donor who led the _ party and a conservative donor who led the cost — party and a conservative donorsubsequently paid for— borisjohnson said he subsequently paid for himself. he has categorically denied that. just remind people, _ categorically denied that. just remind people, because this also needs to be clear why these people get so wrapped up in the detail. it's sometimes hard to stand back. why does it matter if the conservative party, paid for this, given that borisjohnson's the leader of the conservative party? and his political organisation chooses to pay for his rather expensive wallpaper, isn't that a private matter from a expensive wallpaper, isn't that a private matterfrom a private organisation? it’s private matter from a private organisation?— private matter from a private oruanisation? �*, ., , ., organisation? it's a good question. i think the organisation? it's a good question. i think the two _ organisation? it's a good question. i think the two reasons, _ organisation? it's a good question. i think the two reasons, i - organisation? it's a good question. i think th

and the _ potentially the conservative party and the cabinet _ potentially the conservative partye party and the cabinet office, to look at| and the cabinet office, to look at where _ and the cabinet office, to look at where those _ and the cabinet office, to look at where those funds _ and the cabinet office, to look at where those funds came - and the cabinet office, to look at where those funds came from i and the cabinet office, to look ati where those funds came from and and the cabinet office, to look at - where those funds came from and in terms _ where those funds came from and in terms of— where those funds came from and in terms of sanctions, _ where those funds came from and in terms of sanctions, that _ where those funds came from and in terms of sanctions, that is _ where those funds came from and in terms of sanctions, that is mostly. terms of sanctions, that is mostly the sanctions _ terms of sanctions, that is mostly the sanctions that _ terms of sanctions, that is mostly the sanctions that they _ terms of sanctions, that is mostly the sanctions that they have - te

conservative party. thanks very much for now. damian _ conservative party. for now. damian grammaticas will. conservative party. thanks very much for now. damian grammaticas will be | for now. damian grammaticas will be following that for us over the course of the afternoon. let's just dip in and hear the proceedings for now. we will stay with this for a little bit. let's cross to the commons and hear more of that debate. it commons and hear more of that debate. .. ., commons and hear more of that debate. ., , , . , debate. it cannot be conceptualised or challenged _ debate. it cannot be conceptualised or challenged by — debate. it cannot be conceptualised or challenged by a _ debate. it cannot be conceptualised or challenged by a man _ debate. it cannot be conceptualised or challenged by a man who - debate. it cannot be conceptualised or challenged by a man who is - debate. it cannot be conceptualisedl or challenged by a man who is dead. we must be mindful of scapegoating, especially when it appears to need. but neither should we allow conspiracy theories t

— close friend of the conservative party the — close friend of the conservative party the man doingper independent enquiry which has teeth— a proper independent enquiry which has teeth and has a chance to make recommendations on how to clean this up recommendations on how to clean this up because _ recommendations on how to clean this up because this isn'tjust about this company. it is the tip of the iceberg — this company. it is the tip of the iceberg. there are £2 billion of contracts— iceberg. there are £2 billion of contracts that have gone to friends of the _ contracts that have gone to friends of the conservative party and there is growing — of the conservative party and there is growing feeling that there is one rule is growing feeling that there is one rute for— is growing feeling that there is one rule for those at the top and another— rule for those at the top and another for everybody else that we need to _ another for everybody else that we need to route out of our politics. played _ need to route out of our politics. played by— need to route out of our politics. played

, he is _ the head of the conservative party, he is legally the head of the party, and i_ he isvery much will impel borisjohnson and even boris is going _ borisjohnson and even boris is going to — borisjohnson and even boris is going to be able to wriggle out of getting _ going to be able to wriggle out of getting involved. —— is not going to be able _ getting involved. —— is not going to be able to— getting involved. —— is not going to be able to wriggle out. you getting involved. -- is not going to be able to wriggle out.— be able to wriggle out. you have done me a _ be able to wriggle out. you have done me a big — be able to wriggle out. you have done me a big favour. _ be able to wriggle out. you have done me a big favour. you - be able to wriggle out. you have done me a big favour. you have | be able to wriggle out. you have - done me a big favour. you have given me 30 seconds to read the quote. it is david how if, cambridge university law professor. he says the prime minister as the officeholder and on the electoral commission database as the person responsible for the con

strength to strings in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't like what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bord off in berlin this is the day. they're involved as a time when all the arguments have been made everything is said and then it has to be decided that i would need to talk to each other in the coming days and he didn't because i'm posting ready to take responsibility. and thus the aim is that the c.d.u. i'm serious you parties within the federal election wouldn't stocks by given in charge of the decision on whether this offer can be excepted all knowledge cannot be decided by the c.d.u. in the end. also coming up fly like an airplane hover like a helicopter and go down in the history books that is what happened today when a small robotic chopper named ingenuity lifted off and hovered over the surface of mars. amateur

money from conservative party donors was channeled into the rift havisham and now downing street are saying that boys johnson is paying all the money back but there is definitely an allegation that something has been going on that is not transparent and this is something that the labor opposition party obviously feeding on and they are saying that if there was any such money being donated to the prime minister then that has to be made transparent and of course the other comment about the bodies piling up high in connection with corona virus that also doesn't go down well at the moment with the british public as well messy so it is likely to have any consequences for mr johnson. well it doesn't look good because at the next in the next in the next week we are having local elections scottish elections for the scottish parliament so it does give the conservative party quite a lot of headache at the moment and they will see if their polls are dropping as a result of this i think it's the sort of drip drip of allegations of of sleaze because of the refurbishment issue up of the flat i

strength to strength in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't like what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. there isn't as a time when all the arguments have been many everything you said and then it has to be decided tommy need to talk to each other in the coming days even because i'm ready to take responsibility. and that's the aim is that the c.d.u. i'm serious you card to use when the federal election wouldn't is toxify given in charge of the decision on whether they sought to come to accept it on knots can only be decided by the c.p.u. in the end it's. also coming up fly like an airplane hover like a helicopter and go down in the history books that is what happened today when a small robotic chopper named ingenuity lifted off and hovered over the surface of mars. hemant our data. on.

strength to streams in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't like what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. good in front there's a time when all the arguments have been many everything he said and then it has to be decided. we need to talk to each other in the coming days and he didn't because i'm personally ready to take responsibility. and that's the aim is that the c.d.u. i'm serious you card to use when the federal election when the stocks by given you in charge of the decision on whether there's off a company excepted all knowledge cannot be decided by the c.p.u. in the end. also coming up fly like an airplane hover like a helicopter and go down in the history books that is what happened today when a small robotic chopper named ingenuity lifted off and hovered over the surface of mar

— donations to the conservative party from developers under the current— party from developers any of the develop things about changing the planning system and what they asked for? well, mr speaker. — and what they asked for? well, mr speaker, all— and what they asked for? well, mr speaker, all ministerial- mr speaker, all ministerial engagements are already published through our regular official engagement notifications and all donations to political parties, whether that be the labour party or the conservative party, over the statutory amount, also published. 0f statutory amount, also published. of course, planning decisions in the production of government policy has nothing to do with donations that i need to political parties and there is a complete separation of the two. there is a complete separation of the two-— of the two. the council for the protection _ of the two. the council for the protection of _ of the two. the council for the protection of rural— of the two. the council for the protection of rural england, i protection of rural england, the national trust, the c

was it the conservative party? was it a taxpayer?f it was likely to get in return or was it the prime minister? a very simple question. the i'm in they could have put that issue today if he had been clear about it. but he is maintaining this argument that he is maintaining this argument that he paid for it eventually. so therefore we should not look at anything that has happened before. electoral commission investigating this on the suspicion that an offence may have been convicted is really serious. this is really serious and that is why we need a proper for investigation. there are now so many investigations into tory is very hard keeping track of them. the large number and parliamentary senate committees, the prime minister adviser looking in one and the cabinet secretary. we need the truth. , , , , truth. the issue here is my the prime minister _ truth. the issue here is my the prime minister was _ truth. the issue here is my the prime minister was at - truth. the issue here is my the prime minister was at any - truth. the issue

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with me are the political commentator and the former conservative party head of communications, gileshe political writer and academic maya goodfellow. great to see you both. let's have a look at some of the pages we already have, we are going to start with the metro. it says nearly £4 billion of taxpayers�* money may have been corruptly given out by the government to companies during the ppe crisis at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. the express says full audiences for entertainment venues in england will be given the green light on the 21st ofjune, after a test event at the world snooker championship in sheffield produced no positive covid tests. the mail warning that tens of thousands of families will have to continue to face strict funeral rules before restrictions are eased at the end ofjune. according to the financial times, the italian prime minister, mario draghi, is to announce a recovery package worth more than £200 billion to help the country's economy recover from the pandemic. there's the ft. the sun says it's time for you to book your summer holidays abroad, as euro

that actually paid the initial bill and then was repaid by boris johnson and who paid the conservative party's funds well large conservative donors probably it's called it's been called here cash for curtains as in the with the potential for it being a kind of cash for influence kind of affair now that's not to say that it has been that the the commission that has responsibility for transparency and party funding is now going to look into it but they dropped a bombshell into the mix just an hour before that prime minister's question session when they revealed and they announced that they had enough evidence on the face of it to believe or to suspect that there had possibly been an offense committed south africa's president has told a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor that he will not defend the indefensible cyril ramaphosa says the governing party could have done more to prevent corruption during jacob zuma is tenure ramaphosa is the highest ranking official to testify in the so-called state capture scandal zuma faces allegations of allowing a business family close to him to secure

that actually paid the initial bill and then was repaid by boris johnson and who paid the conservative party's funds well large conservative donors probably it's called it's been called here cash for curtains as in the with the potential for it being a kind of cash for influence kind of affair now that's not to say that it has been that the the commission that has responsibility for transparency and party funding is now going to look into it but they dropped a bombshell into the mix just an hour before that prime minister's question session when they revealed and they announced that they had enough evidence on the face of it to believe or to suspect that there had possibly been an offense committed. no the island's 1st minister is stepping down arlene foster was facing a revolt from within the democratic unionist party and will resign as party leader on may the 28th and his 1st minister by the end of june foster has faced criticism over her handling of breaks it and the r.c. border. on the eve of his 100th day in office u.s. president joe biden is due to give his 1st speech to a joint session

voters who gave the parties their vote in 27 over 70 percent would still vote for these conservative parties if mr bush served were the candidate but if it's mr i shed only around 32 percent would give the c.d.o. and c.s.u. their vote that's a massive difference now why did the c.d.u. under those circumstances decide to go with mr lasher well he is the head of the c.d.u. and beyond that the city in leadership is known to be concerned about a shift in the balance of power toward but there you go there have been other c.s.u. as there are in candidates for chancellor they did not win in the general election but that was quite some time ago and that was a very different germany whether their bet will crewed right in this case that's a very open question very open question 30 seconds melinda army last night positioning himself all this time as being the most committed of the 2 candidates upholding america's legacy how much will that help him. not necessarily that it would have helped him 6 months ago when germany looked like it was emerging quite strong from the pandemic that is no longer the cas

conservative party voted for lawson why. well i think they wanted to give their backing to their man was just chosen as the chairman of the c.d.u. party back in january so he's got a certain amount of impetus within the party i think there's a feeling from the from the c.d.u. that they are the laws of these tea parties and they should have the priority particularly in big decisions like he's going to be a candidate to run for the nation's top political office so that's why they wanted to i think to just sort of clear this question and clear the air as they probably saw it and marcus said i had indicated he yesterday that he possibly would go along with such a decision the savings made it clear that he won't and we've come down to this do we've got 2 contenders now when can we expect to know who the conservative candidate will be well says you know we should think about this for a few more days we should listen to what different sections of the party is saying members of parliament and local party associations and have a good

from strength to stream in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't wife what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. good and dark as a time when all the arguments have been made everything is said and then it has to be decided. we need to talk to each other in the coming days and he didn't because i'm personally ready to take responsibility. and that's the aim is that the seat and sears you parties within the federal election wouldn't just tax by giving in charge of the decision on whether this off a company excepted be decided by the c.p.u. in the end. also coming up fly like an airplane hover like a helicopter and go down in the history books that is what happened today when a small robotic chopper named ingenuity lifted off and hovered over the surface of mars. and that our data. on. her part o

nigel boardman, was inadequate — not least because of mr boardman�*s own connections to the conservative partydman is a good friend — a very good friend of the conservative government. now, some may suspect that the son of a former conservative cabinet minister might be unlikely to make waves. but let's look at his own record. mr boardman has been paid over £20,000 per year as a nonexecutive director at the department for business, energy and industrial strategy - a department with a real interest in the british business bank, which lent to greensill and the british steel industry where so many jobs that are now at risk. her charge list went on. and to cap it all off, mr boardman was appointed to a prestigious role at the british museum by... oh, by david cameron! what is being proposed by the government is not remotely fit for purpose. it's not an inquiry, it's not independent — it's an insult to us all. we should all condemn the kind of lobbying that gives politics and politicians a bad name on all sides of the house. but this motion does not achieve that. instead, it sidetracks, proliferate

labour are very keen to point this at the conservative party.was told by the body that oversees these things that you should not take a job with a steel company after he left his job as first minister. he did take it and she was suggesting that the two things were different. but clearly the spotlight is on this in a way that it has not been for some time. the argument from the government as they are going to look into this. i'm a last count there are seven enquiries ongoing, some by mps, one from a senior lawyer looking into this for the government. the environment secretary george eustice was on the march show this morning and he said david cameron had not done anything wrong but the government needed to look into everything. have a listen. we've got these various i reviews that are ongoing, including the government one, . including simon case looking at... there's always an ongoing review, come on. well, it's not. this is an ongoing review that hasjust been set up. - once it's concluded and once - all those parliamentary committees that are lo

played by very keen to point this at the conservative party. who was told the body overseas these things that he should not take a job with a steel company after he left his job as first minister. he did take it. she was suggesting that the two things are different but clearly, you know, the spotlight is on this in a way that it has not been for some time. the argument from the government is that they are going to look into this. at my last count there are seven enquiries that are now ongoing. some by mps and one is you just had their from a senior lawyer who is looking into this for the government. the environment secretary, george eustis, was on the marr show this morning and his argument is that david cameron has not done anything wrong, he has not broken any rules but the government needed to look into everything. we have got these various reviews ongoing including the government one. 0ngoing review, come on? once it is concluded, once all those parliamentary enquiry is looking at this have concluded i'm sure some of them will make policy r

had the backing of his party leadership he thinks the conservatives should ponder their candidate question a bit longer not only is he personally more popular than last year he also claims to stand for a style of politics that people want. the conservatives have never fallen out of favor with voters so quickly before holds on to everything but there are a clear indication of what the public is thinking and we can't cut ourselves off from the majority of people. that mention and some vote for dessert and needs now is public support from the white or conservative parties perhaps from members of parliament worried about losing their jobs if the wrong man leads them into the national election in september if those voices did not materialize it seems very likely christian democrats will be the choice to seize the battle and when america leads the chancellor later this year. and let's get more we are joined by political editor. mikhail why hasn't a clear conservative candidate emerged yet. because things didn't go to plan and the man who was seen as the natural successor. is really doing very ba

between the conservative party and a cabinet office. is manning the sanctions they have at their disposal. the most important issue is if they were to find, we would have an effect on public trust. the party had done something. ros: here is our political correspondent on what questio remain for the prime minister. >> it is one of the cases of when there are not clear answers, that is when the questions keep coming. the big question that needs to be addressed is was anyone else involved in the process initially and paying that bill for the redecoration. the prime minister said he cover the cost, he has paid for it personally. did the conservative party or someone else initially pay the bill or was someone else involved in the process? ros: we will look back at promises made in the brexit recommend -- referendum and whether they have been met. his portrait of our special theory -- special series. one of the jurors in the trial of derek chauvin has given an interview. one of the 12 people who found the former officer guilty of murdering ge

conservative party funds, the statement said, is not being used for this.le out they have not been part of the funding process previously. been part of the funding process previously-— been part of the funding process previously. been part of the funding process reviousl . , , , ., previously. indeed, rightful subs of the second point _ previously. indeed, rightful subs of the second point of— previously. indeed, rightful subs of the second point of controversy - previously. indeed, rightful subs of the second point of controversy for| the second point of controversy for mrjohnson are these supposed comments attributed to him about another possible lockdown, which she is supposed to of made last october. now, he categorically states he did not say these particular words. yes. not say these particular words. yes, this is comments _ not say these particular words. yes, this is comments by _ not say these particular words. yes, this is comments by the _ not say these particular words. 1&1: this is comments by the prime minister which is reported to have said,

money from conservative party donors was channeled into the rich and now downing street are saying that boris johnson is paying all the money back but there is definitely an allegation that something has been going on that is not transparent and this is something that the labor opposition party obviously feeding on and they are saying that if there was any such money being donated to the prime minister then that has to be made transparent and of course the other comment about the bodies piling up high in connection with corona virus that also doesn't go down well at the moment with the british public as well mess a so is likely to have any consequences for mr johnson. well it doesn't look good because at the next in the next in the next week we are having local elections scottish elections for the scottish parliament so it does give the conservative party quite a lot of headache at the moment and they will see if their polls are dropping as a result of this i think it's the sort of drip drip of allegations of sleaze because of the refurbishment issue of the flat is not the only poi

what's interesting in the conservative party terms about this| conservative party terms about this isbout race inequalities and life experience of black, asian and other ethnic minority groups in britain. and that work was undertaken, she called her to raise audit. that work was never completed. and then the successive government moved on to this approach. do you think there was a missed opportunity they are or was a missed opportunity they are or was even that pursuing an agenda that you don't think was particularly constructive? i think there has been _ particularly constructive? i think there has been a _ particularly constructive? i think there has been a profound - particularly constructive? i think i there has been a profound change particularly constructive? i think - there has been a profound change in how seriously we take race issues in britain and london this current government compared to others. i think this report speaks to a mentality which is about division. i think he was right and his resignation that was retracted last month. this is about the politics of division.

we have a statement from the conservative party regarding this - conservative party regarding this investigationho gets coronavirus passing it on. nestle has announced plans to cut almost 600 jobs and close a confectionery factory in newcastle. the world�*s largest food company wants to close its site in fawdon by the end of 2023 and focus production on factories in york and halifax. it said 573 jobs would be "put at risk" by the changes. a robot ship will set sail later this month as paul carter reports. this is the moment the mayflower 400 entered the water for the final time before it departs on its ground—breaking journey across the atlantic to massachusetts in the us — but unlike its namesake, which took more than 100 pilgrims to the new world in 1620, the mayflower 400 won�*t have any people on board at all. four or five years ago we were talking with folks in the city about how we were going to commemorate the 400th anniversary, so, just an informal discussion at another meeting, and there was some talk about building a replica. so, my perspective was just that, let�*s do something that s

s ruling conservative party when doling out covert contracts. safety 1st as us calls and grow to quote defund the police many americans say they're terrified that will leave them in danger on the streets and in their homes . very warm welcome and good morning to you this is r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow it's great to have you with us our top story this hour astra zeneca faces legal proceedings after an italian woman given the coded vaccine die. he's died and her family is now taking action against the multinational corporation the 55 year old music teacher from sicily got shot on march the 11th within days medical checks showed blood clots forming in her body and brain she fell into a coma and died at less than a month later her brothers say she had no previous health issues. my sister was in excellent health some tests were done on her and came back negative she had no diseases and she was perfectly fine protests also from the my sister was not at risk from bosis she was happy to get the vaccine and then after 7 days all the

give a little bit of context what normally happens in an election year is that both of these conservative parties get behind whoever is the c.d.u. leader and backs them to become german chancellor and in the past when that hasn't happened it's easily worked out badly for the conservatives so why didn't get immediate support will it comes down to this question of his popularity and indeed his personality i mean lash is not the sort of politician who easily lends a soundbite or who can sort of sway any crowd just with the force of the way he speaks he he's often a bit bumbling he gets caught up in the details and seems uncertain at times in front of a microphone and during the pandemic for instance he's tried to strike out on his own he wanted to open up things rather more quickly than many members of the german public he seemed like a man he wanted to sort of set his own plan and paradoxically it seemed a bit weak. as a result and unfortunately from him last year he had a strong contender a much more popular contender in the bavarian leader marcos but having said all that it's now won he won 3 to

give a little bit of context what normally happens in an election year is that both of these conservative parties get behind whoever is the c.d.u. leader and backs them to become german chancellor and in the past when that hasn't happened it's usually worked out badly for the conservatives so why didn't get immediate support will it comes down to this question of his popularity and indeed his personality i mean lash is not the sort of politician who easily lends a soundbite or who can sort of sway any crowd just with the force of the way he speaks c he's often a bit bumbling he gets caught up in the details and seems uncertain times in front of a microphone and during the pandemic for instance he's tried to strike out on his own he wanted to open up things rather more quickly than many members of the german public he seemed like a man who wanted to sort of set his own plan and paradoxically it seemed a bit weak. as a result and unfortunately from him last year he had a strong contender a much more popular contender in the very end. marcus but having said all that it's now won the he won 3 to beco

germany's next chancellor on monday knowing the leadership in chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party voted in favor of making their leader arming lusha their chancellor candidate ahead of the national election in september the decision came after a week of wrangling between wash it and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancellor candidate but very in gov mark whose zuda law should and serve spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a week winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if army mush it wants to take the reins from angela merkel in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he cannot victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush at once to focus on battling the parties. say what counts from now on yes whi

we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon who leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his troops for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized political correspondent samiam reporting thank you. like to tell you now about some of the other stories making

ahead of germany's conservative party and a possible chancellor candidate says tougher restrictions would slow the third wave and be a bridge until more people are vaccinated. also coming up, a setback in the fight for gender equality in india. why the covid-19 crisis is hitting india's working women harder. tensions mount in eastern ukraine after russia defends military movements near the border. the accrete he and president accuses moscow of posing a serious threat. the prime minister who is going to court in trying to form a new government at the same time. israeli prime minister netanyahu watches coalition togs as witnesses are called in his corruption trial. ♪ i'm brent goff. tour viewers on pbs in the unit in state and around the world, welcome. after half a year of lockdowns, germany may be headed for longer, tougher coronavirus restrictions. tonight, more german leaders are calling for a harder lockdown. easter weekend saw a slowdown in vaccinations in several german states. vaccination setters have been closed come appointments restricted and local health officials say they are s

we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side are men lashon he leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his tree for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized political correspondent sam young reporting thank you now let's take a look at some of the other stories making he

conservative party.rong with that? it party. does that matter, is anything wrong with that?— wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that _ wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the _ wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the prime _ wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the prime minister i wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the prime minister is| matters that the prime minister is transparent about where money came from, it came from the conservative party, it could have come from a donor to the conservative party and the bigger picture reason why it matters is this morning we are hearing the prime minister wants his cabinet to focus on the people's priorities, citing coronavirus, that is right, the reason we have rules around transparency is so the public know his decision—makers, up to and including the prime minister, what their interests are and proving that they act on behalf of taxpayers and are not overly influenced by donations, loans or privat

ruling conservatives appear to be a step closer to ending a showdown over who will stand as their candidate for chancellor at elections this fall senior members are going to methe those c.d.u. party voted overnight by a wide margin to back. to run is the conservative candidate for chance of that but still competing against zuda who heads the cd used the variance system of the c.s.u. the conservatives have yet to put forward a unified candidate ahead of september. let's get more from our chief political editor michel. good morning michel is so the cd is top brass has staked. will his rival marcus it accepts this decision. that's the $1000000.00 question because and them apple c.d.u. c.s.u. humean only has officially a candidate once both the mighty c.d.u. party and its much smaller the variances the party the c.s.u. together present him now it so happens that both leaders want to be that candidate and marco sudha declared once again that he would accept the c.d.u. the biggest c.d.u. backs on iraq said he would back down but he said that a week ago and he didn't back down after the party executive a fact i mean not that now we have this vote which is an overwhelming majority almost

whether as conservative party donors and there's also been accusations of a lack of transparency and a lack of accountability with public bodies less than forthcoming with information about these contracts. public bodies across the u.k. fail to comply with their legal obligations to provide timely access to information on contracts now all of these contracts and all of this focus on political connections the lid of which has been blown off by revelations that former prime minister david cameron was attempting to lobby the government during the pandemic on behalf of a company called green capital and he had reached out to the chancellor of the health secretary that hancock all of whom have denied any wrong doing but investigations are going on into the role that politicians play when it comes to contracting and many here in the u.k. worried about what impact this will have on britain's role on the global stage on britain's image on the global stage particularly when they come to lecturing other countries about corruption. all right i live in london thank you. in the meantime u.k.

his head of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia and leads angela merkel's conservative party. with this up. and invites why i think we need a bridge lock down we have to build the bridge to the point in time where a lot of people are vaccinated. i know that a lot of people are tired of the pandemic. but also that a lot are ready to go a step further and then i may or june to enter a new phase. in a large majority of citizens are willing to take this step so that we have a better outlook and more planning security. reasons it meets. the bridge to a breakthrough success in testing means we need to double down on a lot of areas and move towards a lockdown. let's get more chief international editor richard welcome richard what do you make of that score. this is definitely increasing fill the likelihood of a tough a lot down coming at this you say it's just silly he's not the only voice clearly for this but he is a very important voice so he is the leader of that important states in north rhine-westphalia and the the main thing is he's also the leader of uncle a medical's own part

or a donor to the conservative party or a donor to the conservative party or a donor to the conservative in the houses of parliament instead which are different. the electoral commission are looking at the conservative party. howeverthey are looking at the conservative party. however they have the power to look at the prime minister's e—mails or interview the prime minister if they wanted. separately yesterday, at the same time all of this was happening, the prime minister announced that lord geidt would take over as his independent adviser on ministerial standards. at theissue adviser on ministerial standards. at the issue is, just how independent is lord geidt? you can suggest that somebody gets investigated to the prime minister but it will still be “p prime minister but it will still be up to the prime minister whether that investigation goes ahead or not. and for people like the labour party for example, that means he is just not independent enough. thank ou ve just not independent enough. thank you very much- _ detectives are continuing to search woodland in kent for clues after a

we have made contact with the conservative party since late march.ing. this is a serious step — commission is saying. this is a serious step forward _ commission is saying. this is a serious step forward in - commission is saying. this is a serious step forward in this - commission is saying. this is a i serious step forward in this whole affair about the prime minister's personal flat. affair about the prime minister's personalflat. the affair about the prime minister's personal flat. the government flat that he lives in above downing street and the renovation works there. this has been bubbling along for some time in the background, journalists asking a question about refurbishment works that have been happening there and how they had been paid for. all of that of course burst out into the open on friday with the prime minister's former chief adviser dominic cummings and his blog saying that the prime minister had discussed with him what he said he thought was an unwise, possibly illegal plan to get tory donors to fund it. if it had worked out in t

or it was the conservative party or it was a private donor or it was the prime minister so make it easy for the prime mistress now multiple choice. there are only 4 options it should be easier the fighting the chuch iraq mr speaker so i ask the promise again who pay the admission invoice additional imports promised for the rita correction of the prime minister's plan the initial invoice i minister this is because i've given him the answer and the answer is i have i have how bad the costs and by that most people will find it absolutely bizarre and of course as an electoral commission investigating this now i can tell you that i conformed in full with the code of conduct with. ministers and his theory or code and i officially have been kept. been advising me throughout this whole thing but i think people will think it absolutely bizarre that he is focusing on these issues where what people want to know is what plans a big government might have to improve the life of people in this country and let me tell you if you took spot housing again we're helping people our own the house i'd rather

the w from berlin tonight the race to be the next german chancellor among the conservatives it is now a duel today c.d.u. party leader only in law should go to the non to meet the conservatives into those september elections but his rival bavarian governor mark who's pursued who is more popular with voters and not yet willing to give up the fight also coming up tonight valuing revenge you want to accuse israel of 7 charging 18 nuclear sites tehran says it knows who was behind the blackout and has the right to retaliate and indian authorities hoping to stop a dramatic surge of coded 19 cases by pushing for more vaccinations but the states say there simply is not enough vaccine to get the job done and a trip to the public finally england starts to ease cope with 19 restrictions as they hard lock down and a mass vaccination drawing to begin bearing fruit. i'm off to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin tonight with the reste to be the next german chancellor germans go to the polls this fall to elect a new. government and after 16 years as chancell

we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon who leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his tree for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized they have his political correspondent sam young reporting thank you let's get you caught up now with some of the o

give a little bit of context what normally happens in an election year is that both of these conservative parties get behind whoever is the c.d.u. leader and backs them to become german chancellor and in the past when that hasn't happened it's easily worked out badly for the conservatives so why didn't get immediate support will it comes down to this question of his popularity and indeed his personality i mean lashon is not the sort of politician who easily lends a soundbite or who can sort of sway any crowd just with the force of the way he speaks he's often a bit bumbling he gets caught up in the details and seems uncertain at times in front of a microphone and during the pandemic for instance he's tried to strike out on his own he wanted to open up things rather more quickly than many members of the german public he seemed like a man who wanted to sort of set his own plan and paradoxically it seemed a bit weak. as a result and unfortunately from him last year he had a strong contender a much more popular contender in the bavarian leader marcos but having said all that lushness now won he won 3

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live from berlin tonight of the race to be the next german chancellor among the conservatives it is now a duel today c.d.u. party leader armey la should got the nod to leave the conservatives into september elections but his rival bavarian governor marcus fizzer is more popular with voters and are not yet willing to give up the fight also coming up tonight finally it's back to the pubs england says she hears to the easing of coded 1000 restrictions as a hard lock down any mass vaccination drive begins bearing fruit. i'm brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the race to be the next german chancellor germans go to the polls this fall to elect a new government and after 16 years as chancellor angela merkel will not be running again now her c.d.u. party and it's been very and sister party the c.s.u. are trying to choose between 2 candidates the man preferred by the powerbrokers and the man preferred by the people. i mean lash it versus marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed

for example it could find the party, the conservative party— find the party, the conservative party sayst senior public— funded and so too is the most senior public official in west minister. helen, — public official in west minister. helen, here in washington where milani and trump wanted to refurbish the tennis pavilion in the white house, the money was raised through a private trust. are the rulesjust a private trust. are the rulesjust a bit different, a bit less clear imprint? i a bit different, a bit less clear imrint? ~ , , . a bit different, a bit less clear imrint? ,, , , ., ., , imprint? i think yes that wants it boils down _ imprint? i think yes that wants it boils down to. _ imprint? i think yes that wants it boils down to. some _ imprint? i think yes that wants it boils down to. some of- imprint? i think yes that wants it boils down to. some of the - imprint? i think yes that wants it - boils down to. some of the newspaper are suggesting that that sort of trust _ are suggesting that that sort of trust had — are suggesting that that sort of trust had been looked at by boris jo