covid did not get into the nursing homes by people coming from hospitals. covid got into the nursing homes by staff walking into the nursing home. the void we created by not providing information was filled with skepticism and cynicism and conspiracy theories which furthered the confusion. total death counts were always accurate. nothing was hidden from anyone. but we did create the void. and that created pain. he added a new one to the list. he blamed god, he blamed the federal government, and now he is blaming nursing home staff. even state democrats are going after that explanation. one said trash, no one believes you. another said he is trying to evade responsibility. another calling his press conference riddled with lies. democrat assemblyman ron kim let it rip. lying right now to today s press conference about sending notices to the assembly and senate that we knew about the department of justice investigation. we were not informed. we were not told there was an i
cnn international diplomatic correspondent nic robertson in moscow. let s begin with you. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with foreign mini ministers. an effort to project unity among nato allies on the response to russia. what is the plan today? what are they discussing? precisely that. we ve listened to a number of different foreign ministers going into this meeting. latvian,e estonian, lithuanian and the european union stands alongside the united states, indivisible in terms of european union security. that russia, they re telling russia to deescalate the tensions, absolutely standing by behind ukraine. in fact, the european commission president today announced another $1.35 billion of financial aid for ukraine as it goes through this difficult situation and of course, those baltic nations, particularly concerned with learned in the last few hours that the russian neighbors sending 20 warships plus support vessels into the baltic sea. the danish foreign ministe
westwood! we are live on bbc radio 2. the former radio 1 dj tim westwood faces allegations of sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position in the music industry. he kept putting his hand on my leg and stroking my leg and touching my face. running his hands in my hair, like, what are you doing? like, stop touching me. p&0 promises a comprehensive investigation after one of its ferries loses power off the coast of northern ireland. and in tonight s champions league, a feast of goals as manchester city score in the first two minutes against real madrid. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, novak djokovic can defend his wimbledon title after organisers allow unvaccinated players to compete. good evening. as the conflict in ukraine enters its third month, the united nations secretary general has embarked on a diplomatic mission to moscow. antonio guterres took part in talks with president putin, after which the russian leader repeated his stated reasons
is now, back in 1985. goodnight. music: how soon is now by the smiths. this is bbc news, here he was at westminster in february giving the speaker a pilot s helmet. on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. this is what he wants. f 16 fighter jets like these flown by the polish air force. modern warplanes that could give ukraine greater control of the skies. some european countries are ready to give some of theirs to ukraine but they are all made by the us and that means that president biden, who is at the g7 summit injapan, needs to give his permission first. he has been reluctant, fearing it could escalate the war, but now his officials say the us will help train ukrainian pilots and will not stop european countries donating some f 16s. this comes after concerted pressure from european leaders, including rishi sunak, who earlier this week promised president zelensky to gather international support for getting ukraine the air power it needed. but tra
northern ireland but arriving late in the day. temperatures, high teens to low 20s and it will feel warm in the may sunshine and the sunshine is stronger this time of the year so there will be high levels of uv. are out for any level of time might be worth considering suncream. similar on sunday, best of the sunshine in england and wales, scotland and northern ireland cloudy and bright, one or two bits of rain and the temperature is similar, it s going to be quite a one weekend for most of us. nice one, chris, thanks for that. chris fawkes. that s it. more analysis of the main stories on newsnight coming up on bbc two with faisal islam but now the news continues here on bbc one as we join our colleagues across the nations and regions for all of the news where you are. i have a very good night. the economic ascent of china with significant consequences for production of electric vehicles, batteries and microchips. in this new world, does the uk have a strategy? china calls the