steel plant in mariupol. defending the black sea port of odesa , but fears grow after the airport runway is damaged by a russian missile strike. politicians in the uk welcome the resignation of conservative mp neil parish, who admits watching pornography in the house of commons twice. the commons speaker, sir lindsey hoyle, calls for radical action to overhaul working practices in westminster. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m martine croxall. this week, we discuss whether there are any signs of meaningful peace talks in the war in ukraine, we look at the aftermath of the french presidential election and ask where europe goes now, and we look ahead to the uk local elections and ask, could the outcome sink borisjohnson? joining us in discussion tonight, here in the studio at long last the editor in chief of the gulf based daily the national, mina al oraibi. bet it feels good, mina, doesn t it? and you get your make up done as well! t
of conservative mp neil parish, who admits watching pornography in the house of commons twice. the commons speaker, sir lindsey hoyle, calls for radical action to overhaul working practices in westminster. it s the first time a president is at this dinner in six years. the white house correspondents dinner returns to washington s political calendar. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and other congressional leaders have visited the ukrainian capital, kyiv, on an unannounced trip in which she expressed support for president volodymyr zelensky. she said ukraine was fighting for everyone s freedom and the us would back its resistance against russian aggression. she said the house of representatives was drafting a legislative package. it is with great sorrow that we come here, with great pride, we leave with a firmer understanding and more current understanding of what needs to be done, with a deeper a
of conservative mp neil parish, who admits watching pornography in the house of commons twice. the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, calls for radical action to overhaul working practices in westminster. this is the first time a president has attended this dinner in six years. the white house correspondents dinner returns to washington s political calendar. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, says she led a congressional delegation to kyiv to deliver a message of continuing us support for ukraine in its war with russia. she said her discussions with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, and in warsaw this morning with the polish president, andrzej duda, had centred on what more needed to be done. ms pelosi told president zelensky ukraine was fighting for everyone s freedom and the us would back its resistance against russian aggression until the fight is done. she said
released from a steel plant in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol, where they ve been trapped for many weeks in apalling conditions. hundreds of others are still trapped there, along with ukrainian troops still holding out against russian forces. joe inwood has sent this report. there is no doubt this is a breakthrough, albeit a small one. these shots were released by the russian ministry of defence and claim to show the first group of civilians to leave the azovstal steelworks. they have been trapped there for weeks, alongside the last ukrainian forces in mariupol, in increasingly dire conditions. the exact number who left is disputed. the russians say 46 in two groups. they were seen this morning arriving at a village near the russian border. it is claimed they are being processed by separatist, although accompanied by un and red cross staff. the ukrainian deputy commander inside of the steelworks confirmed the ceasefire had held, but said more people needed evacuation
yesterday we saw some very heavy and persistent rain. today, that rain has moved its way southwards. the heaviest burst of rain at the moment across parts of wales and the south west of england. a lot of cloud generally speaking. northern ireland brightening up. the scotland a lot of cloud around but sunny spells as well. just the odd shower. 16 or 17. 12 for cardiff plymouth. to this evening and tonight the rain attended clear but we will keep cloud cover and where we don t have cloud cover and where we don t have cloud we will have mist developing. frost free. 6 9 is the minimum temperature. it is going to be quite a cloudy day for many. the cloud at times producing the odd shower. further we had some rain at times but not necessarily an awful lot. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the speaker of the us house of representatives is in poland after meeting ukraine s president endured saying american support will continue until the fight is done. we are continue until th