about this year s victory parade is that there isn t a fresh victory, which i m sure was the ambition when this whole terrible war started. what is actually being celebrated is the victory over germany, over the nazis in world war ii, in which tens of millions of russians died. so it s a bit of a holy day for russia. that enormous sacrifice, that victory. and it seems to me that the dangerous thing for us, in what putin might do with this, is that in the absence of a victory, and he has lost 11 generals, 10,000 troops, a lot of kit, that he will seek to link up his claim that he is denazifying ukraine with a victory over the nazis in world war ii, and that is a further escalation i think, a further mobilisation of russian society and perhaps an escalation into adjacent geographies. he has to come up with something, from his perspective, positive and that only means, i think, he is not a man that backs down, that means going further, so that s why it s a very worrying moment.
mrs biden said the visit was intended to show support to the people of ukraine. doubts over power sharing in northern ireland sinn fein are in line for the first minister s role at stormont but the democratic unionists say they won t take part unless the uk government scraps new brexit trading rules. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer s lockdown meal with colleagues saying he didn t break covid rules actor shooti gatwa has been announced as the new doctor in doctor who. he ll take over from jodie whittaker next year. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist emma woolf and sebastian payne, the financial times whitehall editor. welcome to both. tomorrow s front pages. the i newspaperfocuses on the divisions over the northern ireland protocol as the british government threatens to tear up the brexit deal it made with the eu within weeks. the guardian says more than two millio
document suggests it may be about to overturn the nationwide legal right to abortion. i m annita mcveigh at the beautiful antrim castle gardens. when is looking ahead today data thursday s elections to the power sharing government here. it has been described as the most important election in a generation. and the over the top outfits are back celebrities return to the red carpet of new york city s met gala. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, will address the ukrainian parliament later becoming the first western leader to do so since the russian invasion. he s expected to give details of £300 million in extra military support for ukraine including equipment for electronic warfare and night vision devices. the liberal democrats have questioned the timing of mrjohnson s announcement two days before the local elections. in other developments, ukraine s president zelensky used his nightly address to acc