correspondents in russia and in ukraine. also this lunchtime. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead, two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. a claim that the clock is ticking for british farmers as they struggle with high inflation, labour shortages and climate change. and it s empty desk friday the world s biggest trial of a four day working week where you do fewer hours for the same pay. and coming up on the bbc news channel england take on pakistan in theirfinal women s t20 world cup group game looking to win and remain unbeaten in the tournament. good afternoon. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two hour state of the nation address delayed from december. he claimed the west is seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation. the existence of our country is at stake, he said. he also announced he s suspendi
what does the future hold for liverpool, with the club s owners insisting the club s not for sale on the eve of their crucial champions league tie with real madrid? it is mild again but there is something cooler on the way. your full forecast on breakfast. it s tuesday the 21st of february. junior doctors in england have become the latest health workers to vote for strike action in a dispute with the government over pay. members of the british medical association are expected to stage a 72 hour walk out, possibly as early as mid march. our health correspondent katharine da costa has this report. this winter s seen the biggest wave of industrial action in nhs history affecting nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists. nowjunior doctors in england willjoin other health unions on the picket line in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay. when 98% of us vote to strike, i think it says a lot. dr andrew meyerson moved from the us to london eight years ago to study medicine. now a
across england and wales. by the end of the evening, we will start to see some showers developing across the isles of scilly, moving through cornwall, into wales and gradually they will spread through the midlands into south east england. some potentially turning heavy and thundery, it is great news for gardeners and growers and not if you are trying to get a good night s sleep and it could linger first thing on sunday morning. a few more nuisance showers on sunday developing across north wales, stretching into the north of england towards the scottish border. sunday is more hit and mist under the showers perhaps not quite as warm. if you dodge them and keep the sunshine, low 20s. but quite a volatile night, sunday into monday, showers were widespread, moving their way from the south and gradually pushing into southern scotland as well. that means on monday we could start off again with some showers, england and wales through the week will be dry and relatively warm but still
those political where there was a sum in poland and a speech schedule. james comer thank you, that is james waterhouse in kyiv this morning. james, thank you. rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in turkey after two new earthquakes hit the country, killing at least three people. the earlier quakes on 6th february killed 44,000 people in turkey and syria with tens of thousands more left homeless. hatay is the latest place to be hit by the quakes. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is over in turkey. more earthquakes, thankfully not as devastating as last time but clearly really unnerving for people there. oh, hugely so. i mean, when the 0h, hugely so. i mean, when the ground started to shake last night we felt a lot of aftershocks in this region since that initial earthquake two weeks ago but this one really