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some argue that we shouldn t provide heavy weapons, for fear of provoking something worse, but my view is that inaction would be the greatest provocation. allegations of sexism in westminster a labour mp alleges that inappropriate comments were made to her by a member of the shadow cabinet. it comes after two female conservative mps claimed they saw a male colleague watching pornography in the commons. the government is to publish its plans for the sale of channel 4 it s expected to scrap many of the rules for commercial public service broadcasters. and ben stokes is expected to be confirmed as the new england test cricket captain later today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the head of the un, antonio guterres, has arrived on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital, kyiv, ahead of talks with president zelensky. he with president zelensky. is visiting sites that have experience he is visiting sites that have experience rushing attacks an ....
and we meet the uk s new hope for eurovision song contest. two women whose fathers died from covid i9 have won a high court challenge against the government over policies on discharging patients to care homes in england at the outset of the pandemic. cathy gardner and fay harris partially succeeded in their claims against the health secretary and public health england. in a ruling today, judges concluded that policies contained in documents released in march and early april 2020 were unlawful because they failed to take into account the risk to elderly and vulnerable residents from non symptomatic transmission of the virus. our social affairs editor, alison holt, has this report. emerging from the high court, two women who argued the government failed to protect their fathers at the start of the pandemic. both men lived in care homes. today, the court concluded the government decision to discharge hospital patients into care homes was unlawful and irrational. i believed all a ....
for refusing to produce company documents in a civil investigation in new york. tonight with the context, live from paris, georgina wright from the think tank, institut montaigne. ..and republican strategist rina shah is in washington. welcome to the programme. the white house view of the war in ukraine has gone through a complete metamorphosis since russia invaded. the language has become bolder, the military aid has expanded, and now there s a far more optimistic assessment of ukraine s prospects after two months of fighting. in poland after a visit to kyiv, the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, told reporters that russia is clearly failing in its war aims and that ukraine is succeeding. amid mounting frustration. russia s hit five railway stations in central and western ukraine five people killed and another 18 were injured. the russians are trying to degrade kyiv s military supply route, but with limited success. and there is more aid coming. alongside antony b ....
deaths for two years, as a strict lockdown continues. scotland becomes the last place in the uk to remove the legal requirement people to wear face masks in indoor public spaces. and south africa has sent in thousands of troops to help rescue efforts in kwazulu natal where floods and mudslides have killed more than 400 people. russia has redoubled its pounding of ukraine targets, including a missile attack on the western ukrainian city of lviv. the latest reports say six people have been killed, the latest reports say seven people have been killed, and eight wounded in a city which until now has largely escaped unscathed since the russian invasion. smoke was seen rising from the outskirts and residents spoke of hearing five explosions. footage later emerged of the impact on residential areas. there s been an intensification of the russian bombardment with multiple cities and towns across ukraine targeted by air strikes and shelling. russia says it hit more than 300 t ....
and a43 people are now known to have died in south africa following heavy flooding, with a warning of more rain on the way. ukraine s prime minister says his forces are still fighting in the besieged city of mariupol, defying russia s ultimatum to surrender or be killed. denys shmyhal says the port city has not fallen, despite weeks of relentless attack by russia. fighting has also continued in other areas of the east. officials in kharkiv say five people have died and 13 have been injured in shelling in the city. our correspondent tom bateman is in dnipro where a rare evacuation by train has taken place of civilians wounded in the fighting. and a warning, his report contains some distressing images. president putin said his goal is the liberation of this country s east. he is showing the world what that means in mariupol. street battles have intensified for days, pushing back ukraine s defenders to a last holdout in the giant steelworks. moscow s forces told them they ....