deputy foreign minister. the chancellor has brought forward by three weeks a fiscal statement he was to deliver in november, in a bid to reassure the financial markets. tonight with the context, the former labour mp and cabinet minister caroline flint and the republican strategist rina shah. welcome to the programme. the french president, emmanuel macron who has tried to maintain an open channel with moscow said today s strikes on ukraine signalled a profound change in the conduct of the war. in a televised address, vladimir putin said he personally had ordered the strikes as revenge for the weekend s attack on the kerch bridge. the targets, he said, were ukraine s energy, command and communication, structures. but as so often is the case, the missiles landed on busy intersections, in parks and tourist areas of kyiv, with an intensity not seen since the early days of the war. there were strikes across the country from the east to the west. ukraine s major cities were
time for a look at the weather. here s tomasz schafernaker. good evening. for many of us, a quiet end to the week on the weather front, very tranquil weather at the moment. that is more or less how it will stay over the weekend, plenty of sunny spells on offer and a few showers. this window of weather has opened up over us just showers. this window of weather has opened up over usjust in time showers. this window of weather has opened up over us just in time for the weekend. for many of us it is also the august bank holiday. high pressure will be building across the uk which means settled weather but around this area of high pressure we will also see a strong wind developing particularly around coastal areas, the north sea coast being chilly at times. here is the forecast for saturday morning, 16 in london with sunshine. 8 degrees in glasgow. through the course of the afternoon, showers developing almost anywhere across parts of england and wales. your local weather forecast
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assessment is that the ukrainian soldiers are impressive and absolutely a quick study due to their extensive air, defense, knowledge and experience in a combat zone. it was easier, though never easy for them to grasp the patriot system, operations and maintenance concepts. but the stakes are so high that cnn was not allowed to film or photograph the training and effort to protect the ukrainians who will be back on the front lines in just a matter of weeks and to shield the us from blowback from moscow, us officials emphasizing that the patriots are purely defensive and not a threat to russia. it s a point defense system. it s got to be placed in a location that is defending a target like, uh, capital city, kiev or ports city like odessa. so it this is not a weapons system that can be moved around on the battlefield based on changing threats. the systems will, however, help defend ukraine against near daily missile barrages by russia. and
capital city, kiev or report city like odessa, so it this is not a weapons system that can be moved around on the battlefield based on changing threats. the systems will, however, help defend ukraine against near daily missile barrages by russia. and will now likely beyond the battlefield in time to support a looming ukrainian counter offensive, kurlansky say . when i met him in kiev, he said, help us win quickly, exactly what he said when he visited, uh, washington, d c recently and is even what secretary hostin said. uh he said. ukraine doesn t have time this spring offensive is coming. so don the ukrainians have acknowledged that what they have right now the air defense systems that they currently employ against the russian missile barrages. they are not enough to prevent against a russian ballistic missile attack , for example, and it is unclear whether the patriots that they re set to receive can