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it will affect both routine and emergency care. and roald dahl s multi million selling children s books are to be printed in their original form after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us presidentjoe biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed, for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility. he said his country had endured a year of pain, but that victory was inevitable with continued western support. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, reports on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down on ukraine. air raid siren. a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world looke ....
sitting australian prime minister anthony albanese becomes the first sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. you are watching bbc news. now, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. counting the cost of war as ukraine marks a year since the invasion, we re going to take a look at the toll it s taken on the economy. ukraine s vast farms were feeding the world, but the country is now reliant on billions of dollars of help just to get through every month. ukraine s finance minister tells me how he s kept the economy functioning despite the missiles and the deliberate targeting of infrastructure, including the power grid. also, i m going to be hearing from a leading business voice on how private companies have managed to keep doing business in a war zone and ....
to important star stormy daniels karen macdougall and a door man at trump power. o2015 to 2017 payments. all 34 counts date back to 2017 only. as you can see here president trump pled not guilty to charges. the ex-president will will raised his fist and waived to audience. he returned to palm beach to defend himself unprecedented charges against him. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is so fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law enforcement. we can t let that happen. trump used his address to go after manhattan d.a. alvin bragg calling the charges against him a political attack. the manhattan judge who presided over trump s arraignment warned the ex-president not to make any statements that could incite violence. the former president called him a quote trump hating judge. d ....
for a rare blizzard. and as the uk prepares to host the eurovsion song contest on behalf of ukraine, we meet the nigerian born singer who s part of the group hoping to take the title back to kyiv for the second year in a row. hello and welcome to the programme. it s exactly a year since russia began its invasion of ukraine and president zelensky has welcomed a vote at the united nations calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of russian troops. the resolution was backed by an overwhelming majority of countries, which he described as a powerful signal of global support. let s get the latest from our correspondent james waterhouse. a thud marking the moment when ukraine and the world changed forever. we ve just heard a siren go off for the first time. we haven t heard that before. after months of build up, 150,000 russian soldiers crossed the border. millions headed the other way. a country under attack with its people caught in the middle. where russia retreated ....
would expend the political capital here. washington lost its collective mind on this yesterday. the chinese do spy on us. this goes back to maybe some cold war worry about something tangible looking up at us. the joke i had in my household is that they are getting a preview of the next season of yellowstone. laura: yellowstone? what a riot sent around the comedy circuit. the chinese are laughing at us, that s for sure. the role of the pentagon under biden seems clear. unless we are talking about sending billions in weapons to ukraine, of the american aerospace defense command continues to monitor it closely. who s controlling this balloon right now? is the chinese government controlling the movement of the balloon or is it just loading with air strengths. we are monitoring the situation closely. we ll continue to monitor. will continue to review our options and provide information and updates. since we are in the observation and monitoring business, n ....