Tonga: New Zealand brings water desalination plant
The first ships have arrived brining aid to Tonga following Saturday's huge volcanic eruption which scientists say may have been the loudest event on Earth in more than a century.
Help has arrived for the Islands of Tonga in the form of two New Zealand navy ships which have landed with food and drinking water - we'll hear from the military officer coordinating the aid and from a disabled man who was caught up in the tsunami and forced to swim more than 24 hours.
Britain's foreign secretary has warned Russia of a terrible loss of life if it invades Ukraine - we'll hear the Russian perspective on what is going on there.
And scientists say a crop found only in Ethiopia - called the false banana - could feed millions of people and boost food supplies as the climate warms.
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