This is bbc news. The headlines: us presidentjoe biden appears on television from the white house, to explain his decision to exit the presidential race. As the eu tighten economic pressure on the kremlin, we will bring you a special report as we travel with a ukrainian unit on the front line of the battle. The uk government launches its new green power scheme, great british energy, but admits it won t reduce bills overnight. Hello. I m anita mcvey. The international community in the west remain united, for now, on the plight of ukraine. Finance ministers from across europe have called for the tightening of economic screws against the kremlin, they say to prevent the possibility of future attacks on the west. On the frontline, there appears to be stalemate with russia making very limited gains in small pockets in the east. Drones have changed the way war is fought. Quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway have been with one ukranian drone unit on the front. Russia s inva
Pete: welcome to fox friends on this labor weekend. Lawrence jones is hanging out with us. Thank you, pete. We ll let him off the hook with cornhole. We ll do a little later. Will: if you were not watching yesterday, lawrence had incredibly embarrassing moment on fox friends. That was it. Lawrence: can we show the footage. Will: a responsibility has been laid down. Lawrence: it was a nolook pass. We had to go to commercial. This is the real competition. Watch this, this is how i really do it. It went in, second try. You missed it i was celebrating right there. Rachel: what will insisted with the producers get the one you missed in slow motion. He wanted the moment to celebrate you and. Will: i don t think i had to humiliate him. He was doing that himself. Lawrence: i was on the ground doing my job, a fellow texan embarrassed me. Rachel: you know your friend on the show. Will: speaking of embarrassing, president joe biden is taking the weekend off. He is headed to delaware. 200 american
president biden says the evidence appears to suggest that russia is committing genocide in ukraine. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has described the country as a crime scene. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. what will it take to end the waeradimir putin initiated in ukraine? in military terms, russia now seems intent on a grim campaign of attrition in the east and south, a strategy which is already taking a terrible human toll. could economic isolation inflict enough pain to force the kremlin to reconsider? well, my guest is exiled russian economist sergei guriev. is moscow outmanoeuvring the west when it comes to sanctions? sergei guriev, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. and if i may, i m going to start with some of your very own words because recently, you wrote, the only way to stop putin is to deprive him of the financia
putin s persecution. hello and welcome. russian state media are reporting that the most important ship in russia s black sea fleet, the moskva missile cruiser, has been badly damaged after ammunition on board blew up causing a fire. the moskva is the flagship of russia s black sea fleet. quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause of the fire was being investigated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles, but this has not been confirmed. i m joined now by sam lagrone, who is the editor of the united states naval institute news. thanks for being on the programme. this is a significant development are setback for the russian military? setback for the russian milita ? , , military? this might be the most spectacular military? this might be the most spectacular ship - military? this might be the most spectacular ship loss| military? this might be the i most spectacular ship loss in the blac
announcement that he will run for president again. that will likely happen today. that action 70% of americans say they do not think he should run. half of those say that his age is a major reason why they feel that way. take a look at the wall street journal today. this widely read piece. on biden s age, asking the country to elect him is a risky act that borders unselfish. it s impossible to know mr. biden s real physical and mental state because the white house goes to great lengths to hide it. his decline is clear to anyone that is not willfully blind writes the editorial page in that opinion piece in the wall street journal. here we always look at presidents then and now. it is a job that takes its toll. you take a look at these two general mow from the debate stage and then within the past year. watch. i will take care of this. ly end this. i will make sure we have a plan. auto yeah. clept martha: okay. there s a lot of moments like that. we didn t pick