meanwhile, presidentjoe biden has asked the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine. he said the money was designed to defend ukraine, giving military, economic, and humanitarian assistance, rather than attack russia. mr biden said it was critical for us lawmakers to approve the deal. the world health organization and unicef say producers of baby milk formula are using unethical and aggressive social media marketing practices, in violation of international commitments to protect breastfeeding. new research found the industry was using apps and social media influencers to promote infant formula. a very good friday morning to you. now on bbc news, our world. a people's army made up of unlikely soldiers. they're sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is general min aung hlaing, who seized power in a coup, ousting and jailing the country's top elected leaders. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising. we follow a mother and student as they become soldiers in this new civil war. as the death toll mounts, and the world looks

meanwhile, presidentjoe biden has asked the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine. he said the money was designed to defend ukraine, giving military, economic and humanitarian assistance, rather than attack russia. mr biden said it was "critical" for us lawmakers to approve the deal. the world health organization and unicef say producers of baby milk formula are using unethical and aggressive social media marketing practices, in violation of international commitments to protect breastfeeding. new research found the industry was using apps and social media influencers to promote infant formula. now on bbc news it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. workers across much of the industrialised world are being hit by a triple whammy, inflation is outpacing their wages, the gig economy is undermining job security and intelligent technology promises to transform the world of work. how should employees respond? well, my guest is frances o'grady, the general secretary of britain's trades union congress. what ever happened to the power of o

presidentjoe biden has announced an additional $800 million of military help for ukraine. of freedom". the mayor of mariupol has given a defiant response to russia's claims to have taken control of the city. vadym boychenko said it remained ukrainian, irrespective of any statements made about it. earlier, president putin congratulated his defence minister on having successfully taken the city. president volodymyr zelensky, in a virtual address to a world bank forum, said ukraine needs $7 billion a month to make up for losses caused by russia.

the us presidentjoe biden has joined calls for a war crime trial.is denying it has been involved in the deaths, claiming that pictures of bodies in the streets are staged and fake. foster has this report. you may find her report upsetting. today as he walked among the wreckage, president zelensky saw for himself this scenes of horror in bucha. destruction and death now inhabit these once quiet streets. it is a town that has been scarred forever. , , ., ,., , ., forever. russian soldiers treat --eole forever. russian soldiers treat peeple worse _ forever. russian soldiers treat people worse than _ forever. russian soldiers treat people worse than animals. i forever. russian soldiers treat - people worse than animals. there is a real genocide, what you have seen here today. we know thousands of people have been tortured and killed with cut—off hands and legs. it is very difficult to talk when you see what they have done here. dimitro esca -e what they have done here. dimitro escape from _ what they have done here. dimitro escape from bucha, _ what the

presidentjoe biden asks the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine — president zelenskycomes the move. this is a very important step by the united states and i am grateful to the american people and personally to president biden. denmark is accused of double standards after allowing ukrainian refugees to stay for up to two years, while reducing the number of non—european asylum seekers. authorities in beijing roll out mass testing this week, as they close more gyms, malls and cinemas to try to contain the spread of covid. the london club that's hosted some of music's biggest names is reopening later, three years after it was struck by fire, flood, and a plague. hello there and a very warm welcome to the programme. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has said a russian missile attack on ukraine's capital, during a visit by the un secretary—general, illustrates russia's contempt for global institutions. mr zelensky said the strikes on kyiv showed that civilians in ukrainian cities could not relax. gareth barlow reports. missile strikes in the centre of kyiv, a first for

meanwhile, presidentjoe biden has asked the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine. he said the money was designed to defend ukraine, giving military, economic and humanitarian assistance, rather than attack russia. mr biden said it was critical for us lawmakers to approve the deal. the oklahoma legislature has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, in almost all cases. that's before many women realise they're pregnant. the bill is expected to be approved by the republican governor kevin stitt. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show... going wild in chile. we've actually found a huemul deer. can you see him in the distance? treasure hunting in lebanon. and on board a leaky boat in crocodile—infested waters. i have lots of water in my boat. i don't know exactly why yet, but here it is. chile and patagonia, a place where tradition is meeting progression. a wild majestic spectacle where one of the world's longest countries has benefited from the largest land donation in history to create a conservation pr

meanwhile, presidentjoe biden has asked the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine.nitarian assistance, rather than attack russia. mr biden said it was critical for us lawmakers to approve the deal. the world health organization and unicef say producers of baby milk formula are using unethical and aggressive social media marketing practices, in violation of international commitments to protect breastfeeding.

us presidentjoe biden has described russia's actions in ukraine as "major war crimes" and urged the worldcountable. donald jensen is a former us diplomat, and now director for russia and europe at the us institute of peace — i asked him how you'd going about trying to prove such a case. it's long and its detailed but it's sometimes worth it. the ukrainian government, great humanitarian organisations like humanitarian organisations like human rights watch, the us government, the british government, the british government, i am sure they are painstakingly looking at the facts, building the case, seeing who is responsible and seeing who is responsible and seeing what happened, the pictures in my view speak for themselves. these are war crimes. but we have now, but we didn't have 20 years ago in the yugoslav crisis, for example, we have got much higher technology to identify troops, see who was in the area, we have overhead satellite images. we know for example in bucha what russian units were there. that unit has been pulled back already to belarus, perhaps to keep it safe. so these cases ar

the american presidentjoe biden has hosted a celebration for the newest member of the us supreme courty. she'll become the first black woman to sit on the nation's highest court and only the sixth woman in history. speaking on the south lawn, the incoming justice reflected on the historic nature of her appointment. in my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the supreme court of the united states. cheering and it is an honour, the honour of a lifetime, for me to have this chance tojoin the court, to promote the rule of law at the highest level and to do my part to carry our shared project of democracy and equal justice under law forward into the future. latest polling suggests the french president emmanuel macron is just two percentage points ahead of his main rival — the far—right candidate marine le pen — as france prepares to vote in the first round of the presidential election on sunday. there are nine candidates, with macron and le pen the favourites to win the most votes and go through to a deciding run—off vote in a fortnight. lucy williamson reports from

us presidentjoe biden has formally announced his plan to release one million barrels of crude oil eachhs, from the us strategic petroleum reserve. it's the largest such release in the history of america's stockpiles. global energy prices have skyrocketed since russia's invasion of ukraine, and mr biden says his actions — along with international cooperation — will help bring those under control. i've co—ordinated this release with allies and partners around the world. already, we have commitments from other countries to release tens of millions of additional barrels into the market. together, our combined efforts will supply well over a million barrels a day. nations coming together to deny putin the ability to weaponise his energy resources against american families and families and democracies around the world. we'll have plenty more analysis on that story in 20 minutes in our business news. we have the oil and gas energy analyst coming up to talk about that. let's get some of the day's other news. the western half of the chinese city of shanghai has gone into lockdown — the second p

we saw the sentiments of the ukrainian president echoed by the american presidentjoe biden calling itinian president has cold for more aid to be sent and thousands of lives depend on it and without it we will see more civilian deaths and more atrocities as russia stepped up its military action in the east of ukraine. president zelensky is highlighting this attack at the train station and eastern ukraine to build his demands for more support. western allies do not want to escalate the conflict with russia but nato is stepping up military aid and today the uk prime minister borisjohnson announcing that there boris johnson announcing that there would be more missiles given to ukraine and more offensive military equipment to help counter attacks. we have seen attempts to get people out of cities such as mariupol which had been under siege. there has been an attempt to get ten humanitarian corridors opened today. there is a real attempt to back to people from east of ukraine while russian forces are regrouping. we had from that ukrainian deputy prime minister that are ten humanitarian corr

as we have been telling you, the us presidentjoe biden has been calling for president putin to be triedst of the atrocities in the town of bucha. —— with regards to. our north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now. peter, great to have you on the programme. eater, president biden used some strong words. just housing of the can is his intervention?— intervention? this is significant, - intervention? this is significant, because | intervention? this is l significant, because it intervention? this is - significant, because it tells us there is a process under way, with the support of the us president, a process that could lead to a war crimes trial with president putin as the defendant —— how significant is this? president biden described what happened in bucha as outrageous, but stopping short of calling it genocide, a term which president zelensky has used, the president biden saying he is not prepared to go that far yet because there is an evidence gathering process that needs to go ahead, with the state department here in the state department here in the us and allies in the we

presidentjoe biden warns that russia may be poised to launch a cyber attack on western companies.re they ready? as the war in ukraine enters its sixth week and sanctions against russia ratchet up, could moscow strike back on the digital battlefield? i will be discussing all of that with these gentlemen, two major players in the world of cyber security. also on the show, has the war in ukraine triggered the beginning of the end to globalisation? that is the question i am putting to the head of the world trade organization. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and warm welcome to the show. you know, the cybersecurity world, it has been braced for some sort of large—scale cyber attack from russia since tensions began building between moscow and kyiv late last year. cyber authorities in the us, the uk and elsewhere, they have been warning notjust about attacks on ukraine, which have already happened, but also so—called spill over where other countries are targeted or where a hack accidentally spreads outside the theatre of conflict. speaking to busi

meanwhile, presidentjoe biden has asked the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine.ian assistance, rather than attack russia. mr biden said it was critical for us lawmakers to approve the deal. the oklahoma legislature has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, in almost all cases. that's before many women realise they're pregnant.

presidentjoe biden's nominee is the first ever black woman justice named to the court.plans to deal with the cost of living crisis. they include a windfall tax on oil and gas producers to cut household bills, and proposals to halve rail fares for three months, and cap on bus fares. the welsh conservatives launched their campaign with promises of building "stronger, safer communities" — and pledges to give local residents a leading voice on where new houses and other infrastructure are built. bafta has tonight been recognising the achievements of the video games industry, which has reached record levels of popularity in the uk — worth £7 billion to the economy injust one year. the bbc�*s gaming reporter steffan powell was at the award ceremony. applause it's been two years of virtual ceremonies, so nominees really made the most of the glitz and glamour of a bafta awards do. and the title enjoying that bafta glow most tonight, with four awards in total including the best game, is returnal, a dark, action—packed psychological horror that made the most of the latest gaming

us presidentjoe biden�*s howl of anger in warsaw last weekend — "for god's sake, this man cannot remainr!" — was greeted with horror by america's allies. they fear that if vladimir putin thinks regime change is nato�*s ambition, the chance of a negotiated peace will be lost. on the russian side this week, careful, deliberate calibrated talk — talk of "a decision to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the kyiv area." more of that in a minute. let us start with the news that has bubbled around affecting germany, but other european countries as well over the last couple of days. was there or wasn't there a threat by putin to switch off the gas if he did not get paid in rubles? for the time being, it does not look like he will switch off the gas, but it's really important to understand it's not only germany, it's pretty much the whole of europe — especially central europe, eastern europe and some countries that are almost 100% dependent on russian gas deliveries. for germany, of course, being the economic powerhouse in europe, it's very important to get the gas to powe

tom bateman, bbc news, zaporizhzhia, in eastern ukraine. scene us presidentjoe biden has described russia'simes" and urged the world to hold the perpetartors accountable. let's speak to donald jensen — he's a former us diplomat, and is now director for russia and europe at the us institute of peace. thank you forjoining us. the thank you for “oining us. the imaaes thank you for “oining us. the images and _ thank you forjoining us. the images and accounts coming out of ukraine at the moment are so harrowing, i rent they? how do you go about approving a war crime? ~ , ., ., crime? well, it is long and detailed — crime? well, it is long and detailed but _ crime? well, it is long and detailed but it _ crime? well, it is long and detailed but it is _ crime? well, it is long and. detailed but it is sometimes worth it. the ukrainian government, great humanitarian organisations like human rights watch, the us government, i'm sure the british government, are all painstakingly looking at the facts, building the case, saying he was responsible, seeing what happens. and the pictures, in my view, to spe

presidentjoe biden there. let's stay in washington.eak to the former american diplomat who's held a variety of senior roles within multiple us administrations, dennis ross. it's great to have you on the programme, mr ross. ijust want to start by asking you, you spend time in your career mediating the middle east as the former middle east envoy, and now it must be really strange to have this conflict in europe become the central focus that the world is engaged in right now. it's such a fair question, because we had all become accustomed to the idea that conflict in europe were something you referred to historically, they were not something that were part of our reality today, whereas conflicts in the middle east still seems to be the middle east still seems to be the norm, and we are sadly being reminded war in europe is not unfortunately relegated to history and the war that we are witnessing is one that seems to respect, at least from the russian side, almost no rules. so, really, it is really difficult to have to contemplate this, we

meanwhile presidentjoe biden has called for vladimir putin to be tried for war crimes.n occupation of ukraine. and has said world media are guilty of misinformation and fake news. do keep up—to—date on the bbc news website with all of that. the headlines coming up very shortly. for now, thank you for watching. hello, there. it was a mild start to the week, but it will get colder again later on. 16 celsius, though, on monday in hampshire — and for much of the country, temperatures are still in double figures early on tuesday morning. but it is colder in northern scotland — that's where the colder air is. much of the uk in this block of milder air. and between those two different masses, we have this weather front, and that's where we've got focus of the wettest weather. still could be some rain to clear away from england and wales first thing. it may brighten up for a while in northern ireland, most of the weather action is again in scotland — this is where it's going to be wettest, for many, it's rain, but the wetter weather is moving into the colder air, so there could

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and in the last hour or so, ukraine's leader, volodymr zelensky, has thanked presidentjoe biden, who'sage of american aid worth more than $30 billion. mr biden has called on congress to approve the money as soon as possible and says it's designed to defend ukraine, rather than attack russia. well, that's it from me here in kyiv. 0ver now to reeta in the studio. thank you very much, ben, ben brown there. an inspection by the health watchdog has found the norfolk and suffolk nhs foundation trust to be inadequate, making it england's worst—performing mental health trust. in a damning report, the care quality commission said there were more than 100 unexpected deaths which were potentially avoidable during a two—year period at the trust. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson has been talking to the families of some of those who've been failed. abigail henry loves performing — in the privacy of her own bedroom. but she struggles with her mental health and has attempted suicide many times. it's got to be about 15 times that her life has seriously been in danger. her mum says things got

today at the white house, presidentjoe biden hosted a celebration for the newest member of the us supremelack woman to sit on the nation's highest court and only the sixth woman in history. speaking on the south lawn, the incoming justice reflected on the historic nature of her appointment. in myfamily, in my family, it tookjust one generation to go from segregation to the supreme court of the united states. , states. cheering and it _ states. cheering and it is - states. cheering and it is an - states. cheering | and it is an honour, states. cheering - and it is an honour, the states. cheering _ and it is an honour, the honour of a lifetime, for me to have this chance tojoin lifetime, for me to have this chance to join the court, to promote the rule of law the highest level, and to do my part to carry our shared projects of democracy and equaljustice under the law forward into the the future. incoming justice jackson, flanked by the president and vice president of the president and vice president of the united states. not to —— 110w —— now to another president. latest polling suggests th

presidentjoe biden asked congress for 33 billion dollars to support ukraine — a dramatic escalation ofwar against russia —as well as new legal tools to siphon assets from russian oligarchs. he says it's vital to get the funding approved despite the disturbing rhetoric coming out of the kremlin the facts are plain for everybody to see. we are not attacking russia. we are helping ukraine defend itself against russian aggression and just as putin chose to launch his brutal invasion he could make the choice to end this brutal invasion. russia is the aggressor, no if and or buts about it. russia is the aggressor and the world must and will hold russia accountable. russia continues assault causing immense human loss, we see them leave behind horrifying evidence of their atrocities and war crimes in the areas they try to control. as long as the assault and atrocities continue we are going to continue to supply military assistance. inafew in a few minutes we will talk about the un secretary visit to the region. it is here more because the government in ukraine says... the government here in uk

presidentjoe biden asks the us congress for $33 billion in extra funding for ukraine, a move welcomedntry's new finance minister has told the bbc he's hopeful the country could start paying back its creditors again by next year. sri lanka has suspended all foreign debt payments after running out of money to pay for imports of fuel and food. it's now in talks with the international monetary fund, as well as china and india, two of its biggest creditors. ali sabry has been talking with the bbc�*s archana shukla about his plans to dig sri lanka out of its economic crisis. it was kind of a fact that we did not have the money and we had to declare a moratorium. but i am sure and confident that our creditors, we will discuss with them, find a way to restructure it and then probably we will gain market access as soon as possible. again, very difficult for me to give a timeline. i hope and pray that it is as soon as possible, probably six months, one year down the line, i don't know. ., ,. , , know. you were discussing with china. where _ know. you were discussing with china. where other _ ch

we saw the sentiments of the ukrainian president echoed by the american presidentjoe biden calling it the ukrainian president, in recent days, has called for more aid to be sent he says thousands of lives depend on it and without it we will see more civilian deaths and more atrocities as russia steps up its military action in the east of ukraine. and mr zelensky is highlighting this attack at the train station to really build his case powerfully for more military support. at the same time, there's is a difficult balance to strike by nato and by western allies. they don't want to escalate the conflict with russia, but nato is stepping up its military aid. we saw just today the uk prime minister borisjohnson announcing that they would be more missiles being given to ukraine and more defensive, heavier military equipment to help them counter the russian attacks. emma, we've seen the difficulty in getting civilians out of cities that are under siege — mariupol one of the main cities where there's been so much focus. there is an attempt, today, to get civilians out through ten humanitarian

military support for this country and very significantly, we had that promise from the american presidentjoe bidenrian aid, but most importantly right now, given that new russian offensive in the east, military aid, a huge amount of money if thatis aid, a huge amount of money if that is approved by congress, $33 billion, and the ukrainians are very gratefulfor $33 billion, and the ukrainians are very grateful for that. meanwhile in the black sea city of 0desa, — ukrainian officials say the airport has been hit by a russian missile, damaging the runway and rendering it inoperable. 0ur correspondent caroline davies spoke to us from 0desa shortly after the attack happened. earlier this afternoon three loud bangs could be heard across the city. it was so loud we saw several dogs running away from the direction of the noise. later on we heard from the ukrainian authorities, from the press centre of the southern defence forces that this had been a missile strike that had hit the airport, the international airport here in 0desa, and in response they have said that the runway of 0dsesa airport was damaged

us presidentjoe biden's reference to genocide is significant, it will be welcomed by the ukrainian presidentky, but welcomed by the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, but his question will be, what difference does it make in terms of the response now from the usa, from nato or indeed from the usa, from nato or indeed from other nations? thank you, dan johnson. let's speak tojenny hill in moscow. has there been a response to president biden's comments on genocide? not yet but we would expect the kremlin to reject those allegations. it has repeatedly said it does not target civilians and continues to insist it has not committed war crimes saying that the ukrainians with their western allies had staged evidence of atrocities in bucha. standard kremlin response to deny everything and point the finger of blame back at the accuser. genocide is a word used a lot by the state media here because one of the baseless pretext that vladimir putin gives for his invasion as he is having to protect the russian speaking population of eastern ukraine against genocide perpetrated against them by the ukra

presidentjoe biden has announced an additional $800 million of military help for ukraine. biden says, the aid, including heavy artillery weapons, ammunition and tactical drones, will be sent directly to what he called "the frontlines of freedom". the mayor of mariupol has given a defiant response to russia's claims to have taken control of the city. vadym boychenko said it remained ukrainian, irrespective of any statements made about it. earlier, president putin congratulated his defence minister on having successfully taken the city. president volodymyr zelensky, in a virtual address to a world bank forum, said ukraine needs $7 billion a month to make up for losses caused by russia. he also called for russia's immediate exclusion from internationalfinancial institutions. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are torcuil crichton, the westminster editor at the daily record, and sian griffiths, who's education editor for the sunday times. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... borisjohnson once again on many of th

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presidentjoe biden spoke earlier, and he said he's asked congress for $33 billion to support ukraine, get the funding approved. despite the disturbing rhetoric coming out of the kremlin, the facts are plain for everybody to see. we are plain for everybody to see. we are not attacking russia. we are helping ukraine defend itself against russian aggression. and just as putin chose to launch his brutal invasion, he can make the choice to end this brutal invasion. russia is the aggressor, know it's or aunts or buts it, about russia is the aggressor in the world must hold russia accountable. russia's continue assault has yielded a tremendous human cost was that we have seen them leave behind horrifying evidence of their atrocities and war crimes in the areas they try as the assaults and atrocities continue, we are going to continue to supply military assistance. the government in ukraine says more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia, including 120,000 children. moscow claims they are willingly moving to russia. our correspondent yogita limaye has been hearin

in march, the us presidentjoe biden said nato "would respond" if russia used chemical weapons in ukrainethe nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use". as more russian forces head to the east of the country for a major new offensive, atrocities including the killing of civilians and the rape of women and children are being uncovered in the villages and towns close to the capital in the north that they used to control. mark lobel reports. a playground turned battleground in ukraine's east, where pro—russian troops claim to be liberating ukrainians held hostage. ukraine says russian tanks have begun advancing towards the eastern donbas region for a renewed offensive. as battle rages in the besieged city of mariupol, ukraine's azov regiment say russian drones have dropped chemicals causing breathing problems and vertigo—like symptoms after a pro—russian military spokesman threatened smoking out ukrainian defenders of a major steel plant there. translation: today, the occupiers issued a new statement _ which testifies to their preparation for a new stage of terror against

it's scenes like these that the us presidentjoe biden says he's trying to prevent, with a proposed new billion, the majority of which to help increase ukraine's air defense and artillery capacity, as well as offering further economic and humanitarian support. translation: this is a very - important step by the united states, and i am grateful to the american people and personally to president biden. i hope that the congress will quickly support this request for help for our state. nato says it's ready to support ukraine for years to come, as it warns the war could drag on. and as russia shows it's fully prepared to strike at the heart of the country during an official visit by the un, and as president putin increasingly warns the west to back off, it seems nato's warning could easily prove to be true. gareth barlow, bbc news. the government is stepping up efforts to resolve supply issues affecting hormone replacement therapy products. there's a shortage of a gel used by women to help with menopause symptoms. the health secretary has appointed the director general of the vaccine task fo

still have |some control of that port city. j in the last few minutes, we had a statement from presidentjoe bidenons, ammunition and other security assistance to ukraine and that is key and crucial to what president zelensky has been calling for from international leaders. it is hugely important and that is the message he has repeated i day after day. we see him address _ parliamentarians around the world. he has done a lot of that now, i talking to different parliaments by video link and the thing he always asks for his - weapons and ammunition - because bear in mind of course this conflict is more than six weeks old now. - the russians managed to push back against the ukrainian forces - but ukraine held kyiv even though russians held some of the towns. around it, so they retreated, i and the ukrainians want to get back which of course means l that they have expended a lot of ammunition and they have lostj a lot of the weapons and military. president zelensky says they need to replenish that before rush- to replenish that before russia really pushes ahead again in the east of the countryl and in

it's scenes like these that the us presidentjoe biden says he's trying to prevent, with a proposed newid package worth $33 billion, the majority of which to help increase ukraine's air defense and artillery capacity, as well as offering further economic and humanitarian support. translation: this is a very - important step by the united states, and i am grateful to the american people and personally to president biden. i hope that the congress will quickly support this request for help for our state. nato says it's ready to support ukraine for years to come, as it warns the war could drag on. and, as russia shows its fully prepared to strike at the heart of the country during an official visit by the un, and as president putin increasingly warns the west to back off, it seems nato's warning could easily prove to be true. gareth barlow, bbc news. let's go now to our correspondent, joe inwood, who is in kyiv this morning. joe, those strikes in the city were the first there for two weeks. absolutely. easy to get lulled into a false sense of security. kyiv had seemed to be a place that is

in march, the us presidentjoe biden said nato "would respond" if russia used chemical weapons in ukraine said "the nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use". as more russian forces head to the east of the country for a major new offensive, further civilian deaths are being uncovered in the villages and towns close to the capital in the north that they used to control. we will be hearing more detailed following an address from the ukrainian president, he will be addressing the lithuanian parliament later. you can see the preparations on screen. i'd sooner that takes place we will go to that cheeky at the latest developments from ukraine and his response to those chemical weapons —— as soon as that takes place we will go to that you hear the latest developments from ukraine. at first, this from mark lobel a playground turned battleground in ukraine's east, where pro—russian troops claim to be liberating ukrainians held hostage. ukraine says russian tanks have begun advancing towards the eastern donbas region for a renewed offensive. as battle rages in the besieged city

us presidentjoe biden describes russia's operation in ukraine as genocide. he says vladamir putin is trying to wipe out the idea of being ukrainian. we catch up with martin hibbert, who was paralysed in the manchester arena attack, as he prepares to climb mount kilimanjaro. real heartbreak for chelsea. their reign as european champions is over as they're knocked out in extra time after an epic comeback in madrid. good morning. it is a mild start to the day once again, some rain moving north—east across scotland, cloudy for many first thing but the cloud will break up and we will see further showers develop as we go through the afternoon and it is getting warmer. all of the details throughout the programme. it's wednesday the 13th april. our main story. the prime minister and the chancellor are resisting calls to resign after they were fined, along with borisjohnson�*s wife carrie, for breaking covid lockdown rules. all apologised after they received fixed penalty notices from police over a gathering held for borisjohnson�*s birthday, in downing street injune

us presidentjoe biden welcomes a un—brokered truce in yemen as a long—awaited reprieve for the its peoplemonth truce between the saudi—led coalition and iranian—backed houthi rebels begins on the first day of the muslim holy month of ramadan. hollywood actor, will smith, resigns from the oscars academy after slapping comedian chris rock on stage during last sunday's ceremony. the academy says it accepts smith's resignation and would continue to move forward with their own disciplinary proceedings. we will have a full round—up of the days news at the top of the hour. first, it's time for dateline london. hello, and welcome. i'm shaun ley, and this is the programme which brings together leading columnists from the uk with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to the folks back home from the dateline london. welcome to all of you, lovely to have you back around the table with us for the programme. 0n the home front during world war ii, toasters admonished civilians, careless talk costs lives. could it be this time, also? allies fear if vladimir putin regime change is their amb

cheering presidentjoe biden congratulated jackson on the result, as they watched the vote in the roosevelt it rate to happy with us. how this all so down? ., , , rate to happy with us. how this all so down? ., , ., go down? it has been quite a artisan go down? it has been quite a partisan journey, _ go down? it has been quite a partisanjourney, i— go down? it has been quite a partisan journey, i think, i go down? it has been quite a partisan journey, i think, to i go down? it has been quite a i partisan journey, i think, to get to partisanjourney, i think, to get to this point. what we saw in those scenes there, the joy that the democratic party showed in confirming this nomination, the senate majority leader, chuck schumer merited a thumbs up as it was confirmed that she will now sit on the courts, and vice president said she was leaving, she said "this is a statement about who we are as a nation. " this was a big moment for them. this is president biden's campaign promise to put a black woman on the supreme court, but it's notjust woman on the supreme court, but it's not just about race

you can see former president barack 0bama there — bill and hillary clinton were too — and presidentjoe bidenforce for good in the world. natalie never minced words or a waste of time when she saw something needed fixing. for someone who needed helping. shejust got to work. a little reminder about madeleine albright now. she was a czech immigrant — her family came the us as refugees in i9a6. in 1997, she became the first female us secretary of state to the democratic then—president bill clinton. she was instrumental in efforts to end ethnic cleansing in kosovo. she's often called a "champion of democracy." former president bill clinton spoke about the last conversation he had with her — two weeks before she died. isaid, i said, tell me how you are feeling. she said i've that a little problem here but i've got a perfectly good doctor and doing exactly what he tells me to do so i'm getting good care and whatever happens will be the best outcome i can get. let's not waste any time on that. the only thing that really matters is what kind of world we are going to leap to our grandchildren. i'll ne

the funeral took place at the washington national cathedral, where presidentjoe biden gave the eulogyding. herself a refugee from the check republic in the wake of the check republic in the wake of the second world war. many people saying that she in many ways but on the foundations for nato, she was instrumental in bringing in poland, the check republic into the alliance. some question that that has led us to where we are today. you know, i don't think so. by the way, _ you know, i don't think so. by the way, i— you know, i don't think so. by the way, i called — you know, i don't think so. by the way, i called her great states woman _ way, i called her great states woman. she's great states woman. and i woman. she's great states woman. and i miss— woman. she's great states woman. and i miss her— woman. she's great states woman. and i miss her very much. she was also a wonderful— i miss her very much. she was also a wonderful mentor for a number of women as— wonderful mentor for a number of women as we are talking about in our last exchange. while we were looking to bring _ last excha

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us presidentjoe biden is using the power of the presidency to try to crack down on untraceable guns.quire serial numbers on some components, and would—be buyers would need to clear a background check. mr biden highlighted how easy it is to get one�*s hands on these weapons. if you buy a couch you have to assemble, it's still a couch. if you order a package like this one over here, that includes the parts you need to assemble a functioning firearm, you bought a gun. take a look. take a look at this. it comes in this package. you can see the picture down here. this is the gun. it's not hard to put together. dr rashawn ray is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. joining us now, so welcome. what about this new proposal? will that help the issue of untraceable guns? thanks as always for having me. i definitely think so. this order is big and is something that biden has worked on throughout his career in dealing with gun control, and there are a lot of states in the us that are aiming to ban these ghost guns, but there are a lot of states in the exact opposite direction. regulatin

a final confirmation vote on the nomination ofjudge ketanji brown jackson. judgejackson is presidentjoe biden'slack american to every state on the country's top court. let's have a look at the nine current members. you will see the supreme court has a solid conservative majority. six republican appointed justices three picked by democrats. judgejackson picked by democrats. judge jackson will picked by democrats. judgejackson will replace steven when he retires this summer. let us go to the bbc joining us from washington. history is being made? very much so. when it was made official thatjudge jackson very much so. when it was made official thatjudgejackson is a official thatjudge jackson is a testis official thatjudgejackson is a test is on the supreme court, the centex that up and there was a huge round of applause and some people have left and a lot of republicans who because senators are now in a two week break there was real moments of people looking so happy and that senate majority leader harry did a thumbs up and a real jubilant morning for the democratic party. she was concerned —— conf

hejoined his friend and current presidentjoe biden in signing legislation meant to strengthen that billden? no. he would dry and help democratic— biden? no. he would dry and help democratic candidates _ biden? no. he would dry and help democratic candidates and - biden? no. he would dry and help democratic candidates and this i biden? no. he would dry and help| democratic candidates and this was biden? no. he would dry and help i democratic candidates and this was a good and light—hearted event and something to bolster the spirits that he needed but it will be forgotten tomorrow and this is where we will get back in the reality of what we are facing globally and what we are facing in the country and everything we see on that is very steep for the biden administration. i use my home state of north carolina as an example. joe biden lost by less than 75,000 votes, 5 million that were cast, razor thin margins, right now the popularity is underwater by 18 points and more than 60% of the country feel that we are moving in the right, or wrong direction as a country. that's the reality and it w

us presidentjoe biden's howl of anger in warsaw last weekend — "for god's sake, this man cannot remainegime change is nato's ambition, the chance of a negotiated peace will be lost. on the russian side this week, careful, deliberate callibrated talk — talk of "a decision to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the kyiv" area. more of that in a minute. let us start with the news that has been around affecting germany but other european countries as well over the last couple of days. was there a threat by putin to switch off the gas if he did not get paid in roubles? ., , ., , roubles? for the time being he does not look like — roubles? for the time being he does not look like he _ roubles? for the time being he does not look like he will _ roubles? for the time being he does not look like he will switch _ roubles? for the time being he does not look like he will switch off- roubles? for the time being he does not look like he will switch off the i not look like he will switch off the gas but it's really important to understand it's not only germany it's pretty much