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the alex wagner joins us now. >> its just alex wagner. >> weve been doing this for a several months. >> alex wagner tonight. >> weve known each other for two decades, you can call me whatever you want. >> thank you at home for joining us on alex wagner tonight this hour. we have a whole lot to get to this evening. we start with election results. i know! you thought the elections were over. but, nope, they are not. as voters in this the commonwealth of virginia well know, there was a sp...

and its not just and its notjust the uk temperature record that is likely to topple today and tomorrow. we are also looking at individual records for scotland, england and wales all being broken, and if anything tomorrow looks like it will be a bit hotter than today. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning. farms across the country, like this one in suffolk, are already dealing with a very dry first half of the year, as you can see from the reservoir levels b...

A hole in the ozone layer over antarctica, thats fuelled by smoke from Wildfire Events in australia, is exposing wildlife to protentially damaging levels of uv light. Scientists from the University Of Wollongong say animals and plants are having to put more energy into avoiding the rays. Heres our science correspondent victoria gill. The ozone layer that protects us from the suns most harmful rays is healing gradually. But in antarctica, in cold high atmospheric clouds, a hole in that layer stil...

Are at risk from the rays. Welcome to bbc news. President zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide ukraine with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to Energy Infrastructure. He called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by, what he called, � russian terrorists�. Four power plants were hit in three regions, and Gas Infrastructure was also struck. An oil refinery in occupied slavyan...

Hello, im lewies vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. Ukraines president zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide his country with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region ...

This comes after egyptian mediators arrived in israel with local Media Reporting theres been notable progress in finding common ground. In the last few hours, its also been announced that americas top diplomat, antony blinken, will visit saudi arabia this week. The state Department Says hell discuss ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire that secures the release of hostages. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel,...

Scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, is insisting he will not resign despite a week pof political turmoil. Heres a quick recap of whats been happening. The crisis began when humza yousaf, who leads the Scottish National party, ended its Governing Coalition with the scottish greens. Both parties are pro scottish independence. Thered been trouble in the coalition about the decision to scrap climate targets, and gender policy issues. Theoretically, mr yousaf could lead a minority government, but...

In the dnipro region in central ukraine and Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment has been damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Its attacks such as these which have prompted more us aid to ukraine. The United States has outlined what will be included in a 6 billion package of military assistance. Its part of a larger 60 billion commitment which was approved by cong...

Will focus on air defence. This includes interceptor missiles, anti drone systems and artillery ammunition. Whats not included are the new patriot air defence batteries, something ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky says are critical. The us defence secretary lloyd austin has been speaking about the importance of the aid. Take a listen. The outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. If putin prevails in ukraine, the Security Consequences will be grave and global. Europe wou...

And scattered showers in the north, but still fairly chilly for the time of year. All the details coming up on bbc breakfast. Good morning. Its saturday, 27th april. The governments being urged to take action to stop unpaid carers unwittingly racking up thousands of pounds of debt. Carers are entitled to nearly £82 a week in benefits, but only if they owned less than £151 in take home pay from otherjobs. As a result, many end up owing money after being inadvertently overpaid. Our reporter Dan ...