we are live in ukraine as the country marks a year to the day since russia s invasion. we have a special report on the battle for one strategic town. a t20 world cup semi final. on bbc london: a year after the war in ukraine began and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. harry brook breaks another test record to put england on top in the second test against new zealand. action for three days, it s got a pretty difficult to deal with across the nhs. there will be other parts of the nhs taking industrial action in march. there will also be ambulance worker strikes on 6th march, 8th march, 20th march involving three separate unions. there is no strike action in scotland after a higher pay offer and some unions are considering an offerfrom the welsh and some unions are considering an offer from the welsh government. the royal college of nursing is in talk with ministers about pay in england. but no news yet on how that is progressed. thank you. pol
and the other main stories on tonight s programme. junior doctors in england announce three consecutive days of strikes in march over pay it will affect both routine and emergency care. and a third candidate slips in before the deadline to run to succeed nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. on bbc london, a year after the war in ukraine began, and coming up on the bbc news channel: a semifinal shock as england lose to south africa at the women s t20 world cup and the hosts go through to play australia on sunday. good evening. welcome to the ukrainian capital kyiv, where exactly one year ago today, before dawn, the people of this city were woken up by the sound of air raid sirens, signalling russia s invasion. what s followed has been a year of tears and savagery, defiance and hope. many thousands have died. we ve seen the worst fighting and refugee emergency on european soil since 1916. there s world food insecurity, a major energy crisis and rising global infl
chancellor s budget tomorrow as new figures show wage rises are no longer accelerating. the neonatal nurse accused of the murder and attempted murder of babies a court hear how a consultant raised concerns with hospital bosses, which were ignored. we ll report on why some well known cough medicines sold behind the counter at pharmacies have been withdrawn from sale. and some 36,000 people turned up for the opening day of cheltenham. we ll bring you the latest on the horse racing action. andy murray faces a man he mentored, and emma also aims to reach the fourth round. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a 22 year old woman has been jailed for eight and a half years for making up a series of false rape allegations. eleanor williams posted pictures of herself on social media with injuries she claimed were from being beaten, abused and trafficked by asian men. in fact she had inflicted the wounds on herself using a hammer. the court heard that the three me
describe their suffering. i ve got complex ptsd from it all, i ve had mental health problems from it all, i tried ending my life because of it all, i couldn t have a bond with my son when he was first born because of it all. storm freddy, one of the strongest storms recorded in the southern hemisphere, has now hit malawi causing more than 100 deaths. and in tonight s football, manchester city recorded a convincing 7 0 win against rb leipzig. erling haaland scores five goals. and coming up on the bbc news channel. constitution hill remains unbeaten in the victory of the champion hurdle on day one of the festival! good evening. on the eve of the budget the first to be delivered by the chancellorjeremy hunt there s expected to be a significant expansion of free childcare provision in england. it s part of a strategy to get more people back to work given the shortage of staff in some key sectors. scotland, wales and northern ireland are expected to receive equivalent levels o
international waters. stock markets in europe and the us rebound after days of turmoil between police and supporters of the opposition leader, imran khan, as they try to arrest him at his home. we start in the us, where washington has summoned ambassador after a russian jet fighter collided with an american drone over the black sea. the us military s european command says the russian fighter plane struck the propeller of the unmanned us aircraft, causing it to crash. president biden has been briefed about the invasion of ukraine more than a year ago. the bbc s gary o donoghue is in washington, dc. lets bring you some details of this incident that have been revealed in the statement from we have just heard from pentagon press secretary and just the last few minutes. press secretary and “ust the last few want few minutes. at approximately 703 one of the russian aircraft - one of the russian aircraft struck the propeller of the m 29, causing us forces to have to bring the down