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a rural breakup. anticipation is high ahead of the release of an internal report into alleged lockdown parties at the british prime ministers office. it's findings may decide boris johnson's political future, also coming up. western leaders, issue stern warnings to russian president vladimir putin. a head of crisis talks in paris. it could face personal consequences if russia invited you. crime and bullying produce you to the twin artists celebrating the fragile beauty of the world's dying horrible rapes one stitch at a time. ah, i'm anthony, how it welcome for us. johnson's political survival is in question ahead of the release of an internal inquiry it could come as soon as to day. the report looked at multiple alleged lockdown parties at the british prime minister's residence. the

london metropolitan police have also opened an investigation into the gatherings. johnston maintains that no rules were broken, but pressure over the potty get scandal is growing by the day. boris johnson is under fire again for attending his own birthday party at downing street in june of 2020 london's metropolitan police have now launched an inquiry. here is events on the street. i welcome the met decision to conduct its own investigation. but as i believe this will help to give the public with clarity it needs and helped to draw a line under matters at the time. coded restrictions did not allow socializing indoors. and a series of leaks suggests that a string of illegal social gatherings took place at downing street. this particular one was a surprise thrown by his wife and attended by several others. what we know is that

30 people gathered that his wife was there and that the interior designer was there as well as if it was my birthday. ah, and my wife and an interior designer rocked up at work. ah, that was kristi's k o the birthday cake. and a celebration it pushes the rules label off as the investigation looms like coals for johnson to resign are increasing across the political spectrum. yes, i think the public made their minds on i think public opinion has already concluded that he broke the rules that he might and that he hasn't told the truth about it. i mean, he hasn't got the authority to lead the country when we're in the middle of huge challenges and therefore he has to go for the good of the country. for now, johnson may still sound bullish across this country, but if enough, conservative impedes decide their leader has gone too far,

the prime minister could be forced to resign, apologizing, or for more were joined by a corresponding beg at mass in london. beg a parish johnson will soon be facing questions in parliament. it's going to be quite shy. what's he up against? he's up against his own and he somehow dreads bodies alter up against a very angry public. the opinion polls for boys johnson are rock bottom. the impression that many british people have is that there was one very strict rule for them for the public, but that are those who made the rules didn't really stick to them. so british people couldn't see family members in hospital. they couldn't attend funerals, they couldn't be with people who were dying out in the hospital. so very many people have a lot of sad memories of this period of lockdown. and now they are finding out that in downing street and across government, there wasn't just one event,

allegedly but several events were there worse cake, there was wind, i was cheese, there were leaving dues. so there, there is the impression that there is a culture of this regarding the rule. so it's really about the morrow authority of boris johnson. how much was he implicated himself and is he still fit to leave the country? so parliamentary questions are one thing, but a lot seems to hinge on the results of this internal inquiry to we know more about when this is going to drop. there are at the moment, 2 investigations, one is by the metropolitan police. and the other one is an internal investigation and this report we are expecting either today or tomorrow. it's by a civil servant who is investigating what went on in downing street and across government. and this obviously is going to be a bombshell report,

possibly for the prime minister. there is reporting that there are photos included that show wine that show the prime minister that show people very close together. this is at this point. speculation, but today or tomorrow, this is what we understand. we will know more about what's been going on. and downing street. meanwhile, calls for johnson's resignation, grow louder, does he still have enough support from his own party to hold on here? and i guess the next question is, is there a container with the gumption to challenge him so far? nobody has come forward and challenged him list. trust. the foreign secretary were, was on reco this morning. she says she's fully behind a prime minister. and i guess within his party, within his own m. p. 's, there is the vision. there are those who are coming forward was saying the country needs to get a sense of proportion. what's the big deal if the prime minister had

a slice of cake and other one said he was ambushed with this cake at his birthday party, didn't really know about it so that there is that camp. but then there are others who are angry about the impression that this gives about their leadership. that the country hasn't who say what one of their former ministers, david davis has actually challenged boys johnson in parliament to resign. so we know that the process is that $54.00 m piece have to come forward, and then there's possibly a vote of no confidence, but we are not there at this point just yet. on a big day in british politics, they w, spoke at madison london, thank you. we as president joe biden says he might impose personal sanctions on president vladimir putin if russia invites ukraine. that warning comes ahead of multilateral talks in paris. aim that if using the crisis. the leaders of germany and france met in berlin to coordinate their response by side. they're committed to resolving the situation through diplomacy,

but they've also renewed warnings that moscow would pay a heavy price for invasion. several western nations of put troops on alert and stepped up arms deliveries to ukraine, and eagerly awaited arrival at keith airport. military equipment sent by the united states to shore up ukraine as it braces 4 possible russian invasion. it's the 3rd shipment, but it's not enough to resist a bigger and better equipped army government official say. bitter headphones. it own please. helpless to convince the german government to be more proactive. dba through a geren of year, we urgently need defensive weapons of oven. v isn't align where alone and, and we're not in night. so i know you, nobody will send us troops and not even the american dishonor we have to defend ourselves at. i didn't, but germany's new government has not answered the calls at a meeting with french president manuel, micron and berlin chancello left. charles once again ruled out sending heavy

weapons to p. if forget to school, there are reasons for this which of course to stem from development over past years and decades to mr. so nevertheless, we have of course done a lot to actively support economic development and victim. and the development of democracy in ukraine offered with financial possibilities, spell and international responsibilities that we have discussed. deborah lisa, and that's why ukraine knows that he can rely on germany. and i think that also shows politics to large extent and approach that has earned berlin, heavy criticism from some of its eastern european partners and from kia itself. and while german and french representatives prepared to meet with their ukrainian and russian counterparts on wednesday to seek it of the magic solution, some ukrainians are preparing for the worst on the outskirts of their capital. the civilian volunteers are undergoing military training to defend their country on

their own if need be or early we spoke today w curse bonnet, mathias, bullying her in here we asked him about e crane's expectations for the upcoming diplomatic talks. well, nobody expects this meaning to this meeting to yield any results yet, but the point of it is to keep talking and to keep the path through some kind of a compromise open and to engage russia in talks for ukraine. it's important. the important thing about this meeting is that it is at one table with russia. this has not happened for a long time. and a most of the talks that we've seen before. they were bilateral, all or between ukraine and their western counterparts or moscow and the west. so this is of course, the only the only format where ukraine is at the table. that's the most important thing for ukraine. results are not expected. answer mathias, building it in keith. now let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories

making headlines to day 3, people are receiving medical treatment after a large explosion in the great capital athens loss damage than office block and smashed nearby store fronts. in a busy part of the inner city, cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. the u. s. coast guard is searching for $39.00 people reported missing after a boat was found to capsized off the coast of florida. according to a survivor, the vessel took to see in the bahamas on saturday. authorities believe the boat was being used for human smuggling demonstrations of taking place in more than a dozen cities across mexico to purchase the murders of 3 journalists already this year. in the body, sit in the border city rather of tijuana, 2 journalists have been killed in the space of a week. official say more than 90 percent of murders of journalists and rights defenders go unsolved in mexico. people across the strategy of taking to the

streets to protest national australia day, many carrying the australian aboriginal flag. the contentious anniversary marks the arrival of the british to ester, either in 178814, to say it explicitly links the country's national identity to colonialism. and want the date changed? well, a new exhibition in the southwest in the german city of baton barden is drawing attention to the beauty and the plight of the world coral reefs under threat from climate change. but there's a twist, the buddha museum crowd sourced to project from thousands of dedicated crochet fans from around the world using just their fingers hooks and yarn. the fashioned a masterpiece of handicraft in honor of a natural wonder. ah, a living wonder rendered didn't crochet. thousands of women have spent hour after hour clicking their needles in deep concentration. a collective effort to

mingled with an ecological message. literally the day we started our project, christine joke that if the great barrier reef ever died out, al willie reeves would be something to remember it by in 2005. that was a joke. twin sisters, christine and margaret, that time fast called on people to crochet corals in 2005 together. they wanted to build an entire reef. little did they know they would be hitting the zeitgeist on the head almost 2 decades later. combining climate change in environmental protection with their own feminist approach. when we started the project, we didn't know how many people might participate and we thought maybe 2 thirds women, one 3rd men, but in fact it's been 99.99 percent women of the 20000 more than 20000 people have now participated. but it's the celebration of the women's work that is the

important thing. or one of these women is maddy, i start my car as a crochet enthusiast, she is particularly proud of the project. you hop on go fung me the i know i started with one and within 2 months i made around a $170.00 of them. they weren't easy to make money comes on fast, saw her stolen. what might look like simple stitching is actually complex mathematics called hyperbolic geometry, and clip abolish does any of these are flu? hyperbolic refers to the area that's created by adding another stitch from motion. this area then goes bigger and bigger. he even grows revert on to the coral, is increases its chances of survival. now nimbly kaiten somebody of now, at this crochet reef, feminism meets mats, but also environmental awareness. not all the corals here shine in bright colors.

some the bleached and ill, others are covered in plastic rubbish, reflecting the reality and the world sees. and before we go, he's a reminder of the top story. we're following for you this hell. an inquiry into alleged to lockdown parties of british prime minister bars. johnson's office could be released in the coming hours, per se, has been mounting for johnson to resign over the issue. and that's all the news for now on, natalie how they'll have another news update for you at the top of the, our next business, steven bits that's coming up after a short break stipends to