suffering from a type of dementia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister rishi sunak is holding talks with northern ireland s political leaders in belfast today with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea, as the current deal prevents checkpoints on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern ireland s place within the uk. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the country s po
almost a year after russia invaded ukraine the bbc sjohn simpson talks to president zelensky about his country s future. because of soaring energy costs. and coming up on sportsday on the the bbc news channel. as they prepare for this summers world cup, euro 2020 winners england take on south korea this evening in their first game of the arnold clark cup. good evening. the family of the missing woman nicola bulley have called for people to focus on finding her and to stop speculating about her private life. it s nearly three weeks since the 45 year old disappeared on a dog walk in lancashire after dropping her two children at school. detectives have been criticised for revealing very personal details about her struggles with alcohol and the menopause yesterday. tonight lancashire police say they have referred themselves to the independent office for please contact over contact they had with nicola bulley more than a fortnight before she disappeared. danny savage reports. n
let s start with the war in ukraine. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against ukraine speaking to the bbc, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports from kyiv. with the anniversary of the russian invasion coming close, president zelensky is showing signs of increasing confidence. he s been visiting several of his main backers in britain and other nato countries, and the promises of weapons and support that he s received have clearly buoyed him up. when i met him today, he was defiant and seemed more than usually sure of his position. i asked what he felt about the threat that vladimir putin might strike at ukraine through neighbouring belarus, and he dismissed it out of hand. it will be a big mistake for him and for belarus. it will be a historical mistake. but if belarussia does involve itself, can you survive? we will fight. we wil
week s catastrophic earthquakes. and the state of western australia tries to poach more than 30,000 key workers from the uk. hello and welcome to the programme. next week marks the first anniversary of russia s invasion. ahead of that ukraine s president zelensky has been speaking to the bbc s world affairs editor john simpson reflecting on what s happened and what may happen ahead. mr zelensky claimed his troops could keep defending their country until they are able to launch a counter offensive. and crucially he ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. a warning that there are flashing images in this report. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed and deeply tired, but there s a definite spring in his step. compared with the last time i met him, four months ago, he seemed a lot more confident, even though russia may soon unleash a new onslaught. translation: they are coming from several directions - and we understand it but we are h