they have a range of up to 560 kilometres about 350 miles and can only carry conventional warheads. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying it would require in adequate response from our military. in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is donating storm shadow missiles to ukraine. storm shadow is a long range, conventional only precision strike capability. it compliments the long range systems already gifted including himars and harpoon missiles, as well as ukraine s own neptune cruise missile and longer range missions elsewhere gifted. the donation of these weapons systems gives ukraine the best chance to defend themselves against russia s continued brutality, especially the deliberate targeting of ukrainian civilian infrastructure, which is against international law. ukraine has a right to be able to defend its
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. ukraine s president says his country is still waiting for more arms before it launches its counter offensive against russian forces. volodymyr zelensky warned the army still needed the promised supplies, including armoured vehicles, that are only arriving in batches . mr zelensky was speaking to the bbc s hugo bachega in kyiv, who was conducting the interview on behalf of the eurovision news group of public service broadcasters. everybody is waiting for this counteroffensive, and i think what is interesting is that president zelensky also acknowledged that some people may be tired of the war, but he also said he believed in victory, he believed in success, obviously, this is the job of the president, to keep the country united, to keep morale high. i think there is a clear understanding that this much anticipated counteroffensive is likely to be crucial for ukraine, not only because what happens on the
success welcome to the programme. in the us, just hours to go until donald trump s controversial immigration legislation title 42 expires. the us homeland security secretary says their borders are not open and warns of tougher consequences for those who try to cross illegally. we ll look at what will it mean for people waiting to cross the us mexico border. also in the programme. the uk is to supply ukraine with long range cruise missiles to help push back russian forces. we ll look at exactly what these missiles are. interest rates in the uk go up again. now at their highest level in the uk for nearly 15 years. what does that mean for the economy? and it s eurovision the second semifinal is getting under way right now in liverpool. we ll be live with the latest from the contest. we re going to start in the us with title a2. that s the name of the legislation that makes it easier to expel people he who cross the border from mexico. it was introduced in covid times, on pub
pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. ukraine s president says his country is still waiting for more arms before it launches its counter offensive against russian forces. volodymyr zelensky warned the army still needed the promised supplies, including armoured vehicles, that are only arriving in batches . mr zelensky was speaking to the bbc s hugo bachega in kyiv, who was conducting the interview on behalf of the eurovision news group of public service broadcasters. everybody is waiting for this counteroffensive, and i think what is interesting is that president zelensky also acknowledged that some people may be tired of the war, but he also said he believed in victory, he believed