Bombardment of ukrainian ports. Michael bossicue is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Councils eurasia centre. I asked him whether nato could be drawn into a wider conflict with russia. If that is what it takes to stop mr putin form organising food mr putin form weaponising food and hijacking millions of tonnes of grain to go to many poor countries, the egypts, the yemens and iraqs of the world i say lets do it and get armed escorts for carrier ships across the black sea because mr putin and the kremlin cannot get away with this. I just crossed the area across the danube that the russians have been striking and you can see what is happening. The infrastructure and road is packed with trucks because it is affecting neighbouring countries such as moldova. You say its unsustainable, what is the solution . The solution is for ukraine to go ahead with the unilateral humanitarian corridor supported by Surveillance Planes from nato and Western Allies or friendly neighbouring countries and armed
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
now on bbc news. it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday . chetan pathak luton town captain tom lockyer suffers a cardiac arrest on the pitch at bournmouth the match abandoned his condition is now stable a 2 0 lead thrown away by manchester city as crystal palace fightback for a share of the points and england s one off women s test match in india ends with a heavy defeat also coming up on sportsday. the three time winners saracens are off the mark in the champions cup. and we ll look ahead to tonight s ufc as leon edwards and colby covington face off in vegas welcome along, thank you forjoining us. tonight we start at bournmouth, where luton town captain tom lockyer collapsed midway through the second half of their premier league game after suffering a cardiac arrest. both sets of players were taken off the pitch whilst lockyer received medical treatment, the game later abandoned with the score 1 1. lockyear is now in a stable condition in hospital. loc
has said his country is in a war for its existence, which it would continue, despite what he called the heavy price paid by israel. he was speaking after the israeli army shot dead three hostages in gaza by mistake. an israeli soldier opened fire on the men as they emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city, holding a white flag. an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army s rules of engagement. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el talalka were killed in the north of the territory. mr netanyahu called the incident a disaster which broke his heart. he said the troops in gaza were risking their own lives as they tried to rescue hostages and warned the military operation was necessary to force hamas to free them. translation: in this war, we must i continue until we reach victory. i despite the international pressure and despite the intolerable, heavy price that this war exacts from us, as our sons and daughters are killed in action, the