That the admission of ukraine to nato the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , could trigger world war three. Meanwhile, turkey has been trying to act as a mediator in this war. Buy does all of this lead the people of ukraine . Could p still prevail miss with me in the studio is our security correspondent frank gardner, and orysia lutsevych, head of the Ukraine Forum at chatham house. And wee are also delighted to welcome professor kata ryna wolczuk, from the university of birminghams centre for russian, european and eurasian studies, Drjustin Bronk is a Senior Research fellow at the london based military think tank rusi, he is an expert in airpower and technology, and from the bbc s Russia Service olga ivshina. Well be hearing from each of our special panel in a few minutes, but first frank is going to set the tone for this discussion by reminding us of the key recent developments and statements and what they might tell us about the risks of escalation. The war in ukraine is intensify
and the scottish city returning cultural artefacts looted from india during british rule in the 19th century. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. 34 year old el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of the islamic state group which terrorised large swathes of iraq and syria between 2014 and 2017. beatings, electrocutions and mock executions were carried out by the jihadists on western hostages, who called their torturers the beatles due to their english accents. elsheikh, who left london tojoin is, was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot in which four americans were
photographs of her dead husband and daughter after a fatal helicopter crash. and the scottish city returning cultural artefacts looted from india during british rule in the 19th century. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. 34 year old el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of the islamic state group which terrorised large swathes of iraq and syria between 2014 and 2017. beatings, electrocutions and mock executions were carried out by the jihadists on western hostages, who called their torturers the beatles due to their english accents. elsheikh
it s gold again for laura muir. on another golden night for the brits in munich, muir retains her crown as the 1,500 metre european champion. (organ plays) they were once a key part of going to the pictures. we ll take a look at the cinema organs being raised back to life. good morning. it is a blustery start to the good morning. it is a blustery start to the weekend, especially in the north west of the uk where there are also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone will see wet weather today. all the everyone will see wet weather today. all the details are coming up. good morninu. it s saturday august 20. our main story: train passengers are being warned of more severe disruption across the uk s rail network today as tens of thousands of workers go on strike. it s the sixth day of national walk outs so far this summer in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running
worst drought in 1,200 years. we ll drive this lake down to elevation 1,000. that is 100 feet above dead pool, and you re at the bottom of the martina glass. prosecutors now have less than one week to submit proposed redactions to the judge so he can decide what might be released publicly. i think judge rinehart is going to protect the identity of confidential informants. even as his legal problems are mounting his hold on the republican party is tightening. i m phil mattingly in washington. pamela brown has the day off, and you are in the cnn newsroom. we want to begin this hour in ukraine as it wrestles with the terrifying fear of a nuclear disaster. it is now almost six months to the day since russia launched its unprovoked invasion. new video from ukraine s ministry of defense right here says this is a successful strike destroying a rare russian radar complex in south eastern ukraine. ukraine is about to get more u.s. help in its fight against russia. the pent