16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. ukraine s president says his country is still waiting for more arms before it launches its counter offensive against russian forces. volodymyr zelensky warned the army still needed the promised supplies, including armoured vehicles, that are only arriving in batches . mr zelensky was speaking to the bbc s hugo bachega in kyiv, who was conducting the interview on behalf of the eurovision news group of public service broadcasters. everybody is waiting for this counteroffensive, and i think what is interesting is that president zelensky also acknowledged that some people may be tired of the war, but he also said he believed in victory, he believed in success, obviously, this is the job of the president, to keep the country united, to keep morale high. i think there is a clear understanding that this much anticipated counteroffensive is likely to be crucial for ukraine, not only because what happens on the
and a female iranian climber who competed in south korea without a headscarf now says her veil fell off accidentally there are fears she will be arrested when she returns to iran. we start in ukraine, where the president says there is no space left for negotiations with russia following further attacks on the country. according to volodymyr zelensky, russian strikes have now destroyed around a third of ukraine s power stations. he s made another appeal for further western military support. translation: to guarantee the l protection of our skies and reduce the capabilities of russian terrorists to zero, we need significant and more modern air defence systems and more missiles for the systems. cities across ukraine have come under attack on tuesday, for which russia has admitted responsibility. there have been further air strikes in the capital kyiv, and also in dnipro, kharkiv, zhytomyr and zaporizhzhia. ukraine s civil defence service says hundreds of villages across the co
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police in nicaragua detain a roman catholic bishop who s been a prominent critic of the president we ve spoken to human rights advocate bianca jagger who s following his case. he has been held hostage for the last 15 days without being allowed to go to officiate maths mass, will be allowed to get food or medicine. and a show of solidarity for salman rushdie authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. el shafee elsheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of
a massive generational realignment taking shape, taking shape in response to the disasters this administration has created. the old coalitions are crumbling before our eyes. suddenly we re seeing hispanic voters, african and middle eastern immigrants as well as huge numbers of american born young men all running at remarkable speed from joe biden and the antihuman corporate neo liberalism he represents. nowhere is this trend more obvious in the rio grande valley of texas. that s a place which for generations has been a democratic party stronghold. as recently as twenty eighteen, a democrat called henry cuellar won his district in south texas with fully 84% of the vote. his district is 80% hispanic and for decades that meant it went democrat. but then last cycle that began to change two years ago a percentage of the vote plummeted by twenty six points in one cycle. the same thing happened to congressman filemon 1% gonzalez. they also represent districts on the border with mexi