Know we must ask ourselves and all of our allies, what more can we do, what more ammunition can be provided, what extra production can we invest in, what weapons do we have to help the ukrainians in this fight . And we have been discussing this today. And there is the question about what we can do in terms of medium and longer range missiles. I make this point, because it is a sovereign decision for every country, but in terms of what britain has done, i know what we have given to the ukrainians has helped them resist this appalling invasion and fight back against russian aggression. In ukraine itself, Russian Forces are advancing in the east, and many who live there are packing their belongings, and moving away. Ukraine says its forces are holding on, but in the Donetsk Region, several villages have been captured after invading forces took the town of avdiivka, and there are fears more settlements could follow. James waterhouse has been to meet families living just behind the frontlin
A member of this alliance. But even once that decision was made, none of this was easy, none of this was obvious. It has taken nearly three years of tireless diplomacy, together with extraordinary Secretary General of nato to achieve ratification by every nato member. Again, the determination of swedens leadership, the extraordinary diplomacy it has exerted, making sure every question was answered, every challenge met, every obstacle overcome, that is what brought us to today. Now, some doubted we would get here, we never did. Here we are. This of course is also built on an extraordinary foundation of partnership between sweden and nato that goes back many years. Sweden has long been an active partner with nato allies, training together, exercising, working together. Fundamentally, the reason this is such a strong powerful fit is because sweden embodies and promotes the core values that are at the heart of nato. Democracy, liberty, the rule of law. And it also brings unique capabilitie
Dutch side ajax at home to aston villa. Villa manager unai emery aiming to add the Europa Conference League to his four Europa League titles with sevilla and villarreal. India ended day one of the fifth test in dharamshala on top after england won the toss and elected to bat. England started brightly, with Opener Zak Crawley Making 79 taking his total runs in the series to over 400, before he became one of five wickets for kuldeep yadav. He also took the scalp Ofjonny Bairstow on his 100th test, out for a rapid 29 off 18 balls. Ravichandran ashwin also playing in his 100th test took the remaining four wickets, as england slumped to 218 all out. In reply, india reached stumps on 135 1, Trailing Byjust 83. Captain rohit sharma with an unbeaten half century so far. England do have the wicket of danger man yashasvi jaiswal, but not before he made his 50 to become the fastest indian batter to score 1,000 test runs. India, remember, with that unassailable 3 1 series lead. A disappointing day
the new reign of king charles which began yesterday and is expected to began yesterday and is expected to be true to the constitutional path followed so loyally by queen elizabeth, though charles s views on some issues of public debate have of course been clearly expressed in the past. he comes to the throne at the age of 73 having served a record period as prince of wales. our special correspondent alan little assesses charles s life and work so far and the challenges ahead as monarch. it has been a long journey to the throne. at an age when most of us have retired, he assumes the role for which he has been preparing for much of his life. her royal highness - the princess elizabeth, duchess of edinburgh, with safely delivered l of a prince at 9:14pm. thatjourney began in i9lr8 when the country was recovering from a devastating war. the monarchy had come to symbolise the nation s wartime sacrifice and resilience. will you come to the utmost of your power, maintain in the unit
Cancelling the last Administration Com Pletely Cancelling the last administration completely one sided deal with cuba. And hes one of the political giants of modern european history. Germanys longest serving chancellor, helmut kohl, dies at the age of 87. Could ronaldo be getting rid of real . The bbc learns hes so upset at being accused of tax fraud, he wants to leave madrid. Hello and welcome to world news today. Police say that at least 30 people are now confirmed to have died in the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in west london. The bbc understands that the total number of people who are dead but the bbc understands that many more people are missing. There is growing anger at the way the authorities have dealt with the aftermath of the fire earlier around 500 protestors stormed kensington town hall. Some protestors then moved to the centre of london, and staged a sit in at oxford circus, in the heart of londons west end, and just a few hundred metres from this building. With the