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hello and welcome to bbc news. dmytro kuleba, ukraine's foreign minister, has warned that countries which "mistreated ukraine" during "the darkest moment of its history" will be held to account after the war ends. in an interview with the bbc, he also warned western allies that delaying the delivery of weapons will cost the lives of ukrainian soldiers. he has spoken to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the battle for bakhmut is now the longest of the war. more than half a year of bloody fighting for control of what is little more than rubble. but ukraine's foreign minister...

hello, welcome to the programme. we have got another action packed programme for you tonight. coming up, the white house says they have still had no consular access to anerican journalist evan gershkovich, who is being held by the russians on spying charges. we will speak tonight from the former soviet dissident natan sharansky, who was held in the same moscow prison in the 1970s. we will also hearfrom mark urban on his continiung investigation into russia's 331 parachute regiment, and the losses that unit has sustained in ukraine. but we start tonight with the clean—up within brit...

let's turn to ireland now — where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the next hour he's expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we've seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity _ ireland. there really is an opportunity ...

let's turn to ireland — where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it's been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister — leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a close...

than a year, because the democratic unionist party, the biggest party which wants to keep northern ireland in the uk, is vetoing the formation of the power—sharing coalition because of its concerns over brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. setting that aside, when you look back at the last 25 years, the change in northern ireland has been remarkable. the level of political balance has dramatically reduced to the extent that it is relatively rare now, so coming after a bitter sectarian conflict that lasted three decades, and cost the lives of three and half thousand people...