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good evening and welcome to bbc news. a senior conservative mp says the uk must do more to support ukraine, as russian troops mass along its border. tobias ellwood, who chairs the commons defence committee, says he thinks an invasion could now be imminent and that president putin is taking full advantage of a weakened west . russia has denied it s planning an invasion. but the us has delivered 90 tonnes of what it calls lethal aid to ukraine the first shipment since a fresh promise of assistance from president biden. in a few mins, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a round up of the day s top stories including the latest from our correspondent in kyiv. but earlier i spoke to the economist s russia and eastern europe editor arkady ostrovsky. i began by asking him whether he agreed that an invasion was imminent. well, to be honest with you, i must say i do not think anybody really knows what vladimir putin is going to do when he is going to do it. there i ....
former governor of california arnold schwarzenegger is involved in the multicar pile up on sunset boulevard in los angeles. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a senior british government lawmaker mp says the uk must do more to support ukraine as russian troops gather at its border. tobias ellwood, who chairs the commons defence committee, said he thought an invasion was now imminent and that president putin was taking full advantage of a weakened west . russia has denied that it s planning an invasion. but the us has delivered 90 tonnes of what it calls lethal aid to ukraine, the first shipment since a fresh promise of assistance from president biden. james waterhouse reports now from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the friendship of nations arch, built by the soviets to celebrate the closeness between russians and ukrainians. that crack was painted on by activists a few years ago as relations between the two countries deteriorated. ....
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by the senior tory mp tobias ellwood. soaring energy bills. a large part of the rise in the cost of living. we ll look at where help is being provided. school s not out in wales, with a trial to lengthen the school day by five hours a week. and the start of the winter olympics torch relay heralding the official start of the games in two days time. and coming up on the bbc news channel: how green is your club? how tottenham and liverpool find themselves top of football s sustainability table. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government is this lunchtime announcing its plans to close the gap between rich and poor areas of the country, as part of its so called levelling up agenda. the policy, which the prime minister has described as a defining mission, will take until 2030 to deliver, and aims to tackle regional inequalities and help overlooked communities. there are 12 missions or targets which include. increasing regional devolution with plans t ....
pippa crerar and daily mail columnist sarah vine. hello and welcome. at the 2019 election, borisjohnson captured a slew of northern constituencies in england with the promise to level up the country. the government said it would rebalance the economy, share the prosperity of london, to address long standing underinvestment in the regions. and now we have the policy, a bill published today by the levelling up secretary michael gove which, finally, spells out how they aim to achieve it. this white paper lays out a long term economic and plan to make opportunity more equal. it shifts power and opportunity towards the north end midlands, scotland, wales and northern ireland. it guarantees increase investment in overlooked and undervalued communities. in research and development, in education and skills, and transport and broadband, in urban parks and decent homes, and grassroots ports and local culture and in fighting crime and tackling anti social behavior. it gives loca ....