by hospital emergency departments in wales. in the next hour, we ll also be looking at the situation in scotland and northern ireland. a guitar teacher one of many tenants evicted because of rent arrears during the pandemic despite a promise covid wouldn t leave anyone without a home. and coming up, great excitement at london s natural history museum as an unusual dinosaur fossil is revealed to be the remains of a new ankylosaur specimen. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says more energy firms may go bust over the next few weeks. already one and a half million energy customers are being switched to new, potentially more expensive suppliers because so many companies have gone out of business, including, in the last hour, utility point. it s 220,000 customers have been transferred to edf. the collapse follows a huge rise in the cost of wholesale gas. in a separate development, bp says its experiencing fuel supply issues at some of its petrol stations,
by deporting ukrainians, and targeting civilians. the democratic unionist party says it will not nominate ministers to the northern ireland power sharing executive until decisive action is taken on post brexit trading arrangements. until we get decisive action taken by the uk government on the protocol we will not be nominating ministers to the executive. the boss of scottish power urges ministers to do more to help with rising energy bills. and mps call for more protection for child social media influencers who could be at risk of exploitation we ll hear from one former influencer. good afternoon. president putin has tried to justify the invasion of ukraine on the grounds of national security. in a speech at the victory day parade in moscow s red square, he told soldiers they were fighting for what their predecessors had fought for during the second world war. he also alleged that nato was exploring land close to russia and that he was fighting neo nazis in ukraine. he p
police in paris fired tear gas to disperse protesters after a demonstration turned violent. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m martine croxall. this week, we discuss whether there are any signs of meaningful peace talks in the war in ukraine, we look at the aftermath of the french presidential election and ask where europe goes now, and we look ahead to the uk local elections and ask, could the outcome sink boris johnson? joining us in discussion tonight, here in the studio at long last the editor in chief of the gulf based daily the national, mina al oraibi. bet it feels good, mina, doesn t it? and you get your make up done as well! the bbc s business editor simonjack, hot footing in from whatever else he s been doing today. and dateline s long serving expert on all things french, marc roche formerly london correspondent of le monde and now le point. welcome to everybody. the united nations boss has had talks this week
their demonstration rolling thunder. it comes two months after truckers protesting against covid restrictions occupied the city centre for several weeks. now on bbc news: dateline london with martine croxall. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m martine croxall. this week, we discuss whether there are any signs of meaningful peace talks in the war in ukraine, we look at the aftermath of the french presidential election and ask where europe goes now, and we look ahead to the uk local elections and ask, could the outcome sink boris johnson? joining us in discussion tonight, here in the studio at long last the editor in chief of the gulf based daily the national, mina al oraibi. bet it feels good, mina, doesn t it? and you get your make up done as well! the bbc s business editor simonjack, hot footing in from whatever else he s been doing today. and dateline s long serving expert on all things french, marc roche formerly london correspondent of le monde and now le point