Each ” away ” éééhasyyou russian roulette. Each day you can only guess who and what moscow will target next. Today, russian bombs killed people in an apartment block. They also killed a in a killed a 14 year old girl in a playground. The guided bombs moscow used to attack kharkiv, they are not ballistic rockets their main aim is to purpose, their main aim is to cause devastation and this is exactly what the kremlin wants to achieve, keogh says. There for they ask their partners to provide them with long range weapons and president zelensky has already responded to this attack by once again calling on his partners to allow them to use these weapons to hit targets deep inside russia. Ukraine currently cannot use weapons provided such as missiles to hit deep inside russia and the ukrainian partners say that if they allow them to do so it will only escalate the war. However, the ukrainian authorities say that these weapons will be used only to hit military targets such as airfields
Or cruise missiles. Their main purpose, their main aim is to cause devastation and this is exactly what the kremlin wants to achieve, kyiv says. Therefore they asked their partners to provide them with long range weapons and president zelensky has already responded to this attack by once again calling on his partners to allow them to use these weapons to hit targets deep inside russia. Ukraine currently cannot use weapons provided, such as storm shadows and other missiles, to hit deep inside russia and the ukrainian partners say that if they allow them to do so, it will only escalate the war. However, the ukrainian authorities say that these weapons will be used only to hit military targets such as airfields from where russian bombers take off and attack ukrainian cities. On friday, ukraine s president zelensky fired the head of the ukrainian air force, mykola oleshchuk days after an f 16fighterjet crashed, killing its pilot. The f 16 was recently sent by nato allies. It crashed while
let s get down to business. hsbc has just reported a 92% surge in quarterly profit. rising interest rates helped to swell its net interest income. europe s largest bank that s headquartered in london said pre tax earnings ringed in at $5.2 billion for the fourth quarter that s better than expected and up from $2.7 billion the year before. but it s biggest shareholder, ping an insurance of china, is putting pressure on the board to pivot further east. that s one of the challenges facing hsbc. let s discuss this with will walker arnott, senior investment manager, charles stanley good morning. talk about numbers. shareholders will benefit. hsbc did well in the last quarter- benefit. hsbc did well in the last quarter. yes, benefit. hsbc did well in the last quarter. yes, strong - last quarter. yes, strong results which would have pleased the market and beat expectations, as outlined. gather up 30% over last year, and the results explain why. what strip on the results, first
correspondents in russia and in ukraine. also this lunchtime. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead, two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. a claim that the clock is ticking for british farmers as they struggle with high inflation, labour shortages and climate change. and it s empty desk friday the world s biggest trial of a four day working week where you do fewer hours for the same pay. and coming up on the bbc news channel england take on pakistan in theirfinal women s t20 world cup group game looking to win and remain unbeaten in the tournament. good afternoon. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two hour state of the nation address delayed from december. he claimed the west is seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation. the existence of our country is at stake, he said. he also announced he s suspendi
what does the future hold for liverpool, with the club s owners insisting the club s not for sale on the eve of their crucial champions league tie with real madrid? it is mild again but there is something cooler on the way. your full forecast on breakfast. it s tuesday the 21st of february. junior doctors in england have become the latest health workers to vote for strike action in a dispute with the government over pay. members of the british medical association are expected to stage a 72 hour walk out, possibly as early as mid march. our health correspondent katharine da costa has this report. this winter s seen the biggest wave of industrial action in nhs history affecting nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists. nowjunior doctors in england willjoin other health unions on the picket line in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay. when 98% of us vote to strike, i think it says a lot. dr andrew meyerson moved from the us to london eight years ago to study medicine. now a