welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk where the home secretary, suella braverman, is in the firing line over claims she asked civil servants about the possibility of a private speed awareness course, after she was caught driving too fast. downing street says the prime minister has had a conversation with his ethics adviser, sir laurie magnus. it s not yet clear whether an investigation will take place, but opposition parties are adamant one is needed. the home secretary was asked about the fine as she arrived at downing street in the past hour. are you going to resign, home secretary? did you break the ministerial code? earlier, she was quizzed over the matter while visiting a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants last year to arrange a one on one driving awareness course when you were caught for awareness course when you were cau-ht for speedin- 7 awareness course when you were caught for awar
hello, i m maryam moshiri, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak is to consult his ethics adviser about a speeding offence committed by his home secretary. suella braverman was caught speeding in 2022 and asked the civil service for advice about arranging a private speed awareness course. she was attorney general, or the government s top legal officer, at the time. opposition parties say she should quit, if she s found to have breached the ministerial code. but a government source has denied that her actions did so. live now to westminster, and our political correspondent, peter saull. give us an update about what we know so far. , ., ., give us an update about what we know so far. , . ., ., ., so far. yes, we are waiting to hear from downing so far. yes, we are waiting to hear from downing street so far. yes, we are waiting to hear from downing street as so far. yes, w
can see the progression of russia from the east steadily, frontal on to the city, just pushing the ukrainians back. inch by inch, yard ljy ukrainians back. inch by inch, yard by yard, but they do take a couple of the city. the cityjust to the north was a good objective for russia to unlock the objective on temper macro itself, but this is a comparatively small city, certainly compared to mariupol. it is inching forward, just pushing the ukrainians back from the front. what you are not seeing is russia breaking past the city, isolation or cutting supply lines to the city. they still have not done that. so when they talk about control, yes, you might be at the limits of buildings, or the edge of a point on the ground politically which defines a city boundary, but if you don t control the roads and high ground to the flanks, then control could be tenuous for russia. flanks, then control could be tenuous for russia. looking ahead, the s-urin tenuous for russia. looking ahead, the spring o
much steadily frontal onto the city, just pushing the ukrainians back. so inch by inch, yard by yard. and they do take a couple of gains north of the city. the cityjust to the north, was a really good objective for russia to unlock the attack on back to itself. but you see how slow and creeping this progression has been for a comparatively small city, certainly compared to, say, mariupol or sloviansk, it is inching forwards. it s just pushing the ukrainians back from the front. but you re not seeing is russia break past the city, isolate it, cut the supply lines to the city. they ve never managed to do that. they still actually haven t. and so when they talk about control, i think what this shows is, yes, you might be at the limits of buildings or the edge of a point on the ground, politically defined as the city boundary. but if you don t control the area to the west, the roads, the high grounds and particularly to the flanks, then control could be pretty tenuous for russia. justin, l