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, suppli
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 for eng
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 a leng
in in loens exception you obviously know who it is, donald trump. now, to compensate, president biden t held a lengtsy news conference thursday looking to set the record on his first year straight. look. i didn t know a promise, what i have probably outperform what anybody thought would happen.ha can you think of any other president that s done as much in one year? let me be clear, before you think it s only the gop and its followers that are not feeling the love for biden, let s note the criticism of this administration, actually coming from across the political spectrum, including members of the president s own party, the democrats. people are frustrated, and people feel like government continues to not deliver for them. kre, we should still brate the american rescue plan, we should celebrate thee bipartisan infrastructure framework. but we have failed at connecting with realfa americans, particularly americans of color, on the ground, day-to-day, to hear their concer
mp who s accused government whips of trying to blackmail politicians who ve tried to oust borisjohnson. a man appears in court charged with the murder of an elderly woman, and the attempted murder of her husband. the port of dover admits new customs checks have contributed to big queues on the roads. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are geri scott, political correspondent at the press association and calum macdonald from times radio. tomorrow s front pages. let s start by looking at the observer who says number ten staff have swipe card data logged in a probe on so called partygate and that sue gray has details of a new event. meanwhile, the sunday telegraph reports that the uk claims putin is plotting a regime in ukraine, as the vaccine deadline for nhs the sunday times carries claims from a tory mp who says she lost herjob as a government minister because she was a muslim. elsewhere, the sunday express calls