analysis from moscow, warsaw, kyiv, and beijing, on china s potential role in the war. and the other main stories on tonight s programme. nurses in england suspend next week s 48 hour strike action to restart pay talks with the government. supply problems with fruit and veg now some supermarkets are limiting the amount you can buy. and liverpool are trounced by real madrid in the champions league. and coming up on the bbc news channel. leeds united have their man at last. former watford boss javi gracia takes charge, following the sacking ofjesse marsch with the club currently in the relegation zone. good evening, live from kharkiv in north east ukraine just 20 miles from the russian border, just over there. air raid sirens have been going off, and we are within the range of long range missiles from russia. behind me is the city but you cannot see it because we are in curfew and also people are trying to conserve energy in the middle of this war. this is the day that pr
there is some degree of optimism here at the royal college of nursing that this process might go some way towards resolving this bitter pay row, but other unions are frustrated at not being invited into the talks or being told what might be on offer. further strikes by ambulance staff are planned for march. unison is set to announce further action. a spokesperson said, meeting one union alone will do nothing to solve the dispute. hugh pym, bbc news, at the royal college of nursing. the government had an unexpected surplus in its finances last month, helped by the highest income tax receipts from self assessment since records began in 1999. it meant the treasury received nearly £5.5 billion more than it spent. 0ur economics editor faisal islam explains. there had been some gloomy predictions about the need for government borrowing but the tax take injanuary considerably exceeded expectations and what we have seen in recent years.
the summer months but according to the summer months but according to the british retail consortium we import around 95% of tomatoes and 95% of lettuces between december and march. we 9596 of lettuces between december and march. ~ , . , ., , march. we expect this to be short-term march. we expect this to be short-term disruption - march. we expect this to be short-term disruption due l march. we expect this to be | short-term disruption due to march. we expect this to be - short-term disruption due to bad short term disruption due to bad weather at the moment but genuine supply is really good from these parts of europe and north africa so people don t need to be worried. a little bit frustrating at the moment but it will soon pass. but should there be shortages in the uk? at the national farmers union conference in birmingham, there s been criticism of the government s record on food security. the rhetoric of successive governments that we are a wealthy country, we canjust import ou
Work to repair the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s main passenger ferry operating the Douglas-Heysham route will see overnight sailings from Lancas.