would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression, and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. president zelensky then had a private audience with pope francis it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. president zelensky says he thanked the pope for focusing on tragedy of millions of ukrainians . let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor paul moss. we are all expecting some sort of intervention. how likely is that? i think we have an idea now because the vatican has issued a statement. an intervention, i wouldn t call it anything so strong. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he has also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics sug
the legal definition of a landlord is to be debated in the supreme court today in a bid to help tenants in some of england s worst rental properties. if you want to get in touch with a comment about any of the stories we re covering today you can do that on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in sport, manchester united beat nottingham forest 3 0 in the first leg of their league cup semi final. hello, good morning, and welcome to bbc news. russia has hit back at ukraine with a wave of missiles the day after two western countries confirmed it would send tanks to help kyiv s forces repel the russian invasion. one person has been reported killed and two injured in kyiv as around 30 missiles were fired at targets across the country. in his nightly address, president zelensky thanked germany and the united states for agreeing to send tanks, but said his country now needs more long range artillery and aircraft. for months, he s campaigned for these, in public, and i
this hour. the supreme court weighs in by kicking the can down the road, the high court temporarily extending access to an abortion drug until 11 59 pm friday night. women and girls and physicians across the us remain in limbo, unsure if the strict new restrictions will severely limit the use of mifid per stone moving forward. not just used for medication abortion also used for women who experience miscarriages or women who are going through menopause . cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us now live. so jessica what happens next? we re really now in a holding pattern yet again until the supreme court issues what will likely be a more definitive decision before late friday. that continues to mean uncertainty for women, doctors and even drug manufacturers. but the good news, i guess for them is that it does keep everything status quo when it comes to the availability of the abortion drug. preston so the abortion pill will in fact continue to be fully available.
Putin is bluffing this war by putting his entire economy onto a war footing in a way that isnt sustainable for russia over the years he would have to continue it for. Its important that the west does not blink. When you see what has happened in kharkiv, the second biggest city in ukraine, it is because, im afraid, the civilised world took their eyes off the ball just for a little while, we saw how long it took to get that package through the us congress because of internal politics there, and this is the actual upshot, this you are blaming the us, then. Im not blaming them but the internal politics meant that the money did not flow in the way that in the uk were giving consistent amounts of money, then we increased it again, added an extra half a billion so we are giving them 3 billion this year, plus different packages. It is important that support is consistent because if you stop these are the problems you see. At the moment it is some villages on the outskirts of kharkiv, and it is