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welcome back to bbc news. we bring you some breaking news that s come in the last few minutes. the confederation of british industries has in the last few minutes announce its suspending all policy injune. this comes after dozens of firms paused or even cancelled their membership. a number of huge names have ditched the cbi and moved on. this includes bmw, john lewis, avi, mastercard, virgin media, lloyd s of london, schroders. these have either paused or cancelled their membership completely. the business lobbying group has been at the centre of all what only could be described as varying degrees. there really has taken a toll on the organisations. we ve seen its share resigning, stepping down. a new chair is do to take over, but we have had a lot of companies who rely on the cbi to not only lobby for them, but also to give best practice for businesses, to advise businesses on what is best practice. we ve seen one of those companies who are really the bread and butter ....
almost 30 years. the us department of defence is that it was monitoring the situation but did not currently see any reason to adjust its nuclear posture. vladimir putin has that russia will station nuclear weapons in belarus. now on bbc news, witness history, women led movements. hello and welcome to witness history. i m farhana haider, at the people s history museum in manchester, with more remarkable moments from the past, as told by people who were there. in this episode, we look back at five campaigns and protest movements led by women. coming up, we ll hear about the fight for the equal right to pray for women at the western wall injerusalem, the argentinian forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes, the anti nuclear protest that was the biggest women led movement in the uk since the suffragettes, and a watershed moment for canada s indigenous people. but we start in london and a story about the strikers in saris, a group of south asian women employed in the grunwi ....
in the us state of utah. giving evidence, the oscar winning actress said she d been hit from behind by terry sanderson, who claims he was the victim. from the suburbs of paris to the cambridge university boat race crew it s been quite the journey for 21 year old noam mouelle on sunday, he ll become one of a very small number of non white oarsmen to take part in the historic annual contest on the river thames. he s been speaking to our sports reporter, james burridge. je m appelle noam mouelle, etje prepare la boat race avec cambridge. it s quite something, i would say, it s very challenging. there is a lot of pressure, obviously. i ve never been that stressed, stressed out about rowing in my entire life. noam mouelle s mum wanted him to do an outdoor sport. little did she know how far that sport would take him from the suburbs of paris to the wild and lonely great ouse, for one of rowing s biggest endeavours, the boat race. when you tell people in france, so people ....
this is bbc news, the headlines. a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi. trees and power lines have been torn down and tens of thousands of power outages have been reported by residents. tensions continue in france with demonstrators clashing with police in st solene, in the west of the country, during a protest against plans for a new water reservoir. the unrest follows weeks of protests over president macron s pension reforms. vladimir putin says russia has struck a deal with neighbouring belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. putin told state television that belarusian president, alexander lukashenko, has long been raising the issue with him. a massive asteroid is expected to pass between the earth and the moon this evening. experts say it will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for witness history: women led movements. hello and welcome t ....
russia has responded to president zelensky s visit to washington, accusing the us of fighting an indirect war against it. in a speech, president putin said a new patriot missile defence system would simply prolong the war , and that russia would find an antidote. the ukrainian leader is now back in ukraine. well, ten months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. the bbc has been following one soldier, lieutenant eugene gromadskyi, as he fights to defend his country, at great personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conway, joined him near kupyansk, in the country s east, where fighting continues, amid appalling winter conditions. when the enemy is on your doorstep, sacrifices must be made. this is home for a platoon from ukraine s 92nd brigade. they have a few small rooms in an abandoned house. they re crammed in tight. meals are eaten standing up. not that senior lieute ....