Ill talk to Tony Blair who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 9 11 and oversaw Britains Entry in those wars alongside its closest ally, the United States. Then an exclusive interview with the president of ukraine. In the Oval Office just last week, President Biden assured him that the u. S. Opposes russian aggression. The United States remains firmly committed to Ukraines Sovereignty and territorial integrity. But after what the world witnessed in kabul, is President Zelensky still confident that america will have ukraines back in case of further russian aggression . Ill ask him about that and his role in that scandal that caused Donald Trump to be impeached. But first heres my take. If you want to understand what islamic militancy is really about, pay attention to this statement last week by the taliban spokesman. China is our most important partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us. Let that sink in and let me remind you that china is credibly
sneezing. and is the uk media obsessed with westminster? we ll be finding out in half an hour in the media show. good afternoon. the group representing health service trusts, nhs providers, hasjoined unions in saying the government s proposed 1% pay rise for health service staff in england is not enough. ministers have defended the rise, saying the pandemic had placed unprecedented strain on public finances. here s our political correspondent, jessica parker. pulling up, a very public row about this week s i% pay offer, with claims an increase of 2.1% had been baked in as part of a longer term settlement. which is actually enshrined in an act of parliament, so we ve got a really strong legal basis here to say that that the pay rise was there. obviously, that was all set out pre pandemic, but actually the pandemic really only enhances the case for a pay rise for nhs staff. an nhs funding boost was enshrined in law, say the government, but not figures on pay. its proposal will
overnight, back into northern ireland and southern scotland the rain will track north. now to the north of that band of rain it could be quite chilly for a while in northern this programme continues on bbc one. published by michael gove tomorrow help stamp out extremist ideologies, as it claims? since october 7th, anti semitic and anti muslim hate cases have soared. the government says its new more precise defintiion of extremism will tackle the ever evolving threat of such behaviour in our country. will it? we ll ask the secretary general of the muslim council of britain and the policy director of a think tank called the counter extremism group which works closely with mps. also tonight, the labour leader drills down on the tory party being bankrolled , as he put it, by a businessman who reportedly said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. meanwhile, there are growing calls for labour to restore the whip to ms abbott. we l
he shared with so many. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with a warning from law enforcement. we do not know where he is. those chilling words minutes ago from the top fbi agent in san jacinto county, texas, about this man, 38-year-old francisco orapeza. he has been the focus of a desperate manhunt since friday night. that s when neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle in his front yard because they were trying to get a baby to go to sleep. police say orapeza entered their home and began shooting. an 8-year-old boy was among the five neighbors slaughtered almost execution-style in the words of the sheriff. cnn s ed lavandera is in cleveland, texas. the sheriff and fbi just held a news briefing. what did you learn there? reporter: well, we learned that clearly investigators here, what they are saying publicly is they essentially have no idea where this 38-year-old murder suspect is, francisco orapeza, not seen since
they would be surrounded and captured, though they re leaving behind a trail of destruction. cnn s sam kiley is live in kharkiv, ukraine, with an exclusive look at what remains there now. he s the first international correspondent inside izyum since the liberation of that city. sam, tell us what you re seeing. well, brianna, it has been an extraordinary campaign by the ukrainians, opening with a counteroffensive in the south, possibly drawing off russian troops there, and now president zelenskyy saying they ve captured 6,000 square kilometers. military forces saying they ve liberated the whole of kharkiv. this is what it looked like in the strategically vital city of izyum. it s opiniobeen a stunning a. ukraine s route of russian invaders has recaptured 6,000 kilometers. this land was held by russia just a few days ago. now it s providing a rich harvest to ukraine s army of abandoned russian equipment. the russian z symbol painted over, the guns ready to kill russians.