despite a ban on the ivory trade we have special investigation. and the undercover prince how william took to the streets of london this week, selling the big issue magazine for the homeless. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the game of golf under threat. bbc news channel, the game of golf underthreat. phil bbc news channel, the game of golf under threat. phil mickelson among players suspended from the pga tour for taking part in the saudi backed liv golf event. good evening. two british men who were captured by russian forces while fighting for the ukrainian army have been sentenced to death. aiden aslin and shaun pinner were found guilty of being mercenaries by a court in the self proclaimed donetsk people s republic, in eastern ukraine. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has condemned their sentence, calling it a sham judgement with absolutely no legitimacy. emma vardy reports. forfighting as soldiers in ukraine s military, after a short trial in russ
good afternoon. at the covid inquiry, the prime minister, rishi sunak, has apologised to all those who suffered as a result of the government s decisions during the pandemic. he s also expected to face questions about his controversial eat out to help out scheme, aimed at helping the hospitality sector. scientific advisers have already told the inquiry they didn t know about the plan until it was announced and there were concerns it would spread the virus. our political correspondent pete saull has been watching. it was at news conferences like this that many of us got to know rishi sunak. he had been promoted to chancellorjust before sunak. he had been promoted to chancellor just before a sunak. he had been promoted to chancellorjust before a global pandemic struck. of course a lot of politics has happened since then. he has moved from number 11 to number ten and this morning made the trip across london for a grilling of his actions at the time of covid. quite something to
around me sometimes and say, oh, if i go, this is yours. most residents in barnesville close are on benefits which cover their rent. the government is suggesting universal credit could be classed as income to get a mortgage, butjackie, who i met on her doorstep, is not alone in being sceptical about how that might work. that s all i get is benefits. i don t get, you know, i ve got nothing else, no savings or anything. but the government says you might be able to use benefits against a loan for a mortgage. i don t know. you haven t got 20,000 quid knocking about? i haven t, no. no, unfortunately not. the building lorry identifies a house where tenants did manage to buy their home, now being improved by proud ownerjaman. everybody, they re interested in buying their houses. really? you ve started a trend. this extension of right to buy was actually the centrepiece of the 2015 tory manifesto and here we are seven years on and virtually