tv BBC News BBC News February 20, 2023 1:30pm-2:01pm GMT
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days to reconstruct. this morning, daisy was given the honour of putting the final plaster of paris bone in place. it's basically like a sd jigsaw puzzle. yeah. apart from anything else, it's absolutely huge. |dippy's got an amazing history, i and so we're really pleased that it's out and about again. from today, visitors will be able if not to walk with dinosaurs, then at least to stand below and beside one, marvelling at its scale and imagining life on earth tens of millions of years ago. john maguire, bbc news, coventry. the latest on dup the dinosaur. —— dippy. time for a look at the weather.
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it certainly feels like spring, but midweek, it gets chilly. we are bathed in the atlantic west or south west lease, high pressure keeping things dry to the south, but this weather front is bathing things dry to the south, but this weatherfront is bathing many things dry to the south, but this weather front is bathing many areas and cloud. we have rain across central scotland. to the north, brighter with sunshine and showers. and to the south across the midlands and east anglia and that sunshine is punctuating the cloud elsewhere. but the rain is with us in the north, drizzly with hill fog in some western areas around the coast. but where we have the sunshine, already 14 where we have the sunshine, already 1a and 15, so we could see 16 in a few spots throughout the afternoon. overnight come up with all that cloud around and the breeze, it is blowing a gale across the shetland isles. it will ease, but more cloud as the weather front pushes north and another approaches. all in all, it should stay relatively mild, 5 or 6 despite halls in the cloud. tomorrow, there will be halls in the cloud, but probably different areas
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seeing sunshine and with the cloud quite thick, it could be drizzly with mist and helpful. this weather front is looming and pushing heavier rain in later in the day and it looks like a wetter day for the northern isles. temperatures 13 or 14 with northern isles. temperatures 13 or 1a with the brighter breaks. it is behind the weather front we get a change in how it feels. yes, we get that cold northerly or north—westerly coming south. but it is not chilly completely because the sunshine is getting stronger and it will clear out this cloud so it will be much brighterfor many. it may take its time across to east anglia and the south east. yes, it is still february and cold enough for snow on the tops of mountains. temperatures 4 or 5 degrees lower than today and tomorrow. we will notice the chillier feel more certainly overnight as you can see. perhaps a little wintry weather in the shower is coming south, but nor notably the return of night—time frost. towards thursday morning. but towards thursday morning. but towards thursday morning, the odd shower.
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plenty of sunshine around. then the next weather front approaches the north—west later in the day. but just like wednesday, temperatures a little lower, closer to the average at this time of year. then we get that next weather front and low pressure brushing close by to the north east of scotland. pushing that weather front aside for a day or so, but that high pressure system is coming back in for the weekend and we will pick up more night—time frost by then. thank you very much. a reminder of our top story: presidentjoe biden makes a surprise visit to kyiv, nearly one year on from the russian invasion of ukraine. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. hello. you're watching bbc news. i'm ben croucher with a round up from the bbc sport centre.
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we'll start with cricket where ireland have their final group game at the women's t20 world cup today. they're taking on india in quberha. india won the toss and elected to bat first. we are currently seven overs in, india 46 without loss. india skipper harmanpreet kaur becomes the first player to play 150 t20 internationals. ireland are winless in the tournament so far whilst an indian victory will assure their spot in the last four — and knock out the west indies. unbeaten england are already assured of their place in the semis and will guarantee top spot in their group by avoiding defeat against pakistan tomorrow. spinner sophie ecclestone says the environment under new coachjon lewis is one they're all enjoying. i think it's the best we've been for a while. his comane end pearler of relaxed and chilled vibes, everyone is absolutely loving playing, we are enjoying being part of the squad and
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it's really exciting. i think it's just going out there and playing a game and not having any fear of getting it wrong, is exciting for the team. if things don't go to plan, it'sjust how the team. if things don't go to plan, it's just how it is. they play their shots and play how good they are. it's a big week ahead for manchester united with newcastle in the efl cup final on sunday and barcelona in the europa league on thursday. they're in good form heading into those games with england striker marcus rashford at the heart of their win over leicester city in the premier league. he scored twice in a 3—0 win to take his tally to 2a for the season. the manager's mentioned, it's about frozen, we want to test their end playing the biggest gains possible, and luckily for us, well, it's not like it's hard work, and the work that we have put in from preseason, after not a great start, we managed to fight back and kept the team together, and now we are running big games and big moments in the season,
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so now hopefully we can take the chances when they come. on first it's a big game, make sure vou're _ on first it's a big game, make sure vou're there. — on first it's a big game, make sure you're there, make sure we can beat barcelona _ you're there, make sure we can beat barcelona together. tottenham hotspur have described online racist abuse directed towards son heung min as utterly reprehensible. the south korean forward was targeted during spurs 2—0 win over west ham yesterday — with son scoring the second goal. campaign group kick it out have urged authorities to do more saying: despite a narrow 2—1win over italy in the arnold clark cup, england head coach sarina wiegman said she saw exactly what she wanted from her much changed england side. rachel daly — playing up front rather than full back — scored both goals in front of a record crowd for any sporting fixture
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at the cbs arena in coventry. wiegman made nine changes to the team that beat south korea in their opening match. it's now winner takes all against belgium on wednesday. the lionesses have been nominated for laureus world team of the year following their euro 2022 triumph over germany. they've been nominated alongside men's world cup champions argentina and champions league winners real madrid for the award. britain's tom pidcock said a lack of preparation time on time trialling was to blame as he slipped from the lead to seventh at the tour of algarve. the ineos rider won the penultimate stage but his inexperience against the clock showed as he could only finish 19th on the final stage. team—mate dani martinez finished fourth on the day, which was enough to pip italy's filippo ganna by two second in the general classification. lots more on the bbc sport website but that's all the sport for now. lovely stuff, thank you very much
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indeed. let's go back to our top story and that visit by presidentjoe biden to kyiv. he announced more military, political and financial support for ukraine, on a surprise visit to kyiv. president zelensky called the visit an extremely important sign of support for all ukrainians. in a joint news conference, president biden thanked volodymyr zelensky and renewed what he called the unwavering support for ukraine's democracy. so, president zelensky, you deeply honour me here in kyiv with you today. to meet with your military, your intelligence folks, your diplomatic teams, community leaders who have stepped up to help their country in their hour of need. it is astounding who stood up, everybody. everybody. women, young children, trying to do something, just trying to do something.
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pulling people out of apartments that were being shelled, and literally war crimes. it is astounding. the whole world sees it. and looks at it. this is the largest land war in europe in three quarters of a century. and you are succeeding against all and every expectation except your own. we have every confidence that you are going to continue to prevail. you know, from the moment i first received an intelligence report in the fall about a year ago, we were focused on determining how do we rally the rest of the world? how do i help you with the promise you asked me to make to rally the world?
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well, how do you succeed? how do you get a world to respond? to a prosperous economy, a confident democracy, a secure and independent state, when united americans of all political backgrounds decided they would step up. american people know it matters. unchecked aggression is a threat to all of us. we built a coalition of nations from the atlantic to the pacific, nato in the atlantic, japan in the pacific, across the world — a number of nations of over 50, who helped ukraine defend itself with unprecedented military, economic and humanitarian support.
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we united the leading economies of the world to impose unprecedented cost, squeezing russia's economic lifelines. together we have committed nearly 700 tanks, and thousands of armoured vehicles. 1,000 artillery systems. more than 2 million rounds of artillery ammunition. more than 50 advanced launch rocket systems. and air defence systems. all sent to defend ukraine, and that does not count the other half a billion dollars we are announcing with you today and tomorrow, that is going to be coming your way. and that's just the united states in this piece. and just today, that announcement includes artillery ammunition for himars and howitzers, more javelins, anti—armour systems, air surveillance radars that
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will help protect people from aerial bombardments. later this week, we will announce additional sanctions against elites and companies that are trying to evade sanctions and backfill russia's war machine. and thanks to bipartisan support in congress, this week we are delivering billions in direct budgetary support, billions in direct budgetary support. which the government can put to use immediately and help provide for basic services of citizens. the cost that ukraine has had to bear has been extraordinarily high, and the sacrifices have been far too great, far too great. we mourn alongside the families of those who have been lost in the brutal and unjust war. we know there will be very difficult days and weeks and years ahead,
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but russia's aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin's war conquest is failing. russia's military has lost half its territory it once occupied. young talented russians are fleeing by the tens of thousands, not wanting to come back to russia. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky welcomed president biden marking joe biden�*s visit as an extremely important signal. this year, it will be a year of defeating the unprovoked war of russia against ukraine, and the whole democratic world has to end it with liberating the whole of ukraine's territory from russian occupation and the guarantee of long—term security for our country, as well as europe and the whole world.
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right now in ukraine, the destiny of the international order, based on international order is decided, and together with the president and our allies and partners half to continue doing everything possible so that the democratic world would win in this historic fight. ukrainians remember the attention, we know the attitude of president biden tours every ukrainian, we remain in constant communication with the president of the eight estates over the course of this large—scale war, this is the first visit and this is the really most important visit for the whole history of ukraine—us relationship, the visit of this most difficult period for ukraine when ukraine is fighting for liberty, the liberties of the world,
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and this underlines the results that we have already achieved, and what sort of historic achievements we might gain altogether with the whole world, with the united states, with europe, and today our negotiations were very fruitful. they were very important and crucial, and as has become traditional in the relationship between our countries, i would like to extend words of gratitude personally to mr president biden and to his team, the congress, to all the us people, and i thank you for this level of ukraine—us corporation and this week will be marking one year of our fight against russia's aggression, so it is very symbolic that we solidify our resilience through two meetings
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with the president of ukraine, my visit in december and the visit of mr president of the united states to kyiv today. the results of this visit will surely be seen, and will surely have a reflection on the battlefield in liberating our territories, the decision of the united states on tanks for ukraine has already presented a foundation for establishing a tank coalition, and it's of historic importance in many other aspects, more specifically in air defence, the defence of our cities, and this is a fundamental reinforcement of our capacities. we have also talked about long—range weapons and the weapons that may still be supplied to ukraine, even though it was not supplied before. i know, mr president, that there will be very significant package of support to ukraine,
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and currently it will serve as the clearest signal russia's attempts would have no chance and that we will together defend our cities and citizens from russia, we will have more impetus towards our victory and today we have yet again underlined that we have a common vision with regards to the perspectives of this war, we have coordinated the follow—on pressure on the terrorist state, we are working hard on the reinforcement of sanctions both bilaterally and in the form of 67, which is very important. let's take a look now at what's making the news across the uk.
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free school meals for every primary school child in london. that's the promise from the mayor, sadiq khan. he says it'll cost £130 million pounds and will benefit 270,000 children. the scheme will start in september and run over the next academic year — but critics say more action is needed. tarah welch reports. you enjoying your watermelon? nice, sweet, is it sweet? incredibly proud to be back here at croft primary school, my old primary school. i remember receiving free school meals when i was a pupil here, and i'm really pleased to announce every child in primary schools across our great capital city will be receiving free school meals from the start of the
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next academic year. his office says this will help more than a quarter of a million children and their families through the cost of living crisis next year. i've heard heartbreaking stories about children who haven't got a packed lunch or don't get free school meals pretending to eat at lunchtime to save them from embarrassment. it's really important in the absence of their government supporting families, i do what i can't help. currently in england, all state schoolchildren can claim free school meals up to year two. from year three some children still qualify for free school meals if their household is on certain benefits. but for some time now, campaigners have said the threshold is too low and many children living in poverty are going hungry. effectively, you have those families from lower incomes with older children paying for the meals of those wealthier families with younger children. and when people are struggling with the cost of living right now, that doesn't seem quite right.
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in a statement, a government spokesperson said, since 2010, the number of children receiving a free meal at school has increased by more than two million. over a third of pupils in england now receive free school meals and it went on to say its extended the national school breakfast programme. tara welch, bbc london. next — the council trying to get homeless people off the streets and into some warm accommodation. according to the charity shelter, peterborough has more rough sleepers than anywhere in the east of england and the outreach team have been given extra funding to help. people are spending the night in cars, sleeping bags, or tents — as nadia gyane reports. he had rough sleeping here. how long you been staying in your car, sir? two to three weeks. it's something. peterborough city council's outreach team encounter. people sleeping in cars. but there's good news for simon. it's a bed and breakfast. somebody will be there
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for you and they'll check you in. it's just going to 11pm and the temperature has dropped to one degree. city council rough sleepers. yeah. i came to visit. i came to visit the two of you earlier. they found three rough sleepers in a tent. kelly and matt received calls where there might be rough sleepers to offer them accommodation for the night. however, imran, who was living in a park for almost two weeks because he was kicked out of his partner's house, contacted the team himself, move temporarily in a partner to the fan since my seventh night to get another place. but obviously with just universal credit 149.91 every two weeks. it doesn't don't quite cut it, does it? but tonight, he was able to sleep in a warm bed. so we need to do, just before that turn left. then right. then left. right. 0k, right, right. left, right.
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the team actively go out looking for rough sleepers, hoping to get them into somewhere warm. but not everybody wants their help to carry someone. next stop, peterborough station sparks is the new haven. not interested? okay. kenny and matt know quite a few of the homeless population and try to encourage them to return back into accommodation. and have you been to the garden house? garden house... it's a day centre for the homeless to get warm, get a hot drink and some food. here at the garden house in the cathedral precincts at the heart of peterborough city centre. we run peterborough as multi agency hub to help people move off the streets. the homeless population in the city. the council work with a number of charities like this one all around the clock to get people off the streets. yeah, this is a typical example. obviously, you're out with us tonight and it's nearly 2:00 in the morning. this is us being out on outreach, getting those individuals off the street.
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there's no need for anybody to be rough sleeping. and that's their goal — to make sure everyone in peterborough has a home. nadia gyane, bbc look east, in peterborough. over 400 men gathered in southampton this weekend to get a free blood test to see if they were at risk of prostate cancer. according to the charity prostate cancer uk, it's the most common cancer in men, with 52,000 diagnosed every year. the event organised by the swanwick lions club was designed to spot symptoms of prostate cancer early. edward sault reports. a blood test that could save a life. yachtsman mike golding was one of those who came to the sarisbury green community centre to get a psa test. it's a test that can help diagnose prostate problems. it is a great opportunity for us locally to get the test and be reassured that we are ok. thank you | for letting me into your home... the j story last year of the death of bill
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turnbull, he did an enormous amount to promote early testing. his story resonated with me.— overwhelmed with the response. we had 460 men book in and we have fund raised a lot of money to help to fund this event today. last month, the royal surrey county hospital in guildford carried out carried out a week's worth of prostate cancer operations in one day to mark world cancer day. men between the ages of 50 to 80 are most at risk of prostate cancer. prostate cancer is really, really common in blokes. sometimes you don't even know that you have got it. there's no symptoms. i can't emphasise how important it is to have a test. the prostate is a walnut—sized gland which sits below the bladder. difficulty being or
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blood in urine or semen can be signs that something is wrong, but early—stage prostate cancer has no symptoms, so those at greater risk need to be proactive at getting checked. i think there is a reluctance amongst men, but this is bringing it to them. it is bringing it to their doorstep, they don't have to do anything. the book, they turn up and it is easy for men to do it. prostate cancer uk say one in eight men will be diagnosed in their lifetime. it is hoped blood test events like this one will spot the signs, and spot them early. martin will be received from to, i am here untilfive martin will be received from to, i am here until five o'clock. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. the colours of spring are starting to appear, and it certainly feels mild enough
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to be spring out there. temperatures popping up to 15 or 16 in the brighter spots, but once we clear the rain midweek, it will turn a little bit chillier back down to the south. and even with the mild air, there's an awful lot of cloud with us today, this weather front to the north is still giving us some fairly significant rains over the western highlands of scotland. to the north of it, it's blowing a gale across shetland, very gusty winds here, but it's brighter at least for the north mainland and the northern isles, just the odd shower. elsewhere, to the south of that weather front there is a lot of cloud, so it's drizzly around the hills and the coast in the west, the best chance of brightness and sunshine will be east of any hills, and that is where we'll see the highest temperatures — but, across the board, temperatures will be several degrees up on where they should be for this time of year, and as a consequence of all that cloud, it's not going anywhere overnight, in fact the weather front pushes a little bit further north, the wind starts to stiffen here once again, but with enough breeze and cloud, temperatures won't fall much lower than 5 or 6 degrees,
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so it stays relatively mild for the moment. so, tuesday, again, a lot of cloud, a lot of dry weather, some drizzle around the coast and the hills in western areas, something more significant tomorrow across the northern isles before that clears away, and pushing back into the western isles later, but temperatures may get again towards 14 or 15, perhaps, around the moray firth, east of the pennines, for example, but there will be just generally a lot of dry, cloudy weather — but once that weather front then moves through into wednesday, well, we notice this change in wind direction. instead of the southerly or south—westerly we get a north—westerly blowing in. so, a chillier feel to the day on wednesday, but, again, once our weather front clears out of the way, and it could drag its heels across east anglia and the south—east, and there is the hint of a little fleeting us over the hills and the north, but actually just temperatures are tapered down a little bit, 8—10, and that breeze to factor, as well, so it will feel cooler for the day on wednesday, but there will be some sunshine, more sunshine around than we're seeing today, and indeed tomorrow. with the ridge of high pressure the build in to thursday, it means a cold start to thursday morning, a frost potentially first thing, so, quite a difference. just the chance of a few wintry showers, hailand rain and perhaps
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this is bbc news. the headlines... president biden makes a surprise visit to kyiv — reaffirming the us�*s �*unwavering' support to ukraine's democracy. kyiv stands and ukraine stands, democracy stands, the americans stand with you and they will stand with you. —— kyiv stands and ukraine stands, democracy stands, the americans stand with you and the world stands with you. biden�*s visit comes as the anniversary of russia's invasion approaches. president zelensky says the democratic world has to �*win this historic fight.�* we hope that this year the 2023 will become a year
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