Counteroffensive further north. What they are trying to do is frustrate russian supply lines and isolate swathes of occupied territory in the hope that troops will run out of supplies. Now, president Zelensky Hasjust completed a visit to the us. Hes in canada currently, and i think what were seeing now is Battlefield Progress increasingly getting linked to the politics of it all. Because, yes, he is being warmly welcomed by both countries, but there are political corners that are growing increasingly sceptical as to what the ukrainian victory might look like and as for how long western allies should be pumping billions of dollars into ukraine. So its becoming increasingly high stakes for president zelensky, whos now having to do a fair bit of negotiating in his foreign policy. Volodymyr zelensky is wrapping up his week long trip to north america. On friday, he travelled to ottawa, where he made an address to canadas parliament. Canada is home to the Worlds Largest ukrainian diaspora, n
tonight at ten the un says gaza is close to starvation as palestinians say they face a slow death. nearly six weeks into the war israel says fuel to allow minimal support for water and sewage systems will be allowed in the un says more is needed. bring them home now! the families of israelis held hostage by hamas march to call for their return as another body is recovered. we ll report from jerusalem and on one family s battle for survival in gaza. also tonight. the biggest points deduction in premier league history as everton are found to have broken financial rules. openai sacks its chief executive sam altman a year on from releasing chat gpt. and the story of napoleon in the latest film from sir ridley scott. he s so fascinating, revered, hated, loved, and more famous, probably, than any man or leader or politician and on newsnight at 10.30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, we take a first look a
Face a fraud case the first criminal charges linked to the 2008 crash. Toddler liam fee, murdered by his mother and her partner now a review says there were missed opportunities to prevent the harm he suffered. Its so hot the met office has issued a warning its set to be the longestjune heatwave for 20 years. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News the British And Irish Lions go into the first test against the all blacks in great form, after an emphatic warm up win against the chiefs in new zealand. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The chancellor Philip Hammond has put britains future Economic Prosperity centre stage in any brexit deal. In particular mr hammond called for a jobs first settlement. He also wants immigration to be managed but not shut down altogether. Labour says the chancellor is distancing himself from the prime ministers tough line on brexit, accusing the cabinet of being in disarray over the issue. The chancellors comments come on a day when the governo
The scientists heading off to antarctica to find an answer that could unlock the secrets of the universe. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news a massive night in the premier league. Seven matches including liverpool against leaders chelsea, at anfield. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at 6. The Home Secretary amber rudd has taken the governments criticism of President Trumps controversial ban on citizens from seven mainly muslim countries from travelling to the United States a step further today. She told mps its notjust divisive and wrong, but could end up helping so called Islamic State in its mission to recruit supporters to its cause. Her words came amid worldwide protests against the ban, and a petition here, signed by nearly 1. 7 million people, calling for a state visit by mr trump to be cancelled. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent james robbins. Days of protest across britain focused first on President Trumps travel bans, then on the early state visit
Freekick which caught mignolet napping, while liverpool equalised on 52 minutes and diego costa could have won it for chelsea but his penalty was saved with 15 minutes to go. Sadio mane, who arrived from the African Cup Of Nations on monday, came on as a substitute but couldnt change the result. Pedro and firmino could have won late on. Liverpool will hope to build on this result when they go to hull at the weekend. As for chelsea, another top four side as they go to arsenal in the london derby on saturday. Arsenal were beaten 2 1 by watford with the damage done in the first 13 minutes. Younes kaboul was first to score followed by watford team mate troy deeney. Arsenal hit back in the second half with a goal from alex iwobi but they came up short and the loss means the gunners slip to third on the table. Tottenham go second on the table after a goal less draw with sunderland. Spurs fans will be disappointed not to come away with the three points after their team dominated possession wi