Putin is bluffing this war by putting his entire economy onto a war footing in a way that isnt sustainable for russia over the years he would have to continue it for. Its important that the west does not blink. When you see what has happened in kharkiv, the second biggest city in ukraine, it is because, im afraid, the civilised world took their eyes off the ball just for a little while, we saw how long it took to get that package through the us congress because of internal politics there, and this is the actual upshot, this you are blaming the us, then. Im not blaming them but the internal politics meant that the money did not flow in the way that in the uk were giving consistent amounts of money, then we increased it again, added an extra half a billion so we are giving them 3 billion this year, plus different packages. It is important that support is consistent because if you stop these are the problems you see. At the moment it is some villages on the outskirts of kharkiv, and it is
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Labours Jonathan Ashworth joins us too. And with you and me for the whole show, nadhim zahawi, former Cabinet Minister who announced this week hes leaving parliament at the election. Tina brown journalism royalty, who knows a lot about royalty herself the former editor of vanity fair, tatler, and author, now shes on the front line in the battle for the truth. And mp for coventry south, zarah sultana, one of the leading mps on the left, who has more followers on tiktok than any other mp at nearly 500,000. Welcome to you all. Thank you for being here today. Its the baftas tonight. The actor dominic west, whos hoping for a gong, joins us to talk about playing the king and the role he really craves. A bond villain would be good. A bond villain . Yeah. Not bond himself . Im a bit long in the tooth, i think. Really, are you sure . Oh, well. Youre very kind. Dont you fancy it . I think even roger moore was younger than me and away from the protests at eurovision, were Behind The Scenes Withjo
Welcome to bbc news. Lets return to the middle east, where israel has launched further air strikes on the gaza strip. These are live pictures coming to us from the israel gaza border. Palestinian Officials Say two doctors were killed in the central city of deir al balah, and more than 30 civilian deaths were reported on saturday. It comes as the un chief, antonio guterres, has repeated his calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, and the unconditional release of all hostages. The Foreign Secretary has reiterated the government doesnt support a major operatation in rafah, without a plan to protect civilians. Speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg, lord cameron says hes not seen such a plan. It comes after the Israel Military intensified its operations in southern gaza, telling Tens Of Thousands Palestinians to leave rafah. Lets take a listen to lord camerons interview. We dont believe they should go in for a major operation in rafah, unless they have a plan to move people out o