conservative cabinet minister justine greening and ron christie former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. it has been a fractious few days, nato allies openly criticising the decisions in berlin, the german chancellor refusing to send his tanks, unless the united states also had skin in the game. but out of delay and a whole lot of diplomatic wrangling, has come a momentous decision. nearly 100 nato tanks, will be sent in the coming month to the front line and the border with russia a move that was unthinkable months ago. we will provide battle tanks to ukraine, the leopard two. this is the result of intensive consultations with our allies and international partners. i want to stress that it is right that we did not allow anyone to pressure us but that instead we relied on close cooperation on the special issue and we will continue to do so. the americans took some convincing. the abrams while readily available, will take longer to ship, they are more compl
the pandemic. this is a story that unfolds in three parts. first, the fraud. just yesterday we learned that nearly 400 department of homeland security employees took pandemic unemployment aid, even though they were working. this is just a tiny fraction of the massive and brazen covid theft that has incurred since the government started doling out billions in so-called relief. the official who was in charge of overseeing the distribution of the belief has called this the biggest fraud in a generation. it was the theft of as much as $80 billion or about 10% of the $800 billion it was handed out in that paycheck protection program. that s on top of the 90 billion to 402 billion believed to have been stolen from the 900 billion covid unemployment relief program, that is a lot of money. the second part of this story surrounds the title wave of inflation but all of this unchecked spending and the fraud actually caused. the adverse effects of pumping trillions into the u.s. economy
hello and welcome. president zelensky will address the g7 leaders at their summit in bavaria today. the ukrainian leader is expected to renew his call for more heavy weapons to help resist russia s invasion. from the summit, here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. they said they wanted to put on a show of unity, after dinner and drinks last night, that s exactly what these leaders did. what matters now is what they do with it. these protesters and barberry are helping keep the war in ukraine firmly on the war in ukraine firmly on the g7 agenda, summit that will be addressed today by president zelensky, expected to ask once again, for heavy weapons. he knows he will only win the war in ukraine if the leaders stay united and show resolve for the long term. what he wants from them is a note of unity and no noises of. one of his biggest supporters as borisjohnson who is urging his fellow leaders to tip the military balance in the favour of care. favour of care. the p
involved, notjust for tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, not just for the tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. barristers will walk out of courts across england and wales in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. nhs patients in england who have been waiting more than two years for surgery are being offered hospital treatment in other parts of the country. have you been waiting up to two years for treatment? would you prepared to travel to another part of the country if it meant you could have your treatment sooner? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i m @annitabbc or you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. and coming up in sport. we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today in
vladimir putin to end his war of choice. in ukraine, a bbc investigation has found evidence of occupying russian forces stealing thousands of tonnes of grain. moscow denies the claim. we ll be live at the g7 summit for the latest. also this lunchtime. a woman has died and a man has serious injuries after a gas explosion destroyed a house in birmingham. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major tells the infected blood inquiry that what happened to thousands of patients in the 19705 and 80s was incredibly bad luck. and the crowds are back at swi9 some tennis fans have been queueing since friday to get into the opening day of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s women make early breakthroughs in their one off test match against south africa in taunton. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would