this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by authorities as having been "careless and not deliberate" labour have reported former prime minister borisjohnson to the parliamentary standards watchdog over allegations that bbc chairman richard sharp helped him arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000. thousands of israelis take to the streets against benjamin netanyahu's right wing coalition in what could be the biggest anti—government protests in a decade. 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 chair of the conservative party nadim zahawi has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father — for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 — had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he'd paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it's understood the dispute over mr zahawi's taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here's our political

correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was — for a few months — borisjohnson�*s chancellor, in charge of the country's finances. is the hmrc still after you, sir? but since then, he's faced questions about his own financial affairs and claims he tried to avoid tax. over the summer, he dismissed claims that hmrc was investigating him as inaccurate smears. this morning, a cabinet colleague defended him. i don't know about nadhim's personal tax affairs — i wouldn't know personally, they're private to him — but he's been very clear that he's paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up—to—date and, of course, he's engaged with hmrc, so that's the position and i think he has been very transparent about this. if he needs to answer any further questions, i'm sure he'll do so. mr zahawi has now confirmed he did pay money to settle a disagreement with hmrc. he said it related to shares

in the polling company yougov, which he set up in 2000. he said his dad gave him money to do it and got some shares in return as a founder. in a statement issued this afternoon, mr zahawi said that hmrc had... ..and that he had chosen to... he said hmrc had concluded this was a... labour says there are still things he needs to explain, and earlier the shadow chancellor was scathing. when the prime minister came into office, he said that he would run a government that would have honesty, integrity and professionalism at its heart. none of those three things are happening today. mr zahawi said the matter was resolved and all his tax affairs were up—to—date when prime minister rishi sunak appointed him as the party chairman. anything you want to say, mr zahawi? he has now given some explanation. the question will be if it's enough.

there is no obligation on politicians to make their tax affair public. by allowing this to drag on for several days it has been damaging for the government. is put the focus on the complicated tax affairs of a wealthy minister at a time when many people are struggling with the cost of living. it's been a distraction for the government when it's trying to get its own messages out. he has given some explanation of what happened but there are things that remain unclear, most notably the timeline, when was this paid and crucially what stage it was that when mr nadeem zahawi was at two chancellor and in charge of the countries finances. two chancellor and in charge of the countries finances. and staying with british politics — 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 back—seat

of a car. thousands of israelis have packed the streets of several cities in the second weekend of large scale demonstrations against benjamin netanyahu's right wing coalition. this was the scene in tel aviv in what organisers believe could be one of the biggest anti—government protests in a decade. with banners and israeli flags the demonstrators say they want to stop a coup being carried out. they accuse mr netanyahu of threatening democracy with the most radically nationalist and religious coalition the country's ever known. already, plans for legal reforms have sparked an unprecedented clash between the government and thejudges, while the prime minister himself is on trial for corruption. the bbc�*s tom bateman is in tel aviv. these protesters say they believe there is achoo —— coup going on to try to dismantle israel's system of government by netanyahu, by this coalition, it is the most radically nationalist right—wing religious government

in israel's history. it has brought all these people out onto the streets of tel aviv tonight. i was just chatting to one woman who is here with her baby son that said she was so concerned about the direction of the country that she was considering leaving it and that she didn't want her son to serve in the army. for something like that for israel is that is a profound point. the reason they are allowed here is that coalition being into its third week. they've talked about their believe that benjamin netanyahu wants to water down the independence of the courts. they see that as an attack on israeli democracy. mr netanyahu has been dismissive throughout these protests, they say they are effectively denying the will of the people and said there was much bigger demonstration, that was the election took place in november and led to the formation of his coalition.

police tonight are estimating numbers that were greater than last week when they released 80,000 are estimating. that would make this certainly the biggest antigovernment demonstration in israel recent years. labour have reported former prime minister borisjohnson to the parliamentary standards watchdog following allegations reported in tomorrow's sunday times that the bbc chairman richard sharp helped the former prime minister to arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 just weeks before johnson selected him for his currentjob. a spokesman for borisjohnson said — "this is rubbish. "richard sharp has never given any financial advice to borisjohnson, "nor has mrjohnson sought any financial advice from him. "there has never been any remuneration or compensation "to mr sharp from borisjohnson for this or any other service. "mrjohnson did indeed have

dinner with mr sharp, "whom he has known for almost 20 years, and with his cousin. "so what? big deal. "all mrjohnson�*s financial arrangements have been properly declared and registered on the advice of officials." the sunday times says richard sharp became involved after dining with his friend sam blyth, a distant cousin of the former prime minister and met simon case to discuss the matter in noio. richard sharp said "there is not a conflict when i simply connected, at his request, mr blyth with the cabinet secretary and had no further involvement whatsoever." the cabinet office have been contacted but have not commented to the bbc. a bbc spokesman said: "the bbc plays no role in the recruitment of the chair and any questions are a matter for the government." 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 kindergarten on fire.

president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday 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. let's go live to berlin now and speak to boyan panchevski, germany correspondent at the wall streetjournal. welcome, thank you for being with us. tell us more about these protests in berlin. how widespread is the negative reaction to germany's response not to send these tanks as of yet?— tanks as of yet? thank you for havin: tanks as of yet? thank you for having me- — tanks as of yet? thank you for having me. basically- tanks as of yet? thank you for having me. basically the - tanks as of yet? thank you for - having me. basically the chancellor is facing a huge problem at home in berlin. it has been a protest in front of his office. much more than that the media in general has turned against him and also leading figures from his own coalition government has spoken against his decision to

effectively veto the delivery of german—made tanks also from other countries with up under these arms export rules german tanks that have been sold by germany to third countries need to be approved by the government if they were going to be re—exported to ukraine. countries like poland or finland are also unable, although they are willing to contribute tanks to kyiv. it's been a pretty tough week for the chancellor. i think his decision has not been communicated very well, people don't quite understand what's going on and why it's happening. and so i think he's raising enormous pressure within his own coalition as well as the international public from allies and the media at home. a lot of analysts expect he will eventually have to correct and

somehow lift this unspoken veto. he has been cautious from the beginning and his reaction to ukraine and what they've sent. initially very reluctant to do bury them off. that has increased over the past year in terms of military equipment and money that is the assessment at some point he will acquiesce? he's being very cautious in taking his time and being very careful of what reaction may be from russia.— may be from russia. yes. that argument _ may be from russia. yes. that argument is — may be from russia. yes. that argument is very _ may be from russia. yes. that argument is very difficult - may be from russia. yes. that argument is very difficult to i argument is very difficult to explain by his own people. when i talk to them i don't quite get it anymore. germany has, as you said, been cautious since april or mid year. since they have delivered some of the most powerful, potent pieces of the most powerful, potent pieces of utility to ukraine the self—propelled howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, these things are extremely powerful. they are much

more powerful than a tank. they're being used on the front line every day. they have a reach of over 30 km. it's very difficult to explain why a tank is this totemic, that this is meant to be causing escalation when they have sent much bigger and powerful star. there is something about the tank that seems to be bothering mr schultz personally. his people say that president biden of the united states has not sent tanks. you have to remember at the moment i think britain is the only country that has officially announced that they will be sending ia tanks. essentially he is saying i'm only going to do this if president biden goes a long with it. that is difficult to explain because prior to that he has been saying we will go along with whatever nato decides, our european allies decide. it's difficult to

explain to people why a tank should be an escalation where a much bigger weapon has been there for months and months. boyan panchevski, thank you very much for your analysis and time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — protests take place at one of the uk's biggest national parks — in the form of a mass camp out. more on that story, later. donald trump is now the a5th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill, in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting -

for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. - anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests . throughout the tour. they called him the butcher of lyon. klaus altmann is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief, klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot — a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. uk conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by authorities as having been "careless and not deliberate". a short time ago my colleague kasia madera spoke to rebecca benneyworth, a chartered accountant who writes on tax issues. she also advices the tax authorities

here in the uk and is the former chair of the tax faculty at the institute of chartered accountants. she says.. well, hmrc has got a very, very sophisticated computer system which goes off and gets data from all sorts of places and marries that data up and spots anomalies that they are concerned about. but in fact, what we are led to believe in mr zahawi's case is that that was not how all of this started. the suggestion is that mr zahawi went to hmrc, once he realised that there was a problem with his tax, and came forward, and the rate of penalty and some of the information that's in the public domain suggests that that's true. so he actually went to hmrc, approached them, and said, "look, there's a problem, i need to come clean, "i need to tell you all about it." when you say the rate of penalty, just explain, help us to understand, in that case, would it have been

potentially a higher penalty? we can't verify the exact figures, but the guardian is reporting that it was a penalty of 30%. yes, so that report is consistent with what mr zahawi said in his statement this afternoon, that hmrc had agreed that his behaviour was careless and not deliberate. so what the penalty legislation does, once you've had a tax inquiry or you've come forward and said, "oh, dear, i've gota problem," right at the end of it, hmrc have to go into a sort of a bit of a look and see, "were you careless in underpaying your tax?" so how the legislation works is fairly straightforward. you've sent a document to hmrc which is inaccurate. as a result of that, you've underpaid your tax. the legislation then says, "we need to look at how this happened. "were you careless?

was it deliberate? "did you send in a deliberately incorrect tax return?" or, even worse still, "did you deliberately misstate your tax and then try and cover it up afterwards?" those are the kind of levels of penalties, and obviously a much, much higher penalty for what they call deliberate and concealed. careless is what has been agreed. now, if it was just simply to do with the uk, the maximum penalty, then, is 30%, and then you get a reduction, the law says, for what they call disclosure. now, that involves you coming forward or maybe hmrc asking you about it and you putting your hands up, and also how you work with hmrc while you are actually sorting all of it out. did you give them all the information they needed? did you let them see all of your information so that you could arrive at the right amount of tax? the slight difference here with mr zahawi is that the yougov shares,

if that is what he is paying this capital gains tax in relation to, they were in an offshore structure in gibraltar. when the inaccuracy relates to something that happened offshore, the penalty legislation is a little more aggressive. it says, "we don't like this at all." so the starting point goes up to a5%. gibraltar is what is called a category two territory, so it is the middle range of penalties, so it starts off at a5%. if you come forward without being asked about it, then you can reduce that penalty. the minimum you'll get it down to is 22.5%. so if our analysis is right, and i think this sort of seems to stack up with what's in the public domain, he did come forward voluntarily because the penalty for what they call prompted disclosure, after hmrc have said, "hang on a minute, what's going on here?", that's much higher.

so it's likely he came forward voluntarily, he was moderately cooperative, not 100% cooperative. otherwise the penalty would have been 22.5%, the minimum level. so he was slightly less than overly enthusiastic to get hmrc sorted and get the whole thing resolved, but they've got a good reduction. so whoever was negotiating for him and dealing with hmrc, they've come out with — given the circumstances, i think a lot of people are commenting today — not a bad outcome in penalty terms, at 30%. there was 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 6a. president macron says it's the best way to ensure the system remains affordable. peru has closed the famous inca citadel of machu picchu because of anti— government protests. hundreds of tourists have been left stranded. violent protests have continued in the peruvian capital, as thousands of demonstrators descended on lima, demanding the resignation of president dina boluarte. peru's ministry of culture said the closure of machu picchu and the inca trails network had been ordered to keep visitors safe because of the social situation. it said tourists would be given the assistance they need and tickets would be refunded or be valid for one month after the end of the protests. 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. he is currently minister for education and policing and came to prominence as one of the primary architects of the country's much

lauded covid response. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park — in the south west of england. last week the uk's high court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. the national park's authority has now struck a deal to pay landowners to allow wild camping in some areas. but as claire marshall reports many are still unhappy about the access. this is a battle bus rolling into the village square. we're here today to summon up a spirit, to defend dartmoor and its wild camping rights. the organisers of this rally, the right to roam, say they are at war for the right to sleep under the stars. let's go and summon up the spirit of dartmoor. cheering. how do you feel about the level of support? it's amazing. amazing to see so many people come out together,

to show that this is a huge issue for people. it feels like it's a real visceral feeling of, like, "this is something that we really care about." they marched towards the southern slopes of the moor. a,000 acres of it is owned by a hedge fund manager, alexander darwall. his legal action saw the high court rule there is no intrinsic right to wild camp on the moor, something that's been done for decades. i cut my football match to come here. did you? more important! it's more important than a football match? yeah! a lot of people here today spoken to me about power and about how it's tipped away from the ability of people to camp out here on the moor, in favour of the few people who own this land. but there is a darker side — the damage that can be done by people camping out. cans, foil, condoms,

syringes sometimes... russell ashford owns buckfastleigh common. he was born here. at the end of the day, it is a fantastic, big, open wild space, but it is a wild space, and we surely don't want to visit it so much that it's damaged through that. a deal has been done — land owners will be paid and people can wild camp. the area is smaller, though, and the right can be revoked at any time. what everyone has in common is the desire for humans to leave no trace and to preserve the dwindling wild spaces of england. claire marshall, bbc news on dartmoor. tens of millions of people are on the move in china in preparation for the start of the lunar new year tomorrow. it's the first spring festival in china in four years without any covid travel restrictions, as michael bristow reports. there's excitement, and relief, as china begins celebrating its first lunar new year since the lifting of

covid restrictions. not surprisingly, there are more travellers than last year. there are expected to be 2 billion individualjourneys in china over the whole holiday, although that's still fewer than before the outbreak began. for some, it's a first get—together since the start of the pandemic. translation: i'm very happy to see my son and his family. | this is ourfirst reunion in three years. but covid is casting a shadow over the new year. many are still cautious about travelling. people fear they could be taking disease home with them. translation: although we have opened up, i still have concerns. _ everyone needs to take measures to protect themselves. and for parents and the elderly, who have not got covid yet, we still need to be careful for them. in a new year address china's leader xijinping promised glories and dreams in the upcoming year of the rabbit.

in perhaps a veiled reference to china's current covid crisis, he said this passing year's achievements had not come easy. chinese officials are trying to convince the public that the worst is over, but there are fears that such a huge movement of people across china over the lunar new year could fuel further covid infections, and deaths. michael bristow, bbc news. the former us astronaut — and the second person to walk on the moon — buzz aldrin — has got married for the fourth time — coinciding with his 93rd birthday. pictures from their private los angeles ceremony were shared by buzz aldrin on social media. the former pilot said that he and new wife 63—year—old dr anca faur were as "excited as eloping teenagers". with

as eloping teenagers". fans commenting he really be with fans commenting he really must be over the moon. 0h with fans commenting he really must be over the moon. oh dear. congratulations. that's it for me. many a southeast of clear clear skies overhead and frost and fog here in the ground. we're going to see a real mix to the course of sunday, sticking with the cloudier, milder theme in the north and west with some rain around put up a further south and east cold, frosty with lingering fog. that contrast down to the fact that we still got this cold air mass with us across central and southern areas. this weather front in the north and west bringing milder conditions and fairly patchy rate through the courts of the day. for the rest of the overnight period there is that rain pushed again across the west of scotland, northern ireland. fog forming through the early hours

across many central, eastern and southern parts of england. to start off our sunday morning we're going to see temperatures down to about “6, to see temperatures down to about —6, possibly my to 7 degrees toward the south and east frost free in the northwest through the day on sunday the early fog in the east slowly clearing away some rain for parts of western scotland and irish seacoast, perhaps cornwall. some sunshine develops once that fog slowly lifts away from southern and eastern england but it will feel cold, two or three degrees in the east, even colder if you see fog lingering for the perhaps double figures for the likes of belfast with a clear skies across the north of scotland was up as we move through sunday night into monday more of the same, cold and frosty towards the south and east with temperatures down below freezing. frost free with milder weather holding on across scotland and northern ireland. without this area of high pressure building across much of the uk as we move through into monday. weatherfronts in the far north their photo could be some rain on the far north of

scotland, the northern house in the odd splash around some irish seacoast. sunshine developing for the bulk of england and wales after that bob gradually clears away. top temperatures again around three to 5 degrees, on the chilly side but sunshine towards the south and east. milder but cloudier in the north and the west. as we head through the middle of the week still high around, perhaps a week from making its way south and introducing a new swatches of rain. generally a lot of dry weather but will be turning milder through the week ahead but also rather cloudy at times two. bye—bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the chair of the conservative party nadim zahawi has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. it's understood the dispute over mr zahawi's taxes was resolved

while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. labour have reported former prime minister borisjohnson to the parliamentary standards watchdog over allegations that bbc chairman richard sharp helped him arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000. 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 are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. you are watching bbc news. now... the lives she saved. she was just amazing. she had 26,000 followers. shows so much bravery, i think, to push through