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good morning. i am jonathan capehart. and this is a sunday show. this mother s day. breaking news out of ukraine. first lady jill biden crossed into ukraine this morning, and dr. biden met with her ukrainian counterpart. olena zelenskyy. for two hours. at the school housing displaced people. before crossing back into slovakia, just moments ago. according to nbc news, this is the first time the ukrainian first lady has appeared in public since the war began. we will have much more on ukraine with retired general stuff later in the show. but first, here in this country, the clock could potentially rollback on 50 years of women s reproductive rights. something the majority of americans oppose. wednesday, the senate will vote on the women s health protection act of 2022. which would block an abortion rights before the supreme court could officially overturn them. the measure is expected to fail because of the filibuster. but the debate is a vital for true servicing these ....
one of the three counts of northern ireland and with just around 20 seats now left to be filled, thoughts are very much turning to what happens next. across the rest of the uk, the conservatives have lost almost 500 seats in the local elections, with labour and the liberal democrats taking control of a number of councils. cheering. the snp remain the largest party in scottish councils with labour overtaking the conservatives to finish second. labour was the biggest winner in wales, where the conservatives lost more than 80 seats. ukraine says it has recaptured five villages north east of kharkiv, as it continues a counter offensive against russian forces. the taliban continues to roll back on women s freedoms in afghanistan, ordering them to wear the face veil. chelsea get their new owners terms have been agreed, with the consortium led by american todd boehly. hello, and welcome to bbc news. sinn fein has vowed a new era for northern ireland as it s on track to win the m ....
i was working in the office, we stopped for something to eat. there was no party, there was no breach of the rules, i m confident about that. the police have obviously got to do theirjob. but, meanwhile, i m in scotland because we ve had a fantastic set of results, the best results for ten years, coming second in scotland. there s a smile on all of our faces and we ve taken this council. so labour is very clearly back on the pitch and we re turning the corner and now we re marching towards that general election. in terms of the uk results, it was a bit of a perfect storm with you, in terms of the tories at the moment, shouldn t you have done better? we did really well. we won in the north, i was in cumberland, in carlisle yesterday, where we won. we won in the south in southampton. we took seats in london that people said we d never take. we did really well in wales and here in scotland, best results for a decade. anas sarwar has been leader now for, what, 14 months and ....
totally dominate the other side. a very big day indeed. it a day for sinn fein, a big day for politics here. right now on bbc news, it is time for unspun world. hello and welcome back to unspun world after our brief break. could it be that russia and ukraine are getting closer to the decisive moment in the war where it could escalate into something really terrifying or maybe sink into a bitter stalemate for years to come? western intelligence, which has been pretty accurate up until now in forecasting president putin s actions, suggests he could soon declare war formally on ukraine and call for a so called independence vote in the pro russian areas of eastern ukraine. but is either side showing signs of actually winning? by them not winning, the russians are losing. so the fact that they haven t got the upper hand, psychologically they will feel under pressure as if they re losing. how seriously are the sanctions on russia affecting its thinking? the answer may surprise ....
i will have the day s top stories, more than 20 people dead after a massive explosion there in havana hotel. welcome to the show, it is 8:00 a.m. here in ukraine. we begin our coverage in mariupol and the evacuation on friday. 50 civilians from that besieged azovstal steel factory. two buses set to be carried those civilians, under russian military escort. not known where they are being taken nor how many remained at the plant. as you see there, the site has been bombardment from russian tanks, artillery and as well as aircraft. president zelenskyy says he s negotiating negotiations, some 600 are still inside. have a listen. we are working on diplomatic options to save our military to remain in azovstal. influential mediators are involved. monday markets victory day for russia, what russia calls the great patriotic war. russian flag flies above a city s hospital and road signs have been changed to russian. an adviser to mariupol s mayor, soviet statues are popping ....