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hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. two presidents, and two versions of history. the russian and american leaders clash over the conflict in ukraine. to defend our historical lands and liquidate the neo—nazi regime we launched a special operation. we have seen again with people of poland — have seen again with people of poland saw for decades, appetite of the autocrat cannot be appeased. it comes as russia suspends participation in its last remaining arms control deal with washington. also in the programme. more distruction and grief on the streets of turkey,
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as the country is hit by another earthquake. and two of the uk's biggest supermarkets, start rationing some fruit and vegetables, as the shelves run short. we begin in poland where us presidentjoe biden has stressed the us and other allies' support for ukraine will not waver, in a defiant speech delivered in the run — up to the first anniversary of russia's fullscale invasion. he told a cheering crowd in warsaw that, as he put it, president putin's lust for power and land would fail, painting the struggle as a generational one for freedom. it comes hours after russia's vladimir putin announced moscow was suspending participation in a key arms control treaty with the us — during an address to russia's parliament. we'll have more on that shortly, but let's hear now from mr biden.
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kyiv stands strong! kyiv stands proud! it stands tall! and most important — it stands free. when russia invaded it was notjust being ukraine tested. the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies are being tested. our support for ukraine will not waver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. president putin's craven lust for land and power will fail, and the ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail. democracies of the world will stands guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever. let's look at some of the other key themes of mr biden�*s speech. the us president said nato was �*more
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united than ever�* as a result of russia's invasion, and that "democracy was too strong for putin". he praised ukraine's resistance — saying "from kherson to kharkiv, ukrainian fighters have reclaimed their land". and said "the west was not plotting to attack russia, as putin said today." before the speech mr biden met president duda of poland and other central european allies. it comes a day after the us president's surprise visit to kyiv, where he met ukrainian counterpart, volodymyr zelensky, and promised the us would back ukraine for "as long as it takes". here's what the polish president andrzej duda had to say about the visit. translation: thank you once again for your visit once - again, mr president, because that was a significant sign for all his people. the sign the free world has not forgotten them. but the free world and its biggest leader the president of the united states stands by them.
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so i know that perfectly well, mr president, i know how big courage it requires. our correspondent in warsaw, jenny hill, joins me now. going back to president biden�*s street —— speech strong words there. yes i think there was a widespread acknowledgement that president biden�*s visit to kyiv yesterday it was a historic moment but today has been extraordinary, two presidents delivering different versions of the war and indeed their worlds and they knew that their words would be analysed all over the world. they knew that each child there would have a very good listen to what they both said but both of them of course were speaking to a domestic audience. president putin knows the war is not going away, he thought it would a lot of young men are losing their lives, he is concerned about that. then you have a president biden who needs to keep this up port
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of voters back home who support for his strategy in ukraine may well start to dwindle it is notjust a concern for him but for other western allies and for ukraine. this speech, though, was also aimed with poland in mind. it was designed to be a rousing speech and many here interpret president biden�*s presence at this particular country as a recognition of the fact that the centre of gravity within europe is starting to ship towards the east as a result of the war and that poland is increasingly important as a strategic ally for the us. all very carefully stage—managed the speech, as he saw was given in the very romantic, beautiful historic surroundings of warsaw's royal castle and it was designed as a bit of a rousing call to arms. president biden repeated what he said before, that vladimir putin sent those tanks in thinking that ukraine would roll over, but it didn't. that vladimir
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putin calculated that the west would be divided but it was not. i think this was sending a message to those other allies of ukraine, countries whose populations may also be starting to wonder how much longer their economies are going to have to pay for this work, how much longer the governments will be thinking about sending off weapons and so on. really wanting to put some enthusiasm in to those western allies at the same time, with a big dollop of reassurance that the us will stand behind them for as long it takes. but it was really interesting for all of the big words and grant gestures, what we did not hear was very much intensive details, today. poland was pretty keen and was already urging the us to send fighterjets to ukraine. it once longer term security assurances for ukraine. it once more us soldiers stationed on polish soil. we did not hear any of that today,
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no conversations about it and it may well come out tomorrow and president biden meeting the bucharest nine which more or less form nato's eastern flank and countries have been saying for so long that they had been worried about the threat on their doorstep and for whom for so long were largely ignored but of course they were proven right. so the us president calling on more support for ukraine — let's look at the military aid provided so far. the us has committed just under $30 billion since russia's invasion a year ago, and in kyiv on monday mr. biden promised another $500 million. the european union has sent $3.85 billion in non—lethal and lethal arms. and the uk has provided $2.77 billion, and is pledging to match that figure again this year. ukraine's allies have been gradually supplying heavier weaponry to ukraine — including tanks from the us, uk and germany.
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here's deputy foreign minister of poland, paweljablonski on what's needed going forward. we believe that every option should be on the table. ukraine is under attack — every type of weapon ukraine is provided is used for defence, so every weapon is justified, everything that will help ukraine win this war. we believe that there should be no exclusion because this is morally and strategically sensible to provide everything that is needed and when it comes talks about jets, talks about munitions, more tanks, more howitzers. a few hours before president biden�*s speech we heard from russian president vladimir putin — in his state of the union address, delayed from december. speaking in moscow, he made a lengthy speech — blaming the west for provoking the war and escalating it. he also announced he's suspending russian participation in the last major nuclear arms control agreement
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with the us. translation: we are not going to do it first but if the united states - conducted such a test we will conduct our own, too. we shouldn't be delusional about the impossibility to destroy the strategic parity. the deal that mr putin has suspended is called the new start treaty. it was signed in 2010 by two then presidents — barack obama and dmitry medvedev — the treaty was designed to prevent nuclear war. it limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads that both sides can deploy and gives each country the power to inspect the other. between them, the us and russia account for almost all of the world's nuclear weapons. here's analysis from our bbc russia editor in moscow. not only do we see no compromise but we saw escalation with vladimir putin suspending russia's participation in this last remaining key nuclear arms control
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treaty between russia and america. and one more point to make, i only watched vladimir putin on television today because journalist from, so—called "unfriendly countries", in russia's view were not invited to the state of the nation address today. mr putin's speech also covered some familiar themes. he accused the west of seeking to destroy moscow, and of provoking and escalating the war. he also portrayed ukraine as being home to "neo—nazis". translation: a year ago in order i to defend our historical lands, . to liquidate the threats that came from the neo—nazi regime, we decided to conduct a special military operation and step—by—step and step—by—step we carefully, consistently will settle the task we are facing. i'm joined now by peter pomerantsev who is from johns hopkins university — and also the author of several books analysing putin's russia.
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good to have you on the programme today, especially today, i am sure you listen to what president putin had to say, what do you make of what he said today particularly in terms of how you see his view of the future? in of how you see his view of the future? . . ., ., , , ~ future? in a dictatorship like russia and _ future? in a dictatorship like russia and especially - future? in a dictatorship like russia and especially in - future? in a dictatorship like russia and especially in the| future? in a dictatorship like - russia and especially in the sort of system that vladimir putin has created, propaganda is often about communicating very brief messages that the audience understands that may not be understandable to people in other countries and his speech was about inspiring the nation turning out troops he had been using for a year now, completely uninspired. what mattered in that speech were a series of threat to everyone in the room, when a russian leader, as he did today, says there will be no witchhunt, everyone in the room understands there will be witchhunts. when the leader of a dictatorship like russia says, it is
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actually fine for you to have a business abroad which is what he said today, he's basically saying you don't have any contact with the west or people coming witchhunt to you. so a series of threats and people in the room saying that we are all together all bound by this word and we'll all have to listen to this nonsense i am saying and bear and granite and if you want to keep your safety and your money in the system you need to play along. everyone in the room understood that and everyone in the room, he could tell from their facial expressions, understood that was what the speech was about. in understood that was what the speech was about. ., ., understood that was what the speech was about. ., . , ., understood that was what the speech was about. ., ., , ., , was about. in light of what you 'ust said, it is about fl was about. in light of what you 'ust said, it is about money, * was about. in light of what you 'ust said, it is about money, why h was about. in light of what you 'ust said, it is about money, why is h was about. in light of what you just said, it is about money, why is it i said, it is about money, why is it that his inner circle and those around them are putting up with this and has been for the last year. it’s and has been for the last year. it's much more _ and has been for the last year. it�*s much more aboutjust and has been for the last year. it�*s much more about just the and has been for the last year. it�*s much more aboutjust the money. it's security, well—being of yourfamily much more than just money. security, well—being of yourfamily much more thanjust money. it security, well—being of yourfamily much more than just money. it is your survival which is often very much tied to your economic
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well—being. frankly, because the risks of breaking with putin are still bigger than the risks of sticking with them, there may well be, actually we know that there are some who do share putin's glorious district visions with a —— being but others showing that they are not particularly enthused about where russia is going. some having to re—orientate plants rapidly. the risk of breaking with him is bigger and i suppose what he is offering is and i suppose what he is offering is a new war economy, he had been saying that there are ways you will be able to survive in the system and hinting at new partnerships that russia will have with unnamed new friends across the world. yes, we have lost the west but we will have... and he does not specify hugh but he said several times russia
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will remain a market economy and stressed the gdp had only shrunk by 2% and talking to people in the room saying, some related to conquest and he said the biggest game that we haveis he said the biggest game that we have is new sales of grade which is stolen from ukraine so he was offering this, there are some things you can get out of the system but don't you dare defy.— don't you dare defy. what do you redict? don't you dare defy. what do you predict? what — don't you dare defy. what do you predict? what will _ don't you dare defy. what do you predict? what will happen - don't you dare defy. what do you predict? what will happen next? | don't you dare defy. what do you i predict? what will happen next? so predict? what will happen next? sr much depends on us. this predict? what will happen next? srs much depends on us. this is not something, no manifest destiny here. if we and biden�*s speech was excellent today. if we carry on and increase our support to ukraine on the battlefield but also, this is what we are not doing enough, really
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tightening screws on sanctions and on the diplomatic pressure and then communicate to the russian people and leaders, we will not break. that putin is leading them into a cul—de—sac and that there is no war economy that he can take them to, if we can communicate that and force that perception through which is something we are not even attempting to do at the moment, then people of local calculation amongst the there exist stakeholders in the russian system will start to change and that maybe they will start to see it as more of a risk to stick with him than to break with them. thank you so much, peter. _ let's now get the view from our international editor, jeremy bowen, from kyiv. he's been summing up what we can expect to happen in the incoming weeks and months. what looks like,
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what looks strategic relative safety and certainty has been upended in the last year and if, as the americans say, is possible, the chinese start shipping arms to the russians, then the conflict gets much more global implications. and that of course, is now very worrying indeed. as you said, there are very different views on display. quite ideologicalfrom both sides, freedom for the americans, self—preservation and fighting the aggressive west from the russian point of view. i think that if you look at the way the war is right now, first of all do not expect it to end anytime soon. i would be very surprised if we were not here in some way talking about it maybe even a year from now. there is no room for negotiations. both sides believe that the only way ahead on this the only way that they can prevail, the only way even they might be able to survive is by beating their enemy. so that means on the battlefields, it means more killing, it means as well an immense
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commitment from both sides to keep this thing going. and here in ukraine, bottom line, they want war winning weapons. because what they don't want is a continued stalemate which they believe might actually benefit the russians. asda and morrisons are putting limits on purchases of some fruit and vegetables — because of poor harvests in spain and north africa. asda is capping sales of items such as tomatoes, peppers and lettuce at three each per customer. morrisons said limits of two on products like cucumbers would be introduced at stores from tuesday. i'm joined now by tom holder from the british retail consortium. can you explain why this is happening? there has been a bit of a supply chain issues due to poor
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weather and therefore poor harvest in both spain and morocco where we get a lot of these salad vegetables things like cucumbers and peppers and tomatoes. and so that supply—chain issue is obviously caused a bit, gaps on shelves on supermarkets here in the uk. different retailers are trying to address that in different ways and one of those is just putting in place some temporary limits on what we combine to make sure that there is enough for everyone at the moment. because in all truth no one needs to be going and getting five cucumbers, by and large, especially if that means someone else cannot get some. if that means someone else cannot aet some. , ., , , get some. the problem of course is that in this — get some. the problem of course is that in this situation _ get some. the problem of course is that in this situation you _ get some. the problem of course is that in this situation you may - get some. the problem of course is that in this situation you may not i that in this situation you may not need be five cucumbers but when people get word people court food, is there a fear that now?— is there a fear that now? there is alwa s a is there a fear that now? there is always a bit _ is there a fear that now? there is always a bit of — is there a fear that now? there is always a bit of a _ is there a fear that now? there is always a bit of a fear— is there a fear that now? there is always a bit of a fear but - is there a fear that now? there is always a bit of a fear but i think l always a bit of a fear but i think common sense will prevail. no one needs to get five cucumbers, especially for these types of items which you cannot really practically stockpile, they will go off,
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actually. i willjust increase food waste in this country. they will look to bridge this gap while looking for other suppliers and we start getting a lot more british products on the shelves that is not affected by that harvest problem whether in the south of europe. anecdotal evidence suggest that the uk is bearing the brunt of this although there are shortages in countries like ireland, on social media there have been a lot of talk about this being about brexit, is it? it about this being about brexit, is it? , ., �* ., , about this being about brexit, is it? �* ., i, about this being about brexit, is it? s it? it shouldn't really be because we do not _ it? it shouldn't really be because we do not yet — it? it shouldn't really be because we do not yet have _ it? it shouldn't really be because we do not yet have any _ it? it shouldn't really be because we do not yet have any import i we do not yet have any import controls on food coming in, rather any import checks, so there is no real reason at the moment that this should be brexit related, that will be a much bigger effect of people exporting from the uk to the eu, at the moment. so i don't think so, i think more practical and actual reason isjust very think more practical and actual reason is just very poor rather from places that we get these fruits and
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vegetables that are not grown seasonally at this time of year in the uk. ., ~ seasonally at this time of year in the uk. ., s ., the uk. retailer m&m said it has mitigated its _ the uk. retailer m&m said it has mitigated its shortages - the uk. retailer m&m said it has mitigated its shortages by - the uk. retailer m&m said it has| mitigated its shortages by getting from other markets. i mitigated its shortages by getting from other markets.— mitigated its shortages by getting from other markets. i think everyone at the moment _ from other markets. i think everyone at the moment will _ from other markets. i think everyone at the moment will be _ from other markets. i think everyone at the moment will be looking - from other markets. i think everyone at the moment will be looking at - at the moment will be looking at alternative sources for their fruit and veg and we have done it before and veg and we have done it before and there were some years ago where there was a letter storage and they were flying stuff over from the us. i think they will much prefer to fly things from closer from i think they will much prefer to fly things from closerfrom home i think they will much prefer to fly things from closer from home and supermarkets are adept i get these alternative sourcing so that's why buy and large we don't notice many cops on our shelves despite that there are all sorts of bad harvests tackling around the world that change and disrupt supply chains is just so happens that there is quite a big issue at the moment in one area that we get a lot of fruit at this time of year.— this time of year. finally, when will we see _ this time of year. finally, when will we see these _ this time of year. finally, when will we see these tomatoes - this time of year. finally, when| will we see these tomatoes and cucumbers back on our shelves in the amounts that we are used to? in
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cucumbers back on our shelves in the amounts that we are used to?- amounts that we are used to? in the amounts that we are used to? in the amount that we _ amounts that we are used to? in the amount that we are _ amounts that we are used to? in the amount that we are used _ amounts that we are used to? in the amount that we are used to - amounts that we are used to? in the amount that we are used to we - amounts that we are used to? in the amount that we are used to we are l amount that we are used to we are saying weeks, at the moment. i cannot give an exact figure, but it makes sense that there is just this bit of stutter as we start to move over to british produce, can't tell you exactly, hearing weeks but hopefully sooner, i guess we'll find out. ., ., hopefully sooner, i guess we'll find out. ., «s , ., hopefully sooner, i guess we'll find out. ., ~' , ., , hopefully sooner, i guess we'll find out. ., «s , . hopefully sooner, i guess we'll find out. ., ,, , . ., out. thank you very much indeed for that. here in the uk, the royal college of nursing has announced its pausing strike action in england. talks will start tomorrow with the government in the long running dispute over pay and conditions. thousands of nurses were set to walk out over the next few weeks in a major escalation of strike action in the nhs. let's hear what the rcn had to say a short time ago. very pleased to say that the government has agreed to enter into a period of intensive talks with the royal college of nursing and i am confident that we will be able to reach an agreement about a fair deal for our nursing staff. i'm joined now by our
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health editor hugh pym. many people are asking themselves now, why has it taken so long to get to the point where the government and the rcn are actually negotiating properly? is a and the rcn are actually negotiating --roerl ? ,., , ., and the rcn are actually negotiating n-roerl ? , ., . properly? is a bit of a mystery, this came _ properly? is a bit of a mystery, this came out _ properly? is a bit of a mystery, this came out of _ properly? is a bit of a mystery, this came out of the _ properly? is a bit of a mystery, this came out of the blue, - properly? is a bit of a mystery, this came out of the blue, an i this came out of the blue, an announcement that the government would enter but we would describe as intensive talks with the royal couege intensive talks with the royal college of nursing about pay and what was described as, aiming for a fair and reasonable settlement, applying to england. it took most people by surprise including nhs employers and seem to have only been initiated and a few hours before the announcement. we can only deduce that the royal college of nursing, we heard there from the general secretary, would not have entered into these talks if the key issue for them, which is pay for this financial year, for them, which is pay for this financialyear, is for them, which is pay for this financial year, is not on the table. but in now ministers have been only saying they would only talk about the next financial year which begins
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in april, the 4% already awarded as a pay increase to a whole range of health staff in the nhs, that will not be change, we can only assume that this is now back on the table. it takes a lot for a union leader to call off strikes. but that is what has done. they would have been disruptive next week, 48 hours of walk—outs by nurses and hospitals in england and actually pulling back on all of the emergency care that they had been covering before on strike days. that won't happen and that is quite a relief to patients and hospital managers. 50 quite a relief to patients and hospital managers.- quite a relief to patients and hospital managers. quite a relief to patients and hosital manaaers. . «s ., hospital managers. so what we know about what happens _ hospital managers. so what we know about what happens next _ hospital managers. so what we know about what happens next -- - hospital managers. so what we know about what happens next -- next - hospital managers. so what we know about what happens next -- next in| about what happens next —— next in negotiations is there timeline? thea;o negotiations is there timeline? they talk a . ain negotiations is there timeline? they talk again on — negotiations is there timeline? tie: talk again on wednesday negotiations is there timeline? tte: talk again on wednesday in negotiations is there timeline? ttez1: talk again on wednesday in the process has had to be intensive. i think it could take quite a while because nothing has really been discussed between unions and ministers about this financial year, how much the government is prepared to give and in wells, and offer that amounts to 7% for this financial
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year is being considered by some trade unions. —— wales. so will england go up to that level in scotland it was 7.5% and they have already agreed 6.5% next year and so unions will be much hoping to clear to that sort of figure but you have heard the uk government consistently referring to the need to bear down on inflation, not pay public—sector workers more than is affordable, how did that square that circle in more than that, what about other trade unions, ambulance workers representatives and other health staff represented by unions by unison. frustrating that they have not been included in this process. to resolve this dispute will take quite a lot more effort and dazed, certainly in terms of all unions representing nhs staff in england. thank you very much.
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the evidence being brought by prosecutors is not enough to hold them in detention continued detention before the brothers have been charged, judges have so far disagreed with that and have talked for example, about the level of psychological control they believe the tate brothers have over their victims, but today the court did decide that the two remaining women, associates of the tate brothers will be released from custody and held instead and house arrest. prosecutors are expected to appeal that decision but tate's lawyers will appear —— appeal there
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continued detention. sta? will appear -- appeal there continued detention. . , ., continued detention. stay with us on outside source _ continued detention. stay with us on outside source bye-bye _ continued detention. stay with us on outside source bye-bye for- continued detention. stay with us on outside source bye-bye for now. - good evening. it's been another very mild day across the uk. temperatures even under the cloud are around 12 degrees celsius, but we will all notice a change by the end of tomorrow. all feel colder as temperatures tumble back behind the rain. that'll bring the change and then after that goes through very little significant rain in the forecast till the end of the weekend at least. but this will give us some rain and with it sweeps out the way that atlantic south—westerly and we get to chillier north—westerly across our shores. ahead of it there's just enough instability for some showers through this evening pulling in across the channel into central and eastern parts of england. this is the heavy rain for northern ireland and western scotland. it is cold air digging in behind on that north—westerly. so there could be some snow on the tops of the mountains
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in scotland, northern england. but on balance, it looks largely frost—free tonight because of all the cloud, the breeze and that rain. but it will be a chillier day tomorrow for many of us as this rain band just takes a time to clear and it's mild airfrom east anglia and the southeast. but for most of us we're into that north—westerly, which means that the showers over the hills could fall as sleet and snow. even some of the hills across northern ireland and northern england, parts of wales and the south—west. although you can see for east anglia, the southeast there's a lot of cloud and it takes into the afternoon for that to clear away and for the skies to brighten. but for many parts, more sunshine tomorrow, despite the fact that temperatures won't be as high. they're at 8 to 10 degrees celsius, which isjust a smidgen above average for the time of year. and then as we go through the night, we've got the potential of these showers turning wintry over the south wales mountains into the moors as well, and then we get a frost setting in. so where we've had the showers it could be a little bit slippery first thing on thursday morning with some ice around. so thursday, as i say, we still got that band of showers around in southern areas. we've got a potential weather front
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coming back into scotland, northern ireland, so cloudier, if you like, than wednesday, but more sunshine instead for much of england and wales and temperatures still around about the seasonal average. once that dips out of the way, as a hinted earlier, high pressure builds again. there are very few weather fronts on the scene across the united kingdom through the weekend. so even towards the end of february, into the beginning of next week, that high pressure still keeping things largely fine and settled. very little rain to end the month, as you can see. as ever, there's plenty more on the website.
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hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. two presidents and two versions of history. the russian and american leaders clash over the conflict in ukraine. to defend our historical lands and liquidate the threat of the neo—nazi regime, we launch a special operation. regime, we launch a special operation-— regime, we launch a special oeration. ~ , operation. we will see with the eo - le operation. we will see with the --eole of operation. we will see with the people of poland _ operation. we will see with the people of poland and _ operation. we will see with the people of poland and the - operation. we will see with the | people of poland and the people operation. we will see with the - people of poland and the people who europe _ people of poland and the people who europe saw for decades. appetites of the autocrat that will not be appeased. it comes as russia suspends participation in its last remaining arms control deal with washington. also in the programme. more distruction and grief on the streets of turkey,
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as the country is hit by another earthquake. and it's empty desk friday, the world's biggest trial of a four day working week — where you do fewer hours — for the same pay rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in turkey after another earthquake hit the country, killing at least six people. a 6 point 4 magnitude tremor struck near the city of antakya near the border with syria, where massive quakes devastated both countries earlier this month. this was the moment it happened. dashcam footage caught the moment it hit hatay city, plunging the area into darkness as the tremor rocked the vehicle. these people described what it was like.
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i was iwas in i was in front of the building. the road move like a wave. the building was moving, the cars are going left or right for some before the first earthquake in this one was even worse. s it was really scary. i've never experienced such a strong earthquake. i came here as a volunteer to help earthquake victims and it made me understand the mental state because it was really scary moment. buildings which had already been weakened collapsed in both turkey and syria, leaving more people homeless. the health ministry said 294 people have been injured — 18 of them seriously. in the city of adana, the latest earthquake drove people to a volleyball centre that had been converted into a rescue centre following the first earthquake. the authorities have told the bbc they believe as many as 600 people may have arrived overnight — seeking a sturdy, ground—level building in which to take shelter. anna foster gave us
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the latest from there. they come here, they spent the night here, many people with their children and some people about the pets here and people don't now know where to go and these buildings of the thumper may be safe when they feel that these repeated earthquakes are very concerning to them that they are not saved in their own homes. they are not safe in their own homes. here's what one family at that volleyball centre told the bbc about their situation. i'm concerned for our future. i'm afraid _ i'm concerned for our future. i'm afraid for— i'm concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our— i'm concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our children. i do not want _ afraid for our children. i do not want them _ afraid for our children. i do not want them to be orphans. mentally, i am upside _ want them to be orphans. mentally, i am upside down. i hope good things will happen. we are in a miserable situation _ will happen. we are in a miserable situation and we have so little resources _ situation and we have so little resources with us. the mayor of adana visited, and explained what they were doing to help those effected. people feel this place up and thousands on the streets again. it is ourjob thousands on the streets again. it is our job to thousands on the streets again. it is ourjob to provide them with blankets and food.
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tom colley from the uk aid organisation, helpage international, is in the city of gaziantep and felt the tremors yesterday, hejoins us now. yes, around eight o'clock last night, there was a moderate kind of trimmers here and it wasn't that bad as the one in micro oneness report was saying. but i must immediately, people were very worried in emptied their buildings in their houses and went on to the streets and there were many people around their cars and families and some people seeking open spaces such as public parks and obviously buildings around that might fall, you can tell there was a great deal of fear influenced by the terrible events a few weeks ago. find terrible events a few weeks ago. and how much damages in the area and how
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much fear is that there are buildings that have been left by the last earthquake that is susceptible to any more trimmers like the one we saw? ., . , to any more trimmers like the one we saw? ., ., , , ., saw? unfortunately, i believe that the city l'm _ saw? unfortunately, i believe that the city lm in _ saw? unfortunately, i believe that the city i'm in right _ saw? unfortunately, i believe that the city i'm in right now— saw? unfortunately, i believe that the city i'm in right now was - saw? unfortunately, i believe that the city i'm in right now was not i saw? unfortunately, i believe that| the city i'm in right now was not so badly affected by yesterday's earthquake but still, there's a great deal of fear around and i've been speaking to my colleagues for a partner organisation inside of syria and they have hospitals and areas adjacent to the turkish border and there is saying that they had to evacuate one of their hospitals due to structural damage to the hospital and there's been a number of cases of broken legs and broken backs where people have flung themselves out of the second or third story building window in an attempt to get out of the building that they
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thought it was going to collapse and there's a great deal as your reports that of damage, and the southern areas of hatay and inside noncontrolled government areas of syria. so, this is a really terrible, kind of extra thing that people have to deal with, unfortunately.— people have to deal with, unfortunately. people have to deal with, unfortunatel . , ., ., unfortunately. tell us more about what's happening _ unfortunately. tell us more about what's happening with _ unfortunately. tell us more about what's happening with you - unfortunately. tell us more about. what's happening with you because you are there is an aid worker and how is the ap your consists to make giving people getting to them. is giving people getting to them. t3 very unfortunate the moment. it's very unfortunate the moment. it's very pit of problems and reaching people on the ground because of damaged infrastructure because there are people trying to find the safest place they can to survive, essentially and there's a shortage of many different things, such as medication and tense, and there's so
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many people in need and there's so many people in need and there's so many supplies that you can buy and that you can give out to people and it's really compounded by this yesterday. it's really compounded by this yesterday-— it's really compounded by this esterda . s , ., , yesterday. and the people impacted are very young _ yesterday. and the people impacted are very young and _ yesterday. and the people impacted are very young and also _ yesterday. and the people impacted are very young and also find - yesterday. and the people impacted are very young and also find it - yesterday. and the people impacted are very young and also find it more j are very young and also find it more difficult to get to places and to get to areas where they can get help and aid. in get to areas where they can get help and aid. , ., ., ., and aid. in my organisation specialises _ and aid. in my organisation specialises in _ and aid. in my organisation specialises in getting - and aid. in my organisation specialises in getting older| and aid. in my organisation - specialises in getting older people, people of the age of 60 and it's a terrible thing because they have run 50% of people around some sort of disabilities of their ability to lead and might be damaged may be less and often, or the people, they have extra nutritional needs and often have diseases such as diabetes
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and hypertension which need specialised medication which they do not get and damage their health and this is some people have to worry about in the supply issues and problems with the humanitarian aid effort, everyone is trying the best but sometimes, their external forces make things extra difficult for us, unfortunately. well, let's get back to the war in ukraine, that's having an impact not only there, but also on its neighbours. many people in poland see the conflict being foughtjust across the border as a real threat to their own security, as our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. racing across eastern poland towards nato's latest line of defence. these are german troops, sent to stop the war in ukraine from spilling across the border.
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we were given access to their camp to see these patriot air defence systems now planted on polish farmland. the landscape of eastern europe is being transformed by a war that seemed unimaginablejust a year ago. and how effective are they? about 90%? so we are not the aggressors, we are just defending our own territory, our nato territory. the commander tells me all this is a message to moscow to keep its missiles out of nato airspace. and can you definitely shoot those down, can you definitely take them out? yeah, i'm convinced we can do it, as soon as it crosses the border, doesn't matter if it is a helicopter, an aeroplane or a missile, we are allowed to engage this target. the ukrainian border isjust about 35 kilometres in that direction, the way that those missiles are pointing, and the german forces who operate them have told us that
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if there was a russian jet or a russian missile that crossed that border, then they would have under two minutes to react. the patriots were brought in after two farmers were killed not farfrom here. that time, it seems a ukrainian air defence missile misfired, but it shook people in these borderlands. adam tells me villagers worry the war that's so close to them will cross the border. they discuss that a lot here. it's why poland has pushed its allies to arm ukraine better for the fight, including with leopard ii battle tanks. we saw ukrainian soldiers training on them here before they're sent to the front line. like all western weapons, the route in is through poland. it's why there's talk of a power shift now in europe to the east. and poland aims to back that up with force. weekend soldiers, like sylwia,
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are part of a drive to boost interest in the military, and create the biggest land army in europe. people here say the threat from russia seems more immediate, more real, though sylwia herself isn't rushing to enlist. the war is since one year with ukraine. i need to feel more safety, so that's why i do this training. i will be very happy if i never use it, but i would like to have these skills. the war russia is waging on its neighbour is changing poland, too, right on the front line of the west's response. sarah rainsford, bbc news, in eastern poland. stay with us on outside source — still to come. would you like a four—day
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week on full pay? a study fouinds it has extensive benefits, particularly for employees' well—being a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from the poorest families. that's despite most of the schools changing their admission policies in the last few years. here's bra nwen jeffreys. not a typical grammar school, the pupils chosen through an academic test come from a wider range of backgrounds and a quarter of pupils are from families with very low incomes. because here, places and set aside for girls where free school meals. i sat down with some of these pupils for a chat and he told me that they were encouraged to
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be ambitious. i told me that they were encouraged to be ambitious-— be ambitious. i didn't know how inclusive it _ be ambitious. i didn't know how inclusive it was _ be ambitious. i didn't know how inclusive it was compared - be ambitious. i didn't know how inclusive it was compared to - be ambitious. i didn't know how i inclusive it was compared to other grammar schools a big it's important that we have this kind of environment here. ~ , , environment here. when my friends, moments of — environment here. when my friends, moments of your— environment here. when my friends, moments of your lawyer _ environment here. when my friends, moments of your lawyer the - environment here. when my friends, moments of your lawyer the other i moments of your lawyer the other wants— moments of your lawyer the other wants to _ moments of your lawyer the other wants to be something else and they push you _ wants to be something else and they push you to — wants to be something else and they push you to be the best you can be and that's— push you to be the best you can be and that's why i find really grateful at the at this. you can be pushed _ grateful at the at this. you can be pushed to— grateful at the at this. you can be pushed to your limits. this grammar school was changed _ pushed to your limits. this grammar school was changed and _ pushed to your limits. this grammar school was changed and others - pushed to your limits. this grammar school was changed and others are l school was changed and others are trying and they are aware they look more like private schools for the wealthy and some had teachers of tore me better off parents resist change. grammar school places of brown by i9% since 2010, change. grammar school places of brown by 19% since 2010, twice as fast as the number of pupils overall. 60 to have a quota for poor pupils, a big increase when we last looked. almost as many give high priority in another way. a quarter of fewer than 5% of pupils from poor families and almost all of the secondary schools of many more. grammar schools offer a good
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experience for those who get in. but those researches have shown that the widening inequality and whether they take the test or not, pupils who go to nearby schools to less well than similar children in areas where grammar schools do not exist. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? president biden says us will back ukraine as long as it takes, while russia's president putin blamed the west for the conflict. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead — two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. brazil's president has travelled to the state of sao paulo — to visit areas affected by flooding and landslides that have left dozens dead. search and rescue efforts are continuing with people still thought to be trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. here's tim allman.
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seeing for himself the terrible damage nature can cause. president lula da silva aboard a military helicopter flying above some of the towns and villages almost swept away by the mudslides. but even in the darkest of moments, he believes there is hope. translation: if each | one of us works alone, we do less work. that's why we need to stick together, that's why we need to share the good things and the bad things because together we'll be much stronger and we'll recover quickly. when you see some of the damage, you may have your doubts. the hillsides around here are scarred. many of the homes, buried. some begin the desperate task of trying to clean up. others don't have that luxury, their property destroyed, their lives now on hold. translation: it was like a horror movie. | we saw our house swept away, and my nephew's house. i'm sure they were sleeping,
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all three of them, and up to now, we have no news. at this airbase, some of those rescued from the mudslides are brought to safety, but this has also become a destination for those who didn't survive. there are hopes that people buried under the muck and the rubble may still be rescued, but more rain is expected in the coming days. this is a crisis that is seemingly far from over. tim allman, bbc news. now — how would you like to work fewer days — for exactly the same pay? well, nearly three thousand workers across the uk have been doing that — as part of what's thought to be the world's biggest trial of a four—day week. our business correspondent, emma simpson has the story. you're through to citizens' advice. they're at the sharp end of the cost—of—living crisis. i mean, that money is in your account with the supplier. they've never been busier,
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but they're also doing something radical. this 200—strong team in gateshead are getting full pay and an extra day off a week. i just feel like a completely different person. to be honest, ifeel like i've got more time on a weekend because i've got that day through the week. bethany�*s a team manager on her day off. after the pandemic, she was up for trying something new. hello. hello, otis. we'd been through so much change and werejust adapted to it, i was like, "well, i'm sure we'll be able to manage it." and i did feel like i'd won the lottery. so did faye. she bakes cakes with her free time. i found that just having that one extra day off per week gives me so much more time to recover and recuperate after having such an emotionally draining and demanding job. it would take a lot for me to look for a job elsewhere now.
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they're not the only ones feeling the benefit. out of the 61 firms that took part in the trial 39% of employees surveyed said they were less stressed. there was a 65% reduction in sick days, and companies who provided data said revenues stayed broadly the same. uk workers do some of the longest hours in europe. the results of this trial suggest that doing fewer hours can be more productive. it hasn't been easy, though, for the firms involved. this four—day week is still a long way before becoming mainstream. here, they're sticking with the trial for now. the boss needs to make sure the benefits do outweigh the costs. we really want it to be a success. of course we do. but it has to stack up for the business. we are a charity at the end of the day, so all of the things that we want around increased flexibility to be able to have
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extended opening hours, improvements in customer service, they need to be there as well. and they are in the majority of the places where we have piloted this in our business, but they're not everywhere yet, we've been wedded to the traditional five day week for so long. time for a change? this trial suggests there's another way of working for those able and willing to take the plunge. emma simpson, bbc news, gateshead. for more on that, we are joined now byjon boys from the chartered institute of personnel and development. what you think of a four—day week with? do you think he will work events brought out for more companies are businesses of this work for a certain type of company and not for another?— work for a certain type of company and not for another? good question. wh the and not for another? good question. why the big — and not for another? good question. why the big drawbacks _ and not for another? good question. why the big drawbacks is _ and not for another? good question. why the big drawbacks is resistant i why the big drawbacks is resistant just didn't really have much evidence. in that gap has been filled with these very large—scale trials what they've done which is very clever, i think as used a very broad range of businesses and
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they've done brewery, fish and chips, citizens advice, and anything thatis chips, citizens advice, and anything that is an attempt to take on these arguments that may not work in every sector. having the trials and the results goes some way towards this idea that could be a lot wider than we could've thought pretrial. what makes reading some of the steps, 65% reduction in the number of sick days, that is an astounding number because sick of to be by company. because money.— because sick of to be by company. because money. because sick of to be by company. because mone . s , , ., ., ., because money. absolutely and one of the main sticking _ because money. absolutely and one of the main sticking points _ because money. absolutely and one of the main sticking points is _ because money. absolutely and one of the main sticking points is that - the main sticking points is that you've lost the day of work and you need to make that up somehow. so you need to make that up somehow. so you need to make that up somehow. so you need to be more productive and more efficient in the days the days that you're in. to be about 25 increasing the efficiency so that you can produce the same amount same quality of goods and services and certainly, this suggests that this is where
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businesses are sceptical and even some of the organisers of the trade considered to date that we don't have a firm handle on exactly what has happened to productivity but does seem that some of these other metrics may not be the hard business metrics may not be the hard business metrics but around things like well—being and how employees feel, certainly perception of their productivity seems to be up and so, be assured that the evidence base but there are still questions that need answering.— but there are still questions that need answering. looking at the end ofthe need answering. looking at the end of the experiments, _ need answering. looking at the end of the experiments, they _ need answering. looking at the end of the experiments, they take - of the experiments, they take probably the same during the six—month trial, divvied up in the front of companies and they need to go back from doing this? you front of companies and they need to go back from doing this?— go back from doing this? you have two things. — go back from doing this? you have two things, first, _ go back from doing this? you have two things, first, we _ go back from doing this? you have two things, first, we have - two things, first, we have organisations that are self—selected and stood trials because they think they can. they think it's something they can. they think it's something they can. they think it's something they can pull off and then the only companies that gave over the financial data, not all of them did, maybe that was towards the more
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positive effect and i think the businesses will probably be interested in a much harder data if they're going to be convinced they know it, there was trial, there is experimentation and i think the pandemic is taught us with home working that sometimes, just doing something new can lead to new results and the great thing about a trial, the beauty of the child is if it doesn't work, you just do not do it. we should not overstate the risks. , ., , ., it. we should not overstate the risks. , . , ., ., it. we should not overstate the risks. , . y., ., ,., risks. given what you said, do you think a four _ risks. given what you said, do you think a four day _ risks. given what you said, do you think a four day week _ risks. given what you said, do you think a four day week is _ risks. given what you said, do you | think a four day week is something that would end up being something we would take on in this country. do you think we work too hard in the uk? ~ you think we work too hard in the uk? . ., _, you think we work too hard in the uk? . ,, ,,, you think we work too hard in the uk? ,, ,,, ,., uk? we asked businesses this, and some thought _ uk? we asked businesses this, and some thought there _ uk? we asked businesses this, and some thought there should - uk? we asked businesses this, and some thought there should be - uk? we asked businesses this, and some thought there should be a - some thought there should be a four—day week with in the next ten years. i think the for advocates
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there was one for everyone, four daysis there was one for everyone, four days is the next step. i think it's a little bit further away from the advocates might say. if you look at the detail of these trials, david is the detail of these trials, david is the average from 38 to 34 and so, 34 is still probably more like four and a half days a week with the release thatis, a half days a week with the release that is, they've managed to shave off half a day of the week but no one thought they would do it all in one thought they would do it all in one go from five to four and a thing going in that direction and the pandemic is really made people think about work and how much they want to work and perhaps, we are a bit working in between tensely. so good to talk to you — working in between tensely. so good to talk to you in _ working in between tensely. so good to talk to you in taking _ working in between tensely. so good to talk to you in taking the _ to talk to you in taking the time you're busy working day to talk to us. let'sjust remind you of our top story, us presidentjoe biden has stressed the us and other allies' support for ukraine will not waver, in a defiant speech delivered in the run— up to the first
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anniversary of russia's full— scale invasion. he told a cheering crowd in warsaw that, as he put it, president putin's lust for power and land would fail, painting the struggle as a generational one for freedom. kyiv stands strong! kyiv stands proud! it stands tall! and most important — it stands free. when russia invaded it was notjust being ukraine tested. the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies are being tested. our support for ukraine will not waver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. president putin's craven lust for land and power will fail, and the ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail. democracies of the world will stands guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever.
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earlier president putin delivered a fiercely anti— western, nationalistic state of the union address to the russian parliament. he blamed the west for the year— long conflict, accusing it of trying to make ukraine into an �*anti— russia', and saying the existence of his nation was at stake. mr putin also announced moscow was suspending participation in a key arms control treaty with the us. we are not going to do it for us but if the united states conducts such affairs, we will conduct ones of our own too. we should not be delusional about the impossibilities to destroy this strategic parenting. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbcmaryam.
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for now, more coming up in a few minutes and stay with us on the bbc. good evening. it's been another very mild day across the uk. temperatures even under the cloud are around 12 degrees celsius, but we will all notice a change by the end of tomorrow. all feel colder as temperatures tumble back behind the rain. that'll bring the change and then after that goes through very little significant rain in the forecast till the end of the weekend at least. but this will give us some rain and with it sweeps out the way that atlantic south—westerly and we get to chillier north—westerly across our shores. ahead of it there's just enough instability for some showers through this evening pulling in across the channel into central and eastern parts of england. this is the heavy rain for northern ireland and western scotland. it is cold air digging in behind on that north—westerly.
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so there could be some snow on the tops of the mountains in scotland, northern england. but on balance, it looks largely frost—free tonight because of all the cloud, the breeze and that rain. but it will be a chillier day tomorrow for many of us as this rain band just takes a time to clear and it's mild airfrom east anglia and the southeast. but for most of us we're into that north—westerly, which means that the showers over the hills could fall as sleet and snow. even some of the hills across northern ireland and northern england, parts of wales and the south—west. although you can see for east anglia, the southeast there's a lot of cloud and it takes into the afternoon for that to clear away and for the skies to brighten. but for many parts, more sunshine tomorrow, despite the fact that temperatures won't be as high. they're at 8 to 10 degrees celsius, which isjust a smidgen above average for the time of year. and then as we go through the night, we've got the potential of these
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showers turning wintry over the south wales mountains into the moors as well, and then we get a frost setting in. so where we've had the showers it could be a little bit slippery first thing on thursday morning with some ice around. so thursday, as i say, we still got that band of showers around in southern areas. we've got a potential weather front coming back into scotland, northern ireland, so cloudier, if you like, than wednesday, but more sunshine instead for much of england and wales and temperatures still around about the seasonal average. once that dips out of the way, as a hinted earlier, high pressure builds again. there are very few weather fronts on the scene across the united kingdom through the weekend. so even towards the end of february, into the beginning of next week, that high pressure still keeping things largely fine and settled. very little rain to end the month, as you can see. as ever, there's plenty more on the website.
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hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. two presidents and two versions of history. the russian and american leaders clash over the conflict in ukraine. translation: to defend our historical lands - and liquidate the threat of the neo—nazi regime, we launched a special operation. we're seeing again today that the people of poland what the people of poland and the people across europe saw for decades — appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. it comes as russia suspends
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participation in its last remaining arms control deal with washington. also in the programme: more destruction and grief on the streets of turkey as the country is hit by another earthquake. and nurses in england have called off next week's 48—hour strike, and said they will re—start talks with the government over pay. we begin in poland, where us presidentjoe biden has stressed the us and other allies' support for ukraine will not waver, in a defiant speech delivered in the run—up to the first anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. he told a cheering crowd in warsaw that, as he put it, president putin's lust for power and land would fail, painting the struggle as a generational one for freedom. it comes hours after russia's vladimir putin announced moscow was suspending participation in a key arms control treaty with the us during an address to russia's parliament. we'll have more on that shortly, but let's hear now from mr biden. kyiv stands strong!
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kyiv stands proud! cheering it stands tall! and most important — it stands free. when russia invaded, it was notjust being ukraine tested. when russia invaded, it wasn'tjust being ukraine tested. the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies are being tested. our support for ukraine will not waver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. president putin's craven lust for land and power will fail, and the ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail. democracies of the world will stands guard over freedom today, democracies of the world will stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever. let's look at some of the other key themes of mr biden's speech. the us president said nato was �*more united than ever�* as a result
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of russia�*s invasion, and that "democracy was too strong for putin". he praised ukraine�*s resistance — saying "from kherson to kharkiv, ukrainian fighters have reclaimed their land". and said "the west was not plotting to attack russia, as putin said today." before the speech, mr biden met president duda of poland and other central european allies. it comes a day after the us president�*s surprise visit to kyiv, where he met ukrainian counterpart, volodymyr zelensky, and promised the us would back ukraine for "as long as it takes". here�*s what the polish president andrzej duda had to say about the visit. translation: thank you for yesterday's visit, - because it was an important sign for everybody — a sign that the free world does not forget, that the free world and the greatest leader. _ the president of the united states, is with them. mr president, i know very well how courageous that was, and for that, i thank you very much.
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our correspondent jenny hill is in warsaw. there was a widespread acknowledgement that president biden�*s visit to kyiv was a historic moment, but today has been extraordinary. two presidents delivering their different versions of the war, of indeed, their worlds. they knew that their words would both be analysed all over the world, they knew that each other would have a very good listen to what they�*d both say. but both of them were also speaking to a domestic audience. president putin knows the war isn�*t going the way he thought, a lot of young men are losing his life �*s —— their lives. you have president biden, who knows he needs to keep the support of the voters back home who support may well start to dwindle. it�*s a concern for other western allies of ukraine. but the speech was also aimed with poland of mind. it was designed to be a
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rousing speech. many people interpret president biden�*s presents as recognition of the fact that the centre of gravity is starting to switch towards the east and that poland is increasingly important to as a strategic ally —— president biden�*s presence. the speech was given in a romantic, beautiful, historic surrounding of warsaw because mac royal castle. it was a bit of a rousing call to arms. president biden repeated what he said before, that vladimir putin sent those tanks in thinking that ukraine would roll over. vladimir putin calculated the west will be divided but it wasn�*t. this was sending a message to those other allies of ukraine, whose populations
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may be starting to wonder how much longer their economies will be paying for this war. really wanting to put some enthusiasm into those western allies at the same time with a big dollop of reassurance, the us is going to stand behind them for as long as it takes. but what�*s really interesting is for all the big words interesting is for all the big words in the grand gestures, we didn�*t hear very much in terms of details. poland was pretty keen it wants the us to send fighterjets to ukraine. it wants longer security assurances for ukraine, it wants more us soldiers stationed on polish soil. we didn�*t hear any of that today, no conversation about that. that may come out tomorrow when president biden meets the so—called bucharest nine. the countries have been saying
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they�*re worried about the threat on their doorstep and for whom were largely ignored. but of course, they were proven right. so, the us president calling on more support for ukraine. let�*s look at the military aid provided so far. the us has committed just under $30 billion since russia�*s invasion a year ago, and in kyiv on monday mr biden promised another $500 million. the european union has sent $3.85 billion in non—lethal and lethal arms. and the uk has provided $2.77 billion, and is pledging to match that figure again this year. ukraine�*s allies have been gradually supplying heavier weaponry to ukraine — including tanks from the us, uk and germany. here�*s deputy foreign minister of poland, paweljablonski on what�*s of poland, paweljablonski, on what�*s needed going forward. we believe that every option should be on the table. ukraine is under attack — every type of weapon ukraine is provided is used for defence,
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so every weapon is justified, everything that will help ukraine win this war. we believe that there should be no exclusion because this is morally and strategically sensible to provide everything that is needed and when it comes talks about jets, talks about munitions, more tanks, more howitzers. as we�*ve heard, a few hours before president biden�*s speech, we heard from russian president vladimir putin — in his state of the union address, delayed from december. speaking in moscow, he made a lengthy speech, blaming the west for provoking the war and escalating it. he also announced he�*s suspending russian participation in the last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. translation: we're not going to do it first, - but if the united states conduct. such a test, we'll conduct our own, so we shouldn't be delusional about the impossibility to destroy the strategic parity. _
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the deal that mr putin has suspended is called the new start treaty. it was signed in 2010 by two then presidents, barack obama and dmitry medvedev. the treaty was designed to prevent nuclear war. it limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads that both sides can deploy and gives each country the power to inspect the other. between them, the us and russia account for almost all of the world�*s nuclear weapons. here�*s analysis from our bbc russia editor in moscow. not only do we see no compromise, but we saw escalation with vladimir putin suspending russia�*s participation in this last remaining key nuclear arms control treaty between russia and america. and one more point to make — i only watched vladimir putin on television today because journalist from so—called "unfriendly countries", today because journalists from so—called "unfriendly countries", in russia�*s view were not invited to the state of the nation address today. mr putin�*s speech also
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covered some familiar themes. he accused the west of seeking to destroy moscow, and of provoking and escalating the war. he also portrayed ukraine as being home to "neo—nazis". translation: a year ago in order i to defend our historical lands, i translation: a year ago, in order i to defend our historical lands, i to liquidate the threats that came from the neo—nazi regime, - we decided to conduct - a special military operation, and step—by—step, we carefully, consistently will settle - the task we are facing. the main message was threatening his close circle as... peter pomerantsev, who is from johns hopkins university, and also the author of several books analysing putin�*s russia. ina in a dictatorship like russia, especially in the system that vladimir— especially in the system that vladimir putin's created, propaganda
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is often _ vladimir putin's created, propaganda is often about communicating very, very discreet messages, which the audience _ very discreet messages, which the audience understand, which might not be understandable to people in other countries _ be understandable to people in other countries. his speech wasn't about inspiring _ countries. his speech wasn't about inspiring the nation. he's been churning — inspiring the nation. he's been churning out these tropes for a year now _ churning out these tropes for a year now he _ churning out these tropes for a year now he was— churning out these tropes for a year now. he was completely unexpired. what _ now. he was completely unexpired. what mattered in the speech were a series— what mattered in the speech were a series of— what mattered in the speech were a series of threats. a russian leader, as he _ series of threats. a russian leader, as he did _ series of threats. a russian leader, as he did today, says there will be no witchhunts, everybody in the room understands _ no witchhunts, everybody in the room understands there will be. when the leader of— understands there will be. when the leader of a _ understands there will be. when the leader of a dictatorship says it's fine to— leader of a dictatorship says it's fine to have your business of law, which _ fine to have your business of law, which is _ fine to have your business of law, which is what putin said today, he's basically— which is what putin said today, he's basically saying you dare have any contact _ basically saying you dare have any contact in — basically saying you dare have any contact in the west and will not come and — contact in the west and will not come and hunt you. series of threats to the _ come and hunt you. series of threats to the people in the rooms —— and well— to the people in the rooms —— and we'll come and hunt you. you have to listen _ we'll come and hunt you. you have to listen and _ we'll come and hunt you. you have to listen and smile and barren granite. -- grin— listen and smile and barren granite. -- grin and —
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listen and smile and barren granite. —— grin and bear it. everybody in the room — —— grin and bear it. everybody in the room understood and everyone get help from _ the room understood and everyone get help from the facial expressions. in help from the facial expressions. [ti li-ht of help from the facial expressions. t�*t light of what you've just said, i light of what you�*ve just said, i wanted to ask you this next. it�*s about money. why is it that his inner circle and those around them are putting up with this, and half for the last year? it�*s are putting up with this, and half for the last year?— are putting up with this, and half for the last year? it's much more aboutjust money. _ for the last year? it's much more aboutjust money. security, - about just money. security, well— being, aboutjust money. security, well—being, safety aboutjust money. security, well— being, safety of you and your family _ well— being, safety of you and your family it's— well— being, safety of you and your family. it's much more thanjust money — family. it's much more thanjust money if— family. it's much more thanjust money. if your survival, which is often _ money. if your survival, which is often tied — money. if your survival, which is often tied to economic well—being. the risk— often tied to economic well—being. the risk of— often tied to economic well—being. the risk of breaking with putin is still bigger than the risk of sticking _ still bigger than the risk of sticking with him. we know that there _ sticking with him. we know that there are — sticking with him. we know that there are plenty people who do share his glorious, sadistic visions of being — his glorious, sadistic visions of being at— his glorious, sadistic visions of being at war forever with the west. 20 people — being at war forever with the west. 20 people were kleptocrats and they
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weren't _ 20 people were kleptocrats and they weren't particularly enthused. they weren't particularly enthused. they were planning a very different russia — were planning a very different russia and they had to really orientate their plans quite radically. what he's offering is i suppose — radically. what he's offering is i suppose a — radically. what he's offering is i suppose a new kind of war economy. he's hinting — suppose a new kind of war economy. he's hinting at new partnerships that russia will have with unnamed new friends across the world. "we've lost the _ new friends across the world. "we've lost the west, but will have... " he doesn't _ lost the west, but will have... " he doesn't really specify. he was talking — doesn't really specify. he was talking to the people, basically saying. — talking to the people, basically saying, "you will have some conquest," he said the biggest game they've _ conquest," he said the biggest game they've had it is this new sale of grain, _ they've had it is this new sale of grain, stolen from ukraine. massive war crime — grain, stolen from ukraine. massive war crime. he says there is
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something they can get out of it, but "don't — something they can get out of it, but "don't you dare step out of line" — but "don't you dare step out of line." ~ ., but "don't you dare step out of line.�* ~ ., ., i. , but "don't you dare step out of line.�* ~ ., ., , but "don't you dare step out of line."~ ., ., , . ., �*, line." what do you put it? what's auoin to line." what do you put it? what's going to happen _ line." what do you put it? what's going to happen next? _ line." what do you put it? what's going to happen next? so - line." what do you put it? what's going to happen next? so much l going to happen next? so much de-ends going to happen next? so much depends on _ going to happen next? so much depends on us. _ going to happen next? so much depends on us. this _ going to happen next? so much depends on us. this is - going to happen next? so much depends on us. this is not - going to happen next? so much - depends on us. this is not something that is, _ depends on us. this is not something that is, no— depends on us. this is not something that is, no manifest destiny. if we and joe _ that is, no manifest destiny. if we and joe biden's speech was excellent, i thought, and joe biden's speech was excellent, ithought, if and joe biden's speech was excellent, i thought, if we carry on and increase — excellent, i thought, if we carry on and increase our support on the battlefield firstly. but also, we're not doing — battlefield firstly. but also, we're not doing enough, really tightening screws _ not doing enough, really tightening screws on _ not doing enough, really tightening screws on sanctions and the diplomatic pressure, and then communicate to the russian people that we _ communicate to the russian people that we will not break, putin is leading — that we will not break, putin is leading them into a cul—de—sac. there _ leading them into a cul—de—sac. there is— leading them into a cul—de—sac. there is no— leading them into a cul—de—sac. there is no war economy he can take them _ there is no war economy he can take them to _ there is no war economy he can take them to if— there is no war economy he can take them to. if we communicate that, if we force _ them to. if we communicate that, if we force that perception through, which _ we force that perception through, which we — we force that perception through, which we are not even attempting at the moment, then the political
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calculation among the various stakeholders will start to change, and then— stakeholders will start to change, and then maybe they will start to see more — and then maybe they will start to see more of a risk to stick with him to break— see more of a risk to stick with him to break with him. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the royal college of nursing in england says it is starting talks with the government over the long running pay dispute. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this has had its fair share of bullets, a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos�*s sanctuary, malacanang. the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world�*s first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of the best film was la la land.
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the only trouble was it wasn�*t. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locus been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope very soon for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will in his own words be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... president biden says the us will back ukraine as long as it takes, while russia�*s president putin blames the west for the conflict. here in the uk, the royal college of nursing has announced its pausing strike action in england. announced it�*s pausing strike action in england. talks will start tomorrow
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with the government in the long long—running dispute over pay and conditions. thousands of nurses were set to walk out over the next few weeks in a major escalation of strike action in the nhs. let�*s hear what the rcn had to say a short time ago. very pleased to say that the government has agreed to enter into a period of intensive talks with the royal college of nursing and i am confident that we will be able to reach an agreement about a fair deal for our nursing staff. for the latest, our health editor, hugh pym, on why it�*s taken so long for the government and the rcn to start negotiating. it took most people by surprise, including — it took most people by surprise, including nhs employers, and seemed to have _ including nhs employers, and seemed to have only been initiated in a few hours _ to have only been initiated in a few hours before the announcement. we can only— hours before the announcement. we can only deduce that the royal college — can only deduce that the royal college of nursing, we heard from pat colin. — college of nursing, we heard from pat colin, would not have entered into these — pat colin, would not have entered into these talks if the key issue for them, —
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into these talks if the key issue forthem, pay into these talks if the key issue for them, pay for this financial year. — for them, pay for this financial year. is — for them, pay for this financial year. is not _ for them, pay for this financial year, is not on the table. ministers have _ year, is not on the table. ministers have been— year, is not on the table. ministers have been saying they would only talk about the next financial year in april — talk about the next financial year in april. the 4% already awarded as an increase — in april. the 4% already awarded as an increase to a whole range of health — an increase to a whole range of health staff. you that will not be changed — health staff. you that will not be changed. we can only assume that this is— changed. we can only assume that this is now— changed. we can only assume that this is now back on the table, and it takes— this is now back on the table, and it takes a — this is now back on the table, and it takes a lot for union leaders to call off— it takes a lot for union leaders to call off strikes. that is what pat colin _ call off strikes. that is what pat colin has — call off strikes. that is what pat colin has done. they would have been pretty— colin has done. they would have been pretty disruptive. —— pat cullen. pulling — pretty disruptive. —— pat cullen. pulling back on the care before on strike _ pulling back on the care before on strike days. that's quite a relief to patients and hospital managers. rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in turkey after another earthquake hit the country, killing at least six people. a 6.4 magnitude tremor struck near the city of antakya near the border with syria, where massive quakes devastated both countries earlier this month.
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this was the moment it happened. dashcam footage caught the moment it hit hatay city, plunging the area into darkness as the tremor rocked the vehicle. these people described what it was like. translation: element i was in front of the building. element i was in front of the buildinu. , ., , ., building. the building was moving, the cars were _ building. the building was moving, the cars were going _ building. the building was moving, the cars were going from _ building. the building was moving, the cars were going from left - building. the building was moving, the cars were going from left to . the cars were going from left to right. we felt the first earthquake. this one was even worst. translation: it was really scary. i�*ve never it was really scary. i've never experienced such a strong earthquake. i came to hatay as a volunteer— earthquake. i came to hatay as a volunteer to help victims. it may be understand — volunteer to help victims. it may be understand their mental state because — understand their mental state because it was really scary. buildings which had already been weakened collapsed in both turkey and syria, leaving more people homeless. the health ministry said 294 people have been injured — 18 of them seriously.
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in the city of adana, the latest earthquake drove people to a volleyball centre that had been converted into a rescue centre following the first earthquake. the authorities have told the bbc they believe as many as 600 people may have arrived overnight, seeking a sturdy, ground—level building in which to take shelter. anna foster gave us the latest from there. they�*ve come here, they�*ve spent the night here, many people with their children. some people about the pets here and people don�*t now know where to go. those buildings they thought may be safe when they feel that these repeated earthquakes are very concerning to them that they are not saved in their own homes. they�*re not safe in their own homes. here�*s what one family at that volleyball centre told the bbc about their situation. i'm concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our children. i don't want them to be orphans. mentally, i am upside down.
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i hope good things will happen. we are in a miserable situation and we have so little belongings with us. tom colley from the uk aid organisation, helpage international, is in the city of gaziantep. thousands are on the streets again. it's thousands are on the streets again. it's our— thousands are on the streets again. it's ourjob— thousands are on the streets again. it's ourjob to — thousands are on the streets again. it's ourjob to erect _ thousands are on the streets again. it's ourjob to erect tents, _ it's ourjob to erect tents, provides— it's ourjob to erect tents, provides blankets- it's ourjob to erect tents, provides blankets and - it's ourjob to erect tents, i provides blankets and food. tom colley from the uk aid organisation, helpage international, is in the city of gaziantep. he felt the tremor last night and told me about it. around eight o�*clock last night, there was a moderate tremor here in gazientep. it wasn�*t so bad. unfortunately, as in hatay. almost immediately, people were very worried and emptied their buildings in their houses and went on to the streets. there were many people driving around in their cars, some
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people seeking spaces such as public parks, where there�*s no buildings around them i fall. parks, where there�*s no buildings around them ifall. —— parks, where there�*s no buildings around them i fall. —— that might fall. there was a great deal of fear you could tell. fall. there was a great deal of fear you could tell-— fall. there was a great deal of fear you could tell. how much damage in this in the area _ you could tell. how much damage in this in the area where _ you could tell. how much damage in this in the area where you _ you could tell. how much damage in this in the area where you are - this in the area where you are now and how much fear is there that there are buildings which have been left by the last earthquake for a susceptible any more trimmers like the one we saw? 1 susceptible any more trimmers like the one we saw?— the one we saw? i believe that gazientep _ the one we saw? i believe that gazientep was _ the one we saw? i believe that gazientep was not _ the one we saw? i believe that gazientep was not so - the one we saw? i believe that gazientep was not so badly - the one we saw? i believe that - gazientep was not so badly affected ljy gazientep was not so badly affected by yesterday�*s earthquake, but still, there is a great deal of fear around. i�*ve been speaking to my colleagues from our partner in an organisation inside of syria, and they are kind of... they have hospitals in areas adjacent to the turkish border. they were saying
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they had to evacuate one of their cholera hospitals due to structural damage. there�*s been a number of cases of broken legs and broken backs were people have flung themselves out of their second or third story building window in an attempt to get out of the building because they felt it was going to collapse. so there�*s a great deal, as your report said, of damage in the southern areas, hatay and inside idlib and government controlled areas. this is a terrifying things people have to deal with. tell me about what _ people have to deal with. tell me about what you _ people have to deal with. tell me about what you are _ people have to deal with. tell me about what you are having - people have to deal with. tell me about what you are having to - people have to deal with. tell mej about what you are having to deal with. how is the aid that you are trying to get to people getting to them and how is your effort going? well, it�*s very difficult at the moment. there is a great deal of
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problems with logistics, with trying to reach people on the ground because of damaged infrastructure, and people are really trying to find the safest place they can to survive. there is a shortage of many different things such as medications, tents, these kind of things because so many people are in need. there�*s only so many supplies that you can buy and give out to people. it�*s really difficult a moment, and really compounded by this new earthquake that happened yesterday. {131 this new earthquake that happened esterda . . ., , this new earthquake that happened esterda . , . ., yesterday. of course, in particular, for --eole yesterday. of course, in particular, for people who _ yesterday. of course, in particular, for people who have _ yesterday. of course, in particular, for people who have been - yesterday. of course, in particular, | for people who have been impacted are the very young, but also the very old, who find it more difficult perhaps to get to places to get aid. my perhaps to get to places to get aid. my organisation specialises in helping older people, over the age of 60 usually, and it�*s a terrible
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thing because they have around 50% of older people, some kind of disability, so their ability to leave a building might be damaged. often, older people have extra nutritional needs, often have non—communicable diseases such as diabetes or hypertension or heart disease, which need specialised medication which can damage their health if they don�*t get. these are extra things that people have to worry about and with these issues with the humanitarian aid effort, everyone is trying their best. but sometimes, there are external forces that make things extra difficult for us, unfortunately. let�*s just give you a quick glimpse of rio, where the first full—scale carnival since the start of the pandemic is under way. the sweet sound of fun at last.
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carnival 2023 started with drumbeats and block parties across the city. this group is the parayso dotooee—utee samba school, taking part in the samba contest. i think ithinki i think i butchered that name! good evening. it�*s been another very mild day across the uk. temperatures even under the cloud are around 12 celsius, but we will all notice a change by the end of tomorrow. all feel colder as temperatures tumble back behind the rain. that�*ll bring the change and then after that goes through very little significant rain in the forecast till the end of the weekend at least. but this will give us some rain and with it, it sweeps out the way, that atlantic
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south—westerly, and into chillier north—westerly across our shores. it is cold air digging in behind on that north—westerly. it is cold air digging in behind on that north—westerly, so there could be some snow on the tops of the mountains in scotland, northern england. but on balance, it looks largely frost—free tonight band just takes a time to clear and it�*s mild airfrom east anglia and the southeast. but for most of us we�*re into that north—westerly, which means that the showers over the hills could fall as sleet and snow. even some of the hills across northern ireland even some of the hills across northern ireland and northern england, parts of wales and the south—west. although you can see for east anglia, the southeast there�*s a lot of cloud and it takes into the afternoon for that to clear away and for the skies to brighten. but for many parts, more sunshine tomorrow, despite the fact that temperatures won�*t be as high. they�*re at 8—10 celsius, which isjust a smidgen above average for the time of year. and then, as we go through the night, we�*ve got the potential of these showers turning wintry over the south wales mountains,
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into the moors as well, and then we get a frost setting in. so, where we�*ve had the showers, it could be a little bit slippery fire thing on thursday morning with some ice around. so, thursday, as i say, we�*ve still got that band of showers around in southern areas. we�*ve got a potential weather front coming back into scotland, northern ireland, so cloudier, if you like, than wednesday, but more sunshine instead for much of england and wales and temperatures still around about the seasonal average. once that dips out of the way, as i hinted earlier, high pressure builds again. there are very few weather fronts on the scene across the united kingdom through the weekend. so, even towards the end of february, into the beginning of next week, that high pressure still keeping things largely fine and settled. very little rain to end the month, as you can see. as ever, there�*s plenty more on the website.
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this is bbc news. we will have all news and headlines at the top of the hour after this programme. which contains upsetting scenes. families across the country are being pushed to breaking point, failed by a system that�*s meant to offer support. these are some of the families at the centre of a crisis in special educational needs and disabilities.
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if i�*m honest, it�*sjust unbearable. you�*re literally you�*re broken.

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