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children s books are to be printed in their original form after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. president biden has ruled out sending f 16 fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility. james waterhouse reports from kyiv on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down on ukraine. air raid siren. a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world looked on. 150,000 russian troops moving in from three directions. ukraine s leader had offers to leave. but he stayed. ..and is still here. this is a bittersweet day for ukraine, a reminder of remarkable survival and extraordinary loss. i kindly ask everyone to obs
of trade. the indian capital has been spruced up and security stepped up. my colleague is there tracking the summit and we got a preview. here in delhi, the countdown to the 620 leaders summit has begun. earlierthis the 620 leaders summit has begun. earlier this morning when i was coming into the centre of delhi from the airport i saw at least 100 billboards with prime minister modi right in front and centre welcoming delegates into the country. this is clearly a big deal for india country. this is clearly a big dealfor india and the country. this is clearly a big deal for india and the city of delhi has been sent into a public holiday with security beefed up and traffic completely restricted for the event. there is a lot that these leaders will have on their agenda over the weekend. everything from climate finance to debt relief for some of the world s poorest countries to things such as regulation of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency is
takes place in scotland. there have been attacks in mali where a riverboat and military base have been targeted. hello, i m ben thompson. this is bbc news now. we start with news that the head of london s metropolitan police says the force is investigating whether staff at wandsworth prison helped the terrorism suspect daniel khalife escaped on wednesday morning. so mark rowley said the break out was clearly preplanned, and described it as extremely concerning. he escaped to the underside strapped to the underside of a delivery truck. the search is now into its third day, with no confirmed sightings of khalife. 2500 acres. it is london s largest royal park, and this morning, police confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. 0n confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. on day three of manhunt. residents said it had been a noisy night as the area was searched. some 150 officers have now been deployed trying to locate former soldier daniel khalife, still on the r
an auction of renewable energy ends with no buyers for offshore wind farms, dashing the hopes of decarbonising the uk s electricity production. today marks one year since the death of queen elizabeth the second and the moment the reign of king charles iii began. always lovely to see you, particularly on occasions like this. we ve been watching the salute this morning. they mark two things, they mark the passing of the queen, but they mark a big, bold era in this country. it they mark a big, bold era in this count . , , ., ., country. it is quite strange for me bein: country. it is quite strange for me being back country. it is quite strange for me being back in country. it is quite strange for me being back in here country. it is quite strange for me being back in here one country. it is quite strange for me being back in here one year - country. it is quite strange for me being back in here one year on . country. it is quite strange for me l being back in here one