in full. we don't yet know how much of that detail will be included and labour has said it should all be in there for everyone to see. the ukrainian government says it will not agree a ceasefire deal with moscow that involves ceding territory, in an apparent hardening of its position. a presidential adviser said making concessions would backfire on ukraine because russia would immediately escalate the war after any break in fighting. 0ur correspondent, joe inwood, is in the capital kyiv and has been giving us the latest. i think what we have seen here is a restating of a position that has sort of been implicit throughout. president zelensky has always maintained that

negotiations are an option, that diplomacy is the preferred way forward but also they have said that their precondition would be getting all their territory back. i think what we have always seen is the public statement that they would like to talk but actually an acknowledgement that the positions compared to that of the russians are miles apart. essentially what the ukrainians have always wanted is all of their territory back. what the russians have said since the start, they want to take large parts of the south. there is not really an overlap. what we saw from the presidential adviser was stating that reality and explaining what i think most analysts would have seen from the start that the only way you will have a diplomatic solution to this is after a significant amount of fighting and i think probably that was a reality that we have always known. we are seeing pictures of president zelensky meeting the portuguese prime minister and they have been a number of meetings like this and many pledges of support, military support, financial support, how much of a difference is that now making on the battlefield?

i think an increasing amount. at the start of this war, president zelensky was saying they needed more, they needed it faster and he has gradually... his position has shifted to kind of acknowledging they are getting the support they need and that people are giving it to them with the urgency which they need it. i think the big missing picture, the missing piece in the puzzle here in terms of their military support is still air defences. they are being given some air defence systems but what they really don't we saw this yesterday in a statement from the russians saying they had destroyed a shipment of military aid, they are getting the very latest in a defence systems. that is what they are really not getting enough of but on every other front, i think the equipment is starting to come through. i have seen personally modern western equipment being sent to the front lines. i think they will always need more, especially given the increased russian action. there have been a number of reports

of life starting to slowly return to areas where people had left obviously because of what was happening. how much are you hearing about that? i think it depends where you go. i have actually just yesterday travelled from lviv and there, honest truth is it feels pretty normal, life is returning. there is still a curfew and aerate silence but life feels normal. down in 0desa, it feels quite normal. in the capital, it is returning to normality. it is the occupied areas where we are seeing that return to normality take a lot more time because people are scheduled return and also because of the level of destruction. i have been looking at some of the pictures of some people coming back and starting to clear up but it is an absolute scene of devastation. we are also hearing reports of people coming out of the shelters where they have been living a long time but the speed with which things

return to normal is very much going to depend on the level of destruction and the number of people that have been forced from their homes. the ukraine war has highlighted the dangers of relying on a few globally—traded crops, like wheat. with russia blocking ports, ukraine's wheat is unable to reach its destinations and that impact is being felt across the world. let's get more on this then. joining us live now is rhiannon phillips, who is an associate analyst for the middle east and north africa with the advisory firm, sibylline. welcome the advisory firm, sibylline. and thank you very ml indeed welcome and thank you very much indeed forjoining us. the impact is clear. ukraine was the sixth largest exporter of wheat in 2021, accounting for about 10% of exports for stopping your area of expertise, what is the impact you are seeing?

thank you for having me. as you said, at the moment we are seeing the second and third ripple effects in the aftermath of the conflict and as you said, russia and ukraine together accounted for a very large scented of the world wheat imports and if we look at my region, we are looking at upwards of 70 to 80% dependency on this is in places that are already major economic league deprived, lebanon, tunisia, depleted reserves, rising global prices, that has prom to act. these are not sustainable and these countries are already extremely economically deprived and facing rising inflation prices of the last 24. this inevitably has an impact on the can

—— comic growth. there are kind of more affluent states such as kuwait having to import —— implement bands on cereal grains. just having to import -- implement bands on cereal grains.— on cereal grains. just a sort of drill down _ on cereal grains. just a sort of drill down a _ on cereal grains. just a sort of drill down a bit _ on cereal grains. just a sort of drill down a bit more - on cereal grains. just a sort of drill down a bit more into - on cereal grains. just a sort of drill down a bit more into the| drill down a bit more into the examples you are giving us, where these countries are between 70 and 80% dependent on grain supplies from ukraine and russia, it is clearly having a big impact already and it could go on for much longer. when you talk about subsidies being in place currently, that is only going to go so far as the shortages get worse and worse?— to go so far as the shortages get worse and worse? exactly. i think the main concern _ worse and worse? exactly. i think the main concern not _ worse and worse? exactly. i think the main concern not only - worse and worse? exactly. i think the main concern not only for- the main concern not only for domestic governments but also regional governments at the moment is that these kind of countries are in a catch—22 where for example we saw last week the elections in lebanon, that has not provided any

tangible meaningful change. we are yet to see the formation of a government. what we are seeing is the relief is kind of a long—term relief... it is being blocked from the imf and regional governments as well. we have seen more affluent gulf states implement blockades if they are not happy with the particular situation. and the major concern is we see a return to kind of emissions we saw before the arab spring in 2011, food insecurity and rising global prices was one of the main primary key drivers of this movement. there is major concern that the rise in violence and civil unrest that is associated with this food insecurity will not be a short—term issue, that'll be a long—term issue that could result in

wider regional instability and large—scale violence. you wider regional instability and large-scale violence. you have very articulately — large-scale violence. you have very articulately linked _ large-scale violence. you have very articulately linked that _ large-scale violence. you have very articulately linked that food - articulately linked that food insecurity with political instability but over how long a period does it need to go on for before people... there is unrest? this is a really interesting point. we sony aftermath of festivities that people were having to choose between their wages and meals on the table. if issues are not addressed, there is not that monetary relief or subsidies getting lifted because of the government withstanding them. and also depleted reserves. we are seeing a forecast in the next three to six months and kind of conjunction with referendum and political stability, the next three to six month ago to be regression ——

really crucial. and there is this increasing government repression which is important to note as well. governments feel that it is linked to the political institution and we will see this potential backlash from governments, tunisia is the primary example of this and egypt, we see this increasing government repression, censorship etc and it makes it more difficult for companies to operate in these areas as well. and there are physical risks and regulatory risks. can you cive us a risks and regulatory risks. can you give us a more _ risks and regulatory risks. can you give us a more global— risks and regulatory risks. can you give us a more global picture, - risks and regulatory risks. can you give us a more global picture, in l give us a more global picture, in terms of where we are? there is a cost of living crisis in so many countries and obviously as you are describing, it is more acute in some than in others. countries will be at different stages along the way. what this really has shone a light on is food security and dependency on certain exporters, so how would you

summarise the global picture right now? , , _, ., now? every single corner of the lobe now? every single corner of the globe has _ now? every single corner of the globe has been _ now? every single corner of the globe has been impacted - now? every single corner of the globe has been impacted by - now? every single corner of the | globe has been impacted by this now? every single corner of the - globe has been impacted by this and what is interesting is where we are seeing in sub—saharan africa, we have actually seen conflicts can provide these opportunities in terms of foreign investment, where countries such as south africa are quite well placed to absorb this demand from foreign and western countries looking to reduce their dependency on russia stop for mineral resources, again as i noted, political issues and kind of representational risks are going to be an issue here. on the other hand, whilst there is opportunities, we are seeing other specific concerns, specifically in the horn of africa. this is a similar ticket to the middle east. we also have

intercommunal conflict. in places such as ethiopia, somalia and kenya. militias will seek to exploit these insecurities and this will be exacerbated by drought conditions of course. and then i guess if we swivel from sub—saharan africa, the question on everyone's mind is how this will impact us in the uk. we have already seen reports of increases notjust in wheat and the price of your daily slice of bread but it is also sunflower oil, the impact on haircuts, and i guess people want an explanation for how the war in ukraine impact here dallas to clean. this increase is not limited to these deprived areas of the world. uk grows most of its own wheat and imports from germany, france and canada and the issue is related to the global energy crisis.

transporting goods will contain to become more costly. logistics companies are facing a situation where they cannot actually provide these frequent services because of this cost of fuel and they having to make up for these increased costs and this comes back to rice's being matched by the consumer. another point to add as we have seen governments kind of react to this energy crunch, european commission publishing a new proposal at the end of last week looking to commit 300 billion euros to a green investment and ultimately this is to reduce this dependency on russian energy imports but crucially this will be by 2027 and if we are looking for kind of short—term immediate solutions, we are still likely to see this kind of immediate hike in prices in the coming weeks and months. it prices in the coming weeks and months. , ., . ., . prices in the coming weeks and months. , ., . ., months. it is all interconnected and complicated — months. it is all interconnected and complicated but _ months. it is all interconnected and complicated but you _ months. it is all interconnected and complicated but you have _ months. it is all interconnected and complicated but you have given - months. it is all interconnected and complicated but you have given a i complicated but you have given a very clear explanation. thank you very clear explanation. thank you very much forjoining us.

a uk government medical adviser says more cases of monkeypox are being detected in the uk on a daily basis. the latest number of confirmed cases in the uk is 20. the disease is mostly mild and doesn't spread easily. dr susan hopkins, chief medical adviser of the health security agency, gave this assessment. clearly this is a new infectious disease spreading in our community that we have not seen our communities before. therefore we will need to learn —— need to learn a lot about it in here and other countries over the coming weeks. we do know from reporting africa where this disease has certainly did for many years that there are certain individuals who are much more at risk of severe disease, especially immunosuppressed individuals and young children. in adults, we think it is relatively mild but again, we will learn more. the risk to the general population remains extremely low at the moment. i think people need to be alert to it, we really want clinicians to be alert to it

and send the tests if they are concerned. from the point of view of the general operation, if you are feeling unwell, stay at home and avoid contact with others, if you develop a rash, immediately seek medical care, either by calling your gpo calling a sexual health clinic, whichever is more convenient for you. we are saying to people, if you have got symptoms, avoid close contact with others and seek medical attention. australia's incoming prime minister, anthony albanese has vowed to sweep aside his country's reputation for dragging its heels in the fight against climate change. wildfires, bleached out coral reefs and flooding has made made australia a byword for climate—fuelled disruption. mr albanese looks set to be sworn—in as prime minister on monday, before he heads to tokyo for a meeting with the leaders of the us, japan and india. he's signalled a major shift in climate change policy, saying australia could become a renewable energy superpower.

0bviously obviously the meeting as a priority for australia and it is enabling us to send a message to the world that there is a change of government, there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, especially with regard to climate change and our engagement with the world on those issues. the new leader wasted no time in saying that climate action, climate policies are going to take centre stage for his government. in his acceptance speech, he said australia could be a renewable energy superpower, it would be a leader in that field. and whether or not he forms a majority or minority government, with a coalition, he will have to work with green mps and the independents, who have put climate action as the centre of their campaigning but this is not going to be an easy task. remember, australia is a country that has been on the front line of climate disasters, whether that is the bushfires of 2019, 2020, or the catastrophic floods that have happened a couple

of months ago but it is also a country that is still very much economically wedded to fossil fuels, so to convince people, especially in the mining industry, people that have been economically dependent on this industry, is going to be difficult. but anthony albanese has called for change, called for safe change, and it was a message for those areas as well that this is not going to happen overnight, that there is going to be a plan to phase out fossil fuels. there are other things that the new prime minister will have to deal with and that has to do with the engagement, engaging the rest of the world, he will be sworn in on monday and then fly out of tokyo to meet with president biden, the leaders ofjapan and india and he indicated earlier how important that is going to be. and a big foreign policy issue is the relationship

with china, of course. that has been very tense over the past couple of years. how anthony albanese and his government are going to engage with china is quite crucial. but generally, you do see a shift, a change in the way that he wants to do things. earlier today, anthony albanese said, i want to see change, i want to see change in the way politics operates in this country and i think this is a message from him notjust for australians but for the rest of the world as well. no let up in the heatwave which is affecting spain and portugal, with temperatures 16 degrees celsius higher than the average for may. heat warnings have already been issued in ten spanish 10 regions and officials say there is an increased risk of wildfires. the unseasonably warm spring weather is a result of hot air coming from north africa. today marks the fifth anniversary of the manchester arena bombing, in which 22 people were killed at a concert, with many more injured. a day of remembrance

is taking place across manchester today. survivors of the attack will be running the great manchester run where there will be an applause for the 22 victims. the church bells will ring at 10.31pm, the exact time the bomb went off. the duke and cambridge will star in a special episode of eastenders. —— cornwell. prince charles and camilla will play themselves as they make a surprise appearance at a street party on the square. the film festival is on in the south of france. 0n festival is on in the south of france. on saturday, a host of stars appeared on the red carpet in

cannes. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, sunshine on the way for many parts of the uk this afternoon, but for some it will be accompanied by a serving of showers. driest, brightest closest to this area of high pressure, so across southern and eastern most counties of england. cloud up in many areas, but it is likely to produce some showers i think across western wales and northern england into the afternoon and potentially some thunderstorms for southern scotland and northern ireland. up to 23 degrees, though, in the sunshine towards the southeast. just 13 or 14 where we have a band of more persistent rain across northwestern scotland stretching up to the northern isles. and more rain to come out of that through the course of the night for northern—most scotland.

elsewhere, we are looking at an essentially dry night and a mild night, with temperatures widely in double figures. for monday, it's a bit of a two—pronged attack in terms of our weather. we've got weather fronts trying to push down from the north and we've got an area of low pressure trying to push in from the south. the theme, really, for the week ahead is that it's going to be unsettled and it will also turn cooler. this area of low pressure could make for some pretty intense rain across eastern—most counties of england through monday and then fronts heading south i think will start to produce some showers that lump together into longer spells of rain, particularly for wales and the south west come monday afternoon. we are having some questions around exactly where this rain sits across eastern england through monday and how heavy it is. so just keep that in the back of your mind through the course of the day. but cooler as you can see for everyone. temperatures no longer in the low 20s, mid—teens very typically. tuesday, low pressure to the east of the uk means i think many

eastern areas will see some quite heavy showers. there'll be strong winds along the length of the north sea and some of this rain could also be fairly persistent before the low drifts away. towards the west, a very different story, actually. light winds, sunshine and a pretty pleasant and quiet day. but by midweek we've got an area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic and all areas that will turn it windy and bring a chance of showers just about anywhere. it does look like things will start to settle down, though, again towards the end of the week and we might see some warmth creeping back in by then, too.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... deadline day for the report into lockdown breaches in downing street — those named have until 5pm to respond ahead of its long awaited publication. the education secretary nadhim zahawi insists

the report is independent i think the prime minister has always throughout this process allowed sue gray to conduct herself independently. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to a ceasefire with russia that involves giving up territory — in an apparent hardening of its position australia's prime minister—elect gets ready to take to the world stage — promising a new approach on climate change. there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, particularly with regard to climate change and our engagement with the world. the annual world health assembly will discuss a rare outbreak of monkeypox when it convenes in geneva later. it's unclear why the disease has spread to at least a dozen countries the premier league title race between manchester city and liverpool will be decided today. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves.