terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp 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 with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. 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. our first report comes from james waterhouse. a thud, marking the moment when ukraine and the world. air raid siren sounds. ..changed foreve
object discovered on radar, this time flying high over canada. it s not clear when or where it was first picked up. nor read saying in a statement quote military aircraft are currently operating from alaska and canada in support of north american aerospace defense command. norad confirmed with pond positively identifies an airborne object over northern canada. refusing to offer specifics, the second object detected in the arctic s since thursday night. senior u.s. official tells fox the object was not detected until it had already successfully penetrated u.s. airspace over alaska and shot on flight and of 22 after launched from air force base in anchorage. right now u.s. army helicopters like this on skis are combing the area of the rugged north coast of alaska. the temperature right now in the frozen tundra, minus 20 degrees. norad says limited daylight rough weather limited search. the object shot down home of north america s largest oil field. alaska also home to u.s. air
american democracy. that is something he truly believes and that we should continue to fight for. calling for egregious abuses of power in order for to suppress the constitutional rights of reporters as an insult, it s a complete insult to the rule of law and undermines fundamental values and traditions. instead, it is the responsibility, it s a responsibility of all leaders t protect first amendment rights and that s what the president believes and that s what is going to continue to do to make sure we protect those rights. something happened they are, clearly. where it not quite exactly sure what happened to the white hous briefing. somebody must ve pulled the plug . there is something going on today. apparently we have it back, so let s get back to it right now, we don t have any audio now. clearly our plug has been pulle somewhere, there are a lots of patches and routings that go on in that briefing room and that white house. in fact, if you were to look under the floor