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live from london. this is bbc news volodymyr zelensky makes a surprise visit to the uk for talks with rishi sunak at his country residence, they discuss fighter jets and sunak at his country residence, they discuss fighterjets and training for pilots. turkey look set for a run—off vote for president in two weeks�* time after the country�*s most closely fought election in decades. in the uk the bbc discovered some people are being wrongly diagnosed with adhd art online assessments by private clinics. —— after online assessments.
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hello and welcome. ukraine�*s president zelensky has left the british prime minister�*s country residence, following a surprise visit to the uk. after talks between the two, rishi sunak pledged long—term support for ukraine to ensure that it�*s able to defend itself into the future. mr zelensky said the pair had discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a "jets coalition". our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. the latest stop in the whirlwind tour. his visit here only announced this morning. president zelensky arrived at chequers fresh from talks in france with president macron. the mission — to get from the west of the weapons he needs to fight back against russia. it is a second trip to the uk this year and he says he and his team are here to discuss substantive negotiations. you are the first foreign leader
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i have had the privilege of welcoming here as prime minister. yes, a privilege to be here. you said the first time, not the last. definitely not the last. of course, we will discuss very important issues, urgent support for ukraine and security not only for ukraine, but for all of europe, so thank you. thank you that you hosted me and invited me. the uk is the biggest donor of military aid to ukraine after the united states. last week it announced it would give the country these storm shadow missiles which have a range of up to 150 miles, much longer than anything it had before. they are meant to help the country defend itself against russian attacks on its infrastructure. today, the government will announce it is providing hundreds more air defence missiles as well as hundreds of new long—range attack drones. it�*s already promised or given ukraine arms and equipment worth around £5 billion and trained more than 15,000 ukrainian troops. but ukraine says it needs much more help as it gets ready for a big military
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counteroffensive against russia. so in the past few days president zelensky has been shaking a lot of hands. on saturday he met the pope for the first time since the war began, and then yesterday the chancellor of germany. he is making a last—ditch effort to maximise military supplies to ukraine before that offensive starts. it�*s notjust a question of getting everything ready for the first stages of the offensive, this thing is not going to be over quickly, and so it�*s a question of sustained support over literally months to come. after their meeting, time to be shown the tranquillity here, so far from the battlefields of ukraine where president zelensky�*s mind is. for success there he wants more planes and what he calls a "coalition ofjets." for now there was no commitment from the prime minister. today we talked about the jets, a very important topic for us. of course we can�*t control
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the sky, you know it. it is not a straightforward thing, as we have been discussing, to build up that fighter combat aircraft capability. it's notjust the provision of planes, it is the training of pilots and all the logistics that go alongside that, but the uk can play a big part in that. every day the war that russia started creates more casualties. these are soldiers wounded in bakhmut. the much anticipated ukrainian counteroffensive, when it comes, will cost more lives, but its outcome will have implications not only in ukraine, but far beyond. caroline hawley, bbc news. a kremlin spokesperson said the uk�*s actions will only lead to further destruction in ukraine as russia steps up what it calls its special military operation, of course. rishi sunak said the comments from the kremlin would not weaken the commitment of the uk to ukraine. we
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can speak to our security correspondent frank gardner. what did they talk about?— did they talk about? there will alwa s be did they talk about? there will always be a — did they talk about? there will always be a shopping - did they talk about? there will always be a shopping list - did they talk about? there will always be a shopping list from| always be a shopping list from volodymyr zelensky that is longer than what western countries are prepared to provide and he has made it clear he is desperately in need of fighterjets and the west is not yet prepared to send these, partly for logistical reasons but also for fear of escalating the conflict. what the uk is announcing today, taken together with the announcement of sending storm shadow cruise missiles, could potentially tip the balance on the battlefield in the favour of ukraine because it is allowing ukraine to strike far behind russia�*s front lines, not necessarily in russia itself, but hitting the supply depots of russia, their supply depots and ammunition dumps, all of the things which allow it to sustain the battle. what ukraine did it very successfully in
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september last year was to hit russia�*s supply lines east of kherson so russia could no longer supply their garrison there and they had to withdraw, so they would like to do the same thing now. russia has had months to prepare for the expected ukrainian offensive, pretty much guessing where it is going to come, most likely down towards melitopol. those will be very hard areas for ukraine to storm and it will cost a lot of lives and it may not succeed but if ukraine can starve the russian positions by hitting the supply lines, it can possibly make a breakthrough and force the russians to withdraw without having to lose so many lives. if without having to lose so many lives. , ., .., without having to lose so many lives. ., , , lives. if you could potentially tip the balance _ lives. if you could potentially tip the balance and _ lives. if you could potentially tip the balance and reach _ lives. if you could potentially tip the balance and reach the - the balance and reach the breakthrough, why the delay? western
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su ort breakthrough, why the delay? western support ukraine _ breakthrough, why the delay? western support ukraine has _ breakthrough, why the delay? western support ukraine has been _ breakthrough, why the delay? western support ukraine has been incrementall support ukraine has been incremental throughout this 18 month long conflict and the challenge for nato was, is a noise will be to give ukraine the maximum amount of support without crossing a red line —— was, is, and always will be. there are plenty of people in ukraine that would love to see nato involved on the battlefield but nato does not want to do that and they do not want to go to war with russia. the kremlin already says we are already fighting nato through ukraine but nato is using ukraine as a proxy but we are not seeing western warplanes crewed by western pilots, and tanks with western forces, and western forces are not fighting in ukraine. if they are they are in tiny numbers in an advisory role but even that is pretty murky. western armies are not
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there, let�*s put it that way. nato is keen to keep it that way. clearly, moscow is very angry about the provision of these long—range missiles because they save the uk is stepping over the mark and this is going to hurt their military objectives. russia has already failed on its own account to achieve its initial objective which was to seize the capital kyiv and overthrow the government and bring ukraine back into moscow�*s sphere of orbit, which has not happened, and the west is continuing to provide support much to the annoyance of moscow. frank, thanks forjoining us. earlier i spoke to the chair of the ukraine foreign affairs committee. it is crucially important because first of all we are on the verge of a counter offensive operation which might start at any moment and the second reason is that we should do everything possible to prevent russia from dominating ukrainian
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skies because russia is using each opportunity to target civilian objects and that is why it is important for us to receive military aircraft including f—16s of course. are you frustrated with the delays? of course, we needed military of course, we needed military aircraft and heavy weaponry before and we continue to need that. a year ago, i can remember, when we were asking our allies and friends to close the sky over ukraine, but instead of this we received more air defence system which proved to be effective enough to protect us from russian strikes. 50 effective enough to protect us from russian strikes.— russian strikes. so there has been enou:h russian strikes. so there has been enough protection. _ russian strikes. so there has been enough protection. i— russian strikes. so there has been enough protection. i want- russian strikes. so there has been enough protection. i want to - russian strikes. so there has been enough protection. i want to come j enough protection. i want to come onto the other parts of support
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which were highlighted by the uk government, the missiles for the air defences you were talking about, but also attack drones, so talk to me about why they are significant. the? about why they are significant. they are significant _ about why they are significant. tie: are significant because about why they are significant. tie are significant because we about why they are significant. t'ie1: are significant because we need long—range artillery especially right now and when it comes to a war of attrition the crucial role is played by long—range artillery and long—range cruise missiles and drones. we need in order to hit the depots of russian ammunition, because russian troops have moved further behind the front line, these depots, we need to destroy them to guarantee more security to our civilians and to our soldiers. guarantee more security to our let�*s get some of the day�*s other news now. the united nations says the month—long war in sudan has
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forced nearly a million people from their homes. despite an agreement to protect civilians, both the army and the rival rapid support forces have continued to fight in densely populated areas — especially in the capital, khartoum. most of those who�*ve fled remain within the country. president biden says he expects to meet congressional leaders on tuesday to discuss a plan to raise the us government�*s debt ceiling, and avoid a default. speaking to reporters in his home state of delaware, mr biden said he remained optimistic about agreeing on a deal. a meeting between mr biden and senior lawmakers on friday was postponed. and here in the uk, in what�*s thought to be a world—first, driverless buses have entered service in edinburgh. the operator, stagecoach, says the five single—decker buses have the capacity for around 10,000 passenger journeys per week. despite their name, the buses will still have two members of staff on board to monitor the technology and assist passengers. around the world and across the uk.
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this is bbc news. back where he could have died. two days agojohn was cycling on the appledore road in tenterden and he heard a loud noise, he did not know it but part of the tree he was passing was falling on top of him. soon as i heard the crack, i stood up soon as i heard the crack, i stood up on my pedals and i had that feeling of, is it going to hit me? you knew it was a big tree. john was travellin: you knew it was a big tree. john was travelling in — you knew it was a big tree. john was travelling in this _ you knew it was a big tree. john was travelling in this direction _ you knew it was a big tree. john was travelling in this direction when - travelling in this direction when the branch came down and two cars then collided to avoid the branch but have a look at the size of what we are talking about. it is a miracle no one was killed. john helped the injured motorists. john really goes out on his bicycle. the father of one likes to keep his near death experience in perspective. i would even say, no, i didn't, it was
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would even say, no, i didn�*t, it was five feet away, but i suppose it was something that does not happen very often, a tree falling behind you. you�*re live with bbc news. the turkish general election will go into a run—off in two weeks�* time. the 20th of may is the date. president recep tayyip erdogan has 49.481. his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu had around 45%. erdogan has been in powerfor 20 years. he told supporters in the capital ankara that he was confident he�*d still be president in two weeks�* time.
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his opponent has large support from secular turks and young people. he says he would win the election in a second round, saying mr erdogan failed to get a vote of confidence from the people. anna foster reports from turkey. they came home in their thousands. friends, families, precious cargo. for many, it was the first return since february�*s devastating earthquakes. but they wanted to vote, and this was the place to do it. translation: we are coming | from istanbul for the elections. we left yesterday and arrived here just now. it�*s crucially important for us. i hope for the best. with school buildings still too dangerous to use, containers became polling stations. all day, the lines were long. turnout across the country was high. more than 85%. but as the counting started, hopes of a decisive result faltered. both sides traded accusations of vote tampering and the presidential challenger urged his supporters not
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to leave ballot boxes unattended. translation: despite all his smear campaigns and insults, erdogan - did not get the result he expected. election data is still coming in. if our nation decides on a run off, we are happy. we will definitely win this election in the second round. for now, president erdogan remains in power, but he didn�*t get half of the total vote so the race isn�*t over yet. translation: beyond the numbers, the election showed the winner has l indisputably been our country. turkey has proven once again that it is among the leading democracies of the world with its superiority of the national will and the freedom of its citizens in their political choices. in two weeks�* time, turks will go back to the polls for the country�*s first presidential run—off. two men, one vitaljob. the world will be watching. anna foster, bbc news, adana.
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thousands of rohingya refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged after a powerful cyclone ripped through south—east bangladesh. cyclone mocha made landfall on sunday, narrowly avoiding a direct hit on the world�*s largest refugee camp — cox�*s bazaar. the refugees were forced to see out the storm, in their flimsy shelters. aid agencies say a nightmare situation was just averted, but that serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of almost a million rohingya refugees. 0ur correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, sent this update from inside the refugee camp. close to a million ranger refugees live here in the largest refugee camp in the world —— rohingya refugees. the storm brought with it some devastation and you can see some devastation and you can see some of the bamboo shelters here, which have been completely crushed in the storm. they are very flimsy and made from bamboo and this
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tarpaulin covers the shelters, providing a roof and from where i am standing this is where another shelterjust came down. authorities say that close to 3000 shelters in this camp were damaged or destroyed and some of them have already been put back together this morning which is a sign of the resilience of the refugees and of how basic the construction is. during the storm rohingya refugees were not allowed to leave to go to any government shelters because they cannot leave the camps at any point in time at so many people say they are relieved that the storm did not hit this camp directly and that in the most part, but from damage times, people here are ok. —— apart from damaged homes. the two main opposition parties in thailand have won a decisive victory in a general election which saw voters abandoning the parties of the incumbent military—backed government
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0pposition leader pita limjaroenrat�*s move forward party gained a lead over other parties in both seats and the popular vote — to give them a mandate to form a new government. but he faces complex negotiations ahead to try and build a governing coalition. thailand�*s senate — which is hand picked by the military — also has the power to potentially block the result. speaking after results put him ahead in the poll, mr limjaroenrat has warned of a heavy price to pay if there is any interference in the election outcome. iam not i am not worried but i am not careless. with the consensus that came out of the election, there will be a hefty price to pay for someone who is thinking of abolishing the election results or forming a minority government, that is far—fetched, and i think people would not allow that to happen. the former british cabinet minister jacob rees—mogg has had
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to deal with a stage invader, as he made a speech to the national conservatism conference here in the uk. he was just about to start speaking to the right—wing gathering when he was joined by an uninvited guest. here�*s what happened. excuse me? ladies and gentlemen, you all look like very — excuse me? ladies and gentlemen, you all look like very nice _ excuse me? ladies and gentlemen, you all look like very nice people _ excuse me? ladies and gentlemen, you all look like very nice people and - all look like very nice people and i'm all look like very nice people and i'm sure — all look like very nice people and i'm sure that you are fantastically nice people. iwould i'm sure that you are fantastically nice people. i would like to draw your— nice people. i would like to draw your attention to a few characteristics of fascism... jeering there we go, ourjolly good fellow has had to leave. there we go, our “olly good fellow has had to leave._ has had to leave. applause we believe _ has had to leave. applause we believe in _ has had to leave. applause we believe in freedom - has had to leave. applause we believe in freedom of. has had to leave. applause - we believe in freedom of speech so
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he can have his own conference next week and we can see how many people he gets to come along. a bbc investigation has discovered that patients are being diagnosed with adhd, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, after online assessments that are unreliable. an undercover panorama reporter was seen by three private clinics, which all diagnosed him with adhd and offered him powerful drugs. but a comprehensive in—person assessment by the nhs showed that he didn�*t actually have the condition. the clinics insist they do conduct thorough assessments and follow national guidelines. rory carson reports. the number of adults asking for adhd assessments is soaring and nhs services have been overwhelmed. i needed help, that�*s why i called them. casey faced a three—year wait so she paid almost £700 to a private clinic instead. she says harley psychiatrists diagnosed her after a 45—minute online assessment.
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did you ever get down here to actually see someone? no, no, i never came down here. this is the address that harley psychiatrists give on their website. hello. i�*m just looking for a harley psychiatrist, please. we don't have psychiatrists here in this building. there is none in this building whatsoever? no. we have been told harley psychiatrists diagnosed almost everyone with adhd. so, i�*ve paid £685 for an assessment. after filling out a series of questionnaires, i have an online appointment. all right, well, let's get you assessed and see where we can go from there. 0k. my assessor is psychologist 0lga pacholek. would you say that you got distracted...? she runs through a checklist of questions. would you say that you become distracted or even bored
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by things quite quickly? i can get bored by things. i know i don�*t have the condition because i have already had a rigorous, nhs assessment. but after 45 minutes, the psychologist tells me i have adhd. i think you fit the criteria for adhd very well. so what does that mean, then? you will have it in writing, officially, that you have been diagnosed. 0k. there is no expiration date for this so you are diagnosed for life. harley psychiatrists told us numerous patients don�*t get diagnosed, but any suggestion they�*re misdiagnosing adults with adhd is untrue. and they said the clinic has seen patients at the harley street address. lawyers for the psychologist say the official diagnosis was made
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later by a psychiatrist. but our evidence shows vulnerable patients are being let down. these people were supposed to help me and they took advantage of me. i wasn�*t someone who needed help, i was just money to them. i go undercover as a patient at two other clinics and they also diagnose me with adhd. all three clinics offer me powerful adhd medication. there is no doubt adhd can have a profound effect and that many patients who go private will have the condition. but our investigation reveals how some clinics hand out unreliable diagnoses. rory carson, bbc news.
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and you can see more on that story on panorama — private adhd clinics exposed — on iplayer now or on bbc one at 8pm tonight. we have some breaking news. you heard about jacob rees—mogg we have some breaking news. you heard aboutjacob rees—mogg being interrupted by a protester coming on stage and we now have the home secretary suella braverman being interrupted and heckled in the opening couple of minutes of her speech. two protesters had to be removed from the room according to our political editor chris mason. several uk cancer charities are calling for vat on sunscreen to be scrapped to make it more affordable. sunscreen is classed as a cosmetic product, and so it carries a 20% tax. graham satchell reports. cassandra barker was in her early 20s when she was diagnosed with skin cancer. she had surgery to remove
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a malignant mole on her arm. she admits she didn�*t use sun cream as much as she should have, partly because of the cost. people don�*t see melanoma and different types of skin cancer as that life—threatening. and ijust think because it�*s not spoken about enough, people aren�*t cautious enough and aren�*t really bothered about using sun cream. and the fact that it is quite pricey i think definitely puts people off. melanoma is the fifth—most common form of cancer in the uk. it is largely preventable with the proper use of sunscreen. today, the charity melanoma focus is calling on the government to scrap vat on sunscreens to make them more affordable. new data from the charity has found that 50% of people think sunscreen is too expensive, and 10% don�*t use it at all because of the cost. it also found 67% of respondents would use sunscreen more if it was cheaper. the government told us while they keep all taxes under review, they have no plans to make changes here. but the charity says reducing the cost of sunscreen would be a cost—effective way of cutting
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the overall incidents of skin cancer and would save lives. graham satchell, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. in contrast to last week, this week is looking much, much quieter. now it�*s quite a cold start to the week. it�*s quite chilly out there today. gradually, it gets a little bit warmer day by day over the week ahead. and whilst there are some showers around, it�*s nowhere near as wet as it was last week. we�*ve had this band of cloud overnight push south eastwards across the uk. that didn�*t produce much rain. following on from that, there are a few showers and we�*ve got the winds more from the north or northwest, bringing in a chillier air. and within that chillier air we�*ve seen the cloud building up today. for the most part, there�*s not a great deal of depth to the cloud, so there�*s a lot of dry weather around. but there�*s the chillier air. these are the temperatures that we�*ve got. so 22 degrees in london
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yesterday, 15 today. a few showers dotted about late afternoon into the early evening, particularly across eastern scotland and northeast england. those will decay, though, overnight. skies will clear for the most part and the winds will drop as well, except in northern scotland where we�*ve got more cloud and showers later. so here, not as cold as it was last night. otherwise, a chilly four orfive degrees, perhaps, first thing on tuesday morning, where many places will start dry and sunny. but we do have more cloud in scotland with some showers. that will move down across the country, bringing some showers into northern england. elsewhere, we�*ll see the cloud bubbling up and spreading out a little bit, but it should stay dry. the winds won�*t be as strong tomorrow. it won�*t feel as cold tomorrow. and those temperatures creeping up by a degree or so, up to 16 or 17 degrees. now, things are going to be fairly quiet because high pressure is going to be building in across the uk. now, around the top of that area of high pressure, we do have a weather front which will bring this rain into northern scotland on wednesday. 0therwise, plenty of sunshine to begin with.
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again, the cloud builds up and it could just be thick enough to give one or two light showers through lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east of england. but again, it�*s continuing to get a little bit warmer day by day, 17 or 18 degrees, but still quite chilly across northern parts of scotland. we do have high pressure, though, extending across the uk through the rest of the week. that�*s bringing in these higher temperatures. but occasionally these weather fronts will move down from the northwest and this is where we�*re more likely to have some showers. but having said that, there aren�*t too many of those over the week ahead. some spells of sunshine at times. by the end of the week, temperatures are 19 or 20 celsius.
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