take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. good afternoon. it s a year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine and there are no signs that the conflict is coming to an end. there have been huge casualties on both sides and millions of people have become refugees. the conflict has also affected the global economy, threatening supplies of food and energy. speaking in kyiv earlier, ukraine s president zelensky says his country will do everything it can to achieve victory this year and wouldn t stop until those he called russian murderers had faced punishment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning, and has been looking back at the last 12 months with some of those who he s spoken to along the way. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato bel
but with a world cup looming, the start of this year s championship is a timely boost for a game in need of a lift. 2003, and england win the grand slam. sensational finish! before going on to claim their only global crown. 20 years on, new head coach steve borthwick is tasked with rediscovering such glory, starting against old rivals scotland. there s few fixtures in world rugby that have the ability to excite people more than this fixture. i m looking forward to the loud, packed twickenham this weekend. and england supporters are going to be cheering on this team. england have lost twice in a row against their opening opponents, scotland last year s defeat at murrayfield the start of a disappointing campaign that saw them finish in third place under the recently sacked eddiejones. but now there s added turmoil here in the community game amid mounting concern over head injuries, the rfu has apologised for its handling of a rule change lowering the tackle height. the memb
and delete long, as he begins to have to mix and delete difficult decisions. another and delete difficult decisions. another bumpy incident for the government, the last few hours, sonia, just on the metro front page. james cleverley s comments about football fans going to the world cup in qatar, just a few weeks away now, their headline don t be gay at world cup but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this world cup - but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. - by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. james i on the radio this morning. james cleverley, foreign secretary, said he was going to go to the road cup in qatar and seem to imply we could compromise, with little but of compromise, with little but of compromise on both sides it should be a really fun world cup, and that is really problema
sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. what s happening here? reporter: republicans are searching for an offramp as it s become clear that kevin mccarthy s efforts to win over his opposition not working. i m told republicans have approached democrats on the house floor and tried to feel them out to see, what would it take for you to vote present or not show up? we re told these are informal conver conversations. it s still early. democrats said they would not bail out mccarthy, but they would be willing to talk about a consensus candidate. we ll see. the fact that republicans are even thinking a
cover. and tonight, the mishap during a joint u.s./south korea exercise meant to be a show of force. martha raddatz with late reporting. the developing headline tonight from purdue university. authorities investigating the murder of a college student in his dorm room. his roommate is under arrest. tonight, alec baldwin and producers reaching a settlement with the family of cinematographer halyna hutchins, shot and killed on that set. as part of the settlement, her widower will now be an executive producer on the movie going forward. but does this change potential criminal liability? chilling new video showing the apparent kidnapping of four family members in california. including an 8-month-old girl. tonight, a suspect in custody. but where is the family? the war in ukraine. and even as vladimir putin signs russia s so-called new territories into law, tonight here, the new images. ukrainian forces gaining ground in some of those very territories. ian pannell in ukrain