hello and welcome to bbc news. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein in germany to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv w
mission heading for the largest planet in our solar system. welcome to the programme. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany, which hosted the meeting, is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but he added that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies decided to act together. the uk has committed to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the front line. russia has warned that such a move would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have. german made leopard tanks to help defend and reclaim its territory from russia. britain has gone first in sending western main battle tanks, but it is a f
we report from the space mission heading for the largest planet in our solar system. and fright night on sea: how southend is becoming something of a global capital for amateur horror movies. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first, president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany, which hosted the meeting, is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but he added that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies decided to act together. the uk has committed to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the front line. russia has warned that such a move would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondent jessica parker. this is what kyiv want
the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion or $4.7 billion factory in northumberland, as part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year would have looked like. the plan was to create 3,000 jobs at the plant. now, administrators have taken over the business and most of britishvolt s 300 staff are being made redundant. here s our business editor simonjack. so what went wrong? britishvolt was a start up company with no track record. their battery technology was only at the prototype stage. although there are expressions of interest from lotus and aston martin, they
you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour, we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced. the story of the war is told by our correspondent paul adams, and a warning you may find some of his programme distressing. translation: a decision has been taken about a special military operation. singing. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. - glory to ukraine. in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles, preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine s head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces massing along the border. what follows is the story of russia s invasion of ukraine, as told by the bbc reporters who were there. america s and russia s to