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the claims made against him. prince andrew has denied. uk covid infections the numbers are falling just under 3 million people had covid in the uk last week, but infections among schoolchildren are on the rise. russia carries out military exercises close to the ukrainian border as the us says it fears president putin could use force against ukraine within weeks. the ons will change the way it counts statistics for property after intervention by the food campaigner jack munroe and we will speak to jack munroe and we will speak to jackin jack munroe and we will speak to jack in the next hour so do stay with us for that. and the story of the little girl who vanished for days in australia more than half a century ago. finally answers about what happened to her. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has vowed to fight on amid more calls for him to resign as westminster waits for the publication of sue gray s highly anticipated report into parties in ....
u.s. supreme court could, should tell you about the direction america is heading. thanks for being here, everybody. we begin with the growing threat of war in eastern europe. heightened alert for possible deployment as there is real fear a russian invasion in ukraine could be imminent. the pentagon said the u.s. troop that would be sent would be in support of nato s response force. the pentagon spokesperson is our guest this hour. for russia s part, they re now launching new military drills and the kremlin now blaming washington for increasing tensions. the greatest threat in the region since the cold war. let s begin with cnn s barbara starr live at the pentagon for us this hour. what more do you learn about these troops on heightened alert? reporter: good morning, kate. right now, the pentagon very clear that these troops are not on dpleployment orders yet. heightened alert, more ready than you ve been in case you get deployment orders. how would they go and who w ....
escalating tensions in the region despite the fact that it is vladimir putin who has positioned more than 120,000 forces along ukraine s border. head of nato says that he is hopeful diplomacy will prevail. it still is diplomatic way out, but that requires that russia deescalates and engages in good faith it in political talks with nato and nato allies. and whether russia is willing to do that, this that remains to be seen. that i toe will not deploy nato troops to ukraine, but we need to be sure that there is no misunderstanding about our readiness, our commitment to protect and defend all allies especially in the eastern part of the alliance. and sam kiley is in kiev. sam, how are ukranian officials responding to these latest decisions and movements? reporter: they are very delighted to see more arrival of weapons, very important weapons to the javelin anti-arrest mower weapon that comes on top of previous supplies from the united states. and about ten days ago, ....
france s adrian mannarinbo. nadal eventually won the tie break 16 14, but after that it was plain sailing, nadal winnig the next two sets 6 2. nadal remember has only won the australian open once back in 2009. he ll play denis shapovalov next. there s been something of a shock in the women s draw the fifth seed maria sakkari from greece is out. she lost in straight sets to americanjessica pegula, who is seeded at 21. pegula will face either top seed ashleigh barty or american compatriot amanda anisimova. ash barty is up in that match. it s seems batting collapses aren t just an issue for the england men s test cricket team after the t20 side were thrashed by west indies. jason holder took four wickets as england were bowled out forjust 103 runs in barbados in theirfirst of a five match series. brandon king top scored for the home side and hit the winning runs as west indies took victory by nine wickets. the second t20 is this evening. there s been more frustration f ....
co-sponsored legislation to put sanctions on the african apartheid regime. and expanded protections against employment discrimination based on race. today s mitch mcconnell, though, the one who strongly depends efforts to gut voting rights around this country is a very, very different person. he s telling you who he is so believe him. and we are grading president joe biden s first year in office. the question, will he pass? plus, everyone has something to say about mars new controversial imagery brand for the green m & m. and tensions are high between the u.s. and russians. we ll break down russia s power grab in eastern europe. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. thursday marked one year in office for president biden and his report card from the american people is not good. a new nbc news poll out this week shows biden s approval rating dropped 10 points from april 21 until now. the lone exception you obviously know who it is, donald trump. president biden held ....