nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the