settlement has been taken from the russians. you the russians not being able to make much progress. what they have been able to do, as you can see here is blow up bridges. it s one of three they have blown up. also they can halt what appears to be a counter offensive by the ukryukraini ukrainians. russia plans to cut electricity to finland. they say it s lack of payment. it comes after the country appear to be on the gentlemen of the jury of joining nato which is what vladmir putin did not want to happen. russia warned both countries if they did join. putin discussed the situation with his national security leaders and an exchange of views took place. there was an exchange of views between russia and the united states. im it koicame in form of a phone cl . the assault of the steel plant continues. i want to show you video released yesterday. it shows a ground level view of fighting at the steel plant. we don t know when the footage was recorded . you traveled to the northeas
good evening everyone, i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett, ukraine s president zelenskyy declaring tonight as russia faces another setback, new video shows a russian battalion decimated as it tries to cross a series of bridges in northeast ukraine. you can see the riverbank just littered with russian artillery. artillery and tanks. u.s. official says attacks like this are quote-unquote, frustrating, russian efforts to move troops into the donbas region. and according to the pentagon, ukraine has essentially stalled putin s war plans. they have prevented the russians from achieving virtually any of their strategic objectives thus far in the war. we re also getting new images outside kharkiv where ukrainian forces have pushed back russian troops from ukraine s second largest city. check points and buildings once occupied by putin s forces now back in ukrainian control. meanwhile, in the south, told difficult negotiations are still under way to get out some of the seriou
if i could ask you to stand there, please. thank you very much. in that case, sir, when the crowd has gone, i ll happily escort you out. gideon falter told the bbc how shocked he was at what happened. i think it s time for sir mark rowley to go. he has had long enough to get to grips with the situation, to get his police force under control, to tell his front line officers, don t worry, we are going to send enough police to back you up so that you can make the right decisions. and instead, he hasn t done that. and because of that, he has to go. the time has come. a little earlier our reporter angus crawford outlined the pressure now lying upon the met police commissioner. well, it s been very interesting. here in london, since the 7th of october attacks and israel s response, if you like, the politics of the middle east has been played out on the street every weekend with demonstration and counterdemonstration. the met police has come under huge pressure to get the balance ri
as a reminder, he was suspended from the conservative party over claims that he misused funds. the times reported that he is accused of receiving funds from tory donors which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off who he called bad people who had locked him in a flat. alex mark menzies. now, to ukraine. we start this hour with ukraine, which has welcomed the 61 billion dollar package of military aid, finally approved by us lawmakers last night. russia says it shows that washington is wading deeper into a war that will end in humiliation. the foreign ministry spokeswoman, maria zakharova, said the aid which includes ammunition and air defences, was evidence that the us wants ukraine to fight to the last ukrainian . the bill will see a $61 billion dollar package for ukraine, package for ukraine, including ammunition and air defences. presidentjoe biden welcomed the deal, which he said would answer history s call . ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky desc
the times reported that mr menzies is accused of receiving £14,000 from tory donors, which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off what he described as bad people who had locked him in a flat. the conservative party has completed its investigation and says it can t conclude that there has been a misuse of conservative party funds. mr menzies has strongly denied the claims. let s get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, who s in the newsroom. could she remind us of some of could she remind us of some of the could she remind us of some of the allegations first? it enters could she remind us of some of the alleaations first? . , . . allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story- allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it first allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it first appeared i allegations first? it was a rather| bizarre story. it first appeared in the times n