good morning. a quiet weekend of weather ahead. a west east divide. the best of the sunshine out west. further east, a fresh cold winds driving and plenty of showers. all the details from the coming out shortly. all the details from me coming up. it s saturday, the 25th of february. our top story: a fifth man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of an off duty police officer in county tyrone. two gunmen fired several shots at detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell at a sports complex in omagh on wednesday. he remains in a critical but stable condition. a rally will be held in the town later today condemning the shooting. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. john chris page reports. caldwell s friends, neighbours and john caldwell s friends, neighbours and colleagues have paid tribute to his bravery and selflessness. eyewitnesses say that he shouted to children to run to safety, even has he was being attacked himself. this sports complex in the town o
who remains in a critical condition in hospital. millions of nigerians have been voting in their country s most competitive election since military rule ended there more than two decades ago. china s plans for peace in ukraine cause ripples around the world president zelensky says he wants to hear more and the leader of russia s key ally belarus announces plans to fly to beijing. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. counting the cost of war as ukraine marks a year since the invasion, we re going to take a look at the toll it s taken on the economy. ukraine s vast farms were feeding the world, but the country is now reliant on billions of dollars of help just to get through every month. ukraine s finance minister tells me how he s kept the economy functioning despite the missiles and
millions of nigerians are voting in the country s most competitive election since military rule ended there more than two decades ago. the race is between two major established parties, and a third candidate, peter obi, who has galvanised the support of young people. this is africa s most populous country and a record number of people nearly 90 million have been eligible to vote. voting has officially ended but the millions of people who are in queues at polling stations nationwide can still cast their ballot. and in some places, especially in the south of the country, voting has not even started due to severe delays and violent disruptions. joining me now from adamawa state in the north east of the country is the bbc s yemisi adegoke. how has voting been going where you are? i going where you are? can see a big queue behind ) yes, i can see a big queue behind you? yes, yes there is. i am in the north east, i am yes, yes there is. i am in the north east, iam in yes, yes
officerjohn caldwell in omagh. we report on the huge relief effort in turkey and syria to try to help people who have lost everything in the catastrophic earthquakes. some of these guys have been flying around 2,000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they were medically evacuating casualties for hours, but they say they will keep going as long as they can. hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of million of people in nigeria are heading to the polls to vote
Christa Larwood visits Shetland s fire festival Up Helly Aa, in Scotland, as it opens itself up to women for the first time. The team also heads to New York s.