breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. turning to the war in ukraine now, and the us secretary of state has called president putin s invasion of ukraine a strategic failure . speaking in finland, antony blinken said the war had only strengthened the very alliances russia had sought to weaken nato and the eu. finland, of course, is the latest country to join the security alliance. mr blinken made clear that a strong ukraine was the only way to achieve a lasting peace. precisely because we have no illusions about putin s aspirations, we believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression. meanwhile, in ukraine itself, president zelensky has threatened to prosecute local officials if there is any repeat of the failure to open air raid shelters, which contributed to the deaths of three people in kyiv on thurs
25 degrees. lots of dry weather, some sunshine and very little rain in the forecast. of what he says were untruths and tries to change the narrative about his relationship with a younger colleague. what are the questions now for itv? the mother of caroline flack, an itv presenter who took her own life during intense media scrutiny three years ago, tells this programme itv haven t learned the lessons since then. they treat them as commodities. and i know it s a lovelyjob, and i know that you earn money, but also, the television stations earn money from them. but they re not commodities, they re people. we ask a former sky and itv executive and a former culture minster what questions they want itv to answer now. also tonight: ahead of the inauguration of president erdogan of turkey tomorrow, we ll ask what that means for the rest of the world. and this. matilda composer, actor and lyricist tim minchin on his next musical groundhog day. he talks about rejection, his mental healt
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