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russia has formally warned the united states and its allies, against supplying further weapons to ukraine. the kremlin said the arms shipments could lead to what it called, unpredictable consequences . speaking during an interview, president zelensky, has acknowledged that up to 3,000 ukrainian soldiers have died and as many as 10,000 have been left injured, since russia invaded his country in february. meanwhile, the head of the un s world food programme has said he s not getting a response from moscow about how to reach people starving to death in besieged parts of ukraine, including the city of mariupol. and in the latest developments there have been reports of new strikes on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital, kyiv and explosions have also been heard in the western city of lviv. the russian foreign ministry has said that it s banning the british prime minister, borisjohnson and other senior ministers from entering russia, over the uk s hostile stance ....
elon musk has launched a hostile bid to take over his hobby twitter. the billionaire behind tesla uses the platform to connect with his 81 million followers. he thinks the company is essential to the functioning of democracy and that he s the right person to unlock what he describes as its extraordinary potential . yes he s recently emerged as its biggest shareholder but the announcement still took the corporate world by surprise. he s offered to pay $54.70 cents a share more than what the shares are currently trading for. at that figure, the business would be worth $15 billion. joining me now is debra aho williamson, principal analyst at insider intelligence. he s not short of a few bob but is he good for that kind of money? certainly, he s the richest man in the world, he certainly has the money, or can probably obtain the money if he is smart and he really wants to do this. i think the big question for me is, does he really want to do this or is this jus ....
captained his country and will look back on the past five years with enormous pride. it was an honour to do thejob and enormous pride. it was an honour to do the job and be the custodian on the pinnacle of english cricket. questions will turn to who will replace him, but with the way the results have been, there have not been standout performances. the key name will be ben stokes, he has been deputising in the absence ofjoe root. you have to feel that is the main contender. a lot of big jobs to fail, they need a new managing director elsewhere, new head coach, and now a new captain as well with joe root stepping aside. i think as you were saying, this was likely to come when you consider they lost the recent series in the west indies and after the disappointment of the display in the ashes, perhaps there is a feeling that england need to look elsewhere, and a fresh voice is kneading in the dressing room. it’s kneading in the dressing room. it s uuite a kneading in the ....
more than seven million brits are planning a domestic holiday this year and bookings for camping and caravan sites are up by 33%. i will be speaking to some very happy campers in surrey. what a night for the british clubs in europe as both rangers and west ham reach the semi finals of the europa league and could meet in the final. and the weather is largely fine and dry as we head through the easter weekend. always a bit more cloud towards the west but we could see temperatures for some others of 20 degrees or more. a chance of a splash of rain on sunday, but i will bring you all the details throughout the programme. it s friday 15th april. our top story. explosions have been heard overnight in ukrainian cities, including the capital kyiv, just hours after russia s flagship warship was sunk in the black sea. ukraine claims it struck the ship with missiles but russia continues to insist the sinking was caused by an accidental explosion coupled with rough seas. with all the lat ....
50,000 worshippers performed friday prayers in the al aqsa mosque compound, many palestinians have been arrested and three israeli police officers have been injured. generators and nancy are stepping down from the role of england cricket captain. who led the side in 64 matches but won just one of the last 17 test events. now weather world the story of some of the wildest weather. 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 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 ....