development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pa
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good evening. in a video call with g7 leaders last night, president volodymyr zelensky warned that moscow was counting on a collapse of western support for ukraine. russia believes america and europe will show weakness , he said, and will not maintain their support at the proper level. he has legitimate cause for concern. last night, the us senate blocked a bill that included financial aid for ukraine, increasing the likelihood that congress will fail to approve more funding before the year end. the bill would provide about $50 billion in new security assistance, but it will not pass, say republicans, unless it comes with substantial immigration reform. here s our analysis editor ros atkins. commitments of aid to ukraine are at their lowest since the war began. ukraine has been relying on western support since russia invaded in february 2022, and new data shows an 87% fall in new commitments this graph shows us the total aid that s been promised each month. it peaked last de