this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm the former chancellor, rishi sunak, enters the race to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. durham police clear sir keir starmer of breaking lockdown rules. he d pledged to resign if fined. the labour leader says his party is now ready for an election. if there was a general election, this government will fall. and we ve got a plan for the country, we want that fresh start. britain s former counter terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new head of the metropolitan police in the wake of a string of failings which have compromised public trust. tributes pour in from around the world forjapan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, who has been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. six men have been found guilty for taking part in a string of robberies and burglaries, including the theft of a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. it is all overfor it is all over f
boris the hashtag bbc your questions. johnson s standa says borisjohnson s standard advisor says there is a legitimate question over whether the prime minister broke the ministerial code, after being fined for partygate. but his colleagues still insist he will not need to resign. these are significant issues but we have had a range of accountability and transparency around it. i don t think this ends in a leadership challenge. the us says it will send more advanced rocket systems and munitions to ukraine to fight against russian forces at key targets. british officials say it s increasingly evident that sanctions imposed on russia by the west are affecting the russian economy. tech firms are urged to do more to make it saferfor women tech firms are urged to do more to make it safer for women and girls to be online. and a procession fit for a queen. we are at the final dress rehearsal is more sunday sjubilee pageant, as 6000 performers prepare to take part in the carnival ce
i m @annitabbc or you can use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. borisjohnson s standards adviser says there is a legitimate question over whether the british pm broke the ministerial code after getting fined for partygate. but his colleagues still insist he won t need to resign. these are significant issues but we have had range of accountability and transparency around it. i don t think this ends in a leadership challenge. tech firms are urged to do more to make it safer for women and girls to be online. from fine china to fish and chips we go on a whistle stop tour to see what merchandise has been created hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. within the past 2a hours, both the us and germany have announced that they re to send new weapons systems to ukraine. germany has this morning promised kyiv an air defence system the iris t system which chancellor olaf scholz says will enable ukraine to defend an entire city against russian air attac
we start with the war in ukraine. we ll look at what s happening on the ground in a moment. first to sanctions. eu leaders have finally agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. it will affect oil that arrives by sea. that s around two thirds of imports. this is the second day of the summit. we know that the eu has been trying to work out a way to ban russian oil imports for months. we ll get into why it s been so complicated in a minute. first, this is the president of the european commission. we decided then to have a ban now on de facto 90% russian oil imports of russian oil imports to the european union by the end of the year. and this comes at a time when we see that russia has disrupted supplies to, by now, five member states finland, bulgaria and poland but now to a company in the netherlands and a company in denmark. that message was echoed by the ukrainian foreign ministry. they said. let s look at the bigger picture. russia currently supplies about 27%