me are the broadcaster, david davies, and dr leslie vinjamuri, who is director of the us and americas programmes think—tank chatham house. tomorrow's front pages, a quick look at them. the i has a striking image of roman abramovich after the chelsea owner was among seven people hit by new sanctions. "blood on their hands" is the headline — a quote from the foreign secretary, liz truss. the same story features on the guardian's front page — but the paper also has a harrowing report from the besieged city of mariupol. the metro front page has an archive picture of abramovich

there is also the director of the americas programme at chatham house in london. let me bring you up—to—date with the front pages at home. notjust uk papers but also ones from around the world. the straits times of singapore shows that very striking image of the giant russian convoy rolling slowly but determinedly towards the capital of ukraine. the satellite image is a particularly striking one. it's 65 kilometres of military vehicles. the french says president putin has over the start of the siege of kyiv saying smoke is rising —— showings smoke is thriving. the union president is played in the west to intervene saying there is genocide of his country. it quotes the president's tweet in which he says history is repeating itself after a russian bomb hit the babyn yar memorial in kyiv. —— holocaust memorial day. liberal centre—left newspaper in the uk reports on the heartbreaking decision facing families trying to get out. uk's metro newspaper shows a mere empty chamber at the un human rights council in geneva as diplomats walked out to a man and woman to a speech

me are the broadcaster, david davies, and dr leslie vinjamuri, who is director of the us and americas programme at the international afffairs think—tank chatham house. tomorrow's front pages, a quick look at them. the i has a striking image of roman abramovich after the chelsea owner was among seven people hit by new sanctions. "blood on their hands" is the headline — a quote from the foreign secretary, liz truss. the same story features on the guardian's front page — but the paper also has a harrowing report from the besieged city of mariupol. the metro front page has an archive picture of abramovich and president putin. "blood brothers" is the mirror's headline, picturing abramovich and the russian leader, and also the devastation in irpin near kyiv. the telegraph says the british public will be asked to offer their homes to tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees, following criticism of the home office's handling of the refugee scheme. the ft says more than half of ukraine's economy has shut as the conflict deepens. and in other news, the yorkshire post looks at the cost of living crisis, wi

and dr leslie vinjamuri — director, us and the americas programme at the international affairs thinkhouse. thank think tank chatham house. you both forjoining us president thank you both forjoining us. president biden�*s comments, where they an intentional move, and appeal to russian people to turn away from putin, for example? or where they just a reckless gaffe? i putin, for example? or where they just a reckless gaffe?— putin, for example? or where they just a reckless gaffe? i don't know, ask him. just a reckless gaffe? i don't know, ask him- what _ just a reckless gaffe? i don't know, ask him. what do _ just a reckless gaffe? i don't know, ask him. what do you _ just a reckless gaffe? i don't know, ask him. what do you think, - just a reckless gaffe? i don't know, i ask him. what do you think, knowing his track record? _ ask him. what do you think, knowing his track record? he _ ask him. what do you think, knowing his track record? he does _ ask him. what do you think, knowing his track record? he does have - ask him. what do you think, knowing his track record? he does have a -

me are the broadcaster david davies, and dr leslie vinjamuri, who is director of the us and americas programmet chatham house. thank you both for staying with us tonight. let's have a quick look at the top pages. the i has a striking image of roman abramovich after the chelsea owner was among seven people hit by new sanctions. "blood on their hands" is the headline — a quote from the foreign secretary, liz truss. "blood brothers" is the mirror's headline, picturing abramovich and the russian leader, and also the devastation in irpin, near kyiv. the same story features on the guardian's front page — but the paper also has a harrowing report from the besieged city of mariupol. the times has a warning from borisjohnson, who says the kremlin may be prepared to use chemical weapons in ukraine. the ft says more than half of ukraine's economy has shut, as the conflict deepens president putin threatens to send globalfood prices soaring in a response to international sanctions. putin takes revenge on the west reads the express front page. the daily mail claims europe is facing its biggest refugee crisi

with me are broadcaster penny smith and leslie vinjamuri, director of the us and the americas programme at chatham house. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the face of a ukrainian girl forced to flee her home splashed across london's the times. it reports she, along with tens of thousands of others, have reached the border with poland as president putin prepares to bombard kyiv. more desperate faces at kyiv central station on the front of the guardian in the uk, which covers the heart—breaking decisions forced upon fleeing families. "the siege of kyiv" says britain's i newspaper, reporting the kremlin is planning a "siege, starve and surrender" strategy. and french daily le figaro says that is already under way as the city's television tower is targeted. it also points out that the french president's reelection campaign has been overshadowed due to the tension with president putin. the ukrainian president begs the west to intervene to stop what he calls a genocide in his country. com plete complete with a photograph of the president. that's in britain's daily telegraph. defiance

i spoke to dr leslie vinjamuri — director, us and the americas programme at the international affairse for responsible statecraft. biden does have quite a track record of shooting his mouth off, going back many, many years. at the same time i think he was revealing what a lot of people in washington and the administration would like to see in russia. obviously, many other people as well, which is the fall of the putin regime. it was certainly a very unwise thing to say, after all the ukrainians and russians are now engaged in peace talks. the russian campaign is not going well and so there does appear to be perhaps the basis for a peace settlement, may be. and who suggested the russians that america's real goal is to overthrow the russian government and possibly state, does not contribute to that effort. possibly state, does not contribute to that effort-— to that effort. lesley, the white house backtracked _ to that effort. lesley, the white house backtracked quickly - to that effort. lesley, the white house backtracked quickly after| house backtracked quickly after president biden's

civil wars across the world, not necessarily in african countries or south america, it could be anywhere. the world food programme> trevor: this is terrifying. you know, it's -- i was talking to a friend about how, before the pandemic, i think there was a certain hue brings that humans had about everything, we just believed it would always go on. you hear these doomsday prophecies or warnings about the world ending at some point or humans not being able to inhabit the planet, but until the pandemic, i didn't feel we had a tangible example to have the world stopping. you know, people would say how do you stop the world, how can you stop travel and countries? now we've seen it. >> yes. >> trevor: now you're telling us. >> no, this is not a doomsday prediction. this is a wakeup call because we are at a cusp of time that if we to the right things now, in another 15 to 20 years, we can make a significant turnaround. so what are the right things to do? we have been pushing this for the last two years. we have these programs going for over 25 years in southern india where we have brought in 10% of the farmers' land unde

for more on this, i'm joined now by our north america correspondent, peter bowes in washington, dc. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme her from her opening statement?— today about her from her opening statement? ~' ., ., , , ., statement? i think we got a sense of judue statement? i think we got a sense of judge jackson's _ statement? i think we got a sense of judge jackson's sense _ statement? i think we got a sense of judge jackson's sense of _ statement? i think we got a sense of judge jackson's sense of history, - judgejackson's sense of history, and what she was saying. clearly what has gone before her, but her potential place in history, as well, as she was outlining, as we've just seen, the position that she believes she will hold and how she will be independent in the courtroom, talking about that grand experiment of american democracy, and judging cases without fear of favour. —— or favour. that was the thrust of her message in what is likely to be several days of quite partisan questioning over her past and some of her past decisions. she talked about being a judge for the past decade — this really was her

programme launched. james cleverly, minister for europe and north america, said that the uk would support ukrainian refugeesing to support them and to make sure they can come to the uk, and that the process is quick. you have got to remember that, two weeks ago, this situation didn't exist at all so we are looking to create something at a very large—scale, very quickly, and initially, of course, it will be slower than we would like, but that will pick up and we will be accepting both ukrainians who have family and those who don't as well as supporting them right the way across europe, of course. nickolay maksimov escaped mariupol a few days ago and is currently waiting for the rest of his family to reunite with him. hejoins me now. thank you forjoining us today. tell our viewers first of all how you managed to get away from mariupol. nikolai, ifi nikolai, if i can get you to pause, we are having trouble hearing you, i was asking you how you managed to leave mariupol. apologies, nikolai, apologies, i think you can hear me but unfortunately we can't hear you. if you hold on we will try to come back to you in

america." absolutely. she's against this kind of polarisation. you agree with that? absolutely. and i think that boric, the new president in chile, is playing to the centre. he understands that he has a programme needs the other 46%. so, look, you are one of the most famous latina women in the world. how far do you see it as your mission, through your writing, to explain and bring south america to the world, as it were? because a lot of your books are set in a country that could be anywhere in latin america, really, couldn't it? it's not a specific one. yeah. well, i don't see myself as having a mission. i love to tell a story, and the stories that i tell are always immersed in a social and political context. that's why i can't write romance novels because they happen in a sort of bubble. it's all about the passions and emotions of the protagonist. for me, what happens in the outer world is really important. so, in a way, even without me trying, latin america, the social issues, the political issues appear in my books, but it's not... ..a wish to influence anybody or deliver a message. i'm a writer of fiction. you're a writer of fiction, but you have the allende name and, of course, your uncle

our north america correspondent anthony zurcher is in washington. a lwa ys always helpful to get you on the programme, others are saying it's not to. where do you fall on this? ~ . ., �* it's not to. where do you fall on this? ~ i ., �* ., , it's not to. where do you fall on this? ~ i ., �* .,, ., it's not to. where do you fall on this? �* ., ,.,i this? well, joe biden has a history of these things, _ this? well, joe biden has a history of these things, making _ this? well, joe biden has a history| of these things, making unscripted comments that get him in trouble, but they also kind of reveal where his thinking is so they can lend some sort of insight, and i think if russia decides that wherejoe biden pause my thinking is right now is that he wants vladimir putin out of russia, that could be dangerous. you have to remember this is a high wire act. every word is being carefully monitored because the situation could escalate out of control, so when biden says something like this, it does increase the risk of a misinterpretation of an escalation when that's something that no side wants. i , , , , ., ,

columnist sarah vine and amanda renteria, chief executive of code for america and former adviser to hillary clinton. welcome to the programmeadimir putin did not know how bad this war was going. he didn't know there were russians conscripts at the front. one of the achilles heels of autocracies, said antony blinken today, is that you don't have people in these systems who speak truth to power. the secretary of state was alluding to the information the generals had hidden from the russian president. american intelligence suggests it has caused a rupture in relations between the kremlin and the russian ministry of defence. since being reappraised on how bad it is going, the kremlin�*s tactics have shifted. the generals have been refocused on what they can win. the suggestion is that troops will be extracted from around the capital, kyiv, and the nearby city of chernihiv and repurposed, probably somewhere in the east around the donbas. russian—backed separatists say they want the entirety of luhansk and donetsk. and in recent days, shelling in donetsk has ramped up considerably. and then there is mariupol further to the south,