this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines... uk conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by aurthorities as having been careless and not deliberate. 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. 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. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more on today's statement. 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 this scrutiny and that is whether he used an offshore entity to hold shares in the polling company yougov

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 for 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 a penalty because of the mistake that was made. there was a report yesterday in the guardian newspaper that claims the total amount paid was £4.8 million. the sun on sunday made the initial report last weekend that mr zahawi had indeed paid a settlement to hmrc to end this potential dispute. and we'd had no denialfor mr zahawi and his team about those two central claims and very little detail until now other than a very short statement saying his taxes were up—to—date and he had effectively paid what he owed. we've this statement, it is a full statement, talk us through 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 he wants to address some of the confusion, as he puts it, 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 for 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 appointed chancellor of the exchequer which was under borisjohnson as prime minister briefly for a couple of months he held that office. questions were raised, he says, 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, though they disagreed about the exact allocation. he goes on, they concluded this was a careless 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, but to unpick it, at the centre of this is a disparity or a disagreement around how many shares nadhim zahawi's father was holding in yougov, the company which he set up with his help we now learn at the time and whether 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 going 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 over the last few days that he did indeed pay a significant sum of money to settle a dispute over his taxes and over and above that, it seems, a penalty 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 than just tanks, with much wider pledges of military aid and an air of urgency. front—line 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. president zelensky and the first lady have been taking i want to take you to live images of the f type one —— of the capital of taiwan, taipei. this is in taipei, this is one of the biggest events of the new year, the lunar new year, for many people across southeast asia it is not by communities and also all over the world, and it is a chance forfamily and also all over the world, and it is a chance for family and friends to have food and enjoy fireworks and marked the beginning of the new year, that is the ly image of taipei in taiwan. 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 committee, 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 back—seat of a car. earlier, i spoke to the conservative councillor and former special adviser, claire pearsall about whether the issues both the prime minister and nadhim zahawi were having an impact on the conservative party. i think this statement raises more questions than it solved. the whole process of nadhim zahawi's tax returns 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 been passed through the cabinet secretary prior to mr zahawi's stint as chancellor, it does seem this has been rumbling on for some time, it should have been clarified sooner and i think there are still more questions to be asked of him and a bit more clarity as to the state of this trust and why these 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 a little bit more detail before anybody can unwind it any further. when it comes to the sum, i've got to stress, and be completely transparent, the bbc hasn't verified the exact amount, but when it comes to the statement from zahawi, he says that hmrc, the tax authority, has concluded this was a careless and not deliberate a error, iwonder, though, given he was in charge of the uk tax authority, of the uk tax system, should he have paid more care when it comes to however this company was 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 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 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 is very, very difficult, it seems every single day we get another headline, we have had rishi sunak�*s fixed penalty notice, which is quite right, he was bang to rights, you can see from the footage he 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 with nadhim zahawi and his tax affairs which has been rumbling 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, tojunior 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 left the post as prime minister that we would see an end to that but unfortunately it has just carried on. claire pearsall, good to get your reaction, we are going to go back to the situation with ukraine. let's return to ukraine saying 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. ulrike franke is senior policy fellow at the european council for foreign relations. as an observer, ifind 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, this reluctance to send certain systems

and in the end they were overcome. but i think it has to do a lot with fear of 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 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 with our partners, which i would also agree with but now we have the uk willing to deliver challenger tanks and ireland —— now we have the uk willing to deliver challenger tanks and poland 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 government doesn't actually say it. 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 when you talk about negotiations, what would germany be willing to see? would it 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. yes, and we don't 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 more 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 now, i mean, 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. to russia, is russian territory, which is completely illegal. 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. 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. liverpool and chelsea played out a goalless draw at anfield in a result that does little in their pursuit of a top four

finish in the premier league. the match was notable for the debut of new £62 million signing mikhalo mudryk. the ukranian came close to opening the scoring following his introduction in the second half but they were unable to prevent a fifth consecutive draw between the two sides. liverpool move up to 8th... chelsea stay 10th. celtic are through to the last 16 of the scottish cup with a comfortable 5—0 win over second—tier morton. both kyogo furuhashi and aaron mooy scored twice. the japan international�*s second was his 20th of the season. mooy started and finished the rout, as celtic attempt to win the trophy for the firsr time since 2020. mancheser city missed

the chance to move level on points with the two teams above them in the wsl after a 1—0 draw with aston villa. deyna castellanos gave city the lead in the first half as they chase a champions league spot. but a player on loan from manchester united, kirsty hanson, got the equaliser just two minutes later as villa moved up a place to fifth in the table. andy murray's australian open is over. he couldn't repeat the comebacks from his first two rounds as he lost in four sets to roberto bautista—agut in melbourne. joe lynskey was watching. he spent 14 hours on court in three extraordinary matches but for andy murray, the bravest stand has come to an end. roberto bautista agut was one opponent too far, the spaniard breezed through the first set and 186-1. breezed through the first set and 186—1. murray lost to him here four

years ago, the last match before his metal hip, but still he goes on. and the melbourne night brings the best from him, his second round match went past liam, now here he had a breakthrough. 0ne went past liam, now here he had a breakthrough. one set all that it had come at a cost. murray was tiring, roberto bautista agut was brutal, he found the gaps on the way to the third set and although marie threatened, this match had slipped away. roberto bautista agut goes on but for marie this time no tears. with meaden hip —— metal hip and iron resolve, this has proved he will be back. meanwhile dan evans was also knocked out in straight sets to russia's andrey rublev

which ends the british involvement in the singles. novak djokovic's bid for a tenth title in melbourne and record equalling 22nd grand slam remains on he beat grigor dimitrov in straight sets. it is another day of protests in france. left—wing party unbowed and other youth organisations 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. 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 president macron says it's the best way to ensure the system remains affordable. 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 six 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. 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. 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. meanwhile, a bbc investigation has found that hundreds of thousands of calls made to nhs mental health

helplines in england are going unanswered. the crisis phone lines, which are supposed to be available 2a hours a day, are designed to provide support for those who are suicidal, or in emotional distress. 0ur reporter adam eley spoke to hannah, who says it took her two days to get through. for me to call, it is because i am at my absolute lowest and i am about to do something. for years hannah has struggled with her mental health, at times wanting to take her own life. in these moments she called her nhs trust's 24—hour helpline for urgent mental health support. but too often, she says, no—one picked up. i have literally been crying my eyes out and left a message on the answerphone and no—one has ever got back to me. it makes it ten times worse. i know for me, i start to spiral. when she has been able to get through, hannah says support can be limited. on one occasion she told a staff member she no longer wanted to live. she actually said to me, "think happy thoughts and read a book."

when i said that is not going to help, that is when she hung up and said "you don't want to help yourself." i ended up going to a&e. south london and maudsley nhs trust has since apologised, adding that improvements have been made. nhs crisis lines in england receive more than 200,000 calls a month, aiming to signpost people to services and provide urgent phone support. but figures obtained by the bbc show at least [118,000 calls went unanswered in 2021—22. two recent coroner's reports have highlighted issues with crisis lines that preceded deaths, noting the demands on staff. it was a very exhausting job emotionally, it was impossible to answer all the calls. 0ne former staff member says she felt overwhelmed and was not properly trained. i didn't feel prepared. you are expected to learn on the job, which is disappointing when the risk is so high and you are dealing with people's lives. experts say crisis lines can play a vital role,

if they are able to meet demand. the point of them is to make the system really accessible, to make it easy not to go to a&e. and if that's not what is happening, then that's obviously a major problem. nhs england said it had made £7 million available to local areas to improve their crisis lines. for hannah, if crisis lines are to improve, staff must have the time to speak to patients with compassion. you shouldn't have to be at absolute rock bottom to get decent care and to be spoken to like an actual human being. adam eley, bbc news. 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 1,000 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 comes from the script. but the writer's script was always just the starting point. the bits that are the best bits that you see when you've written something are the extra bits that david added in, and david did that every single time for 60 years. one of the very talented writers at the time and said the bash street kids classes were infested with mice. in the frame of the strip

that had that, david had drawn 300 separate mice, and every single one had a different facial expression, 300 different facial expressions on tiny little mice. and we said, "why did you do that?" and he just says, "i just 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 other activities, you just played and read cartoons and tried to climb the trees. i would say the bash street kids is probably one of the best ones. we didn't cell phones and all that stuff. we didn't have a tv until 1958, you know. so all those things were good for us, you know, for the young kids. who are your favourites? probably dennis and gnasher

and minnie he minx. he's actually got copies of his dad's beano from when he was a kid, so that's what got him into it. he really likes them. how good is it to see that again? yeah, it's really nice. we'll get one for later, to read on the train home. david sutherland's final comic strip will appear in the beano next week. aileen clark, bbc news, glasgow. a fitting tribute to a life well drawn. let's get the new —— the weather now. things are looking different in the north—west of the country, we are getting atlantic air and a lot of bad coming and bringing in milder conditions, still quite windy for scotland and northern ireland into the night, some more rain coming in from the atlantic as well, some of

the cloud could edge into the westernmost parts of england and wales but on the whole, clearer skies cover that could lead to more fog, particularly in the east of england. it will be dense and freezing. a widespread frost for england and wales, chilly for south—east scotland, the rest should see temperatures above freezing. milder atlanti care here. but that is struggling to arrive across south—eastern parts of the uk where we have blocking areas keeping it cold but keeping sunshine as well. they will be fog around as we move into tomorrow morning, especially for eastern england, only slowly lifting, one or two patches could linger into the afternoon. western parts of england and into wales will see slightly higher temperatures. could get sunshine around the moray firth, temperatures out 10 degrees in western scotland and northern ireland but across the east of

england, it could be three or 4 degrees, and if the first england —— if the frost lingers, it could be colder. it will be cold for much of england and wales on monday, some morning fog across eastern parts of england, slowly lifting, some sunshine, cloudy skies across the west of england and wales and more especially in scotland and northern ireland where it is still mild, temperatures nine or 10 degrees, but quite a contrast across the uk, is sale in the colder air in the midlands and towards the east and east anglia. a weather front comes in from the north—west and gives us a definite change around the middle part of the week but tuesday still looks cold in the south—east, sunshine and fog, and on wednesday we see milder air pushing down across the whole of the country and with the milder air, it looks like there will be a lot of cloud.

this is bbc news, the headlines... uk conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by authorities as having been "careless and not deliberate". 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. there are urgent calls to nhs mental health helplines in england going unanswered, because services are overwhelmed. 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. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for talking business. hello, now it's time for talking business. welcome to tal let's hello, welcome to talking business. let's take a look at what is on show. as the global economy falters,