hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in poland where president zelensky of ukraine has made his first official visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. the polish president, andrzej duda, has told his ukrainian counterpart that poland will urge nato to give kyiv additional security guarantees. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. this is the shot we are getting live from poland of the president zelensky and the commentary is in polish and ukrainian but i can tell you they are about to give a statement to the cameras imminently. this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for president ze
we start in poland where president zelensky is making his first official visit to the country, since russia invaded ukraine. the visit is proving more controversial than planned. the polish agriculture minister has resigned as farmers complain about cheap ukrainian grain. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, let s go live to warsaw where we can speak to the bbc s adam easton. despite the problems, which we will talk about in a moment, this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for the u
we speak to the swedish company aiming to make freight more electric and looking to the uk market. the sacked boss of the cbi has told the bbc that he has been made the fall guy for the crisis engulfing the business lobbying group. tony danker apologised to anyone at the organisation that he had upset or made uncomfortable, but said his reputation has been destroyed as the public have wrongly connected allegations against him of sexual harassment with separate charges of serious misconduct that occurred before he joined the cbi. he has been talking to our business editor simonjack. first, simon, iwant first, simon, i want to apologise to anyone at the cbi and i made upset or uncomfortable. that is on me. that is on me. but i ve had a week of coverage saying that tony danker sacked in rape scandal. these stories have been about rape and sexual assault and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and it was all before my time. so, the first thing that has h
more on the headline stories in a moment, but let s round up the sport and go to the sports centre and will perry. they hope to set up a last four tie against the holders, real madrid. what you have to do to achieve it is be ourselves as much as possible. our game plan is to stick until the end and do our game and our game. as much as possible, and when it s not possible, it s because they were better, not because we couldn t do it or something we were not. bur; better, not because we couldn t do it or something we were not. buy a new capital it or something we were not. buy a new capital to it or something we were not. buy a new capital to do. bayern have it all to do, only four teams in history have overturned a three goal deficit in the champions league. sadio mane is available to play following his bust up with leroy sane after the first leg. mane was suspended for their draw with hoffenheim and fined. their manager thinks they ve wasted the chance to turn the situat
hello and welcome. starting with our starting with our headline starting with our headline stories. the high court has been hearing a council s bid to block government plans for an asylum centre at an raf airfield. braintree district council is bringing legal action over the proposed use of raf wethersfield in essex. with more on this from our correspondent dominic casciani. he is in the newsroom for us. take us through it. he is in the newsroom for us. take us through it us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of the us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of the home - us through it. yes, this is crunch - time for one of the home secretary s key strategist to try to deal with what she says is a genuine emergency situation with regards to managing the flow of migrants coming across the flow of migrants coming across the english channel. the vast majority o