british actorjulian sands, widely known for popular films and tv dramas including a room with a view, 2a, and smallville, disappeared last friday while hiking in the san gabriel mountains, north of los angeles. ground teams were forced to abandon their search at the weekend due to avalanche risks but will resume when conditions improve. but a car belonging to mr sands has been found near to where he was reported missing. to the war in ukraine now and ukrainian forces have acknowledged stepping back from the bitterly contested donbas town of soledar, captured by russian forces last week in theirfirst significant victory after many months in retreat. soledar is where some of the fiercest fighting of the war has been taking place, it s close to bakhmut, a crucial supply route. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been to the front line and his report contains some scenes that you may find difficult to watch.
over the last four weeks, 14 rescue missions have been conducted, two hikers died after falling. even the most skilled hiker like mr. sands will find themselves in trouble. reporter: the 65-year-old actor known for his role in the 1985 oscar nominated film a room with a view - how are you now reporter: is an experienced hiker according to friends optimistic he ll return home safely we re just going to hold on to the hope that he will emerge in the next couple of days reporter: tonight deputies are doing a separate search for another hiker who went missing in the same area but, lester, adding to the difficulty here, there is a chance for scattered snow showers tonight lester all right dana, thank you. coming up, it s created by a machine using artificial intelligence millions are using it. but is it art? that question next
well. as we progress you re going to see alec baldwin s attorneys pointing the finger at the armorer saying this was not his responsibility, it was hers. thanks for having me. british actor julian sands has been identified as the hiker missing in california s san gabriel mountains. missing since last friday. heavy snow is preventing ground search operations. sands is of course known for films like a room with a view and tv show 24. shots were fired at an evansville walmart in indiana. a suspect fired at them and officers fired back killing the gunman. no motive has been given for the shooting. governor ron desantis has
now, it was interesting listening to president zelensky really stressing, as you say, that time is crucial here. why? well, one reason of course is this speculation that russia is preparing to mount a spring offensive. ukraine obviously wants to be ready for that but of course as well it is worth remembering that there is a time lag between things that are announced, so weapons supplies might be announced, and delivery. plus also you might also have to look at training ukrainian troops in order to use these weapons as well, so it isn t something that just happens instantaneously, so you see this constant effort by ukraine to really try to push western allies, its backers, to keep supplying arms. i think from some western points of view, it is notjust about military objectives or the military significance of having western battle tanks, but it is also the political message that sending more arms, bigger, better arms to ukraine might send to moscow, and lloyd austin was speaking about th
hope that by supplying ukraine with the right weapons, they continued momentum in the wall, but also there is the political they could shift momentum in the war. i think western officials are very keen to say. a car belonging to the actor julian sands has been found near to where he was reported missing in california. the 65 year old, who starred in films including a room with a view, disappeared a week ago while hiking in mountains near los angeles. authorities say there is still no hard deadline for calling off the search. nearly half a million people in the uk missed out on starting medication to help prevent heart attacks and strokes during the pandemic, according to a new study. the british heart foundation revealed 27,000 patients a month missed out on blood pressure pills in the first 18 months after covid hit. they say more must to be done to make sure anyone