we live in the shadows of racism, discrimination, and oppression daily. human rights organisations say this is one of the most discriminated against ethnic groups in europe. our ireland is one that| continues to grievously fail our travelling community. and the stark statistics speak for themselves. | so what can be done to deal with what some describe as the last acceptable form of racism? sue ellen was my sister in law. she was 32, and she died by suicide. my brother, john, was 3a he died by suicide. my brother, timmy, was 38. he died through suicide. my second little cousin, marlene, she was 13 she died through suicide. a roll call of despair, each name bearing testament to a community suffering generational devastation. ten years ago, onjanuary 2nd, i would ve got a phone call to say my sister in law has committed suicide, and she was only 32 years of age. and she had four small children, and her youngest was two years of age. two years after that, her husband committ
including a three month old baby killed in russian air strikes in odesa. claims that vladimir putin considers peace talks on ukraine to be at a quote dead end is the second story on the ft. it s main feature is macron s projected victory in france. to the telegraph which also focuses on macron s expected win. it says he s acknowledged one of the reason he s managed to return to the elysee palace is because people voted in spite of him because they didn t want to choose marine le pen. the guardian also devotes most of its front page to macron s projected victory. calling it a victory for him and also for the european union. lots to get on with so we will get cracking. hello both. lovely to see you. one place to start, it is these elections in france. macron s projected victory. let s start with the front page of the guardian, that has a photo of macron in the middle and the headline, macron pledges unity after he fends off le pen threat. lizzie, why don t you kick us up
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six from the ukrainian capital kyiv, as russia today expanded its bombardment of cities, hitting sites right across the country. it comes as the united nations now estimates nearly five million people have fled ukraine, because of the war. in the western city of lviv, which has been relatively unscathed throughout the conflict, missile strikes have killed at least seven people. our correspondent danjohnson has been to the site of one of the attacks and sent us this report. this is the moment the conflict came closer to lviv. missile strikes out of the clear skies of a bright morning, hitting targets right in the city. and this is one of those targets, an industrial unit not far from the city centre. it took firefighters some time to bring the blaze under control. and it was not long before the families of those caught up in this came to see it for themselves. anatoli barank and maria heard the news, try to call, but got no answer fr
westminster with the prime minster due to address the commons for the first time since his fine for breaking lockdown rules. to have them here is extraordinary. and prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and what ukraine s presence there means. good evening. we re in the ukrainian capital kyiv, on a day when russia expanded its bombardment of several cities, hitting sites right across the country. it comes as the united nations estimates nearly five million people have fled ukraine, because of the war. in the western city of lviv, which has been relatively unscathed throughout the conflict, missile strikes have killed at least seven people. our correspondent, danjohnson, has been to the site of one of the attacks, and sent us this report. this is how the people of lviv found that there is that it wasn t as safe as they thought. missile strikes across the skies on a clear morning hitting buildings right in the heart of the city and bringing the conflict close