. >> as a proud maritime -- nation, the united kingdom can has long relied on its coastal communities, but today they share challenges. does my right honorable friend agree with me to insure these conning stitch wents can properly unleash their full potential and specific and targeted government subsidies focusing on communities, on social communities if needed, and will he meet with me to discuss this? >> yes, mr. speaker. if she looks as the leveling-up white paper, she will find that it is, indeed, directed clearly at enhancing, improving the lives in our coastal communities, tilting resource and attention towards those fantastic communities, and we'll make sure that she gets a meeting with the relevant menster. >> now to the leader of the opposition, kier starmer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i know the prime minister will have wished his back benches to scream and shout, and that's fine. that's fine. [inaudible conversations] but i i hope, i hope he's also sent a clear message that there's no place for sexism or misogyny or looking down on people because of where they come from his

nina juergen sanchez, a professor of public law at the university of south hampton, in the united kingdom. she's also a judge at the kosovo specialists chambers as you're going to and thank you for joining us on the day. now the u. s president joe biden and other say the killings of civilians and boucher are clear evidence of war crimes committed by russian forces. but there are different classifications of such crimes. how do you view the future killings? well, if you say that different classifications possible for these crimes, so therefore cool categories of international crime have well, crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and then also the kindness aggression. these at events seem to bear the hallmarks of a war crime. war crime is a serious violation of international humanitarian law. so the, the law that applies them during an armed conflict and is designed to protect m civilians are those are not fighting and prisoners of war and examples of possible war crimes include a murder, torture, and ill treatment of civilians are intentionally directing attacks against civilians and

boris johnson is saying to the i people of the united kingdom, "take a cold shower for ten years". - i really do. it is really shocking. my own energy bills have gone up over 100%, and i'm sure . that's a pretty common story over the nation. i my heart breaks to think of people who are living | on the margins and what it is doing to them, - let alone businesses that survive on the margins, i with vast restaurants - or factories that need to be heated at these prices. what is he doing for them? how are they going to survive? is it so surprising, though, for an elected politician to say to voters, "you have to pay more" but "you will have to use less"? it's not a vote—winning message. but the request was from green groups and environmentalists was to say, listen, subsidise people to make their homes more efficient. make it easier and cheaper for them to insulate. there are significant cost hurdles to putting in insulation. and given historic energy prices, actually, for many people, it has been a tough decision to make because it takes many years to pay off. but current energy prices

yesterday afternoon, the president of the united kingdom, boris johnson, made an unannounced trip to kyiv to meet with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in person. johnson reiterated the united kingdom's commitment to ukraine, and announced that his country will be supplying ukraine with 120 armored vehicles and new anti ship missile systems. in addition to the hundred $30 million in military aid that was announced yesterday. in a news release, zelenskyy said, quote, the visit is a manifestation of strong, significant, constant support by the united kingdom for. ukraine we appreciate it and we'll remember it. johnson's visit is the latest sign of how support for the uranium people has continue to strengthen across europe. diplomats are beginning to move back to kyiv, with the european union and italy among those planning to reopen their embassies in the capital in the coming days. additionally, the global pledging campaign stand up for ukraine announced yesterday it has secured 11 billion dollars from european institutions and other foreign governments and companies to dire

. >>> joining me now is david millband, former secretary for the united kingdom and currently serves as president and ceo of the international rescue committee which is a key humanitarian aid group. david, you wrote about impunity, what happens if russia continues to go unpunished and there are some who would argue, it's not going unpunished, but there are some who would argue in this country that it's not being punished enough. tell me your thoughts about this. [ no audio ] >> over the border -- they're seeing the most appalling -- [ indiscernible ] >> david, i'm just going to interrupt you for a second. we have an audio problem that we need to fix, but i want to just get that fixed and hear what david millband has to say what his views are on this are particularly important given that he's in charge of one of the key refugee agencies in the world. we'll talk to david mill band, former secretary of the international committee after this break. we'll be right back. l committee this break we'll be right back. ♪i've been everywhere.♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we believe there's an inn

kingdom, norway, denmark, austria, latvia, lithuania, iceland, and guarantees from the united kingdom, netherlands, and sweden, and parallel financing from japan. these announcements were still being made today, and i know many other countries are also putting money directly into the support effort for ukraine. our mechanisms are providing rapid, targeted, and secure delivery of the support to ukraine in the challenging times. the priority should be to fill ukraine's current financing needs no may -- in a way that minimizes its future debt burden. so, grant contributions will be very important. our mdtf is one mechanism that can be utilized. i would also like to acknowledge complementary approaches, including the imf's administered account. the european union solidarity trust fund. ebrd's resilience package. it will be important for all parties to continue coordinating their support for ukraine's budget needs. we are working toward three phases of the recovery effort of relief. recovery and resilience, and i know many around the table are working in those efforts as the war continues.

the other democratic western countries should follow the example of the united kingdom. from borisjohnson arriving as horrors are unearthed from neighbouring towns, warm words for a leader he called a lion. i thank you for what you've been able to do. i think your leadership has been extraordinary and i think in what putin has done in places like bucha and in irpin, his war crimes have permanently polluted his reputation and the reputation of his government. borisjohnson was long keen to come here to kyiv, but was waiting for the security situation to stabilise following the withdrawal of russian troops from the area. and while this city has calmed, the renewed russian offensive in the east has made ukraine push even harderfor more military aid. russian tanks pushed on as a governor in the east urged civilians to flee immediately, warning of troops massing nearby. bucha, near kyiv, now free of russian troops, shows what might lie in store elsewhere — 360 people are said to have died here and ukraine, the david against the goliath, is still crying out for help. mark low

we supply you name it, you cannot have the sanction, for example, announced by the united kingdom. they even say they want to wait until the end of 2032, to cut off supply of russian oil to united kingdom. and there are reports that the united states is actually increasing its import of crude oil for russia, rather than terminating the import of russian crude oil. as the u. s. government has announced. so i think we need to figure out a better way that is promising to resolve the problems. and also we need to figure out a better way to establish lasting peace in europe. i missed the guy with well was seen these disturbing images from boucher. oh, to what extent do you think these these pictures will escalate the rift between the western russia and impact the peace talks between moscow and hear? well, the reported violations of which are very alarming and very concerning . and i think the chinese that delegate to the nation security council. yes. so they already mentioned that in order to be absolutely sure as to what exactly happened, an independent and bias investigation by intern

that the prime minister of the united kingdom is allowed... of the united kingdom is a liar. but today, that word was allowed to pass. ithe fact he thought he could getl away with such absurd claims says clearly that this prime i minister takes the british people for granted. knowingly misleading parliament is a very serious matter, and today, borisjohnson insisted he hadn't. the pm does have a lot of support on his side... i support him because he was anointed by the people in 2019 to deliver a great mission, to unite and level up the country, and because he can make the big calls that are needed at this time. ...but it was clear and for some, their patients snapped. and for some, their patience snapped. the prime minister now should be long gone and, deputy speaker, i certainly hope for this motion, but the prime minister should know the gig's up. by the time borisjohnson visited this temple number ten had backed down and ditched its plan. you seem to have completely misjudged the mood of your own party. i don't think it's sensible to have endless investigation and analysis

the united states, the united kingdom and some european countries are helping, but we need it sooner — we need it now. is it enough? we don't think so. in english: the priority word is sooner, the priority word i is quickly and the priority word — now. he is a president who has been cut off from his people, a citizenry suffering unimaginable horrors at the hands of a ruthless adversary. he's full of hate, he says, for russia's troops and their leaders, gradually limiting the scope for peace talks. how do you sit across the table to try to stop the war? how do you do that? bucha is in this process, closing these possibilities. bucha, borodyanka, mariupol. so i don't have — you know, it's not about me, it's more about russia. they will not have so many chances in the long period to speak with us. and what of those european countries, despite other sanctions, still sending billions to russia in oil and gas revenues? translation: we don't - understand how you can make money out of blood. unfortunately, some european countries have done this. before the war began, i spoke to chancel

kingdom. now he's pointed out that arrival was a growing wednesday, 600 people arrived. having crossed the channel, he said it could be a 1000 a day soon, and the total figure philosophy with $28000.00 people. now this politically puts pressure on board johnson's government, particularly among the right wing section of, of his conservative party who were very keen to be seen to pushing to be pushing down general numbers of migrants as well as refugees and asylum seekers coming to the u. k. so he talks about a deterrent, but at the same time, in kigali, the rwandan capital on thursday, his home secretary pretty patel, stood next to the rwandan foreign minister announcing the steel said that people who under the scheme would be sent to rwanda, would then be if they were successful in their asylum claim allowed to rebuild their lives in a country which had a good history of receiving in refugees and had a booming economy suggesting that they would thrive. so it's a slightly contradictory message

over 10,000 people over a space of five weeks coming to the united kingdom. we have to ensure that they are protected and safeguarded in the united kingdom as well. your own backbenchers, home secretary, are making this point, are saying, look, how come that all these people can get over here in small boats and we apparently can do nothing about that? record numbers. and this ukrainian scheme, people are seeing three, four week delays. mark, they're not seeing delays. we are processing. and as i've said, as well, i'm streamlining processes. i streamlined the family scheme in less than a week, and we simplified that and we changed the way certain checks are done. and also, i'm working to automate, automate where we can. i'm afraid many government systems, this is an untold story, are still legacy systems... is that why you can't increase the rate? because the new figures do not suggest there's been a big increase. so, mark, you will see changes. you will absolutely see changes in numbers. our home editor, mark easton, joins me in studio. you mentioned in the i

the united kingdom became zist kyiv. the united kingdom became 21st country to return the diplomatic mission to our capital, and it shows we are not the only ones in life over death. , , ., not the only ones in life over death. , , . . , not the only ones in life over death. ,, . ., death. russia has for the first time admitted _ death. russia has for the first time admitted that _ death. russia has for the first time admitted that at - death. russia has for the first time admitted that at least i death. russia has for the first i time admitted that at least one crew member died when its black see flagship sunk last week. it is and others are unaccounted for. ukraine says it struck the visa — melissa with results. moscow blamed it on a fire. there is claim and counterclaim. president zelensky says the attack on ukraine is only the beginning and that russia intends to invade other countries. simon jones, bbc news. two months after the start of the russian invasion of ukraine, the united nations refugee agency has told t

first of all, i'm very thankfulfor all support we are receiving from the west from the united kingdom, very specially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukraine and, yes, harpoon and brimstone missiles from the uk, they are en route, they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without, i can tell you that we were very successful with the attack against the russian flag ship. it was a missile cruiser which became a submarine because it was sent down by ukrainians and that changed the situation in the black sea. fears are growing that russia might finally declare a formal war on ukraine — which comes amid reports of considerable loses on the side of the russian army, as well as continuing displacement of local civilians. to explain what a formal declaration of war would mean from a legal standpoint, with us here is sean corbett, a former raf air vice—marshal. thank you for coming in the programme. we talk about special military operations when we refer to how vladimir putin refle

kingdom, although not at a serious level. until now. the sport is making a comeback in the uk with a new british kabaddi league made up of eight brand new teams and began this weekend. you can watch every game live on the bbc sport website and iplayer, and our sports correspondent srosh khan has been finding out more. a sport like no other. think dodgeball, chuck in a bit of wrestling and british bulldog and you may begin to understand it, so what is kabaddi? it's a game of raiders and defenders. something like 5000 years old. it is embedded in the historical culture of minority so, you raid, you go across, you take something that belongs to your opponent and you bring it back. it allows you to be bruce lee when he goes up and faces eight, nine people from different angles. this is the same. you have to go up against seven opponents, seven against one, and it allows you to build your confidence up, it is team work, it is individuality. why is kabaddi so popular, especially in places like south asia? kabaddi has always been ve

kingdom. that simply wouldn't happen here because the gun laws, the gun lobby, is incredibly strong, incredibly wealthy, and has a lot of power on capital hill. raid allen, i mean, as you're saying, i mean this issue is a political hot potato for the last few. 6 presidents as far as i can remember of in the u. s. so certainly not only joe biden, but how much pressure is he going to be under now to do more, particularly after this latest shooting in brooklyn, in a very busy area on a tuesday morning that there was the young woman who was on the south lawn with joe biden, on monday when they were talking about the changes on ghost guns, she was the victim of a mass shooting at a school in california. 2 of our friends died and she said she was tired of politicians, offering thoughts and prayers. and that's inevitably what you see on social media. a lot of politicians will help the offering thoughts and prayers for the victims of various shootings. if you go back to that pulse night club in orland

kingdom, canada to further deny the benefits of russia -- to russia by the economic system. putin has failed to achieve his grand ambitions on the battlefield. after weeks of shelling he have, kyiv still stands. president zelenskyy and the democratic government still remain in power. ukrainian armed forces, joined by ukrainian civilians have thwarted russia's conquest of their country. they have been bolstered from day one by a supply of weapons, ammunition, armor, intelligence from the nations of the free world led by the united states read as russia continues to grind out military advances in the brutalities against ukraine, putin is banking on us losing interest. you've heard me say this from the beginning, he was counting on nato, the european union, our allies in asia cracking and moving away. he is betting that western unity will crack. once again we will prove him wrong. we will not lessen our resolve. we will stand with the brave and proud people of ukraine. we will never fail in our determination to defend freedom and deposed here any. again i want to thank the amer

kingdom and united states, but it is lower than we are use to in france. i think it speaks to the fact that a lot of voters don't feel represented in politics, don't feel like their day to day issues are represented in the political debate. whoever is elected, even if mr. macron is elected, he will have to keep this in mind and reconnect to this underbelly of french voters. laura: benjamin, thanks so mu for being with us from paris. in other news now from around the world, shanghai is to relax some lockdown restrictions despite the continuing rise in the number of daily cases. the city has been under strict lockdown, but individual diricts will be placed into three categories with people allowed to leave their homes if ey are in areas with no new infections. a 26-year-old man from london was convicted ofurdering a u.k. lawmaker said david a miss. -- sir david a miss. -- amos. a new portrait of the north korean leader has been unveiled to mark 10 years since kim jong-un rose to power. state media praised kim, but the country is poor then it was a decade ago

kingdom got told the issue and you're buying are also white for our national development and progress. so shanele, the military is incredibly incredibly powerful in pakistan. will they be able to call the shots on this? well, the military, especially the army to come or job re bond, you will be can intervene to resolve this contribution crime if bottling out of control at the more likely it is no longer about elections that are nearby him. now, focused on a huge economic and defense, died of the us in the army and at least the army you believe they've gone be compromised. it will embarrass box on the economy. insecurity, you do an extend, the concept borders are not comprehending and the long so focused on is a graph. now the auto me can do a lot and the army and the woman wants to stay new true. but maybe it's just a matter of time that they decide to we it's a really tricky situation we have right now. a one thing i'm wondering is, is con, is removed from power. how likely is it that will see the country's problems, especially it's economic challenges improve a huge economic challen

caroline: in the united kingdom my family day in and day out talks about inflation and electricity and what is happening in terms of the ramifications, antagonized by the invasion of russia into ukraine. talk to us about how the u.k. feels right now. february, 0.1% growth and the economy being stifled. that is before you factor in the implications of the russia-ukraine invasion. >> these are challenging times . we hoped we would come out of covid and get to brighter times. that hasn't happened. what has happened in the ukraine has a very difficult impact on the economy. we are seeing that. we also have global pressures in terms of inflationary pressures and that is playing out in the u.s., playing out in the u.k., and across the globe. these are challenging times for british consumers. caroline: challenging times for british consumers where they are being asked to burden heavier taxes, largest since the 1950's. and at a time when they look to the chancellor of the exchequer and feeling that he or she is out of touch. i'm wondering how he is dealing with the pressure that is upon him an

today, the united kingdom and rwanda have liked a joint _ united kingdom and rwanda have liked a joint partnership to put an end to his deadly— a joint partnership to put an end to his deadly trade in people smuggling. this is part of the united — smuggling. this is part of the united kingdom's new plan for migration, to control our borders, protect— migration, to control our borders, protect our— migration, to control our borders, protect our communities, stop dangerous illegal migration, helpe world's_ dangerous illegal migration, helpe world's most desperate people. it is the biggest overhaul of our immigration system in decades, underpinned by a bill that will soon become _ underpinned by a bill that will soon become law. 0ur underpinned by a bill that will soon become law. our country, the united kingdom. _ become law. our country, the united kingdom, has always extended the hand of— kingdom, has always extended the hand of friendship to those in need, and in _ hand of friendship to those in need, and in recent years alone we have proudly— and in recent years alone we

states and even you know bigger though than than the united kingdom. and in terms of military spending and other common thing we look at to or is commonly trotted out as a as a proxy for global power or influence. yeah in us dollars 2018 us dollars russia look spends about a tenth of what the us does about a quarter of what china does and about what united kingdom spends, um as we'll see later russia gets a little more money a little more for its money though than the united kingdom even though spending an adjusted dollars is it roughly the same? and again just reviewing our whoops reviewing some of those those measures so if you know russia doesn't by these conventional sort of measures or rough estimates of power if we added these up and and arrange the world along these measures russia would not look particularly influential in the world and yet it's done all those things that i referred to earlier this particularly since mr. putin returns to the russian presidency in 2012. so often it said that that russia under mr. putin is just it's punching abov

i assured him the implacable role of the united kingdom shared across this house tojoin the united kingdom shared across this house to join with our allies and give his brave people of the weapons they need to defend themselves. when the president and i went for an impromptu walk to central kyiv we happened upon a man who immediately expressed his love for britain and the british people and he was generous enough to say quite unprompted, i should reassure the house, i will tell my children and grandchildren they must always remember that britain helped us. but the urgency of even greater now because putin has regrouped his forces and launched a new offensive in the donbas. we knew this danger would come. and when i welcomed president duda to downing street on the 27th of april and chancellor scholz the following day we discovered how downing street could provide the answer we desperately need to come to put in's net onslaught. 0n the 12th of april i spoke to president biden to brief him on a visit to kyiv and how we will intensify our support for president zelensky and i suppose our longâ€

, we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukraine and, yes, harpoon and brimstone missiles from the uk, they are en route, they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without, i can tell you that we were very successful with the attack against the russian flag ship. it was a missile cruiser which became a submarine, because it was sent down by ukrainians and that changed the situation in the black sea. i'm joined now by general sir richard barrons, former head of the uk's joint forces command and now co—chairman of universal defence and secuity solutions. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. let's thank you for coming on the auroramme_ ., programme. good afternoon. let's get our programme. good afternoon. let's get your assessment _ programme. good afternoon. let's get your assessment first _ programme. good afternoon. let's get your assessment first of _ programme. good afternoon. let

which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukraine. and yes, harpoon and brimstone missiles from the uk, they are on the route, they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without i can tell you that we were very successful with the attack against the russian flank, it is a missile cruiser which became a submarine because it was sent down by ukrainians and that changed the situation in the black sea very seriously. now the russian fleet is not so active. they are mostly at their sebastopol harbour and the anti—air defence there, but yes, still they can attack odesa and other parts of ukraine by ballistic missiles, which they are using very actively. so we hope we will receive more anti air defence systems from the west, which will help us also to defend our skies, like we already defended our c.— defend our skies, like we already defended our c. what do you hear of life in odesa? _ defended our c. what do you hear of life in odesa? because _ defended our c. what do you hear of life in odes

, the united kingdom, russia, france, and germany. together they account for about 2 thirds of the global military expenditure. china's military spending grew for the 20 sack 27th consecutive year with many so military, the name doesn't automatically mean german spending rag or other types of benuya paid salaries of troops. you need to buy fuel for your tanks. so you know, procurement is only a part of it, but we are seeing that many of these nasty increases are very much focused on, on millimeter, germans as well as research and development. now to some of the other global business stories making news, us regulators have granted approval to a gilead sciences coven, 19 drug rem desert, beer to treat infants and children over 28 days of age. it's the food and drug administration. first approval of such a drug for children under 12. it's applicable to children who are hospitalized or at a high risk of severe coven. 19 norwegian police have arrested 20 greenpeace and extinction. rebellion activists for blocking a tanker delivering russian oil to an exxon mobil terminal. the group called on t

born in the united kingdom to complete his sentence . now the family got a chance to look at the man described their anguish. one mother said you there are no words to describe the pain you have ruined our lives. others talked about how horrible the uncertainty was of not knowing what was happening to their loved ones, and then finding out the absolute horror of the manner of death by beheading. also their treatment, they admitted they water brought aboard their captives. they used to stun guns. they beat them severely, but there was another family member who sent a much different message. you no longer have power over me. a month. i forgive you. now one of the things prosecutors wanted is they one of the judge to decide just exactly how his prison time in the united states would be spent. they were hoping that he would be put in mostly solitary confinement. the judge said that would not be appropriate for him to rural on that he'll leave that up to prison officials. he did say that he thought that he showed some remorse, and he did comm

the rest of his term will be in the united kingdom, where he is from, if he meets certain conditions. one of the things that the judge was asked to do was to decide all kinds of prison experience. he would have had one of the options was to put him in a prison, where he would basically be in solitary confinement for his entire 15 years. a son have considered that torture in enough of itself locked in the cell for as much as 23 hours a day by yourself. never being able to speak to another human being. the judge said he wasn't going to make that recommendation. he said basically he trusts the prison officials to decide exactly where coach cody should go when there was a lot of really emotional testimony from some of the victims, families. at one point i seem to sell off, mother said look at me when he was looking down. and he said, she said the pe, i have no words. the pain is beyond words, you've destroyed our lives. another family victim said, i'm going to not let terrorist control my mind anymore. you've had control over my mind this entire time. i forgive you. so you no longer contr

kingdom, and canada -- further to deny russia the benefits of the international economic system that they so enjoyed in the past. we don't know how long this war will last. but as we approach the two-month mark, here's what we do know, putin has failed to achieve his grand ambitions on the battlefield. after weeks of shelling kyiv, kyiv still stands. president zelenskyy and his democratically-elected government still remain in power. and the ukrainian armed forces, joined by many brave ukrainian civilians, have thwarted russia's conquest of their country. they have been bolstered from day one by an unstinting supply of weapons, ammunition, armor, intelligence from the nations of the free world, led by us, the united states. as russia continues to grind out their military advances and the brutalities against ukraine, putin is banking on us losing interest. that's been my view, you've heard me say this from the beginning. he was counting on nato, the european union, our allies in asia cracking, moving away. he's betting western unity will crack. he's still betting on that. and once aga

the united kingdom says it is strive to confirm whether chemical weapons were used in murray up or following unconfirmed reports of people suffering from breathing problems. russian forces have been pounding the southeastern port city for weeks, possibly killing thousands of civilians. a separatist from a group supported by moscow told russian states evie that chemical weapons could be a way to finally take the city in his nightly address president flooding his zalinski said the world should be alarmed by the threat or dangerous. but if one of the russian occupiers spokesman, who said that they might use chemical weapons against the dissenters of mary paul was the address treatise with the utmost seriousness. which i would like to remind world leaders that the possible use of chemical weapons by the russian military has already been discussed. and already at that time, it meant that it was necessary to react to the russian aggression what much harsher and faster zaleski she issued h and i, we are joined by a corresponded young phillip shots whose in odessa angela. could you tell us more abou