Back in december, the optimism of the Ukrainian Forces was fading. There were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting Generating Stations and heating plants. But ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. And anyway, the winter wasnt that bad. Now some Military Experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. Who knows . President xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend Vladimir Putin than to ukraine. Theres less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think itll happen by 2029. In the us, since december, ex President Trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. Yet his popularity with the Republican Party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded. Now trump
where negogtiators working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill for talks tonight. negotiations have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not
over chelsea in a party atmosphere at the etihad stadium on sunday. city were confirmed as champions on saturday without even kicking a ball after nottingham forest beat arsenal, and that result allowed manager pep guardiola to make nine changes from the side that thrashed real madrid to get into the champions league final. to get into the champions leaaue final. ~ ., ~ ., league final. we all know when it comes to league final. we all know when it comes to manchester - league final. we all know when it comes to manchester city, i it comes to manchester city, the players and the fans know what that winning feeling is. remarkable when you consider in early april there were eight points behind arsenal and fair enough, arsenal have faulted towards the end of the season but manchester city have gone on an amazing run. 15 games unbeaten including 12 wins. this trophy, though, is only the first in pep guardiola s masterplan. first week ofjune they re in the fa cup against manche
and that result allowed manager pep guardiola to make nine changes from the side that thrashed real madrid to reach the champions league final. 0ur sports correspondent nesta mcgregor has more. well, we all know when it comes to manchester city, the players and the fans know what that winning feeling is. remarkable when you consider in early april there were eight points behind arsenal. fair enough. arsenal have faltered towards the end of the season, but manchester city have gone on an amazing run 15 games unbeaten, including 12 wins. today they rested the likes of erling haaland, kevin de bruyne, jack grealish and john stones. you know, real, real quality players that have shown the depth of their squad. this trophy, though, is only the first in pep guardiola s masterplan. first week ofjune they re in the fa cup against manchester united. then a week later, the big one in istanbul, the champions league final against inter milan, going for what will be an incredible historic
as champions on saturday without even kicking a ball after nottingham forest s win against arsenal. and that result allowed manager pep guardiola to make nine changes from the side that thrashed real madrid to reach the champions league final. 0ur sports correspondent nesta mcgregor has more. well, we all know when it comes to manchester city, the players and the fans know what that winning feeling is. remarkable when you consider in early april there were eight points behind arsenal. fair enough. arsenal have faltered towards the end of the season, but manchester city have gone on an amazing run 15 games unbeaten, including 12 wins. today they rested the likes of erling haaland, kevin de bruyne, jack grealish and john stones. you know, real, real quality players that have shown the depth of their squad. this trophy, though, is only the first in pep guardiola s masterplan. first week ofjune they re in the fa cup against manchester united. then a week later, the big one in ist