Going to be able to turn things around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that. And hollywoods biggest night kicks off later with all eyes on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins at the oscars. The budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2p for the second time in six months, as well as adopting two of labours policies, which it planned to use to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and extra nhs appointments, if the party wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc s Laura Kuennsberg and started by talking about how they plan to raise money now. We are committed to the extension of working rights, including banning the National Welfare and is a key component of our growth plans, and britain has never had one before. The idea is to live it in private Sector Investment alongside a Government Endowment to invest in so
dominated the headlines for the past week. the prime minister has announced that new legislation will be brought in to make sure that those convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen. who worked for the post office are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters received criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting, over a period of around 16 years, after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison and many were made bankrupt. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over, you re the only one. that was a lie, actually. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pay out more compensation. the prime mini
military equipment and weapons. he also said the u.s. will be steadfast in its support for ukraine. i thought it was critical that there not be any doubt, none whatsoever about u.s. support for ukraine in your war against the brutal attack from russia. for all the disagreement we have in congress on some issues, there is significant agreement on support for ukraine. this is so much larger than just ukraine. the two leaders also walked out on the streets of kyiv paying respects to the thousands of ukrainian soldiers killed in the conflict. vice president harris said russia has committed crimes against humanity in ukraine. russia s ambassador to the u.s. responded by accusing the u.s. of trying to demonize russia. it comes as the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. warned china it would be crossing a red line if it were to provide lethal aid to russia for use in ukraine. four u.s. officials familiar with the matter tell nbc news the u.s. believes china may already be providing non-
we meet a bright four year old, who s become the uk s youngest member of mensa, and can count to 100 in six languages. and the nominations are in for the antidote to the oscars the razzies with some of hollywood s biggest names up for awards. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the death toll from one of california s worst mass shootings has risen to ii. doctors say one of those injured in the attack died from extensive injuries. officials have also identified two of the victims. two women, my nian and lilan li, were both in their 605. the 72 year old suspected gunman was found dead by police on sunday. he had a self inflicted gunshot wound. his motive for the attack is still unclear. the shooting happened as celebrations for lunar new year were under way in the city of monterey park, known for its large asian population. a member of the public, a 26 year old man managed to disarm him. here he is speaking
to prevail, ukraine needs more western weapons, in particular modern battle tanks. but germany remains reluctant to send in the leopards. well, my guest is ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro kuleba. are ukraine s strategic options being narrowed by wavering amongst western allies? foreign minister dmytro kuleba in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be with you. it s great to have you back on the show. i m sure you watched very closely what happened in ramstein, germany, when ukraine s allies met at defence minister level to discuss new weapons supplies to ukraine. what appears to have emerged is yet more uncertainty, particularly about whether you re going to get tanks. how damaging is that uncertainty? the meeting in ramstein itself was the quintessential moment of weeks of different talks and negotiations and also public appeals, so everything that was not decided in ramstein, including main battle tanks, will be decided within a short term perspective. i m abso