development in northern ireland news thatjeffrey donaldson the leader of the democratic unionist party has been charged with historical sexual offences and has quit as leader. the dup says mr donaldson, who has been in politics for almost ao years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. the party released a statement earlier, it says: police issued a statement earlier this morning. it read a 61 year old man had been charged with non recent sexual offences adding that a 57 year old woman was also arrested and charged with aiding and abetting additional offences . the statement confirmed two people will appear in court on april 24. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, sara girvin. a quite stunning development. take us through it. a quite stunning development. take us through it us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. sir us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. sirjef
lapping now, gut-wrenching images of homes and lives destroyed near the earthquake epner. cnn is on the scene as the death toll in turkey and syria soars above 12,000. also tonight, president biden is doubling down on a line of attack against republicans that prompted gop jeers during his state of the union address. he is taking the top themes on the road in key presidential battlegrounds. and ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy is now in ha included a stop in london, a visit with. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situati situation this hour a race against time in the earthquake zone as the window for finding survivors narrows and the death toll grows more catastrophic. cnn s nick paton walsh is in turkey right now. nick, tell us what you have been seeing and experiencing. reporter: yeah, it is sadly, wolf, around this time that it seems the race against time for survivors is slowly being lo
of scepticism and the wbc have not only allocated a special belt to the fight, buthave also promised to give the winner an official cruiserweight ranking. that s all from sportsday. we ll have more throughout the evening. celtic doing the same in scotland, it has been a trophy filled stay for a couple of very famous football clubs. we will be back at 7:30pm, for now, that is it, thank you for joining us. just a couple of minutes ago, a state of emergency came into force. in ukraine, they are combat ready. exactly one year ago today this happened. exactly one year ago today this happened- exactly one year ago today this ha ened. ., ., ., happened. tonight at ten we are live in ukraine, happened. tonight at ten we are live in ukraine. a happened. tonight at ten we are live in ukraine, a country happened. tonight at ten we are live in ukraine, a country at happened. tonight at ten we are live in ukraine, a country at war. - happened. tonight at ten we are live in ukraine,
speeches, two very different messages to the world. the dramatic split screen as russia s war hits an inflection point. the american president in europe, defending democracy. democracy is the world stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever. his russian counterpart, defending his illegal invasion of ukraine. they are responsible for the escalation of the situation in ukraine. for the huge numbers of casualties. at the center of it all, alliances. some steadfast. some dangerous. nuclear threats and a devastating war nearly a year old with no end in sight. appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. they must be opposed. this hour, christiane amanpour interviews polish president duda. what needs to be done to ensure what you say is ukraine s victory in this war and boris johnson joins me with his take on where putin takes this war next. this was a war of choice that he initiated. it was his vicious, non-provoked attack on ukraine. we want to
his russian counterpart, defending his illegal invasion of ukraine. for the huge number of casualties. at the center of it, all alliances, some steadfast, some dangerous. nuclear threats no end in sight. in a cnn exclusive. what more needs to be, done to ensure what you say is ukraine s victory on this war. and former british prime minister boris johnson, joins me with his take, on where putin takes this war next. this was a war of choice,. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, this is a special edition of the situation room. we are developing news tonight on a missile, test conducted by russia during president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, yesterday. and it comes as the leader at the free world, took on the autocrat trying to destroy ukraine president biden delivering a fiery address in poland today to mark the upcoming one year anniversary of putin s ruthless invasion, and on the other side of ukrai