to choose is fundamental. and as people across the uk prepare to go to the polls on thursday, we hear how the race for power at stormont could bring seismic change in northern ireland. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has hinted he may be prepared to do more to address the rising cost of living but he has dismissed fresh calls for a windfall tax on energy companies. it comes as bp announced it made almost five billion pounds in underlying profits for the first quarter of the year more than double the figure for the same period last year. rising prices and energy bills are expected to be a big issue in the elections across the uk this week. here s our business editor simonjack. bp has driven straight into the middle of a political and economic storm is the soaring cost of fuel and energy has emptied the pockets of consumers and filled the coffers of those who sell it. bp recorded its highest profits in the decade, adding fuel to the far over whether to int
zelenskyy. the u.s. will resume its diplomatic presence in ukraine with plans to reopen an embassy. the u.s. will provide an additional $300 million in aid. so add that to the ongoing tab. dana: secretary austin and blinken giving their assessment of the invasion not going as putin planned. when it comes to russia s warings, russia is failing, ukraine is succeeding. russia sought as its main aim to totally subjugate ukraine to take away its independence. that has failed. bill: hours after that meeting moscow unleashed a flurry of attacks hitting five train stations in central and western ukraine. dana: seems like a major escalation. matt finn is reporting live from lviv, ukraine. what do you know today? this morning here in ukraine there have been missile strikes and threats to the central and western parts of this country including here in the lviv reej an where we are now. ukraine national railway is reporting five train stations came under fire this morning. happ
applying pressure. lucas tomlinson starts us off tonight from the white house. hi, lucas. gillian, not just lawmakers sounding the alarm over repeal title 42 ahead of the expected migrant surge this summer reportedly the president s own dhs secretary as well. president biden traveled back to the pacific northwest, some would like to see him go to the southern border ahead of the elections. this is not good for democrats in november in talking to some of my republican colleagues, we can t believe the white house is giving us this narrative. over a dozen democrats, including many in tight senate races this fall urging the white house to keep title 42 in place. a group of bipartisan senators have introduced a bill to delay lifting title 42 for 60 days. the bipartisan house problem solvers caucus offered its endorsement. dhs says the trump era public health measure has barred over 1.7 million migrants from entering the united states over the past two years since the height
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. air raid sirens rang through the ukrainian night as russia lobs artillery, drones and missiles in every corner of the country. that as the united states delivers a public warning to china, do not dispatch weapons to vladimir putin. plus, the chairwoman of the republican national committee thinks she can get donald trump to put pen to paper and say yes to supporting the party s 2024 nominee, even if it s not him. and new intelligence pushes the energy department to change its view of how the covid pandemic began. the agency now believes the virus leaked from a chinese lab. up first for us this hour sh, turnover and triage in ukraine. president zelenskyy dismissing the commander of joint force operations. mr. zelenskyy did not explain why or why now, as this leadership shuffle collides with a new russian offensive. 14 iranian made aircraft buzzing over kyiv. they shot towdown 11 of those drone