but this is a journey that politicians make regularly, by helicopter, at low altitude, to avoid being targeted, so there are a lot of questions and more information, i imagine, will come with time. yes, that is going to be an obvious question, was there any foul play involved? is there a formal investigation? what do we know about that? president zelensky talked about this being a tragic day, and he has lost someone who was a close ally of his. an investigation has started, and other ministers have said they wouldn t dare speculate as to what has happened. president zelensky spoke to other world leaders at the world economic forum in davos, and he talked about the loss and so many family s lost during this war. we are talking about a part
the rate at which uk prices are rising has slowed for a second month, but the cost of living is still close to a ao year high. ambulance workers in the uk willjoin nurses in taking strike action next month, piling huge pressure on hospital bosses. let s start in ukraine, where a helicopter crash has killed the country s interior minister, denys monastyrsky. he s the highest profile ukrainian casualty since the war began. the crash happened east of the capital kyiv in the town of brovary. at least 1a people have died. first, let s hearfrom the ukrainian president. a tragedy happened near kyiv. a helicopter crash claimed the life of the minister of the internal affairs of ukraine, his colleagues and helicopter cruel or found near a can
but the possibility of kyiv getting new military hardware does not seem to concern president putin. the russian leader says he s in no doubt that moscow will emerge victorious. or at least that s what he told factory workers in saint petersburg earlier. translation: all of this creates a foundation for our effective - development and for victory. it is guaranteed, i have no doubt about it. there are certain things that never went away and would form the foundation of our victory. this is the unity and solidarity of the russian people. his comments come as russia s top diplomat accused the west of a hybrid war against russia. that s interesting because the kremlin has insisted on calling the conflict in ukraine a special operation. he also spoke about that word victory. have a listen. translation: you know, the word i war i m not afraid to say it, i because what is going on is our answer. as the president has said, perhaps should have been given earlier,
i welcome that allies are stepping up. germany has delivered significant support to ukraine with artillery, with ammunition and also advanced assistance, and allies have also announced that they intend to deliver heavy battle tanks. so there is an ongoing conversation and consultation among allies. the german leader was also in davos. he said russia s aggression must fail. but he made no comment about suppling extra weapons. what he did say could hint at why germany has been hesitating to supply tanks. we will continue to do this as long as necessary, and whilst we are doing this and showing that the ukrainians can rely on our support for their courageous fight, it is also clear that we will avoid that this is becoming a war between russia and nato.
this photo was tweeted by gary lineker who was presenting at the time. he says he found the incident amusing. it was quite difficult to deal with and i thought it was from a pundits phone and i thought it was too loud and obviously it worked out. gary lineker after almost four years marvel movies are returned to the chinese box office prompting joy from fans stop black panther arrives on the 7th of february followed by antman and the wasp two weeks later. chinese officials have never explained why marvel movies were blocked from screaming in the country but the apparent band begin at a time when tensions between the us and china reached a high amid a trade war. i m on twitter. love to