operations in gaza. and british politics after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you i i think it s really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world there d be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bound to win. but the russians got better at fighting, and ukraine s supplies of cash and weaponry from america were cut by the republican party. ukraine s counteroffensive failed. there are disputes at the top level of ukrainian politics, and ukraine may now be forced to negotiate with russia or even concede defeat. over the past two years, we ve often turned to vitaly shevchenko of bbc monitoring, who s himself ukrainian. he gave me his assessment of the situation that ukraine is now facing. if we w
what effect will south africa s genocide case have against israel at the international court of justice? the reason why this matters now is because these provisional measures have an immediate and binding effect on israel s ability to conduct its military operations in gaza. and british politics after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you i i think it s really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world there d be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bound to win. but the russians got better at fighting, and ukraine s supplies of cash and weaponry from america were cut by the republican party. ukraine s counteroffensive failed. there are disputes at the top level of ukrainian politics, and ukrain
scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right of things turning colder this week. right here of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. it s sunday, the 4th of february. our top story: the uk hasjoined the us in striking houthi targets in yemen for a third time. last night, british and american forces launched strikes on 36 targets across 13 locations, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, claimed the action was needed to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation but said it did not mark an escalation in the uk s involvement in the conflict. louisa pilbeam reports. british fighterjets taking off
the wider incident. dyfed powys police told this programme. the furnace action group says the policing bill could have been avoided if the home office had just consulted with the local community and listen to them. we said at the outset of the campaign lastjune that the plan to house asylum seekers at the stradey park hotel was deeply flawed, that no due diligence had been done on the subject, and we wanted to preserve the 100 jobs that are on site. but sadly, during the course of the campaign, there was quite a lot of friction, a lot of splits in the community, a lot of aggro, a lot of social media commentary, resulted in lots of pain and heartache for lots of people. but for now, this community is trying to restore the hotel once seen as its jewel, while grappling with the tensions that have been left in its wake. the home office told newsnight, the government is making significant progress with moving asylum seekers out of hotels, which cost uk taxpayers £8.2 million pou
tonight on the reidout friends of mine have said you are the most honest person in the world. you have done a good job. our first look at trump s deposition from the new york civil case. and of course, he s the most honest, smartest, richest, tallest person we have ever had ever, in his own mind. meanwhile, trump says there will be bedlam if the supreme court doesn t keep him on the ballot. plus, the right wing advocacy group moms for liberty has become a force in conservative politics by getting books removed from school libraries and by limiting the teaching of race and lgbtq issues. tonight, i will be joined right hoar on set by tiffany justice, cofounder of moms for liberty. and nikki haley doubles down on her claim that america has never, ever, ever been a racist country. after telling fox, quote, joy reid lives in a different america than i did. well, all righty, then, i will have some thoughts. but we begin tonight awaiting a number of key decisions fro