revolutionary fashion designer has died. welcome to bbc news. president biden is finishes address to the parliament in ireland. parliament in ireland. is that political violence should never be allowed to take hold again. mr biden is on a tour of the republic of ireland haven t visited northern ireland on wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. mr biden entered the chamber, he was met with rapturous applause in open his speech by saying, when he is in ireland he feels he is at home. he said his country was shaped by ireland, highlighting the shared values between the two nations before praising ireland s role in internationalforeign before praising ireland s role in international foreign policy. president kennedy said 60 years ago and i quote, ireland pursues an end of pendant course in foreign policy but it is not neutral between liberty and tyranny and it never will be. thank you for that. the us president then will be. thank you for th
and the us announces new sanctions, and an additional $2 billion support package aimed at helping the ukrainians in the fight. welcome to the programme. i m shaun ley, it s good to have your company. we mark this hour, as we have the last 24. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe, and the world leaving russia diplomatically isolated, and revitalising the nato alliance. one that a former us president had suggested was already past its sell by date. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he s kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he s spoken to along the
ukrainians in the fight. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. president zelensky says the country has endured a year of pain, but victory is inevitable, he says, with continued western support. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, reports on how the anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down on ukraine. air raid siren. a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world looked on. 150,000 russian troops moving in from three directions. ukraine s leader had offers to leave. but he stayed. ..and is still here. this is a bittersweet day for ukraine. day for ukraine, a reminder of remarkable
by the time their bowlers started firing, the damage was already done. england took their frustrations out on the ball, but the south africans weren t letting their advantage slip to the fingers. heather knight dug in, but those around her collapsed. the south africans crowd scenting something special as england hearts were crossed. devastation for england but this is a landmark moment for south africa, taking on australia on sunday. jo currie, bbc news, cape town. i think the experience was great and i think the younger players will learn from that. there s so much on it, when at the world cup semifinal, that does add to it. this match doesn t define us. i think the way we ve made a mentality shift and change the way we want to play a little bit. it s something we need to be proud of. sometimes you lose games in t20, and today wasn t our day. there s more reaction to that match on the bbc sport website. that s also where you can find the latest from the england men s test te
of extensive fighting. the mercenary group says the last open roads leading westwards out of the city are under heavy russian shelling. now. ukraine the children s story. child: the day before war started was just i like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our families. that night was the last time our dreams were peaceful. in them, fireworks danced, lighting up the skies. but we woke to explosions. the sky burst into red and yellow. the windows and walls shook. no one knew what to do. in the skies above us, helicopters swarmed and multiplied. we watched as tanks rolled in. millions of people fled. they packed into overcrowded trains, while thousands more waited on platforms. men had to stay behind, so families and loved ones were separated. many people reached other countries and found safety. but some of us couldn t or didn t. and now this. ..is our life. dog barks in distance she speaks ukrainian air raid siren wails ricky: is that an air raid siren? so we