on friday, president biden made what he called the difficult decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. he arrives in the uk later on saturday. rishi sunak is playing down any differences. well, the uk is a signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions, and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine against russia s illegal and unprovoked invasion. we have done that by providing heavy battle tanks and most recently long range weapons, hopefully all countries can continue to support ukraine, russia s act of barbarism is causing untold suffering to millions of people, it s right that we collectively stand up to it and i will be heading off to the nato summit next next week where we will be discussing with our allies, how we can strengthen our support for ukraine. so what is the convention on cluster munitions? it s an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of
us presidentjoe biden is in london london ahead of nato s annual summit on tuesday. he s been meeting the prime minister, rishi sunak, in downing street and he said that the relationship between the two countries was rock solid . mr biden will meet king charles later at windsor castle. rajini vaidyanathan is at downing street. what came out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president what came out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president biden? the meeting was quite short. it lasted around 45 minutes. the red carpet was on the steps unit downing street, it has been packed away. the massive presidential cars, the armoured beast vehicles, they have all gone. they were packing into the street here number ten. we do not know the redoubt yet, the statements come from both sides, the us and uk, to tell was discussed. as we get a few brief comments from both of the leaders. as you mentioned there, president biden healing that us uk relationship as a rock solid. he sai
at the beginning of the invasion. he also thanked the united states after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells which drop multiple explosives to help with their counter offensive against russian forces. russia has been using the weapons since the start of the war. human rights groups say cluster bombs kill indiscriminately and unexploded devices can pose a danger to civilians for many years. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this update from kyiv. it is contentious because human rights groups and others have long viewed them as dangerous to civilians, and more than 120 countries have banned them, but they have been used already in this conflict and ukraine has been pushing for them. it has become clear that ukraine has been pushing for them for months. the issue has been on president biden s desk in washin
in 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. star of the x men series and hit filmsjuno and inception, as well as netflix super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the career heights actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. now he s ready to share even more about his life, and he s invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his mental health and his career in hollywood. elliot page, welcome to the bbc. thank you so much for speaking to us. thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. how are you doing right now? i m doing pretty good, yeah! so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and been
arrested in connection with the incident. you can see the tweets there from gloucestershire constabulary. they tweeted saying that the school had been locked down because of the ongoing situation. we don t know if the school is still in lockdown now. it is at the tewkesbury school on ashchurch road. a teenage boy has been arrested with the incident and an adult has been taken to hospital with a suspected stab wound. they were called at 9:10am this morning with reports that a people had stabbed a teacher. the bbc is meeting with london s metropolitan police today to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter, who hasn t been named, has been suspended, but the young person s family is said, by the sun newspaper, to be upset by the corporation s latest response. let s just take a look at the chain of events. the family first complained to the bbc about the presenter s behaviour on 19