hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. a day of diplomacy, as international divisions deepen. the russian and american leaders hold separate talks with allies over ukraine. president putin addresses cheering crowds in moscow at a rally to mark the first anniversary of the invasion. china's envoy gets a warm welcome at the kremlin, so could beijing help broker a deal to end the conflict? also in the programme — israeli troops have killed at least ten palestinians, including both civilians and militants, during a raid in the occupied west bank. a woman who travelled to syria at 15 to join the islamic state group has lost her latest bid

to get her british citizenship back. we begin in moscow, where china's top diplomat, wang yi, has met president putin, and reaffirmed their close relationship. the trip to russia by wang yi comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow's invasion of ukraine. here's the meeting between the two. during their talks, mr putin said relations between his country and china were "reaching new milestones". he also called on the chinese president xi jinping to visit. earlier, wang yi also met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, where he said the relationship between the two countries could not be influenced by other nations. let's hear some of what wang yi had to say: translation: i look forward to reaching new agreements. our consultations on strategic security are highly effective between our two countries. they play an important

role in strengthening trust and cooperation in a shifting international situation. much is being made of the seating arrangements for president putin's meeting with wang yi — let me just show you two pictures. this is mr putin meeting with french president macron last february — the two leaders are so far away that you wonder if it is hard for them to hear one other. compare that with today's meeting with mr wang — as you can see they were sitting within handshake distance. it's being seen as a symbolic move towards a valued russian ally. the timing of the visit, just days before the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, is also important. china has refused to condemn the invasion, though it's stopped short of providing moscow with its unconditional backing. let's hear the perspective of our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. wang yi has said there will be some form of new agreement signed

between china and russia during his visit to moscow. so this came after wang yi's meeting with sergey lavrov. he didn't give any details yet of what the nature of these agreements might be but according to this readout he did say to his russian counterpart, no matter how the international situation changes, china has been and remains committed together with russia to make efforts to preserve the positive trend in the development of relations between the major powers. joining me is professor shirley ze yu, senior visiting fellow at the london school of economics who focuses on china. it's good to have you in the studio. thank you forjoining us. how is important is this visit?- thank you forjoining us. how is important is this visit? while it is important. _ important is this visit? while it is important. and — important is this visit? while it is important, and as _ important is this visit? while it is important, and as wang - important is this visit? while it is important, and as wang yi - important is this visit? while it is important, and as wang yi is - important, and as wang yi is delivering messages all the way to moscow. in this time he has personally met with the russian president. it also my understanding

is that there is not only this close lists and the photo but also he has delivered a personal letter on behalf of the chinese reader and proposing a peace deal for europe. what you think china's objectives are here? i what you think china's ob'ectives are here? ~' .,, . , ., are here? i think the ob'ectives are multifaceted. * are here? i think the ob'ectives are multifaceted. its h are here? i think the objectives are multifaceted. its economic, - are here? i think the objectives are multifaceted. its economic, its - multifaceted. its economic, its national security, multifaceted. its economic, its nationalsecurity, but multifaceted. its economic, its national security, but also it is about china wants a weakened brush her but also not a collapsed russia. china does not want a russia that the regime goes into implosion and to see putin go. so china would do everything possible to keep the regime and its current form. but also, china sees russia increasingly as canada and eurasia they need to secure supplies of resources, energy, agricultural products, so china needs to ensure that no matter what happens on the southern border

the china sea, the straight, china will also have a peaceful border in its place. and also china wants to as it continues its expense on the initiative of central asia for that whole reason from mongolia to former soviet allies, china continues to extend its influence. today russia doesn't seem to have that increasing power to conquer chinese expansion. as you can see in the photo behind us, it's wang yi giving a handshake to vladimir putin. but also, who he'd rather talk to, do we expect that to happen and if so when�*s it that to happen and if so when's it looks like the chinese presidentji ping will be paying a visit to moscow in the coming months, but also just moscow in the coming months, but alsojust in the moscow in the coming months, but also just in the past couple of weeks, particularly after the balloon incident, chinese president ji ping has promised a trip to

taiwan as well. so today i think increasingly of a inevitable strategic confrontation between china and the united states. and if thatis china and the united states. and if that is inevitable, china is going to garner as many highlights as possible, try to urge us money powers to stay neutral as possible as the message was delivered to european metres at the security conference to stay and exercise strategic autonomy, but also at this point in time there is really no strategic advantage for china to alienate people who also share their worldview. . �* , ~ , worldview. that's the key thing here is in net? china _ worldview. that's the key thing here is in net? china has— worldview. that's the key thing here is in net? china has to _ worldview. that's the key thing here is in net? china has to balance - worldview. that's the key thing here is in net? china has to balance the l is in net? china has to balance the benefits versus the risks of what it is doing here with russia, given what's happening elsewhere. absolutely. the risks can be potentially devastating. one of which that is most pronounced is going to be an economic realm. china

still has a little under $2 million of reserve in its foreign reserve accounts. if you were to count the chinese banking assets dollar asset, that's about 26, 20 civilian trillion dollars. if you were to add the chinese individuals dollar holdings, that's even a much bigger amount that is at stake here. and so if the us and western allies were to exercise a swift kind of financial sanction on china, i think that would collapse the chinese banking system. but also on the other hand over the past year, us president biden has used very aggressive and severe sanctions on chinese technology. and they were used almost preemptively, before trying actually provoked. and so what that means is that china does do something right now, there are fewer and fewer economic tools and the tool box, absolutely. and so what

that means is the danger is perhaps we are going to be increasing and moving from the economic realm to the military and security realm. good to talk to you thank you for coming on the programme. well, let's return to moscow and bring you pictures from another event there today. thousands packed into a stadium in the russian capital to hear from president putin as part of a patriotic gala concert to mark one year of russia's invasion. surrounded on stage by members of the armed forces, he spoke of russian warriors heroically fighting "this very moment" on the borders of historically russian lands. he also falsely claimed the entire country was supporting those fighting in ukraine, which he said made "everyone a defender of the fatherland." as with tuesday's state of the nation address, today's speech was laden with religious and mystical imagery, and conspiracy theories. let's hear some of it. translation: right now - there is a battle on our historical

frontiers for our people. they are being led by the same kind of courageous fighters as those that are standing here now, next to us. they are fighting heroically, courageously, bravely. we are proud of them. today they are supported by the whole country. now let's talk to vladimir putin's former speech writer, abbas gallyamov, whojoins me in tel—aviv. thank you forjoining us. used to write speeches for president putin so what did you make of what he had to say today? and also yesterday we heard the address he made in the state of the union. itrefoil heard the address he made in the state of the union.— heard the address he made in the state of the union. well both of his speeches. they _ state of the union. well both of his speeches, they showed _ state of the union. well both of his speeches, they showed that - state of the union. well both of his speeches, they showed that he - speeches, they showed that he doesn't have plan b. all he can do isjust opine and doesn't have plan b. all he can do is just opine and say the same thing he was doing for one year which he didn't deliver with any success. so the general outcome of both speeches

is of course disappointing both in the population and russian alleys. almost 95%, they understand that things are going wrong. and something should be changed. and they were all hoping that probably putin would change something. he would show his understanding of the problems. but no, he is denying reality. and from this point of view it's completely depressing for his followers and for the russian elites, because they understand that they are moving towards this and all we can do is drive forward, neither left nor right. we can do is drive forward, neither left nor right-— we can do is drive forward, neither left nor risht— left nor right. driving forward left or ri . ht, left nor right. driving forward left or right. how— left nor right. driving forward left or right, how long _ left nor right. driving forward left or right, how long can _ left nor right. driving forward left or right, how long can russia - or right, how long can russia

content you on that road given the economic impact this war is having's how much longer will people follow it president putin has to say without wanting to see change, without wanting to see change, without seeing change and making it happen? you without seeing change and making it ha en? ., u, without seeing change and making it ha en? ., ., , happen? you can always tell when somethin: happen? you can always tell when something is _ happen? you can always tell when something is coming _ happen? you can always tell when something is coming but - happen? you can always tell when something is coming but you - happen? you can always tell when something is coming but you can l something is coming but you can never tell when it is coming exactly. in russia, people might disagree but they are afraid of the regime right? so for people to be able to stand up against the regime, we talk about a military coup or an elite coup or whether we speak about popular uprising like we just had elite coup or whether we speak about popular uprising like wejust had in iran, in those cases, people feel encouraged enough, people should feel about the regime has weakened enough. but it is such a thing which

cannot be predicted. so it very much depends on what is happening on the battlefield. when serious military defeat in the eyes of the ukrainian army, of course this really weakens the positions of putin. so maybe it will happen within half a year, maybe it will happen within one year. we should understand that we have one very serious limitation from the point of time limits. it's next march when we have the potential election. now i would say if putin does, if putin doesn't show his strength, which is his chief if not the only teacher, which makes people vote for him, so in this case he would fail to get the necessary

people to win. it's very possible that they will not vote for him. so he would have to falsify the election, and as we know when a dictator is trying to steal elections, this is the moment when revolutions are happening. so, if this revolution happens, it is not clear how the army will behave, because definitely now there is a deep and widening split between the army and all the security services in general. and putin, first of all he is not strong enough. number two he is not strong enough. number two he is not strong enough. number two he is planning, has planning is bad so his army has to pay for this. so at this moment you don't understand how they support putin or they support the people who are

president. so a lot of things we don't know so it's hard to project. it is hard to project. but don't know so it's hard to pro'ect. it is hard to projecti it is hard to pro'ect. but the direction _ it is hard to pro'ect. but the direction is — it is hard to project. but the direction is clear. _ it is hard to project. but the direction is clear. the - it is hard to project. but the i direction is clear. the direction it is hard to project. but the - direction is clear. the direction is clear, absolutely. _ direction is clear. the direction is clear, absolutely. very _ direction is clear. the direction is clear, absolutely. very insightful| clear, absolutely. very insightful from prudence former speak writer. now let's catch up with events in warsaw, where president biden has come under pressure to offer further security guarantees — during a meeting with leaders of nine nato countries in eastern europe. at a meeting of what's called the "bucharest nine" nations, he faced demands for nato troops to be permanently stationed on the alliance's eastern flank, rather than rotated in and out here's what the us president had to say. we will defend literally every inch of nato. every inch of nato. and this is an important moment. i look forward to discussion and the next steps we can take together, and to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. because literally what is at stake,

it's notjust ukraine. it's freedom. the idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country, after a war since world war ii, nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically. we have to — we have to make sure we change them back. well president biden has now taken off from poland in air force one, ending his three—day visit to europe. but has he left his allies reassured? speaking after today's meeting, polish president andrzej duda said poland would be willing to provide fighter aircraft to ukraine if nato allies agreed. let's hearfrom mr duda. we are meeting almost exactly on the anniversary of the event which has forever changed the history of our part of europe, and which has an impact on the security situation across the world. what we wish to do today is to think together about our next steps

in the run—up to the b9 summit in bratislava, and the nato summit in vilnius, and about the possibilities to provide further support to ukraine. nato has already scaled up its presence on its eastern let's first look at the countries that make up the eastern section of the alliance — as you can see it stretches from estonia in the north to bulgaria in the south. in march, nato announced it would double the number of troops stationed in eastern europe from four battle groups to eight. and injune, nato said the number of troops on high alert in the area would rise to more than 300,000 — that's aa sevenfold increase. former nato political officer samantha de bendern explains why the so—called bucharest nine still feel vulnerable. these countries are afraid. if you take — for instance or even poland, but by the time alliance responds to a potential provocation by britain,

warsaw will already be occupied by russian troops. that is why they want guarantees now. they want troops on the ground now to stop that from happening because they are afraid. let's get more from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford, who's in poland. there is extra security along the eastern border of poland. we've seen that ourselves in the last few days. we were on the eastern border where an area now german troops, 300 german troops are now staffing and operating patriot missile serpents, american weaponry now pointing towards ukraine to protect nato, this eastern flank, from the possibility of the war there escalating because its structures it bills across this border and we talk to people farmers there who are nervous they are worried, even worried now those patriots are there, because they say it reminds them of the front on their borders.

so i think you have to remember that this part of the world feels the threat so much more strongly, so much more closely than other countries in nato so they are trying i think to put that message across today to joe and to nato secretary—general. shamima begum, a british woman who left london as a schoolgirl to join the islamic state group in syria, has lost an appeal against the uk government's decision to remove her citizenship. her lawyers had argued she was a child victim of human trafficking. while a lawyer acting for the government said the british security services still considered ms begum a national security risk. so let's take a look back at what happened to shamima begum. she left the uk in february 2015 tojoin the so—called islamic state group in syria. four years later, she was found alive at a refugee camp in northern syria, and the then—home secretary, sajid javid, removed her british citizenship. today at 23, she is living in that camp, and her challenge to the removal of her citizenship has been dismissed by a judge. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, explained more about that decision.

that shamima begum was recruited, transferred, and then harboured for the purposes of sexual exploitation. the idea that she could have conceived and organised all of this herself is not plausible,they said. but in the end they decided that that did not prevent the secretary from making the decision to take away her british citizenship. gareth peirce, one of ms begum's lawyers, called today's decision "an extraordinaryjudgment delivered in an extraordinary way". let's take a listen. the outcome that we face is that no british child who has been trafficked outside the uk will be protected by the british state if the home secretary invokes national security. richard barrett is a un counter terrorism expert. he believes that leaving women

like shamima begum in the camps creates more risk, not less. if she were in london there would be procedures and the local community would be aware of her. and there also might be ways to ensure that she wasn't still radical, trying to bring her back into society. there is no such programme available in the county. but not everyone agrees. this was the assessment of anthony glees, a security expert from the university of buckingham. whatever her own views were, she would have been treated as an icon by islamists in the united kingdom. so i'm not surprised. the politics of it were wrong. but the bottom line is this is the law and we, all of us, believe in lawfulness. the government has been found not to have broken the law. as i said, i'm not surprised and i think we should now draw a line

under the matter of shamima begum. here's what wallace had to say. she lost her here's what wallace had to say. sue: lost her citizenship. here's what wallace had to say. sie: lost her citizenship. so here's what wallace had to say. si2 lost her citizenship. sol here's what wallace had to say. si2 lost her citizenship. so i think she has heard her case to the courts. she has lost it. the interpretation of the nationality rules for the country, but she is also eligible to be a citizen. i think that is the right thing to do. speaking some time before today's announcement, shamima begum had little hope of getting back to the uk any time soon. listen to this bbc interview. what do you think you will be doing in seven years' time from now? i'll still be in this camp. really? yes. you don't think you be home? no. why not? because isis was the worst thing of the 21st century,

and i was a part of it and now i have to face the consequences of my actions, and this camp is the consequences of my actions. she was being interviewed there byjosh baker — who hosted the bbc podcast �*the shamima begum story�*. he explained what happens now. i think everyone sort of expected it to go this way, if i'm honest with you. i don't think many of us expected shamima begum would be able to challenge the government decision. that said, as i was leaving, members of her legal team were saying this isn't over. so, i imagine what is going to happen now is that her legal team will go away, they will look at this ruling and decide whether there is a way to appeal it. we speak now to steve valdez—symonds, amnesty international uk's refugee and migrant rights director. so, thejudge has refused to hear shamima begum appeal against the government decision. what is your reaction? , ,

reaction? extremely disappointment at the judgment _ reaction? extremely disappointment at the judgment today. _ reaction? extremely disappointment at the judgment today. i _ reaction? extremely disappointment at the judgment today. i think - reaction? extremely disappointment at the judgment today. i think it - at the judgment today. i think it was the wrong decision of the secretary to strip her citizenship. i do think it's extremely important to note that the judges have not found that the law required her citizenship to be stripped. they have not even found that she should have not even found that she should have had her citizenship strip. and they have made clear that a very reasonable decision would have been not to strip her citizenship. but they have found that the home secretary had the power to do this. it does seem that's going to be questioned. i sincerely hope it is. because it is a position that puts citizenship fundamentally and improperly at risk. the fact is, she is british. in this country should remain responsible for its citizens, just as we expect other countries to be responsible for theirs. but just as we expect other countries to be responsible for theirs.— be responsible for theirs. but the government _ be responsible for theirs. but the government was _ be responsible for theirs. but the government was found _ be responsible for theirs. but the government was found not - be responsible for theirs. but the government was found not to - be responsible for theirs. but the l government was found not to have broken the law, and not the key thing here is in it's no lie was

broken. so what the government did was within legal parameter. it was within its own rights to do what it wanted to do. within its own rights to do what it wanted to de— within its own rights to do what it wanted to do. well, that i think it is to some _ wanted to do. well, that i think it is to some extent _ wanted to do. well, that i think it is to some extent questionable i wanted to do. well, that i think it| is to some extent questionable on the findings of fact. and we will see whether a legal challenge is not just brought but permitted. and the decision may then be reviewed. but even assuming that the court is right, that parliament has indeed empowered the home secretary to do this to british citizens, that surely isn't the end of the matter. it is a considerable question as to whether home secretary should have the power to do this to us british people. just as it would be equally problematic if some other country was stripping a foreign national in this country of citizenship who was thought to be dangerous, and then stranding that person on our territory. we should not be living

in a world that behaves like this. what do you think the government should have done? a lot of public opinion i think in this country at least, is that if you have committed a crime in another country that potentially you need to be treated as a criminal and not country, not brought back here. what would you said about? iinfill brought back here. what would you said about? ~ . , brought back here. what would you said about? ~ ., , ., brought back here. what would you said about?— said about? will that is not the ordinary position _ said about? will that is not the ordinary position at _ said about? will that is not the ordinary position at all - said about? will that is not the ordinary position at all and - said about? will that is not the ordinary position at all and we | said about? will that is not the i ordinary position at all and we all know that. it is certainly true that if you commit a criminal offence in another country, even if you are not still in that, white mac you don't stand trial in this country that's not exactly true either. you can stand trial in this country for offences committed elsewhere in the world. but it is correct that where a fair trial can be delivered and justice delivered, it is certainly appropriate for british citizens to facejudge for their crimes and face judge for their crimes and other facejudge for their crimes and other places. that doesn't mean, i’m

other places. that doesn't mean, i'm so sorry we — other places. that doesn't mean, i'm so sorry we are out of time. thank you so much for your time. it is good to talk to. thank you. stay with us on the bbc. back in a few minutes. hello. well, it's been a much cooler day today across the uk, with temperatures dropping by around five or six degrees celsius in places compared with yesterday. for example, in aberdeen, we went from 13 on tuesday down to about seven. and although those temperatures are a lot lower, they are actually a lot closer to the average for this time of year. it has been a very mild month. now, the satellite picture shows the extent of the days cloud, and we've seen a number of heavy showers around as well, particularly west scotland, northern ireland and across wales, with some patches of rain at times further east. now, although there were plenty of showers for west scotland, we did have something of a clearance late in the day in glasgow, where we had some sunshine just to finish the day. but that's a sign that things are going to get quite cold overnight. you see these clearer skies

in scotland and northern ireland will spread southwards, reaching parts of northern england. meanwhile, any rain across the rest of england and wales will tend to become confined to southern areas. temperatures do drop well below freezing in scotland, northern england and northern ireland with a widespread frost. lowest temperatures getting down to about —3. now, tomorrow, we do have a ridge of high pressure, so expect a bit more sunshine than today. then weather fronts start to move into scotland through the afternoon. but, nevertheless, a cold but sunny start to the day for most areas. any rain in the south pulling away quite quickly, with the weather turning drier and brighter here through the afternoon. but at the same time in scotland, it turns wetter through the afternoon with some strong gusts of wind, gusts reaching around 45 to 55 miles an hour. so quite blowy. and broadly speaking, the temperatures will be similar to those that we've had today, around about seven to nine degrees or so. now, take a look at the weather charts into friday. got these weather fronts sliding down southwards, bringing a lot of cloud across scotland, northern ireland,

and northern england through the day. this is where our weather front is. this line of rain you can see here just pushing its way southwards. and then behind that, for scotland and northern england and northern ireland through friday afternoon, the weather brightens up with a bit of sunshine coming through. there will be quite a cold breeze blowing, a cold northerly wind. it will feel quite chilly at times, i think across the north and east of scotland and around some of the north coast of england. but then through the weekend, high pressure is firmly in charge and it's actually a strengthening area of high pressure. should bring a lot of dry weather with some spells of sunshine, but the threat of a few morning fog patches and frost areas and temperatures close to average.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. a day of diplomacy, as international divisions deepen. the russian and american leaders hold top level talks over ukraine. what literally is at stake is not just a crane, its freedom. things have changed, radically, we have to make sure we change them back. president putin addresses cheering crowds in moscow , at a rally to mark the first anniversary of the invasion. also in the programme. israeli troops have killed at least ten palestinians — including both civilians and militants — during a raid in the occupied west bank. and. venice's gondola's are left high and dry , as the cities famous canals are hit by a severe drought.

let's get more now on russia's invasion of ukraine. while the us and europe have pressured countries to turn their backs on russia, south africa has doubled down on its long—time alliance with moscow. it's holding ten days ofjoint military exercises with russia and china — a move south africa is calling routine but which has fuelled criticism domestically and from the us. it comes after south africa hosted russian foreign minister sergei lavrov last month. south africa's foreign minister has condemned what she called a "double—standard" which allows some countries to perform such exercises but others not. south africa's government says it remains neutral regarding the war in ukraine, and that it routinely hosts similar operations with other countries, including france and the us. let's get china's perspective on its relationship with south africa.

here's chinese political commentator einar tangen. "china is definitely aiming to be the voice of the global south and central asia. this is the countries that have been ignored for very long, the ones that have been bullied, the ones who suffered on their colonial hegemony. so at this juncture, china is making it very clear that they see a path for multilateralism." let's take a closer look at these exercises happening off the south african coast. 350 members of south africa's armed forces are taking part. russia has sent its admiral gorshkov warship — which carries hypersonic �*zircon' missiles. but not everyone is supportive — these were the protesters in south african city of durban — ahead of the drills last week. the countries haven't given specifics about what the exercises will involve. i'm joined now by drjakkie cilliers in pretoria. dr cilliers is the founder of the institute for security studies and the head of its african futures and innovation programme.

what do we know about these military drills being carried out off the second or province? the drills being carried out off the second or province? the drills were lanned second or province? the drills were planned about _ second or province? the drills were planned about two _ second or province? the drills were planned about two years _ second or province? the drills were planned about two years ago. - second or province? the drills were planned about two years ago. the | planned about two years ago. the firstjoe's between south africa, russia and china happened around 2019. this is not something that happened recently or was a product, or follows, happened recently or was a product, orfollows, russia's invasion of ukraine. south africa also has exercises with the american and french navy. the timing is inauspicious and emma as you indicated, the south african public is divided on this issue.— is divided on this issue. divided in what way? _ is divided on this issue. divided in what way? the — is divided on this issue. divided in what way? the anc _ is divided on this issue. divided in what way? the anc which - is divided on this issue. divided in what way? the anc which has - is divided on this issue. divided in what way? the anc which has an | what way? the anc which has an histo of what way? the anc which has an history of many _ what way? the anc which has an history of many of— what way? the anc which has an history of many of their - what way? the anc which has an history of many of their people i history of many of their people being trained in russia, take a very pro—russian point of view and has on

occasion taken actions which are quasi—legal in terms of support to russia as a country on a variety of occasions. isaac number of think tanks, such as the 822 foundation, have come out in opposition as to what they think will affect south african trading relations with its most dominant trading partners in the west. it has quite a bit of domestic impacts and leaves the country divided. it’s domestic impacts and leaves the country divided.— country divided. it's up by the balancing _ country divided. it's up by the balancing act. _ country divided. it's up by the balancing act, isn't _ country divided. it's up by the balancing act, isn't it? - country divided. it's up by the balancing act, isn't it? for. country divided. it's up by the balancing act, isn't it? for a l balancing act, isn't it? for a country like south africa which has trading partners in the west. we are art of trading partners in the west. we are part of itrexit- _ trading partners in the west. we are part of brexit. it's _ trading partners in the west. we are part of brexit. it's not _ trading partners in the west. we are part of brexit. it's not a _ trading partners in the west. we are part of brexit. it's not a military - part of brexit. it's not a military alliance. it does not meet south africa is part of his some sort of security or military alliance but

the government has been quite clear over a number of years, sympathy with russia, cuba and at other times been or something it comes across as anti—western despite the fact that most of our trading partners are oriented towards the west. to remind ou, as oriented towards the west. to remind you. as you — oriented towards the west. to remind you. as you may not _ oriented towards the west. to remind you, as you may not know. _ oriented towards the west. to remind you, as you may not know. brexit - oriented towards the west. to remind you, as you may not know. brexit is l you, as you may not know. brexit is brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. regarding this russian worship? are people worried about those specifically right now? i had ofthe those specifically right now? i had of the exercise. _ those specifically right now? i had of the exercise. i _ those specifically right now? i had of the exercise. i think _ those specifically right now? i had of the exercise. i think the - of the exercise. i think the russia's let it slip that they were going to launch the zircon missile. the south african military said this was not part of the training protocol. subsequently, the russians have come out and said the missile will not be launched during the exercise. i think there's a bit of hype to heightened by the issues

around ukraine. so, it will not be launched. it around ukraine. so, it will not be launched. , ., ., ~ ., launched. it is good to talk to you. thank ou launched. it is good to talk to you. thank you very _ launched. it is good to talk to you. thank you very much _ launched. it is good to talk to you. thank you very much doctor- launched. it is good to talk to you. | thank you very much doctorjakkie. so what has been the impact of a year of war on ukraine's children? the united nations children's agency, unicef, says schooling has been disrupted for over five million children, and that almost every child in ukraine has been left without sustained access to electricity, heating and water. there has also been the psychological impact of occupation, separation from parents and bereavement. ricky boleto has travelled to northern ukraine to make a documentary for bbc newsround on how ukraine's children view the conflict. school, once again, interrupted. siren wails.

the air raid siren takes us by surprise. we're filming the children's first week back at school. so we've just heard an air raid siren, which means that we have to go outside. they're used to this, these sirens go off quite often, and we're all going to head down to the basement underneath the school, which is the safest place to be. all the teachers are on their phones trying to get some more information to find out what's happening. down here, teachers do their best to distract the children. after dancing, lessons continue in classrooms underground. this is normal now for millions of children in ukraine. how do you feel when you hear the siren and you have to come to the basement? translation: i feel a bit scared and also a bit worried _ for my relatives and myself and for all my friends. all of us are keeping our spirits high because this is the reality

and we can't change anything. i can't describe one emotion here. i feel all the emotions at the same time, both fear and joy that - you are one day closer to the end of all of this _ so many young people have witnessed awful things. child psychologists tell us they're worried about the long term impact this war is having on a generation of children. translation: because of the war, i many children have such serious l problems as stammering, nervous twitches, bedwetting. many have fears about the life and health of their family. translation: i think these clubs are very important. i when there's a lot in your soul, you can share it and you'll feel relieved. in schools, teachers read more fairy

tales to help children to escape from what's happening outside. even the school bell has been replaced with a more gentle piece of music. that sound signals the end of the school day. what children here really want is an end to this war. ricky boleto, bbc news, northern ukraine palestinian officials say israeli forces have killed at least ten people — including three gunmen — during a raid in the occupied west bank. an elderly man and a 14—year—old boy were also among the casualties. more than a hundred palestinians are reported to have been injured. this is thought to be the start of a heavy gun battle which erupted as israeli troops surrounded an apartment, where two nablus commanders of the islamichhad militant group were reportedly holed up.

the israeli army says the pair were shot and killed after returning fire. israeli forces also came under fire from local youths, throwing rocks and other missiles. the palestinian health ministry says more than 80 palestinians suffered gunshot wounds. none of the israeli soldiers were injured. here's a local eyewitness: translation: we were surprised at i 9:30am when we heard the explosions. there were said to be special forces involved, and a large number of israeli soldiers beseeched the whole area. we stayed in the house and did not know what was going on. we just heard the voices of thejewish soldiers and kept hearing explosions and gunfire. the israeli army says the raid was targeting what it described as "wa nted terror suspects". but a spokesman for palestinian president mahmoud abbas says he condemns the raid and holds the israeli government responsible for "this dangerous escalation, which is pushing the region toward tension and an explosion". nablus and nearbyjenin have been the focus of increased israeli search, arrest and intelligence

gathering raids in the past year, amid a spate of deadly palestinian attacks. this wasjenin last month, where another ten people were killed in an israeli army raid, at the time the deadliest west bank operation since at least 2005. we can cross live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell: what more can you tell us about events today?— events today? this was a ma'or israeli military i events today? this was a ma'or israeli military rate. it i events today? this was a major israeli military rate. it lasted i israeli military rate. it lasted about four hours lead into those intense good metros that we can see intense good metros that we can see in some social media footage. israeli forces used rockets and they were firing at militants inside the house they said was being used as a hideout by militants. we understand they had real—time information about they had real—time information about the location about one of these wanted men sub perhaps some geolocation on a social media. they

decided they had to act upon it at that moment. it was a time when the city was very busy and some of the social media footage which the israeli military said they are investigated, you can see there are people who are unarmed smelling around but then bullets are flying and they are running from them and at least one person at fault to the ground. we are from one of local militant groups known as lands then saying that six of those kids belong to militant groups. we believe that others were civilians. we had, our response from the palestinian authority but also from the islamic militant group based in the gaza strip. how massive from its military wing, says it's losing patience as it monitoring the crimes of its

enemy in its words. also another group who are linked to two of those militants saying that retaliation could come at any moment from anywhere. right now, israeli police are on a high state of others across israel and there is also concern that there could be rocket fire from the gaza strip. the egyptians usually act as mediators in the circumstances because israel and the other guys or groups do not recognise each other. the egyptians are trying to calm the situation and trying to keep the truth that has led to a relative calm our own guys in recent months.— in recent months. very briefly, yolande, _ in recent months. very briefly, yolande. we — in recent months. very briefly, yolande, we are _ in recent months. very briefly, yolande, we are running i in recent months. very briefly, yolande, we are running out. in recent months. very briefly, yolande, we are running out of in recent months. very briefly, i yolande, we are running out of time. i worry in time for tensions that escalated i had of ramadan and passover. we escalated i had of ramadan and passover. ~ ., ., escalated i had of ramadan and passover. ., ., . ., passover. we have had concern from international— passover. we have had concern from international people _ passover. we have had concern from international people in _ passover. we have had concern from international people in recent - international people in recent weeks. us secretary of state antony blinken spoke to and is really an

prime ministerfor boston. we blinken spoke to and is really an prime minister for boston. we are getting into appeared where their contested holy sites and it's a third is holy site in islam. the holiest place injudaism. we expect tensions to be hired as the holidays coincide. . ., tensions to be hired as the holidays coincide. ., ~ , ., , tensions to be hired as the holidays coincide. . ~' , ., , . stay with us on outside source — still to come. the high cost of energy is jeopardising the future of gyms and swimming pools, according to a group of almost 200 sports governing bodies. they've written to the prime minister, urging him to provide further support to leisure centres. our correspondent, matt graveling, has more. in at the deep end. in just six weeks, facilities like this will fall from a government scheme helping

with rising energy costs. the fear is gyms and pools will close, something one former olympian says puts lives at risk. fundamentally, it is obviously children that learn how to swim. but, actually, there is adults that get themselves into danger. there are so many drownings that are happening each year and it's getting worse. a lot of parents that don't take their children swimming or can't afford to, the school has that responsibility. but if these pools are closing, well then how can the school even access them? mark looks after this lido in london. he told me grassroots sports will be hit hard. the clubs will find it increasingly difficult to survive because we have to put the prices up to them, they have to pass it on to the kids and, again, it's the poorer families that will suffer. the government say they provided £18 billion to help clubs, schools and businesses this winter. but today, those in the industry have appealed for help. this letter sent to the prime minister, rishi sunak, has been signed by more than 200 organisations and people,

all pleading with the government not to cut the funding. some of the national sporting bodies on here include british cycling and england netball. the organisation behind the letter say cuts will lead to closures and more ill health — something costing the country billions each year. you'll see multi—sport facilities being restricted, including football. you'll see bespoke programmes for women, for people from ethnically diverse communities, for disabled people as well, all being restricted. withjust under a month until the budget, those working in the leisure sector are now pleading for a little more help to stay afloat. matt graveling, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. after top—level talks in moscow, russia has thanked china for what it

described as its consistently balanced position on the ukraine war. presidentjoe biden holds talks with nations on nato's eastern flank, as the anniversary of the conflict approaches. in the uk talks have begun to try and stop the dispute between nursing and stop the dispute between nursing and the union over pay. as we got under way another health union announced another day of strikes involving ambulance workers and for the first time people who supply to the first time people who supply to the nhs.

we have been clear that the pay is on the _ we have been clear that the pay is on the table. we want to discuss that _ on the table. we want to discuss that he — on the table. we want to discuss that. he wants and the strikes because — that. he wants and the strikes because it's in no 1's interest for strikes _ because it's in no 1's interest for strikes to— because it's in no 1's interest for strikes to be ongoing particularly for patients. i think it's welcome that there — for patients. i think it's welcome that there is serious negotiations going _ that there is serious negotiations going on— that there is serious negotiations going on right now. fire that there is serious negotiations going on right now.— that there is serious negotiations going on right now. are there unions are frustrated _ going on right now. are there unions are frustrated at _ going on right now. are there unions are frustrated at not _ going on right now. are there unions are frustrated at not being _ are frustrated at not being involved. their ministers say they are ready to talk. ambulance staff in the gmb unions have strikes planned on march six and march 20. today, unison announced a strike on the 8th of march, which will include some nhs staff as well. the scottish government has offered stop 7.5% for this year, which is being considered by unions. the welsh government has offered a top up with a total of 7%.

junior doctors in england have voted to strike for 72 hours, possibly as early as mid march. the association said they want to make up lost ground from the last 15 years. representatives met health department officials today and said they were disappointed there was nothing on the table. they said there were to set strike dates but ministers say they want to arrange another meeting. let me take you to italy now, specifically to venice, where tourists visiting the famous carnival found the city's canals to be unseasonably dry. as you see from these shocking pictures, it's quite a contrast to the floods, which are normally the primary cause of concern in venice. the drought is partly the result of unusually low tides, which are making it impossible for gondolas, water taxis and ambulances to navigate the canals. but that's not the whole issue. this is lake garda, in northern italy, where water levels have fallen to record lows, making it possible to reach

a small island on the lake via an exposed pathway. italy's longest river, the po, also has 61% less water than normal at this time of year. and that's because this winter the alps have received less than half of their normal snowfall. experts highlight how the drought in venice and in the alps are not strictly related, but to understand a bit more of that, earlier we spoke to massimiliano pasqui, climatologist at the italian national research council. have a listen. we are experiencing a strong and denser. of precipitation deficit. so, in the northern parts of italy since 2021, we had two consecutive winters in a row with as low amounts of snow over the alps. so, we are

experiencing met urological kind of drought. so, long—lasting deficit of precipitation that is able to reduce our loss of the amount of water in the rivers, the po river is amazed mean hit river. also, leaks in the southern part of the alps. essentially, a period of low precipitation and two consecutive winters of snow amount which is less than half of the climatological reference. brute than half of the climatological reference-— than half of the climatological reference. ~ , , . , reference. we were seeing pictures ofthe reference. we were seeing pictures of the impact _ reference. we were seeing pictures of the impact this _ reference. we were seeing pictures of the impact this was _ reference. we were seeing pictures of the impact this was having i reference. we were seeing pictures of the impact this was having on i reference. we were seeing pictures| of the impact this was having on the venice waterways. has this happened before, and if so, how, is it? essen

before, and if so, how, is it? even if before, and if so, how, is it? even “joe before, and if so, how, is it? even if joe roach _ before, and if so, how, is it? even if joe roach is _ before, and if so, how, is it? even if joe roach is active _ before, and if so, how, is it? even if joe roach is active in _ before, and if so, how, is it? e721 ifjoe roach is active in that part of its salute the northern part, it is not a relevant mechanism for the very low tide we are experiencing these days in venice. these very low levels of tide, it is many a rare combination of different kind of mechanisms. like, astronomical, the governor titian of the sun and moon which move up and down the tide, and from there the climatic point of view, the high—pressure system which is able to define the wind speed and direction of surface in the northern part of the energetic c. those are the two mechanisms are not relative one to each other. essentially the jokeis one to each other. essentially the joke is not so relevant for the low

tide in venice. one repercussion is that the uk's biggest retailer, tesco limiting sale on some fruit and vegetable. the uk's biggest retailer tesco has become the latest supermarket to impose limits on the sale of some fruit and vegetables. customers will not be allowed to buy more than three peppers, cucumbers or packs of tomatoes for example. aldi is also introducing limits. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. if you've been to the supermarket, chances are you'll have seen this. a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and some other fresh veg. and now, britain's biggest retailer hasjoined in with placing a limit on how much shoppers can buy. here's the problem. at this time of year, we rely on imports from overseas. we get a lot of tomatoes here from morocco, but it's a white—out, with harvests disrupted. extreme weather is playing havoc with food production. this huge business is in the thick of it.

it's got a base in southern spain — a key food producing region, which has also been hit by bad weather. they grow food, pack it and distribute it here in the uk and abroad. mother nature is wiping the floor with inflation. if you looked at spain and to some extent morocco, in a nutshell, they didn't have an autumn. they went from a hot summer to a summer to a deep freeze. if you get those extremes in temperature, it's going to affect your crop. i've never seen prices so high for such a long period of time across such a broad range of products. that's because demand is far outstripping supply, and our biggest retailers are scrambling for alternatives. but on social media, there are pictures of full shelves on the continent, like this store in france. the supply is choosing about where they're going to deliver, so i think the vast majority of retailers in europe, they're getting the product that they need because the retailers over there are prepared to pay

the prices that they need to have products on the shelf. we've become used to buying whatever we want, when we want it, but is that no longer guaranteed? the government insists the uk's food supply chain is resilient, but it could be a few weeks before supplies get back to normal. emma simpson, bbc news. now let me leave you with images of what's being described as the "godzilla egg" by locals injapan. it's a large mystery metal sphere which has washed up on the shore near the city of hamamatsu, causing huge speculation as to its origin. the authorities don't know what it is — but it's hollow and not deemed to pose any kind of threat. many suspect it may be a type of buoy. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @ bbcmaryam. hello. well, it's been a much cooler day today across the uk, with temperatures dropping by around five or six degrees celsius in places compared with yesterday. for example, in aberdeen, we went from 13 on tuesday down to about seven. and although those temperatures are a lot lower, they are actually a lot closer to the average for this time of year. it has been a very mild month. now, the satellite picture shows the extent of the days cloud, and we've seen a number of heavy showers around as well, particularly west scotland, northern ireland and across wales, with some patches of rain at times further east. now, although there were plenty of showers for west scotland, we did have something of a clearance late in the day in glasgow, where we had some sunshine just to finish the day. but that's a sign that things are going to get quite cold overnight. you see these clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland will spread southwards,

reaching parts of northern england. meanwhile, any rain across the rest of england and wales will tend to become confined to southern areas. temperatures do drop well below freezing in scotland, northern england and northern ireland with a widespread frost. lowest temperatures getting down to about —3. now, tomorrow, we do have a ridge of high pressure, so expect a bit more sunshine than today. then weather fronts start to move into scotland through the afternoon. but, nevertheless, a cold but sunny start to the day for most areas. any rain in the south pulling away quite quickly, with the weather turning drier and brighter here through the afternoon. but at the same time in scotland, it turns wetter through the afternoon with some strong gusts of wind, gusts reaching around 45 to 55 miles an hour. so quite blowy. and broadly speaking, the temperatures will be similar to those that we've had today, around about seven to nine degrees or so. now, take a look at the weather charts into friday. got these weather fronts sliding down southwards, bringing a lot of cloud across scotland, northern ireland, and northern england through the day. this is where our weather front is. this line of rain you can see here

just pushing its way southwards. and then behind that, for scotland and northern england and northern ireland through friday afternoon, the weather brightens up with a bit of sunshine coming through. there will be quite a cold breeze blowing, a cold northerly wind. it will feel quite chilly at times, i think across the north and east of scotland and around some of the north coast of england. but then through the weekend, high pressure is firmly in charge and it's actually a strengthening area of high pressure. should bring a lot of dry weather with some spells of sunshine, but the threat of a few morning fog patches and frost areas and temperatures close to average.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. a day of diplomacy, as international divisions deepen. the russian and american leaders hold separate talks with allies over ukraine. president putin addresses cheering crowds in moscow, at a rally to mark the first anniversary of the invasion. china's envoy gets a warm welcome at the kremlin, so could beijing help broker a deal to end the conflict? also in the programme. a woman who travelled to syria at fifteen to join the islamic state group — has lost her latest bid to get her british citizenship back. and more major british supermarkets place limits on fresh items like tomatoes, peppers and cucumber, as shortages leave

supermarket shelves bare. we begin in moscow, where china's top diplomat, wang yi, has met president putin, and reaffirmed their close relationship. the trip to russia by wang yi comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow's invasion of ukraine. here's the meeting between the two. during their talks, mr putin said relations between his country and china were "reaching new milestones". he also called on the chinese president xijinping to visit. earlier, wang yi also met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, where he said the relationship between the two countries could not be influenced by other nations. let's hear some of what wang yi had to say: translation: i look forward to reaching new agreements. our consultations on strategic security are highly effective between our two countries and play an important role in strengthening

trust and cooperation in a shifting international situation. much is being made of the seating arrangements for president putin's meeting with wang yi — let me just show you two pictures. this is mr putin meeting with french president macron last february — the two leaders are so far away that you wonder if they can hear one other. compare that with today's meeting with mr wang — as you can see they were sitting within handshake distance. it's being seen as a symbolic move towards a valued russian ally. the timing of visit, just days before the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, is also significant. china has refused to condemn the invasion, though it's stopped short of providing moscow with its unconditional backing. let's hear the perspective of our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell. he has said there will be some form

of new a-reements si-ned between of new agreements signed between china and russia during his visit to moscow. this came after wang yi's meeting with sergey lavrov. he did not give any details of what the nature of these agreements might be but according to this readout, he did say it was a russian counterpart, no matter how much the situation changes, china has been and remains committed, together with russia to make efforts to preserve the positive trend in the development of relations between the major powers. professor shirley ze yu, senior visiting fellow at the london school of economics who focuses on china: it isa it is a very important visit, obviously _ it is a very important visit, obviously. china is a new top diplomat _ obviously. china is a new top diplomat wang yi with a series of important — diplomat wang yi with a series of important messages all the way to moscow— important messages all the way to moscow and this time he said personally he met with the russian

president — personally he met with the russian president. but there is not only that closeness that shows symbolically in the photo but has delivered — symbolically in the photo but has delivered a personal letter on behalf— delivered a personal letter on behalf of the chinese leader in proposing a potential peace deal for europe _ proposing a potential peace deal for euro e. ~ . proposing a potential peace deal for euroe. ~ ., ~' proposing a potential peace deal for euroe. . ., 4' europe. what you think china's objectives _ europe. what you think china's objectives here _ europe. what you think china's objectives here are? _ europe. what you think china's objectives here are? the i europe. what you think china's i objectives here are? the objectives objectives here are? the ob'ectives are multifaceted. i objectives here are? the objectives are multifaceted. economic, - objectives here are? the objectives i are multifaceted. economic, national security— are multifaceted. economic, national security but — are multifaceted. economic, national security but ultimately, it is also about _ security but ultimately, it is also about re—envisioning this. china wants— about re—envisioning this. china wants a — about re—envisioning this. china wants a russia that, for the new regime, — wants a russia that, for the new regime, or— wants a russia that, for the new regime, or does not go into implosion— regime, or does not go into implosion input and leaves. china will do everything possible to keep the regime and its current form. but also, _ the regime and its current form. but also, china _ the regime and its current form. but also, china sees russia increasingly as the _ also, china sees russia increasingly as the canada and eurasia, they need supplies— as the canada and eurasia, they need supplies of— as the canada and eurasia, they need supplies of natural resources, energy. — supplies of natural resources, energy, agricultural products in china _ energy, agricultural products in china needs to be assured that no

matter— china needs to be assured that no matter what happens, the south china sea, matter what happens, the south china sea. the _ matter what happens, the south china sea, the taiwan strait, china will always— sea, the taiwan strait, china will always have a peaceful northern border _ always have a peaceful northern border in — always have a peaceful northern border in its place. in china wants to continue — border in its place. in china wants to continue expenses about the initiative — to continue expenses about the initiative for central asia for that whole _ initiative for central asia for that whole region, from mongolia to former— whole region, from mongolia to former soviet allies, china, as it continues— former soviet allies, china, as it continues to extend its influence. today. _ continues to extend its influence. today, russia does not seem to have that increasing power to counter chinese — that increasing power to counter chinese expansion. as that increasing power to counter chinese expansion.— that increasing power to counter chinese expansion. as we see in the hoto chinese expansion. as we see in the photo behind _ chinese expansion. as we see in the photo behind us. _ chinese expansion. as we see in the photo behind us. wang _ chinese expansion. as we see in the photo behind us. wang yi _ chinese expansion. as we see in the photo behind us. wang yi is - chinese expansion. as we see in the photo behind us. wang yi is getting | photo behind us. wang yi is getting a handshake from vladimir putin. but who we've rather talk to is xi jinping. we expect that to happen and if so, when? it jinping. we expect that to happen and if so, when?— and if so, when? it looks like chinese president _ and if so, when? it looks like chinese president xi - and if so, when? it looks like chinese president xi jinping i and if so, when? it looks like i chinese president xi jinping will be visiting _ chinese president xi jinping will be visiting moscow in the coming months but in _ visiting moscow in the coming months but in the _ visiting moscow in the coming months but in the past couple weeks, particularly after the incident, the

chinese _ particularly after the incident, the chinese president has promised a trip to— chinese president has promised a trip to taiwan as well. i think increasingly, the chinese leaders sees _ increasingly, the chinese leaders sees an— increasingly, the chinese leaders sees an inevitable all—out strategic confrontation between china and the united _ confrontation between china and the united states. and if that is inevitable, china is going to garner as much— inevitable, china is going to garner as much potential allies as possible and try— as much potential allies as possible and try to _ as much potential allies as possible and try to urge as many powers to stay is — and try to urge as many powers to stay is neutral as possible as the message — stay is neutral as possible as the message that was delivered to european members and security conferences to stay and exercise strategic — conferences to stay and exercise strategic autonomy and also, there is really— strategic autonomy and also, there is really no — strategic autonomy and also, there is really no strategic advantage for china _ is really no strategic advantage for china to _ is really no strategic advantage for china to alienate people who also share _ china to alienate people who also share their worldview. well let's return to moscow and bring you pictures from another event there today. thousands packed into a stadium in the russian capital to hear from president putin as part of a patriotic gala concert to mark one year of russia's invasion. surrounded on stage by members of the armed forces, he spoke of russian warriors heroically fighting "this very moment" on the borders

of historically russian lands. he falsely claimed the entire country was supporting those fighting in ukraine, which he said made "everyone a defender of the fatherland." as with tuesday's state of the nation address, today's speech was laden with religious and mystical imagery, and conspiracy theories, let's hear some of it. translation: right now - there is a battle on our historical frontiers, for our people. they are being led by the same kind of courageous fighters as those that are standing here now, next to us. they are fighting heroically, courageously, bravely. we are proud of them. we are proud. today they are supported by the whole country. i spoke earlier to vladimir putin's former speechwriter abbas gallyamov who is in tel—aviv now. and here is how he interprets the meaning of the russian president's statements. both of his speeches, they show that

he doesn't _ both of his speeches, they show that he doesn't have plan b. all he can do is _ he doesn't have plan b. all he can do isjust— he doesn't have plan b. all he can do isjust continue the same thing he was _ do isjust continue the same thing he was doing for one year which failed _ he was doing for one year which failed to— he was doing for one year which failed to deliver success. so, the general— failed to deliver success. so, the general outcome will feature very serious _ general outcome will feature very serious disappointment. both among general— serious disappointment. both among general populations and among the russian _ general populations and among the russian elite because of the population, almost 95% of the leads, they understand that that things are lloii'i they understand that that things are going wrong and something should be changed _ going wrong and something should be changed and they and we are all hoping — changed and they and we are all hoping that putin would change something and change his understanding of the problem but no, he is denying reality and from this point of— he is denying reality and from this point of view, it is completely depressing for his followers and for russian _ depressing for his followers and for russian elite because they

understand that they are moving backwards and all you can do a straight — backwards and all you can do a straight forward, neither left nor right _ straight forward, neither left nor riuht. ., ., straight forward, neither left nor riiht, ., ., straight forward, neither left nor riuht. ., ., ,, ., right. how long can russia continue on that road — right. how long can russia continue on that road given _ right. how long can russia continue on that road given the _ on that road given the economic impact that this war in ukraine is having. how long will people follow the president putin has to say without wanting to see change without wanting to see change without seeing change making it happen? without seeing change making it ha en? ., .., without seeing change making it ha en? ., ., , happen? you can always tell when it's coming — happen? you can always tell when it's coming b _ happen? you can always tell when it's coming b can _ happen? you can always tell when it's coming b can never— happen? you can always tell when it's coming b can never tell - happen? you can always tell when it's coming b can never tell him i it's coming b can never tell him when _ it's coming b can never tell him when it's— it's coming b can never tell him when it's coming exactly. lots of factors _ when it's coming exactly. lots of factors coincide with it. russia is very— factors coincide with it. russia is very repressed regime and many people _ very repressed regime and many people may disagree but they are afraid _ people may disagree but they are afraid of— people may disagree but they are afraid of the regime, right? for them _ afraid of the regime, right? for them to— afraid of the regime, right? for them to be able to stand up against them to be able to stand up against the regime, whether we talk about a military coup or elite coup or whether— military coup or elite coup or whether we speak about popular

uprising — whether we speak about popular uprising in both cases, people should — uprising in both cases, people should feel encouraged enough and people _ should feel encouraged enough and people should feel the regime is weakened and they should be, for such a _ weakened and they should be, for such a thing which cannot be predicted and so, every much depends on what's _ predicted and so, every much depends on what's happening on the battlefield. and suffering serious military— battlefield. and suffering serious military disputes, the ukrainian army, — military disputes, the ukrainian army, of— military disputes, the ukrainian army, of course, this really weakens the positions of putin. so, maybe it will happen— the positions of putin. so, maybe it will happen within a half a year or one year~ — will happen within a half a year or one year. we have one very serious limitation— one year. we have one very serious limitation from the point of view of time limits— limitation from the point of view of time limits and it is next march we have _ time limits and it is next march we have the election.—

have the election. former speech writer for president _ have the election. former speech writer for president putin. - now, let's catch up with events in warsaw, where president biden has come under pressure to offerfurther security guarantees — during a meeting with leaders of nine nato countries in eastern europe. at a meeting of what's called the "bucharest nine" nations, he faced demands for nato troops to be permanently stationed on the alliance's eastern flank, rather than rotated in and out as at present. here's what the us president had to say. we will defend literally every inch of nato. every inch of nato. and this is an important moment. i look forward to discussion and the next steps we can take together. and to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. it's what literally is at stake, it's notjust ukraine. it's freedom. the idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country, after a war since world war two, nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically. we have to we have to make sure

we change them back. well, president biden has now taken off from poland in air force one, ending his three—day visit to europe. but has he left his allies reassured? speaking after today's meeting, polish president andrzej duda said poland would be willing to provide fighter aircraft to ukraine if nato allies agreed. let's hearfrom mr duda. we are meeting almost exactly on the anniversary of the event which has forever changed the history of our part of europe, and which has an impact on the security situation across the world. what we wish to do today is to think about our next steps in the run—up to the b9 summit in bratislava, and the nato summit in vilnius, and about the possibilities to provide further support ot ukraine. nato has already scaled up its presence on its eastern flank. let's first look

at the countries that make up the eastern section of the alliance — as you can see it stretches from estonia in the north to bulgaria in the south. in march nato announced it would double the number of troops stationed in eastern europe — from four battlegroups to eight. and injune, nato said the number of troops on high alert in the area would rise to more than 300,000 — a sevenfold increase. former nato political officer samantha de bendern explains why the so—called bucharest 9 still feel vulnerable. these countries are afraid. if you take — for instance or even poland, but by the time alliance if you take estonia for instance or even poland, but by the time alliance responds to a potential provocation by britain, warsaw will already be occupied by russian troops. that is why they want guarantees now. they want troops on the ground now to stop that from happening because they are afraid. let's get more from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford who's in poland. there is extra security along the eastern border of poland.

we've seen that ourselves in the last few days. we were on the eastern border where an area now german troops, 300 german troops are now staffing and operating patriot missile serpents, american weaponry now systems, american weaponry now pointing towards ukraine to protect nato, this eastern flank, from the possibility of the war there escalating because it stretchs its bills across this border and we talk to people farmers there who are nervous they are worried, even worried now those patriots are there, because they say it reminds them of the front on their borders. so i think you have to remember that this part of the world feels the threat so much more strongly, so much more closely than other countries in nato so they are trying i think to put that message across today to joe and to nato secretary—general. stay with us on outside source — still to come. a woman who left london

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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... after top—level talks in moscow, russia has thanked china for what it described as its consistently balanced position on the ukraine war. presidentjoe biden holds talks with nations on nato's eastern flank as the anniversary of the conflict approaches. shamima begum — a british woman who left london as a schoolgirl to join the islamic state group in syria — has lost an appeal against the uk government's decision to remove her citizenship. her lawyers had argued she was a child victim of human trafficking. while a lawyer acting for the government said the british security services still considered ms begum a national security risk.

so, let's take a look back at what happened to shamima begum. she left the uk in february 2015 to join the so called islamic state group in syria. four years later, she was found alive at a refugee camp in northern syria, and the then—home secretary, sajid javid, removed her british citizenship. today, at 23, she is living in that camp, and her challenge to the removal of her citizenship, has been dismissed by a judge. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, explained more about that decision. in their ruling, thejudges concluded that there was a credible suspicion that shamima begum was recruited, transferred and then harboured for the purposes of sexual exploitation. the idea that she could have conceived and organised all of this herself is not plausible, they said. but in the end, they decided that that did not prevent the home secretary making the decision to take away her british citizenship. gareth peirce, one of ms begum's lawyers, called today's decision "an extraordinaryjudgment delivered in an extraordinary way". let's take a listen. the outcome that we face is that no

british child who has been trafficked outside the uk will be protected by the british state if the home secretary votes national security. richard barrett is a un counterterrorism expert. he belives that leaving women like shamima begum in the camps creates more risk, not less. if she were in london, i there would be procedures in the local community would be aware of that, and there'd - also might be ways to ensure that she wasn't still radical i and trying to bring her back into society. i there's no such programme available in the camps. i but not everyone agrees. this was the assesment of anthony glees, a security expert from the university of buckingham. whatever our own views were, she would've been treated as an icon

by islamists in the united kingdom. so, i'm not surprised the politics of it are wrong, but the bottom line is this is the law and we, all of us, believe in lawfulness. the government has been found not to have broken the law — as i say, i'm not surprised — and i think we should now draw a line under the matter of shamima begum. and here's what the uk's defence secretary ben wallace had to say. also security a officer when she lost her citizenship alongside many of the people that have posted dangerous threat to this country and obviously, she is a case of the court and she lost that upheld the interpretation of the nationality rules for the country that she is also eligible to be a citizen of and i think that's the right thing to

do. shamima begum had little hope of getting back to speaking some time before today's announcement, shamima begum had little hope of getting back to the uk any time soon. listen to this bbc interview. what you think you'll be doing in seven years' time from now? still in this camp- — seven years' time from now? still in this camp- you _ seven years' time from now? still in this camp. you don't _ seven years' time from now? still in this camp. you don't think - seven years' time from now? still in this camp. you don't think you'll i seven years' time from now? still in this camp. you don't think you'll be | this camp. you don't think you'll be home? no- — this camp. you don't think you'll be home? no. that _ this camp. you don't think you'll be home? no. that it _ this camp. you don't think you'll be home? no. that it all? _ this camp. you don't think you'll be home? no. that it all? no. - this camp. you don't think you'll be home? no. that it all? no. why i this camp. you don't think you'll be i home? no. that it all? no. why not? because isis — home? no. that it all? no. why not? because isis was _ home? no. that it all? no. why not? because isis was the _ home? no. that it all? no. why not? because isis was the worst _ home? no. that it all? no. why not? because isis was the worst thing i home? no. that it all? no. why not? because isis was the worst thing of i because isis was the worst thing of the 21st century and i was a part of it and not have to face the consequences of my actions and this camp is the consequence of my actions. she was being interviewed there byjosh baker — "the shamima begum story". he explained what happens now. i think everyone expected it to go this way, — i think everyone expected it to go this way, if— i think everyone expected it to go this way, if i'm honest with you. i don't _ this way, if i'm honest with you. i don't think— this way, if i'm honest with you. i don't think many of us expected that she would _ don't think many of us expected that she would be able to challenge the governments decision. that said, as i governments decision. that said, as i was _ governments decision. that said, as i was leaving, member of the legal team _ i was leaving, member of the legal team was— i was leaving, member of the legal team was clear in saying that this is not _ team was clear in saying that this is not over~ — team was clear in saying that this is not over. so what i would imagine

now that _ is not over. so what i would imagine now that her— is not over. so what i would imagine now that her legal team will go away if you _ now that her legal team will go away if you look— now that her legal team will go away if you look at this ruling and decide — if you look at this ruling and decide whether there is a way to appeal it — steve valdez—symonds, amnesty international uk's refugee and migrant rights director. extremely disappointed at the judgment today. i think it was the wrong decision of the home secretary to strip her citizenship and i do think it is extremely important to note that the judges have not found but the law required her citizenship to be stripped and they have not even found that she should have had her citizenship stripped and they have made it clear that a very reasonable decision would have been not to strip her citizenship but they have found the home secretary had the power to do this and it does seem that is going to be questioned and i sincerely hope it is. because it is a position that puts

citizenship fundamentally and improperly at risk. the fact is, she is british in this country should remain responsible for its citizens just as we expect other countries to be responsible for there's. br; just as we expect other countries to be responsible for there's.- be responsible for there's. by the government _ be responsible for there's. by the government was _ be responsible for there's. by the government was so _ be responsible for there's. by the government was so not _ be responsible for there's. by the government was so not to - be responsible for there's. by the government was so not to have i be responsible for there's. by the i government was so not to have broken the law and that's the key thing, isn't it? no law was broken so the government, what they did was in the legal parameter and it was within the rights to do it step you its questionable on the findings of fact and we will see if that is not to sprout but permitted in the decision may then be reviewed. but even assuming that the court is right, that parliament has indeed empowered the home secretary to do this to british citizens, that surely isn't the end of the matter. it is a considerable question as to whether i'm secretaries should have the power to do this to us british

people and just as it would be equally problematic if some other country equally problematic if some other count j equally problematic if some other count j , , , ., ., country were stripping a foreign national in _ country were stripping a foreign national in this _ country were stripping a foreign national in this country - country were stripping a foreign national in this country of- national in this country of citizenship was thought to be dangerous and stranding that person on our territory. you should not be living in a world that behaves like this. the uk's biggest retailer tesco has become the latest supermarket to impose limits on the sale of some fruit and vegetables. customers will not be allowed to buy more than 3 peppers, cucumbers or packs of tomatoes for example. aldi is also introducing limits. asda and morrisons did the same yesterday. the shortages are being blamed partly on temporary supply challenges because of adverse weather conditions abroad. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. if you've been to the supermarket, chances are you'll have seen this. a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and some other fresh veg. and now, britain's biggest retailer hasjoined in with placing a limit

on how much shoppers can buy. here's the problem. at this time of year, we rely on imports from overseas. we get a lot of tomatoes here from morocco, but it's a white—out, with harvests disrupted. extreme weather is playing havoc with food production. this huge business is in the thick of it. it's got a base in southern spain — a key food producing region, which has also been hit by bad weather. they grow food, pack it and distribute it here in the uk and abroad. mother nature is wiping the floor with inflation. if you looked at spain and to some extent morocco, in a nutshell, they didn't have an autumn. they went from a hot summer to a summer to a deep freeze. if you get those extremes in temperature, it's going to affect your crop.

i've never seen prices so high for such a long period of time across such a broad range of products. that's because demand is far outstripping supply, and our biggest retailers are scrambling for alternatives. but on social media, there are pictures of full shelves on the continent, like this store in france. the supply is choosing about where they're going to deliver, so i think the vast majority of retailers in europe, they're getting the product that they need because the retailers over there are prepared to pay the prices that they need to have products on the shelf. we've become used to buying whatever we want, when we want it, but is that no longer guaranteed? the government insists the uk's food supply chain is resilient, but it could be a few weeks before supplies get back to normal. more on our website. also as always you can reach me in the team on

twitter. hello. well, it's been a much cooler day today across the uk, with temperatures dropping by around 5 or 6 celsius in places compared with yesterday. for example, in aberdeen, we went from 13 on tuesday down to about 7. and although those temperatures are a lot lower, they are actually a lot closer to the average for this time of year. it has been a very mild month. now, the satellite picture shows the extent of the days cloud, and we've seen a number of heavy showers around as well, particularly west scotland, northern ireland and across wales, with some patches of rain at times further east. now, although there were plenty of showers for west scotland, we did have something of a clearance late in the day in glasgow, where we had some sunshine just to finish the day. but that's a sign that things are going to get

quite cold overnight. you see these clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland will spread southwards, reaching parts of northern england. meanwhile, any rain across the rest of england and wales will tend to become confined to southern areas. temperatures do drop well below freezing in scotland, northern england and northern ireland with a widespread frost. lowest temperatures getting down to about —3. now, tomorrow, we do have a ridge of high pressure, so expect a bit more sunshine than today. then weather fronts start to move into scotland through the afternoon, but nevertheless, a cold but sunny start to the day for most areas. any rain in the south pulling away quite quickly, with the weather turning drier and brighter here through the afternoon. but at the same time in scotland, it turns wetter through the afternoon with some strong gusts of wind, gusts reaching around a5—55 mph, so quite blowy. and broadly speaking, the temperatures will be similar to those that we've had today, around about 7—9 degrees or so. now, take a look at the weather charts into friday. we get these weather fronts sliding down southwards, bringing a lot of cloud across scotland, northern ireland, northern england through the day. this is where our weather front is. this line of rain you can see here just pushing its way southwards. and then behind that, for scotland and northern england and northern ireland through friday

afternoon, the weather brightens up with a bit of sunshine coming through. there will be quite a cold breeze blowing a cold northerly wind. it will feel quite chilly at times, i think across the north and east of scotland and around some of the north coast of england. but then, through the weekend, high pressure is firmly in charge and it's actually a strengthening area of high pressure. should bring a lot of dry weather with some spells of sunshine, but the threat of a few morning fog patches and frost areas and temperatures close to average.

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