this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... 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. 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. turkey cancels a visit to ankara by the swedish defence minister after authorities in sweden gave permission for a protest by a far—right politician.

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 the uk's tax authority, hmrc, 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 had 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, which i mentioned, 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. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake speak 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake speak about the conservative party chairman nadeem zahawi. he is not the only one aft —— under the spotlight, rishi sunak as well. 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. he wasn't wearing a seat belt. 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... 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 a lot 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, i wonder, 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, just brings up more questions. it is very complicated, the fact that his father was taking founder 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 it shouldn't have been allowed to continue, especially during his stint as chancellor and now as party chairman. he needs to be above the law, he needs to be absolutely transparent, which is what rishi sunak, when he became prime minister, said he would have. well, when we talk about rishi sunak, we have heard about the situation with the next penalty notice, that is for the video where he wasn't wearing a seat belt. ijust wonder, you know, when he became prime minister, 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 could 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, i think the police acted in exactly the correct way. but we are now being overtaken with nadhim zahawi and his tax affairs which has been rumbling on especially 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's just carried on. ukraine's president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, 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. president zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrsky and 13 other people killed following a helicopter crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a nursery school on fire. a solemn occasion. let's get more on this from kyiv from where we are joined by bbc ukrainian reporter viktoriia zhuhan. there was a sense of palpable shock when this happened, today we see the president and the first lady at a memorial, talk us through the mood thatis memorial, talk us through the mood that is embracing ukraine at this moment. i

that is embracing ukraine at this moment. ., �* ., , , ., moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. _ moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. the _ moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. the tragedy - moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. the tragedy when moment. i wouldn't say a sense of. shock has gone. the tragedy when a helicopter crashed is still top line in the news and it is still one of the most widely discussed among readers and viewers, the audience. now, just to give you a glimpse of the fact it is having on the mood of people who weren't there, the first images from the tragedy that many ukrainians have seen were videos with fire and sounds of screaming people, and we understand some of those were children. now, when i was at the scene, hours after it happened, it was just dead quiet because the whole neighbourhood was showing up to help, to put flowers, to improvise memorials, and people werejust standing and to improvise memorials, and people were just standing and some of them crying, some of them just looking

shocked. when you talk to many people in the neighbourhood, many of them seem to know someone from their so overall even though ukrainian authorities do not connect this tragedy to war or at leastjust authorities do not connect this tragedy to war or at least just yet, it is a big sign too many ukrainians that no one, literally no one can feel safe in this country. we know that many other _ feel safe in this country. we know that many other teenagers - feel safe in this country. we know that many other teenagers who i feel safe in this country. we know. that many other teenagers who were in the area, they were helping to pull out some the children. there is a school right _ pull out some the children. there is a school right next _ pull out some the children. there is a school right next to _ pull out some the children. there is a school right next to the _ pull out some the children. there is a school right next to the preschool| a school right next to the preschool and the incident happened early in the morning so some of the kids were already in high school and those were teenagers, and some young guys, like 16 and 17 years old, they said that they showed up at the scene. they weren't the only people but i have heard from people in the neighbourhood was that before the rescue services arrived with help, it is neighbours who rushed to the

kindergarten to try to pull out, you know, children and adults. now, the teenagers were saying that they took care of the kids who had bruises and scratches and kept and took care of them until their parents arrived. 0k, viktoriia zhuhan, thank you very much for talking us through that sad occasion, president zelensky, the first lady, at that memorial for those who had died after that crash. thank you for the time being, though. lots more on our website.

liverpool and chelsea were both languishing in mid table before they met in the premier league earlier... and the cause of neither would have been greatly improved by the goalless draw they played out at anfield. they started 9th and 10th in the table... and at least liverpool's point takes them a place higher for the time being. it wasjurgen klopp's1000th match as a manager... while chelsea brought on their new 62 million pound signing mykhailo mudryk. .. who came closest to breaking the deadlock. four more games are into the second half. west ham scored twice throutharrod bowen to lead a crucial match against another team who are in the relegation zone. southampton�*s match against aston villa was delayed after a drone was spotted at st mary's. at the australian open, a tale of two 35—year—old men. one through to the fourth round... the other defeated after a tumuluous week in melboune. after andy murray's two marathon matches... including in the last round one that finished at just before 4am local time he eventually bowed out beaten by roberto bautista agut in four sets.

the spaniard will play america's tommy paul in the last 16. he other 30—something is the nine—time champion novak djokovic who's continuing to battle a hamstring problem as he reached the fourth round. he needed a medical time out for treatment during his straight sets win over grigor dimitrov. he'll next face the australian 22nd seed alex de minaur, as he hopes to win a record—equalling 22nd grand slam title. every season counts, i guess, now, when you come to probably the last stage, the last quarter of your career. you know, obviously, you start appreciating and valuing every single tournament more because you know that you might not have too many left in the tank but, you know, i have been very fortunate to do what i love. i truly love this sport, i love competing, it has been almost 20 years of professional sport, i can't be more grateful than i am. in the women's draw fifth seed aryna sabalenka is through to the fourth round beating her former doubles

partner elise mertens. the belarusian is yet to lose a match this year, having won the adelaide international before the australian open. she was comfortable throughout, winning in straight sets. she'll next take on another player with a 100 percent record in 2023, belinda bencic. the nfl playoffs have reached the divisional round when the number one seeds in each conferencejoin the postseason after having a bye for the wild card games. in the afc that's the kansas city chiefs... in the afc that's the kansas city chiefs, who are strong favourites to beat the jacksonville jaguars, depsite their extraordinary comeback to beat the los angeles chargers last weekend. later on saturday the new york giants take on division rivals the philadelphia eagles, who are the number one seeds in the nfc. the giants surprised the minnesota vikings in the wild card round. the eagles will have home field advantage and won both meetings during the regular season. a good—looking week, business as usual, i know our guys are professionals and come about their

business every day and come out and do their business every day to make sure they are ready to play so it has been a good week of practice, we've got to finish it up. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. turkey has cancelled the swedish defence minister's upcoming trip to the capital ankara, saying sweden was allowing demonstrations outside the turkish embassy in stockholm. turkey says authorities in sweden gave permission for a protest by a far—right politician to burn the quran outside the embassy. pro—turkish and pro—kurdish groups are also planning demonstrations there. the ministers had been due to discuss ankara's objections to sweden's bid tojoin the nato military alliance. bbc�*s berza simsek is following the developments for us. she joins us from london. she has been following develops —— developments for us. let's start with why turkey is calling for the swedish defence minister, why they

have cancelled friday's meeting, following these protests?- have cancelled friday's meeting, following these protests? well, in order to understand _ following these protests? well, in order to understand why - following these protests? well, in order to understand why they - following these protests? well, in| order to understand why they have cancelled this visit, we can have a look at the messages coming from turkish authorities. basically, turkey�*s defence minister said that the meeting has no importance and no meaning any longer and when we look at the other statements coming from the foreign minister, the presidential spokesperson or turkey's ruling akp spokesperson, we see that basically they say they have warned swedish authorities beforehand but the swedish authorities didn't prevent this protest to take place, and they say this is not an act of freedom of speech but this is a hate crime. well, we have to mention that especially president erdogan sees himself as one of the leaders of the muslim world, therefore burning the koran is quite sentimental for him and one might also say that turkey's

ruling akp is trying to consolidate its political base with, you know, increasing those nationalistic religious feelings just ahead of the presidential and general elections in the coming months. 50. presidential and general elections in the coming months. so, turkey was u set b in the coming months. so, turkey was upset by this — in the coming months. so, turkey was upset by this protest _ in the coming months. so, turkey was upset by this protest by _ in the coming months. so, turkey was upset by this protest by this _ upset by this protest by this politician. and when it comes to turkey has always been anxious and concerned and raised concerns about the pro—kurdish community within the country, talk us through that as well, please. country, talk us through that as well. please-— well, please. sure, of course. turkey sees— well, please. sure, of course. turkey sees sweden - well, please. sure, of course. turkey sees sweden as - well, please. sure, of course. turkey sees sweden as a - well, please. sure, of course. turkey sees sweden as a safe | well, please. sure, of course. - turkey sees sweden as a safe haven for pkk members are not only pkk but also another organisation members. basically, turkey saying that those people are terrorists and they want civilians —— sweden to act like those people back to turkey so they can be put on trial or imprisoned.

but sweden has, although they started extraditing some of those people demanded by turkey back to turkey, they are saying that some of the other demands are unacceptable. they say those people, we don't have enough evidence that those people have committed crimes and they are under our protection. find have committed crimes and they are under our protection.— under our protection. and briefly, if ou under our protection. and briefly, if you would. _ under our protection. and briefly, if you would, because _ under our protection. and briefly, if you would, because of - under our protection. and briefly, if you would, because of course i under our protection. and briefly, l if you would, because of course this all plays into sweden becoming a nato member, turkey has to approve that, how does this all work in terms of that? because we know that meeting where this discussion was that you take place on friday has now been cancelled. in that you take place on friday has now been cancelled.— now been cancelled. in order for sweden to _ now been cancelled. in order for sweden to become _ now been cancelled. in order for sweden to become a _ now been cancelled. in order for sweden to become a nato -- . now been cancelled. in order for sweden to become a nato -- in| now been cancelled. in order for - sweden to become a nato -- in order sweden to become a nato —— in order for nato cash sweden to become a nato member, each member has to approve it. a couple of hours ago, there has been a statement from an ultranationalist party in turkey, the leader said they would be against swedish, sweden's membership bed in the turkish parliament, said

this is very important because it shows it has become even more difficult for sweden's membership to be supported by turkey. fix, difficult for sweden's membership to be supported by turkey. fig 11th difficult for sweden's membership to be supported by turkey.— be supported by turkey. a lot to get throu~h be supported by turkey. a lot to get through that. _ be supported by turkey. a lot to get through that, berza _ be supported by turkey. a lot to get through that, berza simsek - be supported by turkey. a lot to get through that, berza simsek from - be supported by turkey. a lot to get| through that, berza simsek from the bbc, thank you very much for talking us through the latest developments. there is another day of protests taking place in france today against president macron�*s pension reform plans left—wing party unbowed and other youth organistations are marching in paris. 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 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 6 weeks of conflict. the president declared a state of emergency last week, 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. the protests have also led to the closure of unesco heritage site at machu picchu. brazil's defence minister says there's no evidence 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.

the chief executive of nhs england says the ongoing industrial action is making workloads more challenging. amanda pritchard says the ongoing 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. the former us astronaut buzz aldrin has celebrated his 93rd birthday by marrying his long—term partner at a ceremony in los angeles. mr aldrin, who was one of the first two people to ever walk the moon, shared pictures from the private ceremony on twitter. he said he and new wife anca faur were as excited anca faur were as excited as eloping teenagers with fans commenting he really must be over the moon. well, what else were they going to say!. and staying with news from the night sky, lunar new year's eve celebrations have taken place in taipei. millions of people around the world are preparing for the start

of the lunar new year tomorrow. from me in the team, thanks for watching. hello there. it has been cold again today across england and wales, even if you did have the sunshine. some areas, though, it has been a real struggle with this mist and fog scross parts of northern england, east wales, west midlands and the west country. towards the north—west of the uk, things are looking very different. we are getting atlantic air and a lot of cloud, bringing in some milder conditions. still going to be quite windy for scotland and northern ireland into the night, some more rain coming in from the atlantic as well. some of that cloud just could edge into westernmost parts of england and wales, but on the whole we have got clearer skies. that will lead to more fog, particularly across eastern parts of england, it will be dense and freezing as well. there will be a widespread frost for england and wales, could be as low as —7. a bit chilly for south—east scotland, the rest of scotland and northern ireland seeing temperatures above freezing.

got milder atlantic air here. that is really struggling to arrive across south—eastern parts of the uk, where we have this blocking area of high pressure keeping it cold. keeping us with some sunshine as well. there will be some fog around, then, as we move into tomorrow morning, especially for eastern england. lifting, one or two patches lingering into the afternoon. western parts of england and into wales will see more cloud, slightly higher temperatures. we have got cloud for scotland and northern ireland. bit of rain and drizzle from time to time, could get some sunshine around the moray firth. temperatures making 10 degrees in western scotland and northern ireland, but across the midlands, east england, could be only three or four degrees, and if the fog does linger, it will be even colder than that. the weather front in the north—west weakens as high pressure builds across it in time for monday, keeping it cold for much of england and wales. some morning fog across eastern parts of england, again slowly lifting, some sunshine. we have still got cloudier skies across western parts of england and wales, and more

especially in scotland and northern ireland where it is still mild, temperatures again 9—10 celsius. but quite a contrast across the uk, still in that colder, generally sunny air through the midlands towards the south—east and east anglia. we have to see this weather front coming in from the north—west to give us more of a definite change around the middle part of the week. tuesday still looks cold across south—eastern areas, some sunshine and some fog. it is not until wednesday we see milder air pushing down across the whole of the country, and with that 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 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. turkey cancels a visit to ankara by the swedish defence minister after authorities in sweden gave permission for a protest by a far—right politician. 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.