no plans or intentions, certainly under nato auspices, putting troops on the ground and president brydene. our correspondent in berlin, jess parker, gave her assessment of the fallout. people have been trying to read his comments and work out what he was trying to do. some people think it was emmanuel macron doing what he does, which is savings that are a bit unexpected, unconventional. he is known for spinning out these big ideas that can raise some eyebrows. one diplomat i spoke to earlier said they thought it was actually almost an attempt france to talk tough because they haven't been sending nearly as much military aid compared to countries like germany — germany is only by the us in terms of backing ukraine with military support. they thought it might be macron grandstanding. some maybe think it is him trying to wake up the west because of the urgency of the situation in ukraine, in terms of the support that ukraine needs. one of russia's best known human rights campaigners has beenjailed by a moscow court for discrediting the russian army. oleg orlov, who's 70, has been given a tw

after setbacks for ukraine in the war against russia, president bryden vows to make sure a new packageer league title race: frustration for pep guardiola and for hurling haaland as matt is city drop points at home to chelsea. this british film in the three�*s big night tonight. looking ahead to who might be in up the big awards at the baftas. it has been a very wet night. there is a lot of rain around this morning as well. some good news for the afternoon, looking a lot brighter. it's sunday february 18. good morning to you if you have just joined us. our main story: the family of putin critic alexei navalny have called on russian authorities to release his body, accusing prison bosses of trying to conceal evidence surrounding his death. his team leave the opposition leader was murdered, but russia's foreign ministry has rejected these claims. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has this report. ever since the death of alexei navalny, people have been leaving tributes.

say he had no plans or intentions, certainly under nato, putting troops on the ground and president brydennner of the 2024 michigan democratic primary. this was the expected result. meanwhile, cbs news predicts donald trump is the winner of the 2024 michigan republican primary. the former president continues his dominant sweep over nikki haley. that was also the expected result there. stay with us here on bbc news. take care now. bye—bye. hello. temperatures have been falling quite quickly over the past few hours. we've got some colder air in place and there's some mist and some fog patches around for some of us to start your wednesday morning. so some fog patches, particularly through parts of southern and central england and east anglia, and then rain is going to be spreading its way gradually eastwards. that rain pushing in across northern ireland by the early hours of wednesday, during wednesday morning pushing into scotland, wales as well. fog for parts of central, eastern and southern england — that should clear away by the middle of the morning. and then these bursts of rain could b

no plans or intentions, certainly under nato auspices, putting troops on the ground and president brydenthere will be no us troops on the ground in a combat role there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. mps are to receive extra security as part of a £31 million package to ensure their safety following fears about politicians being intimidated by demonstrators. the home secretary, james cleverly, said no mp should have to accept that threats or harassment were "part of the job". ministers are consulting backbench conservative mps on watering down their plans to reform renting in england. the bbc has seen a series of draft government amendments to an upcoming bill, which bans no fault evictions. they've have been shared with a group of around 50 tory mps who want to increase protections for landlords. the crooked house — which was known as the wonkiest pub in britain — devastated locals when it went up in flames in a suspected arson attack last summer. but now owners have been ordered to rebuild the iconic pub to how it was

no plans or intentions, certainly under nato auspices, putting troops on the ground and president brydenents and work out what he was trying to do. some people think it was emmanuel macron doing what he does, which is savings that are a bit unexpected, unconventional. he is known for spinning out these big ideas that can raise some eyebrows. 0ne diplomat i spoke to earlier said they thought it was actually almost an attempt france to talk to because they haven't been sending nearly as much military aid compared to countries like germany. germany is only by the us in terms of backing ukraine with military support. they thought it might be a manual it is a sovereign decision that every ally would have to make for themselves grandstanding. some baby think it is him trying to wake up the west because of the urgency of the situation in ukraine, in terms of the support that ukraine needs. —— some maybe think. and before we go, we have some amazing footage from new york, where a dense fog enveloped the city's famous skyline on tuesday morning. the result was otherworldly, making the peaks of th

aged men crossing into america, the numbers coming up in the impact, president biden's brother james brydenting for a transcribed interview today in front of the house oversight and judiciary committee, covenant judiciary committee jim jordan is here with house ways and means entered means jason smith, we learned what they learned from tony bobulinski and what they're expecting from the bidens coming up hunter biden is expected to testify next week, joining to the conversation on boarding log bullseye ingenuity fund manager the steamboat institute sarah bedford and "fox & friends" cohost todd piro, "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: is time for the hot topic of hour former president trump addressing his rivals at townhall last night here's what the 45th president said about president biden in nikki haley, watch this. >> she is not working she's down by 30 or 35 pointed everybody knows her, you're not supposed allusion homestay it should not happen and she's losing it. all challenge right now you can do anybody you want i'll take anybody who from cnn. i'll take anybody becaus

it is the fact that us president bryden has stepped up because for a military aid package for ukraineer russian forces captured a town. is at washington's in action had left ukraine's troops without enough ammunition. our reporter simonjones has this report. withdrawal. ukrainian soldiers forced to retreat from avdiivka, a key town in the east of ukraine. although they are still fighting, a shortage of supplies and ammunition has been blamed for giving russia one of its biggest military victories for months. the white house is warning the stakes for ukraine and for the entire world remain high. president biden is calling on american politicians to pass the latest package of military aid for kyiv, blocked by common progress. the ukrainian people fought so bravely, and put so much on the line and the idea that now, running out of ammunition, we walk away, i find it absurd and ifind it and unethical, i find itjust contrary to everything we are as a country. so i will fight to get them the ammunition they need. the ukrainian president was in munich where senior defence officials and world