our commonwealth, and a poignant celebration of values we hold dear. patriotism, compassion, service. values embodied by her majesty. we thank her yet again. and we welcome her son, thank her yet again. and we welcome herson, king thank her yet again. and we welcome her son, king charles iii, to the throne. the speech was of course already scheduled for september in brighton, but we rightly cancelled our confidence so we could properly mourn her majesty. that does of course mean i have had to postpone the speech for 47 days, or to use the speech for 47 days, or to use the modern unit of measurement, approximately one liz truss. and that says it all, doesn t it? the chaos and incompetence that these conservatives have inflicted on our great united kingdom, all their squabbling, their scandals, their sleaze, it is shameful. this would be unacceptable at any time, but when our country is in the grip of a cost of living crisis, when local health services, when war ravages our con
sleaze, it is shameful. this would be unacceptable at any time, but when our country is in the grip of a cost of living crisis, when local health services, when war ravages our continent, it is nothing less than a betrayal of the british people. has there ever been such a chasm between the duty and dedication needed for public office and the appalling dishonesty and disregard of this government. over the last few months, i have listened to countless people in my constituency and all around the country, people are struggling just to make ends meet. pensioners, shivering at home, scared to turn on the heating. pub landlords seeing their overheads skyrocket, parents making difficult cutbacks, trying hard not to let their children see how worried they are. people need a
families. these children are far from the war ravages their home country of ukraine. the joy on their faces is thanks in part to this woman, meredith we d mere, a mother of three originally from baltimore but living in moldova since august last year. when refugee moms started trekking across the border to moldova with their children in tow, meredith took notice. you can see in a refugee s face when they re here they are startled. we wanted to provide a place for them to get the support. reporter: that idea became the sun flower center. a place where, yes, kids could have fun and hopefully forget about the war for a few hours. but meredith also really wanted to provide educational services and structure. there were some children s classes going on but weren t actually classes. weren t sitting and creating. they were entertainment, with a loud tech no music playing and kids jumping around. they needed someone to hold
millions of people flee the country. now, refugees themselves are also becoming a weapon that s being used against poland. cnn s kyung lah explains. reporter: poland is already waging a war with russia. it s just not the kind you imagine. nearly 2.5 million ukrainian refugees have crossed into the safety of poland as war ravages their country. packing poland s arenas, lining up for government benefits, and sending their children to public schools. these innocent faces are part of vladimir putin s war of mass migration. it s a kind of a callousness that we just don t understand here. reporter: retired arm yu lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is known as a crucial witness in former-president trump s first impeachment proceedings but he was also a child refugee from ukraine whose family moved to the u.s. in 1979. refugees have been a weapon for a long time. russia is used refugees as a
no country has taken in more ukrainian refugees than poland. the u.n. says more than half of the 4.3 million people who have fled ukraine crossed polish borders. but experts say these victims are still being used as weapons by vladimir putin. cnn s kyung lah is in warsaw. reporter: poland is already waging a war with russia. it s just not the kind you imagined. nearly 2.5 million ukrainian refugees have crossed into the safety of poland as war ravages their country. packing poland s arenas, lining up for government benefits, and sending their children to public schools. these innocent faces are part of vladimir putin s war of mass migration.