i 0laf scholz is in no position to make these comments.idn't cause it, - to be clear, but 200 milion euros, $220 million - dollars a day go to moscow to pay for the fuel - that warms german homes and fuels german industry. it is so interesting that— in 2009, when the euro crashed, germany wagged its finger at greece and said, - "you are irresponsible! "we are going to cut you off and you are going to pay!" i their economy shrank 20%. now, "0h, no, we cannot cut off the oil because our economy- "might shrink- a couple of points". what moral hypocrisy! and germans feel this — i surveys say that germans believe the gas i should be cut off. there is a way to shorten this war, and 0laf scholz - holds the key. and yes, will it- hurt his economy? yes, but let's look at german history, look at the legacy, . have you not learned? is there not a moral stance - that goes ahead of 3% shrinkage of your economy for a period, to stop a bloodbath? - i mean, really? i think that it is outrageous that he would say "well, i "we have to get used to this going

very interesting listening to boris johnson and 0laf scholz, the german chancellor in london today, anduld be long term, and therefore the war would be long—term. you only had to listen to nato's bossjens stoltenberg this week to hear that while russia has withdrawn from northern ukraine and we know that as of today they are regrouping and refocusing on the east in the donbas, putin has not walked away from his ambition to own all of ukraine. so what does that tell us? this isjust the start of some very hard years ahead for europe. i didn't hear what 0laf scholz said but it enrages me, - because he is in no position to make these comments. i i find it morally indefensible, germany's position here, - and they are more than any nation on earth _ fuelling this war. they didn't cause it, - to be clear, but 220 million american dollars a day go - to moscow to pay for the fuel that warms german homesj and fuels german industry. it is so interesting that— in 2009, when the euro crashed, germany wagged its finger at greece and said you are| irresponsible, and we are going to cut you off- and th

mrjohnson was holding talks with the german chancillor, 0laf scholz, at downing street, while the the ursula von der leyen has been visiting ukraine to offer her support. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. in bucha, a chance to ponder the brutal realities of this war. ursula von der leyen, president of the european commission, in the town where ukraine says hundreds of civilians were killed by russian troops. the whole world is mourning with the people of bucha. and they are the ones who are, as you said, defending the border of europe, defending humanity, defending democracy. and, therefore, we stand with them. today, slovakia became the first country to send a major air defence system, the soviet—era s300. with a major russian offensive looming, this is one of several new moves to supply ukraine with the kind of equipment it says it badly needs. in downing street, with germany's new chancellor by his side, borisjohnson said britain was also doing more. today i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's

he's been holding talks with the german chancellor 0laf scholz at downing street, while the eu presidenteyen, has been here in ukraine offering her support. here's our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in bucha, a chance to ponder the brutal realities of this war. ursula von der leyen, president of the european commission, in the town where ukraine says hundreds of civilians were killed by russian troops. the whole world is mourning with the people of bucha, and they are the ones who are, as you said, defending the border of europe, defending humanity, defending democracy, and therefore, we stand with them. but how much more are ukraine's friends willing to do to help? today, slovakia became the first country to send a major air defence system. with another russian offensive looming, this is the kind of equipment ukraine says it badly needs. in downing street, with germany's new chancellor by his side, borisjohnson said britain was also doing more. today, i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's armed forces, incl

paper covers the decision by germany not to send heavy weaponry to kyiv as announced by chancellor 0laf scholz yesterday. let us begin our chat. thank you very much forjoining me this evening. you are going to kick herself with the front page of the mirror. a big headline. it herself with the front page of the mirror. a big headline.— mirror. a big headline. it was a brutal, brutal— mirror. a big headline. it was a brutal, brutal afternoon - mirror. a big headline. it was a brutal, brutal afternoon for - mirror. a big headline. it was a brutal, brutal afternoon for the i brutal, brutal afternoon for the prime minister in the house of commons. starting with a profuse apology that he made for the party in numberten, apology that he made for the party in number ten, the birthday cake and she changed the subject to what he had been doing on ukraine over the past week and then pretty much everyone piled in starting with an extraordinarily strikingly angry and very personal speech by the leader of the opposition, kier starmer, using what i don't think he had used by the prime minister before so much

and you know full well that 0laf scholz, the german chancellor, is still saying that a full oil and gastrous for the german economy. and all these industrial leaders are saying it would mean hundreds of thousands of people thrown out of work. that'sjust not going to happen, is it? i'm not sure about that. we've seen a lot of changes of political course by german government. remember, before the war and in the beginning of the war, german government said nord stream 2 is a good project. german government said, we will not send weapons to ukraine and we will not even allow other countries to send weapons to ukraine through our territory. that has changed. and actually, the cost of embargo to german economy is not going to be catastrophic, and there are many estimates which suggest that, yes, it will be important, it will be sizeable. it may be i% or 3% of gdp, but this is going to be smaller than covid. and german government, with its fiscal capacity, can handle that. well, yeah. you say, ah, the good news is, it's not going to be quite as bad as covid was. but the point is, europe's just

had pledges from world leaders| had pledges from world leaders including the german chancellor 0laf scholzd. belgium announced 800 million euros, and a host of other countries also pledged money. we have had pledges from private sector, from google, from coca—cola, twitter, other companies as well, and the event is actually being hosted by the european commission president ursula von der leyen, who of course has just returned from kyiv, her trip there yesterday, and the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, who is actually attending this event online, remotely. it is ongoing. we still don't know what the total amount of money pledged is, until the end, so we will wait to find out what the total is. president zelensky addressed the event by video link. what did he have to say? he the event by video link. what did he have to say?— the event by video link. what did he have to say? he made a ledre did he have to say? he made a pledge for— did he have to say? he made a pledge for increased _ did he have to say? he made a| pledge for increased sanctions. he asked the european union and the worl

arguably, the most significant move has come from germany, where the chancellor, 0laf scholz, just dayshe russian invasion, unveiled plans for a $130 billion boost in military spending. the country has been reluctant to spend too heavily on defence since the horrors of the second world war, but this new money would allow it to meet the nato target, that is country's military spend should be 2% of the size of their economy. here is the head of nato. the german decision is historic, partly because it affects the shift, the pivotal moment that we face in europe, but also the invasion of ukraine. also, because it will of course add significantly to nato�*s capability, germany is the biggest economy in europe and when they say spending more than 2% on defence, that really makes a difference. another nato country increasing defence spending is russia's neighbour, poland, as they tried to bring defence spending up to 3% of the size of the economy. they have signed a deal with washington to supply 250 abrams tanks, worth in the region of $4.5 billion. deals like this, and the broader increase i

earlier this afternoon, borisjohnson and germany's chancellor 0laf scholz met at downing street and after to increase cooperation in countering russia's war in ukraine. the prime minister says the uk will send more arms and equipment to further aid ukraine. today i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's armed forces, including more star streak anti—aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed of sound, another 800 anti—tank missiles, and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their target. we will also send more helmets, night vision and body armour on top of the 200,000 pieces of non—lethal military equipment the uk has already dispatched. but 0laf and i agree that our two countries and our allies must go further and provide more help to ukraine. the europe we knewjust six weeks ago no longer exists. putin's invasion strikes at the very foundations of the security of our continent. but his ambition to divide us has demonstrably failed. 0n the contrary, he has succeeded in unitin

and the german chancellor 0laf scholz will visit the uk prime minister borisjohnson today ukraine aimscorridors today to evacuate trapped civilians in the south and east of the country, although some previous attempts in mariupol have failed. 0urfirst report this morning — is from the city of chernihiv — a city that survived a 10 week siege from russian forces. 0ur correspondent, yogita limaye, has been given rare access to the area, now russian forces have pulled out. her report contains material some viewers may find distressing. another area the russians have withdrawn from. more unimaginable trauma. yahidne, a village in the north—east, close to the border with belarus. mykola klymchuk took us to the basement of the local school, filled with the stench of disease and decay. he was held here for four weeks, along with 130 others. the elderly, children, babies, whole families rounded up at gunpoint, crammed together. translation: i had only half a metre of space. i was sleeping, standing up. i tied myself with my scarf to the railing here, so i didn't fall over. i spent 25 nights in