i downing street said boris johnson downing street said borisjohnson raised concern —— downing streetmigrants to hungary and denied he was anti—semitic. ryan giggs will go on trial this year accused of controlling his girlfriend. he is accused of assaulting kate last november. the trial will take place at the manchester crown court injanuary. ryan giggs denies the charges. i'll be back with our panel of guest for dateline london. at half past seven it's dateline london, but first a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. in that big football match. here's a ceremony parens —— sarah mulcher rinse. first to portugal, where pep guardiola's been telling the media he feels privileged to be there ahead of tomorrow's all english champions league final. manchester city will be looking to win the trophy for the first time in their history when they take on chelsea — who won it for the first time in 2012. thousands of fans have also made their way to porto — and despite the enormity of the occasion, guardiola insists he and his squad are in a relaxed mood. i know the way we want to play and w

i think downing street sees this as drawing a line. human rights in hungary when he met the country's leader this afternoon. after the meeting at number 10, viktor 0rban spoke of his friendship" with the prime minister. but he also denied he was anti—semitic and defended his hostility towards immigrants. you should understand, probably, gentlemen, that the cultural context of migration, here, in a centre of a global empire, may i say, is totally different than in central europe. migration in the hungarian cultural context is totally negative. so to be anti—migrant, it means that you're on the good side, and this is the intention of the people. we don't need migration. you know, we don't like that phenomenon at all. why did you refer to muslims once as "invaders"? that's happened. that was the fact. so, without any kind of legal permission, without any permission coming from the hungarian authorities, theyjust destroyed the border and they marched through the country. in the hungarian language, we call it invasion. and hey were all musl

who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street flat?ted the final bill. he should know that i paid for the downing street refurbishment personally. it turns out he did, eventually. an investigation found there were initially plans for a trust to pay, but that fell through, so a tory donor then stumped up, before the prime minister found out and then settled the bill himself. a report by an independent adviserfound borisjohnson didn't break the rules but he did act... downing street points to the fact that the prime minister didn't know about many of the problems with how the work here was being funded, and when he found out, he made sure taxpayers weren't burdened. but while this report finds borisjohnson stuck to the rules, it still makes uncomfortable reading, suggesting he should have paid more attention to how the refurbishment here was being paid for. and it throws up an entirely separate issue, too, relating to the health secretary, matt hancock. he has already had a tough week. are you worried about yourjob as health secretary? -

on the steps of downing street when he arrived as i downing street when he arrived as prime minister care reform will be brought forward. we knew it would be a brief mention but i do not think anybody expected quite that brief. there was no indication on the timing. previously ministers have suggested we will see detailed plans by the end of this year, no indication in the queen's speech itself. this is a huge frustration both amongst the people providing care and those who need it, so older people and people who are disabled who are younger, who are disabled who are younger, who need extra support at home or in care homes. one of the largest organisations representing independent care providers, care england, after the speech, said, how much longer can the care sector be expected to limp on? the sector was put through the mill during the pandemic after years of underfunding and increasing demand. my understanding is the government is absolutely set on reform but money is always the sticking point. why does it come from, how much will it cost? as one expert said, the question to be a

i think downing street sort of tried to dampen down concerns, and we had a statement following the meetingt all. — 0 plus issues, why this meeting took place at all. the _ 0 plus issues, why this meeting took place at all, the timing _ 0 plus issues, why this meeting took place at all, the timing of _ 0 plus issues, why this meeting took place at all, the timing of the - place at all, the timing of the meeting. _ place at all, the timing of the meeting, and was quite interesting, he gave _ meeting, and was quite interesting, he gave interviews tojournalists after _ he gave interviews tojournalists after the — he gave interviews tojournalists after the meeting and was questioned on some _ after the meeting and was questioned on some of— after the meeting and was questioned on some of his comments about migration — on some of his comments about migration, some of his comments against _ migration, some of his comments against the — migration, some of his comments against the muslim community, and he effectively _ against the muslim community, and he effectively tried to justify them and defen

i paid for downing street refurbishment - final bell.t personally. turns out — street refurbishment personally. turns out he did eventually. an investigation found there were initially plans for a trust to fail but that fell throughout so what tory donors stumped up before the prime minister settled the bill himself. the report by an independent adviser van boris johnson didn't break the rules but acted unwisely when he allowed the refurbishment of the apartment at number 11 downing street to proceed without rigorous regard to how it would be funded. downing street says the prime minister didn't know many of the problems about how their work would be funded and when he found out he made sure taxpayers would not be burned but while the report found borisjohnson stuck be burned but while the report found boris johnson stuck to the be burned but while the report found borisjohnson stuck to the rules it still suggests he should have paid more attention to how the refurbishment was paid for and it throws up a separate issue relating to the ho

dominic cummings painted a picture of a chaotic downing street.ouldn't possibly be true. that day, the times had run a huge story about the prime minister, his girlfriend, and their dog, and the prime minister's girlfriend was going crackers about this story and demanding the press office deal with that. so we had this sort of completely insane situation in which part of the building was saying are we going to bomb iraq, part of the building was arguing about whether or not we would do quarantine or not, the prime minister has his girlfriend going crackers about something completely trivial. in his long list of explosive claims, dominic cummings said the health secretary should have been sacked, accusing him of not telling the truth, including over the government's early strategy. are you worried about dominic cummings giving evidence today? i think the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things, including lying to everybody on multiple occasions in meeting after meeting in the cabinet room and publicly. there

not very farfrom here in downing street.blicly in the media since the start of 2019 when they moved in here later that year at the boris johnson was elected leader of the conservative party. they were the first unmarried couple to do so. they get a gauge later that year towards the end of 2019. last year they had a son wilford, his knowledge is over a year old. downing street is refusing to comment on reports of the wedding this evening put up that's not entirely surprising boris johnson this evening put up that's not entirely surprising borisjohnson is notoriously private about his personal life. whatever is asked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that. it's no real surprise of his in any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening for the this is of course mrjohnson's third marriage. he got divorce from his second wife while he was prime minister. that makes him the first prime minister in a very, very long time to have both divorced and now remarried while in office. there've been do

if you say 10 downing street _ it is known. if you say 10 downing street almost _ it is known.eet almost anywhere _ it is known. if you say 10 downing street almost anywhere in - it is known. if you say 10 downing street almost anywhere in the - it is known. if you say 10 downing - street almost anywhere in the world, people _ street almost anywhere in the world, pe0pte know — street almost anywhere in the world, pe0pte know. sow _ people do find _ it odd that the prime minister, to use your expression, lives above the flat - and when i travel, i have - interviewed many world leaders and they live sometimes in literally in palaces - and sometimes it is surreal because i've often noticed that sometimes. in the countries that are falling apart, . they still have the bone china, the curtains, - the lovely chintz sofas, everything properly in its place, even though it's complete - pandemonium outside. but i've never ever heard people i discussing the cost of curtains, | you hear about renovations, but not in this way. - and certainly not - connecting the leaders. so is this really

not very hard for the enough of a mirror in downing street. the couple up in downing street.they moved in here later that year after boris johnson was elected leader of the conservative party they were the first unmarried couple to do so. they got engaged later that year towards the end of 2019. last year they had a son wilford. he's notjust over a year old. downing street is refusing to comment on reports of the wedding this evening that's not entirely surprising, borisjohnson is notoriously private about his personal life whatever is asked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that. it's a real surprise that there is in any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mr johnson's third marriage. you get the wedding this evening. that's not entirely surprising, borisjohnson is notoriously private about his personal life whatever is asked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that. it's a real surprise that there is in any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mr

he should know that i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker.on this programme: fresh demands by help for india as it struggles with its covid crisis. and peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of fire safety work being passed on to leaseholders. here we are today, with perhaps a million of our fellow citizens being thrown to the ravages of financial bankruptcy. but first, it's been dubbed cash curtains, the row over just who fitted the initial bill for the revamp of the prime minister's downing street flat has daubed borisjohnson all week. the news that the election watchdog was launching a formal enquiry into the refurb came just ahead of pmqs, with the electoral commission saying there were reasonable grounds to suspect that the rules may have been broken. borisjohnson and his fiancee, carrie symonds, carried out renovations on their private residence above number 11. the total cost of the works isn't known, but it's reported to be well above the annual public grant of £30,000 that is available to spend on the flat. before turning to that

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and was a downing street press briefing on covid the right place to ask about those redecorations?mproper conduct on the part of borisjohnson and his government have been swirling around the media, and this week, three such stories all related to the prime minister's integrity dominated bbc news. most prominent was the question of who paid what and when toward the redecoration of mr johnson's downing street flat. in an interview on saturday on the news channel, martine croxall suggested to the former labour party director of communications, alastair campbell, that many people might not be that bothered about the details of the case. do voters really care? doesn't this just look like the rough—and—tumble of politics in what's been an extraordinary year? i think people should care about this because we're talking about the nature of our government, the nature of our democracy. jon byrne agreed with alastair campbell, writing... but caroljude was not alone in saying... that view that the public was less interested in the details of who paid for those new curtains and soft furnishings

downing street says throughout the pandemic, the government's priority has been to save lives.s the latest. it was a year ago that one of the prime minister's most senior behind—the—scenes advisers found himself in the spotlight. this was dominic cummings taking the highly unusual step of giving a press conference in the garden of downing street after he made a trip from london to durham while england was in its first lockdown. it included a drive to barnard castle, he said, to test his eyesight before heading home. but the whole point was i had been extremely ill, my vision had been a bit weird, we were all going to go back, my wife said, we should drive down the road and you should see if you can actually drive and your vision is weird or if you are ok. and i thought, that's a good idea, i should do. today, he will be quizzed again but this time it will be mps asking the questions in their own look at the lessons learned from the pandemic so far. mr cummings appeared before one committee back in march, then he described the department of health as a smoking ruin in terms of p

here, thank you straight to downing street. _ that. here, thank you straight to downing street.. i'm pleased to be joint here today by dr_ i'm pleased to be joint here today by drjenny harries and paul lincotn, _ by drjenny harries and paul lincoln, the director—general of border— lincoln, the director—general of border force. we have made enormous progress _ border force. we have made enormous progress this _ border force. we have made enormous progress this year tackling the pandemic across britain. we are not at the _ pandemic across britain. we are not at the end _ pandemic across britain. we are not at the end of— pandemic across britain. we are not at the end of it,

but as we mentioned, downing street saying this - downing street saying this brings us closer to a free—trademportant country to establish a free—trade agreement with, wouldn't you say? it free-trade agreement with, wouldn't you say? it certainly is. it is not _ wouldn't you say? it certainly is. it is not one _ wouldn't you say? it certainly is. it is not one of _ wouldn't you say? it certainly is. it is not one of our - is. it is not one of our biggest trading partners at the moment, the eu and the us would be far bigger in terms of trading volumes, but we have got to bear in mind the size of india's pop population. it could be a much bigger trading partner in the future than it is now and we need to add that in mind, that while india might not be in our top ten trading economies right now, in 2030, it could be much, much larger and i think that is what the uk government is thinking about when it is assigning these types of deals.— when it is assigning these types of deals. and from your --rosect types of deals. and from your prosraeet of. _ types of deals. and from your prospect of, when _

in the i downing street garden, you had what i felt downing street garden, you had what i felt was _ concerned — platform for you there safe, i am concerned that lives are at risk. we should _ concerned that lives are at risk. we should be _ concerned that lives are at risk. we should be changing things. what were your concerns to not raise that in public _ your concerns to not raise that in public at — your concerns to not raise that in public at that time, now given that you are _ public at that time, now given that you are saying you had major concerns? _ you are saying you had major concerns? it you are saying you had ma'or concerns? ,, ., concerns? it is a kind of constant roblem concerns? it is a kind of constant problem that _ concerns? it is a kind of constant problem that people _ concerns? it is a kind of constant problem that people like - concerns? it is a kind of constant problem that people like me - concerns? it is a kind of constant| problem that people like me have concerns? it is a kind of constant i problem that people like me have to wrestle with all the time. oth

weeks later, in the rose garden at downing street, he was forced to explain. i were both seriously ill, possibly hospitalised, there was nobody in london that we could reasonably ask to look after our child and expose themselves to covid. but today he revealed another version of events. my wife called saying, "there's a gang of people outside saying they're going to break into the house and kill everybody inside." so it was actually repeated security threats which prompted the move to durham. but when the story erupted, mr cummings decided not to mention that. now, at this point i madejust a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake, which i'm extremely sorry about. so i ended up giving the whole rose garden thing where what i said was true, but we left out a kind of crucial part of it all. and just the whole thing was a complete disaster, and the truth is, it undermined public confidence in the whole thing. the most bizarre part of mr cummings's original story was the now infamous drive to barnard castle to test his eyesight after being ill with covid. if i was go

downing street is refusing to comment on reports of the wedding this evening, and that's not entirelysked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that, so it's no real surprise that there isn't any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mrjohnson�*s third marriage — he got divorced from his second wife marina wheeler while he was prime minister. that makes him the first prime minister in a very, very long time to have both divorced and now remarried while in office. that's it for now — i'm back at the top of the hour. a reminder you can reach me on twitter — i'm @marklobel. hello, there. many places saw some warm sunshine on saturday but we did have a bit more cloud across northern and western areas. but through sunday and into bank holiday monday we should see more in the way of sunshine, so it will feel warmer across the board. now high pressure is dominating the scene but its orientation, where it's sitting, is allowing a little bit of low cloud and mist to roll in off the north sea, and that will affect northern and eastern

if you say 10 downing street. almost anywhere in the world, people know. so...t the prime minister, to use your expression, lives above the flat - and obviously when i travel, . i have interviewed many world leaders and they live sometimes in literally in palaces _ and sometimes it's surreal- because i've often noticed that sometimes in the countries that are falling apart, - they still have the bone china, and the curtains, the lovely. chintz sofas, everything properly in its place, i even though outside it'sl complete pandemonium. but i've never, ever- heard people discussing the cost of curtains. you know, you hear aboutl renovations, but not in this way and certainly not. connecting the leaders. so is this really symptomatic of the politics we live in, - where nothing - is beyond the pale? where, especially with social media, especially with really| divisive and fractured i politics, that these sorts of issues are fair. game, if you like? ashis, iwonder, given the detachment you enjoy by being an outsider looking in for many years — and you mentioned jim cal

my authority in downing street is limited. _ meetings. my authority in downing street is limited., i try street is limited. at the beginning of january, i try to have a street is limited. at the beginning ofjanuary, i try to have a huge office reorganisation. you will know yourselves, the whole number ten building is hopeless in terms of a working environment. i tried in january to get everybody to move to create a whole new office system so that we could be more effective, and i lost the argument. there are all sorts of things i try to do it for orfor worse, sorts of things i try to do it for orforworse, i did know sorts of things i try to do it for orfor worse, i did know when the argument on that. or for worse, i did know when the argument on that.— or for worse, i did know when the argument on that. finally, in terms of this background, _ argument on that. finally, in terms of this background, you _ argument on that. finally, in terms of this background, you talked - argument on that. finally, in terms. of this background, you talked about cobra, what about sage? it met freque

government ministers deny claims, by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings, that they pursued a policy of herd immunity in dealing with the coronavirus in the early part of last year. the former bbc journalist martin bashir defends his panaorama interview with princess diana, but apologises to princes william and harry. and nil point for the uk at eurovision, as italy wins the big prize. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least 12 people have died after a mountain cable car plunged to the ground in northern italy. the cable car takes people from the town of stresa, on lake maggiore, up almost a mile above sea level to the top of the mottarone mountain. two children have been airlifted to hospital in turin. earlier our rome correspondent mark lowen gave us this update on the accident. the latest is that at least 12 people have now been confirmed dead in this tragedy. there are two young children who are seriously injured, they have been airlifted to hospital in turin. it happened after a cable car was reaching the end of its 1500 metre climb from lake maggiore to the it

and shake shot in occupied east jerusalem al-jazeera steve bach is at the rally just outside downing street so what's the mood then eve. was pretty heated already way more people than we expected probably just over a 1000 people arrive to see you know the start time about 15 minutes ago and you're right it's outside downing street and many people here feel the british government needs to do more to hold israel accountable to the recent actions that have played out and israel and palestine over the past few days i think would be wrong to assume that all the anger the rage the sense of burning injustice is concentrated in that part of the world because it isn't it spills over here to london and other cities in europe as well the british government hasn't been silent on the issue together with from germany spain and italy the governments of all collectively israel to rewind settlement building in east jerusalem and also to deal. escalate violence against palestinian civilians in jerusalem as well the mood here is. really quite an energetic one people up on the main stage behind me to say that

downing street is refusing to comment on reports of the wedding this evening, and that's not entirely family he refuses to be drawn on that, so it's no real surprise that there isn't any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mrjohnson's third marriage — he he got divorced from his second wife marina wheeler while he was prime minister. that makes him the first prime minister in a very, very long time to have both divorced and now remarried while in office. more than half of all people in their 30s in england have now been vaccinated in the last fortnight, including the duchess of cambridge. she posted this photo of her jab at london's science museum, a short walk from her home at kensington palace. 0n social media she thanked all those who played a part in the vaccine rollout. that's it for now — i'm back at the top of the hour. a reminder you can reach me on twitter — i'm @marklobel. hello, there. many places saw some warm sunshine on saturday but we did have a bit more cloud across northern and western areas. but through sunday and into b

that is a claim that downing street can'tjust ignore for ever.. thank you laura. during prime minister's questions in the commons borisjohnson repeated what he's said many times before — that in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic his government has, at all times, followed the scientific advice. 0ur health editor hugh pym looks now at what we learnt from dominic cummings about the scientific and health assessments that were available to the prime minister through the crisis. some will contest it, but today's drastic evidence shines new light on the government's handling of the biggest peacetime crisis in modern times. dominic cummings' account of the first covid wave in 2020 is highly critical of ministers and officials. british people back from wuhan in china were quarantined in late january, but until the end of february, he said, there was no attempt to get on a war footing. some key players even took skiing holidays. all this as italian hospitals were being overrun with seriously ill covid patients. mr cummings argues there should have been

government ministers deny claims by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings that they pursued a policy of herd immunity in dealing with the coronavirus last year. ata time at a time of crisis when government is making _ at a time of crisis when government is making very, very tough decisions, difficult decisions, we put public— decisions, difficult decisions, we put public life and protecting the public _ put public life and protecting the public at — put public life and protecting the public at the forefront of all those decisions — belarus forces a ryanair plane with an opposition activist onboard to land in minsk, sparking condemnation from the eu. a mountain cable car has plunged to the ground in northern italy, killing at least 13 people. two injured children have been airlifted to hospital. lava from a volcanic eruption in the democratic republic of congo stops just short of the city of goma — prompting evacuees to return home. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. a new study has found that two doses of the uk's main covid vaccines offer strong protection against the so—

government ministers deny claims, by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings, that they pursued a policy of herd immunity in dealing with the coronavirus in the early part of last year. the former bbc journalist martin bashir defends his panaorama interview with princess diana, but apologises to princes william and harry. homes have been destroyed and at least five people have died — as thousands fled in panic after mount nyiragongo in the democratic republic of congo exploded. the un security council stresses that israel and the palestinians should fully adhere to the ceasefire as the pause in violence enters a third day. the queen visits the royal navy flagship — hms queen elizabeth — as it begins its first major deployment. we have a winner! and coming up — we'll be speaking to the winners of this years eurovision song contest. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. both the pfizer and astrazeneca coronavirus vaccines, the two main jabs used in the uk's roll—out, are highly effective against the indian variant of the disease according to a study b

our political correspondent helen catt is at downing street for us this evening.y it has taken virtually everybody by surprise, and there has been speculation about when the wedding was going to take place and now the sun newspaper and others have said it happened today in westminster catholic cathedral, not far from here in westminster catholic cathedral, not farfrom here in downing street. not totally unexpected, the couple started to be linked publicly in the media around the start of 2019, when they moved in here later that year they moved in here later that year they were the first unmarried couple to do so and they got engaged at the end of 2019 and they of course have a son together, wilfred. he is now just over a year old. downing street this evening declining to comment on the reports of the wedding, and again that is not entirely unexpected. borisjohnson is notoriously private about his personal life and he doesn't tend to be drawn when he was asked questions about his family so no real surprise there isn't any official confirmation coming from downing s

my understanding is that hungary asked for the meeting and downing street said yes.rnment, you've got to have a pretty good reason to say no. and they thought, well, look, it's an opportunity to discuss issues. hungary and mr orban is very close to moscow and belarus and beijing, so there are messages that can be delivered there. but, you're right, it has raised eyebrows. there's been much scratching of heads about why this has happened now and whether or not it will be seen by some in europe as quite provocative. because this is the first, well, the second eu leader that mrjohnson has met face—to—face. the first one was that irish taoiseach. it's interesting if your priority... what your priorities are post—leaving the eu, absolutely. it's also interesting that there's a whole group of countries, particularly poland and hungary, who have a quite difficult relationship with brussels. and, again, presumably some in europe could potentially interpret the meeting as potentially cocking a bit of a snoot to brussels at a time when we still need to keep brussels on board b

downing street says concern about the rise in the indian variant could delay a review of the next easingsocial distancing measures in england — but today travel is allowed once more to a few countries. iam in i am in all the fear where british tourists have started deriving now that her days broad are no longer legal. but holidays abroad. and they've had to wait over a year — the first hug between mother and daughter. loud explosions our other main story tonight... the us calls for an end to the violence in israel and gaza after one of the heaviest nights of air strikes so far. and coming up on the bbc news channel... fans return to sporting venues, with racing one of the first to allow spectators through the gates today, as restrictions are eased across england. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. three of our four nations took big steps towards normality today as restrictions on indoor gathering and social contact have been lifted. the prime minister told people they must enjoy their new found freedoms with "a heavy dose of caution" as the number of cases of the indian varian

and did you or did you not tell downing street that people leaving care homes would be tested before.eople leaving hospitals would be tested before? the health secretary's answer clearly didn't satisfy laura kuenssberg, as she tried to get in with a follow—up question, but it seemed her microphone was swiftly muted and the press conference moved on to another question. thanks very much, laura. next question's from carl dinnen from itv. the reaction from an m lloyd? as we saw on last week's newswatch, the recent hostilities in israel and gaza have been accompanied by a passionate debate about how fairly the media, including the bbc, have reported the conflict. that debate was reignited last weekend, when a series of tweets emerged written by tala halawa, a journalist working for bbc monitoring. they were posted in 2014 when she was working for a palestinian radio station, and one made offensive comments about israel and hitler. jane habib wrote that she was... well, last autumn, the bbc issued new guidance for staff on their use of social media, and we wanted to talk to someone about t

i mean, the prime ministers was unequivocal in what he said in downing street, he said he had a formulatedand let's move it forward to legislation and if he had a plan, let's see the bones of it, so we can talk to him about how we can deliver it. what about how we can deliver it. what would ou about how we can deliver it. what would you like _ about how we can deliver it. what would you like to _ about how we can deliver it. what would you like to see? _ about how we can deliver it. what would you like to see? i _ about how we can deliver it. what would you like to see? i think - about how we can deliver it. what l would you like to see? i think we've not to see would you like to see? i think we've got to see a — would you like to see? i think we've got to see a re-envisioning - would you like to see? i think we've got to see a re-envisioning of- got to see a re—envisioning of social care so we've got to really understand what social care is about, i want to see a ten year workforce strategy which aligns to the workforce strategy in the nhs. i want to see proper funding that will enable us

downing street has said if another eu leader asks for a meeting you have to have a pretty good reasonre players within the eu and you have to have a relationship with these people. they also say that downing street disagrees with him on issues but you can'tjust hold talks with people you agree with, you have to engage with people. there are issues to talk about. mr orban is close to moscow and beijing, he is close to moscow and beijing, he is close to moscow and beijing, he is close to belarus after the events of the forced landing of the plane at the forced landing of the plane at the weekend. downing street will say, this is an opportunity for the prime minister to voice concerns about those relationships and explain where the west is coming from at a time when mr orban's big focus is towards the east. i think the big problem for downing street and the prime minister is that they are currently chairs of the g7 group of nations, a big summit in cornwall next month and one of the big themes is about promoting western liberal democracy and its values and human rights. and the man who w

at the same time, ministers reject claims from a former downing street advisor of a "herd immunity" plant the start of the pandemic. at the time of a crisis, when government is making very, very tough decisions, difficult decisions, we put public life and protecting the public at the forefront of all those decisions. we'll look at the latest data and what it suggests for the weeks ahead. also tonight: a ryanair plane is forced to land in belarus amid claims of a bomb on board, but was it just a ploy to detain a dissidentjournalist? in northern italy, a cable car crashes to the ground, killing 14 people. and — a special report on the migrant children who arrive in america. thousands are being held in detention camps. good evening. people across the uk are being urged to take up the offer of both doses of a covid vaccine when offered, after a new study showed effectivesness against the b.i.617.2 or indian variant. the research also showed that a single dose of vaccine offered limited protection against the variant compared to efficacy against the one first identified in kent. with the indi

borisjohnson and carrie symons were the first unmarried couple to live together in downing street.ey didn't announce it until the following february when she posted the news on instagram at the same time as announcing they were expecting their first child. wilfrid was born last april. there had been speculation about when and how the couple would get married. in the end, the reportedly secret ceremony at westminster catholic cathedral took almost everyone by surprise. downing street declined to comment, an unusual position but one which chimes with the prime minister'slong—standing wish to keep his personal life private. his divorce from his second wife was finalised last year, making him the first prime minister in centuries to divorce and remarry while in office. more than half of all people in their 30s in england have now been vaccinated in the last fortnight, including the duchess of cambridge. she posted this photo of her jab at london's science museum, a short walk from her home at kensington palace. 0n social media she thanked all those who played a part in the vaccine roll

we tell us more about downing street and their reaction.— and their reaction.eir reaction. we don't know what the debt if there was - and their reaction. we don't know what the debt if there was one . and their reaction. we don't knowl what the debt if there was one was for and we don't know who it was 02. but as you say come earlier today, a county courtjudgment but as you say come earlier today, a county court judgment listed but as you say come earlier today, a county courtjudgment listed as an unsatisfied record in the register of england and wales county court judgements surface, first reported by private eye for the sum of £535. it is very clear looking at online the name is borisjohnson, the address is 10 downing street, it was issued as you say on the 26th of october last year, the timing initially raised eyebrows because it is a key period concerning questions over the refurbishment of the downing street estate, the flat above number 11 downing st where borisjohnson above number 11 downing st where boris johnson lives above number 11 downing st where b

a report into borisjohnson�*s refurbishment of his downing street flat says he didn't break the ministeriale, but did act unwisely. latest figures show more than 4,000 new cases of coronavirus reported in the uk, ministers are still considering the further easing of restrictions due next month. surgeons are calling for specialist hubs to be set up in england to tackle what they say is a colossal backlog of non—urgent operations, caused by covid—19. chelsea and manchester city fans arrive in porto in portugal ahead of tomorrow's champions league final. and coming up on the film review, mark kermode gives his views on the latest film releases including cruella 7 disney s new 101 dalmations prequel. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. an inquestjury has found that two graduates — jack merritt and saskia jones — were unlawfully killed by the convicted terrorist usman khan, at fishmongers hall in 2019. the jury found that a catalogue of failings led to the deaths of the cambridge university graduates. they said �*unacceptable management and a lack of accountability�* among the agencies respo

dominic cummings left downing street late last year after a power struggle in number ten.r relations were essentially already finished. the fact that his girlfriend also wanted rid of me was relevant, but not the heart of the problem. the heart of the problem was fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for the job, and i was trying to create a structure around him to try and stop what i thought was bad decisions and push other things through against his wishes. and he had the view that he was prime minister, and i should just be doing as he wanted me to — and that's obviously not sustainable for very long. dominic cummings, who was still going strong when prime minister's questions began two and a half hours after he'd started giving evidence. his evidence had already generated plenty of ammunition for the labour leader, sir keir starmer. one year ago almost to the day, he described his former adviser as, in his words, "in every respect acting responsibly, legally, and with integrity." this morning, that same adviser has said that senior ministers fell, his words, "disastro

weeks later, in the rose garden at downing street, he was forced to explain.usly ill, possibly hospitalised, there was nobody in london that we could reasonably ask to look after our child and expose themselves to covid. but today he revealed another version of events. my wife called saying, "there's a gang of people outside saying they're going to break into the house and kill everybody inside." so it was actually repeated security threats which prompted the move to durham. but when the story erupted, mr cummings decided not to mention that. now, at this point i madejust a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake, which i'm extremely sorry about. so i ended up giving the whole rose garden thing where what i said was true, but we left out a kind of crucial part of it all. and just the whole thing was a complete disaster, and the truth is, it undermined public confidence in the whole thing. the most bizarre part of mr cummings�*s original story was the now infamous drive to barnard castle to test his eyesight after being ill with covid. if i was going to make up a

government ministers deny claims by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings that they pursued a policy of herd immunity in dealing with coronavirus last year. a mountain cable car has plunged to the ground in northern italy, killing at least 1a people. the eurovision winner's lead singer agrees to a drugs test after speculation over this competition footage. now on bbc news, afghanistan is in the grip of a new and sinister campaign of violence, in which young professionals — often women — are being deliberately singled out, targeted and murdered. all the victims were working to build a country based on democratic values. the government blames the violence on insurgent groups like the taliban, who have their own agenda ahead of the withdrawal of us troops later this year. speaking to families who have lost loved ones, those who have chosen to leave and those living in fear, our world asks what impact this tactic will have on the future of afghanistan. this programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. afghanistan is in the grip of a new and sinister campaign

then a direct blast at the man he helped put in downing street.damentally i regarded him as unfit for the job and i was trying to create a structure round him to try and stop what i thought were extremely bad decisions. but after hours, for those who lost family, for those who have suffered, perhaps this most important verdict. tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die. for the first time, someone who was involved in making the decisions during this crisis has come to that conclusion in public. a claim the government's always disputed or tried to ignore, but one day will have to answer in full. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. one controversial event was a division he made to make a trip to county durham. today, he again defended the trip, but said he should have been more open about the security reasons that prompted it. here's our deputy political editor vicki young. we'd all been told to stay at home, but dominic cummings didn't. he in fact travelled to his parents' home in durham. before setting off, he was seen rushing o