he said the affair only began years after meeting the young man who was 15 at the time. he said he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he has been talking to the bbc. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll recent days have taken on him. it is relentless. it is day after day after day after day. if you do that. if you don t think that is going to have the most catastrophic effect on someone s mind. do you want me to die? because that s where i am. i have lost everything. schofield says he is extremely concerned for the welfare of the young man with whom he had an extramarital affair.
afghanistan s female tv presenters say they re determined to carry on working, after the taliban enforces an order to cover their faces. and the heir to the throne in britain is to appear in one of the country s best loved soap operas as part of the queen s platinum jubilee celebrations. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it s news day. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived injapan for his first visit to asia since becoming president and his first summit with america s asian allies since the russian invasion of ukraine. in tokyo he will hold summit talks with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia. the fallout from ukraine appears set to dominate discussions, but many are now focusing on china s territorial ambitions particularly its claim on taiwan. many analysts believe china s massive military gives beiing the ability to invade taiwan and defeat the us and its allies if they try to intervene. our correspondent, rupert
Dispute. Now turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on September 5th with senator with murphy. And he wanted johnson wanted the aid released so he calls the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said im not ready to lift the aid. They had this Senator Johnson, he writes a tenpage letter, very detailed, and he gives some remarkable detail and i would like to read it. Its on page 6. I this is Senator Johnson speaking, he said i asked him whether there was some kind of
arran arrangement where ukraine would take some action and the hold would be lifted. Without hesitation, Senator Johnson says, President Trump immediately denied such an arrangement existed and he started cursing. He said, no way. President trump said no way. I would never do that. Who told you that . And Senator Johnson goes on to say that President Trumps reactionnt here was adamant, vehe
[silence]. Now, turning attention to the ron johnson letter, if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to the ukraine in september with murphy. Johnson called the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said i am not ready to lift the aid. Senator johnson, he writes a 10 page letter. Very detailed. He gives some remarkable details. I would like to read it. Its on page 6. This is Senator Johnson speak. I asked him whether there was some kind of arrangement or ukraine would take action and be
lifted. Without hesitation President Trump denied such an arrangement existed. And he started cursing. He said no way. President trump said no way. I would never do that. Who told you that . And Senator Johnson goes on to say that President Trumps reaction was adamant, ve hement and angry. And as august 31st, the president said you will like my decision in the end. Thats very important context on the president s State Of Min
about whether that can take place immediately once the war is over or whether the west will have to provide some sort of bilateral security guarantees to ukraine while ukraine is waiting for the day it canjoin nato. me ukraine is waiting for the day it canjoin nate- ukraine is waiting for the day it canjoin nato. we heard president zehns canjoin nato. we heard president zelinsky would canjoin nato. we heard president zelinsky would peak canjoin nato. we heard president zelinsky would peak that - canjoin nato. we heard presidentj zelinsky would peak that message only yesterday. the worry all the way through this war has been about different points that might escalate things. we had that argument about tanks, we are having it aboutjets, ukrainejoining nato, shouldn t they just get on with it and do it now? i think they are, more and more, in the sense that when they started out, the debate about whether to supply air defence systems took the best part of six months and then the deba