at london s hyde park delighted. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has promised the federal government will act to protect women s rights if us states seek to prevent them travelling to get an abortion. speaking at a virtual meeting with democratic state governors, mr biden said he believed some states would attempt to arrest women who crossed state lines for abortion access. he warned only democratic victories in the mid term elections would give congress the power to restore federal abortion rights. i think people are going to be shocked when the first state, the first state that tries to arrest a woman for crossing a state line to get health services. and i don t think people believe that s going to happen. but it s going to happen and it s going to it s going to telegraph to the whole country that this is, this is a gigantic deal that goes beyond i mean, it affects all your basic rights. if extremist governors try to bloc
the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasing hitler but did not prevent it? liz truss, the uk s foreign minister, seemed to get the message, declaring, we are keen to protect the defence of taiwan against beijing. this in a week when china s president xi jinping visited hong kong 25 years after british control came to an end. he was celebrating its rebirth. the uk isjoint guarantor of hong kong s freedoms. well, that went well, didn t it? in the studio with me, suzanne lynch, an irishjournalist now based in brussels for politico. polly toynbee, who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1988 which means she s seen off six prime ministers so far. an
degrees. goodbye for now. now on bbc news, unspun world provides an unvarnished version of the week s major global news stories reliable, honest and essential viewing with the bbc s world affairs editor, john simpson. hello, and welcome to the newsroom here at new broadcasting house, the bbc s international headquarters in central london, for unspun world the programme where we get the unadorned facts about the world s news from the bbc s global experts. this week, i ll be asking as the fighting in ukraine gets worse and more threatening, what do ordinary russians think about the dangers of a wider war with the west? support is already quite high and, of course, if the war comes to russian towns and cities, then russia ordinary russians definitely will feel that this war is even more justified for moscow. what s life like in syria nowadays the country where russia developed its tactics for bombarding civilians? you can see in the streets that people are digging in
tom moore. honour of the fundraiser so captain tom moore- honour of the fundraiser so captain tom moore. and the ancient trees that have been growing since the middle ages, campaigners say we should do more to protect them. welcome to bbc news. the mother and stepfather of a five year old boy, whose body was found dumped in a river near his home in south wales, have been given life sentences for his murder. cardiff crown court heard that logan mwangi was dehumanised during months of abuse at the hands of members of his family. his mother angharad williams was told she must serve at least 28 years. john cole will serve a minimum of 29 years. a teenager was also convicted of killing the little boy, tonight he can be named as craig mulligan, after a judge lifted an anonymity order. he will be detained for a minimum of 15 years. this report from our wales correspondent hywel griffith contains some distressing details. a mother distraught, a son missing. he needs me. he needs war