full—scale invasion. president zelensky says ukraine urgently needs more weapons. several western leaders are in kyiv to show their solidarity, including the president of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen who said the eu will "stand firmly with ukraine". angry french farmers clash with police at a major paris farm fair ahead of a visit by president macron amid anger over costs, red tape and green regulations. farmers�* union members stormed into the venue the protest because a event with prisoner macron to be delayed. —— president macron. junior doctors in england have started their tenth strike in a dispute with the government about pay. nhs bosses warn the five—day walk out will cause major disruption. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay rise,

but ministers have described the pay claim as unreasonable. as ukraine's war enters its third year, ukrainians are now realising this will be a long war. both ukraine and russia have suffered heavy losses. neither country discloses the full scale of casualties including the dead and injured. but ukraine has released some details of the many injured including more than a thousand who've been blinded on the battlefield, half of whom have lost most of their hearing. many are being helped to readjust to their new lives by ukraine's many volunteers. translation: i can't say i love to talk about the war. _ i don't like to get into these details. but of course, it has affected me, my family, and all people i love. we met in a local cafe. on the 14th of february, we went on our first date. we had to separate because vlad

went to the front line. we couldn't see each other for half a year, but we were always in touch online, texted each other. translation: i went to the front line as a volunteer, _ 100 force batallion, defence of bakhmut city. from the beginning till then, we were doing mining and mining clearance. every time i found and destroyed a mine or an explosive object, i saved a life. on the 9th of august 2022, vlad got injured. he was taken to the kyiv hospital. i was the first person who came to him in intensive care. i took his hand and felt the warmth and tenderness, even though he was in a coma, it felt like before. after his coma, vlad proposed to me,

and i said, "yes, of course." we had been planning our wedding for a long time. onjuly 23, it was on the big ship, we got married. it was my birthday. we decided it would be a symbolic date which would never be forgotten yea rs later. vlad, you gave to this war, and this war took so much from you. does the war make you angry some days? translation: whatever this war took from me, i'm still alive. _ this is a tiny price for the lives i saved. 100%, i would do it again if i could. the anger appears only because i can't see the end of this war. we lose so many. i feel hate towards

the people who attacked us. you lost, but we can feel your love, that you are lucky, you found a loved one. translation: come on, answer! you were asked! me?! we got through all this together. this is the true love everyone talks about. spanish city of valencia is observing three days of mourning after a deadly fire in an apartment p0p after a deadly fire in an apartment pop act block. far to say they recovered three bodies and are no longer looking for anyone else. experts say flammable cladding and high winds may have helped the fire

spread. our correspondent guy hedgecoe has the latest from valencia. the residents of the fire who survived have been staying in a hotel here in the city, and they've been told by the local authorities that they will be housed temporarily in unused apartments nearby. and they have also been receiving donations of food and clothing and other essentials from local people. now, the city of valencia is currently observing three days of mourning. a top—tier football game scheduled between valencia and granada for this weekend has been postponed because of the fire and an investigation has been opened by a local court into the fire itself. we don't have any indication from the authorities yet as to what may have been the cause or the causes of the blaze. but we do expect the investigation to look very closely at why the fire spread so incredibly fast when it began on thursday.

we do know that there were high winds that day and that is expected to have been a key factor in the spread of the fire. but there has also been a lot of discussion about the cladding of the building itself and whether the material used for the cladding may have also played a key role in the spread of the blaze. junior doctors in england have begun another round of strikes as part of a long—running dispute over pay. it comes at a time of significant pressure on the health service — and routine operations and check—ups are expected to be badly disrupted. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. nigel is living with a heart condition, but also terminal bowel cancer. the tablets are helping his heart, but fortnightly doses of chemotherapy for the cancer are what's keeping him alive. when i met him this week, nigel wasn't sure if the strike would mean his next session would go ahead. why hasn't the government helped resolve this? i thoroughly support

what the junior doctors are doing, but i don't want them to be on strike. you know, i think that they've got a very good case for getting more money for the work that they do, but at the same time, i'm not convinced by health service workers being on strike, that's going to have such a negative impact on all of the patients. this is the 10th strike byjunior doctors in england, but they've also been on strike in wales this past week, and in northern ireland they voted in support of strike action next month. only in scotland have junior doctors accepted a 12.4% pay rise for this year. chanting: what do we want? pay restoration! when do we want it? now! the industrial action in england has been going on for nearly a year now, but striking doctors like ray say they're determined to carry on. i'm not going to stop striking until i feel that doctors are getting an offer that they deserve, to feel fairly valued, and the government needs to understand that. so even though we could end this dispute with the government having a little bit of decorum and dignity,

or his majesty's government will get to the understanding that they need to, kicking and screaming. i want for this to be resolved. i've come to these negotiations with nothing but good intentions and a genuine desire to find a reasonable solution forjunior doctors, but also, importantly, for patients and the public and the taxpayer. so i still want to try and achieve that, but i can only do that if the junior doctors committee plays their part. nhs bosses have warned of more serious disruption to services over the next five days, particularly planned operations in clinics. but for patients like nigel, the uncertainty caused by this latest round of strike action continues. there will be many who will be asking why, nearly one year on, this dispute has not yet been resolved. dominic hughes, bbc news. emma runswick, deputy chair of the british medical association council, blamed the strike action on the government's refusal to offer

a credible pay rise. it is really disappointing that we are here again. if you'd asked me before christmas if you are right christmas if you we were going to take strike action, i would have been very optimistic that we wouldn't have been in this position. unfortunately, the government is not making moves to giving us credible offer, to moving us back towards pay restorations we can fix the staffing crisis in the nhs. that puts us in a position where there isn't anything else we can do but take strike action. an unexploded second world war bomb which forced more than 10,000 people in plymouth to evacuate their homes has been detonated at sea. the device was discovered in a garden after being dropped on the city more than 80 years ago. our south west england correspondent jenny kumah reports. the bomb has been detonated off the coast of plymouth. it landed during the blitz more than 80 years ago but was still capable of causing huge damage. on the move — the city at a standstill as the military

carried its lethal cargo. just look at the size of it — 500 kilograms of explosives. it was a delicate operation to move it out of harm's way. huge relief when it made its way through the city safely. for the past week, the device has caused chaos for the local community. 3,000 people living in nearby properties were told to leave their homes over three days. some stayed with friends and families, others got put up in hotels by the council. then, bomb disposal experts announced the safest way to deal with it was to move it away for detonation. at midday yesterday, more than 7,000 people living within 300 metres of the route were told to be out of their homes in the afternoon. this landlord opened early to give people somewhere to go. people have come in and it is nice to help the community out. as a community pub, you know,

it is nice to do that, and it's nice for people to know that we're here for them. anything they need, they can come in. it's horrendous. we just want to get home. it's unfair on everybody, especially being ill. this is all i can do, _ venture out, go socialise a bit. try to support some other people. makes you wonder how many more bombs are around! by the evening, people got the good news that they could go home. this is posy, my nine—year—old little cat. she's come from a little trip from devonport today because we couldn't stay. she didn't really enjoy it that much but she got treated and stroked by a lot of people. a new experience, glad it is over, glad everyone got home. - it's been different, to say the least. but no, everybody�*s been lovely. plymouth was heavily bombed during the war, so unexploded devices do turn up now and again. but this time, it was

extraordinary due to the level of disruption it caused. jenny kumah, bbc news, plymouth. the attorney—general�*s office in the us state of alabama has said it has no intention of prosecuting fertility clinics nor the families that use them, following last week's ruling by the state supreme court that frozen embryos be considered children. many ivf providers have halted treatments while they assess the ruling and some alabama senators have said they will introduce legislation to protect the industry. the current frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination — donald trump — emphasised his support for the treatments. i strongly support the availability of ivf for couples who are trying to have a precious little beautiful baby. i support it. cheering and applause. today, i'm calling on the alabama legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of ivf in alabama, and i'm sure

they're going to do that. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more details. there is still ongoing shock, anger and confusion here in alabama. people are trying to grapple with what this supreme court ruling means. alabama is a deeply conservative state. it has restrictive reproductive rights. and i spoke to two lawyers — politically, they have different views, but both of them had children via ivf and they're worried about the direction in which alabama is heading. i understand people looking at it from the outside are probably curious that how did we become a state where if you want to terminate a pregnancy, you have to leave the state, and if you want to initiate a pregnancy via ivf, you have to leave the state? it's like we find ourselves in this weird position where we're forcing some women to have the children they don't have and we're preventing other women from from having the children they want. and without going too far into all of that and what's right and wrong, it is, you're right, it's a very interesting situation

and we have to figure it out, and while at the same time ask ourselves, how in the world did we end up in this place? the biggest concerns are the people forget about us and they don't think about us because we're just alabama and we're just a conservative state that, you know, it'sjust, "0h, we're all country bumpkins. "don't worry about them. "it'll never happen here." and then next thing you know, it's happening in other states that are ultra—conservative. now, at the moment, there is a bill that has been proposed by democratic lawmakers in alabama which aims to protect ivf. there are republicans there who want to get on board, but it's a tricky situation for them to navigate, because there are groups in the state which are very conservative, they describe themselves as pro—life and they back the supreme court ruling. but then there are groups who are also conservative and describe themselves as pro—life, who say that this ruling has gone too far and describe it as extreme. so it's a case of trying to balance

both of those opinions. but i think there is a sense, certainly for republicans here, that there could be a political backlash, which is especially significant in an election year. one of the most powerful lobby groups in the united states, the national rifle association, and its former chief executive, wayne lapierre, have been found guilty of fraudulently spending millions of dollars on perks. a jury in new york found that the nra had misused its charitable assets and that lapierre had breached his duty. the nra has made the constitution�*s second amendment — the right to bear arms — one of the key issues in us politics. it is difficult to understate the extraordinary influence that the national rifle association has had on public life in this country over the years. it has spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying on behalf of politicians sympathetic to its cause, the majority of them, of

course, republicans. it is exceeded not only in protecting the rights of gun owners in this country, but also in expanding those rights, even in the wake of a number of very high profile mass shootings. this prosecution came from the new york attorney general leticia james and her office, and basically accused the former ceo of the nra, weimer lapierre, and two other officials of corruption, financial mismanagement and abuse of authority, by taking donations that were to advance the cause of the organisation as a whole and spending them on exotic holidays and spending them on exotic holidays and lavish spending sprees. indeed, thejury found and lavish spending sprees. indeed, the jury found that wayne lapierre alone had cost the organisation nearly $5.5 million in these lavish

expenses. this marks a dramatic reversal in fortunes for the nra, but it still remains a force to be where reckoned with in american political life. indeed, only ourfew weeks ago, donald trump was guest speaker at an nra event. indeed, the nra itself is said to have spent more than $30 million back in 2016 in support of his campaign for president. in support of his campaign for president-— in support of his campaign for resident. ~ , ,., president. david willis reporting there. when the indian singer lata mangeshkar died in 2022 — after a career spanning seven decades and having recorded more than thirty—thousand songs — bollywood fans around the world questioned if any singer would able to recreate her level of success. now — shreya ghoshal is being labelled a worthy successor, thanks to her versatility and vast catalogue of hits. the bbc asian network's haroon

rashid asked her how she processes being called the greatest indian singer alive by some of her fans. i refuse to process it. she sings. it's your love, honestly. but i know where i stand and i know where the truth is, where i need to do so much more. to be honest, i think i'm now finally in this moment, trying to enjoy myself the most. and honestly, ithink it's just a start. yeah, it seems like a big number. 21 years, 22 years in the film industry, but itjust feels like yesterday. she sings. lata mangeshkar is a name that the world celebrates. so many of the comments i've seen on social media is that if there is a lata mangeshkar there is also a shreya ghoshal, how does that make you feel? she is like an angel that that voice which floats

she is like an angel, that voice which floats in my system, my universe. so far, me, like how she has been, i'm sure there's a generation who has not heard lata. i am probably trying to bridge that gap for them to access her. you see, the whole world has a certain kind of music, but asian music is different. our subcontinent has a very old history of music, from classical to folk to ourfilm music. lata belonged to that level. i think i'm trying to take a little bit of that in my singing and giving it to the next generation also so that they feel the magic that they gave us. indian singer shreya ghoshal there speaking to haroon rashid. you can watch that full exclusive interview on the bbc

asian network's youtube channel. daphne steele helped thousands of patients during her career as a nurse and midwife — but it was her pioneering role in the nhs that solidified her legacy as a trailblazer. she's believed to be the health service's first black matron, becoming a symbol of the contribution that the windrush generation made to britain. now, herachievement is being recognised permanently. tim muffett reports. recognition for a quiet revolutionary, which is how historic england has described daphne steele. almost 60 years ago, she became the first black matron in the nhs, at a hospital on this site in ilkley in west yorkshire. came to ilkley in 1964 to take charge of a maternity hospital. caused quite a stir. first black woman and all that, to take charge of any nhs hospital. and i loved the community

so much i've not left it. daphne steele died in 2004, having delivered thousands of babies and having become a much—loved member of the local community. in 2002, she was nominated to take part in the queen's jubilee baton relay, ahead of the commonwealth games. i think i've got the legs for it! not only is it an honour because i am from this local community, but i was born in a commonwealth country. and if this is the queen'sjubilee commonwealth games, i think it has come full circle. archive: the empire windrush brings to britain... _ daphne was born in what was then known as british guiana in 1927 and moved to england in 1951 as part of the windrush generation. came to ilkley in 1964 to take charge of a maternity hospital. she trained to become a nurse and then a midwife before landing herjob in ilkley. daphne steele is now the first person to be commemorated with an official blue plaque outside of london. the scheme was launched

in the capital in 1866, but following a law change last year, it's being extended across england. former beatle george harrison is expected to be commemorated next. tim muffett, bbc news. the us company behind the first commercial lunar exploration has said the odysseus craft is alive and well. intuitive machines said it had probably tipped over on landing on the moon, but would begin conducting scientific experiments. teams are working to obtain the first photo images from the lunar surface at the landing site. our science editor rebecca morrelle has the details. we leave as we came, and god willing as we shall return. the we leave as we came, and god willing as we shall return.— as we shall return. the voice of the... as we shall return. the voice of the- -- no _ as we shall return. the voice of the... no one _ as we shall return. the voice of the... no one thought - as we shall return. the voice of the... no one thought it - as we shall return. the voice of the... no one thought it would | as we shall return. the voice of- the... no one thought it would take more than 30 years for america to return to the moon, but this time they are back with a private company

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the moon. this is a new way of doing missions, because _ the moon. this is a new way of doing missions, because it _ the moon. this is a new way of doing missions, because it is _ the moon. this is a new way of doing missions, because it is a _ missions, because it is a company—wide mission. this is beneficial for company—wide mission. this is beneficialfor nasa, because company—wide mission. this is beneficial for nasa, because the risk of having a failure on the mission is no longer nasa's risk, it is the company's risk. the spacecraft _ is the company's risk. the spacecraft is _ is the company's risk. the spacecraft is funded - is the company's risk. the spacecraft is funded close to the moon's south full. deep craters there are permanently in shadow, and frozen water could be inside. it could be split into hydrogen and oxygen and be used as fuel. this and other resources make the lunar surface attractive. only a handful of countries have successfully landed on the moon. in the 60s and 70s landed on the moon. in the 60s and 705 it landed on the moon. in the 60s and 70s it was the united states and the soviet union. then china, followed more recently by india and japan, and now intuitive machines with the first commercial landing. it is potentially worth billions. the vision is a lunar base with people constantly coming and going, even a

station for people going to mars and beyond. there are questions about how the lunar surface is covered. what if too many people want to go there, what about lunar traffic control and so on. all these things will be developed as they have been for air travel and maritime travel, but it is just getting started. it's exciting, but also quite worrying. there is no doubt this isjust exciting, but also quite worrying. there is no doubt this is just the beginning of a new era of dinner exploration. the future of the moon is in all of our hands and we have to get it right. pope francis has cancelled meetings because of mild flu — according to the vatican. his regular audiences with vatican officials and private meetings have all been called off to allow the 87 year old pontiff to recover.

king charles says he has been cheered by the 7,000 cards of support sent to him during his cancer treatment. pictures released by buckingham palace show the king reading some of the messages written to him, including well wishes and jokes. now it's time for a look at the weather. it has been a quiet start to the week, but a cold one. in fact, temperatures fell below freezing in many places, and i haven't seen temperatures below freezing in central and southern england so far this month, but the lowest values are —6 in aberdeenshire. there's also been some showers, and it is from this little weather front here where most of the frequent showers of sitting. they will continue across south—west england down to the channel isles. this has been the story so far. if you isolated ones into northern ireland and the north and west coast of scotland as well. most of us, after the mist and fog lifts away, a lot of sunshine around. yes, cloud will tend to bubble up a little into the

afternoon, but we keep some sunny spells. the showers will be more than yesterday, and nevertheless some of us would get to see a dry story throughout the day. six to 10 degrees the overall high, that is pretty much per temperature should be at this time of year. winstrol remained light, skies were clear, and for some we will see a frost returning. rain will gather to the south—west. here, temperatures are holed up above freezing, colder and frosty are further north. so, we need to look at this area of low pressure, because it is likely to bring some rain into the south—west. still some uncertainty as to how far north that rain is going to come. the current thinking is it will push on across south wales, south—west england and drift along channel coasts through the day. also more cloud, but overall dry and settled a few showers into north—west scotland, and again highs of six to

10 celsius. that frontal system may still bring a little bit of early morning rain first thing on monday across the kent coast. where importantly, a north—easterly wind will start to break up, a brisk wind from a cool source. that will make it feel chilly on those exposed east coast. i was a more cloud around on monday, but on the whole, largely fine and dry. again, temperatures fairly similar. as we move out of monday into tuesday and wednesday, we keep the quieter theme. with each day through the week, there is a risk returning a little milder but more unsettled.

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as ukraine marks the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion, president zelensky says ukraine urgently needs more weapons. but urgently needs more weapons. will win the war. several western leaders are in kyiv to show their solidarity. ursula von der leyen who said the eu will "stand firmly with ukraine". we must not lose heart. angry french farmers clash with police at a major paris farm fair. the labour party has called for the tory mp lee anderson to be suspended over what it described as "islamophobic" comments.

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