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A soviet era tank in a war of today. front line ukrainian units are hungry for more modern weapons to help unfreeze this conflict. jessica parker, bbc news, in ramstein. so to what extent have western countries committed to backing ukraine in the war? our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here to explain. throughout the war, western powers have given ukraine different weapons at different times, depending on what was needed. at the start, portable anti—tank weapons — like these nlaws...

Tanks to break the deadlock in the war and go back on the offensive. the british armys challenger 2 will provide ukrainian tank crews with more speed and accuracy and more protection than their own russian designed tanks. but the uk is only expected to send around a dozen challengers, when ukraine says it needs another 300 tanks. it hopes others will follow. germanys leopard tank is used by several european armies. some have signalled they are willing to supply them, but that still needs germany...

Reporting from dnipro. as president zelensky appealed for more weapons to stop what he described as "russian terrror", britains prime minister confirmed that following a telephone call between the two leaders, the uk would be sending around a dozen challenger 2 tanks to ukraine. rishi sunak said the move would "send the right signal". however, the russian embassy in london criticised the decision, saying it would drag out the confrontation. heres our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. britai...

Started to wonder if russia might be running out of missiles or thinking of changing its strategy. it seems there were not quite so many missiles this time, perhaps less than a0. but its clear tonight that russia has not changed its strategy and seems intent for now on causing maximum hardship for ukraines civilians whenever and wherever it can. president zelensky has called on other allies to follow britains lead and provide more weaponry to his forces. the uk is to send around a dozen challeng...

But the russian embassy in london said the decision would drag out the confrontation. heres our defence correpondent jonathan beale. britain is the first western nation to confirm it will provide ukraine with modern main battle tanks. the prime minister told president zelensky in a phone call. the british armys challenger 2 is more than 20 years old, but it was designed and built to go up against russian armour. and ukraine says it needs more tanks to break the deadlock in the war and go back on...

With modern main battle tanks. the prime minister told president zelensky in a phone call. the british armys challenger 2 is more than 20 years old, but it was designed and built to go up against russian armour. and ukraine says it needs more tanks to break the deadlock in the war and go back on the offensive. the british armys challenger 2 will provide ukrainian tank crews with more speed and accuracy and more protection than their own russian designed tanks. but the uk is only expected to send...

From dublin and london. the labour leader sir keir starmer is in stormont to discuss the deadlock, which the dup has cited as its reason for boycotting northern irelands devolved institutions since may. a group of afghan families who were brought to britain after the taliban took power are taking the government to court. its after their accommodation was changed, meaning their children had to leave their school. at first the four families were housed in a london hotel, but then they were moved t...

Over its treatment of afghan families brought to the uk. they made a lot of promises. one of the promises was our families will live secure, safely, but unfortunately they are suffering. the home office says that to deliver value for money afghan families may be moved from one hotel to another, then its the local authorities responsibility to find school places and there may be delays in allocating those places. but with 5000 afghan children still living in hotels, a judge must now decide if ope...

Dire state of affairs now. qm. dire state of affairs now. ok, so lets try and _ dire state of affairs now. ok, so lets try and be _ dire state of affairs now. ok, so lets try and be constructive - dire state of affairs now. ok, so l lets try and be constructive about what might solve some of this. which of the two possible areas of compromise do you think would be most appealing to you and other members of your union? would it be a one—off hardship payment to address some of the issues around ...

Stay with us on bbc news. still to come: after days of deadlock and drama, the republican kevin mccarthy has his first day as house speaker — how did it go? well find out. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since world war ii. tobacco is americas oldest industry, and its one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is...