been talking to nick. we have worked hard over the last two years to deliver the progress that has now been secured and it will bring real change. also tonight: on a so called hit list and fearing for their lives a group of british sikh activists ask the government for protection. sima has the exclusive story. and we ll talk live to the conservative chair of the foreign affairs select committee about foreign threats to british citiziens, and to the leader of the uk support group for india s ruling party, about the accusations. and i m in kyiv with ukraine s foreign minister has been talking to us about his country s challenges in the fight now against russia. and, thousands of women taking an anti epilepsy drug have given birth to babies with disabilities because they weren t warned about the dangers. tomorrow new restrictions on who can be prescribed sodium valporate come into force. we ll talk to a mum of four grown up children all born with disabilities after she w
nothing as windy as we saw earlier on in the week. that hello. ukraine doesn t deny shooting down a russian plane inside russia, killing we re told, ukranian prisoners. 700 days in how dangerous a moment is this? our defence editor, mark urban, is here to explain the significance. ukraine nears the second anniversary of russia s invasion full of uncertainty has western commitment faltered? and how much more can they send even if they want to? we ll ask a ukrainian mp and the former us ambassador to nato. coming up. what do the post office scandal, me too, newsnight s investigation into university hospitals birmingham foundation trust and the tavistock gender identity clinic have in common? all featured whistleblowers and some of them weren t protected by the law that s supposed to keep them safe. time for a new whistleblowers bill, say these two women. we ll talk to the chair of the parliamentary group on whistleblowing and the head of whistlebowers uk in ten minutes. a
the vote to come in. we expect donald trump to be the winner. we are standing by to hear donald trump speak about his victory. we heard from nikki haley a short while ago. here is a little bit of what she said. the other day, donald trump accused me of not providing security at the capitol on january 6. i have long called for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75. trump claims he would do better than me in one of those tests. maybe he would. maybe he wouldn t. but if he thinks that, them he should have no problem standing on a debate stage with me. tough words from nikki haley. let s go to kristin holmes. i don t suppose there s any second guessing about trump s campaign strategy to avoid all debates or interviews with anybody that might ask a tough question much the gauntlet has been thrown down by governor haley this evening. reporter: it has. i have no reason to believe that donald trump is going to take her up on that offer. i asked about this n
the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat