to clear. elsewhere on thursday it has a bright day, sunshine, one or two showers, a breeze in western scotland and fresher for all areas, the high teens and low 20s. closer to the seasonal norm. friday, a rather cloudy day with outbreaks of rain, most in the north and west. the weekend is brighter but most of the showers in the north and west and warmer and brighter in the south and warmer and brighter in the south and east. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten theres more analysis and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight with victoria derbyshire which isjust getting under way on bbc two the news continues here on bbc one as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. 11 million people are estimated to be experiencing food insecurity in the uk. why? tomorrow the chancellor will summon the five economic regulators in the uk to try to force down prices for consumers. tonight new figures
laura:protesters took to the streets across the us last night, most of those demonstrations were people peaceful but the fallout is unfolding as the sheriff opens an investigation into two deputies who were also on scene that night. steve harrigan is live in memphis with more on this and the video we are about to show you is difficult to watch. here is steve. reporter: small number of protesters gathering in memphis at police headquarters. it is been largely peaceful since the tape was released at 7:00 pm eastern last night. the tape about one hour long, detailing what happened to tyre nichols on january seventh, first a traffic stop, initial beating, nichols runs away and a second beating, some details to note from that video, first, nichols was attacked with a variety of weapons, tasers, batons, punches and kicks. at 6 foot 3, one hundred 35 pounds there is no sign he offers any physical resistance during the beating. instead he is restrained at times by one officer whi
Initiatives foundation. also kurt volcker, former us ambassador to nato. and lord richard janet, former chief of the general staff of the british army. maria, why is the counter offensive seemingly progressing so slowly? counter-offensive seemingly progressing so slowly?- counter-offensive seemingly huroressin so slowl ? progressing so slowly? good evening, i cannot say progressing so slowly? good evening, i cannot say this progressing so slowly? good evening, i cannot say this is progressing so slowly? good evening, i cannot say this is progressing - i cannot say this is progressing slowly, i would say this is progressing confidently. first, you have the situation which is different from how it looked last year when ukraine made a great breakthrough in kherson and kharkiv, but it was building defence lines and altogether, ukraine is testing the defence of russian forces along the defence of russian forces along the entire front line and trying to pushitin the entire front line a
Preparing for more extensive ground operations in the coming weeks perhaps to get away of the delivery of western tanks. the ambassador to france said 320 tanks been promised to ukraine including the german-made leopard 2s and the m one abrams. ukraine is asking for western fighter jets specifically f-16s. going to reports, they might just get them. laura: thanks for that report. rich: almost one year into russia s war in ukraine and no sign of peace talks between the countries. ukraine maintains control of much of the country, russian forces have gained ground to the southwest. some more analysts say sending more tanks, long-term aid from the us, germany and other allies could be a game changer. let s bring in ambassador kurt volcker, former ambassador to nato and special representative for ukrainian negotiations. thanks for joining us.