this historic fight. we hope that this year the 2023 will become a year of victory, this unprovoked and criminal, russia s waragainst ukraine and against the whole world. in other news, the family of nicola bulley describe their agony as police find a body in the river near the place she went missing. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes, becomes the third candidate to enter the leadership contest to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister. bbc analysis shows that some of britain s local bus networks have been slashed by more than a third. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaurfinds a new home in coventry. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv his first to ukraine since russia invaded almost a year ago. he met ukraine s president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraine s war dead. at a news conference mr biden announced more military, political and financial support for
will go back to our members, but we need movement from the government about 2022. a new plan to help businesses with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. lots of storis in the mix today we d love to hear your thoughts on them. get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the #bbcyourquestions. and coming up, the final countdown. preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk s space race. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. prince harry has accused members of his family of being complicit in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs he admittted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn t commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the offici
expressing her concerns and asking for a meeting, and took place, and her concerns for a meeting, and took place, and her concerns were expressed. regarding the hrc, they are willing to support and work with the scottish to support and work with the scottish government if they can. however. scottish government if they can. however, they make it clear their ongoing however, they make it clear their ongoing concerns are still on the record. ongoing concerns are still on the record. and ongoing concerns are still on the record, and that s where that rests. that addresses all the points he raised that addresses all the points he raised. but if any are not addressed, i am sure there is a chamber addressed, i am sure there is a chamber will ask those questions. douglas ross. he outlined how the uk government has douglas ross. he outlined how the uk government has sought douglas ross. he outlined how the uk government has sought to government has sought to constr
seen that widely across the uk for quite awhile. any snow should clear away quickly and we robertjenrick was a close friend and ally of rishi sunak s even he doesn t believe this new emergency legislation will work. we ll talk to a former conservative attorney general, labour s chair of the home affairs select committee, and a former conservative mep. also tonight. sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering. an apology from boris johnson to relatives of those who died during the pandemic. at the covid inquiry he admitted both he and the scientists underestimated how fast covid was spreading. we should have twigged, we should collectively have twigged much sooner. we ll speak to michael rosen, who spent 42 days in a coma with covid, and was outside the inquiry this morning along with other protestors. also us funding for ukraine is on the brink of collapse. what will that mean for president zelensky and president putin? hello. the emergency bill published by the gov
Words. That is the man who sits before us. Nominated to be a justice on the highest court of our land. Judge kavanaugh has the backing of his former law clerks and law students, his colleagues on the bench appointed by both republican and democrat president s and many members of his local community in which he remains so closely involved. He is a man of honor, integrity and well respected in the legal community. There is no dispute he is qualified to serve on our nations highest court. Mr. Chairman, i look forward to the hearing from the nominee himself when we all get done with our statements. [ Protester Talking ] as we discuss with judge kavanaugh for the public to hear, in his own words the proper role of a judge in our constitutional system. I look forward to this hearing and again, judge kavanaugh, thank you for being willing to
be here. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Senator booker. Thank, mr. Chairman. Welcome judge kavanaugh i want to say welcome to your family sincerely as well. We