in in fact, we just learned today they have set up an operation center here with five ukrainian representatives and representatives of nato where they are coordinating these aid shipments so they are moving they are able to move and we reported this in the past president biden science off $800 million. 48 hours later those weapons r. avig arriving on the border being taken into ukraine. this is something we have not seen in terms of 9 speed at not only nato but the u.s. is providing these weapons. brian: next two weeks will be the biggest and we will see. jennifer. thanks so much. ainsley: thank you,s jennifer. thank you. brian: john kirby coming up in about 90 minutes. he is going to the press secretary. for the pentagon, will tell us the latest. ainsley: meanwhile the supreme court hears arguments over a case involving prayer and high school football coach. what s being said coming up. steve: plus, our top story elon musk vows to make free speech a priority at twitt
march. we re talking now six or seven weeks without a flow of food, water, medicine, fuel into those civilians who remain. and you heard david peasly, the head of the world food program just in the last couple days say people are starving to death in those areas. russia has destroyed aid shipments coming into other countries. have you seen any of that? have they actually done any of that? well, my emphasis as you can imagine is keeping the humanitarian assistance channel and channels because there are many now completely separate from the security assistance channels. and we see a lot of claims from the russian federation that everything coming over the border is oriented around the military campaign, and that s just not the case. we ve flown in all kinds of supplies from everything from
britain is accusing russia of planning to install a pro kremlin leader in ukraine, as fears of an invasion grow. the foreign office in london says a former ukrainian mp is being considered as a potential candidate along with four others who it says have links to russian intelligence services. a un official in tonga says the country will be heavily reliant on aid shipments for some time, after last week s devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. a national emergency team says more than 80% of the population has been affected by the disaster. new zealand is limiting gatherings after nine cases of the covid 19 omicron variant were detected following a wedding. the prime minister, jacinda ardern, said from midnight on sunday there would be a cap of 100 fully vaccinated people at events. ms ardern has cancelled her own wedding as a result. now on bbc news, it s
area and a swathe of the sierra nevada. a 75 year old frenchman who was trying to row across the atlantic ocean has been found dead at sea. jean jacques savin had previously made the crossing in a large barrel in 2019. the adventurer had triggered two distress beacons on thursday night. italy s former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, has announced that he won t run for president he said he would withdraw from the race for the sake of national unity. mr berlusconi has been campaigning behind the scenes for weeks to replace sergio mattarella. parliament is due to begin choosing a candidate on monday. a un official in tonga says the country will be heavily reliant on aid shipments for some time, after last week s devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. a national emergency team is distributing vital food and water supplies, but they say more than 80% of the population has been affected by the disaster. jatinder dhillon reports. relief at last.
jean jacques savin had previously made the crossing in a large barrel in 2019. the adventurer had triggered two distress beacons on thursday night. a un official in tonga says the country will be heavily reliant on aid shipments for some time, after last week s devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. a national emergency team is distributing vital food and water supplies, but they say more than 80% of the population has been affected by the disaster. jatinder dhillon reports. relief at last. a new zealand naval ship, with a desalination plant on board, which can produce 70,000 litres a day, started cleaning the sea water from tonga s harbour, ready for distribution to desperate residents. japan is the latest to deliver urgent supplies, including clean water. and equipment to clean the volcanic ash.