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
children aged three and eight being attacked with a corrosive substance which we now confirmed to be an alkaline. in the vicinity was at 35 year old male called abdul ezedi and he left the scene, but the injuries to the female and children they are in a stable condition but we are just they are in a stable condition but we arejust monitoring, they are in a stable condition but we are just monitoring, but they don t seem to be life threatening, but at this time they could be life changing. that mail was last seen in the north london area, and if you see him, there will be some images circulated later today, if you see him, i plead to not approach and. he is. call at 999. he has significant injuries to the right side of his face. the significant injuries to the right side of his face. significant injuries to the right side of his face. the bbc has also soken to side of his face. the bbc has also spoken to the side of his face. the bbc has also spoken to the local side of h
near the syrian border, at a time and in a manner of its choosing. mr biden blamed the attack on radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. tehran has denied any involvement in the attack in which three service personnel were killed and 3a injured. our world affairs correspondent paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than
paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it s done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they re all opposed to israel and the united states. it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the
published after considerable pressure from noble lords from across the house. this document. in this document, the home office was prepared to tell us that the average imagined cost of sending an asylum seeker to a third country however, the detail of the treaty suggest the cost may be higher for sending somebody to rewind. before we begin to fully debate the details of the legislation and its role in the implementation of the rwanda plan, will the minister be clear about how much this plan is actually going to cost? there is bill, whatever its impact, will not address the state of our asylum system. the uk to serve as a managed asylum system that upholds a strong border security and that can process claims fairly, accurately and quickly, a system that can return those with no claim to stay and help those with no claim to stay and help those who rightfully seek sanctuary. that is not our current asylum system. we have a backlog of 100,000 asylum claims waiting for a decision,