let s start with the war in ukraine, and nato s secretary general has admitted there is a difference between allies on whether to use cluster weapons in ukraine. it follows reports that washington is expected to announce a new weapons package for kyiv which will include cluster munitions. ukraine has been asking for them for months to boost its counteroffensive against russia, but many countries around the world ban the use of such weapons because of the danger they pose to civilians. here s whatjens stoltenberg had to sayjust a couple of hours ago. it is for individual allies to make decisions on what type of weapons. all allies agree on the delivery of weapons and ammunition to ukraine and allies are delivering an unprecedented level of weapons to support ukraine. germany and many other allies are delivering different types of ammunition, weapons to ukraine. but when it comes to cluster ammunition, there is a difference between allies because some allies have signed the con
and if you are south korean, you are now officially a year younger than you were yesterday. we ll tell you how a new law has changed the way koreans think about age. but we start with the situation in ukraine and the horrifying details of a russian missile attack on a restaurant in kramatorsk. 11 people were killed and rescue workers have spent most of the day going through the rubble, looking for any survivors. kramatorsk is in ukraine s eastern donetsk region. it s under ukrainian control but close to parts of the country occupied by russia. this was the scene after the attack. it was a popular, busy restaurant, with many families eating out before the nightly curfew. dozens of people were injured, the missile also damaged nearby apartment buildings and shops. among the dead were two 14 year old twins, yulia and anna aksenchenko. president zelensky said the attack showed russia deserved defeat. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i
pressure as well. the main problem is that the company has nearly £14 billion of debt, so it has a substantial interest bill to pay every year. that interest bill is currently going up because interest rates are going up. some interest rate payments are related to inflation, which is very high. at the same time, it s having to spend over £1 billion a year in infrastructure, water mains, stopping leakage and there s a regulatory review coming up in a few years which may mean it will have to invest even more. thames water needs to raise money from somewhere but if it can t get it, the government is looking at options. we need to make sure thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work the government is doing on resolving sewage. up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down but there is a lot of infrastructure work that needs to take place and we need that entity to survive. in a statement, thames water says it s working constructively
and make their way to belarus which has a large land border with poland. here s president duda. translation: it is difficult for us translation: it is difficult for us to exclude today that the waggoner group poses a threat the waggoner group poses a threat to bowland, poland, and lithuania threat to bowland, poland, and lithuania with its long border as well lithuania with its long border as well as potentially to latvia as well as potentially to latvia which is also a neighbour of belarus. , latvia which is also a neiuhbour of belarus. . ., well, president duda of poland will be one of the eu leaders meeting for a 2 day summit in brussels this thursday and friday. central to the summit will be the role china plays in the war, and its relationship with russia. lynn kuok, with the shangri la dialogue senior fellow for asia pacific security joins me now. let s begin with how closely china is watching on which is going on with the wagner mercenaries and russia. thanks