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would close on the women of afghanistan. lost at sea. the man who survived alone for nearly a month with the help of a bottle of ketchup. welcome to the programme. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. russia has warned that such a move would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondent, jessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have german made leopard tanks to help defend and reclaim its territory from russia. britain has gone first in sending western main battle tanks, but it is a fraction of what is being asked for. hundreds of thankyou are not hundreds of tanks. all of us can use thousands of words in discussions. but i cannot put words instead of guns that are needed against russian artillery. defence chiefs have pledged fresh support. ....
So i mixed it up with some water so i had it with me to survive the 24 days on the sea. elvis s maritime odyssey began when he was repairing a sailboat at a port in saint martin, part of the leeward islands. bad weather swept him out into the caribbean sea, where he tried to use his mobile phone to call for help, but he couldn t get a signal. eventually he attracted the attention of a passing plane using a mirror and was picked up near the colombian port of puerto bolivar. 24 days, no land, nobody to talk to, don t know what to do, don t know where you are. it was rough. sometimes i lose hope. i think about my family. quite the ordeal, quite the survivor. being alone at sea must have been tough, but it was preferable to the alternative. tim allman, bbc news. ....