sure the government s decisions, particularly to not borrowing more, is to not fuel inflation. it would be guided by fairness and. just to cuickl be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up. be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you also - be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you also likened| quickly follow up, you also likened nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery of nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery of weapons to ukraine. are you worried delivery of weapons to ukraine. are you worried that might offend president zelensky, who you have a -ood president zelensky, who you have a good relationship with. i m just following good relationship with. i m just following up on president zelensky and his following up on president zelensky and his talk today, he talked about forming and his talk today, he talked
the eurovision song contest final. hello. i m nancy kacungira. ukrainian president volodimir zelensky has arrived in the italian capital rome, where he ll meet italian political leaders and have an audience with the pope. we are showing you live shots at the president s residence in rome. italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni, has been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. mr zelensky tweeted that it was an important visit for what he said was the approaching victory for ukraine. those live pictures there, in rhyme. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. well, zelensky has said this is an important visit for his approaching victory. what message will he be trying to send? victory. what message will he be trying to send? president zelensky has landed in trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome about - tr
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
would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression, and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. president zelensky then had a private audience with pope francis it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. president zelensky says he thanked the pope for focusing on tragedy of millions of ukrainians . let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor paul moss. we are all expecting some sort of intervention. how likely is that? i think we have an idea now because the vatican has issued a statement. an intervention, i wouldn t call it anything so strong. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he has also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics sug
zelensky. mr erdogan s party has beenin zelensky. mr erdogan s party has been in powerfor more than zelensky. mr erdogan s party has been in power for more than 20 years. it is only an hour and a half an until the finalfor the an until the final for the eurovision an until the finalfor the eurovision song an until the final for the eurovision song contest gets an until the finalfor the eurovision song contest gets under way. the event is taking place in liverpool. uk is hosting it on behalf of ukraine, last year s winners. those are the top stories here on bbc news. now, it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. it s all over for southampton they re relegated from the premier league after losing to fulham. leeds united fight on but it s never easy. they salvage a point against newcastle as they battle to survive the drop. and notts county join and notts countyjoin wrexham in the big league after a dramatic shoot out win. also coming up