why didn t china take the pentagon s call. the toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio. his administration s response to the disaster. the classified documents found at biden s home and former office. and of course that question, is the president running for re-election? also tonight, president zelenskyy marking one year at war, defiantly claiming ukraine s victory will be inevitable, saying he wants to meet with china s president xi. and we ll go to ian pannell in kyiv tonight for reaction after what president biden said this evening about f-16s. the other news this friday night, one-time prominent attorneydefens acknowledged on stand. we re also tracking the major storm. a second one set to move right across the country. heavy snow, ice, and dangerous winds. and yet another close call tonight. a passenger plane about to land. another plane cleared for takeoff on the same runway. and one year later, from new york to paris tonight, the powerful images coming in t
as the fighting continues with no end yet in sight, we ll assess the impact this conflict has had on ukraine and russia. vladimir putin called it his special military operation. it was only supposed to last a few days, a few weeks, maximum, but it didn t go out all according to plan. and the other stories here this lunchtime. a fourth man is arrested following the attempted murder of police inspectorjohn caldwell in omagh in northern ireland. junior doctors in england will take strike action on the 13th, 14th and 15th of march in a dispute over pay. nominations have closed in the contest to be the next leader of the scottish national party. kate forbes, humza yousaf and ash regan are hoping to succeed nicola sturgeon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll bring you the details of the europa league draw, as manchester united and arsenal find out who they face in the last 16. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one live from the ukrainian capital kyiv, where ex
world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely tracking the object and it s carrying a large payload of surveillance gear. military officials are advising against shooting it down now. china that has apologized and said the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident. bei
we are live in ukraine as the country marks a year to the day since russia s invasion. we have a special report on the battle for one strategic town. a t20 world cup semi final. on bbc london: a year after the war in ukraine began and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. harry brook breaks another test record to put england on top in the second test against new zealand. action for three days, it s got a pretty difficult to deal with across the nhs. there will be other parts of the nhs taking industrial action in march. there will also be ambulance worker strikes on 6th march, 8th march, 20th march involving three separate unions. there is no strike action in scotland after a higher pay offer and some unions are considering an offerfrom the welsh and some unions are considering an offer from the welsh government. the royal college of nursing is in talk with ministers about pay in england. but no news yet on how that is progressed. thank you. pol