are you concerned about the influence of andrew tait on boys or young men? get in touch with me on twitter. laterthis young men? get in touch with me on twitter. later this hour, the number of stars people can see with the naked eye has reduced dramatically over the last decade. welcome to bbc news. ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky, has made a direct appeal to germany to provide tanks ahead of crunch talks involving western allies in germany. ahead of crucial talks. the us and european nations have already promised more equipment to fight russia s invasion, but kyiv wants them to go further amid fears moscow will order a new offensive in the spring. ukraine wants nato countries to supply it with germany s highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. but european coutries are not supposed to export them without berlin s permission. and germany is reluctant to allow that unless the us also sends its own tanks. meanwhile, the uk has already promised to send 1a of its challenger 2 t
rangers and australia have discovered what is believed to be the world s biggest toad. it is a cane toad, it was found in queensland and weighed £6 back. the poisonous amphibians were reduced to australia in 1935 and are linked to the decline of native species. the toad we are told was put down and will be donated to a museum. i didn t look at that at all. hello, ben, it is where the time. she was looking away, i can assure you of that. you may not want to look away from this, we have got some beautiful scenes and this is from a weather watcher in wales. there is snow on the ground in parts of scotland, northern england, northern ireland and into wales. there are areas of cloud around as well and they are on the north sea coast, most falling as rain, but some sleet and snow on high ground. this cloud brings a bit of patchy rain into the far west of cornwall, but elsewhere sunny skies overhead. it is a chilly day, three to 8 degrees, but in the sunshine it will not feel too b
we want it? now! more strike action is announced by ambulance workers in england, wales and northern ireland one of the dates will coincide with a strike by nurses. the family of 17 year old yousef makki, who was fatally stabbed, win their fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. #it # it would be, it would be so nice. and fans are paying up to £1,300 to see madonna on her career spanning greatest hits tour. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. ukraine s western allies have failed to reach a consensus on the provision of battle tanks to kyiv. more than 50 countries have been meeting at the us air base in germany. neitherthe meeting at the us air base in germany. neither the us or germany have decided to deliver their respective advanced tanks, which was one of kyiv s main demands. earlier today, volodymyr zelensky appeared via video link to make