this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons, as are some of her coalition partners. more now from the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. more than 1000 security officers have been deployed in rome today. this is the first time the president zelensky visits italy since russia invaded ukraine last year. he has had a meeting with his counterpart, the italian president. they had a private meeting that lasted for about 25 minutes and some of the things that they discussed were economic sanctions against russia, the kidnapping of ukrainian children, the need to step up the fight against pro kremlin fake news and ukrainejoining the european union. after the meeting, president zelensky said
Reason why this request should be declined. But Downing Street says it would be wrong to hold talks while the details of brexit remain uncertain. And the Scottish Tories accuse the First Minister of eight theatrical gesture. Brian taylor reports. An obvious contrast with the Prime Minister, Signing Goodbye to the eu ata minister, Signing Goodbye to the eu at a desk, with a portrait of britains is by minister. In her letter, Nicola Sturgeon says she wishes theresa may every success in brexit talks, promising full and constructive support. Yes, 69, no omid 59. There were no abstentions. The motion is therefore agreed. Holyrood has now heard of an Independence Referendum to coincide with the conclusion of those brexit negotiations. And the First Minister adds that there appears to be no rational reason for you to stand in the way of the will of the scottish parliament, and i hope you will not do so. I asked the First Minister why now when she knew the Prime Minister had already said no. w
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Because of the reasons why and they said it was a blot on the landscape. And the fact that he is a pensioner, i felt something had to be done. Ijust had a little idea and i put it forward to a few friends and it has mushroomed from there. And it clearly made peters day. How do you like yellow cars . Lovely. Do you have a favourite . I have. The lovely finale to this is that a car company has agreed to name a paint after peter, so he will forever be immortalised in maddox yellow. We have had a fair number of april showers today, but tomorrow looks drierfor showers today, but tomorrow looks drier for the majority. Showers today, but tomorrow looks drierfor the majority. There are still a few sharp showers to come, particularly across Eastern Parts of england and scotland this evening. That process will continue through the night. As a consequence, under the night. As a consequence, under the clearing skies, it will be a cold night. We should see some showers lingering in the north east,
The Ministry of Health has reported this Friday that there are a total of 13,595,504 confirmed Covid infections in Spain, an increase of 21,783. In the update last Friday, the increase was 22,182 new infections, so the figure has dropped slightly. In addition, the total number of people who have died from Covid in Spain