the white house is warning the stakes for ukraine and for the entire world remain high. president biden is calling on american politicians to pass the latest package of military aid for kyiv, which has been blocked by common progress. congress. look, the ukrainian people fought so bravely and heroically, they put so much on the line, and the idea that now, running out of ammunition, we walk away, i find it absurd and ifind it and unethical, ifind itjust contrary to everything we are as a country. so i m going to fight to get them the ammunition they need. the ukrainian president was in munich where senior defence officials and world leaders have been gathering a week before the two year anniversary of russia s full scale invasion of ukraine. president zelensky repeated his appealfor more weapons to avoid what he called a catastrophic situation in europe. translation: we are very much counting on this positive - decision of congress. for us, this package is vital. we are not
country needed a change. in kingswood, as across the country. kingswood, as across the country, 14 years of conservative government have sucked conservative government have sucked the hope out of our countrx sucked the hope out of our country. there is a feeling that, country. there is a feeling that, no country. there is a feeling that, no matter how hard you work. that, no matter how hard you work. you that, no matter how hard you work, you just can t move forward work, you just can t move forward. and that with rishi s recession. forward. and that with rishi s recession, we are left again paying recession, we are left again paying more and getting less. it doesn t have to be this way. you it doesn t have to be this way. you know it doesn t have to be this way. you know it, i know it, know it. you know it, i know it, know it and you know it, i know it, know it. and when the prime minister finally it. and when the prime minister finally finds the
here s louise lear. incredibly mild has been the theme today, temperatures peaking at 18 degrees, that is way above the average for the time of year, we should be seeing 8 9 c. we are going to keep the mild theme of the next few days, not quite as extreme, but nevertheless a mild and wet story, rain pushing in from the south west, up rain pushing in from the south west, up into the midlands, we could see another inch of rain on very saturated ground, so pretty miserable out there, i m afraid. and that continues to track steadily eastwards, weakening in the london area. behind it, clearerskies, mist and murk forming, overnight lows generally not as mild as the night just passed, four degrees in scotland with a northerly wind kicking in. relatively mild start for most, tomorrow is grey but generally brighter, a quiet day, sunny spells coming through, scattered showers drifting in on a brisk westerly wind from time to time, and a slightly cooler story continues on the far north
following the resignation of ex conservative mp chris skidmore. the former minister stood down last month over the government s energy plans. the other by election in wellingborough, was called following a recall petition in the northamptonshire constituency. it was prompted by former tory mp peter bone s suspension from the house of commons for six weeks, for breaching the mps code of conduct. well, there has aleady been what we could describe as some expectation management from both the conservatives and labour party who issued statements after the polls had closed. the tory one said. we have fought robust campaigns on the ground in both of these seats with local candidates. but these by elections were always going to be hard. the government of the day rarely win by elections . whilst the labour statement said we were always aware of the challenge ahead of us with the large conservative majorities in both seats, which are both beyond our target list for a general elect