steve rosenberg. _ of the nation address today. steve rosenberg. our— of the nation address today.tion address today. steve rosenberg, our russia editor, - of the nation address today. steve rosenberg, our russia editor, thank you very much. and james waterhouse is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. james, president putin said that ukraine provoked this war, that the west started it, what has been the reaction in ukraine, where you are? broadly speaking, ben, it has been a response of, we are not surprised, nor are we scared anymore. a lot of what vladimir putin he has said throughout this conflict and even before his full—scale invasion, he used very provocative references towards the four ukrainian regions which he claims to have annexed. the reality is that russian forces don't have complete control of any of them. he described ukrainians bravely voting to become part of russia, through charm referendums he stage, and this is part of the russian occupation fight playbook, where they fight to seize territory and then stage charm referendums to try to legitimise and consolidate what

sure, ok, steve, many thanks, steve rosenberg, our russia - steve rosenberg, our russia editor, livea little later, but for now, it's back to you jane in the studio. thanks, clive. the time is 1.19. our top story this lunchtime... president zelensky says ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year, in an address marking the anniversary of vladimir putin's invasion. and we'll hear from a talented ukrainian violinist exempted from fighting who fled the war to the uk. coming up on the bbc news channel: ruben selles is to stay in charge at southampton until the end of the season after the spaniard led them to only their second league win since october at the weekend. now we will look at the rest of the day's news. police in northern ireland have arrested a fourth man in connection with the shooting of an off—duty senior police officer in 0magh on wednesday. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot as he was loading footballs into his car with his son, after a session coaching a children's football team. he has life—changing injuries and remains in hospital in a cr

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.nberg, with the view just our russia editor, steve rosenberg, with the viewjust over the border about 20 miles from here. america has rejected president putin's claims as "absurd". president biden delivered his own speech in poland this afternoon, he said the west's support for ukraine would never waver. 0ur north america editor sarah smith has been travelling with the president and she joins us from warsaw. the president hasjust she joins us from warsaw. the president has just finished making a remarkably impassioned speech where he condemned russian atrocities and is declared ukraine would never be a victory for russia and he says what happens there over the next five years will shape all of our lives for decades to come. in front of the blue and yellow ukrainian colours, president biden came here to project american might and to pledge to use it to protect ukraine, democracy and freedom. ~ , ., ., , , freedom. when president volodymyr zelensky said — freedom. when president volodymy

it's like the fruits of rosenberg and hitler, but if we continue to explore this topic.see the following. let's go back to the interview with olga chetverikova. of course, i skip quite large pieces, because it is very extensive. here dmitry is over-interpreted, who interviewed asks on the basis of developments, gelina, the cia olga 4kova appeared. yes, he was directly involved in the creation of the cia today , this is all the more serious and dangerous because now the latest technologies are already involved, which were not there before thanks to these technologies designed for the complete disorientation of man. people often do not even understand what is happening, but we need to talk about how exactly the special services are involved in reforming our education, or, more precisely, in the abolition of education. as such, the consequences of these so-called reforms. so destructive that even people are already. those who are far from politics are beginning to understand that we are talking about something more serious than just, and , of course, he will not say perestr

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. where president biden says three aerial objects shot down by the us in recent days appear to have nothing to do with china. he told reporters they were probably being used by private companies or for research purposes. i've directed my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward. distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not. but make no mistake — if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. let's get some of the day's other news. a special grand jury in the us state of georgia has found no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. donald trump has repeatedly claimed the result was rigged. several witnesses were found to have lied under oath during the investigation. tesla is recalling more than 360,000 vehicles in the united states due to safety concerns over i

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk.ed an offensive that is prepared and that is beginning to take place. it's an offensive that's taking place in many locations at the same time. but if you look back to one year ago, almost one year ago, when ukraine first faced the russian invasion, it's much better prepared. it also has a year's worth of fighting experience at this point. so it is very well prepared. the only challenge for the ukrainians is that the russians can keep sending in more and more soldiers, more or less motivated, but nevertheless more and more warm bodies that they can add to this offensive. so it's not something to dismiss, but the ukrainians are well prepared. and now, of course, they do have a steady stream of western weapons coming in as well. now, let's talk about belarus and lukashenko. just how important of a role do you think that he has in this? it is an odd symbiotic relationship that putin and lukashenko have. they don't particularly like each other. but if you don't have many friends in the wor

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.a is professor of international studies at the new school and great—granddaughter of former soviet premier nikita khrushchev. she joins us from new york. nina, lovely to speak to you again. nina, lovely to speak to you aaain. nina, lovely to speak to you again. hi. give us your take on again. h v give us your take on president putin's again. h . give us your take on president putin's speech. again. hi. give us your take on| president putin's speech. well, it was certainly _ president putin's speech. well, it was certainly a _ president putin's speech. well, it was certainly a defiant - it was certainly a defiant speech. it was certainly a speech. it was certainly a speech that reminded me of the old putin, when he wants to drive his point across — you could see his jaw was very firm and he was very animated speaking, although he spoke a lot looking at the teleprompter. still, it was certainly something he enjoyed. he was not a bored performer, which he had been for some time when he sp

steve rosenberg has more from the capital, minsk. vladimir putin as well as he does. alexander lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of belarus. he has agreed to take questions about the war in ukraine, and his role in it. one year ago, i say, you let russia use your country as a staging ground for invading ukraine. are you prepared to do that again? translation: i am ready to provide territory again but i am _ also ready to wage war, together with the russians, from the territory of belarus, but only if anyone, even one soldier, comes to our land from ukraine to kill my people. a year ago, there wasn't any threat to you from ukraine. you don't understand the situation very well. the usa and western europe pushed ukraine into this war. well, they've got the war they wanted. russian troops in belarus. these were only exercises, but they make ukraine nervous. it is watching closely for any sign of belarus becoming the launch pad for another russian push. mr lukashenko enjoys making the russian troops feel at home. the other thing he doe

let's bring in rosenberg research president david rosenberg. he's calling the no landing scenario, quote, the biggest hoax peddled by economists since 2008 because you've been expecting a harder landing, right, david which doesn't look very likely at this point now either, does it >> well, i don't know why you would say that, sara, because -- >> because the data keeps coming in better and better. >> again, i don't even know why you would say that better for january, but i think i would take the other better out. when you're taking a look at real private final sales, which is the domestic cyclical guts of the economy, it averaged less than 1% growth in the final three quarters of last year, and we haven't even seen the full brunt of what the fed has done that's staring us in the face. real private final sales were flat, sara, in the fourth quarter. and we know that going into this year, the lag impact of all the tightening is going to cause that to go negative. this narrative because, yeah, january numbers were hot, really after several months o

so he was born walter rosenberg. he was a prisoner in auschwitz as walter rosenberg.thank you for the question. when he escaped. he was a wanted man. he and alfred wetzler were wanted to the point where the ss had an international for the arrest, which is actually reproduced in the book. you can see it that was posted to every guest star post station across occupied europe. they were wanted men when they went into that basement in jilin. it's a poor out there story. they obviously were still wanted. and so when it came time for them to leave and break the surface, they had to have false, as it were, papers that they could live under. so alfred wetzler became josef lanark, issued with impeccable papers. so could pass in slovak society as a slovak non--- and walter rosenberg was given name rudolf vrba an impeccable czech name actually i think. and fred wetzler as as the war was over wanted to be go back to fred wetzler and did and oh there are and dropped that name. but rudolf vrba liked the name and he say in interviews afterwards that he wanted to be free of any taint

chuck rosenberg, a former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official who is now an msnbc contributor. so, garrett, it's just coming out. i've been looking at the copy that we're getting. what do we know about the sections that have been released just seconds ago? >> jose, the truth of the matter is there is not much here. i was able to read through the entire release in that commercial break. what we have here is largely the grand jury defining their purpose. describing a little bit of how they conducted the work in which they conducted. they said at any given time they always had a quorum of 16 jurors. they interviewed some 75 witnesses, most of them in person and under oath during the course of their work from june to december. and at the conclusion of their work, they voted yea, nay or abstain for indictments on individuals who were within the purview of what they were assigned to do, which is to look into whether there was any tampering in the election results in georgia in 2020. the report does not include their decisions, as we knew it wouldn't, on whether there would be indictm

attorney chuck rosenberg. kelly. what do we know?er: you laid it out there, that's what we know at this point. the indiana home of the former vice president and his wife karen is now being searched by the fbi. this was as we understand it a negotiated search, so a pence legal representative would be there representing the former vice president, so this is not a case of it being a surprise. and this, of course, follows mr. pence having some classified materials that he surrendered over to the authorities and the national archives. obviously this all came to light after first the last august search where former president trump had lots of classified and government materials in his home and we have seen what played out with president biden having materials at his home and at an office in d.c. and so, mike pence did a search of his home. he, of course, when he left the vice presidency, had a period of time where he had goods that were in storage and then several months after leaving office, he and his wife purchased that home in carmel,

steve rosenberg, bbc news.id: in other news, as we heard earlier, president biden has been hosting the brazilian president for the first time since brazil's tightly contested election in october. the talks today were focused on safeguarding democracy, rejecting extremism and violence in politics, climate change and an effort to reengage with the global community. the fbi has been conducting a search of the home of the former u.s. vice esident, mike pence, after classified documents were found there. the fbi has reportedly been given unrestricted access. a member of mike pence's legal team was present. president biden and donald trump are also under investigation over classified documents. first there were the books, then the films, now the videogame. hogwarts legacy, set in the harry potter universe, has been in anticipated title for the year, but it is being boycotted by some who want to take a stand against the author, j.k. rowling, and for public comments relating to transgender people. our gaming correspond

in moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. wel steve rosenberg has the latest.in the week as he made his state of the nation address, he talked about russia's fight against the west, is there likely to be any commentary from the kremlin today on this anniversary? i am commentary from the kremlin today on this anniversary?— this anniversary? i am not expecting that. it is this anniversary? i am not expecting that- it is quite _ this anniversary? i am not expecting that. it is quite interesting, - this anniversary? i am not expecting that. it is quite interesting, the - that. it is quite interesting, the one—year anniversary is not really headline news in russia today, the lunchtime bulletins on state tv are kind of glossing over the fact that president putin's special military operation did not achieve its original goal, in other words, operation did not achieve its original goal, in otherwords, a swift victory. this has not gone according to plan at all for vladimir putin. his idea was to wrap this up within weeks, expecting that russia would win and then forced

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.moscow — meanwhile, on wednesday russia began taking part in a full military exercise with china and south africa , off the coast of south africa itself. among the vessels is a frigate — that's a type of warship — equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. russia is expected to fire artillery , but not i began by asking him what the his close ties between russia and china suggest in terms of its strategy with russia. i think china is thinking long—term. i think china is thinking long term. there is an increasing perception in beijing that china is on long term collision course with the united states, that sooner or later the two ours, us and china will collide in some form. so in russia, china is calculating. china will need russia, russia support when its relations with the united states deteriorate further. and over the last year, and especially the last couple of months, we've seen the deterioration, significant deterioration of us—china relations. so the chinese foreign policy calcu

thank you, steve rosenberg, our russia editor.re with me. a year ayearago, a year ago, the tanks rolled over the border and paratroopers landed at the airport over there, not far away. the americans offered president zelensky the chance to get out but he responded, i need guns, not a right, and that attitude, that mindset, how has that affected the last year? mindset, how has that affected the last ear? ~ . . mindset, how has that affected the last ear? ~ . , , last year? what is the phrase, cometh the — last year? what is the phrase, cometh the hour, _ last year? what is the phrase, cometh the hour, cometh - last year? what is the phrase, - cometh the hour, cometh the man. i remember injanuary, as tensions mounted, some of the present�*s advisors will take us aside and say, he doesn't understand all the stuff, and then ukraine was attacked and he seized the moment, notjust president biden but so many world leaders called and offered him a way out to escape. instead, he seized the moment, rallying ukrainians and every night since

steve rosenberg, our russia editor, live in moscow.thought from lyse doucet a little later, but for now back to you, reeta, in the studio. clive, thank you. junior doctors in england are to go on strike for three consecutive days in the middle of march over pay, their union has announced. the 72—hour action will involve both routine and emergency care. junior doctors make up more than 40% of the entire medical workforce, covering those who've just left medical school to doctors with many years' experience in hospitals. downing street has called the strike action "disappointing". our health editor hugh pym is here with more. yes, reeta, the british medical association says this will be the longest ever continuous strike in the nhs by doctors, and it will affect all forms of care, including emergencies. the strike will start in england at 7am on monday, march 13, and end at 7am on thursday the 16th. junior doctors cover a range of experience, from newly qualified medics earning just over £29,000 a year, right through to experienced docto

steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk. you're watching newsday on the bbc.ikki haley announces her 2024 bid for the white house — against herformer boss donald trump. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the reprecussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. explosions. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the erruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea to the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their next generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc. 0ur headlines. as the number of dead exceeds 40,000 in turkey and syria, more aid is promised for the surviors of last wee

bases deep in russia and regions bordering ukraine are now under regular fire bbc editor stephen rosenberged to the belgorod region of russia to see how life has changed there after a year of war, this part of russia more than any other feels like a war zone near the border with ukraine, trenches are being dug fortifications are being built a year ago, there was nothing like this here and this was not nearby either, the market came under fire from a mortar, people here say that now they live in constant fear of shelling from ukraine, but they forget to mention that it is their country that invaded ukraine, iryna says every day and people here are scared. we traveled a lot in russia this year, and i noticed that for many people it is a virtual war on tv screens somewhere very far from them, but for those who live here a few kilometers from the border with ukraine, it is very even real and here no one knows how it will end, the war seems close when you meet such people, this group calls itself a whirlwind of spies in honor of the infamous security unit of stalin's time, they train the local

here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg.orld according to vladimir putin feels like a parallel universe. who started the war in ukraine? "not russia," he says. translation: responsibility for fuelling the ukrainian - conflict, for its escalation, and for the growing number of victims lies fully with the west and, of course, with the regime in kyiv. i wish to repeat, they started the war, we are using force to stop it. but it was russia that invaded ukraine. western military aid has helped kyiv resist. it hasn't forced the kremlin, though, to de—escalate. today, president putin suspended russia's participation in the last—remaining nuclear arms control treaty with america — an agreement that limits nuclear arsenals and provides for missile inspections. no longer topical, says the kremlin. translation: we know that the west _ has directly helped kyiv to launch strikes on airbases where our strategic nuclear bombers are located. now they want to carry out inspections of our military sites. in light of today's confrontation, tha

steve rosenberg. stay with us on bbc news.ook at how it's transformed ukrainian society. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this has had its fair share of bullets, a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang — the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. a sheep called dolly warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of the best film was la la land. the only trouble was it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope very soon fo

steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk. let's get some of the day's other news. authorities investigating the murder of haitian president jovenel moise. his assassination in 2021 left a political vacuum in the caribbean nation and emboldened powerful gangs who control large parts of the country's capital, port au prince. seven people were previously held in custody in the us, in connection with the murder. the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, has said he'll return home next month. he left for florida shortly before the inauguration of president lula. brazil's supreme court is investigating whether bolsonaro had a hand in the violence that erupted when his supporters stormed government buildings in january. the world health organization is sending teams of specially—trained �*contact tracers�* to equatorial guinea, in an attempt to contain an outbreak of the deadly marburg virus. at least nine people have died, and 16 suspected cases have been reported. a vaccine for the disease has yet to be developed, and more than four—thousand people are currently u

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk.cross bbc subdued stay tuned to our reports from our teams on the ground. of course notjust on bbc news television but across the website and radio platforms as well. but for now to us. president biden says three aerial objects shot down by the us in recent days appear to have nothing to do with china. he told reporters they were probably being used by private companies or for research purposes. i've directed my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward. distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not. but make no mistake — if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people i will take it down. let's take a look at the stories making headlines. the governor of ohio has asked the white house for federal support and on—the—ground assistance, after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed there earlier this month.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk.oped a drug for use as a contraceptive pill for men. they say it works by temporarily stopping sperm from propelling itself. the drug switches off an enzyme that sperm needs to be able to swim to reach a females egg. tests done on mice show that the effect is short—lived, with normal function restored within 24 hours. earlier, we spoke to dr melanie balbach, a reproduction biologist at while cornell medicine in new york. i asked her what she's found in her research so far. as you said, we are working on a male contraceptive. what we showed with mice, when we give the inhibitor, they are infertile within 30 minutes, and that infertility lasts for about two and a half hours. when we look 24 hours later, the sperm start swimming again and the mice regain theirfertility. so what exactly happens to the sperm? it's immobilised, but for how long? if this were to be something that humans started using, what would be the likelihood of it being a viable form of contraception? the great thing abo

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.where on the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over the nazis in the battle of stalingrad, president putin has vowed that russia will win the war in ukraine. during the commemorations, president putin compared russia's invasion of ukraine to the fight against nazi germany, and said his country was once again being forced to resist the aggression of the west. he claimed russia is again being threatened by german tanks. it comes after germany's government has allowed its battle tanks to be sent to ukraine so they can be used against russian forces. translation: now unfortunately we see that the ideology - of nazism, in its modern form and manifestation, once again directly threatens the security of our country. again and again we have to repel the aggression of the collective west. it's incredible, but it's a fact. we are once again being threatened with german leopard tanks. once again they are preparing to battle russia on ukrainian soil. professor david stone is a russia historia

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ow, meanwhile, on wednesday russia began taking part in a full military exercise with china and south africa, off the coast of south africa itself. among the vessels is a frigate, that's a type of warship, equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. russia is expected to fire artillery, but not the cruise missiles, during the exercises. the frigate �*admiral gorshkov�* arrived in richards bay, near durban, for the initial drills. south african opposition politicians say the exercises show their government is siding with moscow in the war in ukraine. but officials insist south africa is neutral. so what is russia's relationship with other countries, and in particular china, like? well, earlier i was joined by alexander korolev, a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at australia's university of new south wales. i began by asking him what this suggests about china's thinking in terms of its strategy with russia. i think china is thinking long—term. there is an increasing

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. and china are to begin a full naval exercise with south africa off the coast of kwazulu—natal. among the vessels is a frigate equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. russia is expected to fire artillery, but not the cruise missiles during the exercises. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. farfrom ukraine, a formidable russian warship, the admiral gorshkov, docking in south africa today, bristling with long range missiles and branded unapologetically with the letter v, the symbol of russia's invasion of ukraine. so why is democratic south africa going along with all this, a week of military exercises, and with china too? below decks on the russian frigate, vladimir putin stares from the wall. the captain insists these are just routine drills, nothing provocative. his south african hosts go further, suggesting that this kind of cooperation is actually what russia and ukraine need today. the republic of south africa, and other countries as well, subscribe to negotiated set

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ry aid programme for ukraine by training an extra 15,000 soldiers. ahead of a war summit in kyiv on friday, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, said the eu will have a tenth package of russian sanctions in place by 2a february — the first anniversary of the invasion. meawnhile, the chair of russia's council on foreign and defense policy, sergey karag—anov, a putin ally, told hardtalk�*s stephen sakur that russias would utilise all means necessary, to deal with the cancer, as he put it, that is nato. we are fighting the cancer, the cancer as nato and its expansion. we are trying by persuasion, by therapy, now by surgery, i hope it won't be through radiology now. sorry, sir, are through radiology now. sorry, sir. are you — through radiology now. sorry, sir, are you alluding _ through radiology now. sorry, sir, are you alluding there - through radiology now. sorry, sir, are you alluding there to. sir, are you alluding there to russia's_ sir, are you alluding there to

our russia editor, steve rosenberg, asked mr lukashenko if he was prepared to do the same again.also ready to wage war together with the russians from the territory of belarus, but only if anyone, even one soldier, comes to our land with weapons to kill my people. and you can see more of mr lukashenko's comments with our russia editor steve rosenberg on tonight's bbc news at ten and afterwards on the iplayer. accident and emergency departments are failing to meet the needs of disabled people. that's according to the head of the royal college of emergency medicine. he said too often a&e is a safety net for those who should be able to get treatment in the community, but the services are no longer there. the government says it is reducing long waits by increasing bed capacity, investing in new ambulances and community services. our disability news correspondent, nikki fox, reports. a warning her report contains images some viewers may find distressing. baby cries. this is what a crisis in emergency care means for this young boy. hours spent waiting in pain. we are in hospital probab

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.art in a full military exercise with china and south africa off the coast of south africa itself. among the vessels is a frigate equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. russia is expected to fire artillery, but not the cruise missiles, during the exercises. the frigate admiral gorshkov arrived today in richards bay near durban for the initial drills. south african opposition politicians say the exercises show their government is siding with moscow in the war in ukraine. but officials insist south africa is neutral. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. farfrom ukraine. a formidable russian warship, the admiral gorkov, docking in south africa today, bristling with long range missiles and branded unapologetically with the letter v, the symbol of russia's invasion of ukraine. so why is democratic south africa going along with all this, a week of military exercises, and with china too? below decks on the russian frigate, vladimir putin stares from the wall. the captain insists

steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk.oped a drug for use as a contraceptive pill for men. they say it works by temporarily stopping sperm from propelling itself. the drug switches off an enzyme that sperm needs to be able to swim to reach a females egg. tests done on mice show that the effect is short—lived, with normal function restored within 2a hours. for more insight on this, let's now speak to stephanie page, an endocrinologist and professor at the university of washington school of medicine. university of washington thank university of washington you so much forjoining me thank you so much forjoining me and talking to me about this. this is really interesting and i know very much within the focus of your research as well. you are involved in the development of a male contraceptive pill, also a male contraceptive pill, also a gel as well. how excited are you about what you're hearing today? i you about what you're hearing toda ? ~ , , ., , today? i think this is really important _ today? i think this is really import

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.nd china are to begin a full naval exercise with south africa off the coast of kwazulu—natal. among the vessels is a frigate equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. russia is expected to fire artillery, but not the cruise missiles, during the exercises. the war games will coincide with the first anniversary of the invasion of ukraine this friday, but south africa has denied that this move was provocative, saying that the exercise was organised two years ago. south african opposition politicians say the exercises show their government is siding with moscow in the war in ukraine. we can now speak to dean cheng who's is a senior fellow with the potomac institute for policy studies and specializes in chinese military and foreign policy. thank you forjoining us. we have seen these meetings with the top official from china and also with president putin. what exactly do you think will come out of these meetings? i exactly do you think will come out of these meetings? i think that above _ ou

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk.and president biden says three aerial objects shot down by the us in recent days appear to have nothing to do with china. he told reporters they were probably being used by private companies or for research purposes. i've directed my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward. distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not. but make no mistake — if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people i will take it down. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a special grand jury in the us state of georgia has found no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. donald trump has repeatedly claimed the result was rigged. several witnesses were found to have lied under oath during the investigation. the scottish national party says it will announce nicola sturgeon�*s successor as

steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk.ntity has not been confirmed but the foreign office says it is supporting that man's family and if it is confirmed, he will be the eighth british man to die in ukraine since the russian invasion. another of the daily pulse mat stories. the queen consort is to wear what is called a recycled crown for the king's coronation. it will not feature the very big diamond which is being claimed by india. queen mary's crown has the controversial diamond but camilla will wear a modern one from the collection of queen elizabeth ii. india argues they were tricked to hand over the diamond in british colonial rule. we're in cardiff to mark a special birthday, because 100 years ago this week, the bbc started broadcasting here in wales. in a country with very few national institutions until fairly recently, bbc wales has been a major presence, promoting a sense of welsh identity, putting welsh culture and sport on the map, with programmes in the two official languages of wales — welsh and english. it of