an honour to have you here. thank you very an honour to have you here. thank you very much. my question. in addition you very much. my question. in addition to you very much. my question. in addition to ending the war of course, addition to ending the war of course, what will be your main political course, what will be your main political goals and expectations before political goals and expectations before the next nato summit in washington? translation: | washington? translation: 4 ., , ., washington? translation: 4 ., translation: i like that you say before the summit, translation: i like that you say before the summit, not - translation: i like that you say before the summit, not only - translation: i like that you say before the summit, not only the | translation: | like that you say . before the summit, not only the end of the war but we don t we plan to do until the next summit in nato? i am so happy, because we have similar level of positive mood. it is
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
to death in nottingham say they ve been let down by police after their killer is given a hospital order for three counts of manslaughter by diminished responsibility. russia says missile fragments and black boxes have been found at the sight of a plane crash which has said to have killed tens of ukrainian prisoners of war. nhs consultants reject a new pay offer with 51% of union staying with the issue of capital punishment and according to amnesty international, the number of executions is rising globally, despite many countries abolishing the use of capital punishment. according to the latest figures, in 2022, 55 countries had the death penalty. one of those is japan, where a man has been sentenced to death following a deadly arson attack on an animation studio in kyoto in 2019 which killed 36 people. shinji aoba had previously admitted setting the building on fire. his lawyers had sought an acquittal on the grounds of mental incompetence, but the judge rejected that a
afternoon, and said a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in bournemouth this morning. duncan, what more can you tell us about this? good morning. it had been a glorious day here in bournemouth yesterday. the sun was shining, the beach was packed with people on their half term break. then this incident, this major incident, was declared about half past four when all the emergency services were called. the police tell us they recovered ten people from the water. we don t know if they were swimming or on some sort of vessel. ten people were recovered from the water. two of them, a 17 year old boy and a 12 year old girl, had somehow suffered what they called critical injuries. they were taken to hospital where later they both died. the police tell us that their families have been informed. that they are liaising with their families to help them through what they called this difficult time. the other eight people invo
like lifetime experience, but it s exceeded my expectations. also on the programme: a man has been found guilty of the murder of seven year old nikki allan in sunderland, following a police inquiry lasting 30 years. yet more misery for rail passengers, as train drivers begin a fresh round of strikes over pay. and, why the legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom is tipped to become one of the best selling titles on the nintendo switch. and coming up on bbc news. we look ahead to the women s fa cup final when chelsea and manchester united meet for what could be one of two trophies decided between them this season. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six live from the liverpool waterfront on the eve of the eurovision song contest. the final acts are decided for the city s biggest ever party in fact, a party has been going on for days, and there s been live music all day here in the fanzone behind me. the uk is of course hosting on behalf of last year s winners, ukraine.