this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines... after pressure over the uk conservative party chairman's finances , nadhim zahawi says the matter is now resolved and he had paid everything the tax authorities said was due. president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. translation: we will still have to fight - for the supply of modern tanks. but every day we make it more obvious, there is no alternative to making the decision on tanks. chris hipkins is set to become new zealand's next prime minister, replacing jacinda ardern who announced her resignation on thursday.

millions of people around the world prepare for lunar new year. and britain's andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain's roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time at the tournament. the uk conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi—million— pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov, which mr zahawi founded. he said hmrc, which is the uk's tax authority, had concluded

it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. let's go through all of this, there is a lot of detail here. reminders to the background of all of this. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one central question at the heart of the scrutiny and that is whether he used an offshore entity to hold shares in the polling company eugh of which he set up before he came to politics back in the year 2000. and also whether subsequently he has paid a settlement to hmrc the tax that he owed as a result of

potentially avoiding capital gains tax, having put those shares in the offshore firm, and on top of that paid the penalty because of the mistake that was made. there was a report yesterday on the guardian newspaper that claims the total amount paid was £4.8 million. the sun on sunday made the initial report last weekend that mist and zaha we had indeed paid a settlement to hmrc while, to end this potential dispute. we have had no denialfor mr zaha ui and dispute. we have had no denialfor mrzaha ui and his dispute. we have had no denialfor mr zaha ui and his team about those two central claims and very little detail until now other than a short statement saying his taxes were up—to—date and he had effectively paid what he owed. figs up-to-date and he had effectively paid what he owed.— up-to-date and he had effectively paid what he owed. as we were coming on air, we paid what he owed. as we were coming on air. we had — paid what he owed. as we were coming on air, we had this _ paid what he owed. as we were coming on air, we had this statement, - paid what he owed. as we were coming on air, we had this statement, it - paid what he owed. as we were coming on air, we had this statement, it is - on air, we had this statement, it is a full statement, talk us through what we need to look out for. he starts what we need to look out for. he: starts off by saying that he knows scrutiny and propriety are important parts of public life and you want to address some of the confusion about his finances. it is regarding the

setting up of yougov, that he focuses on in the statement. he says when he set it up he didn't have the money or expertise to go it alone so he asked his father help. he took founder shares in the business, he said, in exchange for some capital and his invaluable guidance. he then moves on to when he was being pointed —— appointed chancellor of the exchequer under borisjohnson as prime minister briefly for a couple of months, questions were raised about his tax affairs, he discussed this with the cabinet office at the time. the statement goes on to say that following discussions with hmrc, they agreed that my father was entitled to founder shares in yougov —— yougov, though they disagree about the exact allocation. they concluded this was a callous and not a deliberate error, and that he chose to settle the matter and pay what they said was due. so, a lot of detail there, to unpick it, the centre of this is a disparity, or a

disagreement around how many shares nadhim zahawi's father was holding in yougov, the company he set up with his help, we now learn at the time and when he was holding more shares as a founder than he was entitled to or allowed to. but the upshot of it is he has acknowledged that he paid a settlement to hmrc, he hasn't talked about exact amounts of money, he hasn't talked specifically about paying a penalty, just paying the amount that was due. so getting into some detail here about the ins and outs of the company he set up, but effectively, admitting to those two key claims that we have been reporting on the last few days that he did indeed pay a significant sum of money to settle a significant sum of money to settle a dispute over his taxes and over and above that, it seems, penalty as well. , :, :, :, :, ~ and above that, it seems, penalty as well. :, :, :, ~ and above that, it seems, penalty as well. , :, :, :, :, ~ y:, :, and above that, it seems, penalty as well. , :, :, :, :, ~ :, :, well. jonathan, thank you for going throu~h well. jonathan, thank you for going through that. _ well. jonathan, thank you for going through that, because _ well. jonathan, thank you for going through that, because we - well. jonathan, thank you for going through that, because we have - through that, because we have literallyjust received this

statement from 19 —— went nadhim zahawi as we were going on air. we will focus on this into much more detail on our website as well. ukraine says it will keep pushing to be supplied with modern tanks, after a meeting of allied nations in germany ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. aruna iyengar has this report. this is what kyiv wants, but can't yet have. german—made leopard 2 tanks as part of hopes for hundreds of western battle tanks to help defend their country and take back their land. ukraine says modern tanks are key to holding back russia's expansion plans. translation: the partners are firm in their attitude. i they will support ukraine as much as necessary for our victory. yes, we will still have to fight for the supply of modern tanks, but every day we make it more obvious there is no alternative to making

the decision on tanks. president zelensky has made his appeal to this meeting of defence chiefs at ramstein airbase. poland has agreed to train ukrainian soldiers in using the leopard 2s, but berlin gets to decide where the leopard tanks are deployed. the us is also under pressure to make its abrams tanks available to ukrainian forces. it has not said yes yet, but is offering other support. until putin ends this war, his war of choice, the nations of this contact group will continue to support the defence of ukraine in order to uphold the rules—based international order. domestic politics, its past, and a fear of escalating the conflict all play into germany's caution. but this meeting was about more thanjust tanks, with much wider pledges of military aid and an air of urgency. frontline ukrainian units are using soviet—era tanks — they need modern equipment. they expect a spring offensive from russia

and bigger battles to come. aruna iyengar, bbc news. joining me now is ulrike franke, senior policy fellow at the european council for foreign relations. it is good of you to join us. it is good of you tojoin us. in terms of the reluctance at the moment for germany to release these particular tanks to ukraine, i wonder if you can help us to understand what they're thinking is what their concern is, is it the unwillingness to go against russia to completely cut ties with russia? ijust to completely cut ties with russia? i just wonder whether reticence lies? figs i just wonder whether reticence lies? : , :, i just wonder whether reticence lies? a. lies? as an observer, i find it increasingly _ lies? as an observer, i find it increasingly difficult - lies? as an observer, i find it increasingly difficult to - lies? as an observer, i find it - increasingly difficult to understand it, to explain the stance of the government on this issue. so, there are a few reasons that have been mentioned, why germany has been reluctant to send these main battle

tanks, and by the way, this was something we had seen before, are reluctance to send certain systems and in the end they were overcome. but i think it has to do a lot with escalation, including nuclear escalation, including nuclear escalation which is something that looms quite large in the german debate. there are historical and ideological reasons, there is a general belief in german society most importantly that weapons and arms and wars is never the answer and that, you know, it is all about negotiations and diplomacy, which of course those supporting arms would argue it is needed to have these arms in order to push for negotiation. but i find it tricky because the german chancellor had said in the past that germany wouldn't and shouldn't go alone and move alone, so there are partners, which i would also agree with but now we have the uk willing to deliver challenger tanks and ireland and finland have indicated they would be willing to deliver their

own leopard tanks but need the berlin authorisation, and still the government isn't moving, and i am not entirely clear any more on what the rain reason for this is because the rain reason for this is because the government doesn't actually say it. it the government doesn't actually say it. , :, :, :, :, the government doesn't actually say it. it is good to get that clarity from yom _ it. it is good to get that clarity from you. when _ it. it is good to get that clarity from you. when you _ it. it is good to get that clarity from you. when you talk- it. it is good to get that clarity | from you. when you talk about negotiations, president zelensky says no negotiations, this was a full—scale invasion by russia so no negotiations, there were just has to end, it has to be one. when you talk about negotiations, what would germany be willing to say? would it be willing for crimea to continue to be willing for crimea to continue to be annexed? would it be willing for those areas around in the east to continue to be under russian control? because that, from zelensky�*s point of view, is a complete red line. zelensky's point of view, is a complete red line.— zelensky's point of view, is a complete red line. zelensky's point of view, is a comlete red line. , :, :, �* complete red line. yes, and we don't know, i complete red line. yes, and we don't know. i don't— complete red line. yes, and we don't know, i don't think _ complete red line. yes, and we don't know, i don't think the _ complete red line. yes, and we don't know, i don't think the government l know, i don't think the government knows, the german government knows, and they would say this isn't the

germany to decide, this is something that ukrainian people and zelensky need to decide. now, on the negotiations, it is true that throughout the war, the ukrainian position has hardened, understandably, that even in a recent interview with a german national broadcaster, zelensky pointed out that eventually this will need to end in negotiations. this is not about putting ukraine in a position where they can negotiate, position of strength, because if you were to start negotiations right now, russia still occupies a sizeable part of ukrainian territory, notjust crimea but also other areas which russia has so—called annexed and now, according to russia, is russian territory, which is completely legal. negotiations now are impossible for the ukrainians, which is understandable, this is why they are calling for weapons such as the tanks. of course, importantly, other weapons are being delivered, including by germany, which is an

important supporter of ukraine, i think it is important to realise this and the current debate, but if ukraine was to reconquer the territory that russia is occupying at the moment, it would be very difficult or impossible to do so without main combat tanks. es, lat without main combat tanks. a lot that we have _ without main combat tanks. a lot that we have discussed, - without main combat tanks. a lot that we have discussed, thank you for your time, for your expertise, i appreciate your points of view, thank you. the united states' treasury is imposing extra sanctions on the russian mercenary group, wagner, which has been fighting alongside moscow's forces. wagner has faced american sanctions since 2017, but the new measures treat it as an �*organised crime group'. the us says wagner employs 50,000 fighters in ukraine, most of them convicts. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, explains why this action is being taken now. this is another attempt by the united states to curb the activities of the wagner group, said to number some 50,000 in

ukraine right now, made up mostly of convicts from russian prisons. it first came to prominence in 2014 during the annexation of crimea and then in the months before the russian invasion of ukraine last year wagner group were said to be involved in the false flag attacks that we heard so much about at that time, essentially the faked provocative attacks that were supposedly designed to give moscow some justification for its invasion of ukraine. and ever since then, the wagner group has been very prominent in ukraine, responsible — according to the united states — for a number of atrocities, and by designating them an organised crime group, this is an attempt to really curb its activities, notjust in ukraine, but globally, by making it more difficult for other countries, other organisations and other entities to do business

with this private group. something else the united states has identified is that an apparent gulf in thinking, perhaps a lack of respect between the traditional russian army, the russian military and the leadership of the wagner group. and the us is talking that up, playing it up, presumably in a further attempt to curb the overall activities of the russians in ukraine. it is another day of protests in france. left—wing party unbowed and other youth organistations are holding a protest march in paris against president macron�*s pension reform plans. on friday, the country saw nationwide strikes — affecting travel, finance, education and other sectors — in protests organised by unions. this is the seen live in the french capital. on friday, the country saw nationwide strikes — affecting travel, finance, education and other sectors — in protests organised by unions.

this is the scene live in the french capital. 0rganisers say they are opposed to raising the state pension age from 62 to 64. president macron says it's the best way —to ensure the system remains affordable. it was part of his election mandate. we are keeping an eye on the protests across paris into another day of those protests, as you can see. violent protests have continued in the peruvian capital, as thousands of demonstrators descended on lima, demanding the resignation of president dina boluarte. more than 45 people have died in 6 weeks of conflict. last week the president declared a state of emergency, but security forces have failed to contain the demonstrations. protests have rocked the country since former president, pedro castillo, was ousted in december, following his attempt to dissolve congress. brazil's defence minister says there's no evidence that the military had a direct role in the riots by supporters of the former president, jair bolsonaro, against

the left—wing leader, luiz inacio lula da silva. two weeks ago thousands of people invaded and vandalised government buildings in the capital, brasilia. hundreds of people remain in police custody. this includes members of the police and the armed forces who are accused of condoning or encouraging the violence. security forces in burkina faso have rescued 66 women and children who were kidnapped by armed fighters. state tv showed pictures of the rescue operation. the women and children were taken by militants earlier this month while gathering food in the northern sahel region. reports says they were found on a bus at a security checkpoint some 200km, or 125 miles, south of where they were kidnapped. it is not clear if their captors have also been detained. chris hipkins is set to become new zealand's next prime minister, after being the only candidate nominated by the governing labour party to replace jacinda ardern.

mr hipkins is expected to be confirmed as the new leader on sunday. i'm a politician. i love myjob, and i'm really passionate about it. it is incredibly, it is a massive honour to have this opportunity. a senior labour mp has accused the prime minister of failing to deliver the integrity and professionalism he promised, after he was fined for not wearing a seat—belt. sir chris bryant, who chairs the commons standards committtee, said rishi sunak had shown a pattern of misjudgement. lancashire police issued a fixed penalty notice after mr sunak posted a video shot in the backseat of a car. joining me now is the conservative councillor and former special adviser, claire pearsall.

welcome to the programme. before we pick up when it comes to the prime minister and this next, the latest fixed penalty he has been issued with, we have been discussing nadhim zahawi, he issued a statement around 20 miner's ago or so, i wonder can we get your initial reaction to what we get your initial reaction to what we are seeing, in terms of what is happening with nadhim zahawi himself? ~ :, , :, , ~ himself? well, to be honest, i think this statement _ himself? well, to be honest, i think this statement raises _ himself? well, to be honest, i think this statement raises more - himself? well, to be honest, i thinkl this statement raises more questions thanit this statement raises more questions than it solved. the whole process of liz —— nadhim zahawi's tax returns seems to be very complicated, it seems to be very complicated, it seems to be tied up in offshore accounts, which is always going to be messy, and although this has passed through the cabinet secretary prior to nadhim zahawi's stint as chancellor, does seem this has been rumbling on for some time and it

should have been clarified sooner and there are still more questions to be asked of him and a bit more clarity as to their state of this trust and why the so—called careless not deliberate mistakes have been made. this is quite a lot of money, we aren't talking about a couple of hundred pounds, this is a substantial amount for it to be wrong, so i think we need to learn is a bit more detail before anybody can unwind it any further. 1whiten is a bit more detail before anybody can unwind it any further.— can unwind it any further. when it comes to the _ can unwind it any further. when it comes to the sum, _ can unwind it any further. when it comes to the sum, i've _ can unwind it any further. when it comes to the sum, i've got - can unwind it any further. when it comes to the sum, i've got to - comes to the sum, i've got to stress, and be completely transparent, the bbc haven't verified the exact amount, but when it comes to the statement remuh hhaavvee, he says that hmrc, the tax authority, has concluded this was a careless and not deliberate error, but i given —— i wonder at that given he was in charge of the uk tax authority, is his position, should he get paid more care, when it comes

to however this company was initially set up? he absolutely should. initially set up? he absolutely should- if— initially set up? he absolutely should. if you _ initially set up? he absolutely should. if you are _ initially set up? he absolutely should. if you are going - initially set up? he absolutely should. if you are going to - initially set up? he absolutely should. if you are going to be| initially set up? he absolutely . should. if you are going to be the person in charge of making the rest of the united kingdom pay their taxes and setting the level of taxes and we do have a very complicated system, then you need to make sure that your own affairs are in order. so i think that he really does need to put a little bit more clarity, the statement as i say brings up more questions. it is very complicated, the fact that his father was taking down the shares in the company, which is fair enough, this was before he came into parliament but he has been in parliament but he has been in parliament for a long time. he has held a number of very senior posts so he should have been able to continue, especially during his stint as chancellor and i was party chairman, he needs to be above the law, he needs to be utterly transparent, which is what rishi sunak said when he became prime minister he would have. we sunak said when he became prime minister he would have.— minister he would have. we have heard about _

minister he would have. we have heard about the _ minister he would have. we have heard about the penalty - minister he would have. we have heard about the penalty notice i minister he would have. we have| heard about the penalty notice for rishi sunak where he wasn't wearing a seat belt. he became prime minister and he was talking about the need for integrity, what is happening with the conservative party? what is their position right now? it party? what is their position right now? , , , ' : now? it is very, very difficult, it seems every — now? it is very, very difficult, it seems every single _ now? it is very, very difficult, it seems every single day - now? it is very, very difficult, it seems every single day we - now? it is very, very difficult, it seems every single day we getl seems every single day we get another headline, we have had rishi sunak�*s fixed penalty notice, which is quite right, he was bank to rights, you can see from the footage she wasn't wearing a seat belt on the back of the car, which is law, so i don't think there is any case to answer, the police acted in the correct way. but we are now being overtaken by nadhim zahawi on his tax affairs which has been rubbing on over the last week and you just think is this a lack of attention to detail about what is going on around him? is he not paying attention as prime minister to his cabinet members, to his backbenchers, to junior ministers? because there

seems to be almost this sense of a free for all going on, people are saying things, perhaps, on the media that they needn't have said, these kind of scandals are going to come out. it all feels a little bit chaotic and i had hoped that when borisjohnson chaotic and i had hoped that when boris johnson left the post as prime borisjohnson left the post as prime minister boris johnson left the post as prime minister that we would see an end to that but unfortunately it has just carried on. that but unfortunately it has 'ust carried on.— that but unfortunately it has 'ust carried on. :, :, :, :, :, carried on. claire pearsall, good to net our carried on. claire pearsall, good to get your reaction, _ carried on. claire pearsall, good to get your reaction, specially - carried on. claire pearsall, good to get your reaction, specially to - carried on. claire pearsall, good to get your reaction, specially to the l get your reaction, specially to the statement from nadhim zahawi, which has come in in the last 20 minutes or so. the co—founder of the bus and coach group stagecoach has been charged with human trafficking offences. dame ann gloag, her husband david mccleary and two other members of their family have also been charged. all four deny the accusations. the chief executive of nhs england says the ongoing industrial action is making workloads more challenging. amanda pritchard says theongoing industrial action is clearly having an impact but that all sides want to try and reach a solution.

nurses in england and ambulance staff in england, wales and northern ireland are planning more strike days in february and march. for decades, david sutherland illustrated the beano's bash street kids and dennis the menace, creating childhood memories for so many of us. following his death at the age of 89, the editor of the children's comic has described him as the single most important illustrator in beano history. aileen clarke has been looking back at a life well drawn. i've always enjoyed drawing, even from a young lad. when i was young, i used to... my dad used to buy me the dandy and the beano. and i didn't think that i would be drawing for the beano. and he drew these famous comic strips in the beano for 60 years. david sutherland was responsible for more than a thousand dennis the menace adventures, and he'd drawn the bash street kids every week from 1962 to last month.

i usually get, the meat of the story, it comes from the script. but the writer's script was always just the starting point. the best of the best bits that you see when you've written something are the extra they've added then, and they've done that every single time for 60 years. one of the very talented writers at the time and said the street kids classes were infested with mice. in the frame of the strap dave had drawn a hundred separate mice and every single one had a different facial expression, 300 different facial expressions on tiny little mice. and i said, "why did you do that?" and he said, "ijust love drawing animals." and he just loved drawing. and he's done it his whole life and done it brilliantly. so how much did we all love the beano when we were growing up? i used to think of dennis the menace as an excuse for my behaviour. so any time i did something bad, i was like, i'm just being a menace. i think i thought that was like a good thing.

yeah. you look at it now and you think back of the fun times you had as a kid. and when you know you didn't have to go to work and do it, you just played and read cartoons and try to climb the trees. i would say the bash street kids is probably one of the best we didn't have never even a tv interview, 1958, you know. who are your favourites? he's actually got copies of his dad's beano from when he was a kid, so that's what got him into it. david sutherland's final comic strip will appear in the beano next week. aileen clark, bbc news, glasgow. britain's andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain's roberto bautista agut in four sets

in what could be his last time at the tournament. murray fought hard and left the court to a standing ovation. bautista paid his respects to the former number one, saying "always playing andy at a grand slam is very tough... "there was a lot of love for andy". there certainly was. lots more on our website, there certainly was. lots more on ourwebsite, i there certainly was. lots more on our website, i am on social media, do get in touch, it will be great to hearfrom you, now let's do get in touch, it will be great to hear from you, now let's get a full update on the weather. it is cold once again across england and wales today, even where we are seeing sunshine but some areas are still sitting under mist and fog across parts of wales, the west midlands, into the west country, northern lead as well, we've also got cloud coming into northern scotland and ireland —— temperatures are lifting but across england and wales it will be cold, it will get colder overnight. we keep the cloud in the north—west,

and wales clearer skies to that will lead to more fog forming, this time are especially across eastern parts of england, that will be dense and freezing, widespread frost for england and wales tonight, bit chilly in scotland but wales and northern ireland. cloud and outbreaks of rain on sunday in northern ireland, some of that cloud coming into wales and western parts of england, listing —— lifting temperatures a bit. 0ne of england, listing —— lifting temperatures a bit. one or two patches of fog could linger into the afternoon, there should be sunshine but it is still cold, three or 4 degrees, could be 10 degrees in northern ireland and western scotland.

this is bbc news, the headlines... after pressure over the uk conservative party chairman's finances, nadhim zahawi says the matter is now resolved and he had paid everything the tax authorities said was due. president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. millions of people around the world prepare for lunar new year. and andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain's roberto bautista agut in four sets, in what could be his last time at the tournament.

you're watching bbc news. now it's time for we are england: the real phoenix nights — what happened next. i've got loads and loads of fond memories of the club. i've grown up in the club along with my sister. we've kind of been dragged in here by my dad since we were like four and six. it was really good times, really good times. we had lots of fun. the club means absolutely everything to me. it's huge. the impact it's had on my life from a child to an adult made me be more aware of other people, what other people are going through. it's definitely moulded me and made me who i am. my dad and the club go together. they are one thing really. if my dad's not at home or he's not at the club, we panic.

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