palace. he s meeting his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. a statement from the elysee palace said mr zelensky and mr macron will discuss french military and humanitatian support for ukraine. it s mr zelensky s third visit to a major european power this weekend. he was in germany earlier and on saturday he was in rome meeting italian leaders. live now to france where we can join hugh schofield our paris correspondent for more on zelensky s visit. we heard a big announcement from germany about nearly $3 billion worth of aid on his visitjust before his visit to germany but are we expecting anything similar, any similar announcements from france? not that we have been led to believe, that is all i can say. there will be some kind of official press statement at the end of this dinner in a couple of hours and it may be that there is mention of more munitions and arms from france to ukraine but we have not been led to suspect that will happen in any major way. suspect that will
one of turkey s most critical elections which will decide if president erdogan should remain in power after 20 years. president erdogan faces his biggest challenge yet, with turkey in the midst of soaring inflation, and the country still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. his main rival is kemal kilicdaroglu who is backed by a broad opposition alliance and has promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by the president. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. people talk excitedly. a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the look
wales as we saw and through the course of today we will see that transferring to parts of the midlands, the north of england and northern parts of london. notice in the south that it is mostly rain and all the while in northern ireland and southern parts of scotland it is bright today and clear at this evening. then later on tonight we re looking at the next low pressure sweeping in bringing the next spell of potentially quite disruptive snow for more central parts of the uk. so today the weather front moving away in the next area moving into ireland and reaching northern parts of wales in the morning. that transfers to the north of england, a wintry mix in liverpool for example. manchester, nottingham, sheffield and further north in lancashire. certainly the peak district and into the lake district and the north east, and this is the area where we could have disruptive snow tomorrow. elsewhere it is rain and look at those temperatures. by the evening tomorrow the snow really
centimetres into major cities, manchester and sheffield and a bit more than that put out more on the hills but were most concerned about the amber warning area in the peak district northwards where we could see up to a0 centimetres of snow by the time we reach friday morning. it is slowly improving through friday, a brief respite with them some time before more rain, sleet and snow at the weekend. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 8th of march. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m laura mcghie. coming up on wednesday s programme. a substantial government package which will seek to offer equal access to sports for girls is announced. we speak to the olympian who was mis diagnosed, sectioned and put in an induced coma, as she targets a return to playing rugby on the world stage. i cannot go outside for a walk or could not
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