radek sikorski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good to see you again, stephen. it s great to have you on the programme. let s begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putin s forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv supporters is drying up. how concerned are you? that s not quite right. i was in kyiv within days of my appointment in december. my prime minister, the former head of the european council, donald tusk, has just been there, and the ukrainians have achieved a victory that has not been noticed in the western press, namely that, against stiff russian opposition, they have cleared western black sea of russian ships and they have now resumed grain shipments, not under a deal, from odesa via the western black sea to the bosphorus and to africa and beyond. that s a considerable military success. that s not insignificant. and they als
let s renew more on that story. we can join let s renew more on that story. we canjoin our let s renew more on that story. we can join our correspondent in norwich. take us through what the police have told the bbc. fix, norwich. take us through what the police have told the bbc. police have told the bbc. a really siunificant police have told the bbc. a really significant developments - police have told the bbc. a really significant developments in - police have told the bbc. a really significant developments in the i police have told the bbc. a really i significant developments in the last few minutes. we ve had a statement from norfolk police who have been investigating the disappearance of gaynor lord. she was last seen here in the park behind me, and they were said from fairly early on, there was a high probability that she had gone into the water. that is gaynor lord, 35 year old married mother of three. we ve had this statement from the police, police searching for mi
over the years we ve had long discussions about what happens around the way. it was very difficult. you don t repair a relationship overnight but i think we are in a very different place. how difficult and different was it to deal with rishi sunak to somebody like borisjohnson? the to deal with rishi sunak to somebody like boris johnson? like boris johnson? the former prime minister was like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not the like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not the easiest, - like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not the easiest, and - minister was not the easiest, and i ve been diplomatic, but what you have to look at is not the past but the future, but also i think the uk realises, as we do, that we are not alone when it comes to dealing with the horrors of climate change and dealing with russia. we are united and working together. i think that realisation that we ca
tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera
to internal security. my guest is greek migration minister notis mitarachi. has his government lost the confidence of the greek people? notis mitarachi in athens, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. the whole world has watched with a great deal of concern and sympathy the unfolding of this disaster in greece. 57 lives lost in that terrible train crash. do you believe it s going to be seen as a turning point in greece, that business as usual will no longer be accepted? it s obviously a devastating event. the level of grief in the greek people, the greek government, is enormous. 57 people, particularly young people, lost their lives in this accident. multiple causes. there is an independent review under way by specialists. there is the prosecuting authorities now questioning both what happened on the day and more importantly, what have been the systemic mistakes over the years that led to the fact that the railway system has not been completely upgraded by the time it shoul