as the fighting continues with no end yet in sight, we ll assess the impact this conflict has had on ukraine and russia. vladimir putin called it his special military operation. it was only supposed to last a few days, a few weeks, maximum, but it didn t go out all according to plan. and the other stories here this lunchtime. a fourth man is arrested following the attempted murder of police inspectorjohn caldwell in omagh in northern ireland. junior doctors in england will take strike action on the 13th, 14th and 15th of march in a dispute over pay. nominations have closed in the contest to be the next leader of the scottish national party. kate forbes, humza yousaf and ash regan are hoping to succeed nicola sturgeon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll bring you the details of the europa league draw, as manchester united and arsenal find out who they face in the last 16. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one live from the ukrainian capital kyiv, where ex
intelligence officials to agree the hunter biden s laptop was filled with russian disinformation and nothing for joe biden to worry about. that s what we re learning from mike morrell s testimony to congress. you know the current secretary of state antony blinken used to work for the biden campaign. morel under oath say it blinken played a role in the inception of that intel memo weeks before the presidential election. house judiciary chairman jim jordan. it was a total political operation. it wasn t russian disinformation. the laptop story looks to be true. the way the then vice president biden did it was made it seem like it was organic. it was choreographed. it was their names and title. it was accurate when it wasn t. that s the scariest thing of all. that letter became the basis for keeping this information from the american people. harris: let me show you an example of what chairman jordan is talking about there and how the current president fits in. we ll flashback
hello and welcome. we begin in northern ireland where final preparations are being put in place forjoe biden s visit to mark the anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement. the white house says the us president is very excited for his trip, which will also take him to the republic of ireland, where he has his ancestral roots. he lands in belfast later today, from where charlotte gallagher sent this report. the us president is coming to town. belfast is really gearing up at the moment for the arrival of us presidentjoe biden. with his presidentialjet, air force 1, tonight. this building is the location forjoe biden s main public event in this trip isn tjust main public event in this trip isn t just about celebrating the good friday agreement and the good friday agreement and the 25th anniversary. it s looking forward to the future of northern ireland and many of the people studying here are part of the generation that don t remember the troubles or perhaps weren t
have occurred in the lastey 18 months we ve moved that wasov joe biden s first sit downed interview in one hundred and eighteen days. and despite a flurry of well, nothing but softball questions from a democratic activist pretending to be a late nighted comedian, biden still struggleia to communicate he could barelyy get words out. he had noo answersword for the economic problems we are a lot worset got today. now inflation is up yet again to an all new forty one year high, eight point six percent. the the cost of food is up ten point one percent. o the cost of housing 70%f rent is up in some places as high as 20 percent. household energy bills are up a whopping nineteen point one percent. and meanwhile the average cost for a gallon off gas has nowd more than doubled since biden took over as president. now over five dollars a gallonev nationwide for the first time ever. remember when he first became president on day one you were only paying two dollars and thirty nine cents f