newsroom. we begin this hour with more breaking news. yet another shoot-down of a high-altitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in northern canada. president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. a u.s. fighter jet successfully brought it down. it s not clear if this latest shoot-down is related to yesterday s downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if it s related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. arlette saenz is at the white house. the president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. doesn t sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. but obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were reporting on last saturday which was the shoot-down of that chinese spy ballo
album of the year. you are watching bbc news. it s time for powering ukraine. russian missiles and drones rain down on ukraine s civilian infrastructure, causing untold damage. it s been happening for months. this is ukraine s energy war, a constant battle for heat and light, with an army of engineers racing to keep the country connected. for ukrainians, it has been a winter of darkness and uncertainty. how does a country respond when the stakes are so high? if the power system collapses, that would mean the suffering of tens of millions of people during wintertime. we cannot allow that, not on my watch. we follow the teams fighting this war. what the missiles destroy, they rebuild, in places where people are living on the edge. this power plant in central ukraine has been hit repeatedly. it s a huge place, but this is what well aimed russian missiles have done to the country s infrastructure. missile fragments litter the place. for security reasons, we have been asked not to
in washington, president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum, to fight climate change. you re watching bbc news. now, it s time for bbc 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you re obviously a successful star in two countries on two continents, but when you were growing up, that was a very different world. when people asked you what you want to be, what did you say? and at what point did you feel that the canvas co
you re watching bbc news. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the first anniversary of russia s all out invasion of ukraine is fast approaching. there s both a feeling in both kyiv and moscow that it would herald a new phase in the war. president zelensky is visiting european allies with his focus firmly on the challenges to come. a new russian offensive is seemingly imminent. the west is arming ukraine, but still not at the speed and scale kyiv would wish. my guest is ukrainian mp kira rudik. can ukraine win a long war? kira rudik in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. hello. thank you so much for having me, stephen. a pleasure to have you on the show. i would like you to reflect on president zelensky s message here in europe. do you think the focus from the ukrainian government is more on the gratitude for what european partners have already delivered or more on the urgency to give more now? i think it is 50 50. what we learned over this last year is