over the past 30 years or so, i ve covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans, and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. this is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in our time. there was a sense that the security architecture that we knew, the safety, the security, that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. i was here injanuary and february of last year counting down to the invasion. i was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. we were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. it s only 30 miles from the russian border. but inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. and i remember we went to film in a supermarket. there was no panic buying. the shelves were full. we met a lady called tatiana, who was 7a, and very feisty. and, i remember, she almost seemed angry that we had dared to ask the question, will the russians invade all? maybe it was denial. m
sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. hello to you in the uk and around the world. votes are being counted in nigeria s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. the elections are the biggest democratic exercise in africa, with 87 million people eligible to vote. but many polling stations opened late and some not at all, with some incidents of violence. our correspondent mayeni jones reports from lagos. shouting. frustration and anger. many nigerians want to take part in this election but have been disappointed by the lack of organisation. gang violence and threats by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even showed up. they will tell us that the area is dead. there is no one here for this election. most people passing through this place were tell
look to build on their winning start, hosting wales, who lost their opening match to an ireland side, involved in a clash of the favourites in dublin. start the show. politicians and celebrities beware. the puppets of spitting image are taking to the stage. good morning all. a quiet weekend of weather awaits. good morning all. a quiet weekend of weatherawaits. it s good morning all. a quiet weekend of weather awaits. it s going to be dry for all of us and quite mild as well out there. but we could be chasing cloud amounts around. not that much in the way of significant sunshine. all the details from me throughout the morning. it s saturday 11 february. our top story: nearly 2a,000 people in turkey and syria are now known to have been killed in monday s devastating earthquakes, and there are warnings that help is struggling to get through to some areas. syrian state media says the government has now approved the delivery of emergency aid to rebel held parts of the country, but
Length sex abuse. I am caitriona perry. You are very welcome. The us senate has passed a 95 billion aid package for a million Deaf American allies. It is centred on. Its passage follows a months long stalemate where some republicans held the belt up, arguing domestic issues should be dealt with before foreign ones. President biden says he will sign a bill on wednesday. After it passed the senate, he released a statement, saying congress has passed my legislation to strengthen our National Security and send a message to the world about the power of american leadership. The ukrainian president said. The bill also includes a possible ban on the social media app tiktok, saying tiktok s Parent Company by dance, a china owned company, must sell its stake in the app will be banned in the us. Here is Mitch Mcconnell speaking after the senators had voted. They are all watching, waiting to see what we will do. Our enemies have tested whether the Arsenal Of Democracy is indeed built to endure. We
Hello there, and welcome along to the programme. Arsenal proved just why theyre the team to catch out in front, at the top of the Premier League after thrashing london rivals chelsea 5 0 at the emirates. Leandro trossard fired the gunners into action opening the scoring inside the first five minutes. It stayed like that until after half time, when the floodgates opened with four goals in quick succession. Ben white with two and kai havertz also on the scoresheet twice against his former club. A real statement of intent from Mikel Artetas side who are now three points clear of second placed liverpool, with Manchester City four points behind but have two games in hand. The team when they came and they had a really good impact, from the beginning we looked really sharp, really aggressive about the ball, really composed and flowing in attack as well and yeah, i think i thought we would be short at half time, we went and im really happy. In10, 15 minutes in the second half, the third goal i