the countdown is on to the launch of the most powerful rocket ever built. this place has a new name now. or rather an old one bannau brycheiniog, and it s all change for the brecon beacons as the national park will now be known by its welsh language name only. and coming up on bbc news, after arsenal dropped points at west ham, will it be the gunners or manchester city who are crowned premier league champions? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in russia, a leading critic of president putin has been sentenced to 25 years in jail the longest sentence any opposition figure has received so far. vladimir kara murza has been convicted for treason and other charges linked to his criticism of the war in ukraine. mr kara murza, who has british citizenship, is the latest of a series of opponents of president putin to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. the foreign office has condemned his conviction and sentencing as politically motivated and has pointed o
to south africa. and britain s prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi million dollar tax dispute. let s start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russia s invasion. estonia s foreign minister has been at those talks in brussels he s been speaking to the bbc. decisions need to be implemented and the decisions need to be done and there is a moment of leadership which needs to be created. and my strong message is indeed, to all countries, who have weapons and stockpiles to give them immediately without any political caveats or any further considerations or hesitance of the russian s reaction. so let s take a closer look at germany s role in all this. the leopard 2 is operated by about 20 countries worldwide
Ahead 50,000 Police Officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the countrys president ial election. We put them in the sport because it is quiet. They will be happy. And they have access to our garden and oui they have access to our garden and our neighbour s garden. In this spot. A helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in East Yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekends fa cup semi finals at wembley. And ben has the weather. A decent weekend in prospect. Plenty of dry weather. Even some sunshine. But there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. All of the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. Yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at
Ahead 50,000 Police Officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the countrys president ial election. We put them in the sport because it is quiet. They will be happy. And they have access to our garden and oui they have access to our garden and our neighbour s garden. In this spot. A helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in East Yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekends fa cup semi finals at wembley. And ben has the weather. A decent weekend in prospect. Plenty of dry weather. Even some sunshine. But there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. All of the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. Yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at
Ahead 50,000 Police Officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the countrys president ial election. We put them in the sport because it is quiet. They will be happy. And they have access to our garden and oui they have access to our garden and our neighbour s garden. In this spot. A helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in East Yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekends fa cup semi finals at wembley. And ben has the weather. A decent weekend in prospect. Plenty of dry weather. Even some sunshine. But there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. All of the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. Yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at