is fabulous. sergio hudson, all of you are brilliant, i love you all. please make them in my size. that is the readout, special edition of all in live from ukraine with ali velshi is next, hello ali. ukraine with thank you and gog from here, if i m ali velshi and it has been an extraordinary day in america and ukrainian history. nearly one year after russia s invasion, president biden made a surprise visit today to this war torn country. we whitehouse kept the trip a closely guarded secret with the president under the cloud of darkness a supporter of commuter rail, the amtrak-loving president traveled ten hours by train from poland to the ukrainian capital. this is the first time that a sitting u.s. president has visited ukraine in 15 years. the white house is calling the trip unprecedented because of the absence of any u.s. military footprint in this country. in his remarks, biden pay tribute to the ukraine forces and promised a strong coming from the u.s. going forward.
across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see this weekend. thank you and good evening from here, if i m ali velshi and it has been an extraordinary day in america and ukrainian history. nearly one year after russia s invasion, president biden made a surprise visit today to this war torn country. we whitehouse kept the trip a closely guarded secret with the president under the cloud of darkness a supporter of commuter rail, the amtrak-loving president traveled ten hours by train from poland to the ukrainian capital. this is the first time that a sitting u.s. president has visited ukraine in 15 years. the white house is calling the trip unprecedented because of the absence of any u.s. military footprint in this country. in his remarks, biden pay tribute to the ukraine forces and promised a strong coming from the u.s. going forward. i thought it was critical that do not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support in ukraine and their w
he pleaded. this after russia warned if nato further arms ukraine with battle tanks and long-range missiles, it will lead to a whole new level of war. it s been nearly a year since the russian invasion t. united states perspective has shifted during that time. remember the unwillingness to be a participant in a three-way deal that would have had the united states backfill poland s fleet of fighter planes after they give mig 25 fighters to ukraine? the biden administration said no. they were willing to acknowledge providing stinger anti ar craft missiles. with a passage of time has been a softening of the biden administration s reluctance to go all in. today ukrainian are in oklahoma being trained on the system that the u.s. is supplying. as part of a new and massive $2.5 billion aid package. reports suggest a u.s. willingness to green light efforts to target crimea, annexed illegally by russia in 2014. what accounts for this change? has the western perspective changed from ge
exotic plants growing in the uk. and the notting hill carnival is back returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leader of britain s biggest trade union says the labour party needs to get a spine and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. the unite union s general secretary sharon graham has told the bbc unions are emerging as the only people standing up for workers, accusing labour of moving the goalposts in terms of what it s prepared to do to support them. labour has not backed inflation matching pay rises, but has said if they were in power the party would join negotiations between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight day walk out, impacting uk supply chains
replace borisjohnson as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. also coming up on newsday: foreign ministers from the 620 meet in bali to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies caused by russia s invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. and an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. hello and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party but he is still british prime minister, following an extraordinary day at westminster. about 12 hours ago he walked out of the door of number ten downing street to confirm he will resign as tory leader and that he intends to stay in charge until a successor is chosen. many of his colleagues, along with opposition parties, are deeply unhappy with that and have called on him to go immediately. remember, around this time yesterday mrjohnson was insisting he would not stand down. bu