because it is being challenged and we have to accept that and respond to this challenge, which i hope we will be doing in this debate. despite the hysterical reactions of the country can i think it s important to state that this is a properly constituted senior committee of the house as indeed the leader of the house did so in her remarks. it was asked to do a difficult but vitaljob and it discharged its duties with integrity and honour will stop it is our duty now, i believe, before this house to ensure that we support the members of that committee and we support the conclusions that they have come to after this detailed work. i believe also we should thank the members of the privileges committee because they have done the house of commons a very great service under the most intense pressure. instead of being thanked, they have found themselves traduced in the borisjohnson worshiping print and tv media, which has called into question their motives and their very integrity. t
he scores early, as manchester united put three past nottingham forest, in the away leg of their league cup semi final. and we catch up with radio one extra s dj ace to find out why he s campaigning for more black and asian heritage organ donors. good morning. there is a touch of frost in western areas first thing. for many it will be a dry day with sunny spells, a little bit of cloud, and some showers in the east. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 26th january. ukraine s president zelensky has described the decision to send dozens of powerful nato battle tanks to the country, as an important step on the path to victory. commitments from germany, the us and the uk, follow weeks of diplomatic deadlock about the supply of heavy weaponry. president zelensky said the free world was united as never before, but that it was essential for the equipment to arrive quickly. our correspondent robin brant reports. for months, he s campaigned for these, in publ
former foreign policy adviser to the eu nathalie tocci, and from chevy chase, maryland, joel rubin, who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. hello, welcome to the programme. in a significant escalation of the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists. 300,000 russians with military experience will be sent in to defend those parts of ukraine that russia still occupies. in a much anticipated address to the nation, the russian president said he was ready to use all means at his disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territorial integrity of russian occupied land. it follows a string of embarrassing defeats in eastern ukraine, where the russians have lost over 1000 square miles of territory they had captured. most signifanctly in the north around kharkiv, but also now in the south around kherson, the only city they fully control. the russians intend to hold a referendum this weekend in f