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In the last few weeks and water levels have dropped alarmingly. Spain has also suffered from the drought. Now on bbc news, ukraine a year on the frontlines. Over the past 30 years or so, ive covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. This is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in ourtime. There was a sense that the Security Architecture that we knew, the safety, the security that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. I was here injanuary and february of last year, counting down to the invasion. I was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. We were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. Its only 30 miles from the russian border. But inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. And i remember we went to film in a supermarket. There was no panic buying. The shel ....
we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the government s pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euro a month, which is over 550 euro higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more due to rising inflation. let s go live to paris now and talk to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. we spoke about these injanuary but they are still continuing into march. but they are still continuing into march. , , . , , into march. the public support is there for into march. the ....
hello, i m victoria valentine. a very warm welcome to the programme. donald trump is spending the night in new york, at trump tower, before appearing in court later. he s set to make history once again, this time as the first president of the united states to be charged with a criminal offence. the charges relate to money paid to a porn star to keep quiet about an affair before the 2016 election. this is the scene live in new york. it sjust gone midnight, and thejudge has ruled that pooled media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom, just before the hearing gets underway, but tv cameras will only be allowed in outside corridors. security measures will be in place with the authorities expecting demonstrations by the president s supporters and opponents. let s get the latest from michelle fleury in manhattan. donald trump has travelled to new york where he is spending the night in his namesake tamme behind me and he is reportedly meeting with lawyers goi ....
completing a historic security policy shift. that was triggered by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. in response to this, moscow said it would strengthen its military capacity in its western and northwestern regions. while sweden remains in the waiting room still, nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg says as a result, sweden will also be safer . let s get the latest from kyiv and our correspondent hugo bachega. asi as i mentioned there, hugo, this sparked by russia s invasion of ukraine just over a year ago. what is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians are is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians are watching | i think the ukrainians are watching it very closely and obviously, as you said, this decision by finland was triggered by russia s invasion of ukraine. and today is a major symbolic moment. finland abandoned decades o ....
limits in hand luggage. a ceremony is due to be held in brussels within the next few hours to officially welcome nato s newest member. this nato s newest member. is the scene live in brusse where this is the scene live in brussels, where officials are arriving to witness the raising of the finished flag here. finland has abandoned its long standing commitment to neutrality in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the head of the military alliance, jens stoltenberg, told reporters it was a historic day; he said it would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. in response, moscow says it will strengthen its military presence in the region. let s listen to what mr stoltenberg had to say. in a few hours we will welcome finland as the slst member of our alliance. this will make finland safer and nato stronger. on this very day in 1949 the washington treaty, nato s founding treaty, was signed in washington and it s hard to imagine a better way of celebrating our anniv ....