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almost a year after russia invaded ukraine the bbc�*sjohn simpson talks to president zelensky about his countrys future. because of soaring energy costs. and coming up on sportsday on the the bbc news channel. as they prepare for this summers�* world cup, euro 2020 winners — england take on south korea this evening in their first game of the arnold clark cup. good evening. the family of the missing woman nicola bulley have called for people to focus on finding her and to stop spe...

good morning to you. yesterday was a really cloudy one right across the board. today weve got a lot more sunshine around, but it is feeling on the cool side. high—pressure sticks with us into much of this upcoming week, so it looks like it is going to stay largely dry and settled, but i will have all the details on that very shortly. its sunday, the 5th february. our main story: the business secretary, grant shapps, has given energy firms a deadline of tuesday to say what action they...

what we dont know, obviously the numbers. we dont know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that its written says its an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and theyre still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame t...

the coalition government of israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been plunged into chaos after mass overnight protests in the country. the protests were sparked after he sacked his defence minister who spoke out against plans to reform the system of appointing judges. but — the coalition has survived a vote of no confidence in the parliament — on monday morning. and mr netanyahu has appealed to the protestors for calm. so why have these reforms proved so contentious? these...

of the independence hero, john garang. the family of nicola bulley, who went missing in lancashire eight days ago, urge people to "keep an open mind" about whats happened to her. police believe she fell into a river. health leaders in the uk are warning that there will be a struggle to clear backlogs and improve emergency care, unless industrial action by thousands of staff is brought to an end. and 18—year—old juliette lamour has won $a 48 million canadian, on the gold ball lotter...

china has called for a cool—headed handling of the dispute about a chinese spy balloon thats been seen over the united states. a senior chinese foreign ministry official has spoken with the us secretary of state antony blinken by phone, after he cancelled his trip to the country this weekend. presidentjoe biden says the united states is in his words "going to take care of" the balloon. beijing insists it is largely for meterological purposes and had been blown off course. a second ba...

the energy regulator ofgem has asked suppliers to pause the forced installation of prepaid metres. it follows revelations that a debt collection company working for british gas broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install the metres. prepayment metres require customers to pay for their energy in advance. its more expensive than paying by direct debit, but are sometimes the only option for people who have struggled to pay and are in debt to a supplier. ben king has more. an unde...

the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and �*80s is hearing its final evidence. 30,000 people are thought to have been infected with hiv or hepatitis c. its this life that i was living perfectly happily and then it went, everything went. it was cataclysmic. energy companies are asked by the regulator to suspend the forced installation of prepayment meters in households that are behind with their bills. the us believes this is a chinese surveillance balloon — its been spotted o...

for motor neurone disease. campaigners say new research funding needs to be handed out quicker. i met imeta i met a family bakery in manchester finding out what the interest rate rise means for businesses and customers. manchester united to decide on the future of their player mason greenwood after charges of attempted rape and coercive behaviours against him are dropped. while some of you will see some light rain or drizzle through the day it will actually be a mild day when the sunsh...

for a summit on ukraine — president zelensky says he believes his country deserves talks on joining the eu this year. deserted railway stations as train drivers in england stage their second walkout this week. australian tennis star nick kyrgios admits assaulting his ex—girlfriend but avoids a criminal conviction — well have the latest from canberra. # falling in our hearts # here again, hawaii # aloha, aloha # and could this song by the former sex pistols by the former sex pisto...