protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, who were convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti government demonstrations. the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the latest headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it is good to see you again at the start of a new season of unspun world. we have been off air since december, and a lot has happened since then. the ukraine walk first. back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading, there were fears it would be a bad winter, and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but, ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power, and anyway, the winter was not that bad. now, some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might soon collapse over the next few months. who knows. president xijinping of
support for access to advanced fighterjets and training for ukraine. shortly after landing in hiroshima, president zelensky tweeted that he was expecting to have important meetings with partners and friends of ukraine. he said peace will be closer as a result of the summit. in the last hour, he met british prime minister rish sunak. the two leaders greeted each other with an embrace. asked if it was a good day, the ukrainian president smiled, nodded and said thank you . they had already met on monday here in the uk, where it was announced that britain would send hundreds of air defence missiles and armed drones to ukraine. on the second days of talks injapan, the leaders of the g7 group of advanced nations have issued a statement on a shared approach to promote global economic resilience and to counter economic coercion. they said that any malign actor trying to, as they put it, weaponise economic dependence would fail. the g7 leaders added that their policy was not desi
raised rishi sunak s absence from part of thursday s d day celebrations. respect our veterans, including those with an average age of 100, who were deserted by the prime minister in normandy yesterday, which i think was a complete and utter disgrace and shows us we actually have a very unpatriotic prime minister. it was dreadful. it was cabinet minister and naval reservist penny mordaunt who had to answer for her leader. what happened was completely wrong and the prime minister has rightly apologised for that, apologised to veterans but also to all of us because he was representing all of us. penny mordaunt was keen to take the fight to labour s angela rayner on tax. they are going to put up your taxes by £2000. that s a lie! by £2000 per working household. crosstalk. your government have raised taxes i to the record level in 17 years. i yeah, we have, and we hated putting the taxes up. angela rayner had earlier talked about labour s plan to boost the economy with green i
burns in a fire that killed his younger brother, raises money for the charity that got him back on his feet. the future ofjohn lewis and the high street are there big closures coming for one of the biggest name in retail? how are town centres coping with our new shopping habits? good morning. liverpool march on in europe they brush aside their troubles at home in the premier league, to reach the quarter finals of the champions league. and did the winds were regular slide? wales had its strongest wind gust since february last year. details on breakfast. good morning. it s thursday, the 11th of march. our top story. police investigating the disappearance of sarah everard in south london, have found human remains in woods in kent. the 33 year old has been missing since last week. a serving police officer is being questioned on suspicion of her kidnap and murder. aruna iyengar has more. all along the route sarah took from cut clapham common over a week ago, posters bearing he