What just happened
- Nato said it would send Ukraine equipment to defend against chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
- Rishi Sunak’s spring statement on the UK economy was savaged by every newspaper in the country except the Sun (more below).
- Girls’ schools in Afghanistan were shut by the Taliban hours after reopening for the first time since last August.
- Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as US Secretary of State, died aged 84.
