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britain's defence secretary, ben wallace, will address mps about the findings later. the director general of the commonwealth war graves commission gave this apology earlier on their website. the special committee's report makes for sobering reading. it is nonetheless an excellent report, and it pulls no punches and gives the commission very clear recommendations on what we must do to put right the mistakes of the past. the events of a century ago were wrong then and they are wrong now. the commission clearly failed many of those it was established to serve by not delivering on its originalfounding principle of equality of treatment in death and, for that, we are very deeply sorry. it was a channel four documentary which revealed the story of how more than 100,000 africans who died serving britain during world war i were denied the honour of individual graves. the documentary was led by labour mp and shadowjustice labour mp and shadow justice secretary labour mp and shadowjustice secretary david lammy and i spoke to him a short time ago.— him a short time ago. look,

and we will certainly - hear that statement from ben wallace later on. charlotte, thank you very much. in david lammy the mp presented the deck documentary which led to the investigation which has resulted in this apology today —— presented this documentary. and we will talk to david lammyjust after half past nine. borisjohnson will today urge world leaders to "preserve our planet for generations to come". he'll tell a virtual summit, hosted by us presidentjoe biden, that 2021 must be the year countries "get serious" about stopping climate change. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, reports. john kerry, president biden�*s climate envoy, has been elbow bumping his way around the world in the past few weeks as part of the us�*s effort to raise global ambition on the climate issue. we'll work together to address the climate crisis. this week, the uk announced it planned to make even more aggressive emissions cuts and, to kickstart the talks, we're anticipating the us president would do the same. mr biden is expected to say the us wi

ben wallace joins me from u.k. ambassador's resence in the french capital. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >>s let's start with the tensions between the west and russia over ukraine. you have said in the past that nato still has something of a cold war mentality. do you think nato has been outmaneuvered by russia? >> i think what russia spotted and that was my point when i made those comments is that if you sit and wait in a very static environment, your adversaries will use methods to weaken your position r get ahead of you. what we had seen in many areas has been pressure using those methods, whether that is cyber, cybercrime, espionage, we have seen assassinations, as we saw in salisbury, has used a range of methods that nato has not been prepared for. the work of nato 2030, the reform program, has been all about nato moving to recognize there is a threat we need to deal with, so it is now in the right direction. it is absolutely the case that russia had been clever at preparing the ground or doing things before we were ready to do somethi about it.

defence secretary, ben wallace, thank you for time. at a quarter to eight, sally is with us this morning talking about what could be an amazing season for manchester city. they have got their first silverware? yes, and they could be more to come. they played in the league cup final yesterday. i have to say, there was an atmosphere. can you believe it? fans inside, genuinely they could feel the atmosphere. manchester city have won the efl cup for a remarkable fourth year in a row after beating spurs 1—0 in the final. they did so in front of the biggest crowd at a football match since march last year. nearly 8,000 spectators were at wembley, including supporters of both city and spurs. the winner came from an unlikely source — defender aymerick laporte's late header was enough for city, who now could still win three trophies this season. it was not full but they represent all the people in the season. it sounds better with them there. they make noise. it is better, of course. the reason why we do that is for them. west brom's hopes o

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the defence secretary, ben wallace, will address mps about the findings later. labour is calling for a “'thorough investigation" into the prime minister's text messages with the businessman, sirjames dyson, who was asked to make ventilators early in the coronavirus crisis. it wants a committee of mps to examine the exchanges, claiming borisjohnson was attempting to selectively target tax breaks for a politicalfriend. mrjohnson has insisted he was right to move “'heaven and earth" to secure ventilators. friends and family have gathered for the wake of the 20—year—old black man, daunte wright, who was shot dead by police near minneapolis. it comes after the us justice department announced a federal investigation into the city's police department following the conviction of a white former police officer for the murder of george floyd. his death sparked national outrage, and calls for police reform. india is being devastated by a second wave of covid. in the past 24 hours, almost 300,000 new cases were reported, the biggest daily rise in any country, and mor

here's the defence secretary, ben wallace, addressing the house of commons. there can be no doubt prejudice played a part in some of the commission's decisions. in some cases, the iwgc assumed that communities of forgotten personnel would not recognise or value individual forms of commemoration. in other cases, they were simply not provided with the names or burial locations. mr speaker, on behalf of the commonwealth war graves commission and the government both of the time and today, i want to apologise for the failures to live up to their founding principles all those years ago and express deep regret that it's taken so long to rectify the situation. in los angeles, they're rolling out the red carpet for sunday's 0sca rs ceremony. despite covid—19, the organisers are determined that it will go ahead in—person and not as one big zoom show. this year, in order to maintain social distancing, the ceremony will partly take place inside la's union station, the largest railway station on the west coast. talking movies' presenter tom brook has been to inspect i

thank you, ben. >> republican senator lindsey graham joins chris wallace for a discussion on fox news sunday celebrating the show's 25th anniversary. and howard kurtz talks to mike huckabee about president biden's climate agenda. that's on media buzz. >> health officials announcing that the johnson & johnson vaccine can be used following the temporary pause. the c.d.c. and the f.d.a. saying the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the small risk of blood clots. officials have found 15 cases of the blood clots in women ages 18 to 59. the vaccinations will come with a clear warning, but there will be no age restriction. >> new york governor andrew cuomo's office is refusing to publicly release covid-19 nursing home death data. senior correspondent laura engel joins us live with the details. laura. >> and good afternoon. this is another frustrating round of pushback for both the press and for family members who have lost those from covid-19 in nursing homes as the governor blocks another round of requests to get information so many people have been after this last year. now, all of this is i

. >> watching some of the conversations, we want to go to ben, what are your thoughts on what we heard tonight? >> last time i was on air talking the same time as chris wallace about joe biden speech coming he waxed eloquently about how it was so powerful and unifying. i don't think that turned out to be true at all, it turned out to be a complete issue of lies that republicans rejected. it's not something that led to any bipartisanship. i expect the same result from this speech. it's going to be a political blimp, immediately forgotten, it's not going to change the course of anything in washington, which is a now mono partisan affair under joe biden. >> strong letter to follow. of it's interesting that on afghanistan, he specifically pointed out that he wants to bring all the troops home, and then pointed to usama bin laden saying, we are going to chase into the gates of. vice president biden chosen the decision-making process to not take the operation to take out bin laden. it's an interesting juxtaposition in that speech. we will be back with more in the republican response after a