let's get an update from paul brennan, who's just joining us from downing street in london. so paul, just clarify for us the state of the report and when it may be released that my understanding is that the reports is now complete or what is not clear is the timing of its release. we're here in downing street at the moment. it is a, a report that was commissioned by boris johnson as an internal investigation is not an independent inquiry. and as such, he gets 1st sight of it. as of this morning at around 8 o'clock this morning, down the street. he still had not received the copy of that report from its author, sue. great. we know that because the foreign secretary list trust that was saying that on the morning broadcast route. the expectation is that the report will land at downing street this morning at some point. and the question then is how it's going to get it get released and the labor party, the opposition parties, they want advanced sites of it so that they can digest the contents of the report. and that makes it unlikely, but the regular weekly prime ministers questi

. >> paul brennan is in london and says allegations of wrongdoing are getting closer to the prime minister the very public complaint from a senior conservative mp, the chairman of the public at ministration committee who put aside the business of the committee -- it was meeting this morning -- to make this extraordinary statement, essentially accusing government whips, the officials that make sure the mp's vote in the way the government wants them to, but all the way up to government ministers, accusing them of strong-arm tactics against those rebel mp's who expressed disquiet about boris johnson's character and judgment and credibility, up to and including the possibility of withdrawing government funding from projects within the constituencies of those mp's, to a level where it amounted to possibly even blackmail. the prime minister, though, when asked about it later -- he is on a visit away to the southwest of england, said he had seen -- have not seen this pressure. it is an indication of how much of a hotbed parliament is, but it edges closer and closer to the prime minister. the prim

thank you so much, paul brennan, reporting in london, fill out on al jazeera hong kong tightens restrictions in 3 apartment blocks and struggles to maintain a 0 cover policy. and it's the 1st country to adopt the world's biggest crypto currency as legal, tender. and now the i m f as urgent l. salvatore. to drop bitcoin. ah you're locked into your weather update for asia. hello, everyone. good to see you. so for the top end of india, we do have foggy conditions and smoggy and some spots says that air quality is starting to deteriorate. now for the bottom end of india, few showers here and there. so we're talking about time on the due at times through careless as well, but all in all, not that of to se asia right now. plenty of signed to be found for many spots actually. so bang. ca, coachman, city called them poor in singapore, and your temperature is, will range from 32 to 34 degrees. well that driving rain that was rolling across the philippines is now pushed out toward the west. we're going to trace where this go. so got to put this a few days forward. we're going to find ourselves on satu

matter. moreover, the reports of which i am aware would seem to constitute blackmail. antivirus paul brennan in london, says that allegations of wrongdoing a getting closer to the prime minister. the very public complaint from william rag who is a senior conservative m. p, the chairman of the public administration committee, who put aside the business of that committee. it was meeting this morning to make this extraordinary statement, essentially accusing a government which they are. the officials that make sure that the employees vote in the way that the government wants him to vote, but all the way up to government ministers accusing them of really strong arm tactics against those rebel m. p. 's. you've expressed disquiet about boris johnson's character and his judgments in his credibility up to and including the possibility of withdrawing government funding for projects within the constituencies of those empties to a level where it amounted. according to mister rag, said, possibly even blackmail, the prime minister though, when asked about it later, he's away on a visit down to the south.

thanks so much, paul brennan, there for us at downing street no november last year out. they reported on the case of one young kurdish man who survived freezing temperatures in the forest between poland and by the roots. now he was 1000. so arrived on the eas borders, believing he could find a better life, but they were met with a tough response from polish authorities of correspond journal returned to the board to find him. and his story blew you away in these woods and you could be wandering for days yet even deep winter doesn't discourage them. border guard video is said to show some of the dozens of attempts still being made each day to cross from bel ross into poland. and the european union for the few that make it an unpleasant welcome awaits indefinite detention in crowded, militarized barracks with bod, windows and limited access to the outside world. less asylum seekers than prisoners and a breach of international law can pick a camp is like a prison and does not represent europe. most of the people he came from that countries because of the pain. they shouldn't

let's go live now to london out there as paul brennan is outside number 10, downing st. paul. the prime minister then has received an update on su grays report . what does an update mean? well, an updated something short of the full report that we were expecting. it's due to be published on the gov dot u. k. official government website. we've all been pressing refresh on our smartphones to see whether it's been published yet and it hasn't as i'm speaking to you. but in for speculation, suggests that sue gray will talk about a drinking culture within number 10, down the street behind me. a lack of leadership and but her reports parameters did not extend to whether or not forrest johnson or any of his staff broke the actual law. that is for the police to decide and questions about whether he broke the ministerial kurt, again, that's for a different watchdog body to graze report such as it is going to be published. it was more about exactly what happened. there was a fact finding mission. it will stop vincent really sure to wear many people expected it to because of the extraordi

i'm sure, but in the meantime, thank you so much, paul brennan, there are at so the house of commons lost more still to come for you here on the news are including hong kong hamster massacre. thousands of being killed are for corona virus outbreak of the pet shop and 20 years after being kidnapped when announcing his candidacy for president of columbia. ingrid bettingcourt throws her name in the hat again and in sport, reckless breaking, come back, spurs in english. primula india has recorded its highest number of new corona, virus infections in 8 months. more than 317000 new cases were reported on thursdays . cities across india have reintroduced restrictions to control the search. while infection rates had recently fallen in the country's urban areas, health experts believe they will pick up again by the middle of next month having macau. as more for us from new delhi, it's been a yes is and just thought it's vaccination drive. despite the slow thought, more than one and a half $1000000000.00 have been administered in the country, no authorities are recommending full market authori

into parties in his downing street home during crone of iris locked downs pole, brennan, josefina ly from london, and paul ready. the prime minister on the defensive, that his weekly appearance in parliament. yes, but not so jude. i had to say the interview that he gave on tuesday looks. he looked a broken man, but to day a very different prime minister. he was on the front foot, albeit, if i can use a cricketing analogy, playing a straight bat, referring again. and again, despite the questioning about party gates at referring again and again to the government's handling of the pandemic. and he was praising the way that the government had kept the economy opened and it followed after prominence, the questions that he's just made an announcement saying that for example, the advice to work from home is going to be lifted. so he was very at a pains to say, look, we are a competent government at we've done well with the pandemic and that, but he was put under enormous pressure. not just by the leader of the opposition at kear stomach, but also by pupil on his own side and a withering put down from david davis

paul, i really hope it's not a decade. thank you very much for that update pull brennan live for us in london. all right, in the change of pace, it's now time for whether he's jeff. hi, welcome to your worlds weather update will begin in australia where parts of queensland state saw their heavy it's rainfall in more than a 100 years. this was in the fraser coast region. sunspots picking up about $650.00 millimeters of rain, people had to be plucked to safety here. and now we do have a site clone spinning around can so potentially seen some scenes of flooding there in the days to come. meantime, in the southwest in pers, temperatures are gonna hot up in the days to come. we're expecting a high of 36 degrees on tuesday. that's concerning because parts of western australia do have that catastrophic fire danger alert in plates now for new zealand, a scattering of showers, both for the north and the south island that a bad day and gets been though with the high 27 degrees off to southeast asia concentrated rain continues to fall over sumatra. same goes for java. so we've got to be on the look out t

brennan's covering the story for us from london. so clearly the prime minister, very much on the defensive paul and his weekly appearance in parliament. yeah, i mean, it was a more fighting performance by boris johnson, the prime minister than on tuesday when he gave a television interview where he, i mean, he looked like a broken man on tuesday. so by comparison, wednesday's appearance in the parliament building the weekly session of prime ministers, questions, which was rather more comparative against his opposition member is opposition counterparts. a clear star, my empty and the prime minister was pressed very hard though on, on the parties that took place in the building behind me here. number 10, downing street, the prime minister's residence his home, but also the workplace. and the idea the drinks were, were being had and sandwiches were being eaten and garden parties got and gatherings were taking place at the same time as the rest of the population here in the u. k. was operating under severe lockdown has not gone down well with the wider public and particularly with the conservative m. p. 's, who, who had been forced to su

to pa brennan and joining us from downing street so the prime minister will be facing some tough questions. again that his weekly appearance at a prime minister's questions in just a few moments paul. yeah, 333 consecutive weekly sessions of pm to wearable restaurants will be under intense pressure, particularly about this party gates scandal, which is engulfed. his government in recent weeks were awaiting imminently. the outcome of the su gray report, an independent, sorry, an internal investigation. it's exactly what happened here at down the street during those periods of lockdown in 2020. and now we're going to get cut shows any 2nd cuz we're expecting forest johnston to get to his feet and begin that week. recession of promises questions. he'll get questions for the leader of the opposition. kear stammer, but we haven't actually had suit raise report really? yes, there's a real waiting game and the longer the delay, the greater the anticipation, the greater the pressure on the prime minister briefing and counter briefing as to exactly what su grey has found. it doesn't look good for the prime minister. even government sources are saying that there needs to be a change of cult