surprised, but so was joe. he was told by his handlers he was headed to disney world. it was a surprise visit ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion. there he announced an additional half billion in u.s. assistance. you know, i m thinking it would have been great if russia attacked east palestine. ouch. because then they would get the money and the president moving on. but this dominates headlines today as it should considering that s our tax dollars, right? and it s all about unity. that joe wants to show everyone that we re unified in the fight against russia. but what about unity here? it s one thing joe boasted would be his specialty but every time he claims to heal he gleefully salts the wound like a terrified slug. late last week he hosted a screening of the movie till of the lynching of 15 year old emmett till in mississippi. obviously that crime was horrifying and it s an important story to tell. but here s the odd part, during that speech biden also
and in central africa, we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. hello. one of president putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. he s repeated the kremlin line that there is no war, but instead a special military operation . this comes as russia s invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, who s been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years, spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. how are you? it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way of explaining to the west that dragging ukraine into nato was a criminal act. russia s special operati
overturned roe v. wade last year, there was immediate and palpable outrage that spread quickly across the country. that a lot of people thought tt that outrage would translate to electoral doom for the political party that had been pushing to end roe. but instead, after the court s decision, the response from elected republicans was basically no big deal. the kind of angry leftist s, many of whom were pretty ignorant and don t even know what overturning roe means, i think a month afterwards they will be surprised, wait, nothing about my life changed. there is a narrative forming in america that the republican party and the pro-life movement is on the run. no, no, no. we are going nowhere. my guess is in terms of the impact on federal races, i think it is probably going to be a wash. did not turn out to be a wash. not even close. in ballot measure after ballot measure across the country, voters came out in support of reproductive choice. in kansas, in vermont, in calif
reform uk in clacton, where mr farage is standing. our political correspondent joe pike is in westminster. reeta, nigel farage s surprise entry into this election revitalised, reenergised reform macro and seem to give them a poll boost as well but as we saw from the question time leaders special tonight that he appeared on, that drip drip of constant allegations concerning first, candidates and now, campaigners, does seem to be having an impact, notjust on mr farage s own team, i ve detected a certain nervousness there, but also this evening he seemed to be disowning some of his own candidates live on air and my report contains offensive language. i d like you to welcome the offensive language. i d like you to welcome the leader offensive language. i d like you to welcome the leader of offensive language. i d like you to welcome the leader of reform - offensive language. i d like you to| welcome the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. he welcome the leader of reform uk,