"pay the full price". tensions grow between the us and ukraine over ending the war with russia. five police forces in england launch a new approach today, with domestic abuse specialists working within their emergency service's control rooms. surgeons in the uk become the first in the world to successfully preserve the sight of young children who were born with a rare genetic condition. latest figures show the uk government spent considerably less than it received in tax last month, with the highest surplus forjanuary since 1993. hello, i'm samantha simmonds.

there are growing calls for an increase to the uk's washington and kyiv over how to end the war in ukraine. i think this moment is one of the most serious moments i can supporting russia, it seems, and removing itself from the defence of europe, including the united kingdom. so we've got to make the defence of our all the parties at the last election said they had an ambition of going to 2.5% of our national income spent on our army, air force and navy. i think we should now do that rapidly, with a clear and then start talking cross—party about going even it's been three years since russia began its full scale invasion.

the percentage looking at is one way of looking at it. the money costs, as i the money £995.79.er ,, , the the meney ceets,—ee.l w , the 2.3% the mehey ceets,—ee.l w , the 2.3% we spend u nderstand, the les/ewe spend costs understand, the les/ewe spend costs £55.5 understand, the 2.521ewe spend costs £55.5 billion, currently costs £55.5 billion, that the year 22—23. if it that was the year 22—23. if it went up for example, the 7 7 the cost, the pounds obviously the cost, the pounds that are increases that are spent, increases dramatically. do you know what figures are? those figures are? 396 is well over 20 billion. _ those figures are? 396 is well over 20 billion. to _ those figures are? 396 is well over 20 billion. to get - those figures are? 396 is well over 20 billion. to get to - over 20 billion. to get to 2.5%, which is what we are saying over the five saying over the next five years, be 4.5, £5 years, would be 4.5, £5 billion, huge in itself. £5 w more? billion, huge in itselff'if more? £5 billion, huge in itselffi: e - more? £5 bum? billion, huge in itself; - more? £5 billion more. billion more? %z§fs—e:é have ut b we have put together a suggestion today, a digital suggestion today. a digital , ,, tax, sgggestion today. a digital , ,, tax, tax paid by 20 service tax, a tax paid by 20 multinational technology

companies, of the big tech companies, many of the big tech companies, search engines, social media so on, that increase from the should increase from the current 2% to 10%. would current 2% to 10%. that would raise the vast of the we need to increase money we need to increase spending in the short if you add to that our term. if you add to that our proposal confiscate russian proposal to confiscate russian assets, and we have £22 billion in uk banks, that could help us ukraine support as well. fund ukraine support as well. so you are confident that the you wwww you have done their could maths you have done their could cover the cost without cuts to other services, cover the cost without cuts to otherservices, because other services, because immediately people otherservices, because immediately people will be thinking if the is more on defence then 7 r hasron defence then 7 r hasto defence then 7 r hasto go. ence then something has to go. let's be clear, something has to go. let's be clear. we _ something has to go. let's be clear, we have _ something has to go. let's be clear, we have some - something has to go. let's be clear, we have some tough i clear, we have some tough decisions make in our decisions to make in our country. the left country. the conservatives left our public services our economy, pdblic services in a terrible state and defence in a terrible state and defence in a terrible state and no one pretending there and no one is pretending there aren't some difficult that's why we looking around at possible 555; lfifit�*gé emf? sf. 531595 because this 5551 lfifit�*gé emf? 51 55195 because this is a

answers, because this is a really big challenge for the reeds eie'ehedenee'fe'r'shs ' and that's why chancellor. and that's why we are forward i think are putting forward i think some constructive proposals. we rrfslong " "115691556135 ' ' ' ”11long1argu1ed1atthe ' " 11 "1166531551;in the liberal? have long argued at the liberal that these russian democrats that these russian assets owned both by the state and some of the oligarchs should be confiscated. there is a legal route to doing that. make 1 1 risk? 1,15, big and that wouldmake a big. big in the money we need difference in the money we need to spend to support ukraine now and in the next few years. long term we have to build up the of our army, term we have to build up the of ourarmy, our term we have to build up the of our army, our navy capacity of our army, our navy and air force, that can and air force, and that can only be done by uk—based resources and i think the digital services tax is one option. also another option. there's also another debate, charlie, across europe, about a new bank. about a new rearmament bank. are a number of people, there are a number of people, the former chief of defence staff nick carter is talking about that and i think it could be a really good we had be a really good model. we had it when the cold war ended ithwhen the cold war ended with european reconstruction and bank, that was

within a year at the iron ypgwjthin a year of the iron coming ypyyvjthin a year of the iron coming down. i think curtain coming down. i think thatis curtain coming down. i think that is a of really fast that is a way of really fast tracking and accelerating the defence spending we are going to do to defend our to have to do to defend our country if america is removing itself. ed country if america is removing itself. , , ., it has been three years since the russian full—scale invasion of ukraine. humanitarian organisations say the situation faced internally displaced. the united nations high let's speak to elisabeth haslund, the united nations high what is the situation like internally in ukraine? exactly ou internally in ukraine? exactly i you mention. _ internally in ukraine? exactly i you mention, the - situation in remains critical three ukraine remains critical three years after the full—scale began. we haee “155m“ essen 15�*s rs§e11111 1111 11111 who “155m“ essen 15�*s hsée111111111 11111 who are internally millions who are internally displaced. we have millions in

need of humanitarian assistance, 12.7 million. we peopie1111 7. s people whose homes are have people whose homes are destroyed from the attacks. and that's also the point here, it has three years, a has been three years, a full—scale war, and the �* is full—scale war, and the war is still ongoing, continuing on a basis with more aeriaii daily basis with more aerial attacks, attacks. attacks, large—scale attacks. severely impacting the very severely impacting the front line and that front line regions, and that means that civilians are losing lives, �* lives, being 11 �*lives, being injured, 11 their lives, being injured, homes are crucial their lives, being injured, homes infra crucial civilian infra structure continues to be destroyed. overnight the ukrainian air force shot down 87 drones so the country military on high alert 1 on high alert and 1 is still on high alert and dealing incoming attacks a daily basis. 11 a daily basis. you11 a daily basis. you1talked on a daily basis. you talked about the people are about the people who are displaced, millions of them. support is there for are they 1 are they being 1 are they being homed 1 where are they being hemed'end is through to what aid is getting through to them? ., ., them? exactly, and some of these 3-7 — them? exactly, and some of these 3.7 million _ them? exactly, and some of these 3.7 million internally i these 3.7 million internally displaced, some have been displaced, some have been

displaced for almost three years now. of the most years now. some of the most vulnerable of them are still accommodated in what we call collective so different that have facilities that have been repurposed host who may not have ewe-lame ashes fines net hess .-............,-- else diselsssd ishe flees net hess " else to displessd ishe nnes net hese " else to go. others managed 11 1 managed to 11 managed to be 1 managed to be connected have managed to be connected with friends and family, networks, finding refuge and elsewhere in the safety elsewhere in the country. but of course many of are have lost r11n1ay ge r11n11ay be flared no belongings, lost . jobs liv1elih1oods. and theirjobs and livelihoods. and then also we are seeing people 1bein1g11 being forc1ed to ccntindcuslybeing ferced ts their homes, some of the flee their homes, some of the vulnerable being evacuated most vulnerable being evacuated currently from line currently fre'rn frcxnt itine in the currently fre'rn frcxnt line in the east, the more than hsfthzesst in the 1515111111 1 111 11 111 1111 111 more than 200,000 people months more than 200,000 people have been displaced from the region, the donetsk region, kharkiv and sumi. they are also arriving now. and they need

things, a �*over their basic things, a roof over their head, essentialaid basic things, a roof over their head, essential aid items, 1511 many e many of them flee with because many of them flee with almost nothing. we are getting support to them alongside the other our local partners here presiding ngo partners here providing these items, these essential items, supporting the creation of bed and places to stay, the provision of cash assistance, 1= them to cover their enabling them to cover their most urgent needs now, mast urgent needs right new. medicine, for mest urgent needs right new. medicine, for rent —:——-— they 1 fo1rce1d they 1 forced to if they have been forced to flee. ., .. if they have been forced to flee. ., ,, i. ., if they have been forced to flee. ., ,, ., , ., , flee. thank you for updating us from kyiv- _ along with her mother, was murdered by her ex—partner

the pictures show tarin approaching raneem, and a confrontation. then her mother, khaola, tries to intervene. but no one came. police emergency. hi. than half an hour ago. and actually, i'm in danger. my ex—partner came, and he actually, um, harmed me and harmed my mum as well. raneem was on the phone to the police when both one understands you. she was in a place of... the police had no idea what domestic abuse is. there was no law, there was no framework around it.

after tarin was arrested, west midlands police apologised for what it called multiple failures. raneem from a campaign of domestic violence. the government is now implementing raneem's law. rooms to begin with. victims are referred to specialist support services. domestic abuse affects more than two million people a year. more needs to be done. often the response to domestic abuse has really low status within police forces. it's staffed with inexperienced officers, there's high turnover. it doesn't have the resources that it needs. so we need to look at that.

constables in all forces. but they're just one step. raneem and khaola's family have campaigned for this part of their legacy. graham satchell, bbc news. surgeons in the uk have become the first in the world who would've gone blind without treatment, have following two decades of research, some of the answers in london have performed

groundbreaking treatment and i looked up at dj my wife and i asked her... it was ourfirst child at the time, and i said jace was born with a rare genetic condition unbeknown to his parents, he could only see light and dark and was rapidly losing his sight. however, a chance meeting eventually led the family to professorjames bainbridge, who, using years of research in this model, you can see in the back of the eye

this is what's affected by the condition. and this is the tissue we're targeting with the gene therapy. it was in 2020 that four little children from around the world first flew here to london to be assessed at moorfields eye hospital. they were all born with a rare genetic condition, all aged between 1 and 2, expected to lose the first visit was in the middle of covid and surgery ended up getting cancelled when we were here for a couple of days going through pre—op. of the nurses laugh. so how does it work? an injection through the front of the eye delivers working production of aipl1 proteins essential for healthy vision. while similar treatment for a more gradualform

blindness may soon see the benefits.