here. take a look at the misery map, more miserable virtually by the moment. john: you have to love the misery map. america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts, good day to you again. gillian: no misery here, all good, all happy, not complaining about anything for a change. john: might be misery for you, but not gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra smith, we ll take you live to the snow zone but first overseas. john: president biden jetting back to washington and leaving behind a new axis of evil. china and russia showcasing their close ties with iran in tow. gillian: declaring a no limits partnership, experts say not only a threat to ukraine but the future of taiwan as well. john: when chinese president xi jinping makes a trip to moscow in the spring. china says they plan to play peacemaker but they doubt intentions. they are working together today to reach those goals. john: where do we stand against our adversaries? we will take th
children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance directed at russia president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts particularly serevodonetsk as indescribably difficult for the ukrainian army. it s the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that s taking more lives every day. with all this firepower
in a moment, huw edwards will be here to bring you more on all those headlines when we re joined by viewers on bbc one. but before that, we ll start with ukraine. and president zelensky has visited troops on the front line in eastern ukraine. he went to the kharkiv region an area once again under attack from president putin s forces. this evening, the european union failed to reach agreement on an embargo of russian oil, on the eve of a summit of eu leaders in brussels. the ban on oil imports is part of the eu s sixth sanctions package on russia over its invasion of ukraine, which the commission has been struggling to finalise. the package is being held up by hungary, which says an oil embargo would be a body blow to its economy, because it can t easily import oil from elsewhere. earlier, i spoke to kira rudyk, ukrainian mp and current leader of the political party voice. she told me the effort of building international support for ukraine is ongoing and that she has not
Aviv, israel. We begin this hour with israels Military Ratcheting up its bombardment of gaza. A short time ago, israels military reported it has conducted dozens of strikes on hamas in gaza in recent hours as well as destroying two hezbollah cells in lebanon. Its part of israels plan to prepare for a possible Ground Incursion into gaza. That order could come at any time. Defense secretary lloyd austin says the u. S. Is worried about an escalation in the middle east, so the u. S. Will deploy Missile Defense systems like the one you see right there throughout the region to protect u. S. Troops. Erin, whats the latest on your end . Reporter all right. Well, jim, here we are learning that the Biden Administration is pressing israel to delay a possible fullscale Ground Invasion of gaza. Alex marquardt reporting that, saying the goal is to provide more time to negotiate for the release of hostages and allow for more humanitarian aid to go in to reach palestinian civilians. Now, the white hou
national attention. late last night the state s supreme court ruled to temporarily block kate cox s attempt to obtain an emergency abortion. cox says her unborn baby has a fatal genetic condition that results in the baby not living more than a few days outside the womb. that s according to the lawsuit she has filed against texas. cnn s camila bernal is following this story. how big of a setback is this for her? reporter: it s very significant, fred, and that s because kate cox is 20 weeks pregnant at the moment. she s just 31 years old. as you mentioned, her fetus has a fatal genetic condition, and she says the complications of this pregnancy have essentially put her life in danger, and she says not only is her health at risk here, but she also says that her future fertility is also at risk if she doesn t get an abortion. so that is why she sued the state of texas asking for her to be allowed to get a legal abortion in the state of texas. a judge in the state granted that a