welcome to the programme. thousands of people are being evacuated in southern ukraine, where the destruction of the russian controlled nova kakhovka dam has caused extensive flooding. but it s uncertain who is responsible. joining me on my panel tonight for the next hour, will be gillian tett, editor at large, us financial times. and nathalie tocci director for institute of international affairs rome. also tonight: prince harry has been in court. accusing mirror group newspapers of hacking into his voicemails when he was a teenager. the new liv golf tour threatened to split the world of golf. now it s going to merge with the existing pga tour. what does it mean for the game? and he used to tell people to vote for donald trump now he s running against him for the republican presidential nomination. we ll weigh up the white house chances of chris christie. we start in ukraine. and let s begin with that breaking news in the last hour that a us official has told the bbc s par
Hello there. An inquiry looking at why some women have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for a Major Overhaul of maternity and postnatal care in the uk. The report, led by a group of mps, refers to harrowing evidence given by more than a thousand women who shared their experiences. It recommends more recruitment and training to ensure a safe level of staffing. Respecting the choices of women around giving birth, and accessing pain relief, and there needs to be universal access to specialist Maternal Mental Health services. A warning, michael buchanans report contains detailed descriptions of Birth Complications from the very beginning. Im bleeding, getting weaker, and theyjust im bleeding, getting weaker, and they just left im bleeding, getting weaker, and theyjust left me there for several hours until someone else came in to clean the room and said, you are still in here for decades, women didnt speak about birth injuries. I for decades, women didnt speak about birth inju
The government has allocated an additional UAH 3.88 billion (roughly US$99.5 million) for further construction of defence lines. Source: Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal on Telegram Details: From these funds, UAH 1.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has assessed the situation in the combat zone as complicated and reported that Ukraine switched from offensive actions to a defence operation in order to exhaust the Russians.
Journalists have visited Ukraine's new defence lines in the country's east and reported on how the northern border is being reinforced. Source: Reuters Details: Reuters journalists visited Ukraine's new defence lines near Kupiansk on 27 December 2023.