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.

hello, i'm lauren taylor. a defiant president zelensky has insisted ukraine will win the war as the country marks the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. several western leaders, including the eu commission president ursula von der leyen, are in kyiv in a show of solidarity with ukraine. mrs von der layen praised the "extraordinary resistance" of the ukrainian people, and reaffirmed the eu's full support. president zelensky again stressed his country's need of more weapons. former uk prime minister boris johnson is also in kyiv. in a post on x, mrjohnson said he had "no doubt that the ukrainians will win and expel putin's forces" — provided the uk gives ukraine the military, political and economic help they need. there've been further russian attacks on ukrainian cities. for a second night running, targets in the port city of odesa have been hit, killing one person. three others were seriously injured.

this is the live scene in kyiv on the morning of the second anniversary. let's have a quick listen tojens stoltenberg, who had spoken a short while ago. stoltenberg, who had spoken a short while auo. ~ . stoltenberg, who had spoken a short while auo. ~' . ., , , while ago. ukraine retains its freedom and _ while ago. ukraine retains its freedom and independence. l while ago. ukraine retains its . freedom and independence. this while ago. ukraine retains its - freedom and independence. this has been made possible by courage and resolve, enabled by major military and economic support from nato allies. in the past days and weeks, nato allies have announced new packages of aid worth billions of dollars. air defence and combat, as well as f—16 equipment and spare parts, drones and the mining equipment. more support is on the way. equipment. more support is on the wa . ., , . , equipment. more support is on the wa. ., ., equipment. more support is on the wa. ~,~~~/ way. two years ago, ukraine was exected way. two years ago, ukraine was exnected by _ way. two years ago, ukraine was expected by some _ way. two years ago, ukraine was expected by some to _ way. two years ago, ukraine was expected by some to fall - way. two years ago, ukraine was expected by some to fall within l expected by some to fall within days, but it is still defending itself against relentless russian

attacks. but invading forces are taking more territory and mr zelensky says more of his trips are dying because of slowing western support. james waterhouse has been to kryvyi rih to find out how long this work at last. they run every minute, weaving through the city. the trams of kryvyi rih provide a rhythm to daily life. in this era of change and fragility, they're not the only thing that keeps going. this gritty urban setting is built around the domineering steel plant, where the chimney smoke never stops. there's also no respite for those supporting the war effort, like tetyana. translation: my village is on the front line. - my house was destroyed by a direct hit. but i have found some solace here.

it fills me up. i feel needed. they make supplies like these camouflage nettings, all desperately needed by the military. they are the foundations behind the fighting, which two years in is not going ukraine's way. but these volunteers are doing what they can as international support wanes. translation: if it - wasn't for these people, it would be much more difficult. we probably wouldn't be standing here today. they help us with everything — totally everything. i'm very grateful to them. president zelensky�*s home city can't escape the tiredness his country feels. some have had enough. but this war with russia is mostly still seen as a fight for survival. every city is scarred. yuriy watches on as his

block is demolished. he survived when it was hit by a missile last year. translation: no-one needs this war. what is it for anyway? so many people are being killed. so would he trade territory for peace? translation: definitely not, | because many people have died for these territories and there is no point in giving them up. it's not clear what lies ahead for ukraine. only that its warjourney will be long. talk of victory has been replaced with not losing. it's a monotonous strain that kryvyi rih wants to escape. translation: it's stressful. it's difficult, like for everyone in ukraine. but we work. we're holding on. it's interesting. this war creates a tunnel vision for some people. they either think about what they've endured so far or their fears for what lies ahead.

but the question of how long ukraine can fight this war is repeatedly being asked on the world stage and will continue to be so because of russia's increasing dominance and waning western support. volodymyr zelensky said his country would fight as long as it had strength and opportunity. few would doubt the former, but the latter is diminishing. the novelty of this war has gone and ukraine is trying to keep the world engaged. james waterhouse, bbc news, kryvyi rih. lyse doucet is in kyiv, and she spoke a short time ago to the former president. we spoke a short time ago to the former resident. ~ , ., . ., . president. we still have the chance in the centre _ president. we still have the chance in the centre of— president. we still have the chance in the centre of the _ president. we still have the chance in the centre of the capital- president. we still have the chance in the centre of the capital of- in the centre of the capital of ukraine and kyiv, because everyone underestimated the strong will and guts of ukrainian people two years

ago, and the number of intelligence agency strongly believed it would take a few weeks at least. but we showed very strong resilience. we showed resilience, you are correct, saying that actions are needed. words matter but actions are needed in order to save ukraine and in order to save an entire civilisation, mainly the western civilisation, the free world. we have to, this war is not only about ukraine and russia, this is a war that war criminal putin waged against nato, and western civilisation and humanity. we are desperate in getting this kind of real support from our partners. you follow the situation very closely, reports from the front line, soldiers are running out of bullets. we've heard that even the air defence system here that you rely on are running out of ammunition. how bad is it? only ten minutes ago,

i had a telephone chat from a friend of mine who is at the front line. he's in the reconnaissance unit. the place that felt to russian forces after bloody battles? i felt my duty is to send him a strong signal that we will prevail. because the mood is quite gloomy, frankly speaking. are you admitting you could lose the war if you don't get immediately this western aid that you have been promised? let me put it this way, we as an entire western world and free world, we are not allowed to lose this war. we can win because this is the righteous fight. but we desperately need ammunition. we desperately need support from our western allies. and i strongly believe the us congress will pass the security package as

quickly as possible. ijust had a chat with my american friends and they said it is going to take up to two months. i said, "we are on the brink. can you speed up the process?" what does on the brink mean? we are running out of ammunition. that is the reality. this is a war. we do not have to be over optimistic, what happened last year, and we don't have to be over pessimistic. we have to be very realistic. we can win this war. we will win this war. if we stand united. if we get everything we need for the ukrainian military. the french president, emmanuel macron, has met with french farmers who've stormed an agricultural fair in the capital. macron, seen here talking to some of the protesters, called for calm, telling them that scaring people away from the fair was not "helping their colleagues". it followed chaotic scenes

after farmers clashed with police at a major farm fair in the capital just before french president emmanuel macron was set to visit. protesters were seen being led away after confronting police officers. farmers have been protesting across europe, calling for better income and less bureaucracy and complaining of unfair competition from cheap ukrainian goods. and this is the scene live in paris. president macron is still talking to some of the farmers who are attending that agricultural fair, and he was quite cross earlier that they debate the government had planned to clear the air over this issue of farmers�*s dispute was in the end called off because of the unions decided they did not want to go ahead with it. so instead that was cancelled, but president macron said he would be going to be fair anyway and he would be listening to people. there have been strong exchanges of views between the farmers and president macron. hugh schofield has been following the story from paris. a big moment in the calendar here, and, yes,

the presidents always go there. jacques chirac famously was loved by the farmers. but the presidents since jacques chirac have not been so much admired and this one, emmanuel macron, in particular, a bugbear on the farmers. and that is why we have had these chaotic scenes this morning. unprecedented scenes this morning at a farmers' show with the crs riot police having to enter the hall after a group of farmers burst in kind of violently, got inside to try and disrupt the planned opening by president emmanuel macron. he, meanwhile, was upstairs having breakfast with farmers' leaders and the plan that he'd come down and formally cut the ribbon and open it seems like it is going to have to be cancelled because i don't see how in the current conditions there, they could have a proper reception. the opening which was supposed to take place an hour or so ago has been postponed.

so how embarrassing is this for macron and what kind of plans does the government have to try and defuse the situation? well, it's awkward. i mean, the farmers are very, very popular. you know, the polls show that 90% or more of the population are behind their demands. so it never looks good to be on the wrong side of the farmers. but, you know, macron is doing what macron does, he has been very bold. he is going out there offering a debate. he is not cringing in the elysee, he is going out to talk to them if they'll talk to him. in a sense, that works, because if you listen to, as i have been doing, the farmers' union leaders and so on there today, they are acknowledging that there are, there is stuff on the table which moves in their direction. what he's done today, this morning, is talk to the press and say that he wants to meet the farmers' leaders in three weeks' time and hold a new round of talks. he's promised that there will be a minimum pricing structure so that farmers never produce at a loss.

but the trouble is, you know, it is a very, very complicated picture, the farm problem, as it is across europe. you've got the european dimension, you've got the international dimension, you've got the green dimension, the green dimension, you've got the fact that they're being encouraged to produce more and more green regulations which means their production is going down which means europe and france import more from elsewhere, which countries do not necessarily abide by the same environmental rules. all this enters the picture and it's extremely complicated. it's a tense time for farming in europe and that is reflected in these scenes today. hugh schofield there. more than a hundred people are reported to have been killed overnight in gaza. the hamas—run health ministry said at least 23 people died in a single israeli air strike. as the un has warns of the growing risk of famine, talks are under way in paris in the latest effort to reach a deal on a ceasefire. israel's top intelligence official is reportedly meeting with the us, egypt and qatar key negotiators in the war.

israel says it will go ahead with it's offensive on the densely—crowded southern gaza city of rafah unless a deal is reached for a truce. it says hamas are in the city. its forces have already decimated parts of the city with air raids, but it is threatening a ground invasion despite international opposition. israel's allies, including the us, have spoken out against an invasion of rafah. on friday, the us also criticized israel's reported plan to expand settlements in the west bank. in a return to us policy that was scrapped under the trump the trump administration. us secretary of state antony blinken said israel's settlements in the west bank violate international law. we've seen the reports and i have to say we're disappointed in the announcement. it's been longstanding us policy under republican and democratic administrations alike that new settlements are counterproductive to reaching an enduring peace. they're also inconsistent with international law. our administration maintains a firm

opposition to settlement expansion. the latest figures released by the hamas—run health ministry state that more than 29,600 have lost their lives. to discuss this further, i'm nowjoined by michael spagat who is the chair of every casualty counts. he has been collating statistical analysis of the fatalities in gaza. there have been questions about the accuracy of the hamas run figures. what you believe the credibility of them is now?— what you believe the credibility of them is now? , . ~ . , them is now? they were making a very serious attempt _ them is now? they were making a very serious attempt to _ them is now? they were making a very serious attempt to document - them is now? they were making a very serious attempt to document all - them is now? they were making a very serious attempt to document all of - serious attempt to document all of the death that was happening stop we know this for several reasons. we know this for several reasons. we know that in past rounds of conflict, the ministry of health figures have held up and be consistent with official israeli figures that have been released afterwards. on october 26, the moh released a detailed spreadsheet that

listed nearly 7000 victims in considerable detail with names, ages, sexes and national id, which were originally signed by the israelis in the first place. the israelis in the first place. the israelis had the wherewithal to check whether these are real people. of course, people who are alive but listed on that list i think would have been fairly quickly exposed. and then, in addition, there was a study that looked at death rates of un workers within gaza and compared those to death rates for the population of gaza as a whole, and the point of that comparison is that we know quite accurately how many un workers have been killed there. and what they found was that the percentage of un workers killed

tracks extremely closely with the moh figures. i tracks extremely closely with the moh figures-— tracks extremely closely with the moh figures. tracks extremely closely with the moh fiaures. , , ., ., moh figures. i suppose that some of the disute moh figures. i suppose that some of the dispute is — moh figures. i suppose that some of the dispute is that _ moh figures. i suppose that some of the dispute is that israel— moh figures. i suppose that some of the dispute is that israel quite - the dispute is that israel quite often put out statements that says x number of fighters have been killed, and then other people say that is a mainly civilian death toll.— mainly civilian death toll. sure, so the moh system _ mainly civilian death toll. sure, so the moh system is _ mainly civilian death toll. sure, so the moh system is based - mainly civilian death toll. sure, so the moh system is based on - mainly civilian death toll. sure, so l the moh system is based on reports from hospital mogs. the people who are logging there's reports have no way of distinguishing between whether somebody is a civilian or not. or a combatant. whether somebody is a civilian or not. ora combatant. so, whether somebody is a civilian or not. or a combatant. so, actually, moh has not been putting out figures, which is reassuring that they are doing that because they

have no way of making that distinction. people such as myself have concluded that a very high number of people killed must have been civilians based on the demographic make—up of people killed, the fact that such a high percentage of them were women and children. but that is not based on a person by person assessment of who is a combatant and who is a civilian. �* ., ., , ., civilian. and how does the death toll compared _ civilian. and how does the death toll compared to _ civilian. and how does the death toll compared to other— civilian. and how does the death toll compared to other conflicts | toll compared to other conflicts that you have studied? what toll compared to other conflicts that you have studied?- toll compared to other conflicts that you have studied? what i would sa is that you have studied? what i would say is distinctive _ that you have studied? what i would say is distinctive about _ that you have studied? what i would say is distinctive about this - say is distinctive about this conflict is that the rate of killing per day, per capita, so relative to the size of the population of gaza, is very, very high. so it is much higher than what we see, for example, in the ukraine conflict, and it is much higher than we saw in the early stages of the 2003

conflict in iraq. i am not saying that the absolute numbers of people killed is higher in gaza, but adjusting for population, the rate is really, really very high. michael s-uaat, is really, really very high. michael spagat. thank— is really, really very high. michael spagat. thank you _ is really, really very high. michael spagat, thank you very _ is really, really very high. michael spagat, thank you very much - is really, really very high. michael i spagat, thank you very much indeed for talking to us. labour has called for tory mp lee anderson to lose the whip over what it described as "islamophobic" comments about mayor of london, sadiq khan. mr anderson told gb news that islamists had "got control" of mr khan and he had "given our capital city away to his mates". a conservative source told the bbc that mr anderson was "simply making the point" that mr khan had "failed to get a grip on appalling islamist marches" in london. our political correspondent charlotte rose has the latest. these comments were made on gb news, which is a small uk news channel that favours right—wing commentators and analysts.

lee anderson is a conservative mp for a seat in the east midlands, and also, up until last month, a deputy chairman of the conservative party. he said the mayor of london, sadiq khan, "had given away the capital city to his mates", in reference to pro—palestinian marches that took place last wednesday outside parliament when mps were debating whether to call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the comments were in reference to an article by the former home secretary, suella braverman, in which she said that islamists are now in charge of britain. mr anderson told viewers, "i don't believe these islamists have good control of our country, but i do believe they've got control of sadiq khan and of london." and his comments are obviously significant because sadiq khan is the first—ever muslim mayor of london. labour say these comments are unambiguously racist and islamophobic, and as you mentioned have called for the prime minister to kick mr anderson out of the conservative parliamentary party.

speaking a little earlier to the bbc, the defence secretary, grant shapps, was asked what he made of the comments. i haven't seen the comments, i should say, so this is based off of what you just told me, but it's certainly not the way i would put things. i think there are more concerns about the way that some of these protests have been taking place, in particular what we saw projected onto parliament this week, but i certainly wouldn't phrase things like that, no. of course, at the moment, the focus is on ukraine and what is happening there, but it seems that next week this issue is likely to come up again. 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 a year on, this dispute has not yet been resolved. dominic hughes, bbc news. emma runswich, deputy chair of the british medical association council, blamed the strike action on the government's refusal to offer what she called a credible pay rise. it's really disappointing that we are here again. if you had asked me before christmas if we were going to take more strike action, i would have been very optimistic that we wouldn't be in this position. but unfortunately, the government is not making moves towards giving us a credible offer to moving us back towards pay restoration so that we can fix the staffing crisis in the nhs. and that puts us in a position where there isn't anything else we can do but take strike action. 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.

authorities on friday said they had recovered ten bodies in valencia and were no longer looking for anyone else. that figure was revised on saturday, saying the nine bodies had been found and one person was still missing. experts say flammable cladding and high winds may have helped to spread the fire. king charles says he has been cheered by the 7000 cards of support sent to him during his cancer treatment. pictures released by buckingham palace shows the king reading some of the messages that were written to him, including well—wishers and some jokes. do stay with us for a continuing coverage of the two—year anniversary of the war in ukraine. stay with us on bbc news.

temperatures are low enough through the night for sam frost, as you can see on this weather watcher picture from shropshire earlier on. damages fell below freezing in many places and we haven't seen temperatures below freezing in central and southern england so far this month, but —6 in aberdeenshire. there have also been some showers, and it is from this little whether frontier were most of the frequent showers are sitting. and they will continue across south—west england down towards the channel islands. a few isolated once into northern ireland and the north—west coast of scotland as well. most of us, after the mist and fog moves away, a lot of sunshine around. cloud will tend to bubble up little into the afternoon. the showers will be more isolated than yesterday, and nevertheless some of us will get to see a dry story throughout the day. 6—10 the

overall high stop that is pretty much where temperatures should be for this time of year. this evening and overnight, winds will remain light, skies were clear and some of those showers will fade away, so for some once again we will see a frost returning, but they will be more cloud and rain starting to gather into the south—west. here, temperatures will hold up above reasoning. calderand temperatures will hold up above reasoning. calder and frosty are further north. 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 in across south—west and south—west england and drift along channel coast during the day. a little more cloud on sunday but on the whole dry and settled with a few scattered showers and do north—west scotland, and again highs of 6—10 c. that system they still bring some early morning rain first thing on monday for that kent coast. a north—easterly wind will start to pick up, a brisk wind

from a cool source, that is going to make it feel chilly on those exposed east coasts. a little more cloud round on monday, but on the whole largely fine and dry. temperatures fairly similar. as you move out of monday, we keep this quieter theme, but when each day through the week there is the risk of it turning in little bit wilder and more unsettled. —— milderand 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. several western leaders are in kyiv in a show of solidarity, including eu commission president ursula von der leyen, who said the eu "stands firmly with ukraine". the opening of the paris agricultural show was delayed by 90 minutes because of scuffles between security forces and protesting farmers angry at president macron�*s visit to the fair. farmers are angry over rising costs, red tape and green regulations. mr macron met union leaders but scaled down a planned debate with farmers and retailers. junior doctors in england begin their tenth strike in a dispute with the government about pay. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay rise, but ministers says it is unreasonable. now on bbc news, ukrainecast and the global news podcast.