good evening. i m kaitlan collins coming to you live from one and then tonight, after an extraordinary 48 hour journey in and out of ukraine for a one-on-one interview with president below tamir zelenskyy on the second anniversary of putin s invasion of his country. it was a conversation that frankly surprised me several times. including zelensky s candor about the fight over us aid. it s a situation that is so dire. zelenskyy told me ukraine will make no new gains on the battlefield this year unless they have us help. he also warned that millions of people could die. it loomed almost over every conversation that was had with ukrainians on the ground. this question of whether or not american support is going to be part of their future tomorrow could be a moment of truth there because in washington, president biden is set to meet with the leaders of the house and the senate. really inside that room when they talk about aid to ukraine, which we are told we will be part of t
he said the affair only began years after meeting the young man who was 15 at the time. he said he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he has been talking to the bbc. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll recent days have taken on him. it is relentless. it is day after day after day after day. if you do that. if you don t think that is going to have the most catastrophic effect on someone s mind. do you want me to die? because that s where i am. i have lost everything. schofield says he is extremely concerned for the welfare of the young man with whom he had an extramarital affair.
afghanistan s female tv presenters say they re determined to carry on working, after the taliban enforces an order to cover their faces. and the heir to the throne in britain is to appear in one of the country s best loved soap operas as part of the queen s platinum jubilee celebrations. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it s news day. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived injapan for his first visit to asia since becoming president and his first summit with america s asian allies since the russian invasion of ukraine. in tokyo he will hold summit talks with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia. the fallout from ukraine appears set to dominate discussions, but many are now focusing on china s territorial ambitions particularly its claim on taiwan. many analysts believe china s massive military gives beiing the ability to invade taiwan and defeat the us and its allies if they try to intervene. our correspondent, rupert
dispute. now turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. yes. on august 31st, senator johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on september 5th with senator with murphy. and he wanted johnson wanted the aid released so he calls the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. right. the president said i m not ready to lift the aid. they had this senator johnson, he writes a ten-page letter, very detailed, and he gives some remarkable detail and i would like to read it. it s on page 6. i this is senator johnson speaking, he said i asked him whether there was some kind of
arran arrangement where ukraine would take some action and the hold would be lifted. without hesitation, senator johnson says, president trump immediately denied such an arrangement existed and he started cursing. he said, no way. president trump said no way. i would never do that. who told you that? and senator johnson goes on to say that president trump s reactionnt
[silence]. now, turning attention to the ron johnson letter, if i may. yes. on august 31st, senator johnson is getting ready to travel to the ukraine in september with murphy. johnson called the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. right. the president said i am not ready to lift the aid. senator johnson, he writes a 10 page letter. very detailed. he gives some remarkable details. i would like to read it. it s on page 6. this is senator johnson speak. i asked him whether there was some kind of arrangement or ukraine would take action and be
lifted. without hesitation president trump denied such an arrangement existed. and he started cursing. he said no way. president trump said no way. i would never do that. who told you that? and senator johnson goes on to say that president trump s reaction was adamant, ve hement and angry. and as august 31st, the president said you will like my decision in the end. that s very important context on the presid