kirsty wark, which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. tonight, newsnight assesses the state of the battle. as vladimir putin raises the age of conscription to the armed forces from 27 to 30, which side has the initiative in the war? we ll be speaking to a ukrainian mp and to the former uk ambassador to the us lord darroch. also tonight: on the eve of rishi sunak s appearance in front of the inquiry into the infected blood scandal, will the government commit to widening compensation to all those who suffered? we ll talk to a man who lost his father and two uncles to hiv. the saudis are on a sports buying spree and their eyes are on kylian mbappe, the captain of the french football team. is the gulf state trying to use the shield of sport to deflect criticism of its human rights record? we ll be speaking
jimmy anderson could be set to bring the curtain down on his record breaking england career this summer following talks with the head coach, brendon mccullum. it s been reported that mccullum recently made a whistle stop five day visit to the uk, to meet anderson and play a round of golf and tell him england are looking to build a pace attack for the future. it s not clear if anderson has played his last test, or whether he could get a farewell in the home summer. anderson is england s leading all time test wicket taker in tests with 700 dismissals, all rounder nat sciver brunt will miss england s first t20 international against pakistan at edgbaston tomorrow, after undergoing a minor medical procedure . she ll return for the second match at northampton next friday. england will play three t20 s and three odi s against their opponents, captain heather knight is expecting it to be tough. and at some really good results recently and they went to new zealand in the series over
up with inflation. and items by worn by one of television s best loved characters, coronation street s busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4000 at auction. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we are reporting live tonight from bethnal green in east london, where the liberal democrats and their leader, tim farron, havejust launched their pa rty‘s leader, tim farron, havejust launched their party s general election manifesto. in a speech on the stage at the podium just behind mea the stage at the podium just behind me a few minutes ago, tim farron said that a hard brexit would be a time bomb underneath our economy that could wreck the national health service and schools for decades to come. he also said there should be a second referendum on brexit for the people, not the politicians, to decide. he said that nigel farage ‘s policies and those of ukip had been taken over policies and those of ukip had been ta ken over by policies and those of ukip had been take
the possibility of russian interference in the us electoral process. that is where you begin. you begin at a highly, serious level where you are protecting your national electoral integrity. then you have all of these revelations while tromp is in the white house. the quote that you just gave, that is in the quote that you just gave, that isina the quote that you just gave, that is in a white house document. the white house has said it is authentic. there was no question about what he said. what is interesting here is the sourcing of all of this stuff. it is coming from officials in and out of government. most of them still serving officials and that, i think, is super important because it tells you there are people who are really worried about the conduct of the presidency and the way, notjust what he does, but why he does it and how he does it. he seems totally unable to separate anything that happens from himself. it s all about him. in the bids middle of these revelati
up they say it is from the second floor up to the 27th floor. you may be able to see in the bottom left hand corner there is a hydraulic platform with a hose focused on the one corner of the building that is not a light. in the last half an hour we have seen a person at a window. we saw them once or twice. we don t know whether it is a resident or a firefighter. it is in that area where the hose is being pointed. we can say that at least some people are in the building. we don t know if they are trapped. we don t know how many have been rescued from the building. we do know from the london fire service that they say in the early stages, two people were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke but we have had no update since then. we have seen debris falling from the building. we have heard the sound of explosions. we have heard the sound of glass breaking. the police keep pushing back their cordons, moving members of the public, in fear that the building might collapse.