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hello, and welcome to dateline. i m martine croxall. this week, we discuss whether there are any signs of meaningful peace talks in the war in ukraine, we look at the aftermath of the french presidential election and ask where europe goes now, and we look ahead to the uk local elections and ask, could the outcome sink borisjohnson? joining us in discussion tonight, here in the studio at long last the editor in chief of the gulf based daily the national, mina al oraibi. bet it feels good, mina, doesn t it? and you get your make up done as well! the bbc s business editor simonjack, hot footing in from whatever else he s been doing today. and dateline s long serving expert on all things french, marc roche formerly london correspondent of le monde and now le point. welcome to everybody. the united nations boss has had talks this week with presidents putin and zelensky. the us secretary of state and the us defence secretery have been in kyiv. but what have these high ....
the editor in chief of the gulf based daily the national, mina al oraibi. it feels good, doesn t it? and you get your makeup done as well! the bbc s business editor simonjack, and dateline s long serving expert on all things french, marc roche, formerly london correspondent of le monde and now le point. welcome to everybody. united nations boss has had talks this week with presidents putin and zelensky. the us secretary of state and defence minister have been in kyiv. but what have these diplomatic shuffles actually achieved? mina, you watch all of this closely for your readers, interpret it, contextualize it. what have you been telling them? the contextualize it. what have you been telling them? telling them? the last few days have been important telling them? the last few days have been important to telling them? the last few days have been important to at telling them? the last few days have been important to at least telling them? the last few days have bee ....
mr macron remains ahead in the polls. now on bbc news, weather world. this weather world is all about storms. so far this year, we ve seen some of the windiest, wettest weather systems on earth. and we ve come to a place that has just set a new record for england s strongest gust of wind right here on the isle of wight. we ll find out why the coast here sees such high winds. the weather is fair. meet the volunteers keeping people safe here. plus, with three named storms in one week, we ll ask if the uk s weather is getting windier. and i ll be finding outjust how windy it is here today and looking at how we measure wind speed. also on weather world as a chain of deadly cyclones hits madagascar, why climate change could put more of east africa in their path. and deluge down under parts of australia see more rain in three months than they normally do all year. i wouldn t say it was a surprise, but that s the most concerning factor that we ve gone from literally th ....
have killed more than 400 people. 60 people are believed to still be missing. now on bbc news, sarah keith lucas and nick miller visit the isle of wight, where a record 122mph wind speed was felt during a february that saw three named storms hit the uk. this weather world is all about storms. so far this year, we ve seen some of the windiest, wettest weather systems on earth. and we ve come to a place that has just set a new record for england s strongest gust of wind right here on the isle of wight. we ll find out why the coast here sees such high winds. the weather is fair. meet the volunteers keeping people safe here. plus, with three named storms in one week, we ll ask if the uk s weather is getting windier. and i ll be finding outjust how windy it is here today and looking at how we measure wind speed. also on weather world as a chain of deadly cyclones hits madagascar, why climate change could put more of east africa in their path. and deluge down under part ....
immigration reform, you are invited. it is clear what we re seeing from republicans is an effort to politicize this and not fix what we all recognize as an outdated and broken system. trey: an open invitation you say? last inouye invitation was in 2020, from then president donald trump. they had a hard time finding anyone they wanted to deport, now they call the system broken, and they want republicans to help fix it. but democracies don t need republican help, remember, democrats control the house, the senate, and the white house. they don t need legislative help, they need political help, they need help deflecting the blame for the crisis at the border. the math is simple, the number of people showing up at the border is high. it will only get higher in the spring and summer months. there is a war in eastern europe, some of those fleeing that war will wind up at our border, democrats use the implication as a campaign issue for years. we re all sympathetic to those s ....