for as long as necessary but it is also about sending a message to vladimir putin, that message mean that he cannot count on ukraine s allies support waning as this goes on. what is interesting is that mr zelensky would be once fighter jets. modern fighterjets from his allies and that is something that 0laf scholz does not want to allow. he is one of a number of nato countries who do not that is a great idea. all sorts of objections. some people say the training of staff to use those fighter jets, the maintenance and so one might be tricky, logistically problematic but i think the chief concern perhaps even germany is the idea that they don t want to supply ukraine with a type of weapons they can be used to target russia. ukraine has always said it would not do that but even today,
have found protection here in germany. 0ur citizens here stand in full solidarity to the people who have fled from the brutal attacks. mr zelensky thanked the german government for their support. above all, i would like to thank you, sincerely, really sincerely. and the entire german people for your help, for every ukrainian life saved. i would like to emphasise that germany s help this protection, protection of life, of the people who live there, protection. defence of the people who defend what they have with the help of the air defence so that social life in ukraine can continue. and also, yourfinancial help is very important. earlier, i spoke to our berlin correspondentjenny hill who started by explaining whether zelensky had
live from london, this is bbc news. polls close in turkey in what could be the most important election in the county s modern history. i m anna foster live in antakya where the fate of president erdogan will soon be decided. a powerful cyclone crashes into coastal areas of bangladesh and northern myanmar with windspeeds of more than 200 kph. president zelensky thanks germany for its fantastic solidarity , on his first visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. and could some eu citizens get a vote in british elections?
heard everything he needed to hear. it is a good point. ithink, you know, even as he arrived overnight, escorted by two german fighter jets, mr zelensky cannot have been any doubt about german levels of support. that is because on the eve of his visit, the german government announced that it was going to send weapons worth 2.7 billion euros to kyiv including more tanks, more anti aircraft, anti air defence systems. so he was aware that that support would be coming. he knows that germany has already sent quite a lot after an albeit extremely hesitant start in terms of financial aid and military aid and don t forget, too, that germany has hosted well over a million ukrainian refugees but these visits are all about sending messages, are in and the message, of course, to the ukrainian people has been one of the assurance and that is why we heard 0laf scholz that that support for ukraine would continue
as mr zelensky said he was hopeful that he could persuade germany to join an alliance of people who would provide fighterjets, 0laf scholz, the german chancellor said he would stick to the line and his line is that he is only prepared to supply so called defensive weapons to ukraine. it would be very interesting to be an aeroplane which we think is probably in the area now carrying mr scholtz and mr zelensky to the western city of aachen and they will have plenty to discuss no doubt during thatjourney. the going there because a little later, mr zelensky is to be considered to be a very high honour for people who have made a special effort to foster european unity. polls have closed in thailand in an election that could lead to the end of nearly a decade of military back rule. the opposition is predicted to win most seats, but the military s control of the senate means it might dictate who forms the next jonathan head reports. decision day in thailand. with nearly 70 parties contesting