welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: two presidents, two versions of history: the leaders of america and russia 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 are seeing again today what the people across poland and across europe saw for decades, appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. born in the rubble: the baby who lost her entire family in the deadly turkish earthquake who now has new hope. the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes

landfall. nearly 60 years after his death, the family of malcolm x say they're going to sue the cia and fbi. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. presidents putin and biden have given their competing views of the war in ukraine. president biden, who was in ukraine's capital kyiv on monday, has made a major speech in poland where he said the west's support for ukraine will not waiver. in his state of the nation address vladimir putin defended his full—scale invasion, blaming the west for provoking the war, and he announced he's suspending russian participation in the major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. here's our russia

editor steve rosenberg. the world, according to vladimir putin, feels like a parallel universe. who started the war in ukraine? "not russia," he says. translation: responsibility for fuelling the ukrainian - conflict, for its escalation, and for the growing number of victims lies fully with the west and, of course, with the regime in kyiv. i wish to repeat, they started the war, we are using force to stop it. but it was russia that invaded ukraine. western military aid has helped kyiv resist. it hasn't forced the kremlin, though, to de—escalate. today, president putin suspended russia's participation in the last—remaining nuclear arms control treaty with america — an agreement that

limits nuclear arsenals and provides for missile inspections. no longer topical, says the kremlin. translation: we know that the west _ has directly helped kyiv to launch strikes on airbases where our strategic nuclear bombers are located. now they want to carry out inspections of our military sites. in light of today's confrontation, that is absurd. applause support here, but unpicking that treaty risks a nuclear arms race. in order to avoid nuclear war, it's better to have a framework, but losing this framework, we are witnessing the real threat of a nuclear war. washington says the kremlin�*s decision to halt participation in the nuclear treaty is deeply unfortunate and irresponsible. the bbc wasn't allowed to attend the kremlin leader's big speech. journalists from

what russia calls "unfriendly countries" were not sent an invitation. but after watching president putin on tv, this is what struck me most about him. his "special military operation" has not gone at all according to plan, but regret, there was no hint of that, and no sign at all that putin is looking foran off ramp. instead of compromise, he favours confrontation. applause and this audience loved it. mind you, the president here was preaching to the converted. all main russian tv channels carried the speech live. from these images alone, you'd never know things had gone badly wrong for russia on the battlefield. translation: russia will respond _ to any challenge we face, because we are one country, one people. we believe in ourselves, in our strength. truth is on our side.

after one year of war, the kremlin is still managing to persuade most russians to believe that. the us has rejected president putin's claims as �*absurd'. president biden delivered his own speech in poland, where he described the war as a battle for democracy. our north america editor, sarah smith, has been travelling with the president and reports now from warsaw. in front of the blue and yellow ukrainian colours, president biden came here to project american might and to pledge to use it to protect ukraine, democracy and freedom. when russia invaded, it wasn't just ukraine being 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 and the questions we faced were as simple as they were profound. would we respond or would we look the other way? we know the answer, we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way. and ukraine — ukraine will never be a victory for russia. never. cheering this is a direct appeal to nato allies, as well as to the american people, to keep up their commitment to ukraine, even if this conflict could last for years to come. refuting vladimir putin's assertion that the us provoked this war, he spoke directly to the russian people. the united states and the nations of europe do not seek to control or destroy russia. the west was not plotting to attack russia, as putin said today. and millions of russian citizens, who only want to live in peace

with their neighbours, are not the enemy. band plays �*star spangled banner' earlier today, mr biden met polish president andrzej duda. this display of solidarity is to demonstrate america's guarantee of poland's security and its promise to defend every inch of nato territory. but they want more than that. poland backs ukraine's demands for f—16fighterjets. the us is not ready to send planes yet, but that could change. and we will keep standing up for these same things, no matter what. with public support for the war slipping in america, the president made a direct appeal to americans' fundamental values and the need to fight for them. freedom. stand with us. we will stand with you. let us move forward with faith and conviction and an abiding commitment to be allies,

not of darkness, but of light. not of oppression, but of liberation. not of captivity but, yes, of freedom. may god bless you all, may god protect our troops, and may god bless the heroes of ukraine. proud that mr putin's expectations of a weak and divided west have been met with a firm, united front against his war, president biden�*s biggest task now is trying to keep his allies as committed as he is, for as long as it takes. sarah smith, bbc news, warsaw. we can now speak to michael o'hanlon who's a senior fellow and director of research in foreign policy at the brookings institution, where he specialises in us defense strategy. michael, really good to harvey on the programme. what did you make of president biden�*s speech? spoke a lot about unity

and russian aggression? the most important _ and russian aggression? tue: most important thing and russian aggression? tte: most important thing of all is that president biden took the trip and what he think niggling is this conflict in ukraine, this terrible tragedy is at the top of his agenda as he enters his third year of presidency. that may or may not be enough to impress vladimir putin. it may or may not be enough to impress other republicans in congress but it is a firm statement of resolve and resoluteness of the commander—in—chief of the united states and i think vladimir putin has again have to be surprised and chastened that the western world has held together for so long. that the western world has held togetherfor so long. he together for so long. he doesn't togetherfor so long. he doesn't tell you when the war will end or a strategy, but an impressive statement that the white house is not losing faith. , �* , faith. president biden spoke about american _ faith. president biden spoke| about american commitment faith. president biden spoke . about american commitment to ukraine as well as offering half a billion us dollars more in military aid. do you think

nato and the us will barge i'm providing the necessary weaponry that president zelensky is asking for? two thin . s zelensky is asking for? two things on — zelensky is asking for? two things on that. _ zelensky is asking for? two things on that. first - zelensky is asking for? two things on that. first of- zelensky is asking for? two things on that. first of all, | things on that. first of all, we have now provided collectively, europe, united states and elsewhere, $100 billion in assistance, striking and unprecedented and almost approaching marshall plan like levels, all in one year to one country, impressive and important. 0n the one hand, it does not necessarily guarantee that ukraine will win back the 17% of territory that russia still holds and even if we were like britain to provide fighter jets and intensify an increase the transfer of tanks to provide longer range missiles, it does not really tell you how the battlefield dynamics or go there are just too many uncertainties. i think we are in for a long, tough 2023 with additionalfighting and no additional fighting and no possibility additionalfighting and no possibility of any peat moss —

peace process until summer because both sides have their theories on victory that they want to try out. president zelensky hopes that the visits by president like president biden and increase weaponry and tanks and fighterjets from beer britain, all of that, all of that will ultimately result in war winning capability but president pete and hope that we will lose faith and resolve. unless each side tries out that theory, i'm afraid this war will continue ——as president putin. will continue --as president putin. , ., , putin. president putin has accused — putin. president putin has accused the _ putin. president putin has accused the west - putin. president putin has accused the west of - putin. president putin has - accused the west of provoking and starting the war and says he will suspend the nuclear arms agreement. how significant will that be? tt arms agreement. how significant will that be?— will that be? it is not trivial. _ will that be? it is not trivial. he _ will that be? it is not trivial. he is - will that be? it is not l trivial. he is reminding will that be? it is not - trivial. he is reminding us there are big stakes in the broader relationship between russia and the west and avoiding nuclear war at the top of the list. in that sense, he's always playing the nuclear option when he brings it up. on the other hand, it is not as if the other hand, it is not as if the west is losing faith. it is

not as if we are giving into his bluster, we've heard it before and stood up to it before. his whole theory that we started this war, you know, what i'm trying to figure out, it is does he know he is lying when he says that half believe it? he does believe the western world has encroached on the former russian and soviet space and now we're trying to steal away ukraine into western orbit where it has been historically inherent on who and what russia is. that party probably believes. attending is foolish enough to believe that we started the war or that president zelensky is a nazi, he is not that dumb. that is the rhetoric part and he is not pulling his own people. ijust hope that russians will stop figuring that out.— hope that russians will stop figuring that out. let's get some of the day's other news: a new york court has found mexico's former security chief guilty of taking bribes in return for allowing safe passage for drugs. prosecutors said genaero garcia

luna was secretly taking prosecutors said genaro garcia luna was secretly taking millions from the country's biggest crime group, the sinaloa drug cartel, the same one he was supposed to be pursuing. luna faces ten years to life in prison. a train operator has been ordered to fund the entire cost of cleaning up contamination after one of its freight trains derailed earlier this month. the accident caused hundreds of tonnes of chemicals to be spilt in east palestine, 0hio. now the head of the environmental protection agency says norfolk southern would bear the cost for the trauma it inflicted on the town. a romanian court has confirmed the social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan will remain in custody for a further 30 days. the two men have been held for almost two months while police investigate allegations of human trafficking and rape, which they deny. emergency teams in southern turkey have been carrying out more searches of the rubble after another

earthquake on monday, just two weeks after two massive quakes devastated the region. buildings weakened by those first tremors finally collapsed. the 6.4 magnitude quake struck near the turkish city of anta kya, close to the border with syria. 0ur correspondent, anna foster, sent this report. there seems no end to the agony. today, fresh images of loss and grief. millions of people, desperately trying to heal, have been traumatised again. for many, the first thought was protecting their families. they gathered up everything that was precious to them and ran. this volleyball court was set up as a relief centre after the first earthquake, and by yesterday, it was almost deserted. but when people felt the ground shake under their feet again last night, they fled back here, looking for a place of safety. felice and her sister

are homeless now. holding her nephews tight, she doesn't know what's next. translation: i'm - concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our children. i don't want them to be orphans. mentally, i'm upside down. i hope good things will happen. we're in a miserable situation, running here and there, with so little belongings with us. in north—west syria, afraa has already lost her parents and sisters. she was born in the rubble, as her mother died, rescuers cutting the umbilical cord. thousands of people offered to give her a new home. now her aunt and uncle have adopted her, to raise alongside their own baby daughter. translation: she will lack for nothing. - i'll never spare a penny raising her. she's as dear to me as my children are. even more. cousins, now sisters. a final memory of the lost mother whose name she now bears. anna foster, bbc news, adana.

a court in iran has sentenced a german—iranian dissident to death on the charge of "corruption on earth". jamshid sharmahd is accused of being a leader of a pro—monarchist terrorist group. he denies the claim and amnesty international condemned what it called a sham trial and forced confession. mr sharmahd lived in the united states and is believed to have been kidnapped by iranian agents in dubai, then forcibly taken to iran. his daughter spoke to the bbc after his sentencing. we have two stand together, my dad and so many people who are in isolation, they can't even hear us and if they knew we are standing here, we don't forget their names, that kind of power can help them to survive in this hell that they are in right now and the second thing is to make government in germany, to make government in

the us, show us with your actions that this is not ok. show me with your actions you mean business, show me with your actions which side you are standing on, show me what you are going to do so that we can trust our governments again. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: empty food shelves in the uk — why are some supermarkets having to limit sales of fruit and veg? 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 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 i produced a sheep called dolly using a cell- from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. 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 locusts 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, ifor the sake of the credibility. and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, j be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. i this is bbc news, the latest headlines: two presidents, two versions of history. the leaders of america and russia clash over the conflict in ukraine. emergency teams in southern turkey have been carrying out more searches of the rubble, after another earthquake on monday. it is 58 years since the civil—rights campaigner, malcolm x, was shot dead in the city of new york.

now, his daughter is suing the police, the fbi and the cia, saying they covered up evidence regarding his death. the family are seeking $100 million in damages. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. he was an iconic figure, in black america's struggle for civil right. has death, a shocking moment in a decade marked by political violence. there have long been questions about the murder of malcolm x. now at the very place where he was killed his daughter says she wants answers. for years, our family — she wants answers. for years, our family has _ she wants answers. for years, our family has fought - she wants answers. for years, our family has fought for - she wants answers. for years, our family has fought for the l our family has fought for the truth to come to light concerning his murder and we would like ourfather to would like our father to receive the justice that he deserves. receive the 'ustice that he deserves.— receive the 'ustice that he deserves. , ., ., deserves. this man, thomas hanan, deserves. this man, thomas hagan. was _ deserves. this man, thomas hagan, was convicted - deserves. this man, thomas hagan, was convicted of - deserves. this man, thomas l hagan, was convicted of killing malcolm x along with two other men who were later wetted.

white people should realise that freedom is something they have when they are born. the family of _ have when they are born. the family of halcombe! uses various government bodies of failing to prevent his wrongful death. it is also claimed they concealed evidence that would have cleared the two men that were convicted of his murder. —— the family of malcolm x. we -- the family of malcolm x. we will be filing — -- the family of malcolm x. we will be filing a _ —— the family of malcolm x. - will be filing a wrongful death lawsuit against these government entities for $100 million. ., ~' government entities for $100 million. ., ~ . million. the new york police department _ million. the new york police department says _ million. the new york police department says it - million. the new york police department says it won't - department says it won't comment on pending legal action and there has been no word from the gi or cia. for nearly 60 years the death of malcolm x has been shrouded in mystery. has family hope this lawsuit may finally reveal the truth. the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes landfall. it's the second cyclone to hit the island this year, afterjanuary�*s devastating cyclone cheneso which killed 33 people, and left

30,000 homeless. freddy has been developing across 6,500km of the indian 0cean for weeks now, taking its time. but now it's here, bringing with it winds of more than 150 kilometres per hour. as it travels across the madagascar landmass it will weaken, but not for long, strengthening once again across the waters to mozambique by friday. the bbc�*s dorcas wangira is in the capital antananarivo and sent this update. it might look calm here in the capital antananarivo but it is another story on the east coast where cyclone freddy has started to make landfall. the authorities in madagascar say that at least 2 million people will be affected and schools have been closed and movement restricted in the most affected areas. the national disaster management office has sent tents, ropes, chainsaws

and other supplies to those in the eastern districts most likely to be affected. the intense tropical storm has already caused heavy rains and some damage to the neighbouring islands of reunion and mauritius where the airport was closed. the storm caused minor damage to neighbouring union island and flooded beachside hotels in mauritius. many businesses were also forced to close. in madagascar the island is not expected to get away so lightly, emergency teams are preparing to deal with heavy rains, floods and even landslides in areas that will be affected. those living in the areas have been advised to strengthen their doors and roofs, cut down dangerous trees and stay indoors during tropical storm. some british supermarkets, including asda and morrison's, have started limiting the amount of fruit and vegetables that you can buy. the shortage of produce such as cucumbers, broccoli or packets of tomatoes, is being blamed on bad weather

and poor harvests in europe and north africa. the bbc�*s rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. asda and morrisons say they've had problems getting hold of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other salad and vegetable crops, and are putting some limits on what you can buy. the reason? extreme weather across the key producer region of southern spain and north africa. this is morocco. snowstorms have led the government to hand out emergency aid to thousands of families. retailers are saying the limits will be temporary, which means there's no reason to panic—buy. more produce is grown here during the summer months but according to the british retail consortium we import around 95% of tomatoes and 95% of lettuces between december and march. we expect this to be short—term disruption due to bad weather at the moment but generally supply is really good from these parts of europe and north africa so people don't need to be worried. a little bit frustrating at the moment but it will soon pass.

but should there be shortages in the uk? at the national farmers' union conference in birmingham, there's been criticism of the government's record on food security. the rhetoric of successive governments that we are a wealthy country, we can just import our food, must be exposed as naive in the extreme, in a rapidly challenging world. the farming minister mark spencer, though, told us that some empty shelves can be seen as an opportunity. there has been some shortages. now, that actually is an opportunity for uk producers, if they can make those figures stack up, to produce more food here domestically. we want to try and support them in doing that. the shelves in the dairy aisle of one major uk supermarket get filled with milk created by abi reader's cows, but business is hard. climate change, the war in ukraine, the lack of labour, the price of fertiliser and the rising cost of the feed these animals eat are all having an impact.

there are empty sheds out there that should be growing fruit and veg. there are empty sheds that should have poultry in them to produce eggs. and this food just isn't coming through the system. there's a chill wind being felt by those living and working in the countryside, just so many pressures. if the outlook doesn't improve, then the rural landscape could change forever. the fact is that there are a growing number of hungry mouths, and it's becoming more expensive and difficult to feed them. claire marshall, bbc news. now you may know that tuesday was pancake day, and it seems that everyone seems prepapred to give the making of them a go, including the princess of wales. luckily for her she wasn't in a race to toss her pancake, as it took her quite some time to unstick it from the frying pan. but she got there eventually. i'm not sure what her family would have made of that particular pancake though.

and that's all for this programme, you can get in touch with me on twitter. hello there. we're seeing a change to cooler weather on wednesday, even with some rain around as well. now, it has been really dry for many central and eastern parts of england this month. we started the week with temperatures as high as 17 celsius. but things are changing because we've got this cloud that's moving up from northern france to bring some showers, and that's ahead of this thicker band of cloud that's bringing the rain on that weather front there. that's going to continue to push its way steadily eastwards, and then following on from that, this is where we get the cooler air coming in from the atlantic. and we start the day with temperatures around about 5—6 celsius with a lot of cloud around. we've got the rain across eastern scotland that will move away,

sunshine and showers will follow wintry over the hills, perhaps, and a cool wind for northern ireland, sunshine and showers here. more cloud for england and wales, could keep some rain across some northern and eastern parts of england, may well turn a bit brighter with some sunshine, but again, some showers for wales, the south west and later the midlands. and for all of us, it's a bit cooler, the temperatures typically around nine celsius or so. now we've got cooler weather because we're changing the wind direction. instead of that very mild south—westerly that we started the week with, it's more of a north westerly wind turning northerly across england and wales as we head into thursday. around the top of that area of high pressure, some weather fronts will bring some wetter, windy weather across the north, but we've still got some rain to clearfrom overnight across southern parts of england. that cloud could be very slow to break up, other parts of england, of wales seeing some sunshine, more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland, wet and windy weather coming into the far north of scotland. temperatures could make double figures in scotland and northern ireland, but it's chilly 8—9 celsius for england and wales. that high pressure is not really dominating just yet. instead, we've got this weather front, an area of low pressure sliding down through the north sea. now, there's not going to be much rain left on that

weather front. it's a band of cloud, most of the rain dying out, we'll get a northerly wind following on behind, maybe a bit of sunshine coming back into scotland and some sunshine perhaps towards wales and the south west of england. probably quite a bit of cloud on friday, although it won't be quite as cold, those temperatures generally around 9—10 celsius. so we've got some wet weather around the middle part of the week, that's going to introduce something a little bit colder. but then with high pressure building through the rest of the month, looks like we're back into dry weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president putin's delivered a fiery state of the union address as he seeks to justify his invasion of ukraine. he blamed the west for the year—long war, accusing it of trying to make ukraine into an anti—russia. he said the existence of his nation was at stake. president biden has been giving a speech of his own in poland. he said ukraine's struggles was a generational conflict forfreedom. addressing a cheering crowd in warsaw, mr biden said that, as he put it, president putin's lust for power and land would fail. emergency teams in

southern turkey have been carrying out more searches of the rubble after another