suffering from a type of dementia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister rishi sunak is holding talks with northern ireland s political leaders in belfast today with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea, as the current deal prevents checkpoints on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern ireland s place within the uk. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the country s po
european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of britain and
i ve got a purpose in life out there. you didn t have any military experience previously? 100% civilian. from those who d never held a weapon to experienced soldiers, british volunteers are fighting and dying alongside the people of ukraine. i didn t find out till the day before he was going. a lot of people are like, why you are here and why are you doing this? is there a kind of war tourism? as i tracked down the people who didn t have to be in this war, we find stories of bravery. get me a chest seal, open the bag. ..and friendship. everyone 0k? i am proud of what i ve achieved, i m proud of the guys who i m out there with. ..of a search for adventure and of sacrifice. i wish we could ve kept him here. we re on our way to the ukrainian border to meet up with a medical team that are helping evacuate an injured british fighter. but their ambulance has broken down and they ve had to get another one, so fingers crossed they ll make it out. thousands of volunteers have made
world. ahead on cnn newsroom, all eyes are on the sky. we re tracking the suspected chinese spy balloon flying across the united states. we ll have a live report on what the chinese are say ing about this incident. officials are advising people to stay indoors. if you go outdoors, be advised that exposed skin can get frostbite in as little as a few minutes. more than 20 million americans for impact from what wou could be the biggest cold snap of the season with windchills in new hampshire reaching negative 100 degrees fahrenheit. president biden previewing his platform for a possible 2024 reelection bid. this as the u.s. releases a blockbuster jobs number report. the u.s. military believes a suspected chinese supply balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple days, or it could be sooner. some weather models show the winds pushing it out over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been close let tracking the large object and concluded it s carrying a
good morning. i m kristen fisher. i m jim sciutto. joe biden is meet virtually with g7 leaders and the ukrainian president as the world marks one year since russia s full-scale invasion of ukraine. the u.s. has pledged another $2 billion in aid to the country and announced new sanctions against russians, and the people who help them around the world, particularly procuring weapons for that invasion. defense secretary lloyd austin vows the u.s. will stand by ukraine, using a phrase we have heard frequently of late, for as long as it takes. as long as ukraine continues to conduct operations and continues to work to take back its sovereign territory, we will be there with them. you can expect that the international community will be with ukraine once the fighting stops. and just look at how the front lines of this war have evolved over the course of the past year. in that time, more than 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed, entire communities have been decim