in other news, large parts of southern california are struck by record breaking blizzards and freezing temperatures. you can see the hollywood sign, which i can assure you is behind me, for miles around, but today it is blanketed by a wall of fog, and dense and very heavy rain. and roald dahl s multi million selling childrens books are to be printed in their original form, after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. hello there, and a very warm welcome to the programme. president biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed, for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support, to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility . james waterhouse reports from kyiv on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down
and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning. there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicola s. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it s taken away from the purpose of, of, of their work and of the police s work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation really of much of the press and media coverage and what the family said was media intrusion into their li
hello, it s adam in the studio. it s victoria in the studio. for some reason they ve turned the temperature up really high. it s baking in here. let s raise the news temperature by talking about what s been happening. oh, that was so lame, wasn t it? anyway, keir starmer, labour leader, went to manchester, did a big speech, it was billed as a big speech, and he unveiled these five missions. yes. how do you understand what a mission is? i looked it up on dictionary.com, because it s not a promise, it s not a pledge, it is a. let me get my notes. it s an important goal or purpose. 0k. so it s what he would hope to do, should he form the next government, but it s definitely not a promise. and a key test in politics of a list with five things on it is whetherjournalists can remember all five at the end of the day. shall we test ourselves? let s go. fastest growth in the g7 by the end of the first term of a labour government. highest sustained growth. yes, ma am. nhs fit for the f
the ukrainians in the fight. welcome to the programme. if you re watching here in the uk, on pbs in the on pbs in the us, or around the world, on pbs in the us, or around the world. it s on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to have - on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to have your. world, it s great to have your company. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe, and the world leaving russia diplomatically isolated, and revitalising the nato alliance. unexpectedly revitalising
and the us announces new sanctions, and an additional $2 billion support package aimed at helping the ukrainians in the fight. welcome to the programme. i m shaun ley, it s good to have your company. we mark this hour, as we have the last 24. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe, and the world leaving russia diplomatically isolated, and revitalising the nato alliance. one that a former us president had suggested was already past its sell by date. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he s kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he s spoken to along the