over the years we ve had long discussions about what happens around the way. it was very difficult. you don t repair a relationship overnight but i think we are in a very different place. how difficult and different was it to deal with rishi sunak to somebody like borisjohnson? the to deal with rishi sunak to somebody like boris johnson? like boris johnson? the former prime minister was like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not the like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not the easiest, - like boris johnson? the former prime minister was not the easiest, and - minister was not the easiest, and i ve been diplomatic, but what you have to look at is not the past but the future, but also i think the uk realises, as we do, that we are not alone when it comes to dealing with the horrors of climate change and dealing with russia. we are united and working together. i think that realisation that we ca
a type of dementia. and stars gather for a fashionable farewell. a memorial is held in london for dame vivienne westwood, who died in december aged 81. hello and welcome to the programme. next week marks the first anniversary of russia s invasion. ahead of that, ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has warned belarus against helping a renewed russian offensive. speaking to our world affairs editor mr zelensky said such a decision would be a big mistake. the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko, says he s prepared to let moscow launch attacks again from his territory. here sjohn simpson, and a warning there are flashing images in his report. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed and deeply tired, but there s a definite spring in his step. compared with the last time i met him, four months ago, he seemed a lot more confident, even though russia may soon unleash a new onslaught. translation: they are coming from several directions - and we understand it but we a
there was a time, before the war in ukraine, when europe thought about its place in the world, and how it could become less dependent on the united states. as washington turned inwards, and administrations refocused us foreign policy towards asia, france and germany talked about the need for strategic autonomy . but today in warsaw, at a meeting of the bucharest 9, it was the american president sat at the head of the table. all nine members of this group were part of the former soviet union or the defunct warsaw pact. the commitment of the united states to nato, i ve said it too many times, i ll say it again, is absolutely clear. article five is a sacred commitment the united states has made. we will defend literally every inch of nato, every inch of nato. and this is an important moment. i look forward to the discussion, the next steps we can take together and to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. because what literally is at stake is notjust ukraine,
After 18 arduous months, ukraines conscripts and wounded wage a war with no end in sight. In our third film this week from the ukraine war, mark is on The Front Line in the east where the conflict seems to go on without end. Also tonight, amid the rwanda refugee row, could the uk really leave the European Convention on human rights that churchill helped to found . The Home Secretary Suella Braverman this week floated the idea, apparently with the approval of number 10 . Its extremely unlikely that the government is going to withdraw from the echr. If you look at the judgements of the Supreme Court and indded of the Supreme Court and indeed the court in strasbourg, they have said rwanda is legal in principle. The defeats the government has suffered are on technical grounds. We discuss this and the battle for the soul of the Conservative Party ahead of its conference. And sir michael gambon, bafta and Olivier Award winner, with roles from Professor Dumbledore to the singing detective, di
in london on wednesday morning. in the last hour, we re learned that he was accused of trying to gather information which might be useful to an enemy. and we understand that the enemy referred to is iran. we ve also learned that mr khalife was due to stand trial in november. so far, he remains at large, despite a country wide search, and additional security measures being put in place at ports and airports. more on that in a little, but now, let s look at some of the key questions arising from the escape. here s our analysis editor, ros atkins, who has been looking at the key questions arising from the escape. a terror suspect has escaped from prison. this is daniel khalife. he s accused of placing fake bombs at a military base while he was a soldier. and these are some of the questions we have about his escape. first of all, when did it happen? well, just before 8:00 on wednesday morning, from wandsworth prison in south west london, which is a category b prison category a