julian smith is not 'ust declined to repeat it. is not just worried about - declined to repeat it. julian smith is not just worried about that - is not just worried about that statement or whether it looks bad, he is worried about the fact that thatis he is worried about the fact that that is having an effect on our parliamentary system. that reflects a lot of use from people from the theresa may era, they think something is going wrong with the system and the people that are making it go wrong are the people who are in government now. the other thing is the future of the current chief whip, mark spencer. he is the man in charge of party discipline. he has been getting a lot of grief from conservative mps, he does not listen to them or communicate their feelings accurately to 10 downing street and there is speculation about whether he will still be imposed maybe by the end of the day and when he arrives at the cabinet meeting this morning, i asked will you be sticking around? his response was i hope so. not exactly a ringing endors

julian smith, who used to serve in borisjohnson�*s cabinet, said...ning downing street has no intention of apologising for the prime minister's remarks. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. we will be talking to our political correspondent chris mason in a few minutes, as well as the labour and pete docter rosena allin—khan. —— the labour mp, doctor rosena allin—khan. the oil giant bp has reported its highest profit for eight years. the company made £9.5 billion for 2021, and saw its profits surge in the final quarter of the year after oil and gas prices started to climb. the global increase in energy prices has pushed up gas and electricity bills for households, and has led to calls for a windfall tax on big energy firms. i'm joined now by our business correspondent dharshini david. what is bp saying about this prophets, the highest in eight years? a, prophets, the highest in eight ears? �* ., , prophets, the highest in eight ears? �* ., ., prophets, the highest in eight ears? ., years? a few months ago bp's own boss referred _ years? a few months

with you as ambassador to ne, to julian smith. hello, met him ambassador. at the you ask, government has warned that a russian invasion of ukraine could happen any time. and still, there is a flurry of diplomatic effort still underway, and now we are hearing from the crowning kremlin that they would like to continue to talks. so please tell us how close are we to war in ukraine? well, as the u. s. administration has made very clear we remain concerned about the build up of russian troops around ukraine's border. we do believe that at this time, russia possesses all that it needs to invade ukraine further invade ukraine. all that said, we have also made very clear to moscow in recent days, in fact that the door to dialogue is wide open. and we are collectively here at nato and at the o. s. e. but also back in washington, were prepared to sit down and engage in a dialogue and hopefully deescalate the situation. but right now we don't have any evidence that that's occurring. and for that reason we've been very clear that we're looking at a variety of contingen

the former tory cabinet member julian smith said... there�*s no sign of that.y cost him one of his closest political confidants. munira mirza, who worked for the pm for more than a decade, quit last week in disgust. protests around here are nothing new — for or against brexit, anti—lockdown, pro—public anger. but the prime minister may find himself accused of stirring up unacceptable behaviour, just when number ten hoped to calm things down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. in morocco, the funeral has taken place of rayan, a five—year—old boy who spent five days trapped down a well. the boy had fallen down a narrow, 32—metre dry well last tuesday, sparking a complex digging operation to try to reach him, which gripped the world. aru na iyengar reports. the final journey for five—year—old rayan, whose plight touched a nation and reverberated around the arab world. hundreds of mourners came to the village in morocco�*s rural northern province to pay tribute. among them, rayan�*s father. the community coming together to give support. social media across th

the former tory cabinet member julian smith said... there�*s no sign of that.cost him one of his closest political confidants. munira mirza, who worked for the pm for more than a decade, quit last week in disgust. protests around here are nothing new — for or against brexit, anti—lockdown, pro—public anger. but the prime minister may find himself accused of stirring up unacceptable behaviour, just when number ten hoped to calm things down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news truckers in the canadian capital ottawa have been ordered to stop sounding their horns in an ongoing protest that has snarled up the city. the loud constant blare of truck horns has become one of the defining features of the movement — pushing back against covid restrictions. a state of emergency has been declared in the city. campaigning for presidential elections in the philippines is officially getting under way. the country�*s millions of voters will have three months to ponder which candidates to go for when election day finally arrives on

the former tory cabinet member julian smith said... there's no sign of that.cost him one of his closest political confidants. munira mirza, who worked for the pm for more than a decade, quit last week in disgust. protests around here are nothing new — for or against brexit, anti—lockdown, pro—public anger. but the prime minister may find himself accused of stirring up unacceptable behaviour, just when number ten hoped to calm things down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. campaigning for presidential elections in the philippines is officially getting under way. the country's millions of voters will have three months to ponder which candidates to go for when election day finally arrives on the 9th of may. among the main candidates are the daughter of the country's notorious outgoing president, the son of a former dictator and a world—famous boxer. what should we expect? we can speak to howard johnson who was in manila. great to have you on the programme and what a colourful cast of characters. talk is through the main contenders and what the main contend

the former tory cabinet member julian smith said... there's no sign of that.ng one of his closest political confidants, who worked for the prime minister for more than a decade, to quit the party discussed. the prime minister may find himself accused of stirring unacceptable behaviour laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. to canada now, where a state of emergency has been declared in the capital city ottawa in response to the ongoing truckers' protests against covid restrictions. the mayor, jim watson, said the city was outnumbered and losing the battle against the freedom convoy. our correspondentjessica murphy sent this report. they were told to get theirjab and get into quarantine, and this was the response. most canadian truck drivers crossing the border into the us regularly have already been vaccinated, but those who have not are adamant but those who haven't are adamant they will never be, and their cause has fed into larger concerns over covid—i9 restrictions in canada, with thousands of protesters joining the truckers. the chaos prompted the city's

the former tory cabinet member julian smith said... there's no sign of that. him one of his closest political confidants. munira mirza, who worked for the pm for more than a decade, quit last week in disgust. protests around here are nothing new — for or against brexit, anti—lockdown, pro—public anger. but the prime minister may find himself accused of stirring up unacceptable behaviour, just when number ten hoped to calm things down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the israeli government has anounced an independent inquiry into reports that police illicitly used spyware against its own citizens, including aides of the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu. an israeli newspaper reported that police used a mobile phone hacking tool made by israel's nso group known as pegasus, to gather intelligence against ministers, mayors, journalists and even the prime minister's relatives without judicial warrants. israel's current prime minister naftali bennet said the public would get answers quickly. translation: regarding - the pegasus affair, the reports al

the former tory cabinet member julian smith said... there's no sign of that.him one of his closest political confidants. munira mirza, who worked for the pm for more than a decade, quit the party in disgust. protests around here are nothing new — for or against brexit, anti—lockdown, pro—public anger. but the prime minister may find himself accused of stirring up unacceptable behaviour, just when number ten hoped to calm things down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. mourners in morocco have attended the funeral of a five—year—old boy who died after falling 32 meters into a well. rayan oram was trapped underground for four days before being pulled out on saturday evening. the funeral ceremony was held at a cemetery near the boy's home village in northern morocco. israel's government will hold an independent inquiry into reports that police illicitly used spyware against aides of the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other public figures. it relates to the israeli—made pegasus hacking t

julian smith, who used to serve in borisjohnson�*s cabinet, said... downing street has no intention of apologising for the prime minister's remarks. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason. he is in westminsterfor us. despite downing street saying the prime minister will not apologise, how much pressure do you think there is on him to do that?— on him to do that? there are plenty who wanted — on him to do that? there are plenty who wanted to _ on him to do that? there are plenty who wanted to apologise _ on him to do that? there are plenty who wanted to apologise including i on him to do that? there are plenty i who wanted to apologise including on his own side, who think he should go to the house of commons and say sorry. there is absolutely zero chance of him doing that in the coming hours, it will not happen, and the argument those in downing street make to justify what they are doing is to say that if the prime minister is going to take, as he has, loads of heat for parties and government during

a former tory cabinet member, julian smith, said... there is no sign of that.ohnson's failure to apologise has already cost him one of his closest political confidantes. munira mirza, who worked for the pm for more than a decade, quit last week in disgust. protests around here are nothing new. for or against brexit, anti—lockdown, pro—public anger. but the prime minister might find himself accused of stirring up unacceptable behaviour. just when number 10 looked to calm things down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. you heard laura talking about quieting down but it sounds like it will be a noisy week for the prime minister. it will be a noisy week for the prime minister. . , will be a noisy week for the prime minister. ., , ., , ., minister. it really does and it matters because _ minister. it really does and it matters because we - minister. it really does and it matters because we are - minister. it really does and it| matters because we are eight minister. it really does and it - matters because

shortly after these comments tory mp julian smith turned to twitter.n the house." and if that was on the specifics, culture secretary nadine dorries offered a broader reassurance in a channel 4 news interview on monday... but on this occasion, he's provided no evidence that he did. a british airways plane got caught up a british airways plane got caught up in high whenjust a british airways plane got caught up in high when just today as storm cory swept across the uk. the aircraft was affected by a gust of wind as he came in to land in heathrow. as you can see the plain sale look like it would hit the runway. luckily, thanks and skill of the pilot the landing was aborted thoughts minute and the plane did eventually land safely. thank goodness for that. scary moment there. a quick reminder of her lead story. a number of european leaders have been engaging with the tensions around the situation in ukraine. that includes prime minister boris johnson who travelled to ukraine to meet residency landscape and between vladimir putin and the leader of hungry as

we've had a form of cabinet minister, julian smith, called a scene from this evening appalling, and alsomportant for democracy and for keir starmer�*s security that the false savile slurs were withdrawn in full. also chris bryant, labour mp, said the prime minister must withdraw these comments in full. at the moment the prime minister has not withdrawn the comments, when asked about them by journalists and mps who said he was referring to keir starmer�*s rollers the head of the organisation, not to draw any personal capacity. yes. the head of the organisation, not to draw any personal capacity.- draw any personal capacity. yes, he did no on draw any personal capacity. yes, he did go on to — draw any personal capacity. yes, he did go on to clarify _ draw any personal capacity. yes, he did go on to clarify in _ draw any personal capacity. yes, he did go on to clarify in some - draw any personal capacity. yes, he did go on to clarify in some way, . did go on to clarify in some way, didn't he? but not withdraw. tell us a little bit more about this incident in which two were arrested. this in

this is also something that has been echoed by some conservative mps as well, like bmp julian smith, you say, about how many may be accepted, when and to wear. now, the official line from the home office at the moment is that they are working with their european counterparts to try to make a plan for this humanitarian crisis thatis a plan for this humanitarian crisis that is unfolding, as we see thousands of people crossing the border out of ukraine into neighbouring countries at the moment. but they say any solution would have to be practical and in the best interests of the ukrainian people. but those fleeing, i think, desperate for more details on what exactly that might mean. i desperate for more details on what exactly that might mean.— desperate for more details on what exactly that might mean. i know you will kee it exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up _ exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up to _ exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up to date. _ exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up to date. for— exactly that might mean.