welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i m mariko oi. the headlines: nato says it will double the number of battlegroups deployed on its eastern flank in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. with the ukrainian city of mariupol devastated by russian shelling, we talk to one of the survivors of the siege there. with britain facing some of the worst economic headwinds in decades, the chancellor of the exchequer has insisted new tax cuts will ease the burden for millions. school s out for afghanistan s girls. heartache, as the taliban fails to resume secondary education. the girls had literallyjust sat down at their desks and the head teacher got a whatsapp
in charge saying that, actually, teenage girls can t come back to class just yet. and the girls are just devastated. and tributes are paid to madeline albright, and tributes are paid to madeleine albright, america s first female secretary of state, who s died at the age of 8a. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s been a month since russia s invasion of ukraine, and nato s secretary general says the organisation will approve major increases in the forces deployed on its eastern flank at an emergency summit in brussels. jens stoltenberg said four new battlegroups would be sent to eastern europe to counter the threat from russia.
new battlegroups would be sent to eastern europe to counter the threat from russia. president biden is on his way to brussels for the summit where he ll also meet eu leaders. this is what the nato secretary general had to say ahead of the talks. president putin s brutal invasion of ukraine is causing death and destruction every day. allies stand united in support for the brave people of ukraine and against the kremlin s cruelty. putin must end this war, allow aid and safe passage of civilians and engage in real diplomacy. nato allies have responded to this crisis with strong support for ukraine and unprecedented costs for russia.
and general philip breedlove, former supreme allied commander of nato in europe hello welcome to the programme. from the moment vladimir putin began planning his invasion of ukraine, the west has had to grapple with a painful dilemma. how to confront a nuclear power like russia without risking nuclear war. tomorrow the nato leaders will gather in brussels to decide what further measures they can take. so far the answer has been to send as much equipment as they can to the ukrainian forces, while strenghtening nato s position in the baltic states. and today the secretary general annouced the alliance will be doubling its battlegroups on the eastern flank. the ukrainians are doing their bit.
streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines: as the war in ukraine enters its second month, the country s president calls for demonstrations of support around the world. nato says it ll double the number of battlegroups deployed on its eastern flank, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. madeleine albright, the first woman to serve as us secretary of state, has died. she was eighty four. a czech refugee, albright served in the clinton administration as the un ambassador, before becoming the first female secretary of state.