this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at a:00... deadline day for the report into lockdown breaches in downing street — those named have one more hour to respond, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company, e.0n, is warning that unless the government intervenes the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. it's a very, very significant impact and that's why we've called upon the government to take more action. we do know nned more intervention in october and it has 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. a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases

of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis but the illness is usually mild. and it's kick off for the last round of premier league games. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. good afternoon. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says he doesn't believe boris johnson's meeting with the senior civil servant preparing to publish the �*partygate�* report this week will have had any influence on what's in it. there is still confusion as to who called the meeting between the prime minister and sue gray — said to have taken place last month.

she's given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting — who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter — sue gray has complete control over her inquiry and the prime minister would never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting. all i can say is i do not believe it is material to the outcome of the investigation. let me tell you why. the prime minister always said sue gray can take the report whenever the evidence takes her. sue gray is doing this independently. more than 500 photos have been gathered as evidence by sue gray's

team investigating how widely rules were broken on boris johnson's watch. some argue it all should be published to show the public inquiry has done itsjob. sue gray makes that decision, sue gray has complete control over this. i've not seen the report. she will publish that report... but you would welcome it? absolutely. it's the right thing to do. labour are leading calls for all evidence to be put out in the open. sir keir starmer is under police investigation himself for possibly breaking lockdown laws, but his supporters say it cannot be compared to what went on in whitehall. the statement he made the other week showed real integrity and leadership. he is a former director of public prosecutions, he takes adherence to the law extremely seriously and if you contrast that to the culture that has been exposed both by what the met has uncovered and what we're likely to see in sue gray's report, you see the culture

comes from the top. the most senior civil servant — cabinet secretary simon case, had to step back from leading the government inquiry after reports of a christmas party in his office. officials expected to be named in the report have until this evening to challenge its findings, which could delay its publication. if not, it will be released for all to see within days. jonathan blake, bbc news. we are going to be speaking to a former special adviser to number ten, to find out a little bit more about the workings of this story. that will be coming up shortly. in the meantime... the boss of one of the uk's biggest energy companies, e.0n, has called on the government to take "very substantial action" to help households struggling with bills — after revealing that 20% of its customers are

now in fuel poverty. michael lewis told the bbc�*s sunday morning programme, recent price increases had led to i million of the firms accounts being in arrears. we expect that number to increase by about 50% in october when the price rises again. it is a very, very significant impact and that is why we have called upon the government to take more action. we do need more intervention in october and it has to be very substantial. our business reporter, simon browning, has more on the significance of what the e.on boss had to say. the words that rung out time and time again — "significant," "intervention," "government, help" and "poverty." these are these are big comments coming from the boss of e.0n, michael lewis. he said the word intervention four

times, calling on the government to help his customers. 20% of those are now facing fuel poverty. the expectation is that that could rise to 40% in october when the price cap increases again, up to potentially nearly £3,000. now, as i said, these are significant comments and there is no doubt there is a big call on the government to help with customers in the cost of living crisis. in the interview, he talked about some of the suggestions that the government could do in terms of helping with the warm homes discount and increasing universal credit payments. he also said that the government needs to tax those with the broadest shoulders. there was no discussion directly about the windfall tax. again, the question came back again to government intervention and the need to do that. now, later on on the sunday morning programme withjo coburn. nadhim zahawi appeared and she asked him directlyjust about some of the comments that mr lewis had made no firm decisions, but he said the chancellor will make decisions in the short term and he will deliver help

and he will go even further. the government has already helped and provided help with energy bills, about £22 billion package, but they're under pressure to provide more. and those comments will certainly add to that. let's return to our top story. those named in soo great�*s report have less than an hour now to respond to those claims. —— sue gray. i'm joined now by mo hussein, who was special advisor to the former home secretary amber rudd, and before that, chief press officer at number ten. less tha n less than an hour to go for those who have been named, what advice would you be giving to those behind the closed door? we would you be giving to those behind the closed door?— the closed door? we need to make sure there is _ the closed door? we need to make sure there is nothing _ the closed door? we need to make sure there is nothing else - the closed door? we need to make sure there is nothing else that - the closed door? we need to make sure there is nothing else that is i sure there is nothing else that is hugely damaging that could come out.

everything has hopefully been accounted for and thought about. the real problem with this, is in my view, been about the mishandling of it. we were told, nothing to see here, no parties and here we are, 126 fines later, so a huge self—inflicted wound. making sure you have thought of everything, no further damaging information. the prime minister will be pushing to say, we have heard this, i have changed, the people named are not there any more, i have put in new structures, i would hope there would be humility and contrition. i think there have been some efforts to try and almost trivialise this. i don't think it is a trivial issue. on the political side, think it is a trivial issue. on the politicalside, mps think it is a trivial issue. on the political side, mps are the only people who can make him move on. so

keeping them at bay, keeping them happy with more conservative friendly policies and you see number ten trying to do this in the last few weeks and months. i think that will be part of the strategy as well. , ., , ., ., well. the mishandling you mention, do ou well. the mishandling you mention, do you think — well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that _ well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is _ well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is an _ well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is an aspect - well. the mishandling you mention, do you think that is an aspect of- do you think that is an aspect of the arrogance at whitehall or at number ten? the arrogance at whitehall or at numberten? following the arrogance at whitehall or at number ten? following on from that, many people are concerned there is a lot of star feeling aggrieved that they are getting the fines, they confessed so they have got the fines. and this is going to be a case of scapegoating?- fines. and this is going to be a case of scapegoating? there is definitely a _ case of scapegoating? there is definitely a bunker _ case of scapegoating? there is definitely a bunker mentality l case of scapegoating? there is i definitely a bunker mentality that what we were doing, what we were going through, making these big decisions, trying to steer the country through this virus almost made us different to everybody else. rather than thinking, of course, we are making the rules but we are also obliged to follow them. i had the

privilege of working there for four years, and walking behind that door, being involved in the work that you are, there is an element of it that it can probably go to your head. but in the sense of public duty, the fact you are the means you are under more scrutiny and you have more responsibility to do the right thing. and another point, there is definitely the sense, we don't know much of the details about who the police have fined, and we don't know who they have fined beyond the prime minister and the chancellor and perhaps a few others. there is a sense however this is more focused on junior sense however this is more focused onjunior staff sense however this is more focused on junior staff and are they carrying the can for this? that is quite damaging going forward because you ultimately have to continue to work together, it impacts morale if you have disgruntled employees. you have a sense of, will things leak in the future that could be damaging to

the future that could be damaging to the government? if you attended something thinking it was ok because senior people over there and they hadn't been fined, that raises question marks, but at the same time there is personal responsibility as well. i'm sure they will have been people who were invited, no matter howjunior or senior favour but they how junior or senior favour but they didn't howjunior or senior favour but they didn't go, because they didn't think it was the right thing to do. i don't think it is as clear cut. i5 don't think it is as clear cut. is it normal for such meetings to be called? i don't know what your experience was when you were there, is it the norm for a prime minister to call a meeting with an official that has been appointed to investigate something that they may or may not be directly involved in? and why have we only learnt about this meeting now when it took place last month? i this meeting now when it took place last month?— last month? i think it is a bit strange. _ last month? i think it is a bit strange, because _ last month? i think it is a bit strange, because there - last month? i think it is a bit strange, because there is i last month? i think it is a bit i strange, because there is also conflicting reports about who cold water and what was discussed. if this was an inquiry that was

completely independent and you know, you would get it in advance. you would leave it at that, you wouldn't want to create another angle to the story and you have to censor anything was going wrong or perhaps not done in the way that it was done. it looks like —— i would question as to why this meeting did take place. there are lots of key meetings that happen, but let's be clear, sue gray, she is a formidable character. she would have done this ijy character. she would have done this by fear or favour, this character. she would have done this by fear orfavour, this is, at the end of the day, one part of government looking into what another part of government was alleged to have done. it is not completely independent in the way that most people would understand it. thank ou ve people would understand it. thank

you very much- — a chief medical adviser at the uk health security agency, doctor susan hopkins, says more cases of monkeypox are being detected on a daily basis. the latest number of confirmed cases in the uk is 20, but the disease is usually mild and doesn't spread easily, and the risk to the general public remains low. susan hopkins, senior government health adviser, gave this assessment. clearly this is a new infectious disease is spreading in our community that we haven't seen in our communities before. therefore, we will need to learn a lot about it both here and in other countries over the coming weeks. we do know from reports from africa, where this disease has circulated in outbreaks over many years, that there are certain individuals who are much more at risk of severe disease, particularly immunosuppressed individuals or young children. in adults, we think it's relatively mild, but again, we will learn more. so the risk to the general population remains extremely low

at the moment, and i think people need to be alert to it. we really want clinicians to be alert to it and send the test if they're concerned. from the point of view of the general population, i think the important things that we talk about regularly, if you're feeling unwell, stay at home and avoid contact with others. if you develop a rash, immediately seek medical care either by calling your gp or calling a sexual health clinic, whichever is more convenient for you. but but we're saying to people is, is that if you've got symptoms, avoid close contact with others and seek medical attention. earlier i spoke with paul hunter, professor of experimental medicine at the university of east anglia. the issue is it is spreading between people in the uk, which we haven't seen in the west before to any great extent. it is something that does spread person to person in africa, the west african variant which we have. but generally not that effectively and usually it sort of dies

out after two or three generations of infections. how rapidly it is spreading in this country is difficult to ascertain at the moment. but it is something that is likely that we will be able to bring it under control within a matter of weeks or months, rather than it becoming another covid with large numbers of cases being affected. like you said, it doesn't spread easily amongst people, it's not the first time it has appeared in the uk, we have had small outbreaks in 2018, 2019 and 2021 as well? generally those has been people bringing the infection into the country. usually you have been able to identify some links with africa. there was an outbreak in america in 2003 that was associated with imported mammals,

rodents from africa that then infected prairie dogs. so a number of infections we have seen in the past have been contact with animals. but this one we seem to be seeing increasing person—to—person spread. the headlines on bbc news... deadline day for the report into lockdown breaches in downing street — those named have until 5pm to respond ahead of its long awaited publication. energy company, e.0n, is warning that unless the government intervenes the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. ministers say they're looking at all options. a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis — but the illness is usually mild.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. we have had to kick absolutely. we're under way on the final day of the premier league season — and what potential for drama we have in store. the title, the final champions league spot, and the final relegation place all decided in the next hour and a bit. all eyes for the title — at the etihad and anfield. manchester city know a win against aston villa, will see them retain the title. it is currently goalless at the moment there. and for liverpool, they have to beat wolves and hope city drop points. they are a goal down at anfield. tottenham can secure fourth with a win at norwich. totte n ha m tottenham are a goal up, they have just scored. and the battle at the bottom. one of leeds of burnley will go down today — a win for burnley at home to newcastle, and they're safe.

it is currently goalless in that one and it is goalless in brentford against leeds. and leeds also have to win to have any hope of survival. max verstappen has taken the lead of the formula one drivers championship after winning the spanish grand prix in barcelona. the dutchman suffered by going off on the ninth lap and then couldn't get past george russell's mercedes. the charles leclerc look like he was going to win and had to retire after his ferrari developed engine problems. a change of strategy so max verstappen go ahead. but his race team tell sergio perez to let max verstappen buy two get the race win. russell finished third with lewis hamilton fifth for mercedes. the french open started today — and there's already been an upset on the first day at roland garros. the women's number six seed

ons jabeur has been knocked out by poland's madga linette, the tunisian losing by sets 2—i. she could face harriet dart next if the british girl wins tomorrow. the first set was good for me. the second set i didn't have the opportunity to break the serve, which made it very difficult for me to stay in the match. the third set, obviously there was a lot of momentum and a lot of frustration. but that is tennis and i will have to accept i lost and get back in training and get ready for the grass season. in the men's draw austria's dominic thiem was beaten by bolivian world no 87 hugo dellien. former world number 3 thiem made 42 unforced errors in a starioght sets defeat. he's now lost all seven of the matches he has played since his comeback from a wrist injury in march. iam not i am not there yet. i was really working hard to get there, but the

time was just not enough. i have to accept it. and even though it was really painful defeats, it is still nothing, nothing unexpected happened, everything else would have been a big surprise. england's matt fitzpatrick heads into this evening's final round of the us pga championship just three shots off the lead in oklahoma. a few days ago, fitzpatrick said the southern hills course was not really his cup of tea! but he sits joint second overnight on six under. that's behind the surprise leader, chile's mito pereira, who is playing injust his second major championship. it sets up a fascinating final day, with none of the current top six having won a major title. the start that i had, it is easy to get away from me. i was really proud of the way that i battled back and didn't really let it faze me, so obviously a very good round in the end and like i say, looking forward

to tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. girls are going on in the premier league but you can keep up—to—date on the bbc sport website. goals are going in at burnley. more for you later in the day. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to any ceasefire, or peace deal with moscow that would involve giving up terrority. a senior adviser to president zelensky, says making any concessions would backfire — because russia would only escalate attacks in the future. our correspondent joe inwood is in kyiv. everyone has always said that diplomacy is the eventual way out of this conflict. but what we are hearing more and more, and in a way, this shouldn't be surprising, is that all sides think that is a long way off, we're not going to get any diplomatic solution until both sides can find common ground and given the distance between them, i think all sides now accept

there is a lot of fighting to take place before negotiations can begin. at the moment, that fighting is concentrated in the eastern region known as the donbas. explosion. in the donbas, diplomacy feels a distant prospect. russian forces are advancing towards the strategic city of severodonetsk, trying to encircle the ukrainian defenders. heavy artillery and overwhelming force which eventually won them the ruins of mariupol, still their tactic. a senior adviser to ukraine's president says only force of arms will end this conflict. translation: russia sells nothing but war. | it's only interested in expansion. today, it attacks ukraine. tomorrow it could attack any other country on the perimeter — georgia, moldova and so on. there is no otherformula but to subdue russia today through an end to the war on ukraine's terms. but for the last few days at least, it is the russians who've been getting their way.

in the south of the country, the occupation administration there was keen to show off the hydropower dam they now control. and water has played a role in the build up to this conflict. for eight years, the annexed crimean peninsula was denied an important supply of it. russia's invasion has got it flowing again. translation: the north crimea canal, the part of it that supplies _ water to crimea has been blocked for years. but since the beginning of march we've been supplying water to crimea. here in the capital, despite russian gains on the battlefield, the mood remains defiant. now, that is in no small part due to the horrors that have emerged from areas retaken from the russians. places like irpin, where two thirds of buildings were destroyed. or moshun, once a village, now a wasteland. back in the donbass,

even amid the horror, people seem to find a moment to reflect and maybe pray for a peace that seems as far away as ever. and in the last couple of hours we have heard the parliament here has approved an extra 90 days of martial law, that is the rules and regulations this country is being run by for the duration of this invasion. that tells us, it represents the feelings in ukraine about how this is going and i think most people would expect this to be lasting a lot longer than 90 days. as i say, we will have to wait until one side has an overwhelming, decisive advantage on the battlefield before a negotiated settlement comes about and i think both sides feel that could be them that has the advantage, but it's not going to be any time soon. i'm joined by drjack watling, senior research fellow in land warfare at the royal

united services institute. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. it looks like russia is trying to capture the donbas region entirely, how would you describe the type of warfare that is taking place there at the moment?— there at the moment? essentially russia is short _ there at the moment? essentially russia is short of _ there at the moment? essentially russia is short of infantry - there at the moment? essentially russia is short of infantry and - russia is short of infantry and therefore is struggling to solve positions the ukrainians are occupying. so we're seeing are dynamic with ukrainians occupy ground, the russians shell it until the entire area is destroyed at which point, the ukrainians withdraw there is nothing left to defend and so the russians advance onto those positions. it is a very attritional way of conducting operations, but it is making progress. let’s way of conducting operations, but it is making progress.— is making progress. let's look at the artillery _ is making progress. let's look at the artillery both _ is making progress. let's look at the artillery both sides _ is making progress. let's look at the artillery both sides have. - is making progress. let's look at the artillery both sides have. wej the artillery both sides have. we have had reports from british

military sources saying that russia has deployed what is called the terminator. meanwhile, ukraine has been supplied from the us with weaponry, and what are those in what advantage does it give the countries?— advantage does it give the countries? ., ., , ., countries? the terminator is an assault weapon. _ countries? the terminator is an assault weapon. most - countries? the terminator is an assault weapon. most of - countries? the terminator is an assault weapon. most of the i assault weapon. most of the equipment we are looking at is ukrainian older generation and soviet artillery pieces. the russians using more modern weapons with longer range. they have 150 millimetre weapons which can out range the russian systems, but they don't have many of them. the package that goes to congress at the moment, when it releases that money may provide the ukrainians with longer range artillery so they can start countering and suppression the russian guns.— countering and suppression the russianauns. ., ., ,

russian guns. what does the donbas have that russia _ russian guns. what does the donbas have that russia wants? _ russian guns. what does the donbas have that russia wants? he - russian guns. what does the donbas have that russia wants? he could . russian guns. what does the donbas| have that russia wants? he could say that for the entire _ have that russia wants? he could say that for the entire conflict _ have that russia wants? he could say that for the entire conflict in - that for the entire conflict in ukraine. i think the russian plan still is to collapse the ukrainian government and seize as much of the country as possible. militarily they are having to do that region by region. i wouldn't look at that as there ambitions being limited to the donbas, that is the extent of their military capability at this point. it is it likely that russia, what ever russia gains, will walk away with that? they had mariupol in may and the lost injune to ukraine? they had separatists sees the city very briefly and then ukrainian army pushed in and rolled them back to the border. then the russian military got involved and the conflict became much more intense and ukraine lost significant amounts of territory. what we are seeing is the russians are looking to hold on to what they seize and they are also conducting population replacement,

putting people through filtration camps, arresting civil society leaders to try and really seize control and control the local population, notjust the territory. 0k, population, notjust the territory. ok, thank you very much indeed. events are being held to mark the fifth anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. 22 people died when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an ariana grande concert on 22nd may 2017. the names of the victims were read out at commemorations at victoria station, which is next to the arena, and at manchester cathedral. in the uk, a ballot of 40,000 rail workers, which could result in union members voting for a national strike next month, is taking place over the next few days. the rmt union says the action is about pay, conditions and planned job cuts but network rail says it needs to modernise the railways and has contingency plans in place if a strike goes ahead.

meanwhile in scotland, changes to timetables begin tomorrow because of a pay dispute between scotrail and the aslef union, which has led to a driver shortage. the duke and duchess of cornwall will star in a special episode of the bbc soap opera eastenders next month, to mark the queen's platinum jubilee. they visited the set in march, but the fact they'd taken part in filming was kept under wraps until now. prince charles and camilla will play themselves, as they make a surprise appearance at a street party on the square. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. the sunshine is set to continue across southern and eastern areas where it's warm indeed, but further north and west, we've got high pressure with us here and some further rain will continue to fall, particularly across north west highland into the northern and western isles to the south.

that's brighter, but there could be a few sharp showers, as we could see, interspersed with sunny spells across northern ireland and northern england, a little bit more cloud across western parts of england wales. but the lion's share of sunshine is further south and east. but even here we could see some patchy cloud coming in through this evening and overnight we could see some rain moving up from the south and the east. the rain stays with us in the north. so for one reason or other, it's going to be mild overnight, nine to 13 degrees celsius for the most part. but it does look like it'll be a brighter day across the north of scotland tomorrow. the far north keeps the rain, but it'll be showery here. and for northern ireland there's the risk of this rain coming into southern and eastern parts of the uk and there's some uncertainty as to how far north and west it will come. but certainly a lot of showers around it. it will be cooler tomorrow and breezier too. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines. deadline day for the report into lockdown breaches in downing street —

those named have half an hour