eurovision fever heats up with 16 countries taking to the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine and confirmation from the british defence secretary that storm shadow cruise missiles are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying the decision would require an adequate response from the russian military. we will hear from of the from the russian military. we will hearfrom of the un s humanitarian coordinator in ukraine but first we have ben wallace in the house of commons. in december i informed the house i was developing options to respond to russia s continued aggression and today i can confirm the uk is sending storm shadow missiles to ukraine, storm shadow is a long range conventional only precision strike capability and it compliments the long range system already gifte
pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do
then, starting with. the financial times is leading on the conservative leadership contest they report that senior conservative party figures are plotting to rapidly thin out the i is also focussing on the leadership contest but they describe it as sunak versus one of the rest . the guardian s front page is about the leadership contest. they report that tory rivals are scrambling for supporters meanwhile the mirror s front page is dedicated to ambulance crews being stuck outside a&e. they say patients are waiting up to 27 hours and the daily star is all about the heatwave, claiming britain will be hotter than hawaii tomorrow so, let s begin. tory rivals scramble for supporters, this is all about how many supporters they will need to get through to the next round, and it is all still up in the air? we through to the next round, and it is all still up in the air? all still up in the air? we are expecting all still up in the air? we are expecting to all still up in