and save the children said they could not effectively reach afghans in desperate need without their female staff. now on bbc news, review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced. the story of the war is told by our correspondent paul adams and a warning you may find some of his programme distressing. translation: a decision has been taken about a special military operation. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. - glory to ukraine. in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles. preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine s head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces massing along the border. what follows is the story of russia s invasion of
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Mainly down to a campaign, a charity called the campaign for wool. The patron is his majesty king charles iii. Nowadays, its reallyjust symbolic, done as a charity fundraiser. Any event of this nature in the city is going to attract a flock of people to come and watch. If you are in the city of london, you can expect to get lambushed by a herd of sheep. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren. The wind continuing to strengthen, cloud across the uk, a short spell of rain that moves away from scotland and Northern Ireland this evening, the wind direction changes, a northerly wind will bring in some showers. Not quite as cold as last night, temperatures in Eastern Scotland and North East England down to 7 degrees. By the time we get to tomorrow morning, the Weather Front bringing the rain band is in the english channel, and we have this run of much stronger northerly winds across the uk bringing colder air all the way from iceland, a mixture of sunshine and showers, pushed in o
i also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in police custody there. what will come of the demonstrations? i will ask an expert. but first, here s my take. let s not play down what has happened this week. the leader of the world s largest nuclear power publicly threatened to use nuclear weapons. in an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all weapons systems available to us to defend the country. he emphasized it. this is not a bluff. it might be. putin s threat with add-ones of traditional soviet doctrine. now they contemplate scenarios which it could use nuclear weapons. but he knows the west has nuclear weapons of its own and that the doctrine of mutually assured destruction has prevented any power from deploying them sinc
phase of this war on ukraine. just today, president putin has made overt nuclear threats against europe. i talk with the president of finland, who knows putin well. i also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in police custody there. what will come of the demonstrations? i will ask an expert. but first, here s my take. let s not play down what has happened this week. the leader of the world s largest nuclear power publicly threatened to use nuclear weapons. in an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all weapons systems available to us to defend the country. he emphasized it. this is not a bluff. it might be. putin s threat is an add-on of traditional soviet doctrine. now they contemplate scenarios which it could use