A danger beyond ukraine. Translation there is no consensus translation there is no consensus today translation there is no consensus today to translation there is no consensus today to send i translation there is no consensus today to send Ground Troops in an official endorsed and sanctioned manner. But, in dynamic terms, nothing should be ruled out. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that russia cannot win this one. European leaders left a meeting in paris after agreeing to increase funding for ukraine in its war against russia. Mr macron says the coalition will supply ukraine with longer range missiles. He also says france will support a Czech Led Initative to buy hundreds of thousands of Ammunition Rounds from third countries, something france had initally been cautious to agree to. Dutch Prime Minister mark rutte says his country will contribute 100 Million Euro to that czech iniative. While europe promises more aid to ukraine, the prospect of further assistance from the us has
celebrate christmas. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the united states and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold, bringing with it snow blizzards, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died, hundreds of thousands of american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of 45 celsius. from washington, nomia iqbal reports. the bomb cyclone has plunged more than half of the bomb cyclone has plunged more than half of this the bomb cyclone has plunged more than half of this country into sub zero temperatures. from coast to coast it has brought blistering storms, blinding snow, power outages, and can turn boiling hot water into a snow in seconds. the western state of montana is bearing the brunt, temperatures here at the lowest of 50 degrees. residents have
energy bosses have held talks with the government to discuss plans to help customers struggling with soaring bills. ministers are promising more help in the coming months. a british man accused of being a member of the islamic state group is remanded in custody charged with terror offences. and the crisis of local swimming pools. the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. hello. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. a&e departments in england had one of their worst months ever injuly, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted. this is from the latest monthly performance data from nhs england. and the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new all time high. 6.7 million. the ambulance are dealing with the most urgent cases took an average of 29 minutes longer took an average of 29 minutes longer to respond than injune. shadow health secretary wes streeting has told the b
To Lord Of The Dance. Michael flatley on 30 years since that life changing eurovision moment. Good morning. Today in the west it will be fairly cloudy, wet and windy. Further east we are looking at drier and brighter conditions with some sunshine but sao is coming to the south east later. All of the detail throughout the programme. Its tuesday the 30th of april. The Scottish National party has officially started the process to find a new leader, after humza yousaf announced his resignation as scotlands First Minister. He quit ahead of two no confidence votes at holyrood which were due to be held in the wake of his decision to eject to Scottish Greens from his power sharing government. Nominations to replace him opened just before midnight. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. Politically, there was nowhere left for humza yousaf to go. His leadership fatally wounded, not by his party or by the voters, but by himself. And so this admission that his time as First Minister had
canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. let s speak to the bbc s yalda hakim who s in kyiv and has been listening to zelensky speak. as you say, for the last week there has been so much speculation. has this counteroffensive begun, has it not? forseveral this counteroffensive begun, has it not? for several months, we ve been talking about the so called spring offensive, which really has become more of a summer offensive. really, the windows that ukrainians had to push russian forces back. today, as you say, i went to this press conference where president zelensky was holding at the press conference with the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, who was visiting the ukrainian capital. at it, he said when he was asked about the counteroffensive, he said that it has started, but i don t want to give you details. he said he speaks to his commanders daily, and they are in good spirits. they are feeling positive. let s have a listen to what he had to say.