steel plant in mariupol. defending the black sea port of odesa , but fears grow after the airport runway is damaged by a russian missile strike. politicians in the uk welcome the resignation of conservative mp neil parish, who admits watching pornography in the house of commons twice. the commons speaker, sir lindsey hoyle, calls for radical action to overhaul working practices in westminster. now on bbc news, 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 borisjohnson? 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! t
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 borisjohnson? 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 with presidents putin and zelensky. the us secretary of state and the us defence secretery have been in kyiv. but what have these high level
and the countdown to the commonwealth games, which begin in birmingham in 100 days. it looks like we can fit a lot of people on here so i am sure the atmosphere is going to be amazing and i think we are just looking forward to a good summer of sport. coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester united confirm cristiano ronaldo will not feature in tonight s premier league clash at anfield, following the death of his baby son. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. moscow claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets overnight in what ukraine says is the launch of a large scale offensive in its eastern donbas region. the move marks a new phase in the conflict. ukraine says russia is continuing to move military equipment into the area from russian territory. in his nightly televised address, president volodymyr zelensky pledged to defend the whole of his country. 0ur correspondent danjohnson has more from the western city of lviv. russian firepower on display. in th
fighters in syria. the white house says he blew himself up during the raid on his home in idlib. 13 people died 6 were children. the average energy household could see bills rise by £700. and there is a rare adopting about captain cook s ship in devonshire after it is claimed the wreck has been found. a row brewing. let s start with the latest blow to boris johnson s let s start with the latest blow to borisjohnson s leadership. jack doyle quits, following munira mirza are resigned today. she doyle quits, following munira mirza are resigned today. she said today. it is a reference to the false accusation that sir keir starmer was responsible for failing to prosecute the child abuserjimmy savile. why has the director of communications gone? we savile. why has the director of communications gone?- savile. why has the director of communications gone? we do not have a full explanation. communications gone? we do not have a full explanation. what communications gone?