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The links. and from paris now, back to you, samantha, in london. anyway... samantha is on bbc world later i think. let's get the latest from ukraine. the head of ukrainian railways says five stations have come under fire in western and central ukraine, they're saying there are casualities reported. meanwhile russia is claiming it has shot down two ukrainian drones that were flying over russian territory near the border. and this comes after us secretary of state antony blinken and us defence secretary lloyd austin met president zelensky in kyiv on sunday. mr blinken, said it was an important m...

Trailing thailand — but he managed to turn it around and in the last half an hour or so has won the game by 10 frames to 7. and on the other table there's a battle going on between 2 one—time finalists. kyren wilson is currently trailing to china's ding junhui by 5 frames to 3. and former world number one maria sharapova has annnouced that she is pregnant. the five—time grand slam winner announced the news on instagram on her 35th birthday. she retired from tennis in 2020 and later that year got engaged to british businessman alexander gilkes. that's all the sport for now. western leader...

The culture and the language was that way. when president chirac decided to have the french elise website notjust in french but also in english, quite a lot of people were not happy, whether that was in the establishment or elsewhere, the academie francaise, possibly, or elsewhere. he pushed for there to be a global news channel. he understood that a country like france, that has a un security council permanent seat, it was essential that that voice be heard. so, ted turner, when he created cnn, the cable news network, if we cast our minds back that far, was thought to be bonkers, frankly. the...

There was, i think, some criticism from the high auspices in france about the idea that a french channel would be broadcasting in english. am i right? well, look, the traditional idea of the french language, the language of moliere, was that it must be preserved, it must be looked after, it must not have too much franglais and english words. it won't come as a surprise to you, as being somebody who's half french, half british, having been steeped in that from the word go in my life, that i actually think and i know having worked for the bbc, world service, bbc world, france 24 and reaching out...

When president chirac decided to have the french elise website notjust in french but also in english, quite a lot of people were not happy, whether that was in the establishment or elsewhere, the academie francaise, possibly, or elsewhere. he pushed for there to be a global news channel. he understood that a country like france, that has a un security council permanent seat, it was essential that that voice be heard. so, ted turner, when he created cnn, the cable news network, if we cast our minds back that far, was thought to be bonkers, frankly. then bbc world then decides to do the same thi...