hello and welcome. ukraine s application to join the european union looks set to take a step forward today. senior eu officials will give their recommendation on whether to grant the country what s known as candidate status . but it s a long and complicated process to actually become a member. in his nightly address, president zelensky said ukraine has never been closer to the european union than it is now. here s azadeh moshiri. ukraine s president called it a truly historic day, describing a visit to kyiv by some of europe s most powerful leaders. from france, germany and italy, three of the eurozone s largest economies as well as romania, and while president zelensky has grown accustomed to receiving politicians who wish to see the war first hand, this time he had clear demands, more weapons and shoring up support for ukraine s candidacy to the european union. translation: ukraine has felt the support of four powerful european states at once and in particular support for
here s chris fawkes. this is the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures in the last hour have reached 30 degrees at london s heathrow airport and continue to climb across east anglia and south east england, more widely, temperatures into the 30s. when i go on holiday for beach action, more often than not, somebody takes the sun loungers by putting towels on them, but not here in thejurassic coast. this is swanage in dorset looking absolutely glorious an hour orso looking absolutely glorious an hour or so ago. the heatwave has been building across western europe. across spain, we have had temperatures reach the mist 40s for much of the last week. the earliest heatwave we have seen here for over 40 heatwave we have seen here for over a0 years. and the heat has been spreading northwards. just yesterday, reaching southern france where temperatures reached a0 degrees as well. this is the earliest in the year we have seen temperatures that high. the heatwave is ferocious and
lawful and correct the british government says its changes to brexit trade arrangements with the european union will not undermine the northern ireland peace agreement. and are the machines about to take over? a senior tech engineer claims an artificial intelligence tool has developed a mind of its own. hello and welcome to the programme. hundreds of civilians have been killed in the ukrainian city of kharkiv since the start of the conflict by indiscriminate russian shelling. in a new report, amnesty international accused moscow of routinely using internationally prohibited cluster munitions and scatterable mines. the human rights organisation said the decision to use such weapons showed an utter disregard for civilian lives and could constitute war crimes. the kremlin has previously denied using cluster munitions in ukraine and insisted that russian forces have only struck military targets. from the city of kkarkiv, wyre davies reports. from the very start of this wa
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a group of 20 senators from both sides of the us political divide has announced proposals for limited measures aimed at curbing gun violence, following devastating mass shootings in texas and new york. ten republican senators have backed the legislation potentially enough to overcome the republican filibuster in the us senate that has blocked previous agreements on gun control. let s look in more detail at what s in the guns proposal. the framework agreement includes support for state red flag laws where guns could be kept from those who might pose a danger. also included , tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21. there would also be measures to prevent what s known as straw purchases, where people buy guns for others who are restricted from purchasing them but not included are measures democrats and president joe biden had advocated such as raising the age for buying semiautomatic ri