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Committee seem to show that borisjohnson did personally authorise the evacuation from afghanistan of cats and dogs from an animal charity run by a former marine, pen farthing, in august last year. in the past, the prime minister has categorically denied he gave the go—ahead for such an operation and he dismissed claims that the government was effectively prioritising animals over people. more on that shortly, but first here's our political correspondentjonathan blake. westminster is waiting. the prime minister left downing street this morning with his fate hanging in the balance. expectation...

Shelter in afghanistan. he campaigned for his staff and theirfamilies, as well as 1a0 dogs and 60 cats, to be evacuated. on the 23rd of august, farthing announced the uk government had pen farthing's 68 staff did later leave afghanistan. the whole saga was controversial. many afghans who worked with the government and theirfamilies never managed to leave afghanistan, and some believed they should have been prioritised over the animals. then, in december, this happened. this whistle—blower in the british government said the foreign office's handling of the evacuation of kabul was dysfunctiona...

I'm sure she had lots of discussions with the prime minister about this. jack doyle, the head of press in downing street, was talking to the media about this because there was a massive amount of coverage, and potentially, if pen couldn't get his animals and people out, this could have been a bad story for the government, so they had to manage this. the social media side of this was huge. my twitter feed in august reached over 70 million people, so there was a massive amount of interest. maybe it was a combination of the animals and the people coming together, but people really cared about thi...

Tim muffet. thank you very evening. tim muffet. thank you very much indeed- _ this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at eight face coverings are no longer mandatory in england — but some big retailers ask customers to continue wearing them. campaign groups welcome the easing of care home restrictions in england, allowing for unlimited visits from today. borisjohnson says human beings were prioritised during the fall of kabul — it's after suggestions he was personally involved in rescuing animals from pen farthing's charity in afghanistan. this thing is total rhubarb. i wa...

They are waiting to see the details before they decide whether or not to submit letters of no confidence in the prime minister's leadership. and in another blow for the prime minister, foreign office emails leaked by a whistle—blower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of pen farthing and his animals from afghanistan in august, which mrjohnson denied at the time. i'll be bringing you all the latest developments on that report into downing street parties as they happens. and i'm martine croxall, with the rest of the day's stories. one of the uk's biggest covid studies...