the omicron variant. # likea # like a bat out of hell i will be gone in the morning don. #. and the pop music world mourns the death of meat loaf, the rock legend whose bat out of hell album is one of the best selling of all time the us and russia have held what they called frank talks in an effort to reduce the risk of a conflict in ukraine. us secretary of state, antony blinken, and russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, spoke for ninety minutes at a meeting in switzerland, afterwards both said further talks are possible. us president biden has travelled to the presidential retreat at camp david where he will be joined by secretary blinken and his national security team to discuss tensions
the multi million selling meat loaf, who s died at the age of 7a. hello and welcome to bbc news. the first shipment of us military aid to ukraine approved in recent weeks by president biden has arrived in kyiv. the us embassy there says it includes 90 tonnes of what it called lethal aid , including ammunition. it comes after the us and russia held what they called frank talks in switzerland aimed at reducing the risk of a conflict in ukraine. president biden has travelled to the presidential retreat at camp david, where he will be joined by secretary of state antony blinken, who is on his way back
this is bbc news. i m nuala mcgovern with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the first shipment of us military aid to ukraine arrives in kyiv, following frank talks over russia s troop build up on the ukrainian border. the un condemns a saudi led coalition air strike in yemen which killed over 70 people. the us calls for a de escalation of the conflict. delayed again rio s colourful carnival parade is postponed as the omicron variant fuels a new surge in coronavirus cases in brazil. anti abortion activists gather in washington for the annual march for life. their hopes are now pinned on the supreme court. and tributes to one of the giants of american rock