Virginia but elsewhere, especially considering Different Things happening especially up and down the ballot. In the one hand and we Pay Attention to what is happening with the former president , certainly riding high following the decision yesterday from the Us Supreme Court saying that his name shall remain on the ballot. Of course the state of colorado try to use a civil war ever provision to try to remove his name from the ballot citing his participation in an insurrection or alleged participation in a insurrection with the Supreme Court saying states cannot describe that an sway an election so the former president riding high there. As for President Biden, he is fine tuning his message as far as his campaign. We talked about Vice President kamal harris talking about the need for humanitarian assistance in gaza. Kamala harris talking about the need. People in the United States having critical of the Biden Administration for their stance in support of israel and they are warm with ha
all the events so far. on friday, 19th may, according to the sun newspaper, the young person s family complained to the bbc about one of its presenters. on thursday, 6thjuly, allegations of a different nature were put to the bbc, according to director general tim davie. the next day, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. on saturday, 8thjuly, the sun on sunday publishes more details of the presenter s alleged actions. and today, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation is in touch with police, with the met confirming an initial contact has been received. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has answered some of the questions about this case. effectively, if you go on social media this weekend, there have been two burning questions. firstly, has there been a crime that s been committed? and secondly, why hasn t this individual been named? so let s go through these in turn has an
ukraine says russian forces have resumed attempts to storm the azovstal steel plant the final pocket of ukrainian resistance in the city of mariupol. campaigning has ended in france s presidential election, as emmanuel macron and his far right rival marine le pen urge people to turn out and vote on sunday. downing street has confirmed that the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. what lessons have the russians learned from the progress or lack of it of their military offensive in ukraine? right now, russian forces are focused on the east of the country the donbas. and what
there course will be centre stage. and there will course will be centre stage. and there will also be discussion of sweden s there will also be discussion of sweden s membership which you were ust sweden s membership which you were just talking sweden s membership which you were just talking about with frank. the more just talking about with frank. the more visible part of this visit, because more visible part of this visit, because let s face it, rishi sunak and president biden have met each other and president biden have met each other quite a lot since rishi sunak became other quite a lot since rishi sunak became the british prime minister. they met became the british prime minister. they met in washington, dcjust last month, they met in washington, dcjust last month, in they met in washington, dcjust last month, in fact. so the most high profile part of this visit i think high profile part of this visit i think witi high profile part of this visit i think will
you visited washington, dcjust a few days ago. you spoke to us officials, you ve seen their latest assistance package for ukraine $800 million of new weaponry, perhaps some heavier weaponry than we ve seen before, but still nothing like the list that president zelensky wants of heavy artillery, fighter jets all sorts of things which he is not getting. as you talk to the americans and to european leaders as well, do you believe that they will never provide this weaponry or perhaps they ll provide it but maybe, it will be too late? what is your message to them?