hi there, everybody, it s 4:00 in new york, if war is hell as those who know say, then it has been a year of hell on earth for millions in ukraine, a year of anguish and grief of bravery and heroics, of death and destruction, and of pride. and hope still. that ukraine still stands today, one year after the war began is nothing short of a miracle, one of the ukrainians own making. my most conservative estimates, 8,000 civilians in ukraine are dead. 13,000 have been injured. 5 million have been at least temporarily displaced within ukraine, plus another 8 million ukrainians have been forced to plea abroad, the equivalent of every person in los angeles, chicago, houston, phoenix, philadelphia, and san antonio, all of them, suddenly end violently driven from their homes and lives. and all of that is to say nothing of military casualties that have been suffered, an estimated more than 10,000 plus ukrainian troops are dead, many of whom were school teachers or shop owners or utilit
natural disaster to hit the middle east in a century. in other news, us fighterjets have shot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president biden gave the order to seek and destroy . fifteen people have been arrested following clashes with police, outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers on merseyside in northwest england. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh ferris. for the first time in more than 25 years at scott lund type one 2 2 in the six nations ijoined ireland with a 100% record so far. we did enou:h with a 100% record so far. we did enou . h to with a 100% record so far. we did enough to get with a 100% record so far. we did enough to get the with a 100% record so far. we did enough to get the job with a 100% record so far. we did enough to get the job done - with a 100% record so far. we did enough to get the job done and i with a 100% record so far. we did i enough to get the job
atlantic, head of atmore cloud moving up from northern france, which could lead to some showers in east anglia and the south east. ahead of the main rain band which was the growth northern ireland into scotland and eventually into wales and western parts of england. some clear spells following to the north west but generally with a lot of cloud it will be fairly mild, temperatures down to around 5 or 6. tomorrow the rain and eastern scotland moves away, sunshine and showers, wintry over the high ground. sunshine and showers and cooler airfor northern ground. sunshine and showers and cooler air for northern ireland. ground. sunshine and showers and cooler airfor northern ireland. it may brighten up later in wales, the south west and the midlands, some showers here and still quite cloudy for many northern and eastern parts of england. a chance of some rain. hla-dr of england. a chance of some rain. hla dr day, temperatures will be around 9 celsius and it is more chilly because
the suspected chinese spy craft brought down a week ago. according to the white house this is about the size of a small sedan, a lot smaller than the balloon. it was not equipped with a significant payload, in fact, who or what yesterday s object belonged to is still up for question. we re calling this an object because that s the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it s a whether it s state-owned or corporate-owned or privately owned. we just don t know. well, the object s flight path over alaska was north easterly. it s unclear where it was first detected. the pentagon says it was spotted using ground radar, and again, altitude, 40,000 was determined safety threat to civilian airplanes so president biden ordered it shot down yesterday and summed up his feelings with one word. do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska, mr. president? and it was taken down 1 p.m. yesterday off the cost of alaska near the p
tonight with the context. from edinburgh, alex massie scotland editor of the spectator. bill browder, the ceo of hermitage capital management and long time critic of vladimir putin. and joel rubin, who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. welcome to the programme. whenjoe biden spoke to vladimir zelensky on this day last year, there wasn t much confidence in washington he would be president for much longer, nor indeed that kyiv could be defended. yet here we are, a year on and not only is zelensky still there, but the us president was today standing alongside him, in kyiv. plans that involved extraordinary subterfuge and secrecy. on sunday night, as is usual, the white house issued the president s public schedule for monday, on which we were told he was leaving for warsaw at 7pm tonight. in fact, he was already in poland. air force one took off at 4:15 sunday morning, the press pool was left behind. and by late evening, the president was