among them was a troupe of more than 70 ballet dancers. they are now living and training together at the former royal conservatoire in the dutch capital, the hague. our correspondent kate vandy has been to visit them. moving gracefully around the stage, you wouldn t know these performers had recently fled war. when russia began its invasion of ukraine last year many feared it would be the end of their careers. svetlana was one of them. i didn t have work and i was trying to find the job, and then i found this place and came here and i start to feel myself svetlana fled ukraine shortly after war broke out, leaving her entire family behind. she thinks all ukrainians have a battlefield now and the stage is hers.
this is bbc news i m lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. brazil s lula vows to rebuild democracy and protect the amazon rainforest after being sworn in, once again, as president. after another wave of russian attacks, nato s secretary general, says support for ukraine, is long term. pope francis pays tribute to his predecessor, benedict, as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church . new data shows record numbers of migrants tried to reach the uk across the channel last year and nearly a year into russia s war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country.
challenge of fixing it. that means action from all of us you, me, families, communities, government. we heard earlier about the latest russian attacks in ukraine. it s almost a year now since russia s partial invasion and millions of ukrainians are still unable to return home, after fleeing the country. among them was a troupe of more than 70 ballet dancers. they are now living and training together at the former royal conservatoire in the dutch capital, the hague. 0ur correspondent kate vandy has been to visit them. moving gracefully around the stage, you wouldn t know these performers had recently fled war. when russia began its invasion of ukraine last year many feared it would be the end of their careers. svetlana was one of them. i didn t have work and i was trying to find a job and then i found this place and came here and i start
it s always better to be with someone who is strong, who is something, than to be on the sidelines. translation: i love kuna and, as you can hear, we will have i as much as our pension allows. meanwhile, experts say adopting the euro will help protect croatia s economy at a time when inflation has been soaring globally since russia s invasion of ukraine. and it s hoped its entry into a borderless area will provide a boost to the tourism industry. it s an important milestone in the history of croatia, the euro and the eu as a whole. emily brown, bbc news. it s almost a year since russia s invasion of ukraine and millions of ukrainians are still unable to return home after fleeing the country. among them was a troupe of more than 70 ballet dancers. they are now living and training together at the former royal conservatoire in the dutch capital, the hague. 0ur correspondent kate vandy has been to visit them.
and nearly a year into russia s war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country. hello and welcome to bbc news. brazil s new president, the veteran left wing politician luiz inacio lula da silva, has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . at his swearing in ceremony in the capital brasilia, he told congress that he will rebuild the country from as he put it the terrible ruins he has inherited from jair bolsonaro. jair bolsonaro is his pre assessor, and usually what would happen is the