Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped, too. Devolution is not something i have had to get used to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life. Thats the same for a growing number of our citizens. I want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that too often is being asked to Pick Up The Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In wales it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. In adversity, you cant match us. We will be there. Fighting tooth and nail for the will be there. Fighting tooth and nailfor the impossible will be there. Fighting tooth and nail for t
fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
cameron to get on that? i think the obvious question will be over- cameron to get on that? i think the obvious question will be over whatl obvious question will be over what the uk is doing to support ukraine militarily in the coming year. british gave ukraine £2.3 billion each year in military aid, but the current aid goes only up to april this year. the ukrainians have been asking the brits, when for you make commitments for next year so we can plan? the americans have political problems because congress is blocking aid. the europeans have problems because younger i think there will be some pressure from i think there will be some pressure from we i think there will be some pressure from mps. ., . ., ., ., from mps. how much are we going to commit from from mps. how much are we going to commit from april from mps. how much are we going to commit from april next from mps. how much are we going to commit from april next year? - from mps. how much are we going to com
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ukrainian military sources have told the bbc their forces are carrying out a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian occupiers and shifting to offensive actions in some areas along the front line. we ll take a look at claims from moscow that a full scale ukrainian counter offensive has begun. also tonight, we ll head to california where apple is showing off its new products including an augmented reality headset. in the uk prime minister rishi sunak announces that two new barges have been bought to house up to 1,000 migrants. he says his plan to stop small boats crossing the channel is working. we ll ask a migration expert if she agrees. and we ll discuss the huge amount of processed foods in british shopping baskets, and what needs to be done to freshen up our diets. but first the war in ukraine. looks like a significant escalation in the fighting. is this the start of a counter offensive? we ll ask our experts in a moment. first we re going to look