Hello and welcome to the Week in 60 Minutes, brought to you by Spectator TV and broadcast on Thursday the 21st of April. I'm John Connolly, the Spectator's News Editor and your host this week. On this week's show,

Boris Johnson faced MPs for the first time since he was fine for breaking the lockdown rules.

Kirstama said his apology was a joke and a senior Tory called on him to quit, but the Prime Minister has vowed to keep on fighting.

I'll be joined by Katie Balls, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman to discuss his fate.

After failing to take Kiev, Putin has started a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine,

but can he convince ordinary Russians that the war is still on track?

Mark Galiotti and Jade McGlynn discuss Putin's narrative war on the home front.

In China, the city of Shanghai is still in a grueling lockdown,

unable to leave their homes and struggling to find food,

people in the city are evading China's censors to protest about the conditions.

Is there any hope in sight for them? I'll be joined by Cindy Yu.

And finally, the next president of France will be decided on Sunday.

For just a few days to go, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen sparard in a debate last night. Who won the clash?

I'll speak to Freddie Gray and Jonathan Miller.

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Boris Johnson was forced to apologise in the Commons this week after he was fine for breaking his own lockdown rules.

The Prime Minister said that it did not occur to him

that his dalliance with a birthday cake

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