by deporting ukrainians, and targeting civilians. the democratic unionist party says it will not nominate ministers to the northern ireland power sharing executive until decisive action is taken on post brexit trading arrangements. until we get decisive action taken by the uk government on the protocol we will not be nominating ministers to the executive. the boss of scottish power urges ministers to do more to help with rising energy bills. and mps call for more protection for child social media influencers who could be at risk of exploitation we ll hear from one former influencer. good afternoon. president putin has tried to justify the invasion of ukraine on the grounds of national security. in a speech at the victory day parade in moscow s red square, he told soldiers they were fighting for what their predecessors had fought for during the second world war. he also alleged that nato was exploring land close to russia and that he was fighting neo nazis in ukraine. he p
victory over nazi germany. we ll also have a special report from the east of ukraine, where the fighting in this war, is most intense. the big picture here in the donbas is that the kremlin s offensive is largely stalled. they ve taken hardly any significant towns, and the ukrainians are making them pay a heavy price for every scrap of land. and bbc news has revealed how untreated sewage is being dumped illegally in rivers across the uk, putting health and nature at risk. and birmingham airport admits it was chaos this morning as thousands queued for hours to get through security. good evening. welcome to the programme. the labour leader sir keir starmer says he will quit if he s fined by durham police for breaking covid rules last year during lockdown. he s been under pressure after the police announced they would be investigating an event at which he drank beer and had a curry with party workers at an mp s office. in a statement this afternoon sir keir insisted repeatedly t
sparked a global condemnation and sanctions and is turning russia into a pariah. the leader of britain s main opposition party says he ll resign if he s fined for breaking covid rules over a gathering he attended during lockdown. and after weeks of violent protests and at least five more deaths, the sri lankan prime minster has resigned. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am here in the philippines, where i m at the center for the national commission on elections in manila later today there will be a press conference here to update the nation on some of the official results coming through. so far the unofficial partial results suggest that the son of the former strongman ferdinand marcosjunior known here as bongbong marcos has won a landslide victory in an election that s been billed as a test for this country s democracy. his nearest rival leni robredo is well behind. that s almost double the number that have been counted in these unofficial partial results so