in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britain s next prime minister the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britain s cameron norrie will play the six time champion novak djokovic for a place in the men s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former fifa president sepp blatter expresses his relief as he and former uefa boss michel platini are both found not guilty of fraud following a trial in switzerland. good afternoon. world leaders have been expressing their shock and grief after the assassination of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot while making a speech in the city of nara, and later died in hospital.
And the other main stories on tonights programme. As the violence in the middle east triggers protests in the uk, a senior official warns of the language used at some pro palestinian rallies. Was It Carriejohnson in charge during covid . The inquiry into the pandemic hears the countrys top Civil Servant worried about her influence. 120. And following his accident on top gear, Freddie Flintoff reaches a multi Million Pound settlement with bbc studios. And the newsnight at 10 30, we will go deeper behind over millia decide whether to heed an israeli warning and move south while in london, will be asking how communities are feeling. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, where its just after midnight local time, with the end of the 24 hour period israel has set for People Living in Northern Gaza to evacuate the area fast approaching. More than a Million People have been warned to move south, after several days in which the Israeli Defense forces have been massing on the border, ahead of an
And at the heart of things, his wife carrie, or so the messages revealed today claim. They were exchanged in october 2020 by Dominic Cummings the Prime Ministers controversial chief adviser, often seen as a power unto himself and two other men, including simon case. Mrjohnson had only recently appointed him cabinet secretary, the countrys top civil servant. The Prime Minister wanted a plan for regional lockdowns for england. The men say they think the idea has come from carrie. Simon case says, im not sure i can cope. Im going to scream. Adding, i was always told that dom was the secret pm. The real person in charge is carrie. Americas Defence Secretary tells the israelis that hamas is worse than isis but says its a time to respond, not for revenge. Palestinians, meanwhile, fear an israeli invasion and a new chapter of dispossession. The israeli army is making People Choose between genocide and Ethnic Cleansing. This is an act of Ethnic Cleansing. This is an act of Ethnic Cleansing. It
electorate to carry on thinking, good old boris, he has been stitched up. but clearly some of the governing conservative party think that way but there is also an awful lot of people who take the view inside the conservative party and beyond that borisjohnson s downfall is entirely his own doing, both in terms of his personal behaviour and his policies. he has positioned himself for a comeback, there is no doubt about that. can he make one? well, the opinion polling for now suggests that he has become that most unfortunate thing in some ways, and that is an unpopular populace. ways, and that is an unpopular populace- ways, and that is an unpopular “oulace. ., , ., , populace. that is some way to put it. and looking populace. that is some way to put it. and looking at populace. that is some way to put it. and looking at going populace. that is some way to put it. and looking at going forward i it. and looking at going forward generally, what does this mean for rishi sunak? wha
what the guidance prescribes. our political editor chris mason joined us with the latest. there s an old adage in politics that if you are explaining, you are losing, and borisjohnson had to do a lot of explaining today a lot of explaining about his record in government, his relationship with the truth, all of those issues that were kicked around a year or so ago, dredged back up for all to see. there was the spectacle in that hearing of conservative mps scrutinising a fellow conservative mp, while other conservative mps allies of mrjohnson were heckling the questioner, a reminder of the insurrection, the civil war that was prompted within the conservative party by borisjohnson s downfall and the chaos that followed. for the committee, they now have to go away and work out if mrjohnson recklessly misled parliament or intentionally misled parliament. now, proving intent, proving he lied is always was always going to be