now joined by basil is 1st class professor of international politics and economics at the university of east london. professor force good. it's great to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank you so much. nice to meet you. thank you. i'm not many people remember now, but the, the latter stage of the crisis in ukraine began in 2013 with this whole argument around the cranium association with the e. u, seemingly and economic issue. at that time, it was mostly about ukraine associating itself with europe rather than the collective west. 6 more generally, do you think there was ever or if there is still a distinction between the european and western and it's, i don't know it a, that's a philosophical question, i think is more of a kind of a practical question. or the west begins with europe in the collective imaginary, i mean, in history or in the western civilization. i mean, in european, in, in an american american curriculum. you see on the western civilization a course called western civilization. that begins with an sion greek philosophy, ancient greek letters moving to rome, and th

joined by the sillies 1st class professor of international politics and economics at the university of east london professor 1st because it's great to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank you so much. nice to meet you. thank you, i'm not many people remember now, but the latter stage of the crisis in ukraine began.

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of this is shawna institute at the university of london. steve thing, thank you so much. have a fighting bronze on g crimes east in front. nearly a year after russia launched its invasion, president salenti says russian losses are significant near the contested town of buck mood. but there has been a little change along the vast front line in recent months. stepped up, brushing assaults are expected this week with the anniversary of rushes. invasion, approaching. grant has been cooling on the west to deliver more weapons and ammunition which running out fast. these ukranian troops near the town are severe. ask you said time away from the fighting to hone their shooting skills, they will soon put them to use the trenches. after months on the back foot, russian forces have gone on the offensive, talking at several points along a vast frontline, stretching from the black sea to but a ruse. they have made little progress, but their firepower is a problem for ukrainian defenders, for example, on em. but rico and artillery dark from all our fire and the russians can do it 5 times more. so it's very difficult for the

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the strike by members of unison, has been in london, yorkshire, the south west, the north east and the north west. staff at 150 universitieseir row over pay, conditions and pension cuts. the rmt union has rejected the latest pay offers from network rail and train operators in an attempt to end a long running dispute over pay and working conditions. the rmt boss mick lynch described the offers as "dreadful", but the rail delivery group said passengers would be "deeply dismayed" by the decision, which paves the way for further possible industrial action. labour have won the west lancashire by—election, securing a majority of more than 8,000. ashley dalton is the new mp, after rosie cooper quit to work in the health service. the manchester city manager pep guardiola has accused premier league rivals of conspiring against them after his club was charged with more than a hundred breaches of financial regulations. on monday, city were referred to an independent commission, but guardiola insists the club is innocent. our sports editor dan roan has that story. for pep guardiola this season was meant to be about defending mancheste

london? nick beake, bbc news, in the village of urdek. we can now speak tojoshua landis who's director of the center of middle east studies at the universityhua, where hejoins us now. we saw joshua, where he joins us now. we saw reports there from joshua, we saw reports there from both syria and turkey, do serious have a right to feel particularly aggrieved about the lack of age? particularly aggrieved about the iack of age?— the lack of age? yes, they haven't got _ the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much - the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much aid - the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much aid at i the lack of age? yes, theyj haven't got much aid at all the lack of age? yes, they - haven't got much aid at all and syria, after ten, 12 years of civil war has very level —— little moving equipment, the whole system, all the systems are broken down and so it has been very difficult to get any aid in an any aid that came through turkey, the degree to the opposition areas in the north and the western of the country usually was used before it got to the syrian border. roads were broken, people ignored syria and turkey got much greate

members of unison are taking action in london, yorkshire, the south west, the north east and the north west, but paramedics will still attend life—threatening emergencies. and staff at 150 universitiesions and pension cuts. a cross—party group of mps has written to the home secretary demanding an investigation into the way a school in surrey handled a suspected racially aggravated assault on monday. more than 90,000 signatures have been added to a petition criticising the way staff at the school dealt with the attack. video shows a black people being repeatedly kicked and beaten. five people, including two 11—year—old girls, have been arrested. labour have held on to the seat of west lancashire in a by—election. ashley dalton secured a majority of more than 8,000 and takes over from rosie cooper, who quit as an mp to work in the health service. friends of nicola bulley are making fresh attempts to find information on her whereabouts, two weeks since she went missing. the a5—year—old was last seen walking her dog in st michael's on wyre in lancashire. police believe she fell into the river, and searches for her have been extended out to sea. our correspondent nick garnett reports. tw

the walkouts by members of unison are taking place in five regions — london, yorkshire, the south west, the north east and the north west. staff at 150 universities industrial action in their row about pay, conditions and pension cuts. now to ukraine. russian forces have hit critical infrastructure in several parts of ukraine in overnight attacks with at least 17 missiles hit the southeastern city of zaporizhzhia in an hour early this morning. the attack on zaporizhzhia was the heaviest since russia invaded ukraine in february last year, according to local officials. critical infrastructure was also hit kharkiv in the northeast and the dnipropetrovsk region in the centre of the country. the ukrainian air defences shot down five of seven drones and five out of six kaliber missiles launched at ukraine. officials also said they ordered emergency shutdowns of electricity across the country following the attacks and warned people not to ignore air raid sirens. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, will address a summit of sports ministers, chaired by the uk, which is being held to discuss russian participation in next year's paris 0lympics. the

the walk—outs by members of unison are taking place in five regions — london, yorkshire, the south west, the north east and the north west. staff at 150 universitieseir industrial action in their row about pay, conditions and pension cuts. this a committee of mps is calling on the government to explain how it will help thousands of afghans who are eligible for evacuation to the uk but are still living at risk of harm in their country. the commons defence committee is demanding a detailed review of the uk's involvement in afghanistan from 2001 to its chaotic withdrawal in 2021, which resulted in the taliban's return to power. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, will address a summit of sports ministers, chaired by the uk, which is being held to discuss russian participation in next year's paris 0lympics. the international olympic committee wants russian and belarussian athletes to compete as neutrals, but ukraine has threatened to boycott the games if those athletes take part. the launch of the most powerful rocket system in history is a step closer after spacex said it had carried out a successful static test of its super heavy booster fo

east anatolia in size. make fold system when i speak to david rotary about this is joining us from london. he's a professor of planetary geosciences at the open university. thank you very much for being with us. as you've seen this, been a number of aftershock seems the 1st to be quite struck on monday. is it possible 1st of all to predict how long and how bad the aftershocks will be? it's hard to predict. i mean good been 7 in the past 6 hours that a stronger than magnitude for 2 of those have been magnitude 5, so nothing of 6. so i will get weaker as time goes by. it's hard to tell her quickly, but i will die away. i would hope by tomorrow, but no more after shocks of magnitude, 5 know before or lower, but it could go on for weeks. if you close to be at the center of an individual after shop, you will still feel the ground shy. of course that's going to be alarming for the local people. yeah. and what leads to these after shocks? what, why we seeing so many of them. ok, well you bring the spoken about based on a total your fault, which is a play boundary between a ravia colliding though it wasn't keeping squeeze that the west and emotionally locked up

london yorkshire, the south—west, the north—east and the north—west. it's also day two of strike action from the university country . well, our across the country. well, our reporter ray anderson is at waterloo for us this morning where there is strike action taking place. morning, ray . taking place. morning, ray. yeah, good morning to you both here today at london ambulance service. we're going to see paramedics and ambulance technicians walking out along with emergency care assistants and 999 call handler. as well. of course, this all dates back to that pay rise offer a 4% pay rise offer in september , which rise offer in september, which was turned down because it's below the rate of inflation and ambulance workers and staff that i've been chatting to this morning as they've been coming and going from their very busy shifts, are looking absolutely exhausted. leaving by the exhausted. those leaving by the way, are telling me that they , way, are telling me that they, in many cases are needing to use foodbanks and a struggle financially to a significant extent and just very worried. they're also people a