tonight at 10: new calls for boris johnson to resign — as more images of lockdown gatherings come to light. the photos — obtained by itv news — show a drinks gathering at number ten in november 2020 during the second lockdown. labour says its proof enough. this is clearly a gathering,

a social gathering, that was clearly against the rules at the time. now, borisjohnson knows this and he knew this all along, and he's just trying to lie to the british public, and it seems like he's laughing at them now. any day now, the senior official sue gray will publish her report and its expected more images will be unveiled. we'll have more on the latest revelations and the new questions for the metropolitan police on the way they decided who should be fined. also tonight... nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, held in iran for six years on spying charges, says she was forced to sign a false confession before she could leave. the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the uk has reached 57, including the first case in scotland. and with a buggy at the ready, the queen was determined to visit the chelsea flower show in platinum jubilee year. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel:

high fives all around, as raducanu battles back at roland garros to book her place in the second round of the french open. good evening. the prime minister stands accused — again — of lying about events during lockdown. new images have emerged of borisjohnson drinking at a gathering in downing street on 13th november 2020. the images were obtained by itv news. mrjohnson, who was fined by police for a separate incident had consistently declared that no rules had been broken. labour said today that mrjohnson had made the rules, broken the rules and then lied about it. the bbc understands at least one person at the event on 13th november was fined by the police, but the prime minister was not.

downing street said that police were given access to "all relevant information including photographs". a long—awaited report on lockdown gatherings by a senior civil servant is now expected this week. our political editor chris mason reports. it's november 13th 2020, the country is in lockdown, and this is what is happening in downing street. look at these pictures, obtained by itv news. the prime minister raising a glass, holding forth, bottles littering a table. asa as a senior colleague is given a sendoff. and the rules at the time — no person may leave or be outside of the place where they are living without reasonable excuse. we now know there were two gatherings in number 10 that night. borisjohnson was asked about one of them in the commons six months ago. will the prime minister tell the house whether there . was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? -

prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i'm sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. we now know at least one person at the drinks do was fined but the prime minister was not. this is clearly not a work meeting, this is clearly a gathering, a social gathering, that was clearly against the rules at the time. now, borisjohnson knows this and he knew this all along, and he'sjust tried to lie to the british public, and it seems like he's laughing at them now. i think it's appalling. people will be disgusted by it, i'm pretty certain of that. remember, angela rayner and labour's leader keir starmer are themselves subject to a police investigation over an alleged covid rules breach. before the pictures of the downing street do were published this afternoon, the prime minister was on a school visit in orpington, in south—east london, this morning. 0h! come on, come to our party, love from... that's so nice of you, thank you. have you invited him to a party?

thank you very much. that's wonderful, thank you. after this invite from a pupil, he was asked by a journalist about the imminent report into lockdown parties by the senior civil servant sue gray. i'm, with great respect, not going to comment or give any running commentary on her report until we get it. and i think that, to be frank, the moment is not very far off. it can't be long now before i'll be able to say something. in bristol, there's anger as people see the photos. it's just really annoying. i'd like to think that while he was saying what he was saying, - it was genuine and we were all doing what he was asking us to do. - and, quite clearly, he's not doing what he said at the time. - i don't think it's surprising. kind of the pictures i think everyone expected to come out off the back of what everyone had heard. he made the rules and he broke the rules. and he says he didn't, so he lies. tonight, the liberal democrats are asking how the prime minister

avoided another fixed penalty notice. i think millions of people will be sitting at home tonight thinking that if it was them or anybody else pictured in that party, they would have received a fine. so unless the met police can provide an urgent clarification as to why boris johnson wasn't fined, then the police watchdog needs to step in and restore some transparency and public trust in this process. in response to these pictures, downing street say the police and the civil service investigations into what went on had access to all the information they needed — including photographs. that was chris's report and we will be with him at westminster in a moment. first to scotland yard and our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. we know at least one person was fined at the november 13 meeting, others were not, why is that? because scotland yard are not being

transparent about their decision—making we simply don't know and the force is undertaking quite a bit of criticism for that. the rules at the time where you could not meet anybody indoors unless it was a member of your household or unless it was necessary for work purposes. the police don't want to discuss their decision—making but if we look at a number of decisions they have made, it seems they have accepted that a short drink at the end of the day on somebody�*s last day maybe does just about fit within a normal working day and it looks like they are not fining people for that and the prime minister making a quick speech, maybe not fined for that. so why are some people being fined? the police are saying a short speech at the end of the day is ok but if it becomes a long, extended gathering, thenit becomes a long, extended gathering, then it goes from something that is legal to something outside the rules. but because scotland yard are not being open about this, we don't know for certain and the only way we would know for certain is if somebody challenged one of these finds and then the reasoning would all come out in court.—

finds and then the reasoning would all come out in court. daniel, many thanks. all come out in court. daniel, many thanrs- let's _ all come out in court. daniel, many thanrs- let's go — all come out in court. daniel, many thanks. let's go to _ all come out in court. daniel, many thanks. let's go to westminster . all come out in court. daniel, many| thanks. let's go to westminster and chris is there for us. possibility again of more images being revealed this week and of course that report coming out by sue gray. how do you assess the prime minister's position now? ., , ., , ., now? tonight very few conservative mps will be — now? tonight very few conservative mps will be comfortable _ now? tonight very few conservative mps will be comfortable seeing - now? tonight very few conservative i mps will be comfortable seeing these images. very few will hurtle towards cameras to defend them. it's worth dwelling on the power of the image. it's one thing knowing about a gathering or a party and we knew about this, it's quite another seeing an image orfour images of actually taking place. the question is, the extent to which this changes people's mines, changes conservative mps' minds about borisjohnson and his future. myjudgment tonight is i don't think these pictures in and of themselves will necessarily shift many minds. but as you say, there is still the sue gray report to come from the senior civil servant pats on the next couple of days and a parliamentary inquiry to try and establish if the prime minister

deliberately misled parliament, something he denies. and a bigger thought, i thought about where this leads the image of the prime minister, his integrity and believability. something his opponents will undoubtedly exploit to stop chris, many thanks. ichris to stop chris, many thanks. chris mason our _ to stop chris, many thanks. chris mason our political _ to stop chris, many thanks. chris mason our political editor - to stop chris, many thanks. chris mason our political editor and a home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman who was released in march after being held in iran for six years on spying charges, has told the bbc that a british government official had stood by while the iranians forced her to sign a false confession as she prepared to fly home. she said she signed the statement �*under duress' after being told the iranian authorities wouldn't allow her to leave unless she did so. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports. relief all round, as nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and fellow hostage anoosheh ashoori arrive back in the uk in the early hours of a march morning. to secure their release, the uk had finally settled a long—standing military debt.

but nazanin has now revealed there was another condition for her release. i was made to sign the false confession — at the airport, in the presence of the british government. whereas... can we just pause on that? so before you left iran... before i left iran, at the airport. you had to... had to sign it. otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to leave. they told me that, "you won't be able to get on the plane." and i knew that that was, like, a last—minute game, because i knew... they told me that they have been given the money. so what is the point of making me sign a piece of paper which is incorrect, it's a false confession? to all the things they had been accusing you of? exactly. and also, the british government not questioning it, why i have to do it. you can see the foreign secretary in the background of this family video at raf brize norton. their release is the result of years of tenacious british diplomacy... i but now, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's

mp says liz truss needs to set out in parliament what she knew about the forced confessions. ina in a letter to the foreign secretary made public tonight, nazanin�*s lawyers say... morad tahbaz — an environmentalist, born in west london — is still injail in iran that is still in jail in iran that was supposed to be released as part of the same deal. he was, in fact, allowed out for just 48 hours. his daughter told me that he and the family are devastated, that the uk should have stood its ground and insisted that he too come home. i think it's also, to a certain extent, a sort of betrayal, because we were always consistently assured by every foreign secretary that's been in place, as well as the prime minister himself, that my father was going to be treated equal to all of the uk hostages that

were being held in iran. and he was the only uk—born one, but he was also the only one that they chose to abandon. and he's still there, waiting to come home to us. the reunions that did take place were filled with joy, but now come questions about what preceded them. all the false confessions we have been exposed to, they have no value. they are just pro kirk banda for the iranian regime to show how scary they are. —— just propaganda for the iranian regime. the foreign office says mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was put through a horrendous ordeal, right up until the moment she left the country, and it's urged iran to end its practice of unfairly detaining british and other foreign nationals. caroline hawley, bbc news. a court in ukraine has sentenced a russian tank commander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. vadim shyshimarin was the first person to stand trial for war crimes since russia's invasion

three months ago. he had admitted shooting the 62—year—old civilian, but said he'd been acting on orders and he will appeal against his sentence. our correspondentjames waterhouse was in court. this wasn'tjust a trial — it was ukraine's day in court, with all eyes and cameras on 21—year—old vadim shishimarin. by legal standards, his journey to this dock has been quick. more than two weeks ago, the russian soldier was questioned over an alleged war crime. translation: we started moving. on the way, we saw a civilian talking on the phone. i was ordered to shoot and fired one round at him. he fell down. we moved on. today, the court heard how shishimarin shot a 62—year—old man, oleksandr shelipov, three to four times in the head. he was one of five russian soldiers who'd stolen a car and drove into a village in the northeastern sumy region.

he claimed he was ordered to kill mr shelipov over worries he'd give away their position. this clearly isn't an ordinary trial. vadim shishimarin�*s country, russia, denies deliberately targeting civilians in this war, but it's the 21—year—old alone who's facing a ukrainian courtroom. his case, though, won't be the last. after a0 minutes, shishimarin learned his fate. a guilty verdict and a life sentence. translation: the court had to study all the evidence meticulously - and make an absolutely legal decision because the whole world is watching this case. translation: i am not satisfied by the verdict, | with the classification of this crime and the punishment. i believe a life sentence is too much. the kremlin has voiced its disappointment, but its response is already in motion. plans are being drawn up to try some captured ukrainian

fighters as war criminals. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. the united nations�* world food programme has described russia's blockade of ukrainian ports as a "declaration of war on global food security" that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. the warning was made at the world economic forum in davos in switzerland. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies to put pressure on the international community. concerns about rising prices and a possible recession are also high on the agenda, as our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the world food and energy crisis are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger and leading to whole country is going bust. sri lanka at first

but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. from southeast asia to the middle east and it's also affecting the uk too. with russia's war in ukraine making the supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here and across the world according to one of britain's top bankers. maw; one of britain's top bankers. many ofthe one of britain's top bankers. many of the conversations _ one of britain's top bankers. many of the conversations here - one of britain's top bankers. plan; of the conversations here have one of britain's top bankers. ij�*ia�*iy of the conversations here have been what percentage likelihood you attach to a recession? i would say 50-50. ., ., . ~ , , , 50-50. right now, racked up debts and many perhaps _ 50-50. right now, racked up debts and many perhaps dozens - 50-50. right now, racked up debts and many perhaps dozens will - 50-50. right now, racked up debts and many perhaps dozens will go i and many perhaps dozens will go bust. is that how you see it? hopefully not dozens but when you have political instability, cost of living crisis, also importing energy, it's going to be tough. part ofthe energy, it's going to be tough. part of the problem _ energy, it's going to be tough. part of the problem is that the natural response that should bring down energy or food prices response that should bring down energy orfood prices producing more is not working because for example russia is blockading ukraine's food exports. if russia is blockading ukraine's food exorts. ., �* .,, russia is blockading ukraine's food exorts. , exports. if we don't open ports, you are talking — exports. if we don't open ports, you are talking about _ exports. if we don't open ports, you are talking about a _ exports. if we don't open ports, you

are talking about a declaration - exports. if we don't open ports, you are talking about a declaration of. are talking about a declaration of war on food security. it will have consequences, we are already facing the worst food crisis since world war ii. when you take 400 million people that offered by the food that comes out of ukraine and you shut that off, you add on top of that fertiliser problems, droughts, food cost, fuel costs, we are looking at a health dome on or off. the world's bi est a health dome on or off. the world's biggest important — a health dome on or off. the world's biggest important of _ a health dome on or off. the world's biggest important of wheat - a health dome on or off. the world's biggest important of wheat the - biggest important of wheat the egyptians told us they can cope for now. ., , , now. the government is putting in - lace now. the government is putting in lace and now. the government is putting in place and utilising _ now. the government is putting in place and utilising tools _ now. the government is putting in place and utilising tools to - now. the government is putting in place and utilising tools to limit i place and utilising tools to limit that price increase, especially on the most vulnerable. we do have a high degree of resilience in terms of our stocks of basic commodities and we will continue to explore and to cooperate with our partners in alternative sources. this to cooperate with our partners in alternative sources.— to cooperate with our partners in alternative sources. this forum is normally about _ alternative sources. this forum is normally about a _ alternative sources. this forum is normally about a combination - alternative sources. this forum is normally about a combination ofl alternative sources. this forum is - normally about a combination of high finance and high politics, so far it's been about the most basic of commodities. food and the soaring

prices affecting everywhere including britain. and the fear of many here is that this is not an accident. it is a conscious strategy the weaponisation of famine by the kremlin. a standing ovation for president zelensky�*s video address, his deputy prime minister says the us needs to get ukraine's food exports past russia's ships. irate us needs to get ukraine's food exports past russia's ships. we need the assistance _ exports past russia's ships. we need the assistance of _ exports past russia's ships. we need the assistance of our _ exports past russia's ships. we need the assistance of our partners, - the assistance of our partners, international partners to secure our exports through the seaports, so i mean from the defence point of view, to find a way or another solution, how to give the opportunity to ukrainian vessels.— how to give the opportunity to ukrainian vessels. ,., ., ukrainian vessels. some sort of safe assaue. ukrainian vessels. some sort of safe passage- yes- _ ukrainian vessels. some sort of safe passage. yes. events _ ukrainian vessels. some sort of safe passage. yes. events in _ ukrainian vessels. some sort of safe passage. yes. events in ukraine - ukrainian vessels. some sort of safe | passage. yes. events in ukraine have alread passage. jazz events in ukraine have already proven how horrific how mountains of its grain blocked from reaching the world's hungry could yet make that worse. faisal islam, bbc news in davos, switzerland. a health worker has been arrested on suspicion

of poisoning a child, who died last week at birmingham children's hospital. the 27—year—old woman was arrested on thursday, hours after the death, and has since been suspended from her role at the hospital. the child was being treated in the paediatric intensive care unit at the time. the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the uk has nearly trebled to 57, including the first case in scotland. close contacts of those infected are being advised to self isolate for 21 days. our medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. more than a dozen countries in europe, north america and australia have reported cases of monkeypox — the biggest outbreak ever seen outside africa. but it is not another covid. experts stress the overall risk to the public is low. so, what is monkeypox? it's a virus found in animals — including monkeys and rats — in several african countries, which occasionally infects people.

the first outbreak in humans was over 50 years ago. it usually causes a mild illness, though it can occasionally be fatal. we've seen a few cases in europe over the last five years, just in travellers, but this is the first time we're seeing cases across many countries at the same time in people who have not travelled to the endemic regions in africa. what are the symptoms of monkeypox? symptoms can take up to 21 days to appear after infection. key among them is a rash — often on the face or genitals. this develops into blisters and, finally, scabs. it can be mistaken for chickenpox. monkeypox usually resolves within two to four weeks. so, how do you catch it? monkeypox does not spread easily. it requires close contact, mainly skin—to—skin, and exposure to the blisters which contain the virus,

or contact with clothing or bedding of an infected person. it can spread through coughs and sneezes, but is much harder to catch than covid. many of the current cases are in gay or bisexual men. it's very important not to stigmatise. infections don't choose people's characteristics. we are talking about a spread between people with close contact and, therefore, anybody who has close contact with somebody else with monkeypox is potentially at risk of coming across it and acquiring the infection. the smallpox vaccine gives a high level of protection against monkeypox. they're from the same family of viruses. the uk has bought more doses, and some staff at sexual health clinics have already had the jab. in london, around ten staff from the chelsea and westminster hospital sexual health service are self—isolating at home, purely as a precaution. clinics have now brought

in stringent ppe requirements when dealing with the virus. fergus walsh, bbc news. public health advice in the uk is that people should take vitamin d supplements during the winter, but now researchers have created gene—edited tomatoes that can boost levels of that vitamin. the move coincides the introduction of a bill in parliament this week which would allow the commercial growing of gene—edited crops in england, which doesn't take place now because of rules set by the eu. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has the story. these tomatoes could have great health benefits. they've been developed in a lab to be rich in the sunshine vitamin, d, which ordinary tomatoes don't have. it's vital for the development of strong bones and muscles, and one in six people in the uk don't get enough of it. with humans, half an hour in the sunshine every day is enough to make enough vitamin d3 for you,

but a lot of people don't have that time outside. the tomatoes have been produced using an advanced scientific technique known as genetic editing. it usually involves snipping out a small portion of the plant's dna. the older technique of genetic modification involves putting genetic material in, sometimes genes from a completely different species. a wide range of foods are produced using both methods in other countries, but not in europe. you can't get these high—tech foods in the shops. that's because europe effectively banned genetically modified crops 25 years ago, over concerns about their safety. when gene—editing emerged eight years ago, that wasn't allowed either. the uk government has now looked at the science and decided that the newer technology is completely safe. this firm in hertfordshire has been developing new varieties of wheat

and barley using traditional breeding methods for decades. they're planning to use gene editing because they believe it'll keep food on our shelves at affordable prices. when we're developing new varieties like these, that you see in the packages here, that takes around 12 years, typically. with precision breeding techniques, we can significantly shorten that timescale and bring new varieties to the market much faster. in 1999, worried protesters trampled gm crops. since then, scientific reviews have shown the technology to be safe, and some have now changed their minds. mark linus was there. crops have been in the ground now for a quarter of a century. we know they're safe, and we also know it's a technology that can be very useful for increasing the sustainability of agriculture, to reduce pesticides, to help crops adapt to climate change, to feed a growing world population. but a large proportion of the population still have their doubts, especially

that the new gene—edited crops won't be labelled, and they worry that the regulation won't be fully transparent. pallab ghosh, bbc news. a former conservative mp has been jailed for 18 months following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15—year—old boy. at a trial last month, imran ahmad khan was found guilty of assaulting the boy at a party in 2008. khan was expelled from the conservative party following his conviction and stood down as the member of parliament for wakefield. there's been major travel disruption in scotland after scotrail, which runs most trains there, introduced a new temporary timetable cutting almost 700 services every day. the move has been prompted by a dispute about pay, with some drivers refusing to work overtime. scotrail, which has recently been nationalised, says the drivers�* union demands are not sustainable, while the union describes

the pay offer as derisory. radical changes are needed to prevent tens of thousands more children ending up in care, according to a new report. a review into council—run children's services in england says the current system is "dysfunctional". currently there are around 80,000 children and young people in care, but the report predicts this will rise to 100,000 in a decade if nothing is done. tens of thousands of manchester city fans crowded into the city centre this evening to celebrate their team being crowned premier league champions. it was a memorably dramatic end to the season, as city came from behind to beat aston villa and see off the challenge from liverpool. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor reports. for manchester city, a familiar sight and feeling, but no less exhilarating.

a chance for all connected to the club to let loose, especially after the tension and drama of only clinching the title on the final day of the season. something i thought i'd never see again after seeing the aguero moment. sat in exactly the same seat and then just hugged my dad and started crying. we're no different to anybody else, really. but, you know, we just want to keep winning. winning the league every season, back—to—back, . the sign of true champions. under pep guardiola, they have dominated domestic football in england, thanks in part to financial capability other clubs can only dream of — a team featuring some of the best players in the world. it's always amazing to come here, to see how many people want to celebrate with us and it's always amazing. first time, fourth time, it's good, it's good. absolutely incredible... manchester city have won back—to—back premier league titles and only one team has won three in a row... manchester united. matching that will be among the targets come next season.

for now, though, a party promised to last long into the night — ample reward after a gruelling season. nesta mcgregor, bbc news, in manchester. the queen has visited this year's chelsea flower show, using a buggy to view the array of gardens. the event, which has returned this year to its traditional spring slot, has floral tributes to honour her majesty's platinum jubilee. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. driven by a member of the royal household, the queen visited some of the tributes celebrating her platinum jubilee year. she's missed several events recently, but this is one of her favourites. on her tour, she'll take in the main display in her honour, a four—metre—high floral portrait. we've got one tonne of steel as a frame, in the lovely platinum purple,

and then it supports 70 terra—cotta pots — one for each year of her reign. within the centre, we have a silhouette, again, of her majesty, using gorgeous rosemary for remembrance and an assortment of british trees. the show has finally returned to its traditional may slot. over the next week up to 140,000 people are expected to wander through the spectacular gardens, each one planned to perfection and with its own story to tell. every garden here has been planned to perfection. this one has been made for children who are being treated at liverpool's alder hey hospital. it will be transferred there once the show is finished. . transferred there once the show is finished-_ betty. i transferred there once the show is i finished._ betty, who finished. smell the mint. betty, who is four, finished. smell the mint. betty, who is four. spent — finished. smell the mint. betty, who is four, spent months _ finished. smell the mint. betty, who is four, spent months in _ finished. smell the mint. betty, who is four, spent months in intensive i is four, spent months in intensive care after she was born prematurely. i think it is that opportunity to

explore and to have those connections in the world that you don't get when you're stuck in hospital. don't get when you're stuck in hosital. �* ., ., don't get when you're stuck in hosital. �* ., . , don't get when you're stuck in hosital. �* ., ., , ., , hospital. before the garden is open to the public— hospital. before the garden is open to the public tomorrow, _ to the public tomorrow, some well—known faces have been enjoying the displays. well-known faces have been en'oying the disla s. ., �* well-known faces have been en'oying the displays.— the displays. you've got everything. lemons, the displays. you've got everything. lemons. my — the displays. you've got everything. lemons, my lemon _ the displays. you've got everything. lemons, my lemon trees, - the displays. you've got everything. lemons, my lemon trees, dropping| the displays. you've got everything. i lemons, my lemon trees, dropping off which i pick up every night for gin and tonic. i which i pick up every night for gin and tonic. , . ., which i pick up every night for gin and tonic. , . . ., ., , ., and tonic. i planted a himalayan silver birch. _ and tonic. i planted a himalayan silver birch. it's _ and tonic. i planted a himalayan silver birch. it's absolutely i silver birch. it's absolutely beautiful. _ silver birch. it's absolutely beautiful. over _ silver birch. it's absolutely beautiful. over the - silver birch. it's absolutely beautiful. over the next i silver birch. it's absolutely i beautiful. over the next week, thousands of visitors will be able to enjoy the gardens in all their spring glory. hell in bbc news at the chelsea flower show. and that's it now. on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. have a good night.