hello. ukraine s president zelensky has thanked germany for its fantastic solidarity on his first visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. it comes after germany pledged a further military aid package worth more than $2 billion. mr zelensky has renewed his call for fighterjets ahead of a planned counter offensive against russia s invasion. the german chancellor 0laf scholz said he would continue to support kyiv for as long as is needed. translation: this war has severe geopoliticall consequences for everyone, but mostly for the men and women of ukraine. more than 1 million of them women, children and older people have found protection here in germany. 0ur citizens here stand in full solidarity to the people who have fled from the brutal attacks. mr zelensky thanked the german government for their support. above all, i would like to thank you, sincerely, really sincerely. and the entire german people for your help, for every ukrainian life saved. i would like to
arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. first, sweden and finland have confirmed they will apply for nato membership ending decades of military non alignment. the finnish president, sauli niinisto, called his country s decision historic. however, sweden s governing social democrats, said that as members they would not accept nuclear weapons or alliance bases on swedish territory. reports say both countries are planning to hand their membership applications to nato on wednesday. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. from berlin, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. a fresh aerial attack lights the sky above the besieged mariupol steelworks. this is where the last of the city s defenders have been holed up, a final
So why must you always concentrate on colour, or religion, or this . There are other ways of connecting men. I tell you this. When i left this country in 1948, i left this country with one reason only, one reason. I might have gone to hong kong, i might have gone to timbuktu. I ended up on the streets of paris. There was a theory that nothing worse could happen to me there that had already happened to me here. You talk about making it as a writer about yourself. You have to be able then to turn all the intent with which you live, because once you turn on your back on this society, you may die. You can see it seems really, really urgent, really engaging, and its a terrific watch. Its brilliantly constructed. The montage work is fantastic. The way in which they mix news footage and television and films. There is a very coherent argument, which is about the sort of nature of america, which seems every bit as pertinent now as it did when this was sort of first envisaged. The thing that was
Because of overcrowding in many hospitals. And a lot of hot air trying to beat the world record for crossing the channel. And coming up on bbc news weve got the latest from the second round of the masters, where the weather has been far more friendly to the players, including englands lee westowood, at augusta. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Russia, an ally of syria, has condemned a Missile Strike authorised by President Trump on a Syrian Government target. 59 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were fired from us warships in the mediterranean at the Shayrat Air Base from where mr trump said this weeks deadly Chemical Weapons attack in Northern Syria was launched. In a moment, well get the latest on russias response and how the strike could affect the long war in syria. But, first, heres our North America Editorjon Sopel and a warning, his report does contain some distressing images. It was after dark on the East Coast Of America and before the sun had risen in the middle east w
Could take further Military Action against the Syrian Government. It comes after washington fired missiles at an airbase from which it believes president assads forces launched a Chemical Weapons attack. Addressing an Emergency Meeting of the United Nations security council, the American Ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is in americas Vital National Security Interest to prevent the use of Chemical Weapons. Our military destroyed the airfield from which this weeks chemical strike took place. We were fullyjustified in doing so. The moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. His crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. It was time to say enough but not only say it, it was time to act. Bashar al assad must never use Chemical Weapons again. Ever. The Syrian Government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible but america has had support from other countries. It was after dark on the East Coast Of America and before the sun had r