president, volodymyr zelensky. speaking in rome, ms meloni said her country would back ukraine for as long as was necessary, calling russia s invastion brutal and unjust. later on, president zelensky will meet the pope in the vatican, before visiting germany. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor correspondent paul moss. hi, paul. president zelensky is initially and what is he trying to achieve there? initially and what is he trying to achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries - achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries this - achieve there? he s done a tour of| lots of european countries this year to try and shore up support from politicians and the public. he needs their political support and also very keen to keep that aid flowing which is so necessary for ukraine s resistance of russia s invasion. italy is a special case and we have heard from
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the hollywood actors union has called off its strike, which has caused major disruption to film and tv productions. to film and tv productions. the union says it s reached a tentative agreement with studios. welcome back. president biden has warned the united states will target any groups linked to iran s revolutionary guard corps after a strike on an arms depot in eastern syria wednesday which had been linked to earlier attacks on us bases. the pentagon says there have been a0 such attacks since the war in gaza began. what s more, we have video from the iran backed houthi forces in yemen. they claim to be of an american m09 drone being shot out of the sky. it further underlines the tensions in the wider region, where iran s proxies are threatening to expand the conflict. this is whatjohn kirby, the spokesman for the us s national security council, had to say in an interview with the bbc. we believe that th
a nationwide lockdown over christmas and new year, as it tries to halt the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. americans are set to get a second coronavirus vaccine, as the moderna injection is approved in the us. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. cabinet sources have told the bbc that the prime minister is expected to announce a tightening of covid restrictions, including a tier 4 for london and the south east and a tightening of plans to relax the rules around households gathering over christmas. at 4 o clock this afternoon, we are expecting a coronavirus briefing at downing street with borisjohnson and the government s chief medical and scientic advisers. the press conference and expected announcements come amid a surge in cases believed to be caused by a new covid variant in the south east of england. professor chris whitty has said the new variant of the virus does spread more quickly and that it is now more vital than ever that the public continue to take actio
that is the way it is set this stay as we go into our new week. we have switched from warm continental air into the cooler atlantic air. also a more unsettled look to the weather as low pressure is now driving things in quite a big low to the north of the uk on sunday, it will make for quite a windy day and some persistent rain close to the centre of that low affecting scotland, northern ireland and northern england, times extending into north wales too. to the south, perhaps a couple of showers around but i think a lot of dry weather actually for sotuh wales and southern england and parts of east anglia and the midlands. as i said, a windy day and particularly gusty, high ground and some of those a0 to 45 mph. in terms of the temperatures, considerably lower than the numbers we saw through the end of the week. by a factor of 10 degrees, 15 degrees for glasgow, close to 30 on thursday. still looking pretty went overnight sunday into monday, across the northern half of the uk,