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and welcome to liverpool, eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome. hundreds of thousands of workers here in the uk are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. more than 100,000 teachers in england, wales and parts of scotland are taking part in a dispute over pay. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted. university lecturers, train driv...

the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich is appearing in court in moscow for his appeal hearing against his detention. mr gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in yekaterinburg last month. more than a0 countries led by the united states have called for the release of the journalist. the statement condemned moscows efforts to limit and intimidate the media. us ambassador to russia visited mr gershkovich at lefortovo prison. these are the latest pictures of him, behind th...

there has been air strikes, shelling and other heavy gun fire reported. and in the last few hours, the general of the rsf — the rapid support forces — in sudan has approved a 2k hour ceasefire. general mohamed hamdan daglo tweeted... he had spoken to the us secretary of state antony blinken and agreed the pause to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of people who are injured. mr blinken had called for the ceasefire during the g7 foreign ministers meeting taking ...

spying charges. he absolutely denies these charges and we have heard as well from the us ambassador to moscow, saying that he is in good health, is strong. she clearly pointed out again that the charges are baseless against him and called for russia to release him. it was a short statement you give outside the court. we have just short statement you give outside the court. we havejust heard, that his appeal by evan gershkovich against his pre—trial detention has been rejected. lets r...

in the city and growth deals, northern ireland is increasingly a byword for an economy on the cutting edge of technology, connection and innovation, but we cannot, we must not sit back thinking thejob is done. the abhorrent shooting of dci john caldwell, the disturbances over the easter weekend and the ongoing paramilitary activity in too many communities across this nation illustrates that a tiny minority seek to drag northern ireland back to its darkest days. but i know for every per...

to get under way shortly. a court in moscow has rejected the appeal against the pre—trial detention of the us journalist, appeal against the pre—trial detention of the usjournalist, evan gershkovich,. even though the decision was widely expected, it will still hit hard for the 35—year—old american and his supporters. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he strongly denies. the court appearance was his first. he was arrested nearly three weeks ago. the aut...

hello and welcome to the programme. we start in new zealand where, in the last couple of hours, chris hipkins has been sworn in as the countrys new prime minister, after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didnt have enough in the tank to continue in the job. mr hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the countrys first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins�* labour party will face a general elect...

sudans rival generals have agreed a 24—hour ceasefire, after four days of intense fighting in the capital, khartoum, and other towns. the countrys de facto leader, general abdel fattah al—burhan, said the ceasefire would start at six oclock tonight — though other members of the army have denied that. the head of the rival rapid support forces, general mohamed hamdan dagalo, said he had approved the ceasefire, to ensure the evacuation of wounded civilians. these are the latest pic...

again on 23rd january. i know theres a lot of controversy about us striking, and that were not kind of getting those calls and getting to patients today, but in realistic terms, day—to—day, were not getting to patients. well be talking to a paramedic in devon who says its notjust about pay, its about the intense pressure on staff. its notjust the nhs, 100,000 civil servants are to strike on 1st february in their campiagn for better pay. also tonight... as russian forces intensify t...

speaking in poland a former eastern bloc country thats no stranger to russian aggression, biden started off by saying that the war has so far defied two big expectations. one, that kyiv would fall within days, and two, that the western alliance would splinter as the war dragged on. watch. >> one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important it stands free. when russia invaded it wasnt ju...