the father of an aristocrat who s gone missing with her newborn baby and her partner appeals for her to get in touch with the police. shock in new zealand as the prime ministerjacinda ardern unexpectedly stands down she says she doesn t have enough left in the tank. and the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s bafta film awards. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. levelling up has been one of the government s key policies the idea of spreading public money more evenly across the uk. well, today ministers have announced more than £2 billion worth of projects acoss the country. they say the north of england and wales will do best, per head of population. but labour claim the system for allocating money is unfair. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart blackpool, one area that was a winner in today s levelling up allocation announcement, with £40 million for a new education campus. levelli
tonight with the context, brian taylor, political commentatorfor the herald, and leigh ann caldwell, political reporter for the washington post. welcome to the programme. there s been an evolution in the way the west views this war in ukraine, an evolution in the arms which nato countries are supplying first it was shoulder held stingers, then the hymars, next came the patriot missile systems, now it s a conversation over tanks. the red lines have shifted with the evolving nature of the war. in recent months, the allies have come to the opinion that a year long stalemate in ukraine is in no one s favour except russia s. so what would it take to allow ukraine to win rather than just avoid losing? what would ukraine require in order to punch through the russian defences in towns like bakhmut and soledar, from where the bbc s andrew harding reports. we are in an area where russian and ukrainian infantry now appear to be fighting at close quarters. clambering through the remain
welcome. we start with news from the us. the actor alec baldwin has been charged with involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on a film set in october 2021. here s a quick reminder of the case. the cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed when alec baldwin fired a prop gun during rehearsals. the film s armourer has also been charged. to hear more about the charges, here s sierra gillespie from the law and crime network. the first charge here is involuntary manslaughter. it s pretty basic itjust means that the prosecution has to prove there was negligence in this case, so that is whatjuries are going to have to decide eventually. in the state of new mexico, it s only a fourth degree felony, so that would be 18 months injail and a $5,000 fine if baldwin were found guilty on that count. but the next count is the one we really want to focus on this is involuntary manslaughter commissionable of a lawful act, and this requires proof that there was more than just that s
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