Hello, im lewies vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. Ukraines president zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide his country with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called russian terrorists. Meanwhile, there are reports that ukraine has launched Drone Attacks on a Military Airfield in the southern russi
Scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, is insisting he will not resign despite a week pof political turmoil. Heres a quick recap of whats been happening. The crisis began when humza yousaf, who leads the Scottish National party, ended its Governing Coalition with the scottish greens. Both parties are pro scottish independence. Thered been trouble in the coalition about the decision to scrap climate targets, and gender policy issues. Theoretically, mr yousaf could lead a minority government, but he faces a Confidence Vote in his leadership and all the main scottish parties say they will vote against him. There is also expected to be a Confidence Vote in his government. Theres the possibility that a former snp member ash regan who defected to another nationalist party could save mr yousaf. But thats highly uncertain. The big picture in all of this is that the position of the Scottish National party is weakening with uk elections due. And that also has implications for the likelihood of
In the dnipro region in central ukraine and Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment has been damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Its attacks such as these which have prompted more us aid to ukraine. The United States has outlined what will be included in a 6 billion package of military assistance. Its part of a larger 60 billion commitment which was approved by congress a week ago following six months of delays. The package will focus on air defence and includes interceptor missiles, anti drone systems and Artillery Ammunition. Whats not included are the new Patriot Air Defence Batteries, which ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky says are critical. The us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has been speaking about the importance of the aid. The outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. If Vladimir Putin prevails in ukraine, the Security
And scattered showers in the north, but still fairly chilly for the time of year. All the details coming up on bbc breakfast. Good morning. Its saturday, 27th april. The governments being urged to take action to stop unpaid carers unwittingly racking up thousands of pounds of debt. Carers are entitled to nearly £82 a week in benefits, but only if they owned less than £151 in take home pay from otherjobs. As a result, many end up owing money after being inadvertently overpaid. Our reporter Dan Whitworth has the details. Unpaid carers who look after a loved one do an incrediblejob. Often unpaid carers who look after a loved one do an incredible job. Often 2a hours a day, seven days a week, with very few breaks. There lies dedicated to caring for someone else. Of the nearly 6 million carers across the uk, just under1 million receive carers allowance, with about £80 a week. 175,000 of them also have a job, but there is an earnings limit of £151 take home pay a week. Go above that limit
Progress in finding common ground. In the last few hours, its also been announced that americas top diplomat Antony Blinken will visit saudi arabia this week. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel, and omri miran, both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and Us Governments has published in the past few days. Our correspondent anna foster is in tel aviv where families have been gathering to call again for all the hostages in gaza to be released. Omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, look, they have released a v