former foreign policy adviser to the eu nathalie tocci, and from chevy chase, maryland, joel rubin, who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. hello, welcome to the programme. in a significant escalation of the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists. 300,000 russians with military experience will be sent in to defend those parts of ukraine that russia still occupies. in a much anticipated address to the nation, the russian president said he was ready to use all means at his disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territorial integrity of russian occupied land. it follows a string of embarrassing defeats in eastern ukraine, where the russians have lost over 1000 square miles of territory they had captured. most signifanctly in the north around kharkiv, but also now in the south around kherson, the only city they fully control. the russians intend to hold a referendum this weekend in f
mission heading for the largest planet in our solar system. welcome to the programme. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany, which hosted the meeting, is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but he added that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies decided to act together. the uk has committed to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the front line. russia has warned that such a move would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have. german made leopard tanks to help defend and reclaim its territory from russia. britain has gone first in sending western main battle tanks, but it is a f
and don t forget, a new prime minister, too. change comes gradually. then suddenly, after all. fanfare. a fanfare. singing. a transfer. from queen to king, from mother to son. sadness and memory. even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life. the clamour stills. and a new sound comes. # god save our gracious king. # long live our noble king. the end of one era. cheering. the journey to the next begun. singing. i have been speaking to david cameron, theresa may and gordon brown. and what was the view of the queen from across the pond? we will hear from jfk s daughter, now ambassador caroline kennedy, who played with the girls as a girl. in charles close friend and former conservative mp, alison phillips the editor of the daily mirror, and baroness amos, the diplomat and labour peer. welcome to you all. good morning. so much has changed in a week and there is so much to come. i want to show you straightaway what is happening at balmoral. in one hour, the coffin
nato would increase our shared security. president biden says america must do all it can to end hate filled domestic terrorism, following saturday s mass shooting in buffalo that left 10 dead. and north korea s covid crisis a further 400,000 cases and eight deaths are reported. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the progamme. finland and sweden have announced their intention tojoin nato, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. we ll get to that in just a moment but first, i want to tell you about this exclusive report. a bbc team have uncovered further evidence of potential war crimes committed by russian forces in ukraine. since russian forces were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. now the bbc has learned more than half of the dead were shot, in what has been described as executions. in this special report, the
partitioned. to discuss all of that we have brian o connell, a fury bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, a portuguese journalist and university lecturer and newly british citizen, and jeffrey goffman, who has been able corresponding and new news anchor in canada and the letter states. good to have you with us. generally, we start with nato expansion. sweden and finland. the sweden president said he is going on friday, to wring president putin and tell him that the situation has changed. how big a change of this? i the situation has changed. how big a change of this? change of this? i think if you had looked ten change of this? i think if you had looked ten years change of this? i think if you had looked ten years ago change of this? i think if you had looked ten years ago and - change of this? i think if you had looked ten years ago and said i change of this? i think if you had i looked ten years ago and said this, it was impossible. this was a religio