with a strike by nurses. the family of yousef makki when the fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. # it would be so nice. # and tickets have gone on sale for madonna s good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks, at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives of more than 50 countries are discussing the co ordination of stronger military support for kyiv. president zelensky called on the allies to agree the delivery of tanks and other advanced weapons as a matter of urgency. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard two tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. for western defence chie
days have just been released. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, putin threatening nuclear war amid humiliating losses in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin today ordering a military draft and warning that he could use nuclear weapons against west. during a rare televised address to the russian nation, the russian president summoned 300,000 more troops to fight and threatened nuclear retaliation. translator: mobilization will begin today, september 21st. i am instructing the heads of the regions to provide the necessary assistance to the work of the military recruitment offices. this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. i emphasize this again with all the means at our disposal. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the prevailing winds c
i feel like i am taking a crazy pill. jesse: you are not crazy. it s just that the world is not making sense anymore. fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. river and seas boiling. 40 years of darkness, earthquakes and volcanos. human sacrifices dogs and cats living together. mass hysteria. jesse: mass hysteria is here. look no further than at our president. i never expected the ultra maga republicans who seem to control the republican party now to have been able to control the republican party. this maga crowd is really the most extreme political organization that s existed in american history. in recent american history. jesse: ultra maga sounds like a condom or a beer did. hunter come up with that one? that s how joe biden views anybody who disagrees with him. joe can t run on the issues because he hasn t gotten any results. so he is trying to rip off the trump nickname game. but brandon better go back to the drawing board because most americans d
26efth. 17 . Yes. What do you come to mean by yes, sir. They got. Security assistan, three e amigos. As well. They cudid. If i said that number was my understanding of ambassador sondlands use of around 270 million. That term thed three people in would that probably be accurate . Charge of ukraine policy during the summer was he, gordon sound about right . Sondland and ambassador volker did they get aid in fy 18 . And secretary perry. When did you come to learn yes, sir. Including security about mr. T giulianis role and assistance . Including security what do you consider his role to assistance. We already talked about the have been . Er i first heard about former javelins and antitank missiles mayor jewgiulianis interest in that they were not able to purchase in previous ukraine in january of this year. Administrations. Have they gotten Security Assistance in fy 19 . Yes, sir. Prior to the 400 million or that was a different phase than what happened during the so that were discussing
but this is not a sign of covid aid, the planes date back to world war ii and as our diplomatic correspondence reports, they recalled another error when the british help ukrainians repel an invasion. in a forest south of kyiv, down in an old riverbed, something unexpected the remains of old aircraft hidden deep in the ground. and each one, british to their rusty core. here you see the tail plane of hurricane mach 2. yes, you heard that right this was once part of a hurricane fighter plane, one of thousands britain gave the soviet union during world war ii. this is a little slice of history, evidence of a moment when, 80 years ago, western powers gave war planes to ukraine, just as they are today, to defend against an invading army. so you think there might be a seventh hurricane down there?