general david petraeus is with us along with the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake. hello and welcome. the leader of the islamic state group has been killed by us special forces in syria. abu ibrahim al hashimi al-qurayshi blew himself up, along with his wife and two children, as a two hour gun fight unfolded around a villa in the idlib province, close to the turkish border. al qurayshi was linked to a series of atrocities, including the rape and murder of the yazidi s in 2014. president biden, who praised the bravery of the team involved, said they opted for a night time raid instead of an air strike because al-qurayshi had always surrounded himself with civilians. he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast syria, which was swiftly addressed by our brave partners in the syrian democratic forces. he was the driving force behind the genocide of the people in northwestern iraq in 2014. we remember the gut wrenching stories and
if the week, the polish president said that if the war week, the polish president said that if the war would last another year, there if the war would last another year, there would be a threat of russia invading there would be a threat of russia invading another country. how are you stopping the russian aggression here? you stopping the russian aggression here? is you stopping the russian aggression here? s it you stopping the russian aggression here? is it theoretically possible for russia here? is it theoretically possible for russia to invade another country? for russia to invade another country? for russia to invade another count? ., ., country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this is country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this is possible. - country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this is possible. and . country? unfortunately, yes, i. believe this is possible. and that can happen. i can explain why. you see
take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. good afternoon. it s a year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine and there are no signs that the conflict is coming to an end. there have been huge casualties on both sides and millions of people have become refugees. the conflict has also affected the global economy, threatening supplies of food and energy. speaking in kyiv earlier, ukraine s president zelensky says his country will do everything it can to achieve victory this year and wouldn t stop until those he called russian murderers had faced punishment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning, and has been looking back at the last 12 months with some of those who he s spoken to along the way. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato bel
were having to do things that in future ought to be done by other departments or at the centre because it should have been a whole government response earlier. that is my reflection. and what about after the end of february when the cross government machine ramps up on the scale of the crisis is understood and steps have to be taken? to what extent had the department for health and social are got on top of promoting or suggesting the sort of countermeasures and infection control that ultimately were at the heart of the government response? from the end of february when the prime minister took the chair of cobra which was symbolically very important, when the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster got stuck in and you heard from him how he came to a cobra, was alarmed, asked some very good questions, followed that “p very good questions, followed that up with me and from. you might thinki up with me and from. you might think i was unhappy to receive that e mail on those questi