tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera
violent, we have to remember violence only takes. and that s why we have to over prepare because we can t allow something like this to happen again. but i don t think we ll be seeing violence and massive protests. calvin, thank you and massive protests. calvin, thank you so and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much for- and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much forjoiningi thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. a reminder for our top story donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. be indicted in new york over alleged hush money giving to a pawn star porn star. he s run again for president in 2024, has repeated he is innocent. we had statements coming in from the trump team with mr trump calling the entire process persecution and electoral interference. we can cross live back to my colleague nada tawfik in new york. we were speaking just moments ago, an
a chinese rocket launching a weather satellite briefly forces planes flying to and from northern taiwan to alter their routes. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for northern ireland s peace babies. northern ireland, a small place of only 2 million people, once again capturing the attention of the world. presidents and prime ministers past and present have beenjetting into the province to join in celebrations for a political agreement signed here 25 years ago. supporting the people of northern ireland, protecting the peace is a priority. it s regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. reactions to being signed were largely positive. work the opportunity to come has been fantastic, and it s going to be. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. think something different. i have come to a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also where i grew
the restoration of notre dame in paris, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago, is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. now its time for northern ireland s peace babies. northern ireland, a small place of only 2 million people, once again capturing the attention of the world. presidents and prime ministers past and present have been getting and present have beenjetting into the province to join in celebrations for a political agreement signed here 25 years ago. supporting the people of northern ireland, protecting the peace is a priority. it s regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. reactions to being signed were largely positive. work the opportunity to come has been fantastic, and it s going to be. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. i have come to a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also where