fighting and will defend ourselves. johnny depp is due to testify in a defamation trial between him and his former wife amber heard. when into listening. prime minister boris johnson prime minister borisjohnson has addressed parliament and addressed his fine for breaking covid—19 locked in rules. here's what mr johnson said. on the 12th of april i received a fixed penalty notice relating to eventin fixed penalty notice relating to event in downing street on the 9th ofjune 2020. i paid the fine immediately and i offered the british people a full apology and i take this opportunity in the first available sitting day to repeat my wholehearted apology to the house. the opposition leader, sir keir starmer, had this response. what a joke! even now, is the latest mealy—mouthed apology stumbles out of one side of his mouth, a new set of one side of his mouth, a new set of deflections and distortions pour from the other. but the damage is already done. we know for attending a gathering injune 2020. mrjohnson, his wife carrie, and his chancellor rishi sunak aslo received fines for that party. the bbc is aware of three more events that have led to fines so far. the first is that birthday party — on 19june 2020. that's what he was fined for. the second is a civil servant's leaving party on 18june 2020. the third is another leaving party, this time for the former no 10 director of communications james slack. that was held on 16 april 2021. but the met police's investigation is into 12 events in total. so there are 9 more gatherings on the list that could result in sanctions. borisjohnson is known to have been at at least two of these. so in theory, he could face more fines. we will continue our coverage of mr johnson's statement in parliament and the debate that follows but let's listening now to johnny and the debate that follows but let's listening now tojohnny depp who is giving evidence as part of a defamation trial that he has brought against his former wife and the herd of allegations of domestic abuse. they were not based on any species of truth. it was a complete shock. that it would, itjust didn't need to go in that direction. as... nothing of the kind had ever happened. the relationship, there were arguments. and things of that nature but never did i myself reach the point of striking misheard in any way, nor i ever struck any woman in my life. and so i, at a time, because the news of this... her accusations had sort of permeated the industry and then made it through me on social media became quite a global... that say, quote on quote, fact, if you will, and since i knew that there was no truth to it whatsoever, ifelt it i knew that there was no truth to it whatsoever, i felt it my responsibility to stand up not only for myself in that instance but stand up for my children who, at the time, were 1a and 16 and so they were in high school and i thought it was diabolical that my children would have to go to school and have their friends or people in the school approach them with the infamous people magazine cover with ms hurt with a dark bruise on her face —— with ms heard with a dark bruise on herface. and then itjust kept... it kept multiplying. itjust kept... it kept multiplying. itjust kept getting bigger and bigger and so was my responsibility, i felt, kept getting bigger and bigger and so was my responsibility, ifelt, to not only attempt to clear my name for the sake of well, for many reasons but i wanted to clear my children of this holy thing that they were having to read about their father which was untrue —— this horrid thing. and also after many years of being in this industry, at the time it was probably, i had probably been in the industry 30 plus years, 35 years, never had had any problems or anything like that, and i had met many people over the years, many many of the people and had had the opportunity to talk to those people and to even give advice to these people and i'm not... my goal is the truth. my goal is the truth. because it killed me back to people that i had spoken with, that i had met with over the years who may be in not such a great position and they needed advice and i gave them the best advice i could, all i could think of was that those people would... would think that i was a fraud and that i had lied to them. and so i had to wait for my opportunity to address the charges, which were criminal charges, and theyjust which were criminal charges, and they just weren't which were criminal charges, and theyjust weren't true, which were criminal charges, and they just weren't true, so which were criminal charges, and theyjust weren't true, so i felt theyjust weren't true, so i felt the responsibility of clearing the record as the only... the only way that i could get to the point where i could speak has really taken this full six years and it has been six years of trying times. it is very strange when one day your cinderella, so to speak, and then in 0.6 seconds you were was a modem and i... i didn't deserve that, nor did my children, noted the people who have believed in me for all these years. i didn't want anybody, any of those people to believe that i had done them wrong or lie to them of us i was a fraud. —— or lied to them. i pride myself on honesty. i pride myself on the truth. the truth is the only thing i am interested in. lice will get you nowhere but lie is built upon lies and build upon lies. it is too much to cover. i am obsessed with the truth and so today is my, actually, my first opportunity i've been able to speak about this case in full for the first time. mr about this case in full for the first time-— about this case in full for the first time. ~ , ,, ., ., first time. mr depp, how do you feel about the intimate _ first time. mr depp, how do you feel about the intimate details _ first time. mr depp, how do you feel about the intimate details of - first time. mr depp, how do you feel about the intimate details of your i about the intimate details of your life being — about the intimate details of your life being aired in this process? as a life being aired in this process? a father, life being aired in this process? e; a father, raising life being aired in this process? is a father, raising kids, and when they were very, very little, it was important to me, very important to me, to try to shield my children as much as possible from looking at their father or their mum, much as possible from looking at theirfather or their mum, for much as possible from looking at their father or their mum, for that matter, as novelties. i didn't want my children to experience hordes of paparazzi. so i was always a very private person, so for me to come up here and stand before you, or sit before you, all and spill the truth is quite exposing and it's unfortunate that it is not only exposing for myself, it is exposing for my family, it is exposing for ms heard, it is exposing for... it never had to go in this direction. and so i can't say that i'm embarrassed because i know that i'm doing the right thing. mr embarrassed because i know that i'm doing the right thing.— doing the right thing. mr depp, i would like to _ doing the right thing. mr depp, i would like to turn _ doing the right thing. mr depp, i would like to turn a _ doing the right thing. mr depp, i would like to turn a bit _ doing the right thing. mr depp, i would like to turn a bit to - doing the right thing. mr depp, i would like to turn a bit to your. would like to turn a bit to your opening. we had a bit from your sister christine last week but can you please tell the jury in your own words about your childhood upbringing?! words about your childhood whinging?— words about your childhood umbrinin? ., ., , , upbringing? i had a very interesting childhood, one _ upbringing? i had a very interesting childhood, one that _ upbringing? i had a very interesting childhood, one that i _ upbringing? i had a very interesting childhood, one that i thought - upbringing? i had a very interesting childhood, one that i thought was l childhood, one that i thought was normal until a certain age. my mother... was born in kentucky and removed, in which we moved around quite a lot when i was a kid, so you are alwaysjust... my quite a lot when i was a kid, so you are always just... my mum quite a lot when i was a kid, so you are alwaysjust... my mum had this... herfeet were are alwaysjust... my mum had this... her feet were on fire and she had to leave, you know, so we moved constantly so you will always the new kid and that wasn't ever particularly pleasant. they moved to florida, south florida, when i was about seven or eight. and, again, moved several, several times but my mother was... moved several, several times but my motherwas... quite moved several, several times but my mother was... quite unpredictable. she was very unpredictable. she was a... she had the ability to be as cruel as anyone can be with all of us. that is to say, my sister christie and my brother danny and my sister debbie and also my father, so, essentially, she was... she could become quite violent and she was quite violent and she was quite cruel and she... and she... though there was physical abuse, certainly, which could be in the form of an ashtray being flung at you, you know, hit you in the head or you'd get beat with a high heel shoe or a telephone or whatever is handy. so in our house there was no... we were never exposed to any type of safety or security. the only thing that one could do, really, was to try to stay out of the line of fire. i started to be able to observe and i could see or i could start to see when she was about to head into... head into a situation where she was going to get riled up and somebody was going to get it and generally it was me. mr depp, you mentioned that your mother_ mr depp, you mentioned that your mother could be cool. how could she be cruel? _ mother could be cool. how could she be cruel? ., ., , be cruel? there were various categories. _ be cruel? there were various categories. i _ be cruel? there were various categories, i suppose. - be cruel? there were various categories, i suppose. his. be cruel? there were various - categories, i suppose. his physical categories, isuppose. his physical violence, of course, there was physical abuse, to which she was... that was a constant. that was just a constant, you know? we were all somewhat shell—shocked, you know? she would just walk past and you shield yourself because you didn't know what was going to happen. excuse me. and so there was the physical abuse, which was a constant, there was quite a lot of verbal abuse. constant, there was quite a lot of verbalabuse. i constant, there was quite a lot of verbal abuse. i was quite a lot of name—calling and bullying, you know, making fun of whatever defect, you know, one might have, you know, my work, and brother war glasses so of course he was for eyes and his teeth were messed up in the front so he was booked tooth as well. —— four eyes, buck—tooth. my sister christie, this is such a hideous psychological play. my father's parents were quite refined. my mother comes from eastern kentucky, which is where you grow up in shacks and... , , which is where you grow up in shacks and... , _., , which is where you grow up in shacks and... , ,,,, which is where you grow up in shacks and... , , , ,, and... this is johnny depp taking the stand in _ and... this is johnny depp taking the stand in his _ and... this is johnny depp taking the stand in his $50 _ and... this is johnny depp taking the stand in his $50 million - the stand in his $50 million defamation trial against his former wife amber heard. he accuses her of celine his reputation and he is looking for $50 million in damages. he says with reference to any allegation of domestic violence nothing of that kind ever happened and he went on to say i'm obsessed with the truth. we are going to continue listening to what he says, of course, and we will come back to it live as well but we will keep you up—to—date on that. in the meantime we can turn back the big story in the uk. asjohnson has been and has a commons and apologise once more for the fine was he from the police for the fine was he from the police for breaking up lockdown laws. watching the whole thing play out the bbc�*s in watson who are still in the houses of parliament. how did you address not just the apology that receive? the a olo: just the apology that receive? tie: apology was not just the apology that receive? tue: apology was not just said just the apology that receive? tue apology was notjust said once just the apology that receive? tue: apology was notjust said once by the firm instead, it was said about six several dumb except at times and i was a change of tone from some of the previous occasions when potential lawbreaking had been raised in the house of commons by the opposition and by others. he didn't immediately go an attack against the labour leader sir keir starmer. instead he mentioned his humility and humbly apologised and continue to do so when various mps from the opposition benches stood up and called for his resignation so there was certainly a change of tone there was certainly a change of tone there and from his own side the majority of people who commented said that they accepted this was a fulsome apology. one mp actually said he wanted a bit more than an apology and he wanted repentance but there was only one mp, the former chief whip from the conservative side who stood up and call for boris johnson's resignation. he submitted a letter of no confidence in for him the crucial area to focus on is this. did the prime minister mislead the house of commons? in other words, using non—parliamentary language, did he lie to the house of commons when he said he believed all covid—19 rules have been followed when he said he had been assured that those rules hadn't been broken? mark harper said he found it very difficult to conclude that the prime minister didn't mislead the house and that is usually a resigning matter so that certain increased pressure on the prime minister. he is going to be speaking to his own mps within the next hour behind closed doors in the house of commons so he may face more criticism there than he in the commons chamber but, nonetheless, having spoken to some of the mps who are listening closely to the premise on his own side, certainly those who were against him and believe he should go certainly hadn't changed their minds but many others said that they felt uncomfortable but nonetheless now wasn't the time to move against him andindeed wasn't the time to move against him and indeed it was proven very blips on the premise to's part notjust to talk about the fact he had been fined by the police but in addition to that was to talk about the crisis in ukraine and the cost of living crisis in uk as well. again to emphasise people to try to see what happened inside downing street in perspective. this was never going to play well with the opposition so a number of conservative mps had stopped asking further questions the famous term for the last half hour orso famous term for the last half hour or so it was only opposition mps, particularly labour and scottish nationalist who continue to pop up calling for the resign. wright manages quickly before i let you go, a lot of people are looking ahead to thursday and a vote on whether there will be a further investigation into whether the prime minister misled parliament. just help you understand precisely what that vote is. the vote will be held out of all mps. suspend mps from the house of commons if they seem to be breaking the rules and it is up to them to assess whether that crucial question, whether the prime minister misled the house, and was deliberately misinformed alike the house about the partygate scandal. what we should say, though, before people get too excited about this as it is highly likely that that vote will be lost. the opposition a column for that. it is not a government vote and it is highly likely that it will not succeed because, again, speaking to mps tonight, there is certainly a couple of conservative mps he would consider voting for the opposition but many others who are nonetheless uncomfortable with what boris johnson has done see this as a ploy by the opposition and say that they are beginning now to close ranks around the prime minister because there are important local elections less than a month a away and they do not want at this time to shoot the finest in both feet. tan. not want at this time to shoot the finest in both feet.— not want at this time to shoot the finest in both feet. ian, thank you very much — finest in both feet. ian, thank you very much indeed. _ finest in both feet. ian, thank you very much indeed. in _ finest in both feet. ian, thank you very much indeed. in covering - finest in both feet. ian, thank you | very much indeed. in covering that story from westminster. as expected, the show is now focusing its efforts in ukraine on the doublespeak of the country. this was predicted but has continued to happen with multiple attacks. we heard from you can's president zelensky in this. we can's president zelensky in this. e can assess now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive, now concentrated on this offensive, no matter how many of the russian troops have driven that we will be fighting and we will defend ourselves. that is ukraine's president and we also heard from the russian foreign minister. another stage of the separation is beginning and i am sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special direction.- a very important moment of this entire special direction. then the ke areas entire special direction. then the key areas of _ entire special direction. then the key areas of the _ entire special direction. then the key areas of the donbas - entire special direction. then the key areas of the donbas region i key areas of the donbas region marked here. parts of them have been controlled by russia—backed separatists since 2014. then putin recognised them as �*independent�* states days before invading ukraine in february. well — we know that today russian troops have already taken control of a city in luhansk called kreminna. this is the regional governor. under control of the russians, they moved in but our defenders had to defeat because they were holding up the defence for two months and the enemy was shelling every metre of our defence line and everyone understood very clearly that there was nothing to hold onto there. there was no shelter. our men were dying and not being able to hit the enemy. next, let's focus on strategic port right on the edge of the donbas region. it has been under severe pressure for weeks in russia's and that he now says it can of the area marked in red here on the maps are effectively nearly all of the city. with the exception say steel plant. we know russian separatist fighters have been trying to storm it and these are pictures we verified vevey taking place nearby. the steelworks are heavily protected with nuclear bunkers and tunnels and some of the city's last defenders are holding out alongside hundreds of civilians, we believe. so there has been ongoing pressure on the view poll. that is not new but now it seems that very few areas within the city remain outside of russia's control, so a key moment in russia's invasion of ukraine. if you want updates and thatjust behind me here on the bbc newsroom colleagues are updating our life age over time. you can find that a bbc dot, forwards news. i will be back in a couple minutes. —— find on the bbc website. although today has been a day of sunshine and showers some areas have stayed relatively dry, for example across much of east anglia and most of south—east england that haven't been many showers around today so plenty of sunshine. the that have form tended to form to the day little bit further west, particularly across the midlands in central southern england and across the north west, so from northern ireland in north—west scotland we have had the tail end of a weather front here bringing some slightly more persistent outbreaks of rain as you can see on the radar picture. in recent hours, some of the heaviest downpours have started to concentrate across central and southern england working at a parts of the west country and those showers will probably last well into the first part of the evening before fading away probably shortly after midnight and eventually will get there with clear skies developing and it will be a cold night, cold and it will be a cold night, cold and offer a few patches of frost where we keep the clearness of the sky is longest. that takes us onto the rest of the week, really, and we are going to see pressure build to the north of the uk pinning a lot of dry weatherfor the the north of the uk pinning a lot of dry weather for the festive week. however, we are going to start to get some strong east north—easterly winds blowing as the athabascan about an inch together. wednesday, although mostly dry, chilly start with some sunshine we are going to see a few shower postponements again but this time the greatest chance of seeing the shows will be across viking parts of wales was in england. otherwise it should start to feel a bit warmer, highs of 18 in london and 16 in glasgow. that is probably the warmest of the next few days because as we head to thursday andindeed days because as we head to thursday and indeed friday we are going to strengthen east east north—easterly winds and those winds died in a way across the chilly waters of north sea will start to drop the temperature is one some of our eastern coastal areas, 13 or 1a quite typically in some of the highest temperatures further west, cardiff and liverpool are 17. winds again strengthen a little bit more on friday as those winds blow stronger so and go down. in addition to that they will build more cloud around. across eastern coastal areas of scotland and england 11—12 , cool in the wind here, highest images again temperatures will be coming down pretty much because the war dominic bod. we convulsed and to meet a fairly brisk winds, some bite us spells around, for a public survey neither coming from the south of the weekend. —— further outbreaks of the weekend. —— further outbreaks of rain. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been in the house of commons and has apologised for that fine for breaking covid—19 rules. he did not occur to me then or i subsequently attacked a gathering in the cabinet room just before a fighter meeting on covid—19 strategy could amount to a breach of the rules. , , ., ., , , , the rules. russia has begun its attacks on _ the rules. russia has begun its attacks on eastern _ the rules. russia has begun its attacks on eastern ukraine - the rules. russia has begun its attacks on eastern ukraine and claims they struck 1200 military targets. ukraine's president has this message. tia targets. ukraine's president has this message-— targets. ukraine's president has this messaue. ., ., ., ., , targets. ukraine's president has this messaue. ., ., ., . , ., this message. no matter how many of the troon surge _ this message. no matter how many of the troon surge or _ this message. no matter how many of the troop surge or been _ this message. no matter how many of the troop surge or been there - this message. no matter how many of the troop surge or been there we - the troop surge or been there we will be fighting and we will defend ourselves. the will be fighting and we will defend ourselves. ., ., ., ourselves. the international monetary — ourselves. the international monetary fund _ ourselves. the international monetary fund is _ ourselves. the international monetary fund is warning i ourselves. the international. monetary fund is warning the ourselves. the international- monetary fund is warning the worry in ukraine that impact the economy and create a food security crisis. johnny depp is testifying in the definition trial that commenced between him and his former wife amber heard. welcome back to the programme. let's return to the war in ukraine. russia has launched a major offensive in the east of the country. specifically here — the donbas region. ukrainian forces have been fighting russian—backed separatists here for the past eight years. mariupol has been under attack from russian forces for weeks. russia has taken control of parts of the city — but ukraine is still in control of others, just. our correspondent catherine beer—a—hang—gar sent this report from a village close to the eastern front line. the front line is getting closer. this small bomb squad has been called into diffuse unexploded ammunition after heavy shelling. they have to work carefully but quickly. and there are more people needing their services. the quickly. and there are more people needing their services.— needing their services. the enemy has started _ needing their services. the enemy has started deploying _ needing their services. the enemy has started deploying these - has started deploying these munitions in large numbers and quite a few of them failed to function in certain conditions.— certain conditions. from this villaue certain conditions. from this village we — certain conditions. from this village we can _ certain conditions. from this village we can hear- certain conditions. from this village we can hear live - certain conditions. from this i village we can hear live artillery rounds in the distance and this community is trying to prepare itself for april on russian offensive. they are doing their best but this is going to be a difficult protracted war. he was home when the explosion started. from a population of 300 people there just a handful left. it of 300 people there 'ust a handful left. ., , , ., left. it happened at night. it started with _ left. it happened at night. it started with three _ left. it happened at night. it started with three massive i started with three massive explosions. at 6am i got up to work and saw people running around. i saw bits of bombs covering farms. i told them not to go there. sometime ago woman picked one up over there and got killed. to woman picked one up over there and not killed. ., ., , , ., woman picked one up over there and not killed. ., ., ,, ., .., got killed. to date russia confirmed that its long — got killed. to date russia confirmed that its long anticipated _ got killed. to date russia confirmed that its long anticipated assault - got killed. to date russia confirmed that its long anticipated assault on | that its long anticipated assault on eastern ukraine had begun. thousands of troops and heavy weaponry with head towards villages. its campaign to seize the dundas region and attempt to salvage some kind of victory after significant losses in the north. : ., , ., ., victory after significant losses in the north. : ., ., , the north. another stage of this 0 eration the north. another stage of this operation is _ the north. another stage of this operation is beginning - the north. another stage of this operation is beginning and - the north. another stage of this operation is beginning and i - the north. another stage of this operation is beginning and i am| the north. another stage of this - operation is beginning and i am sure if this with be a very important moment of this entire operation. there is a devastating cost to the russian's invasion. maria paul in the south has been raised to the ground. aid agencies say thousands of civilians are trapped here under siege. a few ukraine invoices refuse to let the city fall holding out in an iron and steel plants. today russian special forces began starting buildings nearby. but a russian victory is far from certain in ukraine. let us focus on why that region is so important and what could lie ahead in the next stage of this conflict. samuel cranny—evans is a military analyst from british defence and security think—tank, royal united services institute. thank you forjoining us on outside source. why do you think they russians are putting so much military emphasis on this one part of the country?— of the country? there are a lot of reasons for— of the country? there are a lot of reasons for it. _ of the country? there are a lot of reasons for it. perhaps _ of the country? there are a lot of reasons for it. perhaps the - of the country? there are a lot of. reasons for it. perhaps the primary is prior to the conflict, putin plus plus recognition of the people's republic of china so focusing on dunbas does potentially provide russia with an opportunity to say it achieved its military aims. there is another aspect which is some of the best ukrainian forces are located in dunbas, the best trained and the joint voices organisation is located there safely think back to the demilitarisation it follows that the logical way to try and achieve that is to focus on the best voices that ukraine has available. to is to focus on the best voices that ukraine has available.— ukraine has available. to what extent is this _ ukraine has available. to what extent is this simply _ ukraine has available. to what extent is this simply an - ukraine has available. to what - extent is this simply an escalation of the existing conflict that i stayed in some forms continuing in the east of the country anyway? the ukrainians the east of the country anyway? tue: ukrainians would always regard what we referred to as the invasion as an escalation of the conflict that has always been there. they regard what happened in 2014 as a war with russia rather than a war with separatists in the east of ukraine and they believe that conflicts continued every since and i think there is good evidence to show there have been russians there for the past eight years fighting and leaving the separatists rather than backing them so i think it's an escalation of a previous conflict but one day have backed 2014 rather than the 24th of february. iurui’heh but one day have backed 2014 rather than the 24th of february.— than the 24th of february. when you look across the _ than the 24th of february. when you look across the area _ than the 24th of february. when you look across the area that _ than the 24th of february. when you look across the area that russia are | look across the area that russia are either controlled or russia support separatists controlled knowledge looking to expand further in the dunbas region, what are its main goals and main obstacles to those ambitions? irate goals and main obstacles to those ambitions? ~ ., ., , goals and main obstacles to those ambitions?— ambitions? we have to be very careful in _ ambitions? we have to be very careful in terms _ ambitions? we have to be very careful in terms of— ambitions? we have to be very careful in terms of making - careful in terms of making assumptions about russia's goals because it's clear that at some point information that's been fed back to the kremlin is not as accurate as it could or should be. so in that sense purely from the russian movement it seems there is an attempt to create what they call an attempt to create what they call a cauldron for the ukrainian forces which is an encirclement where they can pour a lot of firepower onto the ukrainians from all sides. that would seem at the very early stages in terms of fighting in the east and his current phase the likely goal. while this is happening we are reporting on air strikes in a number of different parts of ukraine so presumably those strikes are not for territorial gain at dr for broader military purposes. the territorial gain at dr for broader military purposes.— military purposes. the russians alwa s military purposes. the russians always favoured _ military purposes. the russians always favoured and _ military purposes. the russiansj always favoured and operational depth campaigns so rather than focusing on the tactical elements and men killing men they think about how they can prevent the system from working so that might mean you target a logistics space with your best weapons as opposed to the front line soldiers or command mode so those strikes have been throughout from the 22nd of february at least they been conducting those strikes leading to critical ukrainian national infrastructure and i would expect them to continue.- national infrastructure and i would expect them to continue. thank you for “oininu expect them to continue. thank you forjoining us- _ let's look at another element of the war in ukraine now. we've just heard the latest assessment from the international monetary fund — and it has cut its global growth forecasts because of the conflict. the imf makes bi—annual assessments. let's look at key elements of this latest one. it mentions — unsurprisingly — ukraine — and says economy is forecast to suffer a 35 % collapse this year. also unsurprisingly, it mentions heavily sanctioned russia — where economic output is forecast to drop by 17 %. the imf has also revised its growth forecast in the eurozone to 2.8 percent, down nearly 1% from its estimate injanuary. it says germany — that's europe's biggest economy — will take the heaviest hit, because of its reliance on russian gas. it says every major economy will grow less, but the one with the slowest growth will be the uk — the british economy is forecasted to grow 1.2% next year. that's almost half of the expected growth expected just 3 months' ago. for more on how the war in ukraine is affecting the global economy here's the imf�*s chief economist — pierre—olivier gourinchas. beyond its immediate and tragic humanitarian impact, the war will slow economy growth and increase inflation. overall economic risks have risen sharply and policy trade—offs have become even more challenging. but the war in ukraine is not the only reason behind this. here's the imf�*s managing director again. inflation has become a clear and present danger for many countries. even prior to the war surged on back soaring commodity prices. many banks such as the federal reserve had already moved toward tightening monetary policy. war related disruptions and provide those pushes. let's get more on those predictions for the uk economy now. i want to show you this clip of another economist — who doesn't share the imf�*s predictions. it seems strange that the uk is so much weaker than other advanced economies. and a mention here the uk and there is a mid atlantic position and it's very unusual for economic performance to be very different from the average of europe and the us and i can't really make much sense of the 2023 forecast and i think it's pessimistic relative to the forecast for the us and the rest of europe. to dicuss all this i'm joined by vicky pryce, a formerjoint head of the uk's government economic service and now the chief economic adviser at the centre for economic and business research in london. what is your view of the projection the imf has made for the uk? the uk had done really _ the imf has made for the uk? the uk had done really well _ the imf has made for the uk? the uk had done really well until now - the imf has made for the uk? the uk had done really well until now but - had done really well until now but we have been seeing recently that the growth rate has been slow down anyway so the data was moving into inflation so there's hardly any growth and a lot of inflation and what they are worried about is that monetary policy here and we have taken fiscal policy in the uk met comparison to what's happening in europe everyone else is in fact lower taxes and we have been increasing taxes as we know we have been a bit slow but now we are increasing prices also quite drastically for households in terms of household bills for interesting gas and we have cut interest rates going up whereas in europe which i expect to do better next year they are not increasing interest rates yet so there have been a lot more cautious believing inflation is likely to slow down and we don't need to do anything major whereas we seem to be increasing interest rates. so we've been hit both ways. and interest rates, is brexit a factor? �* ., , ., ., , and interest rates, is brexit a factor? �* ., ., , ., ., factor? brexit has already had an im act on factor? brexit has already had an impact on inflation. _ factor? brexit has already had an impact on inflation. that's - factor? brexit has already had an impact on inflation. that's been l factor? brexit has already had an i impact on inflation. that's been one of the issues. particularly we have seenin of the issues. particularly we have seen in times of staff that has increased wages in some places and also discourage production otherwise an effective productivity and we've seen it in terms of trade where trade has been disrupted because the government purpose on office of responsibility which looks at those forecast the government makes on fiscal and economic side is calculating we are now something like 15% less involved in trade than was the case before brexit so that is a hit for the uk economy which is likely to stay for the longer term so if you look at long—term projections what we are expecting is from covid—19 and brexit it will be greater than for europe as a whole and that perhaps may lead to something like lower growth in the future make 4% of gdp and possibly an extra 2% as a result of the long—term effects. an extra 296 as a result of the long-term effects.— an extra 296 as a result of the long-term effects. the pro'ections arechangingfi long-term effects. the pro'ections are changing and h long-term effects. the pro'ections are changing and the h long-term effects. the pro'ections are changing and the uk _ long-term effects. the projections i are changing and the uk government makes a written intended to be a long—term policy and the reason we've increased interest rates tackle the issue of the cost of living and we don't anticipate that being a long—term policy. shouldn't wejudge being a long—term policy. shouldn't we judge the outcome of this in two years or three years rather than assuming projections which slip and slide and necessarily particularly accurate? in slide and necessarily particularly accurate? ., ., , accurate? in the long-term all sorts of thins accurate? in the long-term all sorts of things could _ accurate? in the long-term all sorts of things could come _ accurate? in the long-term all sorts of things could come to _ accurate? in the long-term all sorts of things could come to effect - of things could come to effect growth and affect growth in a negative way for you up so if you are doing a comparative analysis thanif are doing a comparative analysis than if there is an assumption that gas supplies will be restricted because the europeans decide to do so by because russia decides to do something the outlook for europe would be worse than the one that imf is forecasting and they made it very clear in their own assumptions when they publish the latest forecast that that is not in the forecast so the uk could do comparatively better as a result. the consolidation is happening and allow a lot of measures which relax and therefore in four years time we might see when the election we might see the economy doing better than the forecast suggests. it's all possible but on current trends it does not look like the uk in the long—term is going to retain the advantage that we had before and that's a real worry when they are looking at projections ahead. you worry when they are looking at projections ahead.— worry when they are looking at projections ahead. you will be a keen student _ projections ahead. you will be a keen student of _ projections ahead. you will be a keen student of these _ projections ahead. you will be a i keen student of these projections projections ahead. you will be a - keen student of these projections do they have a good track record of getting it right? do these projections and the people go back and assess how accurate they are and how accurate have they prove to be with yellow bus a good question. the truth is projections are being changed all the time. look what happened with our own bank of england and we are in the process of evaluating projections because there are things happening that affect our forecasts so i'm afraid covid—19 meant a lot of uncertainty and this means huge uncertainty again so you look at this forecast and you are absolutely certain that they would be revised again. thank you for your time. we will bring you up—to—date on a few stories including johnny depp and amber heard. he has been testifying. they will hear more of what he had to say. let us hear from moscow now. this let us hearfrom moscow now. this is danny hale. it has been a good morning for the russian army. state tv celebrating overnight strikes on ukrainian positions. every day presenters insist it is an honourable and successful mission to defend russia. and vladimir putin has everything under control. earlier he met his economy team, dismissed the impact of unprecedented western sanctions. the west�*s economic blitzkrieg has failed he said. but mr putin has suffered a humiliating loss. he'd rather you did not see this unverified picture of his flagship on fire after what ukraine said was a successful strike. and he wants you to believe there was no loss of life. officials release this footage of sailors safe on dry land but reports of dead and missing servicemen continue to emerge. the russian war machine continues its assault on ukraine. but near moscow they are rehearsing for next month's victory day parade. the event commemorates the historic defeat of nazi germany. it would be a good day for mr putin to present russians with a victory of his own. there is a sense of increased urgency. of increased aggression. vladimir putin has stated his aim to take the whole of the dunbas region. that leads to big questions. the first can his troops and achieve it and the second if they can would it be enough to satisfy his ambition? this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is boris johnson apologises to parliament, after being fined for breaking covid rules. russia begins its attacks on eastern ukraine — and claims they've struck 12 hundred military targets. president zelensky has this message. apologies, i probably would see a clip of president zelensky but he declared ukraine's intention to resist. we will get more on the bbc news website. let's go to the us now — because hollywood actor is testifying in the defamation trial between him and his ex—wife, amber heard. it connects to allegations of domestic abuse. here is a little of the testimony. t domestic abuse. here is a little of the testimony-— the testimony. i thought it was diabolical that _ the testimony. i thought it was diabolical that my _ the testimony. i thought it was diabolical that my children - the testimony. i thought it was l diabolical that my children would have to go to school and have their friends or people in the school approach them with the infamous people magazine cover with amber heard with a dark bruise on her face and kept multiplying. itjust kept getting bigger and bigger. and kept multiplying. itjust kept getting biggerand bigger. so and kept multiplying. itjust kept getting bigger and bigger. so it was my responsibility i felt to not only attempt to clear my name for the sake of many reasons but i wanted to clear my children of this horrid game —— feeling that they were having to read about their father which was untrue. let's remind ourselves why this defamation case is happening. well it was brought byjohnny depp, after amber heard wrote this article in the washington post — about being a survivor of domestic abuse. johnny depp wasn't named — but he said it was implied he was the abuser. he has denied any abuse. and so he sued herfor 50 million dollars. amber heard counter—sued him for 100 million dollars. the trial is happening here — a court in fairfax county in the us state of virginia. that's because the newspaper is printed there. to win his case — depp must prove by clear and convincing evidence that heard knowingly made false claims. our correspondent david sillito is in fairfax, virginia. we had a little bit ofjohnny depp plus plus testimony about half an hour or go but what have we heard since? , , ., ~ since? the first question i think was the one _ since? the first question i think was the one that _ since? the first question i think was the one that gave - since? the first question i think was the one that gave us - since? the first question i think was the one that gave us a - since? the first question i think was the one that gave us a cluej since? the first question i think. was the one that gave us a clue as to how important this is. it was a simple question. johnny depp, why are you here? and that was followed by a long pause and he began to explain what this was all about. he has been accused of in his phrase heinous and disturbing criminal acts. amber heard's legal team described as graphic, horrifying violence he could make it towards her during their brief marriage. a series of assaults he's accused of bringing against amber heard. all of which he denies and he says yes, there were arguments but never did i reach the point of striking amber heard in any way nor have i struck any woman in my life. he went on to say my goal is the truth, it killed me that people thought i was a fraud. this is about restoring a reputation. he's already been dropped from certain hollywood films and his name known around the planet as being a wife beater. he said he is here simply to assert the truth and prove to the world that he has not struck amber heard. and they are now discussing in some detail his childhood, allegations of his abusive mother, the problems growing up abusive mother, the problems growing up moving around from place to place. in order to establish what his personality is like and what his attitudes towards violence and disharmony are. so we are expecting him to be on the stand all day today and the next day or so when cross academic —— examination begins. it’s academic -- examination begins. it's not academic —— examination begins. it's not enough forjohnny depp to assert that it's not true, he needs to prove that amber heard knowingly said something that was not true and thatis said something that was not true and that is a harder thing to do. have we seen any evidence of how he's planning to do that? it is we seen any evidence of how he's planning to do that?— planning to do that? it is a steep hill to planning to do that? it is a steep mu to climb. — planning to do that? it is a steep hill to climb. yes, _ planning to do that? it is a steep hill to climb. yes, he has - planning to do that? it is a steep hill to climb. yes, he has to - planning to do that? it is a steep| hill to climb. yes, he has to prove he did not hit her. which is a very difficult thing to prove. essentially trying to prove the negatives in many ways. and then he has to prove essentially a reckless disregard for the truth. essentially that she acted with malice when she made her article for the washington post. she did not name him but he said everybody, everyone knew who she was talking about when she described herself as a survivor of domestic violence. so it's a great deal to prove but i think what's really interesting and important is over the last five days we've heard testimony and it's been about so much of it is people saying i don't recall, i don't remember that, i did not see that and he realise so many of these people were close friends and they were employees or people who knew the couple well and almost all of the incidents they are talking about happened behind closed doors. the essence of this case is limited the jury believesjohnny depp or amber heard and i think those decisions will be made when their testimony comes to an end. thank you. there is an updated story on thejohnny depp, amber heard trial in virginia on the bbc news website. almost all the stories recover it can get covered online from bbc news and remember if you want further analysis a good place to find it is a twitter account. that's it for this edition of outside source. thank you for watching. he will bring you the latest on borisjohnson's apology in the house of commons and then you russia offensive in the east of ukraine. today has been a day of sunshine and showers and they have been some areas that stay dry for example across the east anglia and south east england they have not been many salaries around today so plenty of sunshine. the showers that have formed have tended to form through the day and it further west across the day and it further west across the midlands and central southern england and across the northwest so for northern ireland and northwest scotland we had the tail end of a rather finds bringing scotland we had the tail end of a ratherfinds bringing persistent outbreaks of rain as you can see on the radar picture. some of the heavy downpour is have started to concentrate across central and southern england parts of the last country and those showers will last well into the first part of the evening before fading away shortly after midnight and they will get there with clear skies developing and it will be a cold night. a few patches of frost where we keep the clearance of the and it takes us to the rest of the week and we will see pressure built to the north of the uk bringing trailer that for the rest of the week but we will see some strong eastern winds blowing as a prince together. wednesday although mostly drier chilly start with some sunshine we are going to see a few shower clouds build once again but this time the greatest chance of seeing their showers across parts of wales and resting areas otherwise it should start to feel warmer with 18 and 16 in glasgow. that's the warmest of the next few days because as he had through thursday and friday we will strengthen the winds and diving across the chilly waters of the north sea we will start to drop the temperatures around the eastern areas, some of the highest temperatures further west at 17. the wind more on friday and as they grow stronger and must be cloudy around. 11 or 12 degrees feeling cool here and give them the windy conditions and give them the windy conditions and my crowded around the temperatures coming down across the board. that weekend we would have those winds with bright or sunny spells around and the may be some outbreaks of rain coming up from the south by the east to the weekend. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm... boris johnson apologises in parliament for breaking coronavirus laws — but says he didn't realise what he did was illegal. it did not occur to me then or subsequently that a gathering in the cabinet room just before a vital meeting on covid strategy could amount to a breach of the rules. i repeat, that was my mistake and i apologise for it unreservedly. what a joke! even now, is the latest mealy—mouthed apology stumbles out of one side of his mouth, a new set of deflections and distortions pour from the other. but the damage is already done.

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