taking asylum seekers to rwanda. the government is taking on the courts at home and facing accusations from abroad of breaking international law. and a world first in biology, mapping the genome sequence of every species in the british isles. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. tantalisingly poised england set up a grandstand finish against new zealand as james anderson breaks yet another record. welcome to bbc news at ten. we start tonight with a special report revealing the slow but steady progress of russian forces in eastern ukraine. president zelensky has called again for western allies to provide advanced missile defence systems for the ukrainian army. the russians now control almost all of the strategic city of severodonetsk. the last remaining bridge was destroyed by the russians today, making it impossible to bring out more civilians. the ukrainian government says russia is able to keep up its military offensive because it s still earning huge amoun
stable agreement which works for all parts of the uk and i wish the uk government well in that but with the crisis in ukraine the last thing we need to be doing a thrashing around here pointlessly. domestic legislation even if passed will not wash away the need to comply with an international commitment already made and neither is it going to change the fact that if the uk is neither in or aligned with the single market in the customs union it is still going to create a trade border that needs to go some way. to restore devolved government in northern ireland and to resolve the self inflicted wounds of brexit it going to need goodwill, trust and a negotiated settlement. i m sorry to say that the threats of unilateral legislative action by this government override its own deal very unlikely to be taken seriously in belfast, they won t be taken seriously in brussels and there is no reason why they should be taken seriously in this place either. i have been very clear that we ar
united kingdom government to act to restore peace and stability in northern ireland. the thing which made it tolerable was that we knew business. today we face just the problems which the particle itself would solve. the protocol has provision for it to be changed. can ijust invite her come as a welcome this, the right solution for the way forward, and what nonsense we have heard, this is a solution that could be negotiated as a welcome it, could i ask her to repeat once again that we will protect the eu s legitimate interests as we restore the primacy of the good friday agreement and the constitutional integrity of the uk? my constitutional integrity of the uk? my honourable friend is absolutely right, we have already established the trusted traders scheme, we have already established data sharing with the eu of commercial data. what we are proposing as part of this bill is proper enforcement to make sure the eu single market is protected. that is the best solution in our vi
ended their mission, after hundreds of soldiers leave the azovstal steel plant. after being trapped there for more than two months. i want to underline, ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. wayne rooney has given evidence in his wife s libel trial as the multi million pound case enters its final day at the high court. tributes are paid to kay mellor, the actress and writer best known for the series girlfriends. the foreign secretary liz truss has confirmed the government will introduce legislation that would change parts of the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. known as the northern ireland. known as the northern ireland protocol. she told parliament that the uk would prefer a negotiated settlement with the eu but failing that would pass a law to change the protocol to make trade easier in an attempt to encourage pro unionist politicians back into power sharing government in belfast. the eu has responded warning that unilateral