ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kiev on sunday the highest level us visit since the war began. campaigning ends in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. and more than 90 thousand fans have packed into wembley stadium to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte in just over an hour. now on bbc news. our world. myanmar is now in a state of civil war. what started in february 2021 as a mass protest movement against the military coup is now a nationwide armed uprising. a people's army made up of unlikely soldiers. they are sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is the general who seized power in a coup. i'll stain that top elected leaders in the country. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising. we follow a mother and student as they

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kiev on sunday in the highest level us visit since the war began. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinken will visit kyiv on sunday in the highest level us visit since the war began. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido. officials in ukraine say eight people, including a three—month—old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of odesa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. other russian missiles hit a military facility in odesa and a cemetery. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works, where ukraine's remaining forces in the city are holding out. russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kyiv on sunday, in the highest level us visit since the war began. campaigning ends in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido. officials in ukraine say five people, including a three—month—old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of odesa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building — the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying our correspondent caroline davies has just sent this report from odesa. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city

president zelensky says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kyiv on sunday, the highest levelvisit since the war began. campaigning ends in france's presidential election, with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers can buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine, sparking concerns over sunflower oil used to prepare food for ramadan and eid. tyson fury has retained his world boxing heavyweight title in the battle of the brits against dillian whyte. we start in ukraine, where officials say at least five people have been killed in missile strikes on the southern port city of odesa. the dead include a three—month—old baby. 18 others were injured in the attacks on a military facility and two residential buildings. the ukrainian foreign minister says they were designed to "spread terror". it comes as russian forces are reported to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works in the city of mariupol, where ukraine's remaining forces in the city are sti

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kyiv on sunday in the highest level us visit since the war began. i'm in paris where campaigning has ended in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido. and more than 90,000 fans have packed into wembley stadium to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte in just over an hour. officials in ukraine say eight people, including a three—month—old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of 0desa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. 0ther russian missiles hit a military facility in 0desa and a cemetery. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. siren wails thick bla

so lensky says she'll be asking secretary of state antony, blinkin, and defense secretary lloyd austin for more weapons to fight the russian onslaught in the south and east. earlier the president recorded an orthodox eastern message from eve, saint sophia cathedral at makeshift houses of worship ukrainians. nationwide grade for front line troops and for civilians besieged in cities such as mary ople. o. earlier i asked her d. w, corresponded rebec readers in keith. what to lensky could expect, again, from his meeting with the leaders of the pentagon and us shake department. well, this is the highest level meeting from the us since the war began. i don't have a list of talking points is, is obviously a very confidential mating. one thing he can definitely expect is a guarantee from the americans of continued support in this conflict. and certainly one the one thing he wants can really be summed up in one word, michael and that is weapons from the very beginning of this conflict. president lance, he has been calling for support in the way of weapons saying that if they had the right weap

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kiev on sunday the highest level us visit since the war began. campaigning ends in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. now on bbc news. the media show: piers morgan returns. hello and welcome to the media show, our guest today is the star signing of rupert murdoch's go new signing, piers morgan and he will notjust have a show in the uk, it will be streamed in the us, it will be broadcast on sky news australia and as well is that there is a column in the new york post and there is a book deal with harpercollins as well. all of which is owned by rupert murdoch, all of which is a significant bet on one man grabbing the attention of the world. let us hear if he thinks this is about with making. how does that happen, how does a deal get thrashed out to? it was fortuitous, the whole g

we will not lead despite the recent summit in israel, where secretary of state antony blinkin met with top arab diplomats and tried to reassure them that washington is still their protector. it appears that the american spell has been broken, because despite the by an administration continued requests to boost oil, offered him his soaring prices. the message from saudi arabia is clear. we won't let you drag us in your political games. have been, i know how we managed to convert him into a political differences from which is good for the coven. good, common, good to prove us. as a result, israel has shown caution when it comes to following washington's lead in prime minister bennett has traded carefully on the topic of ukraine, expressing a solidarity with the country, but not issuing an outright condemnation of russia. instead, he's taken a neutral stance, which is seen him involved in mediation, sending humanitarian aid and taking in refugees. but that's not good enough for the hawks in washington who's speaking the language of weapons and want to know why israel isn't sending any to

president zelensky says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kyiv on sunday, the highest leveloss the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers can buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine, sparking concerns over sunflower oil used to prepare food for ramadan and eid. tyson fury has retained his world boxing heavyweight title in the battle of the brits against dillian whyte.

that's down from previous assessments for about a year. antony blinkin says, a return to the 2015 nuclear deal is the best way to reduce any threat that is where the air strikes and syria of killed 4 soldiers. a syrian defense ministry says at least 3 others were injured in damascus. and those are the headlines that he's continues here on out to 0 after the stream. coming up next. since fidel castro proclaimed a communist state nearly 6 decades ago, cuba has held fast to with the gl ideology. in a series of special reports, we explore how the pandemic, ethan on with hi, anthony. ok to down the street. we are going to focus on the use of cross in the last few years. john, give you one is a new delhi is the latest out of them was wanting is the last well principle of neutrality on the side of your parties. because instead of punishing the open treatise equally, we have see in the states are having selective approach towards the thought of it. let's have a listen to our to our guests who are joining us. they will have their own tax offer, karita victrum. so good to have here on the screen of

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state, antony blinkin, will visit kyiv on sunday, in the highest level us visit since the war began. —— zelensky. campaigning ends in france's hard—fought presidential election, with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival, marine le pen, urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. tyson fury has retained his world heavyweight title against dillian whyt, with a dazzling sixth—round uppercut. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the political commentatorjo phillips. and alsojoining us is the political editor of the sunday people and the sunday mirror, nigel nelson. we will say hello to both in just a minute. first, let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph says that the home secretary, priti patel, has accused the bbc of exhibiting an "undercurrent" of xenophobia when reporting the government's new immigration deal with rwanda. the bbc�*s r

volodymyr zelensky says antony blinkin will visit kyiv on sunday in the highest level us visit since the war began. in france, emmanuel macron and marine le pen are urging people to turn out and vote on sunday in the election. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. more than 90,000 fans are in wembley stadium watching tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte right now. hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us. with me commentatorjoe phillips and editor of the sunday people and the sunday mirror nigel nelson. first, let us look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph says that priti patel has accused the bbc of exhibiting an undercurrent of xenophobia when reporting on the new emigration deal with rwanda. journalist from the bbc were in rwanda to report the story and ask questions about the plan. i am the leader that britain needs, that is according to borisjohnson in the sunday express as he launches a full throttle defence of his premiership. the front p

also allow several other european countries to restock their armaments. us secretary of state antony, blinkin, and defense secretary lloyd austin, made a secretive journey by train to the ukrainian capital keith. it's the highest us visit since the invasion started on separate the 24th. a warm welcome back to keep after a secret of train journey across the polish ukraine border to the capitol. yes, the high level delegation sent by u. s. president joe biden, to offer face to face messages of support and admiration. the reason we're back is because of you because of the extraordinary courage, leadership and success that you've had in pushing back his horrific russian aggression both blinking and defense secretary lloyd austin, offered zalinski condolences for the loss of life in ukraine and further economic and military support. as ever, zalinski was grateful then to the point about his needs for unit at their sam was royal priorities are weapons and support is both from the united states and our partners needed from european leaders or little in terms of our army strongly should be through an

president in person to give to offer continued support against russia's invasion. secretary of state, antony blinkin said, russia's campaign in ukraine had failed, and a pledge was made to step up u. s. military aid, including more advanced weapons, alexia bryan reports a show of support in a time of war. the u. s. secretaries of state and defense in the ukrainian capital to meet president of a lot of me as a landscape. this was the 1st high level visit by us officials since russian forces invaded what you've done. um, in reposing the rush angela battle keys, it was for and her insurance bar. and quite frankly, to russell the war. we've got used to see you on video around the world, but it's very, it's good to see you in person. during a 3 hour meeting, the pair promised to stay pop u. s. military aid, including sending more advanced weapons and we will continue to do everything possible or to ensure that you are successful. ukraine's president has accused allies of being too slow to help saying they shared responsibility for the was casualties. but on sunday he said he was grateful for u. s. suppor

them well, a few hours after that statement there by antony, blinkin at the white house press secretary, jennifer, saki was asked precisely the same question. and she said very clearly, the biden administration is very worried about the apparent speed with which iran is developing its nuclear weapons. capability she to attributed this to the fact that the previous president donald trump pulled out of the iran program in terms of which iran agreed to stop nuclear development or weaponized nuclear development. in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. i jumped the saki making very clear the administration's belief at that because of this. basically, iran was lost control of it, developed or continued develop its nuclear weapons program, a direct consequence of the decision to pull out of the joint comprehensive plan of action that was taken by president trump. this she says is why president biden immediately came into office, started attempts to get this plan resurrected and my come despite those concerns, the u. s. sector of state is continuing to defend attempts to resurrect the nuclear

so everything ukraine, thus, with the support from the dollars is defensive. state antony blinkin says washington will not let anything stand in the way of sending more arms to ukraine. we have been individually united states and collectively as partners more than 30 countries providing to ukraine. the weapons and systems that we believe it can use most effectively and that it needs to push back against our russian aggression. and we're not going to let anything stand in the way of getting ukrainians what they need and what we believe can be effective. so we're looking across the board right now, not only at what we've provided and continue to provide, but whether there are additional systems that would make a difference. russia has been suspended from the u. n. leading human rights body of allegations that russian troops committed atrocities against civilians in northern ukraine. 93 members of the un general assembly voted to strip russia its membership of the human rights council. 24 voted against russia has dismiss it as a political move. less is good figured out. so the russian fed

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kyiv ond his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido.

s. secretary of state says russia has failed in ukraine. antony blinkin, and defense secretary lloyd austin, have wrapped up a visit in keith, and pledge to step up u. s. military aid, including more advanced weapons, ukrainian president, florida, me as a lensky said, the meeting was an important moment for his country. ukrainians are standing up. they're standing strong in their doing that with the support that we have coordinated from literally around the world. the strategy that we've put in place massive support for ukraine, masser pressure against russia. solidarity with more than 30 countries engaged in these efforts is having real results. and we're seeing that when it comes to russia's warnings, russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding a turkish court, a sentence rights activists, osman kabbalah to life in prison. and a case that is caused tensions between president reptile, otto and several western countries. corvana was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government by organizing anti government protest in 20136. other people was sentenced to 18 years each. the fren

s. secretary of state antony blinkin is in brussels for those meetings with nato allies. and he says, the group will focus on what more can be done to help you crane. we set out to do 3 things. if russia decided to pursue this horrific aggression against ukraine. ah, one was to support, are you printing partners? we're doing that to was to put extraordinary pressure on russia. we're doing that. 3 was to make sure that we were shoring up the defenses of our own alliance nato. and we're doing that. and to day tomorrow, we'll continue to talk about not only how we can sustain these efforts, but how we can build upon the u. s. has unveiled more sanctions against russia this time against financial institutions and 2 of president vladimir putin daughters. the vitamin ministration is also accusing a russian billionaire trying to evade sanctions against him. the 1st action we are announcing today is the unsealing of an indictment. charging russian oligarchy, konstantin mouth. f with sanctions violations, as indictment charges. the treasury department previously identified malik f

yes, sex your state, antony blinkin is among them. he found a deal with panama to manage the flow. people trying to get into the united states better. he says the entire region needs to pull what's resources? no one country can meet these challenges or saw them along the united states is committed to working in partnership with all of you across every dimension to this issue from taking on margins. when we met worse to improving our, you may in the vector border management to countering this information, to developing legal pathways for immigrants and refugees seeking a safe place to call home. ah, we talked stories on how to 0, a 3rd russian deadline for ukrainian soldiers to surrender in the besieged port city of maria pole has passed. the last of keeps fight as a hold up inside the as of star seal plant and are refusing to give up their arms. a 1000 civilians also thought to be sheltering inside. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says forces defending mar, you poll, need more military. so.

he stayed who's just wrapped up a visit to achieve during the trip antony blinkin and secretary of defense lloyd. austin also said that the u. s. will continue to provide weapons to ukraine to help it pushed back the russian invasion. this is the highest level face to face meeting between cheve in the white house since the war began. blink, and also said you as diplomats would start to return to ukraine. next week. russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. russia has sought as his principal way to totally subjugate ukraine to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. that has failed. it sought to assert the power of its military and its economy. we're forcing just the opposite military that is dramatically under performing an economy as a result of sanctions. as a result of the mass exodus from russia, that is in shambles. thursday, the broke president biden signed a, you know, a drop down in, on saturday. ours was, were showing up from that drawdown package that is a unimaginable speed. and it's due to the hard work of all the men and women who are working day out day in a

earlier in the day, antony blinkin was giving evidence to a senate committee. i, he said as well that the matter of time in which iran could develop a nuclear weapon has dropped from a year to a matter of weeks. this. he also said as a consequence of ben president, trans decision to pull out of the joint comprehensive plan of action. so antony blinking using this opportunity to make this public to the senate, no doubt as well with an i to getting domestic support for the bided and ministrations intention to resuscitate at that joint a comprehensive plan of action. this is not necessarily a popular thing among many members of congress and blinking perhaps using this particular example as a way to encourage and increase support for the by the administration's attempts to get the joint comprehensive plan of action back on track mckenna. thank you very much. indeed, athena suicide bomber has killed at least 4 people and injured several others in southern pakistan. the blast ripped through many bass traveling near the university of karachi. please say 3 chinese nati

s. military spending sores, the country secretary of state antony blinkin says it will support wants efforts to boost its military strength to repel what they label as chinese aggression. the biden administration is determined to make sure that taiwan has all necessary means to defend itself against any potential aggression, including unilateral action by china, to disrupt the status quo. that's been in place now for many decades. in response to chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has said that the country rejects blinking quote, deplorable statement. he also emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the taiwan strait. chinese financial analyst frances learn believes washington's plans for taiwan are simply about deterring beijing. us will continue to apply to taiwan to try to trying to, i'm in be taking over the lawn is that you got the city policy. you can be applied to taiwan for that case. if somebody will be selling more, you must be selling the most rep and what everybody want to see is a sale may vote, nothing changes. i think that would be best for eve

well, there has been a reaction from the us secretary state antony blinkin. who says the news about boucher is a like a punch to the gut. been candidates on his way to europe for further talks with european foreign ministers in coming days in brussels, but certainly intense anger in his reaction to those latest events. anger, too, from several other western nations. and the u. s. has now weighed into this. what have they had to say? well, you and had said in the past, that is a possibility of war crimes that needs to be investigated. now the issue of war crimes is something that has a very strict legal foundation, particularly when the us uses that term. so it is continuing its investigations and says that will continue to do so. now we have heard from the secretary general as well, who has just issued the statement within the last few minutes saying that condemning what's happening. busher in particular saying that there is a strong need now. busy for an independent investigation to find accountability. so the un secretary general joining all those others wh

the secretary of state saying that new sanctions were introduced just a few days ago. antony blinkin saying that each and every day the u. s. is looking at ways in which to tighten, improve shift duran sanctions. in consultation, always. he said we're with the u. s. western allies. so from the u. s. point of view sanctions are being imposed. they will continue to be imposed, but importantly to they will be amended as the situation goes along. my canada, 1st in washington, d. c. rushes, defense ministry says ukraine's accusations are unfounded and it's better to units all left butcher. 4 days before the footage was revealed, hassam al bars and moscow. the russian ministry of defense dismissed the reports about massa came butcher as force and a provocation. they say that their military units pulled out from butcher on the 30th of march. right after the talks in istanbul with the ukrainians, and thus when the announced as carrying back their military operation in kiev and chicago, they also blamed the ukrainian military for extensively shelling southern oscars of butcher than the russia

s. secretary of state antony blinkin flew to achieve their he called on russia to stop its reckless and aggressive actions towards ukraine. washington pledged $125000000.00 in military aid while saying it was looking into what would be helpful to ukraine. right now. i will continue to strengthen our security partnership and 1st collaboration with you to make sure that you train and defend itself against against regression. with both the united states remain the key player for both moscow and peeve in russia itself. the use role was seen as less paramount. no more to be does they have dropped the rope? did williston, maybe there were some western european countries that wanted something different money keep would you let you follow the americans like little poodles? can you've usual fish. i don't see any european point of view that would distinguish europe from the united states as each of the roku skirt about finished up on a visit to berlin. in july 2021, sir lensky made it clear that he wanted the u. s. involved in future talks with russia. yes, view germany and france could not resol

america s most senior diplomat, antony blinkin, will visit kyiv on sunday, according to ukrainian presidentolodymyr zelensky, who's been holding his first press conference since the beginning of the war. i'm in paris where campaigning has ended in france's hard —fought presidential election, with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival, marine le pen, urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. and more than 90,000 fans are expected at wembley stadium this evening to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte. hello, welcome. officials in ukraine say five people, including a three—month—old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of 0desa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has just sent this report from 0desa. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in 0desa. thi

ah, none other than the headlines on al jazeera, you are secretary state antony blinkin has promised ukraine's forces of continued support from the white house. he met the ukrainian president in chief on sunday along with the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin. russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. russia has sought as his principal way to totally subjugate ukraine, to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. that has fail. it sought to assert the power of its military and its economy. we are, of course, you're seeing just the opposite. military that is dramatically under performing an economy as a result, the sanctions as a result of a mass exodus from russia, that is in shambles. waterproof and says the west is trying to cause division in russia in a bid to limit its territorial gains in ukraine. he's been speaking in moscow, the russian presidents also said foreign media outlets are provoking russia military doors. jabbar is in moscow with more research and they seem as her speech was that as a country need to continue to remain united and fight extremism on

main headline from it was the announcement that today he was expecting too great here in kyiv antony blinkinof defence, lloyd austen, the most high—profile us official to visit here since the war began, president zelensky has invited president biden but that has not happened, but this would mark a step up, really, certainly in the seniority of us officials who had been here. the white house has not commented, they have not had anything to say, confirmed or denied the visit or given any details at all. in kyiv today we watch and we wait to see if they arrive, if it goes ahead and if it does what items are on the agenda. the men and women of the defence are celebrating easter in the trenches they now call home. dug into the sandy soil on the outskirts of the city, they cook and sleep here. to they will eat cakes here as well, iced with sprinkles and blessed with holy water. they were delivered from local bakeries who want to thank these fighters for saving the city. here in the trenches outside kyiv they have already repelled the russian advance and now they are sending solidarity to their col

america s most senior diplomat, antony blinkin, will visit kyiv on sunday, according to ukrainian president and vote on sunday. and more than 90,000 fans are expected at wembley stadium this evening to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte.

s. secretary of state antony blinkin is in brussels for those meetings with nato allies. he says the group will focus what more can be done to help you crane. we set out to do 3 things . if russia decided to pursue this horrific aggression against ukraine, one was to support or ukrainian partners. we're doing that to was to put extraordinary pressure on russia. we're doing that. 3 was to make sure that we were shoring up the defenses of our own alliance nato. and we're doing that. and to day tomorrow, we'll continue to talk about not only how we can sustain these efforts, but how we can build upon. now, finland, which shares a border with russia, has for decades, stay neutral on its big and neighbor. but now for the 1st time, a clear majority of finland's population supports joining nato. that's according to the finish. foreign minister who says, public opinion has changed since russia's invasion of ukraine says the false, because i said that a common opinion has changed very rapidly since the russian attack, against, or crane in 34 weeks. the clear majority 1st time ever

your sexual state, antony blinkin is among them. he signed a deal with panama to manage the flow of people better trying to get into the united states. he says the entire region is to poo which resources no one country can meet these challenges or solve them along. the united states is committed to working in partnership with all of you across every dimension of this issue from taking on modern smuggling. that works to improving humane and effective order management to countering this information, to developing legal pathways for immigrants and refugees seeking a safe place to call home number of people crossing hanniman columbia has doubled compared to last year. turbo has more from but as ari's. well, according to the united nations, the humanitarian agency of the around 80000000 people that have been displaced across the world, one 5th is, are located in latin america and trying to move and trying to cross borders. i was that the area and gap last year, i can tell you that what we saw is a dramatic situation. thousands and thousa

s. secretary of state says that russia is failing in its war in ukraine, antony blinkin, and defense secretary lloyd austin, that the cranium president on sunday, during the visit, they pledged more military support to the countries. vladimir putin says the west is trying to divide russian society speaking earlier in moscow. the russian president accused foreign media outlets of provoking rushes, military french president to man or macro on has been re elected comfortably beating far right challenge a marine. the pen not called acknowledged the dissatisfaction with his 1st term, while the pen says she's in a good position for the parliamentary elections in june status. all me could speak to john eve or come, who's a senior fellow at the center for analysis of the radical right. johns not from paris. johnny, how come she lost it in the losing one a pretty high percentage of the votes. it's fairly evident that the far right is getting a great deal of popularity in france. yes, well, 41.5 percent mine engage her on 8 percent from 2017. and she gone 13000000 votes, which is actually prin

s. secretary of state antony blinkin has been meeting president vladimir lensky . keep us defense. secretary lloyd austin is also there. zalinski is expected to offer more weapons to fight the russian offensive. the white house so far declined to comment. oh, william courtney is a former white house senior director for russia, ukraine, and eurasian affairs and former ambassador to georgia. he joins us now from washington. d. c. with him, thank you so much for your time. first, i stopped by asking you what entity blink adams presence in key if will add more than perhaps the other queue of european leaders that we've seen passed through key of in recent weeks. visits of the western leaders have shown some support for present soleski and cranes really courageous a defense of the country. but they've also shown a measure of confidence that ukrainian government has made k of secure. so there are 2 purposes there. now a 3rd purpose is to get a measure of zalinski as a war time president. you know, he's become a war time winston churchill, to the surprise of a lot of peop

so lensky is expected to ask antony blinkin and lloyd austin for more powerful weapons. as his country comes under constant russian bombardment, which all stratford is near the frontline in easton ukraine in savanski. the town of lee man, which is about 20 kilometers. and also here a town that we were literally unable to get to today because the shelling was so heavy, we didn't have to speak to civilians coming out of it. they yeah, confirming what we could hear saying that they were families sheltering in bunkers . we spoke to one person who described a crater in the center of town that was believed to be changed from an air strike. we cannot. busy confirm that and just as indication of the difficulties that people are facing here is this, as it was continues, there was a young family that was actually trying to get into lehman. at one stage we said, well, where are you going? can you have the shelley and they said, well, we have no choice, our home is there and we cannot afford to live in any pro. and that's where they fled to. they play that every once before and now