growing tensions between israel and the palestinians. and iran says it has foiled an unsuccessful drone attack on a military facility in central isfahan province. here in the uk, allies of the prime minister, rishi sunak, have defended his decision to wait for the outcome of an inquiry before sacking the chairman of the conservative party, nadhim zahawi. the investigation judged the former chancellor had failed to be open about his finances in a serious breach of the ministerial code. opposition parties say mr zahawi should have been dismissed as chairman sooner and that he should step aside as an mp. with all the days events, here s our political editor, chris mason. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his c
the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zahawi should have understood that he was under investigation by hmrc. he went on to say that nadhim zahawi failed to disclose relevant information, in this case the nature of the investigation and it outcome of a penalty. he concluded that his admissions amounted to a serious failure to meet the high standards set out in the ministerial code. in a one page letter, the prime minister sealed nadhim zahawi s fate. he said it was clear there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code and that he was sacked from the government. the ethics adviser was also critical of what he labelled an untrue statement from nadhim zahawi, that he echoed in an interview last july. i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that hmrc are looking into me. i m
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