is now, back in 1985. goodnight. music: how soon is now by the smiths. this is bbc news, here he was at westminster in february giving the speaker a pilot s helmet. on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. this is what he wants. f 16 fighter jets like these flown by the polish air force. modern warplanes that could give ukraine greater control of the skies. some european countries are ready to give some of theirs to ukraine but they are all made by the us and that means that president biden, who is at the g7 summit injapan, needs to give his permission first. he has been reluctant, fearing it could escalate the war, but now his officials say the us will help train ukrainian pilots and will not stop european countries donating some f 16s. this comes after concerted pressure from european leaders, including rishi sunak, who earlier this week promised president zelensky to gather international support for getting ukraine the air power it needed. but tra
northern ireland but arriving late in the day. temperatures, high teens to low 20s and it will feel warm in the may sunshine and the sunshine is stronger this time of the year so there will be high levels of uv. are out for any level of time might be worth considering suncream. similar on sunday, best of the sunshine in england and wales, scotland and northern ireland cloudy and bright, one or two bits of rain and the temperature is similar, it s going to be quite a one weekend for most of us. nice one, chris, thanks for that. chris fawkes. that s it. more analysis of the main stories on newsnight coming up on bbc two with faisal islam but now the news continues here on bbc one as we join our colleagues across the nations and regions for all of the news where you are. i have a very good night. the economic ascent of china with significant consequences for production of electric vehicles, batteries and microchips. in this new world, does the uk have a strategy? china calls the
made an summit, where he made an intervention there that we have been talking about. onto the daily telegraph, the uk talking of economic decline, an article from the chancellor talking about negative direction of risk and talking up the economic opportunities but history about household bills about to fall as putin s energy war fails. a household bills about to fall as putin s energy warfails. a big development for economics. the guardian, patience paid £550 per hourfor guardian, patience paid £550 per hour for private guardian, patience paid £550 per hourfor private gps. guardian, patience paid £550 per hour for private gps. other times, ai is a clear and present danger to education. let s leave that that s all from us tonight. but before we go, we learned this morning of the death aged only 59 of one half of the most iconic guitar duos of the 1980s. so we leave you with the smiths bass player andy rourke along withjohnny marr, who created the legendary guitar section of how soo