tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera
ukraini! ,, thank you, mr president, for being with us thank you, mr president, for being with us today, and for the powerful address with us today, and for the powerful address you have just given. the bravery, address you have just given. the bravery, resilience and fortitude of you and bravery, resilience and fortitude of you and your people is a great example you and your people is a great example to all. mr president, this great hall in which mr president, this great hall in which we mr president, this great hall in which we stand, with its walls first built more which we stand, with its walls first built more than 900 years ago, has seen built more than 900 years ago, has seen many built more than 900 years ago, has seen many speeches from great and iconic seen many speeches from great and iconic leaders. today the s event will weave iconic leaders. today the s event will weave a new panel in that rich tapestry will weave a new panel in that r
courage, imagination and perseverance. those qualities brought an imperfect but enduring peace to a place taught to believe no such peace was possible. to all those who lead us to that piece, including those in this hole and there was no longer with us, let us take this moment to say to all of you thank you. including those in this hall. for those of us like me who inherited this extraordinary even intimidating legacy, our challenge today is to fulfil the promise of the work you ve began. to honour your legacy we need to create a more stable devolved government in northern ireland and that means getting the institutions up and running. applause i believe there are two tasks, first to remove the biggest block to the institution returning, and that is why when i came into the office i made it a priority to fix the northern ireland protocol, and we were deeply conscious of the lessons of history as we did so, that is why our aims were of history as we did so, that is why oura
lisa marie presley the musician and only child of elvis presley has died after being taken to hospital in los angeles suffering cardiac arrest. she was 5a. her mother, priscilla, announcing her death, described her as the most passionate, strong and loving woman she d known. from los angeles, peter bowes reports. this was lisa marie presleyjust two days ago at the golden globe awards. her death was sudden. the 54 year old was rushed to hospital after falling ill at her home in the los angeles suburb of cala basas. hours later, priscilla presley issued this statement. born in memphis, lisa marie inherited herfather s graceland estate at the age of nine following his sudden death. she followed him into the music industry, becoming a singer songwriter. she released three albums during a career that embraced the legacy of elvis. you know, it would have definitely been easier for me to take up nursing or planting or truck driving, even. but music has been important for me, and