democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraine s victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude that s reflected by politicians, by the american public, quite honestly, i think it is the british government, the british public. what has taken place over the last few months is, you know, the west, nato have come back together, an organisation that candidly a year ago at the end of the trump presidency was totally broken. i think a lot of that was due to the fact that the american intelligence community, along with the british had been very forward leaning up to the beginning of the conflict about vladimir putin s intentions and made the case that he was going to not only invade ukraine, but invade
journalists were targeted. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and times radio presenterjenny kleeman and kate ferguson who s deputy political editor of the sun. hello deputy political editor of the sun. to you both. let at hello to you both. let s have a look at some of the headlines that have come in tonight. uk s new defence pact of sweden and finland on the front pages, including the times. saying britain would help fight any russian invasion. that story also leads the telegraph, showing the prime minister and his swedish counterpart enjoying a boat ride after signing their declaration. the financial times says the eu will retaliate if the uk rips up the trade deal for northern ireland. the guardian claims scores of planned new oil and gas projects could drive global temperatures past agreed limits. the i claims number ten wants new measures to tackle the rising cost of living, but the treas
of a key supreme court ruling. shanghai residents face more covid 19 restrictions as china tries to crush an outbreak. millions have now been locked in their homes for seven weeks we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days. no commercial deliveries, no group buys just government approved food deliveries. there s also further restrictions on access to the hospitals. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, after the pilot fell ill. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. ukrainian forces have been retaking a number of towns and villages, pushing russian infantry and artillery back towards the border. the fighting, which has led to a dramatic fall in russian shelling of kharkiv, has been slow and costly but ukrainian forces, say they now have the upper hand. kharkiv is just a0 kilometres from the russian border, and the russians retreat coul
this is bbc news. i m nuala mcgovern. our top stories: explosion. we re on the frontline of war in ukraine, near kharkiv, where despite ukrainian advances, the threat of russian fire is constant. every inch of ground they gain here, every other mile gives their city respite from the russian guns that you can hear. in the us, republican senators block a democrat bill which aimed to preserve women s right to abortion nationwide. it was put to a vote ahead of a key supreme court ruling. broadcaster al jazeera accuses the israeli military of deliberately targeting journalists after one of its best known correspondents, shireen abu aklay, was shot dead in the occupied
welcome to bbc news, i m nuala mcgovern. our top stories: explosion we re on the frontline of war in ukraine, near kharkiv where despite, ukrainian advances, the threat of russian fire is constant. every inch of ground here, every mile gives their city respite from the russian guns that you can hear. in the us, republican senators block a democrat bill which aimed to preserve women s right to abortion nationwide. it was put to a vote ahead of a key supreme court ruling. sri lanka s president vows to give up most of his executive powers, but stops short of resigning over the country s economic crisis. broadcaster al jazeera accuses the israeli military of deliberately targeting