today as everyone keeps a wary eye on whether china will try to assist russia, either financially or militarily. ending europe s dependence on russian oil and gas is next on the us a promise to send supplies a liquefied natural gas and wants to know there is a long term plan to get supplies elsewhere as the crisis in ukraine is reshaping global relations for the long term. sarah smith, bbc news, brussels. well, after one month to the day after russia invaded this country, ukrainians are wondering how many more months of war lie ahead, how many more people here will die, or be forced to flee from their homes. that s all from us here in lviv. back now to huw in the studio. many thanks to you and the team in ukraine. p&o ferries did break the law when it sacked
and it s not the mps wringing their hands and saying it is all terrible, many of them voted against legislation which the labor people are forward, for these fire and rehire practices and they should vote in the house of commons to ban these fire and rehire type practices. what can the government do by wholesale changes to legislation about a company like p & o ferries, and foreign agencies, individuals, on less than the minimum wage? they need to stomp it out. they need to stomp it out. they don t need to parade around, saying it s terrible, i was shocked when i saw it on the screens as well, you know, they re the government, they can do something about it. and the mps can do something about it so we should vote today to send a message to the business secretary and others in the cabinet that they need to fix it. just a quick word then from what you would like to see from the chancellor come wednesday. his hands are not exactly tied. there is quite a bit of extra
ethiopia has declared an indefinite humanitarian truce, which it says will allow aid to get to the tigray region in the north of the country. aid flows have been constantly prevented during 16 months of civil war and no aid trucks at all have reached tigray since mid december. so far, tigrayan insurgents have not responded to the announcement. the uk transport secretary, grant shapps, has said he ll bring forward measures to stop companies employing foreign workers on pay below the uk minimum wage. the boss of p&o ferries has admitted the company broke uk employment law, when it chose not to consult trade unions before sacking 800 staff and bringing in cheaper overseas workers. in sport, italy won t be at this year s football world cup for the second time in a row after a shock defeat to north macedonia. italy, who are the reigning european champions, lost their playoff semifinal i o. north macedonia will now face portugal for a chance to qualify for the finals
is the fact they have had a catastrophic couple of years because of brexit and then the pandemic which obviously caused travel to come to a standstill but the nature of that decision and how abrupt it was has cause add great deal of anger. i know you spoke to simon caldor a travel expert who had this to say about those layoffs. dp world appears to have instructed p & o ferries, right, just sack everybody, we have other staff waiting, they will be able to take over, we will resume the operation well, they were going to say in a few hours, they are now saying maybe a week or so, and everything will carry on as normal. as we ve seen from the outrage right across the political spectrum, that simply isn t working. reporter: so simon talking about dp world the dubai-based logistics company who owned p & o ferries.
you are watching the early run down. more diplomacy in europe today, as joe biden meets european commission president ursula von der leyen after the ukrainian president zelenskyy said eu leaders acted too late bringing in sanctions on russia. former detainee tells sky news boris johnson did not respond to any appeals from his family while he was in prison and iran. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in the bahamas for day six of their royal caribbean tore. the boss of p&o ferries admits the company chose to break the law by not consulting unions before sacking 100 employees. in sports, on the brink of their first world cup appearance since 1958. joe biden will meet the european commission president ursula von der leyen this