he thanked the citizens who went to the polling stations, expressing gratitude in particular to those whom he called warriors on the line of contact, referring to the front line of the war in ukraine. translation: in this connection i would like to translation: in this connection i would like to thank translation: in this connection i would like to thank first translation: in this connection i would like to thank first of - translation: in this connection i would like to thank first of all, - would like to thank first of all, citizens of the russia, we are all one team. all citizens of russia, who have come to the polling stations today, and voted. applause. i want to give special thanks to our soldiers, the people who are fighting along the contact line, and providing for the country s existence. of course there are many tasks ahead, but when we are consolidated, and i think this is clear to everyone, who ever might wish to intimidate us, whoever might wish to suppress
world championship match. hello, i m mark lobel. here in the uk the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield is to step down from the programme this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, thatis that is according to the broadcaster. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. this is the statement mr schofield has posted on his instagram a short time ago: his long time co host, holly willoughby, posted a statement on instagram, saying: with more on this, we canjoin robin brant in the newsroom. give us a contact for what has happened here. give us a contact for what has ha ened here. ~ . , . ., happened
let s turn to ireland where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it s been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. notjust because of the accords we have signed, 25 years ago, but in terms of the way you lead ireland and ireland is moving in a way that is taking its place in the world and i think it feels so good to be able to have this merging and stronger relation between the united states and ireland. this mornin
the most senior hospital doctors. they ll vote on a new government pay offer over the next few weeks. during that time, the threat of further strikes will be lifted. let s talk to our health editor hugh pym, whojoins us from the newsroom with the latest. hugh, this news has just come in to us. what are the details of what looks like a breakthrough in a long running dispute? it like a breakthrough in a long-running dispute? like a breakthrough in a lonua-runnin disute? ., , long-running dispute? it does look that way although long-running dispute? it does look that way although the long-running dispute? it does look that way although the deal - long-running dispute? it does look| that way although the deal will have to be put to members over the next month. but it does lift the threat of further strikes by senior doctors which was really worrying nhs leaders. they were very concerned about what might happen over the winter period. consultants in england were given a 6% pay