eurovision fever heats up with 16 countries taking to the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine and confirmation from the british defence secretary that storm shadow cruise missiles are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying the decision would require an adequate response from the russian military. we will hear from of the from the russian military. we will hearfrom of the un s humanitarian coordinator in ukraine but first we have ben wallace in the house of commons. in december i informed the house i was developing options to respond to russia s continued aggression and today i can confirm the uk is sending storm shadow missiles to ukraine, storm shadow is a long range conventional only precision strike capability and it compliments the long range system already gifte
welcome to the program. in iceland european leaders are talking about how to support ukraine and how to manage migration. we ll have the very latest live. also on the programme. we look at the threat of ai artificial intelligence. politicians in the us are trying work out what to do about it. also in the us president biden is in talks right now to try to make sure the country can pay its bills, the so called debt ceiling looms. and five men are found guilty of a huge jewel heist in germany. we head into the world of art theives and priceless artefacts. first to the summit in reyjavik in iceland. these are live pictures that you can see the crowd there for the playing music, it seems a musical interlude right now for the over the last hour we have seen european leaders stand up we have seen european leaders stand up and give speeches and crucially give ongoing commitment to support and stand by ukraine. the technicalities, this is a meeting of the council of europe and h