welcomed by air raid sirens. the blare across the city. the summit itself came with new commitments from europe around a half a billion dollars in new assistance, new money to help demine recaptured areas and train thousands more troops and even millions of energy-saving lightbulbs to cut down on energy use of its russian attacks on the grid. what ukraine was hoping for was some kind of a signal their eu membership might be fast trapped. president zelenskyy says his country deserves to start negotiations on that this year. but ukraine s potential membership comes with conditions. one of the biggest is cracking down on corruption. the weeks leading up to the summit were filled with anticorruption raids and investigations and today police announced charges against the heads of two companies accused of defrauding the defense ministry out of more than $3 million. cnn, london. the u.s. has announced that
sandra. sandra: another chilling mystery has peoplecalifornia la celebrating his first wedding anniversary in mexico. his family wants the truth. elliot fell from a fourth floor balcony, but his loved ones say no way. christina coleman is live in los angeles with what we are learning on this. christina. sandra, the lawyer s family says they are devastated by the lack of communication from mexican authorities on this case. they say 33-year-old orange county public defender elliott blare was at the las rocos resort and spa south of tijuana over the weekend to celebrate his first wedding anniversary with his wife. mexican media reported blare was intoxicated and died after falling from a balcony but the lawyer s family is not buying that. his loved ones say they have extensive legal training in criminal law, and that they whole heartedly believe blare was a victim of a brutal crime,
and newly released family statement they said blare was not intoxicated during the incident, don t believe it happened on any balcony, but a walkway outside the front door of the couple s room. they are also suspicious of what mexican authorities have told his wife. they say officials have giving his loving wife multiple versions of what happened. the lawyer s family will use a private firm and independent pathologist to get answers. and an investigator raised concerns of his own who used to work with blare on cases. i m highly suspect of mexican police work. i just hope that whoever did the initial investigation was honest, objective, and they maintained the evidence. blare s family also noted that this couple stayed at the resort multiple times within the past five years, so perhaps somebody was familiar with them. blare s body was found on
protests around here are nothing new for or against brexit, anti lockdown, pro public anger. but the prime minister may find himself accused of stirring up unacceptable behaviour, just when number ten hoped to calm things down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let s get some of the day s other news truckers in the canadian capital ottawa have been ordered to stop sounding their horns in an ongoing protest that has snarled up the city. the loud constant blare of truck horns has become one of the defining features of the movement pushing back against covid restrictions. a state of emergency has been declared in the city. campaigning for presidential elections in the philippines is officially getting under way. the country s millions of voters will have three months to ponder which candidates to go for when election day finally arrives on the 9th of may. among the main candidates are the daughter of the country s notorious outgoing president,
from the good will showed by different faiths towards a defenceless boy in danger. let s get some of the day s other news. truckers in the canadian capital ottawa have been ordered to stop sounding their horns in an ongoing protest that has snarled up the city. the loud constant blare of truck horns has become one of the defining features of the movement pushing back against covid restrictions. a state of emergency has been declared in the city. campaigning for presidential elections in the philippines is officially getting under way. the country s millions of voters will have three months to ponder which candidates to go for when election day finally arrives on the 9th of may. among the main candidates are the daughter of the country s notorious outgoing president, the son of a former dictator and a world famous boxer. the us have offered a reward of up to 10 million dollars for information leading to the identification or location of the leader of the islamic state militant group i