tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera
last year a shortage of chips led to supply chain disruption around the world meaning delays to everything from cars to washing machines and of course, computers. and now, the dutch government has announced that it will impose new export restrictions on advanced chips being sold to china. the dutch have some of the most significant companies in the field and china is keen to buy them but the us have been putting pressure on european countries to curb exports of sensitive technology to china on national security grounds. our correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. one of europe s smallest nations has found itself in the middle of a battle between the world s two biggest superpowers. and at the heart of it, microchips. they power everything from our mobile phones to military hardware. and the us has been applying political pressure on countries to limit exports. now the netherlands is home to asml until recently a relatively obscure company, but it makes the most advance
in england, scotland and wales a new report shows that nursery now costs almost £15,000 for the youngest children. protesters in israel prepare for another day of mass demonstrations against proposed reforms to the judicial system. weather warnings for heavy snow in central and northern england. the cold conditions are expected to last until the weekend. hello. this is bbc news. a warm welcome to viewers here in the uk and right around the world including thosejoining us on pbs america. ukraine says russia has fired at least 80 missiles at targets across the country, as part of an overnight bombardment the most significant wave of attacks since the anniversary of the invasion was marked two weeks ago. the targets were across ukraine, from kharkiv in the north to 0desa in the south. at least three people are reported dead in kherson. president zelensky in a statement on telegram said ten regions in all had been hit. he added that russia would not avoid responsibility.