welcome to the programme. in a week s time, it will be one year since russia invaded ukraine, and world leaders are gathering in europe. us vice president kamala harris has arrived in germany for the munich security conference, which starts tomorrow. european leaders rishi sunak, olaf scholz, emmanuel macron will all be there, as will nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg and a vast array of key defence and intelligence officials. discussions in munich will be accutely focused on the danger of a further offensive from russia, especially after the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko a key putin ally spoke to members of the western media, including our russia editor steve rosenberg. few people know vladimir putin as well as he does alexander lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of belarus. he s agreed to take questions about the war in ukraine and his role in it. one year ago, i say, you let russia use your country as a staging ground for invading ukraine. are you
now, back to the breakfast team. good morning from edinburgh. we re here at the palace of holyroodhouse. where the queen s coffin has made the journey from balmoral. during the next 2a hours people will be given the chance to pay their respects. we thought we would go through the events for people want to come to edinburgh orwant to events for people want to come to edinburgh or want to understand what we can expect. king charles will also travel to scotland later, as he begins his first tour of the uk nations. but the king and queen consort will begin the day with a visit to westminster hall, where both houses of parliament will meet to express their condolences. they will then fly to edinburgh, where they and other members of the royal family will accompany the queen s coffin as it travels by procession from the palace of holyroodhouse to st giles cathedral, this afternoon. the queen will lie at rest at st giles and members of the public will be able to view the coffin fo
the world. exactly 80 years ago, tens of thousands of allied troops mounted the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. one that would change the course of the second world war. today, d day veterans and world leaders are taking part in major commemorations in northern france. at a new memorial above gold beach, where british troops landed, the king has laying a wreath. close to where american forces encountered the fiercest german resistance, presidentjoe biden has given a speech warning that democracy in europe and around the world remains fragile. this is in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. the prince of walesjoined russia s invasion of ukraine. the prince of wales joined the prime minister of canada. and alongside the solemn ceremony, it has also been a chance for attendees, including the king, to meet and speak to the guests of honour, the veterans themselves, each of whom played such a crucial part in one of the defining days of european history. as you
Last tuesday was hugely controversial. Then on friday, Donald Trump Tweets this. James coney better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he sta rts of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press because of that sweet, there are lots of questions and there is growing pressure to say if those tapes exist. This is the republican Lindsey Graham saying you cannot be cute about tapes, if there are any tapes of this conversation they need to be turned over. You would expect the democrats to be critical. Here is senator chuck schumer. Perhaps needless to say, there is no sign of the tapes. There is no sign of an apology. There was no sign of sean spicer, the White House Press secretary earlier, he was asked about this. I made it clear last week that the president has nothing further to say. Does that mean the president will deny. . |i further to say. Does that mean the president will deny. . I said i was very clear. The president will have nothing further. I understa
Last tuesday was hugely controversial. Then on friday, Donald Trump Tweets this. James coney better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he sta rts of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press because of that sweet, there are lots of questions and there is growing pressure to say if those tapes exist. This is the republican Lindsey Graham saying you cannot be cute about tapes, if there are any tapes of this conversation they need to be turned over. You would expect the democrats to be critical. Here is senator chuck schumer. Perhaps needless to say, there is no sign of the tapes. There is no sign of an apology. There was no sign of sean spicer, the White House Press secretary earlier, he was asked about this. I made it clear last week that the president has nothing further to say. Does that mean the president will deny. . |i further to say. Does that mean the president will deny. . I said i was very clear. The president will have nothing further. I understa