the influencer andrew tate is challenged in a bbc interview he denies the allegations made against him. the british government launches a legal challenge to try to avoid handing over boris johnson s full whatsapp messages to the covid inquiry. it s 8 in the morning in singapore, and 3am in moldova, where a summit of european leaders to discuss the war in ukraine has been taking place. moldova neighbours ukraine to the west so it s become increasingly important strategically, following the russian invasion. it s a former soviet republic and it s remained economically dependent on moscow.
it s also struggled for years with pro russian rebels. moldova s president said hosting the summit, just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in chisinau for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova.
of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years it s been heavily dependent on moscow forfuel, forfinance, and whilst its government leans heavily to the west, it s desperate to join the eu. there is a region, transnistria, which is in the hands of pro russian separatists. there are still russian troops there. it s a hangover from the soviet era and the way in which it ended in this part of the world. so for those european leaders who gathered in that rural castle today was about sending a message to the kremlin. they re saying not only are we continuing to support ukraine, we re also supporting moldova, but what moldova wants is to be in the eu. and we ve heard the country s president once again saying she really hopes accession talks can begin this year.
and wales over night. quite thin cloud, mind you, it s going to be dry. should be dry and clear for northern ireland and scotland, quite chilly in eastern scotland. temperatures down to two or three degrees. it s across england and wales that we start quite cloudy but the air is going to be drier tomorrow, the cloud is thinner, so it s more likely to break up more readily. and by the time we get into the afternoon, as you can see, pretty sunny just about everywhere. just a few patches of cloud running onto some of those north sea coasts. and in the south east, particularly kent and essex, it s still going to be quite breezy out there. the wind is still coming in off the north sea. so right on the coast temperatures will be a bit lower. but elsewhere temperatures widely 19 to 21 celsius and it looks like it is going to be sunny for most places as well. the sun is going to be strong, mind you. high uv levels. all the way from the channel islands up to the north isles of scotland. dry day
following the russian invasion. a former soviet republic, it has remained economically dependent on moscow and has struggled for years, with pro russian rebels in its trans nisstree ah region. moldova s president said hosting the summit just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky was among the first to arrive at the summit. he warned delegates, that aside from peace, there are only two options for countries not in the eu and nato war or russian occupation. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear them apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this. either an open war or creeping russian occupation. we see what is happening in belarus. happening in georgia.