so this is the final roundtable. and treachery rewarded bafta glory for the hit reality show the traitors, and its host, claudia winkleman. president zelensky making that surprise visit to the uk, the prime minister and rishi sunak calling for sustained support of the international community for ukraine. let s take a look at some of the military support of the uk has been offering and how it compares to other countries, here sjoshua other countries, here s joshua cheatham. other countries, here s joshua cheatham other countries, here s joshua cheatham. ., .,., , , cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster up cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster up support - is in the uk to bolster up support for his country s fight against russia. already britain is given billions in military aid to ukraine. these are figures from last year
voting in some seats. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. tax officials have raided west ham and newcastle united football clubs as part of an investigation into suspected fraud. strong criticism for surrey police for returning a collection of shotguns to a man who went on to kill his partner and her daughter. a show of unity in south korea as the us military holdsjoint exercises with local forces as the us senate prepares for security briefing on north korea. and a warning that britain s immaculate green lawns could become a thing of the past because of climate change. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that the prime minister has refused to guarantee that the so called triple lock on pensions will continue if the conservatives are re elected at the general election. at the final session of prime minister s questions before polling day theresa may said that pensioner incomes would continue to rise, but she was accused of abandoning a commitment previously made by t
british scientists develop a blood test, which can detect the return of lung cancer, before it shows on conventional scans. and, the concert hall in bristol, soon to be renamed, because of associations with the slave trade. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: tottenham needed a win tonight at crystal palace to reduce chelsea s lead at the top of the premier league to four points find out how they got on at selhurst park. good evening. all members of the us senate, have been at the white house this evening, to be briefed on the deepening crisis, involving north korea. the americans have started installing an anti missile defence system, in neighbouring south korea, in response to the weapons programmes being developed by the north. china has accused the americans of destabilising the entire region. but the us state department said tonight it was still open to negotiations to try to resolve the crisis, as our north america editorjon sopel reports. this isn t for real but
members of the us senate have been at the white house today to be briefed on the deepening crisis involving north korea. the americans have started installing an anti missile defence system in neighbouring south korea in response to the weapons programmes being developed by pyongyang. china has accused the us of destabilising the region. but the state department said it was still open to negotiations to resolve the crisis. our north america editor jon sopel reports. this isn t for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. a live fire exercise conducted by 2000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. it s a show of force, and a show of unity. a military exercise with an unmistakable message to the south s unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we are ready for all eventualities. in washington this morning, the head of us pacific command put it like this. as president trump and secretary mattis have ma