short on. matching its rhetoric, with the kind of support ukrainians to win this war, not just for ukraine, but for the u.s. and u.s. national security. we re gonna watch then very closely, president biden arrives in the region on monday. he will be delivering an important speech on tuesday. we ll see if any of that changes. colonel, may we not be talking about this and a year, or at least be talking about it as history, retired lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, is the former director of european foreign affairs at the national security council. he s the author of the important book, here right matters. an american story. should, ahead more on the war in ukraine as we approach the one year anniversary another hour of velshi, live from kyiv, begins right now. begins right now good morning to you, it is saturday, february the 18th, welcome to our new home. a 10 am and 11 am eastern, our show is celebrating three years on the air this weekend. we thank you for watching u
like other ukrainian cities from bucha to mariupol, another enormous mass grave has been discovered. this time in a forest near the city of izium. authorities continue to exhumed the bodies of which there are reportedly more than 450, including civilians, children and soldiers a. like many of the bodies show signs of, quote, violent. death while several have their hands bound and show signs of torture. it is now day 207 of russia s invasion, with putin s plan to take all of three days to capture the capital of kyiv. right now ukraine continues to gain ground with a successful counteroffensive in the northeast, reclaiming several thousand square miles of territory. ukraine also continues to have success with a counteroffensive in the south. at the same, time russia is making small gains in some towns in donetsk. one of the regions that make up the donbas. to say that russian soldiers are making those gains might be misleading. as the new york times reports, the frontline ukrai
dame deborahjames, who has died aged a0 after receiving end of life care for bowel cancer. she challenged taboos and change the conversation around bowel cancer. a 29 year old man has been charged with murdering zara aleena in england s capital, london, as she walked home from a night out in the early hours of sunday morning. a former white house aide gives damning testimony about donald trump s actions during the storming of the us capitol building last year, saying he knew people in the crowd were armed but he didn t care. ghislaine maxwell is jailed for 20 years in a us prison for recruiting and trafficking teenage girls for her then boyfriend jeffrey epstein. and a bbc investigation finds the number of holiday lets in england has risen by 40% in the past three years, with concerns some residents are being pushed out of areas as a result. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start with the nato summit in madrid, where president biden has a
Southern israel. Celebrations broke out in gaza as news of a potential breakthrough reached palestinians. But early in the day civilians in Eastern Rafah had begun to flee after the Israeli Military dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate ahead what was caught aim limited ground operation against hamas. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to what israel is calling an expanded humanitarian zone near khan younis but gazans say the area is already overcrowded. Jordan pozner King Abdullah ii is in the us on a state visit in a meeting at the white house On Mondayjordanian Official said the king told President Joe Biden that a Ground Invasion into rafah would lead to what he called a new massacre and risk spilling over into the wider region. In new york are you on general Antonio Guterres told reporters that Israel Invading Rafah would be intolerable. Our security corresponded Frank Gardner has more from jerusalem. Things have moved with extraordinary speed here in this part of the mid
Celebrations broke out in gaza as news of the potential breakthrough reached palestinians. But earlier in the day civilians in Eastern Rafah began to flee after the Israeli Military dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate ahead of a limited Ground Operation against hamas. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to what israel is calling an expanded humanitarian zone near khan younis, but gazans say the area is already overcrowded. Jordans King Abdullah ii is in the us on a state visit. In a meeting at the white house on monday, jordanian Officials Say the king told President Joe Biden a Ground Invasion into rafah would lead to a new massacre and risk spilling over into the wider region. In new york the un Sectetary General Antonio Guterres told reporters that Israel Invading Rafah would be intolerable. Our special correspondent fergal keane has more details. They havent had reason to dance for a long time. But they havent forgotten how. Even amid uncertainty about israels position, h