insists his country will win the war — but urgently needs more weapons. live in kyiv. it is the day of remembrance but also resolve, ukrainians are saying they must win this war but can only do it with the help of their allies. the uk labour party calls for a conservative mp to be suspended over what it described as "islamophobic" comments. hello, i'm lauren taylor. a defiant president zelensky has insisted ukraine will win — as the country marks the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. let's go straight to kyiv and our chief international correspondent, lees said. .,

chief international correspondent, leessaid. ., , ., lees said. come february 24, two ears lees said. come february 24, two years ago. — lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is _ lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is a — lees said. come february 24, two years ago. is a day _ lees said. come february 24, two years ago, is a day seared - lees said. come february 24, two years ago, is a day seared in - lees said. come february 24, two . years ago, is a day seared in memory but also in history, as russia unleashed its full—scale invasion of ukraine, attacking from three directions, and on land, sea and air. for ukrainians, it really was his first fearful hours that sent them into their basements, their bunkers, into the underground, wondering how long they would last. so many believe that russian forces would be here in the heart of the capital city within days. but ukrainians stood up to fight. two years on, they are still fighting. this morning, from poland, a train pulled into the station here, bringing the prime ministers of canada, belgium, italy, along with the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. she said she wanted to be here on what she described as a day of solidarity, to stand next to

ukrainians, to say that ukraine's fight was also the might of europe and the wider democratic world. but this is a time when ukraine is worried about the front lines where they are running out of ammunition, about the continuing attacks. there were more drone and missile strikes overnight in regions across ukraine, including in the city of odesa on the black sea. it came under attack for a second night running. one person was killed and three others were injured. today, across ukraine, is a day of remembrance but also of resolve. ukrainians are sharing their memories and quiet reflections on social media or in small gatherings. it is also a day from statements from world leaders, including jens stoltenberg, who emphasised that nato partners would be with ukraine for the long run.

ukrainian retains its freedom and independence. this has been made possible _ independence. this has been made possible by courage and resolve, enabled — possible by courage and resolve, enabled by major military and economic— enabled by major military and economic support from nato allies. just in _ economic support from nato allies. just in the — economic support from nato allies. just in the past days and weeks, nato _ just in the past days and weeks, nato allies have announced new packages — nato allies have announced new packages of aid worth billions of dollars — packages of aid worth billions of dollars. key capabilities like air defence — dollars. key capabilities like air defence and combat, as well as f—16 equipment— defence and combat, as well as f—16 equipment and spare parts, drones and mining — equipment and spare parts, drones and mining equipment. more supporters on the way. ukraine continually _ supporters on the way. ukraine continually expresses - supporters on the way. ukraine continually expresses gratitude supporters on the way. ukraine . continually expresses gratitude for all of the support it is receiving from its allies and partners, but with this war grinding on they are running out of ammunition and weapons, and also at the front line soldiers are exhausted. it has been a long, hard two years. how many people have died? how many people have been injured? it is not

disclosed by the ukrainian authorities. most militaries keep that secret in wars. but ukrainians have suffered enormously. our ukraine correspondent has travelled to the city of kryvyi rih, mr zelensky�*s hometown, to see what the mood is like there two years on. 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. james waterhouse talking about ukraine engaging with the world. the world is still watching this war, worrying about this war. it matters too much to ignore. and as we have

been reporting, today is a day to express solidarity. and a message has just been released express solidarity. and a message hasjust been released by express solidarity. and a message has just been released by his majesty the king, king charles in the united kingdom. he is being treated for cancer but he took time to send this message. it very much reflects the sentiments being widely reflected among ukraine's allies today. he says, "the determination and strength of the ukrainian people continues to inspire as the unprovoked attack on the land, their lives and livelihoods enters a third tragic year. despite the tremendous hardship and pain inflicted upon them, ukrainians continue to show them, ukrainians continue to show the heroism with which the world associates them so closely. theirs is true valour, in the face of indescribable aggression. theirs is true value, i have felt this personally in the many meetings i have had with ukrainians since the start of the war. from president

zelensky and mrs zelenskyi, two new recruits training in the united kingdom." and he goes on, "i continue to be greatly encouraged that united kingdom and our allies remain at the forefront of international efforts to support ukraine at this time of such great suffering and need. " and he concludes, "my heart goes out to all those affected as i remember them in my thoughts and prayers." that is a message that has been issued a short time ago about his majesty, king charles, from the united kingdom. we are going to continue to report from kyiv, from our colleagues here our teams on the ground, as ukraine marks the second anniversary of russia pass full—scale invasion. an invasion that president vladimir putin still describes as a special military operation, but on the ground there is no doubt that this

is a gruelling war. both countries and their neighbours are suffering enormously and now, as it enters its third year, there is no sign it will end anytime soon. and that is the main reflection of ukrainians on this two—year mark. they know now it will be a long war. lyse this two-year mark. they know now it will be a long war.— will be a long war. lyse doucet, thank you _ will be a long war. lyse doucet, thank you very _ will be a long war. lyse doucet, thank you very much _ will be a long war. lyse doucet, thank you very much indeed. i the uk labour party has called for conservative mp lee anderson to lose the whip — that is, to be effectively expelled from the party — over what it described as "islamophobic" comments about the 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 more on this. 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 got 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. more than 100 people are reported to have been killed overnight in gaza. the health ministry there said at least 23 people died in a single israeli air strike. as the un warns of the growing risk of famine, there are talks in paris — the latest effort to reach a ceasefire deal. israel's top intelligence official is reportedly meeting the us, egypt and qatar — key negotiators in the war.

israel says it will go ahead with its offensive on the densely—crowded southern gaza city of rafah unless a truce deal is reached. it says hamas is in the city. israel's forces have already destroyed parts of the city with air raids, but it's 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 criticised israel's reported plan to expand settlements in the west bank. it's a return to a us policy that was scrapped under 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 health ministry in gaza show that more than 29,600 people have been killed. earlier, i spoke to michael spagat. he's the chair of every casualty counts — who have been collating a statistical analysis of the fatalities in gaza. i began by asking him about the credibility of the figures. from the start, i think they were highly credible, they were making a very serious attempt to document all of the death that was happening. 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 have even been consistent with the official israeli figures that have been released afterwards. more importantly, 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 assigned by the israelis in the first place so that the israelis have the wherewithal to quickly check if these are real people. of course, people who were alive but listed on that list i think would have been fairly quickly exposed. and in addition to that, 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 is that the percentage of un workers killed tracks extremely closely with the moh figures 4% of gazans as a whole killed. i was

auoin to gazans as a whole killed. i was going to say. _ gazans as a whole killed. i was going to say. i _ gazans as a whole killed. i was going to say, i suppose - gazans as a whole killed. i was going to say, i suppose israeli gazans as a whole killed. i was going to say, i suppose israel quite often put out statements saying x numbers of fighters have been killed or hamas people have been killed, where do you stand on the divide between israel claims are fighters and ordinary civilians? the between israel claims are fighters and ordinary civilians?— and ordinary civilians? the moh s stem is and ordinary civilians? the moh system is based _ and ordinary civilians? the moh system is based on _ and ordinary civilians? the moh system is based on reports - and ordinary civilians? the moh| system is based on reports from hospital morgs, and the people who are looking theirs reports actually have no way of distinguishing between whether somebody is a civilian or a combatant. so actually, moh has not been putting out figures on combatants killed, which is reassuring actually that they are doing that because they have no way really of making that distinction. now, people such as myself have concluded that a very high number of people killed must

have been civilian space 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 he was 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 | civilian. and how does the death i toll compared to other conflicts you have studied?— toll compared to other conflicts you have studied? well, what i would say is distinctive — have studied? well, what i would say is distinctive about _ have studied? well, what i would say is distinctive about this _ have studied? well, what i would say is distinctive about this conflict - is distinctive about this conflict is distinctive about this conflict is that the rate of killing her day, per capita, so relative to the size of the population in 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 what we saw in the early stages of the 2003 conflict in iraq. i'm not saying that the absolute numbers of people killed is higher

in gaza, but adjusting for population, the rate is really, really very high. post have opened in south carolina for the republican presidential candidate. the former us president is expected to empower his rival easily, even though nikki haley served twice as south carolina's governor. she says the polls show she is better placed to beatjoe biden in november and that republican voters should focus on that. 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 demonstrating across europe, calling for better income and less bureaucracy and complaining of unfair competition from cheap ukrainian goods. hugh schofield has been following the story from paris. have they managed to calm things down a bit now? it is have they managed to calm things down a bit now?— down a bit now? it is ongoing, the situation. president _ down a bit now? it is ongoing, the situation. president macron - down a bit now? it is ongoing, the situation. president macron is - down a bit now? it is ongoing, the situation. president macron is still there in the exhibition centre. but he is not in the actual fair bit, there in the exhibition centre. but he is not in the actualfair bit, he is somewhere. and we will wait and see whether he is going to actually cut the ribbon, which is what he was supposed to first thing this morning, and may do what he planned to do which is have a bit of a walkabout among some of the stands and pat cows on the bottom and so on. but whether the atmosphere is so riotous that he would do that, there

is certainly a big group of radical farmers. just because there is lots of whistling, one should not think that all of the farmers are taking part in the protest, but there is a group of very, very vocal farmers there and it is possible that they have decided to cancel the whole thing because there is a risk of something awkward happening or an embarrassing security breach. it is still uuite embarrassing security breach. it is still quite tense. _ embarrassing security breach. it is still quite tense. the government has already tried to appease farmers with a number of measures. what else can they do to bring down the temperature and bring farmers back onside? ~ , , , ., , onside? absolutely true. this goes back a month- _ onside? absolutely true. this goes back a month. not _ onside? absolutely true. this goes back a month. notjust _ onside? absolutely true. this goes back a month. notjust in - onside? absolutely true. this goes back a month. notjust in france, | back a month. notjust in france, but across europe. three or four weeks ago, we were reporting on the siege of paris as everyone called it, and then they were measures outlined by the prime minister which were supposed to tone down the movement and appease the farmers and

so on. the government says with some justice this isn't going to happen overnight. it is not going to be within two or three weeks that we see the result. but the farmers are still feeling very angry. and it was inevitable, i think, still feeling very angry. and it was inevitable, ithink, that still feeling very angry. and it was inevitable, i think, that this agriculturalfair was inevitable, i think, that this agricultural fair was going to become anotherfocus agricultural fair was going to become another focus with the protest, because this is a key moment in their year where they come to paris, to the seat of government and put their goods on display, put themselves on display, and a very important moment in the calendar. i think it is inevitable this was going to be another moment in which they would push their demands. and now the president has stepped in and make some more concessions, summer promises about for example ensuring minimum prices for goods and so on, intervening more in europe, but it is a very complicated picture, and there are so many different sectors in agriculture that for every sector that gets a measure that might help, there are about five others are

saying "what about us?" you mentioned — saying "what about us?" you mentioned in _ saying "what about us?" you mentioned in passing - saying "what about us?" you mentioned in passing europe, is there any plan for the european union to tackle this together, because other countries are having theissue because other countries are having the issue of farmers being unhappy with their lot?— with their lot? there is a recognition _ with their lot? there is a recognition that - with their lot? there is a recognition that this - with their lot? there is a recognition that this is l with their lot? there is a recognition that this is a | with their lot? there is a - recognition that this is a europe wide phenomenon on, but a lot of this has to go through europe simply because that is where the rows are being set. but a lot of the protests, a lot of the complaints you are hearing from french farmers, is that there is an unfair competition from other european nations because here in france they are far more rigorous about banning certain molecules and treatments of crops and other countries take these time to enact these things, so france suffers because other countries are not so rigid in enforcing these rules and so on. certainly, there is another thing thatis certainly, there is another thing that is a very big issue europe—wide which is the european wide

bargaining. what has happened in france is when there are negotiations in france between industrialists and supermarkets and farmers, rows have to be applied. but the industrials are now doing their bargaining, their purchases on a european scale, which means there's rules are being circumvented, and that is growing farmers. ., ~ circumvented, and that is growing farmers. ., ,, , ., circumvented, and that is growing farmers-_ -- _ circumvented, and that is growing farmers._ -- angering l farmers. thank you. -- angering farmers — the spanish city of valencia is observing three days of mourning after a deadly fire in an apartment block. authorities on friday said they had recovered ten bodies. but that figure was revised on saturday — saying nine bodies had been found and one person was still missing. experts say flammable cladding and high winds may have 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. british airways has been ranked among the worst airlines in a uk passenger satisfaction survey by consumer group which? the airline's customer score for long—haul flights was the joint third lowest out of 17 carriers. the company said it was hit by "several factors outside of our control" last year, such as strikes by air traffic controllers. 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. to stay with us here on bbc news.

it's been a quiet start to our weekend but it's been a cold one. in fact, temperatures are low enough through the night for some frost, as you can see in this weather watcher picture sent in from shropshire earlier on. in fact temperatures fell below freezing in many places and we haven't seen temperatures below freezing in central and southern england so far this month. but lowest values were —6 in aberdeenshire. there have also been some showers and it is from this weather front here where most of the frequent showers are sitting. they will continue across south west england down to the channel islands. this has been the story so far. a few isolated ones into northern ireland and north and west coasts of scotland. for most of us, after the mist and fog lifts, a lot of sunshine. yes, cloud will tend to bubble up into the afternoon but we keep some sunny spells. the show was more isolated than yesterday and nevertheless some

of us will get to see a dry story throughout the day. 6—10, the overall high, pretty much where temperatures should be for this time of year. as we go through the evening and overnight, the wind will remain light, skies will clear and some of the showers will fade. for some, once again we will see a frost ,returning but there will be more cloud and rain starting to gather into the south—west. here temperatures will hold up above freezing, but colder and more frostier further north. we need to look at this area of low pressure because it is likely to bring rain into the south—west. still some uncertainty as to how far north the rain is going to come. the current thinking is it will push in across south wales and south west england and drift along channel coasts throughout the day. more cloud perhaps on the whole dry and settled with a few scattered showers and again, highs of 6—10. that frontal system may still bring a bit of early morning rain first thing on monday across the kent coast. more importantly, a north—easterly wind will start to pick up,

a brisk wind from a cool source which will make it feel chilly on those exposed east coasts. more cloud on monday but on the whole largely fine and dry. again, temperatures fairly similar. moving out of monday into tuesday and wednesday, we keep the quieter theme but with each day through the week there is a risk of turning milder but more unsettled. as ukraine marks the second anniversary of scale

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as ukraine marks the second anniversary of russia's scale invasion, president zelensky says ukraine urgently needs more weapons. several western leaders are in lyiv in a show of solidarity, including eu commission president ursula von der leyen, who said the eu stands firmly with ukraine. scuffles between security forces and protesting farmers delayed the opening of the paris agricultural show. farmers are angry with red tape and green regulations. the president visited the show are met union leaders but scaled down a planned debate with farmers and retailers. junior doctors in england begin their tenth strike, the latest action in a long running dispute with the government about pay. the bma wants a 35% pay rise but ministers say the pay claim is unreasonable. nhs bosses warn the walk—out will cause major disruption.

as ukraine's war enters its third year, there is still no end in sight.