honouring european unity. he has landed in france, off the plane and into a car and he is heading off for dinner with emmanuel macron and we are told he will be talking about the humanitarian support that france can offer and reaffirming the military support that president macron has already agreed to. we heard earlier he gave a speech in aachen in germany where he received this prize pot european union, where he called germany a true friend in the fight against russia. he was also in italy before that where he met prime minister giorgia meloni and she also said italy would support ukraine as long as necessary and he also got to meet the pope whilst in italy as well, who said he was praying for ukraine. a lot of promises for support in the last few days from germany and italy and this is exactly what president zelensky once, he wants to show russia that the international support he has been enjoying for the last few days is continuing and there is no sign of it waning ahead o
slows in the uk for a second month in a row, but remains close to a ao year high. there is still a long way to go in the battle against inflation for families up and down the country who are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17% and that is causing a massive hike in the cost of the weekly shop. philippinejournalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa is cleared of tax evasion charges. in tennis defending men s champion rafa nadal is out of the australian open at the second round stage after defeat by american mackenzie mcdonald. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in ukraine have told the bbc that the country s interior minister denys monastyrsky and his deputy are among at least 18 people who ve been killed in a helicopter crash in a suburb of kyiv. there were nine people including mr monastyrsky aboard the helicopter. some of those killed were on the ground. the regional governor said the aircraft came down near a kin
Commensurately. there was a time at the end of last year where france was being criticised as well but not exactly being forthcoming with its offers arms but that has changed. there is plenty going in that direction and there may well be more today. because the situation is much clearer think, today. because the situation is much clearerthink, because today. because the situation is much clearer think, because the world, at least in the western world, regards putin quite unequivocally as an aggressor and this is a war to be won by zelensky, i think the picture is much clearer and easierfor both sides to navigate. and now france is quite clearly without question up there among the top allies of ukraine. ~ ., ., ,., . ., ukraine. we are hearing so much at the moment ukraine. we are hearing so much at the moment about ukraine. we are hearing so much at the moment about this ukraine. we are hearing so much at the moment about this apparent - the moment about this apparent counteroffen
One of turkey s most critical elections, which will decide if president erdogan should remain in power after 20 years. president erdogan faces his biggest challenge yet, with turkey in the midst of soaring inflation, and the country still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. his main rival is kemal kilicdaroglu, who is backed by a broad opposition alliance and has promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by the president. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. i don t think we can actually hear from herjust yet. joining me live is our correspondent silin girit at the opposition republican people s party headquarters in istanbul. our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, is in the t
For eight games by the nba. and that s all the sport for now. thank you, you made it through without interruption from president zelensky! almost look like you had a french guard of honour for the sports bulletin. but back to the elysee palace in paris where we are waiting to see president zelensky of ukraine arrive to meet french president macron. he has been in germany earlier and he landed about 20 minutes ago and that we can bring in our paris correspondent hugh schofield. while we are talking we have the pictures above the elysee palace so if anything happens we will not miss it. just to say, this is his second visit to france, president zelensky, so took us through what relations are like between the two countries and what sort of support ukraine has enjoyed from france over the last year also?