and the other main headlines this lunchtime. the family of nicola bulley says they re in agony, as they wait for police to identify a body found in the river, close to where she disappeared. the true cost of a cup of tea sexual exploitation on the tea farms that supply some of britain s most popular brands. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes enters the race to replace nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaur, finds a new home in coventry. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll tell you how ireland are getting on in theirfinal women s t20 world cup group game against india, still searching for theirfirst win. good afternoon from kyiv, where an american president, has made an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone. it s joe biden s first trip to ukraine, since russia invaded almost a year ago. rumours had been swirling for 2h hours that a high level visitor would be here today, but the trip was shroude
this historic fight. we hope that this year the 2023 will become a year of victory, this unprovoked and criminal, russia s waragainst ukraine and against the whole world. in other news, the family of nicola bulley describe their agony as police find a body in the river near the place she went missing. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes, becomes the third candidate to enter the leadership contest to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister. bbc analysis shows that some of britain s local bus networks have been slashed by more than a third. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaurfinds a new home in coventry. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv his first to ukraine since russia invaded almost a year ago. he met ukraine s president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraine s war dead. at a news conference mr biden announced more military, political and financial support for
devastating incident. the government says people will receive the £400 to help with rising energy bills in six monthly installments from october. will smith apologises to chris rock over his infamous oscars slap, in his first public statement in three months. alex yee wins gold for england in the men s triathlon on the first day of the commonwealth games in birmingham. and coming up later in the hour, does the true story of the rescue of 13 youngsters from a flooded thai cave work well as a feature film? find out what mark carmody thinks of 13 lives and the rest find out what mark kermode thinks of 13 lives and the rest of the week s mean releases in the film review at 5:45pm. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case which had become known as the wagatha christie trial at the high court. vardy had sued coleen rooney after the latter accused her of leaking private information about her to the tabloid press. both women have huge social media followings and business inte
we ll be live in glasgow where ukraine are about to play their first international match since the invasion. welcome to the programme. several developments to bring you on the war in ukraine. first, the us will send more advanced artillery systems to ukraine. russia isn t happy about it, saying it will add fuel to fire . ukraine has been asking for these long range missiles systems for weeks and says it will only to use them within its borders. this is the us secretary of state. with regard to weapons systems being provided, the ukrainians have given us assurances that they will not use these systems against targets on russian territory. there is a strong trust bond between ukraine and the united states, as well as with our allies and partners. the plan was announced in a new york times opinion piece by president biden, headlined what america will and will not do in ukraine . in it, he says the weaponry and ammunition would help ukraine be in the strongest possible positio
support the controversial gender recognition reform bill. we ve heard from nicola sturgeon this morning whose sudden resignation has sparked this all. she said she will not endorse any of the candidates to succeed her. she says like every other snp party member, she will have one vote. that s how it will work. one member, one vote. there are more than 100,000 members of the snp. they will get to decide who becomes the next party leader and in effect who becomes the next first minister of scotland. the nominations to stand close on friday. they have to. it s not a foregone conclusion. they have to get 100 votes from 20 different branches and then there is a wider vote throughout the membership. we will find out who the leader of the party is on march the 27th. bus networks are shrinking across britain, but the cuts have gone much deeper in some areas than others. bbc analysis suggests that in some places, services have been slashed by more