hello and welcome to bbc news. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has said his country will continue to support ukraine in its war against russia for as long as needed. he was speaking after meeting the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky in berlin. mr zelensky, has described germany as a true friend and reliable translation: this awful war has severe geopolitical - consequences for everyone. but mostly for the men and women of ukraine. more than 1 million of them, women, children and older people have found protection here in germany. our citizens here stand in full solidarity to the people who have fled from the brutal attacks. mr zelensky called olaf scholtz a true friend and thanked germany for its solidarity. germany announced they would donate supplies worth $3 billion to keep. the trip comes after a visit to italy where he met the italian prime minister, the president and the pope. let s cross to our correspondentjenny hill in berlin. this seems like a setting
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eurovision song contest. we have kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, superfans on kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, super fans on the way and there is no bigger superfan dan rylan and aj. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo? we have a band of cloud and rain clearing the south of england. then most will have a day of sunshine and some showers, most of which in the north. the wind is also going to strengthen with gales later, especially in the north. all the details through the programme. it s tuesday, january the 31st. the world s most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. it is pretty st
have killed dozens and left millions stranded the un warns of a deteriorating situation. we ll hear about the life of young journalists and protesters in hong kong, ahead of the 25th anniversary of it s handover from uk to chinese rule. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 3:00am in ukraine, where around 1,000 people are thought to have been inside a shopping mall, when it was hit by a russian missile. at least 13 people have been killed, and more than 50 injured, but it s feared the death toll could climb significantly. g7 leaders have said attacks on innocent civilians constitute a war crime. the attack happened in kremenchuk, in central ukraine, a long way from the front line. the governor of the city said it was unlikely many survivors would be found in the rubble, because the fire was so big. 0ur correspondent nick beake hasjust arrived in kremenchuk and has this update. this is the smouldering w
injury, winning the australian and french opens. and last on centre court is serena williams who has not played a singles match since hobbling off centre court in the first round last year. she said she had a lot of motivation to make sure that was not her last memory. elsewhere, 12 brits in action and an early win for ryan peniston on his wimbledon singles debut. thank you very much, laura. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. we saw a bit of sunshine poking through the clouds at wimbledon and it is across eastern areas that we have got bright and sunny skies. however, it is a day of weather contrasts and it is not nice everywhere by any stretch, across western areas, thicker cloud on the way in and heavy rain around. meanwhile, to the east of the uk, we have got a heatwave, look at the temperatures, well above normal, even into the mid 40s across parts of southern italy. that is because the high temperatures are caused by a big ridge in thejet stream which s