hello, i m vishala sri pathma. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they ve started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in maryland. i m proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states has also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukra
we begin here in the uk, where borisjohnson has another difficult day ahead. critics, some from within his own party, say it s over for the prime minister after the resignation of chancellor rishi sunak and health secretary sajid javid. other senior ministers have thrown their support behind borisjohnson, but the bbc understands somejunior ministers are still considering their positions. from westminster, here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. two influential cabinet ministers who decided they had had enough. within minutes of an one another, rishi sunak resigned as chancellor and sajid javid resigned as health secretary. he was tightlipped when he returned home yesterday evening. just going to spend some time with my family. but the reasons were there when they submitted resignation letters. the outgoing chancellor said. while the outgoing health secretary said. their experts along with variousjunior their experts along with various junior government digg
hit the french riviera red carpet as the film receives its premier at the 75th annual cannes film festival. and how to stop the bees from buzzing off. with a fall in global bee colonies, we use world bee day to look at the importance of these pollinators. hello and welcome to the programme. the most seniorfigure in the us congress, nancy pelosi, has warned that the uk will lose out on a free trade deal if it scraps post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland. the speaker of the us house of representatives said the northern ireland protocol preserved the good friday agreement, which she described as the bedrock of the peace process. let s get more from our north america correspondent, david willis. what s your assessment of the significance of these comments from the speaker? these are very stern comments from, as you say, one of the most powerful politicians in this country, the speaker of the house of commons that it is, nancy pelosi, a warning house of represent
hello there. governments around the world should subsidise food and edgy for the poorest members of society to double the cost of living crisis. that s the call from the head of the international monetary fund. she is concerned that if central banks raise interest rates too aggressively to tackle elation, stoked by the war in ukraine, they could cause recessions. she says any financial help from governments must be carefully targeted to avoid making inflation worse. they ought to care for and review who and what to support, to prevent the tightening of financial conditions and the shock but inflation is now causing one confidence, to turn what is still a positive world projection into the recession, you rightly are concerned about. so we say to our members, be very careful how much you spend and what for you stand. there are two priorities. one, the very poor people, segments of society that are now struggling with high food and energy prices. for people for whom this is like
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and tom newton dunn, chief political commentator with times radio. welcome back to you both. so let s start with some of the pages we already have. the metro writes that the eu has threatened to take life saving covid jabs bound for britain after blaming the uk for what it calls the continent s creaking vaccination rollout . the financial times also leads on the vaccine roll out, writing that the nhs s targets are in peril after a significant reduction in supplies. the telegraph adds that vaccine shortages mean that no more first appointments for covid jabs will be booked in april as supplies arriving in britain continue to be disrupted. the times adds that a fall in provision from astrazeneca is understood to be the reason why very few people will receive their first doses next month. the guardian writes that people under