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frantic rush to get hold of ppe, or personal protective £15 billion were spent on masks, gowns and aprons. some of those deals, though, proved to be link to the government at the time, according to the servants and politicians.

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it would mean a ban on new leasehold flats, and that people could take ownership of their buildings. the government says this would end an unfair every single day, it's a living nightmare for leaseholders, but the organisation representing freeholders says it believes leasehold is the most effective way of managing large, complex apartment buildings. today's announcement is just the first step,

pakistan is pressing ahead with the deportation by their refugee agency as in need of of february, double the number two weeks prior. foreign nationals. this is footage ahmad

secretly filmed of his it was his daughter's voice on the line. baba, here is the police." for women and children. perfamily, only one blanket. hearing, but were denied entry. pakistan's government says there is no mistreatment. this woman was also locked out of these gates and was trying to visit her sister

in the camp. this area is home to many afghans, which is why you'll see so much afghan food and shops. but pakistan is frustrated by what it calls very slow families like this one are terrified of what that the taliban takeover. thatjob has doomed me.

sobbing. translation: don't force us out, don't kick afghans - we are not here by choice. many others we've spoken to also feel stranded with no path to safety. with no path to safety. azadeh moshiri, bbc news, islamabad. within past few moments, we within the past few moments, we have had update on social which deserves, four have had an update on social have had an update on social media from ukraine's president media from ukraine's president zelensky in which he volodymyr zelensky in which he volodymyr zelensky in which he says that he accuses says that ukraine... he accuses of russia of continuing what he 7 of continuing what he ggggia of continuing what he a terror ukraine. calls a terror against ukraine. he writes on x that ukraine is writes on x that ukraine is he writes on x that ukraine is fighting for a normal, safe fighting for a normal, safe

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a peace deal, then the air attacks need to stop. and of attacksneedtostop. and of all this course all of this following the which did not go to gigggrneethcg which did not go to when he plan, arguably. when he met president trump. and that's it lia, day in london, ukraine 7 ukraine summit in sir starmer unveiled a poor keir starmer unveiled a poor point plan. a lot point peace plan. a lot of different lines coming from the -- four -oint plan. volodymyr zelensky accusing russia of continuing he as air terror what he describes as air terror ukraine, not least against ukraine, not least following that barrage of drone attacks across the country overnight. we are keeping an on 7 7 on7all 7 o7n777a7l7l707f7 7 77 7 77 7 o7n777a7l7l7o7f the 77 77 7 7 7 on7all of the very 7 eye on all of the very latest bbc news for you. prime minister to visit and see for himself what they call

so far this year but, as simonjones reports attempt to cross the channel. charities describe the conditions as inhumane. zinky showed us the tent in which he has spent because the language, maybe. so there is many reasons. he's seen friends lose their lives getting from sudan as far as here. yeah, you see your brother die

in the sea, and also this hangar is now home to hundreds of people. of smashing the gangs, or previously stopping akam, from iran, told me he had been on a dinghy that sank. it's very, you know, dangerous. yes. but you'll try again? i don't know. what's good about the uk? new life? yeah.

a comfortable life there. why not stay in france? to stay in france, it's very difficult for me because i speak english, as you see from me, to the water caught fire. there is our boat. man shouting. from the air and from the land, the police, bolstered

in small boats last year. to see firsthand the pressure small boat crossings are putting on the community.

starmer doing the same. the prime minister is absolutely determined to put because the key to dealing with a cross—border issue co—operation, but rules out the idea of british police it would make us appear weak, which we are not.

the militarisation of, of the beaches, of the air. as people here plan their crossings, the british government says it's investing in technology and capabilities always, much more our the night saw hollywood royalty grace the red carpet — the ceremony featured

performances was at the vanity fair party in los angeles, where he caught up with the winner of best director for the film anora, sean baker. hi. it's crazy, i'm going to be processing it forever. that she was giving that sort of performance. this is mikey madison,

who won best actress with the big shock of the night, beating demi moore to it. exactly. tell us about your style of wedding videos. coming up, right?

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for a lack of a better word, just incredibly surreal. i really did not expect it at all. mikey madison there. the winner of best actor went to adrian brody and an artistic path.

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