school in thailand. and jubilation as liveable is picked to host next year s eurovision song contest. hello, welcome to the programme. president zelensky says the world must act now to stop russia s nuclear threat. speaking to the bbc, ukraine s leader warns that russian officials have begun to prepare their society for the possible use of nuclear weapons. it comes as ukraine s army has been making big gains, recapturing large swathes of territory from russia in a major counter offensive. mr zelensky was speaking in kyiv to our world affairs editor, john simpson. yesterday, president zelensky alarmed a lot of people by seeming to say he wanted a pre emptive strike to stop russia using battlefield nuclear weapons. today, he was keen to say he d just been talking about pre emptive sanctions against russia, but he says that russia is preparing people for the use of nuclear weapons. they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to do it, to use
eastern europe. and now the objects of this are terrible, frankly. it was left in this security vacuum and was invaded by the country that supposedly guaranteed security as part of the nuclear deal. russia, one of those countries. so it would not be a stretch to think that other states in a similar security predicament like ukraine would be eyeing a nuclear deterrent as a failsafe way to provide for their security. way to provide for their security- way to provide for their securi . ., ., ., ~ security. ok, mariana, thank ou security. ok, mariana, thank you very security. ok, mariana, thank you very much security. ok, mariana, thank you very much for security. ok, mariana, thank you very much for your- security. ok, mariana, thank. you very much for your analysis joining us from harvard kennedy school. in thailand, distraught families have been mourning the deaths of 36 people, including more than 20 children, murdered by a former police officer in their nursery school yesterday
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awarded to a ukrainian and a russian civil liberties group, and a belarusian activist. the school district in uvalde texas has suspended its police force that provide security for schools five months after a mass shooting that killed students and teachers. the police department has been under investigation for its response to the shooting, including delays by officers in reaching the gunman while he was holed up in a classroom. we can now speak to former fbi special agent tracy welder who joins us from dallas, texas. explained to us the significance of this suspension, what it means who deputy speaker means for those involved. . «a deputy speaker means for those involved. . ~ , ,., deputy speaker means for those involved. . . ., involved. thanks so much for havin: involved. thanks so much for having me- involved. thanks so much for having me- i involved. thanks so much for having me. ithink involved. thanks so much for having me. i think that - involved. thanks so much for having