Europes first black leader, after winning the welsh labour leadership election. The outgoing First Minister, mark drakeford, will step down from the post next week. Mr gething was born in zambia and is a former solicitor. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. Like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that,
the 76th annual british academy awards take place in london later with the german language film all quiet on the western front leading the field, with m nominations. the us secretary of state antony blinken has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news after meeting china s top diplomat wang yi on the sidelines of the international security conference in munich. he said he d warned mr wang of consequences if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs that chinese firms were already providing non lethal aid for russia s invasion. he was appearing on the face the nation. there is open source reporting that chinese companies are providing. surveillance equipment to that - mercenary group, the wagner group, fighting in ukraine. does the us consider this to be providing l military support to russia? we ve been concerned from day one about that possibility. in fact, if yo
a woman has shot dead at least six people at a private christian primary school. a number of children are among the dead. the gunwoman herself has been killed. the police gave this update a short time ago. we know at this point that this shooter is a female and she appears to be in her teens, although her identification has not been confirmed at this juncture. we know that she was armed with at least two assault type rifles and a handgun. freddie o connell is a mayoral candidate in nashville hejoins me now. absolutely tragic morning in nashville what more can you tell us? tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i knowa member of tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a member of my team has family in that school in the family constituent in that school and have multiple friends with children at that school and all there is his heartbreak among the chaos. we ve been waiting for hours to confirm people that
i hope one day we find a cure and live in a world free of mnd. by the time that you watch this, i will no longer be here. i am just a lad from yorkshire who got to live out of his dream of playing rugby league. as a father of three young children, i would never want any family to have to go through what my family and children have since my diagnosis. i hope i have left a mark on the disease. i hope it shows to live in the moment. i hope you find inspiration from the whole story. my final message to you is, whatever your personal battle, be brave and face it. every single day is precious. don t waste a moment. in a world full of adversity, we must still dare to dream. rob burrow, over and out. live from london. this is bbc news the first televised leadership debate of the general election took lace earlier this evening. place earlier this evening. it featured scottish party leaders from the snp, scottish conservatives, scottish labour and scottish liberal democrats. a u turn f
of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden. she satjust behind him at the front of the public gallery in the courtroom all day. i was in the press benches and watched hunter biden turn an