continues, the bank of england is forced to step in again. let s start with the war in ukraine we ve seen a second day of russian missile strikes across the country. have a look at this map. it shows all the places that have been hit since monday morning. we ll take a closer look at the damage done in a moment. but first, let s look at the international response. an emergency meeting of g7 leaders that s the group of rich countries has warned russia that irresponsible nuclear rhetoric is threatening global peace. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, had this message. translation: i ask you to increase yourjoint efforts to help financially to create the air shield for ukraine. millions of people will be grateful to the group of seven. now this is the statement issued by the g7 after its meeting. these pictures released earlier by the russian ministry of defence show a little of what s been going on. more cruise missiles launched what they describe as a massive
Was blocked by westminster successfully, i grant you, but the question of it being a reserve matter, which means devolved governments could not introduce legislation as they try to do in terms of gender recognition or self identification, you are going to stop that with your proposal? because you can t have a woman being one thing in scotland and something different in england. you cannot have that, and we must remember why we are doing this. it s not because the conservative party wants to do it, as wes streeting says. we had hundreds of thousands of people signing a petition, women crying out all over. the really harrowing letter that i read about a woman being raped in a toilet. let me finish. we have rapists being put in women s prisons and that being said to be legal. we can tjust leave that and say we will put up more guidance. we have put up the guidance, it is not working and people will bring endless tribunal. we need to settle it once and for all. , ., ,., , . .,
Sex to equality act, the intention was for sex to relate to biological sex and the distinction to be made with gender the distinction to be made with gender identity and to recognise both as gender identity and to recognise both as protected characteristics. as with both as protected characteristics. as with other areas of the law there might as with other areas of the law there might be as with other areas of the law there might be times where there two rub up might be times where there two rub up against might be times where there two rub up against each other and we have to find their up against each other and we have to find their way through and same sex marriage find their way through and same sex marriage was a good example where we found a marriage was a good example where we found a way marriage was a good example where we found a way through in that conflict between found a way through in that conflict between the same sex marriage rights of gay between the
Say open to interpretation. they believe that is the original intention of the act and they say that the meaning of sex has evolved over time, that s why a change in the law is needed and it will give greater legal protection to people who run single sex spaces and they talk about things like hospital wards and rape crisis centres. the other thing they will do is to make it a reserve matterfor other thing they will do is to make it a reserve matter for westminster, so it will be westminster that decides on these things which could be an interesting way to go on this. so that is what they are putting forward. they have of course in the past been criticised for stoking up division on this issue and today the liberal democrats are saying they are waging a phony culture war. labour is not saying it will change the outcome it says it would be looking to provide better guidance to people about this, but of course what the conservatives are saying this is about tidying up the act,