this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. a new report suggests around 1.5 million uk households will struggle to pay food and energy bills this year and a quarter of a million will fall into extreme poverty. the british government says it's taking action. we are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure that we relieve the pressure on people who are facing incredibly tough times. aljazeera correspondent, shireen abu akleh, is shot dead while covering an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. the us house of representatives votes overwhelmingly in favour of another huge aid package for ukraine. the uk prime minister borisjohnson

will meet his swedish and finnish counterparts as the two countries considerjoining nato. a nationwide curfew in sri lanka has been extended until thursday as violent unrest continues in some areas despite the deployment of thousands of troops. the biggest lottery win ever in the uk. someone has won last night's euromillions jackpot and it's £181; million. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 1.5 million households in the uk will soon face food and energy bills that are greater than their disposable income.

that's the warning from a think—tank, the national institute for economic and social research. disposable income is defined as the income left after you have paid income left after you have paid income tax. the institute also cautions that a million households will fall into destitution this year, without further government help, that means living on less than £140 a week for a family of four. the uk government is facing criticism for not promising more support to people struggling with the rising cost of living in yesterday's queen's speech. the uk treasury says the government is taking action to support households. let's talk to our chief political corresponent adam fleming. he is in westminster. so, we know what the government has done, what are they saying they might do in the future, if anything? the government 's future, if anything? the government "s argument — future, if anything? the government 's argument about _ future, if anything? the government 's argument about the _ future, if anything? the government 's argument about the queen's - future, if anything? the government l 's argument about the queen's speech �*s argument about the queen's speech yesterday is that is the place where you set out the legislation you are going to put to parliament in the next year or two, not the place

where you would announce financial help for people struggling with the cost of living. last night there was a meeting of this new cabinet committee chaired by the prime minister in at number 10 where ministers started discussing ideas for helping people further. these are ideas which are about tweaking regulations in a way that saves people money, rather than changing government policy on and spending in any kind of big way. —— on taxing and spending. it follows a to do afternoon when the prime minister in imprecise borisjohnson language set there would be more support in the coming days, so we went to the treasury and asked them about it and they said there was no announcement coming which prompted some speculation that may be the prime minister was saying one thing and the chance of a thought something else. that was dismissed this morning by —— and the chancellor thought something else. that was dismissed this morning by a levelling up secretary michael gove

who in his attempts to have a pop at journalists sounded like he was not entirely serious about the cost of living challenges faced by people. we are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure that we relieve the pressure on people with these incredibly tough times. but that doesn't amount to "an emergency budget", which is what some people immediately thought that it did. it is an example of some commentators chasing their own tails and trying to take a statement that is commonsensical, turning it into a major capital letters, big news story, when in fact, when treasury quite rightly say, "calm down." then people, instead of recognising that they've overinflated the story in the first place, then say, "oh, this is clearly a split." right. yeah, he is irritated, isn't he, and that was an interesting attempt at a scouse accent! i think, es, a attempt at a scouse accent! i think, yes. a very — attempt at a scouse accent! i think, yes. a very good — attempt at a scouse accent! i think, yes. a very good way _ attempt at a scouse accent! i think, yes, a very good way of _ attempt at a scouse accent! i think, yes, a very good way of putting - attempt at a scouse accent! i think, yes, a very good way of putting it! | yes, a very good way of putting it! i think what happened there is that

he was taking the mickey out of journalists and we sometimes do get carried away with differences in language between government ministers and that happens quite often because as i said boris johnson is quite imprecise of the language quite often. i think what opens michael gove up to criticism, let's put it that way, is that he was talking about that in a light—hearted way as part of a bigger conversation about people really struggling with the cost of living. that's where he is going to get criticised and in fact is getting criticised. his reference to an emergency budget, and i will not do that with capital letters or in a funny voice, is because the opposition parties are really pushing this idea of having another big fiscal event as it is called in the jargon, where the chancellor unveiled a big package of stuff to help people. here is labour's steve reid, the sound is not very good on this clip, sorry about that.— this clip, sorry about that. given that we are _ this clip, sorry about that. given that we are facing _ this clip, sorry about that. given that we are facing the _ this clip, sorry about that. given that we are facing the biggest i this clip, sorry about that. given l that we are facing the biggest cost of living _ that we are facing the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation, it was a _ of living crisis in a generation, it was a surprise that they were not more _ was a surprise that they were not more measures to help people out with that —

more measures to help people out with that. we had a spring statement a few— with that. we had a spring statement a few weeks ago from the chancellor, when _ a few weeks ago from the chancellor, when he _ a few weeks ago from the chancellor, when he sat_ a few weeks ago from the chancellor, when he sat down, people's household budgets _ when he sat down, people's household budgets were on average £2600 per year worse _ budgets were on average £2600 per year worse off. you would expect the chancellor _ year worse off. you would expect the chancellor to look again at the tax rises _ chancellor to look again at the tax rises that— chancellor to look again at the tax rises that he had imposed and what he can— rises that he had imposed and what he can do— rises that he had imposed and what he can do to help people. i think what _ he can do to help people. i think what we — he can do to help people. i think what we need to see now is an emergency budget which really focuses — emergency budget which really focuses on the cost of living crisis and what — focuses on the cost of living crisis and what we would really like to see in the _ and what we would really like to see in the labour party at the centre of that is— in the labour party at the centre of that is a _ in the labour party at the centre of that is a windfall tax on the £3 billion— that is a windfall tax on the £3 billion of— that is a windfall tax on the £3 billion of additional surplus profits— billion of additional surplus profits the energy companies have made _ profits the energy companies have made 50— profits the energy companies have made. so we can cut people's household energy bills by up to £600 — household energy bills by up to £600. that will be real help right now _ £600. that will be real help right now. ., . , £600. that will be real help right now. . . , now. oh, that clip sounded fine in the end! well _ now. oh, that clip sounded fine in the end! well done _ now. oh, that clip sounded fine in the end! well done you _ now. oh, that clip sounded fine in the end! well done you fixed - now. oh, that clip sounded fine in | the end! well done you fixed that. what is interesting you hear more and more conservatives saying there may be should be an emergency budget and you hear more conservative than that saying the government will have to stump up some extra support fairly soon and sooner than they were planning to. let fairly soon and sooner than they were planning to.—

fairly soon and sooner than they were planning to. let me ask you about the bill— were planning to. let me ask you about the bill being _ were planning to. let me ask you about the bill being published - about the bill being published today, a proposalfrom the government which will go behind occur before parliament and they will vote on it and it will become law or not and it is the levelling up law or not and it is the levelling up or regeneration bill, what is or is not in it?— is not in it? this is the flagship legislation _ is not in it? this is the flagship legislation which _ is not in it? this is the flagship legislation which will _ is not in it? this is the flagship legislation which will be - is not in it? this is the flagship legislation which will be the . legislation which will be the levelling up agenda, closing regional inequalities in the uk. it has lots of things like the levelling up missions having to be come up with every year by the government, and measures on when they are going to be successful or not. the bit which is getting attention is changes to the planning system. we have not seen the text of the bill yet and we have got a preview only, that is what michael gove should have been talking about this morning. there are some eye—catching things, the idea of street vote, so if you want to build an extension, say, your neighbours as part of the planning process would be able to vote on whether that extension should go ahead or not which raises all sorts of questions, which will only begin to

be answered later today when we see the actual text of the legislation. and it could be tweaked as it goes to parliament and i'm sure all sorts of concerns and objections could be raised to it. one of the concerns that was raised yesterday by the former housing minister robert jenrick, who was in michael gove's of this before him, was that it will actually make it much harderfor the government to reach its target of building 300,000 new homes every yearin building 300,000 new homes every year in england. he might say that because if you are giving the public more opportunities to stop an object to building going ahead, there is a possibility you will get less building. what the government has ended up with in the planning and white paper, let me start again, what the government has ended up with in the levelling up bill, is very different to what was in the planning white paper when they put its due last year. they were talking about having zones in local areas which were designated as growth and development zones where you could

build anything you want it without planning permission. the government has come a long way from this initial proposals, and they have had to do that because they met such stiff resistance from conservative backbenchers in southern england who were worried there would not be enough local control. some people now worried there could be too much local control. now worried there could be too much local control-— local control. thank you, adam, our chief political _ local control. thank you, adam, our chief political correspondent. - with me now is our business reporter ramzan karmali. let's talk about this report that was out from this organisation, what are they suggesting?— are they suggesting? morning half a million people _ are they suggesting? morning half a million people are _ are they suggesting? morning half a million people are going _ are they suggesting? morning half a million people are going to - are they suggesting? morning half a million people are going to grow- are they suggesting? morning half a million people are going to grow 1.5| million people are going to grow 1.5 million people are going to grow 1.5 million people are going to struggle to pay food and energy bills, because we are in rising inflation, petrol prices and energy bills have gone up, the bank of england themselves last week said inflation could hit 10% this year. . in themselves last week said inflation could hit 10% this year. ._ could hit 10% this year. . in the uk, could hit 1096 this year. . in the uk, that is- _ could hit 1096 this year. . in the uk, that is. yes, _ could hit 1096 this year. . in the uk, that is. yes, they - could hit 1096 this year. . in the uk, that is. yes, they say - could hit 1096 this year. . in the - uk, that is. yes, they say household incomes are — uk, that is. yes, they say household incomes are under _ uk, that is. yes, they say household incomes are under real— uk, that is. yes, they say household incomes are under real pressure, - incomes are under real pressure, they will fall if you take into account inflation by over 2% this

year. so there will be 1.5 —— there will be half a million people who have to make a choice between heating their homes and eating, that is quite a stark warning. they say the government can do a lot more here. they suggest something like universal credit could be lifted by £25 per week, up until october. they say that costs 1.3 point billion pounds. and then if you give a one—off payment of £250 —— that could be affordable. the government says they have already given billions of pounds of support, 350... £350 to what your energy bills. 350. .. £350 to what your energy bills. :: :: ., , 350. .. £350 to what your energy bills, :: i: ., , ., 350. .. £350 to what your energy bills. :: :: ., , ., , 350. .. £350 to what your energy bills. :: :: .,, ., , 350. .. £350 to what your energy bills, :: i: ., , bills. 200 quid has to be paid back. lowerin: bills. 200 quid has to be paid back. lowering the _ bills. 200 quid has to be paid back. lowering the income _ bills. 200 quid has to be paid back. lowering the income tax _ bills. 200 quid has to be paid back. lowering the income tax rate. - bills. 200 quid has to be paid back. | lowering the income tax rate. which onl hels lowering the income tax rate. which only helps when _ lowering the income tax rate. which only helps when you _ lowering the income tax rate. which only helps when you are _ lowering the income tax rate. which only helps when you are working. they say, hang on, you have £20 billion of headroom, the obr in the spring statement, the office of budget responsibility, the government because my own independent forecaster, said that

the government according to their own fiscal rules, rishi sunak does not want to borrow money to fund day—to—day spending. under those rules, he had £20 billion of headroom. they say you can go into that and use that. these measures that and use that. these measures that the national institute of economic and social research are suggesting cost 4 billion, they say they can go into that and help these people and stop a lot of people from making difficult decisions come winter. ., ., , ., making difficult decisions come winter. ., ., ,, winter. inflation is a global issue potentially _ winter. inflation is a global issue potentially because _ winter. inflation is a global issue potentially because of— winter. inflation is a global issue potentially because of the - winter. inflation is a global issue potentially because of the war i winter. inflation is a global issue potentially because of the war in j potentially because of the war in ukraine? , ., , potentially because of the war in ukraine? , . , ., , ukraine? yes, and the institute has said that the _ ukraine? yes, and the institute has said that the global— ukraine? yes, and the institute has said that the global economy - ukraine? yes, and the institute has said that the global economy will i said that the global economy will lose 1% of growth because of the war in ukraine. they say that is worth a staggering $1.5 trillion to the global economy. there are things happening already here, we talked about inflation, to try to curb that. the bank of england put up rates last week, the us federal

reserve in america put up rates. they say that rates could hit 3% in the us by the end of next year to curb inflation. that could cost people money to cover the cost of borrowing. there have been calls from labourfor an emergency budget in this country but now business groups are making similar noises, saying, we need something to happen now. it's all well and good saying as adam was saying, making these what some people might call small interferences, they need something quite big and substantial now, is what business groups are saying. thank you very much. i'm nowjoined by susan stalker who says she has to pick between eating and using hot water or her car. hello to you. hi, how are you? i'm all riaht, hello to you. hi, how are you? i'm all right. thank— hello to you. hi, how are you? i'm all right, thank you. _ hello to you. hi, how are you? i'm all right, thank you. how - hello to you. hi, how are you? i'm all right, thank you. how are - hello to you. hi, how are you? i'm all right, thank you. how are you? | all right, thank you. how are you? and is it ok to ask about your financial situation right now? you are more than _ financial situation right now? gm. are more than welcome to ask about it. there is no financial situation

because there are no finances. it's one of those things where, for a few weeks a couple of months ago we had no heating oil so that is no heating in the hot water. we had none of that in the house for a few weeks. eventually i was able to afford is to get some. it is more than double the price it was this time last year. that money then comes out of your food, year. that money then comes out of yourfood, being able year. that money then comes out of your food, being able to go places in the car. there's only so many places that you are left to cut costs now. and there... i have nowhere else left to be able to cut costs. i nowhere else left to be able to cut costs. ~ ., , ., ., nowhere else left to be able to cut costs. ~ ., i. ., ., costs. i know you are looking for work at the _ costs. i know you are looking for work at the moment, _ costs. i know you are looking for work at the moment, you - costs. i know you are looking for work at the moment, you have l work at the moment, you have recently finished a contract with the nhs? ., �* , recently finished a contract with the nhs? ., �*, ., the nhs? that's right. so, fun, that will make it — the nhs? that's right. so, fun, that will make it a _ the nhs? that's right. so, fun, that will make it a little _ the nhs? that's right. so, fun, that will make it a little bit _ the nhs? that's right. so, fun, that will make it a little bit harder, - will make it a little bit harder, put me under a bit more pressure. i try to take it one day at a time because there is no way you can plan at the moment. you cannot plan

ahead. you take it one day at a time and hope that nothing bad happens. i was in the car the other day, and one of my tires popped. that's an expense that i haven't planned for because i have no savings, i have nothing. you just hope that nothing is going to go wrong, ever. there will be one _ is going to go wrong, ever. there will be one or _ is going to go wrong, ever. there will be one or two _ is going to go wrong, ever. there will be one or two people - is going to go wrong, ever. there will be one or two people watching, and it will not be the majority because most people are pretty compassionate in my experience working at this place over the years and having contact with people who watch and listen to bbc tv, some people saying, you have got a car, i can see a tv behind you. you cannot be that badly off, what you say to them? i be that badly off, what you say to them? ., ., , be that badly off, what you say to them? . . , , .,, ., them? i am at my friends has, that is not my tv- _ them? i am at my friends has, that is not my tv- l'm — them? i am at my friends has, that is not my tv. i'm glad _ them? i am at my friends has, that is not my tv. i'm glad clarified - is not my tv. i'm glad clarified that! -- _ is not my tv. i'm glad clarified that! -- you — is not my tv. i'm glad clarified that! -- you clarified - is not my tv. i'm glad clarified that! -- you clarified that. - is not my tv. i'm glad clarified| that! -- you clarified that. yes, is not my tv. i'm glad clarified i that! -- you clarified that. yes, i have a car. _ that! -- you clarified that. yes, i have a car. l _ that! -- you clarified that. yes, i have a car, i live _ that! -- you clarified that. yes, i have a car, i live on _ that! -- you clarified that. yes, i have a car, i live on the - that! -- you clarified that. yes, i have a car, i live on the very - have a car, i live on the very outskirts of the town. my son would

have hospital appointments for his cardiac issues and things like that. i need to be able to get around. where the fuel prices have gone up, their money has to come from somewhere as well. it's trying to juggle somewhere as well. it's trying to juggle everything all the time. and never being able to get together. —— get level. you neverfeel never being able to get together. —— get level. you never feel like never being able to get together. —— get level. you neverfeel like you have got your day and every thing he has gone right. haifa have got your day and every thing he has gone right-— has gone right. how old is your son? he is 18 that — has gone right. how old is your son? he is 18 that he — has gone right. how old is your son? he is 18 that he has _ has gone right. how old is your son? he is 18 that he has six _ has gone right. how old is your son? he is 18 that he has six packs - has gone right. how old is your son? he is 18 that he has six packs yet - he is 18 that he has six packs yet —— but he has dyspraxia and cardiac issues. he is an amazing kid but it put extra pressure on you when you have this person in your house that will only wear clothes of a certain material because of how they feel, everything is very, he is touch responsive and things like that. it's just an additional thing that you have to be mindful of. in

it'sjust an additional thing that you have to be mindful of. in terms ofthe you have to be mindful of. in terms of the help — you have to be mindful of. in terms of the help of _ you have to be mindful of. in terms of the help of the _ you have to be mindful of. in terms of the help of the government - you have to be mindful of. in terms of the help of the government havej of the help of the government have already given people, they talk about the £150 of council tax to help mitigate against aerobic energy bills, they talk about the £200 loan which people will get in october which people will get in october which will be paid back slowly over a period of time, there is a household support fund which local authorities run that people can apply for, if they are really, really, really, really struggling and considered to be some of the most vulnerable in the country. does any of that help you?— any of that help you? personally, no, any of that help you? personally, no. because _ any of that help you? personally, no. because i _ any of that help you? personally, no, because i live _ any of that help you? personally, no, because i live in _ any of that help you? personally, no, because i live in northern - no, because i live in northern ireland, it is slightly different. we did get £200, or £150, to go towards fuel a few weeks ago. but that was also at the point where we had no food in the house. so then you are choosing, i going to put this towards heating oil or am i going to feed my kids? and i ended up going to feed my kids? and i ended up putting it towards food because

we can always warm up by putting blankets on, we can always have a cold shower, but they cannot invent food from nowhere. those things that are going over in england don't help us specifically. there is so much more that can be done. it's just so... i really feel there are people that are working who are on universal credit and say they do not get the help that they need. everybody is struggling. your wages don't go anywhere any more. employers are offering less and less and less wages forjobs that should be higher paid. the whole thing just makes no sense. be higher paid. the whole thing 'ust makes no sensefi be higher paid. the whole thing 'ust makes no sense. what are you going to do, are makes no sense. what are you going to do. are you _ makes no sense. what are you going to do, are you going _ makes no sense. what are you going to do, are you going to _ makes no sense. what are you going to do, are you going to get _ makes no sense. what are you going to do, are you going to get through i to do, are you going to get through it? i to do, are you going to get through it? ., ., ., .,, ., �* it? i have got no option. i can't 'ust it? i have got no option. i can't just stop _ it? i have got no option. i can't just stop existing. _ it? i have got no option. i can't just stop existing. it _ it? i have got no option. i can't just stop existing. it is, - it? i have got no option. i can't just stop existing. it is, it's - it? i have got no option. i can't| just stop existing. it is, it's one of those, a day at a time, an hour ata time in of those, a day at a time, an hour at a time in crossing your fingers

and hoping and hoping that nothing will go wrong like your tires, for example, last week. that is all you can do. you cannot quit because there is no way to quit. you have to keep going. and it sickens me the amount of poverty that there is in this country at the moment. compared with the amount of wealth and those people who are in well who are refusing to help out. they know, the government know that we need help. thank you very much, susan, wish you all the best. hat thank you very much, susan, wish you all the best-— thank you very much, susan, wish you all the best._ thank- all the best. not a problem. thank ou for all the best. not a problem. thank you for talking _ all the best. not a problem. thank you for talking to _ all the best. not a problem. thank you for talking to us. _ all the best. not a problem. thank you for talking to us. thank - all the best. not a problem. thank you for talking to us. thank you. ifj you for talking to us. thank you. if ou want you for talking to us. thank you. if you want to _ you for talking to us. thank you. if you want to get — you for talking to us. thank you. if you want to get in _ you for talking to us. thank you. if you want to get in touch _ you for talking to us. thank you. if you want to get in touch and - you for talking to us. thank you. if you want to get in touch and let i you for talking to us. thank you. ifj you want to get in touch and let us know what the state is of your finances right now, you are very welcome, we are on tiktok, instagram and twitter. the uk has rejected eu plans aimed at reducing the impact of the post—brexit treaty for northern ireland saying they would make things worse. the foreign secretary, liz truss,

has said her preference had always been for a "negotiated solution" but she warned the uk would not shy away from taking action. it's been reported that she will remove the border checks on goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk. veteran aljazeera correspondent shireen abu akleh has been shot dead while covering an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. aljazeera says she was shot in the head by israeli forces injenin. israel says palestinian gunmen were also firing at the time, and have offered to carry out a joint investigation. video on social media suggests the palestinian reporter was wearing a flakjacket bearing the word �*press' when she was killed. we know she was because our we know she was because own correspondent told us she was wearing a flakjacket. another journalist was wounded. journalist mujahed al—saadi was there when the shooting happened, here's his account of what took place. translation: what happened was,

we were waiting for our colleagues l to enter the refugee camp at the point where the israeli army was present. we chose a point that did not have any confrontations between the youth and the militants. we got to a point where we waited for shireen to put on all her safety gear. she then reached us and we moved a few metres. we exposed ourselves to the army and the passers—by that we are press tv. we arrived and within seconds, there was the first shot. i told them that we are being targeted, we are being shot at. i turned and found shireen on the ground. ifound shartha shielding herself by tree and screaming. i turned and found shireen on the ground in the first few seconds, with the shooting, and we were telling each other, we were being shot at. the shooting continued for more than three minutes on the teams that were there. our correspondent in jerusalem, tim franks, let's begin with shireen

abu akleh herself. she was an enormously well liked people among the people i knew in this region. there is a lot of shock and disbelief, an enormous amount of sadness at an extremely well respected collie, she worked for alge zero theall 25 years. we do know that she was at this israeli army raid injenin in the north of the west bank early this morning, about 6:30am. there was gunfire, she was shot, and she died, it was thought, at the scene. it's very clear she was wearing a flakjacket with the word press emblazoned on it. a colleague was injured in the back when he went to try to tend to her as well. the palestinians are very clear, they say this was a shot that was fired by an israeli army

sniper. the palestinians have described it as an assassination. the park, which owns the aljazeera network, —— the park, which owns the aljazeera network, -- qatar say it is an act of state—sponsored terrorism. the israeli authorities say when they connected this rate, palestinian militants were firing instrumentally, as they put it, —— conducting this raid, the palestinian minutes were firing indiscriminately, as they put it. they have offered a joint investigation which has been rejected by the palestinians. the home affairs committee is holding a one—off session examining the government's asylum deal with rwanda. it's taking evidence from the migration minister tom pursglove mp. let's listen in. someone who isn't served with a notice of intention to transfer to rwanda, —— if they are served with the notion of intention, if individuals are in detention, they

have seven days to bring representation during which time they will have access to legal aid. if they are not in detention, they have 16 days when they can work with their advisors and legal representatives to bring anything forward. the only conclusion on nationality to transfer is if you are ro and —— if they are from rwanda, but any other nationality does come under this policy. there are standard procedures for establishing age, as well as we do collect biometric and biographic details on the individuals who present to us, that is standard as part of the immigration system. there is a quid pro quo to this, we have _ there is a quid pro quo to this, we have agreed — there is a quid pro quo to this, we have agreed to take some of rwanda's most vulnerable refugees. what criteria — most vulnerable refugees. what criteria will they be selected by and will — criteria will they be selected by and will you have an idea of numbers?— and will you have an idea of numbers? ~ ., ., ., numbers? we will say more about that in due course — numbers? we will say more about that in due course as _ numbers? we will say more about that in due course as you _ numbers? we will say more about that in due course as you can _ numbers? we will say more about that in due course as you can expect - numbers? we will say more about that in due course as you can expect but. in due course as you can expect but what i can say is that we are talking tens here, and it will be

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vaidyanathan is in colombo. i'm here outside the former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa's residents, and there is a military present here. this city is fortified, colombo, it remains under a curfew because of the authorities say is escalating violence in recent days. and as you mentioned overnight there were more clashes in a city not too far from here in the capital, shops and businesses set alight. in other parts of the country, a hotel resort that belongs to the son of the former prime minister mr rajapaksa was also set alight so more destruction following alight so more destruction following a night of destruction on monday night. the government has now given orders to the military to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens life. but many

of the mostly peaceful anti—government protesters say this is an attempt by the authorities to stifle their freedom of expression. and they are increasingly concerned about the security situation here and let's not forget this all began because of a deepening economic crisis hit in sri lanka. joining me now is ahilan kadirgamer, political economist and senior lecturer university ofjaffna, sri lanka. thank you very much for talking to us. i wonder if you can tell our audience around the world, across so many different sectors, the economic crisis is affecting people. can you list the kind of things that have increased in price over the last few months? , , ., ., ,, months? yes. if you take fuel rices, months? yes. if you take fuel prices. petrol— months? yes. if you take fuel prices, petrol and _ months? yes. if you take fuel prices, petrol and diesel - months? yes. if you take fuell prices, petrol and diesel prices have doubled, that's possibly also due to the war in ukraine and global commodity prices going up. cooking

gas, which most urban households use, is in short supply, and prices have gone up stop if you take bread or rice, again, the prices have doubled. rises have not only gone up, there are shortages where people have to stand in long queues, sometimes for hours at a time, to be able to get essential goods. so these are the consequences of the debt crisis that sri lanka has gone into, and without foreign exchange to be able to import the essential goods, it has led to a huge amount of discontentment among the people leading to prolonged protests and now a very deep political crisis. so, if the president does what the prime minister did on monday, how would that help people?— would that help people? yeah, the resident would that help people? yeah, the president has _ would that help people? yeah, the president has to _ would that help people? yeah, the president has to render _ would that help people? yeah, the president has to render -- - would that help people? yeah, the president has to render -- resign, | president has to render —— resign, that's the major demands of the

protesters. without a new government and new leadership, we cannot pick up and new leadership, we cannot pick up the pieces and start rebuilding our economy. the president has lost all legitimacy. but even if the president goes, the opposition and the liberals do not really have a solution. they will get an imf agreement but that could only give us short—term finances to be able to get through the current shortages. but unless there is a complete rethinking of our economy, we are probably in this crisis for the next five to ten years. we are facing possibly starvation and famine conditions over the next couple of years. so there needs to be a complete rethinking, there needs to be a redistribution in this country, inequality has greatly risen over the last couple of decades. and a new leadership has to come and set the economy on a different path from

the economy on a different path from the very liberalised path of free trade and free financial flows that have led to this crisis in sri lanka. is have led to this crisis in sri lanka. , ., . ., ., lanka. is the violence going to continue until— lanka. is the violence going to continue until the _ lanka. is the violence going to continue untilthe president i lanka. is the violence going to i continue until the president goes, do you think? the continue until the president goes, do you think?— continue until the president goes, do you think? the violence that we saw on monday _ do you think? the violence that we saw on monday was _ do you think? the violence that we saw on monday was a _ do you think? the violence that we saw on monday was a backlash - do you think? the violence that we saw on monday was a backlash to i saw on monday was a backlash to government supported goons which came and attacked a peaceful protesters. and all over the country, there was a reaction against the government and its supportive politicians. really it was against the political class. the violence has subsided, hopefully, the protests are going to continue but hopefully they will continue peacefully. there is a curfew in place until tomorrow morning, the defence secretary has said that they may lift it tomorrow if there is no more violence. but the protests are likely to continue until the president leaves. and the president is going to have to leave sooner or

later. but the longer he stays, the longer this crisis is going to be prolonged. longer this crisis is going to be prolonged-— longer this crisis is going to be rolonaed. ., ~' ,, , . longer this crisis is going to be rolonaed. ., ~ ,, , . ., prolonged. thank you very much for talkin: to prolonged. thank you very much for talking to us- _ us intelligence agencies are warning that russian president vladimir putin is preparing for a long war in ukraine, and that a russian victory in the east of the country may not end the conflict. the assessment came as members of the us house of representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of providing another $40 billion in military and humanitarian aid. our correspondentjames waterhouse is following developments from ukraine. even though vladimir putin has said, "my new goal is to take the whole of the donbas region in the eastern ukraine." the worry from us intelligence chiefs is that he is using that to effectively replenish his, until now, faltering troops, sort out those supply issues, replace losses before digging in for a long haul and trying to mount something larger scale once more.

vladimir putin is no stranger to a long—term campaign. we have to remind ourselves that he sustained eight years of aggression over ukraine since the first annex of crimea in 2014 and backed separatists in the east. there's been a number of cyber attacks alongside that as well as a build—up of troops leading to this escalation in eight years of war. that is very much the concern from the west. in equal breath, this £32 billion package from the us, is a huge pledge of support alongside long—term commitments made by the uk, is the west also saying we are looking to commit ukraine for the long term as well. what vladimir putin is banking on is that interest waning, where western governments soon turn to more pressing domestic issues and that will be the chance for him to make a gain on ukraine.

the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, is travelling to sweden and finland today as the two countries consider whether to join nato. nato is the military club of 30 nations that essentially protects each other. it's widely expected that finland will begin the process ofjoining the military alliance this week. it's thought sweden could also apply for membership. if they do, they would become the 31st and 32nd members of nato. moscow has warned of military and political repercussions if the two countries abandon their traditional neutral stance. finland has an 800—mile border with russia. we can speak now to fabrice pothier, a former director of policy planning for nato and currently chief executive of the consultancy rasmussen global. hello to you. do you think this will provoke president putin further? i think it is more that he will see that his strategies keeps having a

counter—productive effort. he has essentially lost two of the last remaining relatively neutral countries in northern europe so i think this has been going on since his first war of aggression in ukraine in 2014 and the reality now is that sweden and finland are almost effectively members of the alliance. the british prime minister's visit today is about signalling that, signalling the uk has their back while they apply for membership and they wait for the membership and they wait for the membership to be validated by the nato parliament.— nato parliament. finland has a massive border _ nato parliament. finland has a massive border with _ nato parliament. finland has a massive border with russia. if| massive border with russia. if russian troops were to gather on the russian troops were to gather on the russia finland border, and then potentially going to finland, like they have done in ukraine, what would nato do?— they have done in ukraine, what would nato do? first finland has massive land _ would nato do? first finland has massive land forces _ would nato do? first finland has massive land forces and -

would nato do? first finland has massive land forces and would i would nato do? first finland has - massive land forces and would really boost the alliance land forces, which has been an achilles' heel of the alliance previously for top finland is not without options, far from it. if it were to happen, the whole notion here is that the uk and also the united states are providing bilateral security guarantees to finland and sweden, which means, we have your back and if something happens we will treat you as if you are already covered by nato's article five.— are already covered by nato's article five. ~ , , ., ., . article five. must explain article five for our _ article five. must explain article five for our audience _ article five. must explain article five for our audience around - article five. must explain article five for our audience around the world. ~ . , . world. which is the collective defence clause, _ world. which is the collective defence clause, meaning - world. which is the collective defence clause, meaning anl world. which is the collective - defence clause, meaning an attack against one is an attack against all. ~ , ., all. ~ all. . , all. , �*, all. when you say president putin's invasion in ukraine _ all. when you say president putin's invasion in ukraine has _ all. when you say president putin's invasion in ukraine has ended - all. when you say president putin's invasion in ukraine has ended up. invasion in ukraine has ended up being counter—productive because countries that were neutral now want to join nato, countries that were neutral now want tojoin nato, will that have an impact on him or will he see it as

further nato aggression?- impact on him or will he see it as further nato aggression? thank god i am not in his — further nato aggression? thank god i am not in his head _ further nato aggression? thank god i am not in his head but _ further nato aggression? thank god i am not in his head but i _ further nato aggression? thank god i am not in his head but i would - further nato aggression? thank god i am not in his head but i would say i am not in his head but i would say this is only going to reinforce his very wicked vision of his country being surrounded by nato, even though we only share 8% of our border with russia. and it is russia who has, over the last decade and a half, waged wars of aggression against its neighbours. it will reinforce a vision for him that nato is expanding and surrounding russia, which obviously is not validated by facts. it is only a provoked by his actions. , j~f ., facts. it is only a provoked by his actions. vj“ ., ,, facts. it is only a provoked by his actions. viv ., , actions. only 896 of russia's borders are touched — actions. only 896 of russia's borders are touched by _ actions. only 896 of russia's borders are touched by nato _ actions. only 896 of russia's borders are touched by nato borders - actions. only 896 of russia's borders are touched by nato borders and - are touched by nato borders and russia has a army of what, 1 million? it russia has a army of what, 1 million? , , ., , ., million? it depends what you include, but _ million? it depends what you include, but yes, _ million? it depends what you include, but yes, russia - million? it depends what you include, but yes, russia is i million? it depends what you | include, but yes, russia is the largest country in the world, so it obviously has a very big border and

it has large forces. but the bottom line, that we have seen in ukraine, is that those forces are much weaker and much less capable than most experts were putting them at. they might have numbers but they don't have strength. might have numbers but they don't have strength-— have strength. thank you for s-teakin have strength. thank you for speaking to _ have strength. thank you for speaking to us. _ have strength. thank you for speaking to us. pleasure. i the united states presidentjoe biden says his administration could drop the trump—era tariffs on china. that comment from mr biden comes against the backdrop of surging inflation in the us. in remarks at the white house on tuesday, mr biden also blamed the rising cost of living on pandemic disruptions and the war in ukraine. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more. the latest inflation reading is due out this wednesday. economists predict it will show rising prices remain entrenched. for americans filling up their tanks, this will come as no surprise. the average price of a gallon

of petrol is at an all—time high and rising inflation isn'tjust an economic challenge. it's also a political one. president biden, whose popularity has taken a hit over this issue, told americans he felt their pain, even as he blamed the pandemic and putin's war in ukraine for soaring prices. i want every american to know that i'm taking inflation very seriously and it's my top domestic priority. the president criticised republican policies saying it would make the situation worse. republicans disagreed. pointing his finger at everybody else other than himself, - and the american people are sick and tired of it. _ taming inflation is primarily thejob of policymakers inside here, america's central bank, and it's doing so by raising interest rates with the support of the white house. one wayjoe biden could help to blunt rising prices is by removing tariffs imposed on chinese imports under donald trump, something he said was under consideration.

will you drop former— president trump's china tariffs? we are discussing that right now. we are looking at what will have the most positive... inaudible question. no, i didn't say that. i'm asking. i'm telling you we are discussing it. no decision has been made on it. pocketbook issues are front of mind for many americans and with congressional mid—term elections only a few months away, democrats are worried they will lose votes over inflation which economists predict will remain significantly high for a while. elon musk has said he will reverse the twitter ban imposed on donald trump, once he takes over the social media company. the richest man in the world agreed a $44 billion takeover bid with the twitter board last month , but he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two or three months. our correspondent james clayton has more. he has kind of already intimated this was going to happen. this is the first time he has committed to saying

he would actually reverse this ban. donald trump hasn't been able to tweet for 15, 16 months now after the capitol hill riots he was accused of stoking. elon musk said it was morally reprehensible to have done that, it was a mistake. the former chief executive of twitterjack dorsey has just tweeted saying that he regrets that decision too. so the doors are very much now open to donald trump coming back onto twitter. the problem is, donald trump has said that he doesn't actually want to come back to twitter. he's said he would much rather post on his own platform. so i think i wouldn't necessarily assume that he is going to suddenly start tweeting. the other thing to mention is that elon musk hasn't actually bought twitter yet. he seemed very low energy about the deal today, i thought. i'm not necessarily 100% sure, and i don't think elon musk is either, that he is actually going to buy twitter. so lots of reasons why donald trump might not necessarily come back on but the door is certainly more ajar than it ever has been for the former president

to make a twitter return. the oldest former member of the american black liberation movement, the black panthers, is to be released from prison after 49 years behind bars. sundiata acoli, who's now 85, has served 49 years for killing a police officer. the radical black liberation organisation was active in the us between the 1960s and the 1980s. acoli first became eligible for parole nearly 30 years ago, but his requests have been repeatedly turned down. the supreme court in newjersey ruled that he no longer presents a risk to society. people living with chronic pain are not always receiving effective treatment — that's according to specialists who think more could be done to help their patients manage their condition. a survey carried out for bbc news suggests 26% of adults in the uk live with long term, persistent pain. nearly half of those in pain said it impacted their daily life — simple things like doing the shopping, or going to work.

our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has been to meet two young women whose lives have been transformed by pain. i wish i could turn the clock back. but i also know that i didn't do this. five years ago, jen was a successful dental therapist, happy and fulfilled. hi, i'mjennifer. even starring in her practice's promotional videos. today, she's living a life dominated by pain. opioid patches, anti—inflammatories, nerve—pain medications. it started with back pain. it was how i would imagine being kicked in the back by a horse would be. erm, that really acute, direct force. but now it's spread through her body, and every dayjen lives with chronic, persistent pain. our bodies are designed to protect us.

and sometimes the system that protects us goes into overdrive. my life revolves around the pain. it doesn't matter how hard i try, or how much i wish, or how much i pray, it isn't — or most likely isn't — going to change. hiya, stella. come in. at a clinic in southport... grab a seat. ..dr chris barker leads a team — physios, psychologists, pharmacists — helping people to manage their pain better, focusing notjust on physical causes, but how the brain interprets and reacts to pain. great. cheers, see you again. thank you very much. you're welcome. but dr barker says the broader health system still doesn't have a good understanding of chronic pain. it's not something that is commonly talked about. people... people kind ofjust get on with it. and it gets to a point where people become incredibly disabled and distressed. and i don't think we're equipped,

either as a society or as a health care system, to deal with that. pain isjust — you probably know yourself, pain is huge. oh, absolutely. yeah. libby is one of those who's worked with chris. now at university, she's lived almost half her life with pain, after developing chronic fatigue syndrome while still really young. the pain came to dominate her teenage years. but with help, libby is learning how to manage her condition. it's not something i can change. it's just something i can co—exist with. and, for me, that's kind of what acceptance is. it's just finding a way to co—exist. i'm sort of trapped in a body that's painful to be in. there's no nice way of putting it. it'sjust a bit... it sucks. both libby and jen have at times felt badly let down by the health service. late or misdiagnoses, or simply not having their voices heard. both have also found people who understand their condition, and treat them with care and compassion. but in the end, it's come down to their own resilience,

finding some strength despite their pain. dominic hughes, bbc news. brazil's controversial populist presidentjair bolsonaro was elected four years ago, thanks partly to the votes of black and brown christian women. this year he is standing for re—election and his opponent will be former president luiz inacio lula da silva. one of the unknowns is whether the president will be able to rely on the votes of this group of women again. bbc world service global religion reporter lebo diseko reports. sunday night service in brazil's capital brasilia. tonight's headline speaker, pastor hakel prado. nearly 70% of evangelical christians like her voted for the controversial presidentjair bolsonaro in 2018. the largest grouping within this movement in brazil is women of colour, making them crucial in the upcoming october election.

bolsonaro says that there is no such thing as racism in brazil, it doesn't exist. what do you think? nicknamed the trump of the tropics, bolsonaro once told a congresswoman he wouldn't rape her because she wasn't worth it. but he also connected religion and what he would deliver. bolsonaro's appeal was also tied to what was happening in brazil at the time.

but things are changing. women like this 20—year—old are part of an evangelical movement against bolsonaro. with more than 300,000 followers on tiktok alone, she is an influential voice, with politicians from all sides trying to reach voters like her. this is a home where faith runs deep and it's bolsonaro's arch rival, former president lula da silva,

who this family is backing. a corruption conviction got lula kicked out of the race last time around, but that has since been annulled on a technicality clearing the way for him to run once more. the political stage looks set for a showdown between bolsonaro and lula come october's election. while it is too early to know who will win, experts say that these are the voices that will decide the outcome. lebo diseko, bbc news. and you can see lebo diseko's documentary on the brazil elections and black women this weekend on bbc world news. ukraine has made it through to this year's eurovision song contest, after last night's semifinal heat. the ukrainian folk, rap and hip hop group kalush orchestra and their song stefania has become the favourite to win the competition. david sillito was there as they qualified for the grand final. turin.

eurovision. an arena of flag—waving fans. and thousands more at the eurovision village. and the most visible flag in the crowd — the blue and yellow of ukraine. here to cheer along the hot favourites, the kalush orchestra. music: stefania. strangers bonded by a moment. wejust met, like, five minutes ago, we don't know each other — butjust saw our flags and we gather all together to support us. very emotional moments, but it's so much sad also. so it's a big unity— of the european family, so... i so it's really like a big family. in europe, and ukraine feels part of it, and this is reallyj like celebration of this european union and all the values, all the european values. _ so it means a lot.

and if they win, a hope that maybe, in the future, families divided by war will one day be able to share this moment in their home country. my daughter, she is five years old and she asked me, so i hope that my grandfather and grandmother, they are safe, but it will be really better to see this contest together with them in ukraine. tonight was all about ukraine, and they remain the hot favourites to win on saturday. and what happens to the band if they do win? well, they go straight back to ukraine — and the agenda isn't music. i spoke to the band's leader, oleh, before last night's show and, whatever happens on saturday, on sunday, it's back to work.

translation: we have a volunteer organisation - there are 35 of us, i and we're helping people with transport, accommodation, medicines. we're doing everything possible to help people all over ukraine. but back at the semifinal, it was a little eurovision moment. ukraine! a song contest that has become a symbol of hope, support, community. david sillito, bbc news, turin. a uk ticket—holder has won last night's euromillions jackpot of £184 million. it's the biggest ever national lottery win in this country. we don't know who the winner is yet — we may never — becasue right now, the winner is yet to be declared — if you have a ticket, you are being urged to check their tickets.

they are now worth more than harry kane — £33 million — and paul pogba — £64 million — combined, and can buy four caribbean islands, with a few million to spare, or the equivalent of 11 six—bedroom luxury house in london's hyde park. it means 15 players have won a jackpot of more than £100 million in the history of the national lottery. it's 100 years since archaeologists discovered the tomb of the boy king tutankhamun in egypt. at the time, it was said to have been unearthed by the english archaeologist howard carter. but a new exhibition in oxford in the uk takes issues with that, as ijeoma ndukwe finds out. photographs, drawings and plans — just some of the objects that are helping to retell the story of an extraordinary discovery, the 3000—year—old tomb of tutankhamun. this show at the university of oxford is helping to move the narrative beyond the british excavator credited for

the discovery, howard carter. a message we want to get across to the visitors, that we really want to highlight the contribution of the egyptian team members. dr daniela rosenau, an egyptologist, co—curated this show. she says that while carter led the team of archaeologists, there were dozens of locals involved. this is not the story of one heroic man. it took ten years, many team members, and above all we want to showcase the contribution of the egyptian team members, whose names have very often not been recorded or written out of the history books. there were about 50 local workmen and dozens of children on site. while their names are not recorded, the curators hope their images will challenge the colonial stereotypes of a one—man discovery. through these photographs we can see their vital contribution and that also makes it kind of clear that what we have here is obviously only one part of the story. the tomb was discovered in 1922,

just months after egypt gained independence from britain. it was found largely intact and caused a global media frenzy. this led to people from all over the world, from scholars and archaeologists to even royalty, flocking to cairo to see the artefacts which spawned a major cultural moment. i spoke to egyptologist heba abd el gawad, based in cairo, who says the attention was both a blessing and a curse. it did effect things for ancient egypt in making it extremely popular, but it became popular in my own personal and professional view for all the wrong reasons. it had an impact on the world from a positive perspective in the sense of they became very much interested in ancient egypt. but on the very blingy, gold aspect of ancient egypt that is not the true essence of the culture, that ignores totally the artists, ignores all the other layers of the ancient egyptian history that has nothing to do with kings or queens or gold. the curators of the show

are offering a glimpse into this history, revealing a much fuller picture of the discovery that captured the imagination of the world. ijeoma ndukwe, bbc news thank you for your messages today about the cost of living. there have been many of them and i can read a couple more. this is from tracy on instagram for that i have a husband with stage iv bowel cancer. i had to pay for food with my paypal account so it didn't make a dent in our money. we have no heating on as we are now on emergency octo city and the gas has run out. we are not paid for into helping. my husband and i need help now to stop tracey, i will urge you could detect —— i will urge you to get in touch with some cancer charities in the uk because they can

help people like you and your husband. hello. much more sunshine around across the uk this afternoon, but so far it's been a day of useful rain for a fair few across england and wales, especially this weather system here, which has almost split the country in two. let's start with southern areas. the morning rain clearing away from wales and the south—west for the afternoon, so sunshine coming out. continues, though, for the first part of the afternoon in the midlands, sliding towards east anglia and the south—east. notice how that rain band starts to fragment. that does mean that there will be some who only see a few drops of rain rather than anything much more useful. the northern half of the country, through the rest of the day we've still got that mixture of sunshine and passing showers pushing through on the breeze. the odd one could be heavy and thundery in scotland and northern ireland but quite a few actually stay completely dry. as i said, that breeze

coming in from the west, making for a cooler day than we've had over the last few days, but still pleasant enough where you've got the sunshine out this afternoon with temperatures not far from where we should be at this stage in may. we finished the day with some rain across the south and east. that's also helping to keep pollen levels down here. sunniest, driest conditions are where we see the highest of the levels today. but the rain in east anglia and the south—east does clear through during the first part of the night. a few showers continue in northern scotland with the breeze. most places dry, lighter winds, a few mist and fog patches to come to take us into tomorrow morning. and for tomorrow's commute and journey to school, it will be a bit fresher out there than the past few mornings, but we will be frost—free. thursday, we continue with the north—south split, but we flip things round. high pressure in the south, low pressure closer to the north, so it's here where we see cloud increasing quite quickly through the day. showers around, most frequent across the north and west of scotland. some into northern ireland, maybe northern england and the isle of man too, but much of england and wales, a dry and brighter day tomorrow with some sunny spells, feeling a touch warmer here. cooler, though, in the corth with the breeze. that breeze strengthens further,

though, into friday. could see gale force across western scotland. central and northern scotland most prone to showers, seeing some longer spells of rain. many will have a dry day. sunniest in the morning, a bit more cloud into the afternoon, but temperatures are starting to creep up. they will creep up further into this weekend. high pressure starts to build a bit more extensively across the country. you can see how it moves its way northwards. but there is a chance we could see some thundery showers in the mix. the question mark will be whether they push themselves south—east through saturday night into sunday, whether it will affect the south—west on sunday. but either way, a lot of dry weather to come too. and as i said, feeling warmer.

this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11... a new report suggests around 1.5 million households will struggle to pay food and energy bills this year and a quarter of a million will fall into "extreme poverty". the government says it's taking action. we are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure that we relieve the pressure on people who are facing incredibly tough times. having a vote on your neighbour's extension — plans to give you more say over housing developments in you area in england will be outlined today. aljazeera correspondent shireen abu akleh is shot dead while covering an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. the uk prime minister borisjohnson will meet his swedish

and finnish counterparts, as the two countries considerjoining nato. a nationwide curfew in sri lanka has been extended until thursday as violent unrest continues in some areas despite the deployment of thousands of troops. the biggest lottery win ever in the uk — someone has won last night's euromillions jackpot and it's £184 million. 1.5 million households in the uk will soon face food and energy bills that are greater than their disposable income — that's the warning from a think—tank — the national institute for economic and social research.

the institute also cautions that a million households will fall into destitution this year, without further government help — that means living on less than £140 a week for a family of four. the uk government is facing criticism for not promising more support to people struggling with the rising cost of living in yesterday's queen's speech. the uk treasury says the government is taking action to support households. let's talk to our political corresponent ben wright. we know what the government has done, what are they saying about what they might do to help people struggling with the rising cost of living? because there does seem to be some inconsistency between what the prime minister has suggested and what the chancellor has said. that is riaht what the chancellor has said. that is right and _ what the chancellor has said. that is right and l _ what the chancellor has said. that is right and i think _ what the chancellor has said. that is right and i think ministers have spent the last few hours trying to clear up some of the conclusion left

over from yesterday double queen double speech. borisjohnson praised by the opposition to say what the government were going to do about the cost of living crisis, said we would hear more, the public, from him and the chancellor in the coming days about measures to be taken. swiftly sources within the treasury said, hang on, don't expect some sort of mini budget or emergency set of measures anytime soon. number ten were then briefing that the prime minister certainly didn't tend to sit down with his ministers and officials and try to come up with new measures immediately, that happened yesterday. a new cabinet committee set up to look at the cost of living, looking at non—fiscal measures that help people deal with the problems they are facing. that met yesterday. the levelling up secretary this morning, michael gove, was asked to clear up some of the confusion about all of those and sounded a bit mike yarwood. listen

for the various accents. we are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure that we relieve the pressure on people with these incredibly tough times. but that doesn't amount to "an emergency budget", which is what some people immediately thought that it did. it is an example of some commentators chasing their own tails and trying to take a statement that is commonsensical, turning it into a major capital letters, big news story, when in fact, when treasury quite rightly say, "calm down." then people, instead of recognising that they've overinflated the story in the first place, then say, "oh, this is clearly a split." a memorable interview, i think, from michael gove there this morning. number ten at the moment say they are looking at measures that are not budgetary but might help people,

changing the frequency people have to do an mot. about a dozen measures. the opposition says this is an enough considering the scale of the crisis people are facing with inflation heading towards double—digit figures, wages stagnant, a crisis now they say needs addressing. labour's shadow justice secretary steve reed was talking about it. it was a surprise to more of us there — it was a surprise to more of us there were _ it was a surprise to more of us there were not more measures to help people _ there were not more measures to help people out _ there were not more measures to help people out. we had the spring statement only a few weeks ago from the chancellor, people's household budgets _ the chancellor, people's household budgets were £260 per year or so. you would — budgets were £260 per year or so. you would expect the chancellor to look again — you would expect the chancellor to look again at the tax rises he had imposed — look again at the tax rises he had imposed and what he can do to help people _ what we need to see now is an emergency budget that really focuses on the cost of living crisis and what we'd really like to see in the labour party at the centre

of that is a windfall tax on the £3 billion of additional surplus profits that the company surveyed so that we can cut energy bills by up to £600. that would be real help right now. steve reed. labour have been calling for the windfall tax on energy companies now for some time, opposition parties, all of them, coming for some sort of mini budget, many fiscal vent over the summer because the real budget is not pencilled in until the autumn. and ministers hold out over the next three months without... the response, you heard it from michael gove, the queen's speech full of measures designed they say to give medium and long—term solutions to the cost of living crisis. lgrate medium and long-term solutions to the cost of living crisis.— the cost of living crisis. we are focusin: the cost of living crisis. we are focusing on — the cost of living crisis. we are focusing on the _ the cost of living crisis. we are focusing on the cost _ the cost of living crisis. we are focusing on the cost of- the cost of living crisis. we are focusing on the cost of living i focusing on the cost of living crisis, i expect the government

would prefer us to focus on levelling up and regeneration bill, due to be published later today. any sense of what might and might not be in it? it sense of what might and might not be in it? , ., . ., in it? it will be introduced later toda to in it? it will be introduced later today to parliament, _ in it? it will be introduced later today to parliament, will- in it? it will be introduced later today to parliament, will not i in it? it will be introduced later. today to parliament, will not start its process through parliament for some time but it was one of the big bills in the bumper queen's speech we saw yesterday as the government tries to put meat on its levelling up tries to put meat on its levelling up slogan. within that levelling up regeneration bill are planning proposals, measures they say will make it easier for people to have a bigger say over how their communities look, are developed, possibly how extensions are agreed within communities. we have to wait to see what the bill actually says before we know the fine detail but thatis before we know the fine detail but that is the thrust of the bill, we think. the problem is, you contrast that with the government's existing house—building targets and there is

quite a massive mismatch because the government have promised to build i think it is 250,300,000 homes per yearin think it is 250,300,000 homes per year in england by the mid—20s. that's an awful lot and a long way from where we are now. previous attempts by the government to get more radical planning reform through the house of commons have bitten the dustin the house of commons have bitten the dust in the face of considerable pressure from their own backbenchers who do not like the idea of being able to fast track planning proposals through that would dramatically potentially increase house—building. that is going to be a big focus i think. of the questions that are put when this bill is finally published and we see is details later. ibeh bill is finally published and we see is details later.— is details later. ben wright, olitical is details later. ben wright, political correspondent, - is details later. ben wright, l political correspondent, many thanks. let's talk more about the cost of living with our business reporter ramzan karmali. the new report suggesting 1.5 million households will struggle to pay food and energy bills, tell us more about what is in the report.

they also point out that 500,000 people are going to make the stark choice between heating their homes and eating. the national institute of economic and social research. they also say they are going a step further than the bank of england, who said there is a threat of the economy contracting next year. they say there is a recession this year, 26 educative period of three months. —— two successive periods of three months where the economy will contract with them board people will start to feel worse off. full stop chirac has been quite strict about his own fiscal rules, talking about he does not want to borrow to fund his day—to—day spending. according to the office for budget

responsibility, the people that actually analyse his spring statement, they say there is £20 billion of headroom there. another board says they should use some of that. universal credit rise by £25 per week between now and october, they say. £250 one—off payment to around 11 million low—income households, these measures in total will cost just over £4 households, these measures in total will costjust over £4 billion, they say there is room to do this, can do this. lots of people, politicians we have been hearing saying we need an emergency budget. business is starting to call for that too. the prime minister said yesterday she wants economic growth is the way out of this but businesses are saying we need an incentive to invest, something from the government, some subsidies to help us be confident that we can grow the economy back the way the prime minster and government want to. the the way the prime minster and government want to.— the way the prime minster and government want to. the key here as

well is that inflation, _ government want to. the key here as well is that inflation, one _ government want to. the key here as well is that inflation, one of - government want to. the key here as well is that inflation, one of the - well is that inflation, one of the pressure is the uk economy is facing, it is notjust about the uk, it is a global issue because of the war in ukraine? it it is a global issue because of the war in ukraine?— war in ukraine? it is. we will get the us inflation _ war in ukraine? it is. we will get the us inflation numbers - war in ukraine? it is. we will get the us inflation numbers later. war in ukraine? it is. we will get| the us inflation numbers later on today. everywhere around the world, inflation is having a massive impact, everywhere, and it —— energy bills getting higher. reporting also economic growth around the world will contract by about 1% because of the war in ukraine, the economic costis the war in ukraine, the economic cost is $1.5 trillion because of this war. and so we are expecting interest rates to carry on rising in the uk but across the us as well. by the uk but across the us as well. by the end of next year, the federal reserve in the us, the national institute of economic and social research say it will be 3% in the us, inflation.

i'm nowjoined by morgan wild, who is head of policy at citizens advice. ido i do not know if you were listening to ramzan karmali. t0 i do not know if you were listening to ramzan karmali.— to ramzan karmali. to the figure sound right _ to ramzan karmali. to the figure sound right to — to ramzan karmali. to the figure sound right to you? _ to ramzan karmali. to the figure sound right to you? it _ to ramzan karmali. to the figure sound right to you? it feels - to ramzan karmali. to the figure sound right to you? it feels like i sound right to you? it feels like pretty much every month we are breaking unwelcome records, whether thatis breaking unwelcome records, whether that is people needing our help since the start of the pandemic, people coming to us with energy that, for referrals to food banks. we are seeing a huge wave of demand coming to us because of the cost of living crisis and we agree that we need government action to help people as soon as possible. whites come on to — people as soon as possible. whites come on to what _ people as soon as possible. whites come on to what you _ people as soon as possible. whites come on to what you want - people as soon as possible. whites come on to what you want from - people as soon as possible. whites|

come on to what you want from the government in a minute, but can you tell me a little more about what people needing help from you are asking for? late people needing help from you are askin: for? ~ ., people needing help from you are asking for?— asking for? we are seeing really heartbreaking _ asking for? we are seeing really heartbreaking stories _ asking for? we are seeing really heartbreaking stories each - asking for? we are seeing really heartbreaking stories each and i asking for? we are seeing really - heartbreaking stories each and every day. cases were people cannot afford to fix a broken boiler and so they are doing things like boiling the kettle and washing themselves in the sink. one person living and sleeping in the kitchen as it is the only way for them to stay warm. we always see hard cases like this, but particularly worrying us, those are becoming increasingly normal. once the exception is now becoming the day—to—day reality for too many people. day-to-day reality for too many --eole. ~ ., day-to-day reality for too many eo le, . ., ., day-to-day reality for too many --eole. ~ ., ., , day-to-day reality for too many n-eole. . . ., , people. what would help most? i su ose i people. what would help most? i suppose i should _ people. what would help most? i suppose i should ask _ people. what would help most? i suppose i should ask first - people. what would help most? i suppose i should ask first of - people. what would help most? i suppose i should ask first of all i people. what would help most? i | suppose i should ask first of all in the short term. in suppose i should ask first of all in the short term.— suppose i should ask first of all in the short term. in the short term, we really think _ the short term. in the short term, we really think additional - the short term. in the short term, we really think additional support | we really think additional support thatis we really think additional support that is more well targeted to people who are struggling. the government announced a lot of measures in its

spending review. but very few of those are actually targeted to those who need help the most. in the short term, it has to be targeted support, ideally through the benefits system, to reach people who are really struggling. $5 to reach people who are really struggling-— to reach people who are really stru~lin~. , struggling. as you say, the treasury sa s it is struggling. as you say, the treasury says it is providing _ struggling. as you say, the treasury says it is providing support - struggling. as you say, the treasury says it is providing support to - says it is providing support to households, has provided billions already. tell me more about what you are proposing about the targeted support in term of the benefit system. support in term of the benefit s stem. ~ ., system. we call for the government to u- trade system. we call for the government to upgrade benefits, _ system. we call for the government to upgrade benefits, it _ system. we call for the government to upgrade benefits, it has - system. we call for the government to upgrade benefits, it has gone - to upgrade benefits, it has gone about 3% but inflation is running higher than that. a good idea for the government to revisit that and increase benefits by the actual rate of inflation. what is really needed is targeted support, in the form of additional grants through the benefits system, changes to things

like the warm home discount, the critical thing is the government finds ways to get money to people who are struggling. haste finds ways to get money to people who are struggling.— finds ways to get money to people who are struggling. have you costed those measures? _ who are struggling. have you costed those measures? we _ who are struggling. have you costed those measures? we think - who are struggling. have you costed those measures? we think it - who are struggling. have you costed those measures? we think it is - who are struggling. have you costed those measures? we think it is for. those measures? we think it is for the treasury _ those measures? we think it is for the treasury to — those measures? we think it is for the treasury to judge _ those measures? we think it is for the treasury to judge the - those measures? we think it is for the treasury to judge the overall. the treasury to judge the overall size of the package, where our expertise lies is the really difficult choices that people are facing everyday. our message to the government is it has to look at the evidence, look at the size of the harm the cost of living crisis is causing for people who are already struggling. makejudgments about causing for people who are already struggling. make judgments about the size of the package but crucially make sure it is going to people who need it most. ii make sure it is going to people who need it most-— need it most. if there is not more hel , need it most. if there is not more help. what _ need it most. if there is not more help. what is _ need it most. if there is not more help, what is your _ need it most. if there is not more help, what is your assessment. need it most. if there is not more help, what is your assessment of| help, what is your assessment of what the impact will be? $55 i help, what is your assessment of what the impact will be? as i said earlier, what the impact will be? as i said earlier. we _ what the impact will be? as i said earlier, we are _ what the impact will be? as i said earlier, we are already _ what the impact will be? as i said earlier, we are already seeing - what the impact will be? as i said i earlier, we are already seeing many of our records broken and we would expect that to continue. so people are very much struggling with the

energy bills, more and more people coming to us with problem that was that we would expect those trends to continue without government support. —— more government support. citizens advice's morgan wild. the uk has rejected eu plans aimed at reducing the impact of the post—brexit treaty on northern ireland — saying they would make things worse. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has warned the uk would not shy away from taking action —— and there are suggestions the government could scrap parts of the deal unilaterally. it's also at the centre of a stalemate at stormont following the northern ireland assembly. the democratic unionist party has refused to nominate ministers to form a new executive in northern ireland until its concerns with the protocol are resolved. sinn fein is now the largest party in northern ireland. it's leader michelle o'neill warned the dup that is needed to rejoin government immediately.

i have said very clearly we cannot be held to ransom and cannot be used as a pawn in the middle of the game between the british government and the european union. our interest must be respected, we achieved mitigation in the form of the protocol to mitigate against the worst excesses of a hard brexit which the tories and dup delivered, we expect that to be implemented. find ways to smooth implementation but don't hold to ransom while they work is under way. we have money to spend, put into those who are struggling. without an executive form here today, there should be no delay, that must happen right now. i worry that brandon lewis, the dup and british government are holding society here to ransom, that is not acceptable or tolerable. we will

work to make sure that is not the case. ~ . �* veteran aljazeera correspondent shireen abu akleh has been shot dead while covering an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. aljazeera says she was shot in the head by israeli forces injenin. but the israeli military says she may have been hit by palestinian gunfire. she may have been hit numerous media outlets including the bbc say the palestinian reporter was wearing a flakjacket with the word "press" on it, when she was killed. another journalist was wounded. our correspondent tim franks joins us live from jerusalem. the circumstances of her death are being disputed, what do we know about what happened? latte being disputed, what do we know about what happened?— being disputed, what do we know about what happened? we know for sure that shireen _ about what happened? we know for sure that shireen abu _ about what happened? we know for sure that shireen abu akleh - about what happened? we know for sure that shireen abu akleh went i about what happened? we know for| sure that shireen abu akleh went to the israeli military raid in the north of the west bank early this morning, wearing a flakjacket bullet—proof vest with the word press marked on it. but she was shot

in the head and died at the scene or very shortly afterwards, and a colleague with her was also injured. the palestinian low say this is clear this was in the words of their president and execution, aljazeera described it as a cold—blooded execution. qatar said it was state—sponsored terrorism. a statement in the israeli parliament said post on militants at the time were filed —— firing indiscriminate life was a joint investigation because he says it is perfectly possible it was powerless to —— palestinian militants. that has been turned down by palestinian authorities and we understand the bodyis authorities and we understand the body is undergoing an autopsy right now by palestinian pathologists at a

city in the west bank. i now by palestinian pathologists at a city in the west bank.— city in the west bank. i think you knew her. _ city in the west bank. i think you knew her. can — city in the west bank. i think you knew her, can you _ city in the west bank. i think you knew her, can you tell _ city in the west bank. i think you knew her, can you tell us - city in the west bank. i think you knew her, can you tell us a - city in the west bank. i think you knew her, can you tell us a little | knew her, can you tell us a little bit more about what sort of person she was, what people are saying? there are plenty of people in this region who knew her far better and very closely and they are in a state of shock. it is a tight—knit journalistic community here across israel and the west bank. in the words of one friend and colleague who i know very well and have known for a long time, he said she was just a great person and a great journalist and that sentiment has been echoed freely throughout the region, notjust by colleagues, she was someone known to millions. a generation of palestinians grew up watching her. she was notjust extremely well—known and admired, also seen as pioneering because she was early on a rare thing, a prominent female voice and presence

on the tv screens in a place which is dominated by male figures. so her loss is really being extremely keenly felt here. tim loss is really being extremely keenly felt here.— loss is really being extremely keenly felt here. tim franks, our correspondent _ keenly felt here. tim franks, our correspondent in _ keenly felt here. tim franks, our correspondent in jerusalem, - keenly felt here. tim franks, our. correspondent in jerusalem, many thanks. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot on sight anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti—government protests. since last month — the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least eight people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured. joining me now is bhavani fonseka, senior researcher at the centre for policy alternatives in colombo. good to have you with us, can you give us a sense of what life is like in colombo at the moment? the

resent in colombo at the moment? tia: present situation in colombo at the moment? tie: present situation is that in colombo at the moment? tia: present situation is that we in colombo at the moment? tie: present situation is that we are in a state of emergency and curfew has been enforced since monday. we are all under curfew. as a direct result of the violence we saw on monday which was violence that really came from the prime minister and his supporters targeting these protesters and it has spread across sri lanka at different areas. the violence despite the curfew we are seeing reports of incidents. you reported about some deaths that happen, several injured. the situation is very volatile. we now have two days without a prime minister and cabinet, we have no government but a powerful executive president who is ignoring the

demands of the protesters and continuing to stay in office. teii continuing to stay in office. tell us more about _ continuing to stay in office. tell us more about the _ continuing to stay in office. tell us more about the background, how shall i can has got to this point. we are in a situation where there is a dire economic crisis and that crisis is really felt by many across show anchor in terms of not being able to find essential items, long queues to get what is available, power cuts impacting businesses. the economic crisis is felt by many, unprecedented. but also a political crisis where the stalemate is because the president is refusing to leave office, the opposition is unable to push through urgent reforms required. on multiple fronts including the violence, we are in a crisis point, it is unprecedented in recent years, we have not seen this

kind of situation. the recent years, we have not seen this kind of situation.— kind of situation. the economic crisis as you — kind of situation. the economic crisis as you say _ kind of situation. the economic crisis as you say is _ kind of situation. the economic crisis as you say is being - kind of situation. the economic crisis as you say is being felt i kind of situation. the economicj crisis as you say is being felt by many, can you give us a sense of the impact it is having on ordinary people? it impact it is having on ordinary --eole? , , impact it is having on ordinary eo le? , , , ., , impact it is having on ordinary --eole? , , . , ., people? it is felt by many, i would sa . it is people? it is felt by many, i would say- it is felt _ people? it is felt by many, i would say. it is felt most _ people? it is felt by many, i would say. it is felt most by _ people? it is felt by many, i would say. it is felt most by the - people? it is felt by many, i would say. it is felt most by the most - say. it is felt most by the most vulnerable, who are reliant on daily wage, with the curfew the workers top. also disastrous policies such as fertiliser ban, agriculture has been affected. but really it is at a point where many are unable to even manage with three meals a day and some are resorting to only one meal per day. we are going to get her point where there will be starvation. really dire times in terms of what is in store for many sri lankans. food shortage, there

are concerns, coming from the health secretary, essential medicines are not available, surgeries might not be able to be conducted. on multiple fronts, people are going to feel the brunt of it unless urgent reforms are introduced which address the most vulnerable communities and the social protection networks that are required. social protection networks that are retuired. �* ., ., social protection networks that are retuired. �* . ., ., , required. bhavani fonseka, interesting _ required. bhavani fonseka, interesting to _ required. bhavani fonseka, interesting to talk - required. bhavani fonseka, interesting to talk to - required. bhavani fonseka, interesting to talk to you, i required. bhavani fonseka, - interesting to talk to you, from the centre for policy alternatives. our correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, joins me from colombo. what is the situation where you are? another day of an island—wide curfew in show anchor, we are just outside the former prime minister's house, you can see all the members of the

military lined up outside the house here. moving the camera around a bit more, into the road here, you can see how empty these streets are. usually it is packed, the centre of a bustling south asian capital city, but the roads are deserted apart from the officers that whine this main road. and that is of course because this curfew is in place. the defence ministry has told security forces here in sri lanka to shoot at the site if people are seen to damage public property or threaten lives. they say it is to restore public order but many anti—government protesters see this as an act of intimidation. they accuse government supporters of instigating the violence that broke out right where i am standing on monday. we were here, rebecca, and so supporters of the government beat

some of the anti—government protesters with sticks and attack them. things escalated throughout them. things escalated throughout the day. later in the day, monday night and even last night, we then sell the houses of some supporters and mps belonging to the ruling party destroyed as well. in fact, last night a holiday resort owned by former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa was set alight. in terms of the politics, on monday show anchor�*s —— sri lanka's prime minister mahinda rajapaksa step minister mahinda rajapa ksa step down. minister mahinda rajapaksa step down. but the president is still in power. they blame the family for mismanaging the economy and getting sri lanka into this financial mess which has seen as people struggle to get hold of the basics like food and

fuel. we have heard from the petroleum company here in sri lanka, most people are not out on the streets, you cannot go to a petrol station today and get petrol or diesel. another problem people are facing here in sri lanka. talks are continuing about forming an interim all—party government but today the leader of the opposition said he is not going to get into any all—party government unless president rajapaksa resigns. many sri lankans are continuing to struggle in the huge cost of living crisis here. rajini vaidyanathan in colombo, thank you. us intelligence agencies are warning that russian president vladimir putin is preparing for a long war in ukraine and that a russian victory in the east of the country may not end the conflict. the assessment came as members of the us house of representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of providing another $40 billion in military and humanitarian aid.

such is the bipartisan support for ukraine that lawmakers took president biden's request for aid and added nearly $7 billion to it. the funds will be used to provide military support to ukraine and humanitarian assistance. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi told fellow democrats it was important to act quickly. as putin desperately accelerates his campaign of horror and brutality, mr speaker, horror and brutality, in ukraine, time is of the essence. that's why we're so pleased to hear that we could proceed immediately with this bill today, so that it goes through the senate and to the president's desk so that the assistance can reach the people of the ukraine and eastern europe. nancy pelosi. meanwhile, our correspondent

james waterhouse is in kyiv and following developments in ukraine. even though vladimir putin has said, "my new goal is to take the whole of the donbas region in eastern ukraine." the worry from us intelligence chiefs is that he is using that to effectively replenish his, until now, faltering troops, to sort out those supply issues, to replace losses, before digging in for the long haul, before trying to mount something larger scale once more. vladimir putin is no stranger to a long—term campaign. we have to remind ourselves that he sustained eight years of aggression over ukraine since he first annexed crimea in 2014 and backed separatists in the east. there is a number of cyber attacks alongside that as well, as well as the build up of troops leading to this escalation — there'd been eight years of war. so that's very much the concern from the west. but in equal breath, this £32 billion from the us,

a huge pledge of support alongside long—term commitments made by the uk, is the west too saying, "we are looking to commit to ukraine for the long—term as well." what vladimir putin is banking on is that interest waning, where western governments soon turn to more pressing domestic issues, where that will be the chance for him to make some kind of gain on ukraine. james waterhouse in kyiv. a uk ticket—holder has won last night's euromillions jackpot of £184 million. it's the biggest ever national lottery win in this country. we don't know who the winner is yet becasue right now they have yet to be declared. in fact we may never know if they choose to remain anonymous. those who bought tickets are — obviously — being urged to check. it means 15 players have won a jackpot of more than £100 million in the history of the national lottery. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. more of you will see the sunshine

come out this afternoon, after what has been a pretty soggy day so far for some, wales and the south—west especially, where the rain clears for the afternoon. lingers across parts of the midlands for a while, pushing through east anglia too and eventually reaching the far south—east corner late this afternoon and evening, but a rain band will be fragmenting. one or two spots here won't get much in the way of rainfall at all. northwards and westwards of that, though, sunny spells, the odd shower around, the heaviest of those will be in scotland and northern ireland and fresher than recent days but temperatures actually closer to where we should be at this stage in may. this evening, the rain from east anglia, the south—east, what's left of it, will clear through. a few showers in northern scotland tonight. most will be dry. patchy mist and fog, and a bit fresher than recent nights to take us into tomorrow morning. but we will be frost free, as we will be for the rest of the week. lovely, sunny start for many but the breeze will bring in more showers to northern and western scotland, some of those heavy and thundery again. showers developing in northern ireland. and elsewhere, after sunshine in the morning, whilst many will stay dry, it will turn a bit cloudier, but in the south it will feel a touch warmer.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a new report suggests around 1.5 million households will struggle to pay food and energy bills this year and a quarter of a million will fall into "extreme poverty". the government says it's taking action. having a vote on your neighbour's extension — plans to give you more say over housing developments in you area in england will be outlined today. aljazeera correspondent shireen abu akleh is shot dead while covering an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. prime minister borisjohnson will meet his swedish and finnish counter—parts, as the two countries considerjoining nato. a nationwide curfew in sri lanka has been extended until thursday as violent unrest continues in some areas despite the deployment of thousands of troops. sport and now a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre. good morning. the premier league title race is still on. manchester city it's you're move after liverpool came from behind to beat aston villa 2—1 last night. they go joint top with city who are ahead on goal difference andy swiss has more. a triumph to keep their title hopes alive. but, my, liverpool had to work for it, against one of their old boys, too, as steven gerrard proved the premier league has no room for sentiment. just three minutes gone and his aston villa side were ahead courtesy of douglas luiz. was an upset on the cards? well, liverpool hit back immediately, asjoel matip bundled them level. it wasn't exactly their prettiest, but then neither was their entire first half. a lucky escape for alisson. these were nervy times indeed. liverpool knew they had to find a way, and after the break they did. mane! that moment of sadio mane magic, sparking delight and relief among

the travelling fans. villa weren't done though. danny ings, so close to an equaliser. but liverpool held on for the win they so sorely needed. in a situation where i couldn't be more proud, to be honest, of the boys. it's a massive, massive performance in the middle of may. it's massive. and, yeah, it was top. and, obviously, for us very important. they might be second favourites for the title, but the race is still very much on. andy swiss, bbc news. the pga tour have announced they will refuse to release players who wish to take part in golf's saudi—backed invitational series opener in england next month. the tour said players who take part at centurion golf club from 9thjune would be in violation of their regulations. american phil mickelson and england's lee westwood had requested a release from the pga tour to participate, which comes after chief executive of l—i—v golf investments greg norman spoke to bbc sport yesterday.

no tour in this world, ian, owns golf. not one tour. right? there has been a monopoly in place for 53 years and it's, yes, if the opportunity for players is to go play, to play the pga tour. that is it. pure and simple. we are trying to give the players another opportunity to play. them partnering with the european tour sends a signal they're tightening up their control. the players are starting to recognise this. celtic could be crowned scottish premiership champions tonight. all they need to do is not lose to dundee united. a point is enough for the hoops, who will be looking to regain their crown after rangers finished top last season. celtic defender anthony ralston is pleased with the season but knows they still have work to do. it's obviously a brilliant feeling,

as a team we have worked hard to get ourselves int as a team we have worked hard to get ourselves in t position we are in. a lot of challenges have come our way over the course of the season, which we have overcome. but we still have two more games that we will be looking to play our best football and take care of the results as well. former new zealand captain brendon mccullum could be the next england test coach. mccullum coaches the indian premier league side kolkata knight riders. but he's held talks with the england and wales cricket board earlier this week. england are looking for seperate test and limited overs coaches to replace chris silverwood, who left his role in february. now basketball, and before an nba playoff match last night, one of the games biggest stars chris paul took to the arena wearing a shirt featuring the picture of brittany griner the female player being imprisoned in russia. she had been playing there and was on her way back to the us in february when she was detained at moscow airport. they say they found vape cartridges in her luggage that allegedly contained oil derived from cannabis.

the biden administration say she is being wrongfully detained but she could face a maximum ten years in prison. that's all the sport for now. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, is travelling sweden and finland today — as the two countries consider whether to join nato. it's widely expected that finland will begin the process ofjoining the military alliance this week. it's thought sweden could also apply for membership. if they do, they would become the 31st and 32nd members of nato. moscow has warned of military and political repercussions if the two countries abandon their traditional neutral stance. finland has an 800 mile border with russia. we can speak now to alexander stubb, who was prime minister of finland from 2014 to 2015. welcome to bbc news. thank you, nice

to be here. welcome to bbc news. thank you, nice to be here- how— welcome to bbc news. thank you, nice to be here. how likely _ welcome to bbc news. thank you, nice to be here. how likely is _ welcome to bbc news. thank you, nice to be here. how likely is it— welcome to bbc news. thank you, nice to be here. how likely is it do _ welcome to bbc news. thank you, nice to be here. how likely is it do you - to be here. how likely is it do you think that finland _ to be here. how likely is it do you think that finland and _ to be here. how likely is it do you think that finland and sweden - to be here. how likely is it do you| think that finland and sweden will join nato? think that finland and sweden will 'oin nato? ' ' ' ' ., think that finland and sweden will 'oin nato? ' ' ' , ., , join nato? 99.996. the train will be set in motion _ join nato? 99.996. the train will be set in motion tomorrow _ join nato? 99.996. the train will be set in motion tomorrow morning i join nato? 99.996. the train will be i set in motion tomorrow morning when our president will announce our intention to gave and they will make a joint statement next week. we are heading towards nato headquarters in brussels. {lilia heading towards nato headquarters in brussels. ., , , brussels. ok, that is very definitive. _ brussels. ok, that is very definitive. how _ brussels. ok, that is very definitive. how much - brussels. ok, that is very definitive. how much is i brussels. ok, that is very l definitive. how much is this brussels. ok, that is very - definitive. how much is this of a shift for nations with a long history of neutrality. irlat shift for nations with a long history of neutrality. not that big. finland hasn't _ history of neutrality. not that big. finland hasn't been _ history of neutrality. not that big. finland hasn't been a _ history of neutrality. not that big. finland hasn't been a neutral- history of neutrality. not that big. | finland hasn't been a neutral state since the end of the cold war. we were neutral only because of necessity, not ideology. for sweden it has been more complicated and finland has taken the lead in joining nato. so not a huge change, for me it is a continuing the long integration of western institutions. i have been anned a a...—

integration of western institutions. i have been anned a a... there was a time when — i have been anned a a... there was a time when support _ i have been anned a a... there was a time when support was _ i have been anned a a... there was a time when support was only - i have been anned a a... there was a time when support was only at - i have been anned a a... there was a time when support was only at 2596 l i have been anned a a... there was al time when support was only at 2596 of time when support was only at 25% of the population, has that changed in the population, has that changed in the light of the invasion of ukraine?— the light of the invasion of ukraine? ., �* , ~ ., ukraine? you're right, but you know what? it ukraine? you're right, but you know what? it was — ukraine? you're right, but you know what? it was between _ ukraine? you're right, but you know what? it was between 15 _ ukraine? you're right, but you know what? it was between 15 and - ukraine? you're right, but you know what? it was between 15 and 20 - ukraine? you're right, but you know what? it was between 15 and 20 at l what? it was between 15 and 20 at worst time. on 24th february when putin and russia attacked ukraine, things changed and the opinion polls to went to 50 in favour and 20 dpens. a poll said 76% of finns in favour and i predict this to go over 80. wejudge that favour and i predict this to go over 80. we judge that by the eu referendum. overwhelming support for nato. the only person we can thank on this is putin. he is the reason we arejoining.

on this is putin. he is the reason we are joining-— on this is putin. he is the reason we are joining. we are “oining. nonetheless, will “oinint we are joining. nonetheless, will joining nato _ we are joining. nonetheless, will joining nato make _ we are joining. nonetheless, will joining nato make finland - we are joining. nonetheless, will joining nato make finland and i we are joining. nonetheless, will- joining nato make finland and sweden safer? , , ., ., ,, safer? yes, but it will also make the alliance _ safer? yes, but it will also make the alliance safer. _ safer? yes, but it will also make the alliance safer. it _ safer? yes, but it will also make the alliance safer. it is _ safer? yes, but it will also make the alliance safer. it is very - safer? yes, but it will also make| the alliance safer. it is very much a win—win position for the region, for finland and sweden and nato by and large. rememberwe for finland and sweden and nato by and large. remember we have 900,000 reserves, 280 thousand men and women that can be mobilised. we have 62fats, we have always opinion very nato—compatible during joint exercises and in operations in afghanistan and kosovo. and a reminder when borisjohnson visits the country, the uk has been great for us, we have in a joint finnish force together with the uk and eight other nato countries. it is a win—win proposition for the uk as well. win-win proposition for the uk as well. ., _ win-win proposition for the uk as well. ., ., , , .,

well. you say that in spite of the fact that russia _ well. you say that in spite of the fact that russia has _ well. you say that in spite of the fact that russia has warned - well. you say that in spite of the | fact that russia has warned them well. you say that in spite of the - fact that russia has warned them not to apply and threatened "a military, technical response" if they do. you're not concerned about russia's response? you're not concerned about russia's resonse? ., , ., you're not concerned about russia's resonse? ., , . ., , response? no, they have always been like that. response? no, they have always been like that- the — response? no, they have always been like that. the three _ response? no, they have always been like that. the three other _ response? no, they have always been like that. the three other nordic - like that. the three other nordic countries joined like that. the three other nordic countriesjoined in 1949 like that. the three other nordic countries joined in 1949 and the rhetoric was similar. we expect in this sort of grey zone of period from when we apply to when we join after the ratification of 30 state there is will be some intimidation, cyberor information attacks. the uk, please be aware that the russians in the coming weeks and months are going to distribute a lot of disinformation about finland. when volodymyr zelensky was speaking in the finnish parliament, the home pages of the defence ministry went down and ourair pages of the defence ministry went down and our air space was violated. you mentioned this grey zone,

neither finland or sweden get nato security guarantee there is a if one member is attacked it is an attack on all, until their application has been accepted. tell me more about what you make of the vulnerability of finland and sweden in that interim period?— of finland and sweden in that interim period? of finland and sweden in that interim eriod? ., , ., . interim period? two points on that. we should not _ interim period? two points on that. we should not forget _ interim period? two points on that. we should not forget that _ interim period? two points on that. we should not forget that finland i we should not forget that finland and sweden have one of the largest armies in europe. so we are talking very strong air, land and sea defences. so in that sense, we stand on two very strong pillars and we have a defence alliance among ourselves. in the eu there is article 42.7 that is about solidarity and then most importantly the finnish and swedish political leadership in the past few months have been collecting security assurances from the united states and the uk and from germany and fraps. so we —— france. we feel very

safe. fraps. so we -- france. we feelvery safe. ., fraps. so we -- france. we feelvery safe. . ., fraps. so we -- france. we feelvery safe. ., ., ., safe. final sort of overriding thought. _ safe. final sort of overriding thought, how _ safe. final sort of overriding thought, how significant - safe. final sort of overriding thought, how significant is l safe. final sort of overriding i thought, how significant is this, will it make europe a safer place? definitely. i think this will make europe a safer place, it is a good thing for european security and i can tell you from a family perspective, my why wife and our children are dual nationality, swedish and finnish. so we feel safe too. ., ~ swedish and finnish. so we feel safe too. . ,, , ., the finnish prime minister said if the nation does apply to join nato, it will be for the security of its own citizens. the finish prime minister has been meeting the

japanese prime minister in tokyo and as we were hearing there, from mr stubb it is a day before the finnish president is expected to say that his country, which shares that long board we are russia —— border with russia, will apply tojoin nato. apple is discontinuing its portable music player, the ipod. the first version, launched in 2001, could store one—thousand songs. the last model still available is the ipod touch — but it's been eclipsed by smartphones and online music streaming. elon musk has said he will reverse the twitter ban imposed on donald trump, once he takes over the social media company. the richest man in the world agreed a 44 billion dollar takeover bid with the twitter board last month — but he said it was not a done deal

and that ideally it would be completed in the next 2 or 3 months. the nspcc says the number of adults reporting harmful sexual behaviour between young people has increased by almost a third in the past year. there has been growing concern about the issue following campaigns such as"everyone's invited" which encouraged reporting. joining me now is soma sara, who founded everyone's invited after sharing her own experiences of rape culture on instagram. it is good to talk to you again, although perhaps i shouldn't say that, because when ever i talk to you it is always because of a new report, or new figures out, but i suppose this seems an alarming figure that this sexual abuse amongst young people, peer on peer, is up by almost a third. does that figure surprise you? i is up by almost a third. does that figure surprise you?—

figure surprise you? i don't think it is surprising, _ figure surprise you? i don't think it is surprising, it _ figure surprise you? i don't think it is surprising, it is _ figure surprise you? i don't think it is surprising, it is very - figure surprise you? i don't think it is surprising, it is very much i figure surprise you? i don't think it is surprising, it is very much in line with what we unravelled last year and we are still unravelling now. it is about kind of the phrase that was being used most often is this is just the tip of the iceberg. now we are seeing the kind of unravelling of that iceberg and the reality of the scale of sexual violence and abuse.- reality of the scale of sexual violence and abuse. has anything chanted violence and abuse. has anything changed since — violence and abuse. has anything changed since you _ violence and abuse. has anything changed since you started - violence and abuse. has anything changed since you started your i changed since you started your campaign? because surely one thing that must have got better is awareness around this issue? yes. that must have got better is awareness around this issue? yes, i would agree- _ awareness around this issue? yes, i would agree- l _ awareness around this issue? yes, i would agree. ithink— awareness around this issue? yes, i would agree. i think awareness, - awareness around this issue? yes, i would agree. i think awareness, thei would agree. i think awareness, the awareness around this issue has been extraordinary over the past year. that is something that my team and i are proud of. at the same time, despite the national conversations that have been started, there is always so much work to be done and i guess that is up with of my primary concerns, what is actually happening in response to those critical

conversations.— in response to those critical conversations. ~ . , , , ., conversations. what is your sense of what is happening? _ conversations. what is your sense of what is happening? well, _ conversations. what is your sense of what is happening? well, i - conversations. what is your sense of what is happening? well, i have - conversations. what is your sense of| what is happening? well, i have been into many schools _ what is happening? well, i have been into many schools over— what is happening? well, i have been into many schools over the _ what is happening? well, i have been into many schools over the past - into many schools over the past year, which has been a really rewarding experience and i have been really encouraged by lots of things some of the staff and teachers are saying and the new initiatives that are being put in place and i think there has been an increasing priority placed in this area for schools in particular. i think that they're really opening up these conversations, i can see these topics being imbedded in the curriculums, they're supervising curriculums, they�* re supervising conversations curriculums, they're supervising conversations on this area and new systems, anonymous systems of reporting have been implemented and thatis reporting have been implemented and that is encouraging. but one thing that is encouraging. but one thing that i think is really important is the action that is needed from the government in this area. they need

to be prioritising this area, they need to be looking at it, there needs to be money in schools, teaching training, money to bring in specialist organisations to bring in education. ii specialist organisations to bring in education. , ., ., specialist organisations to bring in education. ., ., , education. if you had to prioritise one of the _ education. if you had to prioritise one of the issues, _ education. if you had to prioritise one of the issues, what - education. if you had to prioritise one of the issues, what would i education. if you had to prioritise one of the issues, what would it | education. if you had to prioritise i one of the issues, what would it be right, am i right in sensing it is around teaching training, so teachers know how to respond when pupils make allegations, complaints or tell teachers what might have happened to them?— or tell teachers what might have happened to them? yes, i think that many schools _ happened to them? yes, i think that many schools are _ happened to them? yes, i think that many schools are really _ happened to them? yes, i think that many schools are really struggling. i many schools are really struggling. i think that teachers desperately need training in this area and the money is needed, the schools need the budget, not only in training teachers and being able to deal with this problem, being able to identify these behaviours and support pupils who come forward and in being able

to deliver high quality sex education confidently. they need to be comfortable with the material and be comfortable with the material and be well versed and deliver it in an engaging and accessible way. i believe sex education needs to be taken as n seriously as math and english. taken as n seriously as math and enalish. , , . ., , . english. this is the charity which has issued _ english. this is the charity which has issued a _ english. this is the charity which has issued a report _ english. this is the charity which has issued a report about - english. this is the charity which has issued a report about young| has issued a report about young people experiencing harmful sexual behaviour, they say the reports surged after an unprecedented number spoke out about abuse in and around schools. does this mean more of this is happening, or is it because of the spotlight you have shone on the issue more people are confident about reporting it. i issue more people are confident about reporting it.— issue more people are confident about reporting it. i would say the latter, i about reporting it. i would say the latter. i think _ about reporting it. i would say the latter, i think when _ about reporting it. i would say the latter, i think when people - about reporting it. i would say the latter, i think when people come. latter, i think when people come forward and speak out openly and

there is representation and awareness, more survivors feel confident and able to speak openly about thesishjupps and talk about those about thesish jupps and talk about those —— about the issues and the expeerchss. ex experiences. they have been given that opportunity and confidence to speak out. thank have been given that opportunity and confidence to speak out.— if you've been affected by any of the issues raised in the nspcc report, there are details of organsiations that offer advice and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. for more than three decades, scientists have investigated the cause of so—called gulf war syndrome — a collection of chronic health problems that affected more than a quarter of the coalition troops deployed during the first gulf war in 1991.

now a new study by researchers in texas indicate the nerve gas sarin is to blame. the war to dislodge iraq from neighbouring kuwait was short, but it's been described as the most toxic in history, and it's had devastating long—term consequences for many of the soldiers who served. though, for 30 years, no—one knew exactly why. kerry fuller was one of them — a fit 26—year—old at the time of the war. now it's a battle for him just to get out of bed. i was getting illness after illness, breathing problems, chronic fatigue — run down all the time. and when i questioned whether it could be anything to do with my service in the gulf or what we were exposed to, the military line was, "you're talking nonsense, there's no evidence — two paracetamol, crack on."

kerry suffers excruciating joint and muscle pain. at night, he says he wakes the whole house, screaming. the new research blames health problems like his on the nerve agent sarin, that was released into the air when saddam hussein's chemical weapons caches were bombed. the scientists involved say it's a breakthrough which vindicates the veterans. but the ones who became ill, our new study shows, are the ones that have the weak form of a gene that normally protects you from nerve gas. and so the people with the strong form of the gene, most of them did not get ill. and you say that definitively now — no kind of ifs, no buts — this is the end of the mystery, as far as you're concerned? that's correct. due to all the controversy over the many studies that have been done so far — all of which had different defects of one type or another — we designed this study over a number of years to be the definitive study,

to answer all of the criticisms of studies in the past, so that we would get itjust right. we hope that what our findings will do will lead to a definitive treatment for this disease that would relieve them of some of these symptoms. kerry fuller has not only a huge array of symptoms — including memory problems — but also an arsenal of medication to help with them. that's the new lot. yeah. yeah? his daughter, rebecca, has to go to doctors' appointments with him, because he struggles to process the information he's given. he now wants the ministry of defence to act on the american findings. i just hope they take it seriously and do the right thing and understand it's. .. for most of us, it isn't about money — it's about being able to access the right medical treatment. it's not a lot to ask... ..for what we did.

the mod says it's indebted to all those who served — like kerry — and that it's already sponsored what it called significant research. but he wants tangible help, and fears that the latest study will simply be swept under the carpet. caroline hawley, bbc news. ukraine has made it through to this year's eurovision song contest, after last night's semi—final heat. the ukrainian folk, rap and hip hop group kalush orchestra and their song stefania has become the favourite to win the competition. david sillito was there as they qualified for the grand final. turin. eurovision. an arena of flag—waving fans. and thousands more at the eurovision village.

and the most visible flag in the crowd — the blue and yellow of ukraine. here to cheer along the hot favourites, the kalush orchestra. music: stefania. strangers bonded by a moment. wejust met, like, five minutes ago, we don't know each other — butjust saw our flags and we gather all together to support us. very emotional moments, but it's so much sad also. so it's a big unity— of the european family, so... i so it's really like a big family. in europe, and ukraine feels part of it, and this is reallyj like celebration of this european union and all the values, all the european values. _ so it means a lot. and if they win, a hope that maybe, in the future, families divided by war will one day be able to share this moment in their home country.

my daughter, she is five years old and she asked me, so i hope that my grandfather and grandmother, they are safe, but it will be really better to see this contest together with them in ukraine. tonight was all about ukraine, and they remain the hot favourites to win on saturday. and what happens to the band if they do win? well, they go straight back to ukraine — and the agenda isn't music. i spoke to the band's leader, oleh, before last night's show and, whatever happens on saturday, on sunday, it's back to work. translation: we have a volunteer organisation - there are 35 of us, i and we're helping people with transport, accommodation, medicines. we're doing everything possible to help people all over ukraine.

but back at the semifinal, it was a little eurovision moment. ukraine! the song contest that has become a symbol of hope, support, community. david sillito, bbc news, turin. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. much more sunshine around across the uk this afternoon, rain lingers in the midland for a while and pushing through east anglia and a rain band will fragment and some spots won't get much rainful. to the north and west some heavy showers in scotland and northern ireland. temperatures close to where we should be for this stage in may. tonight the rain from east anglia, south—east, what is left,

will clear through. anglia, south—east, what is left, will clearthrough. some anglia, south—east, what is left, will clear through. some showers in northern scotland. most will be dry. some mist and fog and fresher. we will be frost—free. a sunny start for many. but the breeze will bring showers to northern and western scotland and some heavy. showers in northern ireland. after sunshine in the morning else where, it is turning cloudier. in the south feeling warmer.

this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines... a new report suggests around 1.5 million households will struggle to pay food and energy bills this year and a quarter of a million will fall into "extreme poverty". the government says it's taking action. we are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure that we relieve the pressure on people who are facing incredibly tough times. given that we are facing the biggest cost of— given that we are facing the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation, it was quite a surprise to all— generation, it was quite a surprise to all of— generation, it was quite a surprise to all of us— generation, it was quite a surprise to all of us there were not more measures— to all of us there were not more measures to help people out with that _ having a vote on your neighbour's extension. plans to give you more say over housing developments in you area in england will be outlined today. aljazeera correspondent — shireen abu akleh — is shot dead while covering

an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. prime minister borisjohnson will meet his swedish considerjoining nato. it's day two of the libel case between rebekah vardy and coleen rooney. the biggest lottery win ever in the uk — some rain has won last night's euromillions jackpot, and it's £184 million. the biggest lottery win ever in the uk — someone has won last night's euromillions jackpot, and it's £184 million. 1.5 million households in the uk will soon face food and energy bills that are greater than their disposable income —

that's the warning from a think—tank, the national institute for economic and social research. the institute also cautions that a million households will fall into destitution this year, without further government help, that means living on less than £140 a week for a family of four. the uk government is facing criticism for not promising more support to people struggling with the rising gust of living in yesterday's queen's speech. the treasury says the government is taking action to support households. let's talk to our political corresponent ben wright. we know what the government has done, what are they saying about what they might do, especially as there seems to be something —— some inconsistencies. the there seems to be something -- some inconsistencies-— inconsistencies. the cost of living is the burning _

inconsistencies. the cost of living is the burning issue _ inconsistencies. the cost of living is the burning issue in _ inconsistencies. the cost of living is the burning issue in british - is the burning issue in british politics at the moment. there was nothing in terms of direct help for people in yesterday's queen's speech. ministersaid people in yesterday's queen's speech. minister said yesterday and again today you would not expect there to be, it was not a budget, fiscal event, it was a plan for legislation that will go through parliament over the coming year. the government clearly under pressure to do more in the short term. boris johnson himself added to some of the confusing yesterday when he made a statement in the commons when he said people could expect to hear more from him on the chancellor in the coming days about what the government will do to help people. that then was met with confusion i think within the treasury who said do not expect a mini budget anytime soon. the levelling up secretary michael gove reinforced that point morning with a particularly animated interview that he gave to the bbc. we are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure that we relieve the pressure on people facing incredibly tough times.

but that doesn't amount to "an emergency budget", which is what some people immediately thought that it did. it is an example of some commentators chasing their own tails and trying to take a statement that is commonsensical, turning it into a major capital letters, big news story, and in fact, when treasury quite rightly say, "calm down." then people, instead of recognising that they've overinflated the story in the first place, then say, "oh, this is clearly a split." who knew michael gove had such a knack for impersonations. there you go. i think the pressure will remain on the government to come up with something before the autumn budget, that pressure is coming clearly from opposition parties, steve reed is the shadowjustice secretary. this is what he said today.— the shadowjustice secretary. this is what he said today. given we are facin: the is what he said today. given we are facing the biggest _ is what he said today. given we are facing the biggest cost _ is what he said today. given we are facing the biggest cost of _ is what he said today. given we are facing the biggest cost of living - facing the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation, it was quite

a surprise to all of us there were not more measures to help people out with that. we had the spring statement only a few weeks ago from the chancellor, when he sat down people's household budgets were on average 2000 per year worse off. you would expect the chancellor to look again at tax rises he imposed and what he can do to help people. what we need to see now is an emergency budget that really focuses on the cost of living crisis, what we would really like to see in the labour party at the centre of that is a windfall tax on the £3 billion of additional surplus profits the energy companies have made so we can cut people's household energy bills by up to £600, that would be real help right now. ministers pushing back against that idea. numberten ministers pushing back against that idea. number ten said a new cabinet committee chaired by the prime minister has been set up to look at non—fiscal measures they could possibly adopt to help people with

the cost of living, one idea going around is reducing the frequency required for mots on vehicles. measures that are not budgetary but might help the squeeze on people's pocket. he said the cost of living is the burning issue in domestic politics at the moment but i suspect the government would prefer us to focus on their plans for levelling up, which i think we are due to hear more about later today when they publish them. do you have any sense of what might be in those plans, or what might not be?— what might not be? levelling up clearly was _ what might not be? levelling up clearly was one _ what might not be? levelling up clearly was one of _ what might not be? levelling up clearly was one of the _ what might not be? levelling up clearly was one of the big - what might not be? levelling upi clearly was one of the big themes what might not be? levelling up - clearly was one of the big themes of yesterday's queen's speech, a number of bills would fit under the levelling up umbrella, the main one was the levelling up regeneration bill, introduced to parliament today, including measures about planning and local regeneration. measures that the government to say well make it easier for the government to build the sort of

homes they want to see. the question is, will it deliver the house—building the government has pledged to embark upon? back in 2019 in the tories' manifesto, a promise that by the mid—2020s, they would be building 300,000 homes per year and include, the current building rate is about 220,000 per year, where the vast statistics. this morning michael gove, we will hear from vast statistics. this morning michael gove, we will hearfrom him again, the target wasn't necessarily the thing to focus on.— the thing to focus on. people when it comes to — the thing to focus on. people when it comes to housing _ the thing to focus on. people when it comes to housing development i it comes to housing development should _ it comes to housing development should be — it comes to housing development should be partners. well it comes to housing development should be partners. well 300,000 new homes be should be partners. well300,000 new homes be built— should be partners. well 300,000 new homes be built to _ should be partners. well 300,000 new homes be built to share? _ should be partners. well300,000 new homes be built to share? i _ should be partners. well 300,000 new homes be built to share? i do - should be partners. well 300,000 new homes be built to share? i do not - homes be built to share? i do not think we will— homes be built to share? i do not think we will hit _ homes be built to share? i do not think we will hit that _ homes be built to share? i do not think we will hit that target - homes be built to share? i do not think we will hit that target this i think we will hit that target this year~ _ think we will hit that target this ear. ~ . ., , ., year. within the next couple of ears? year. within the next couple of years? the _ year. within the next couple of years? the middle _ year. within the next couple of years? the middle of- year. within the next couple of years? the middle of the - year. within the next couple of i years? the middle of the decade year. within the next couple of - years? the middle of the decade was the manifesto promise was that we will do everything we can in order to ensure that more of the right homes are built in the right places.

i think it is critically important that— i think it is critically important that even— i think it is critically important that even as we seek to improve housing — that even as we seek to improve housing supply we also seek to build communities that people love and our product _ communities that people love and our product. but communities that people love and our roduct. �* ., ., communities that people love and our roduct. �* . ., , ., product. but he made a pledge on housin: product. but he made a pledge on housing supply. — product. but he made a pledge on housing supply, will _ product. but he made a pledge on housing supply, will you _ product. but he made a pledge on housing supply, will you meet - product. but he made a pledge on housing supply, will you meet it i product. but he made a pledge on | housing supply, will you meet it by the middle of the decade? late housing supply, will you meet it by the middle of the decade?- housing supply, will you meet it by the middle of the decade? we will do eve hint the middle of the decade? we will do everything we — the middle of the decade? we will do everything we can _ the middle of the decade? we will do everything we can but _ the middle of the decade? we will do everything we can but it _ the middle of the decade? we will do everything we can but it is _ the middle of the decade? we will do everything we can but it is no - the middle of the decade? we will do everything we can but it is no kind i everything we can but it is no kind of success— everything we can but it is no kind of success simply to hit a target if the homes — of success simply to hit a target if the homes that are built are shoddy, in the _ the homes that are built are shoddy, in the wrong — the homes that are built are shoddy, in the wrong place, do not have the infrastructure required and are not contributing to beautiful communities.— contributing to beautiful communities. , , ., ~ communities. this is and i think will continue _ communities. this is and i think will continue to _ communities. this is and i think will continue to be _ communities. this is and i think will continue to be a _ communities. this is and i think will continue to be a i've - communities. this is and i think will continue to be a i've issue i will continue to be a i've issue within parliament, there is a housing crisis which affects people in all sorts of ways, this has already proved, rebecca, to be very controversial on the conservative party's own backbenchers. a more dramatic system was abandoned, the sonos system making it easier to

push through housing development, that seems to be dead but we have to look at the bell when published later today to see exactly what it says about how planning reform fits into its levelling up plans. ben wright at westminster. 1.5 million households in the uk will soon face food and energy bills that are greater than their disposable income — that's the warning from a think—tank, the national institute for economic and social research. how did you come to the 1.5 million household figure? shah how did you come to the 1.5 million household figure?— household figure? an aggregate income across _ household figure? an aggregate income across households - household figure? an aggregate income across households of. income across households of different income levels. that gave

us the income side. then we essentially constructed bills for each tenth of the population based on what we know about their assumption baskets. topped the cost for a standard up bill of the things each income group would buy, we found the level was larger than income for 1.5 million people. and �*i income for 1.5 million people. and 1 million households _ income for1.5 million people. and 1 million households will— income for 1.5 million people. and 1 million households will fall - income for 1.5 million people. and 1 million households will fall into destitution without further government help, tell me about those findings. in government help, tell me about those findints. ., , ., , government help, tell me about those findints. ., , findings. in our previous report three months _ findings. in our previous report three months ago, _ findings. in our previous report three months ago, we - findings. in our previous report three months ago, we were i findings. in our previous report - three months ago, we were already finding that there was a problem with destitution around the country. the current increases if you like are likely to send another quarter of a million more households into destitution. that takes the total up

to 1 destitution. that takes the total up to1 million. these are destitution. that takes the total up to 1 million. these are families who live in extreme poverty as normally defined. what can be done to ease the burden? the main thing is an uplift in universal credit. if you recall, you would recall, universal credit was raised by £20 per week in response to covid and then that was taken away again. we were arguing that that should never have happened. now we would argue that £25 per week upgrade is what is required in universal credit. in addition, given the extreme hardship faced by lots of families just now, we would advocate sending transfers of £250 to each of around about 11

million households, those households where it is less than median income. this is one at a time, raising of universal credit by £25. i think if i am right, universal credit by £25. i think if iam right, if universal credit by £25. i think if i am right, if that was to happen between may and october, that would cost around £1.35 billion. is that a good use of public money, bearing in mind of course the government has already lowered the universal credit taper which means more people get their money and keep the money that they earn, doesn't it? it their money and keep the money that they earn, doesn't it?— they earn, doesn't it? it does indeed. they earn, doesn't it? it does indeed- but _ they earn, doesn't it? it does indeed. but given _ they earn, doesn't it? it does indeed. but given the - they earn, doesn't it? it does indeed. but given the issue i they earn, doesn't it? it doesj indeed. but given the issue is really about the absolute poorest families, the initial starting level for universal credit is what is really important for those families. if we are going to help the poorest households in the land, we have to lift up the basic universal credit.

what about this £250 talked about 11 million households, how would you propose that that is apportioned and given to people? this propose that that is apportioned and given to people?— given to people? this is similar to what was done _ given to people? this is similar to what was done in _ given to people? this is similar to what was done in the _ given to people? this is similar to what was done in the us - given to people? this is similar to what was done in the us in - given to people? this is similar to i what was done in the us in response to the pandemic, checks were sent through the post to households identified as having household income less than a given amount. that could be done just simply in the uk, using knowledge we have from the uk, using knowledge we have from the tax database. haifa the uk, using knowledge we have from the tax database.— the tax database. how much would that cost? the _ the tax database. how much would that cost? the cost _ the tax database. how much would that cost? the cost of— the tax database. how much would that cost? the cost of doing - the tax database. how much would that cost? the cost of doing that, i that cost? the cost of doing that, that cost? the cost of doing that, that would _ that cost? the cost of doing that, that would come _ that cost? the cost of doing that, that would come to _ that cost? the cost of doing that, that would come to about - that cost? the cost of doing that, that would come to about £2.85 i that would come to about £2.85 billion. that would be a one off cost. ., , ,., billion. that would be a one off cost. ., , ,, , ~ cost. professor stephen miller, unfortunately _ cost. professor stephen miller, unfortunately we _ cost. professor stephen miller, unfortunately we have -

cost. professor stephen miller, unfortunately we have run - cost. professor stephen miller, unfortunately we have run out i cost. professor stephen miller, | unfortunately we have run out of time. —— millard from national institute for economic and social research. goodbye to viewers on bbc two. the uk has rejected eu plans aimed at reducing the impact of the post—brexit treaty for northern ireland — saying they would make things worse. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has said her preference had always been for a "negotiated solution" but she warned the uk would not shy away from taking action. it's been reported that she will remove the border checks on goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk. sinn fein is now the largest party in northern ireland. its leader michelle o'neill warned the british government and the dup are holding stormont to ransom. i have said very clearly we cannot be held to ransom and cannot be used as a pawn in the middle of the game between the british government and the european union.

our interest must be respected, we achieved mitigation in the form of the protocol to mitigate against the worst excesses of a hard brexit which the tories and dup delivered, we expect that to be implemented. find ways to smooth implementation but don't hold to ransom society while they work is under way. we have money to spend, put into those who are struggling. without an executive formed here today, this week, there should be no delay, that must happen right now. i worry that brandon lewis, the dup and british government are holding society here to ransom, that is not acceptable or tolerable. we democrats will work to make sure that is not the case. michelle o'neill.

the home affairs committee has been holding a one—off session examining the uk government's asylum deal with rwanda. last month the governnent announced it would send some asylum seekers who cross the channel to the uk to rwanda, in a plan that was criticised by human rights organisation. the home affairs committee has been taking evidence from the migration minister tom pursglove mp. let me just set this in some perspective, as a government we have been consistently clear we cannot continue to have people putting their lives in the hands of evil criminal gangs, paying money to those evil criminal gangs to facilitate these crossings. we have said that we will strain every sinew to put a stop to that evil criminality. and i would argue that it was right, that at the first opportunity that we had to sign this new partnership that we took that opportunity to do that because every day that passes where that doesn't happen is a day where lives can particularly vanish might potentially be lost in the channel.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's isaac. liverpool are still hot on the heels of manhester city in the title race. former reds captain steven gerrard watched his villa side take the lead but an immediate response came throuthoel matip and then the winner from sadio mane, as liverpool pull level with city at the top, but have now played one game more. city take on wolves this evening. the pga tour have announced they will refuse to release players who wish to take part in golf's saudi—backed invitational series opener in england next month. the tour said players who take part at centurion golf club from 9thjune would be in violation of their regulations. american phil mickelson and england's lee westwood had requested a release from the pga tour to participate. the chief executive of l—i—v golf investments greg norman liv golf investments greg norman spoke to bbc sport yesterday. no tour in this world, ian, owns golf. not one tour.

right? there has been a monopoly in place for 53 years and it's, yes, if the opportunity for players is to go play, you have to play the pga tour. that is it. pure and simple. we are trying to give the players another opportunity to play. them partnering with the european tour sends a signal they're tightening up their control. the players are starting to recognise this. celtic could be crowned scottish premiership champions tonight. all they need to do is not lose to dundee united. a point is enough for the hoops, who will be looking to regain their crown after rangers finished top last season. celtic defender anthony ralston is pleased with the season but knows they still have work to do. it's obviously a brilliant feeling, as a team we have worked hard to get ourselves in the position we are in.

a lot of challenges have come our way over the course of the season, which we have overcome. but we still have two more games that we will be looking to play our best football and take care of the results as well. former new zealand captain brendon mccullum could be the next england test coach. mccullum coaches the indian premier league side kolkata knight riders. but he's held talks with the england and wales cricket board earlier this week. england are looking for seperate test and limited overs coaches to replace chris silverwood, who left his role in february that's all the sport for now. thank you, isaac. veteran aljazeera correspondent shireen abu akleh has been shot dead while covering an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. aljazeera says showers shot in

the head by israeli forces injenin. but the israeli military says she may have been hit by palestinian gunfire. numerous area outlets including the bbc say the palestinian reporter was wearing a flakjacket with the word �*press' on it, when showers killed. another journalist was wounded. our correspondent tim franks is injerusalem, and he gave me the latest. we know for sure that shireen abu akleh went to this israeli military raid in the north of the west bank early this morning, wearing a flakjacket and bullet—proof vest with the word press marked on it. but she was shot in the head and died at the scene or very shortly afterwards, and a colleague with her was also injured. the palestinians say this is clear this was in the words of their president an execution, aljazeera described it as a cold—blooded execution. qatar, owners of aljazeera, said

it was state—sponsored terrorism. a statement in the israeli parliament said palisinian militants militants at the time were filed firing indiscriminatly. that has been turned down by palestinian authorities and we understand the body is undergoing an autopsy right now by palestinian pathologists at a city in the west bank. i think you knew her, can you tell us a little bit more about what sort of person she was, what people are saying? there are plenty of people in this region who knew her far better and very closely and they are in a state of shock. it is a tight—knitjournalistic community here across israel and the west bank.

in the words of one friend and colleague who i know very well and have known for a long time, he said she was just a great person and a greatjournalist and that sentiment has been echoed freely throughout the region, notjust by colleagues, she was someone known to millions. a generation of palestinians grew up watching her. she was notjust extremely well—known and admired, also seen as pioneering because she was early on a rare thing — a prominent female voice and presence on the tv screens in a place which is dominated by male figures. so her loss is really being extremely keenly felt here. tim franks, our correspondent injerusalem. with me now is mohamed moawad, managing editor of the al jazeera channel in doha. ican i can only imagine what a sad and difficult day this must be for you and your team. my condolences to you. i wondered

and your team. my condolences to you. iwondered if and your team. my condolences to you. i wondered if you and your team. my condolences to you. iwondered if you might and your team. my condolences to you. i wondered if you might start with you telling us a little bit more about her. a crime committed by occupation forces under international. a journalist intentionally targeted liability under the ears, wearing a helmet, press first. we have woke up this morning receiving an e—mail from shireen, there is an israeli raid, i'm going to cover the news.

shireen, you are going to be wife on air at the top of the hour, but she did not show up, we kept calling her but we found these images on social media circulating that she was targeted by a bullet under her ear. she was accompanied by other journalists. this is not a crossfire, this area was very safe, she was just entering and the occupation, israeli forces was there three days back, no clash, no resistance from the palestinians, took down one of the houses. she was not covering the war from the palestinian side and was targeted while the israeli palestinians were targeting a military area. no,

shireen was in a place under the occupation of israeli forces, according to international law they have the responsibility to take care of civilians and journalists and they should be held accountable for that. a prominentjournalist,... forgive me for interrupting, i know there is a delay only one which makes it more difficult for us to have a conversation but i suppose i wanted to put the point to you that the israeli military say their forces do not targetjournalists and the israelis have said the indications are that she could have been killed by palestinian gunfire, what is your response to that? lliral’hat what is your response to that? what we have seen _ what is your response to that? what we have seen from _ what is your response to that? what we have seen from the _ what is your response to that? ii'isisgii we have seen from the israeli what is your response to that? �*ihisisgii we have seen from the israeli side is that there is no consistent narrative. they started by saying the palestinians did it. then they said actually there was a fire and

we are doing an investigation. the latest we have seen, the latest statement from the israeli side was from the defence minister, minutes back. he said we are doing an investigation preserved there might be crossfire in that area and we are investigating it. you can start by saying, placing the blame on a side. and then say i'm going to investigate it. you should start by saying this is going to be investigated, we cannot start this kind of heinous crime dealing with it by placing the blame on others. under the international law, the israeli forces are responsible, there in an operation and a journalist wearing a helmet and the press best accompanied by other journalists, one of her colleagues from a palestinian media outlet was there watching the scene. the

heinous crime happening there. we have the footage and i am sure you guys have received it. this was under the watch of all the international media and the local media there. this is a targeted, intentional crime because in a crossfire, you wouldn't target a journalist under her ears, you wouldn't target them in that area if it is a crossfire. why other journalists weren't wounded by these fires? what we are seeing now is a targeted, intentional assassination. which, as i say, the israelis do the night. i wonder if you can give me some insight, when instances like this happen involving the israeli military, what is the process now and the accountability if she was shot by israeli troops? late

and the accountability if she was shot by israeli troops?— and the accountability if she was shot by israeli troops? we call for an investigation. _ shot by israeli troops? we call for an investigation. but _ shot by israeli troops? we call for an investigation. but as _ shot by israeli troops? we call for| an investigation. but as journalists an investigation. but asjournalists we have an eyewitness account, we have evidence. i mean, we cannot just shift the blame or shift our heads away from this and say, oh, we do not know. no, we know, we have seen it on air. we have evidence. we have eyewitness account. people were there, they said there was no crossfire in the area. shireen abu akleh was among otherjournalists, colleagues trying to stand up in front of the camera to be on air. i havejust front of the camera to be on air. i have just told you she e—mailed us 30 minutes before the crime to say i am going to be on air at the top of the hour to cover the news from jenin. we are calling for an investigation and we are going to

call for the international community to deal with shireen abu akleh's case like they are dealing with all journalist putting themselves in danger in ukraine. the condemnation from the international community, the journalistic community should extend to shireen abu akleh and al jazeera as well and the israeli forces, undertheir jazeera as well and the israeli forces, under their watch this happened, according to the international law they are responsible for this. i hear your call for an investigation. i understand is that israel has offered to conduct a joint investigation but the palestinians have refused. what do you know about that and why that might be? i am not a spokesperson for the palestinian authority or any kind of authority here. what i am saying is that we are calling for an investigation. we need evidence, we are looking into

evidence. we have evidence from the ground, eyewitness accounts from the ground. that is why we are saying this happened when the israeli forces were conducting their operation. we have not seen any palestinians in that area and we have other colleagues who were there accompanying shireen abu akleh that reported this eyewitness account. we are calling for an investigation, for results to come out. we have seen some from the palestinian side, they said that this is a bullet known to be for the israeli forces and they are going to put out all the results very soon. we have seen a press conference minutes away, the head of the investigation unit at the hospital where shireen abu akleh's body was taken. he talked about the billet. —— the bullet. we think this is a starting point of something to bring the the israeli

forces four. under international law, they are responsible. second, eyewitness account do not completely there was a crossfire or a palestinian militants there. the israelis that the same operation three days back, no resistance. they came in, took down one house, got out, no resistance whatsoever was reported from insidejenin. obviously it is difficult for us to verify some of those reports, i wonder, whether we could go back to where we were at the beginning and whether you mightjust where we were at the beginning and whether you might just tell us where we were at the beginning and whether you mightjust tell us about shireen abu akleh. she was a very experienced journalist, wasn't she? covering the israeli— palestinian conflict for over two decades. more than two decades, shireen has

no personal life, her personal life is in the field. she is out there covering the news. i mean, 6am in the morning, she was heading to app area to cover the news. the give voice to the voiceless. she used to do that. she is the second journalist who was hired by al—jazeera back in the days after the launch of al—jazeera, more than two decades back, 25 years. she has been great in the reporting accurate impartial, objective and neutral. she has been very, very truth. . she is known, well known by the international media as well, because she is usually doing this kind of walk and talk every where in palestine, trying to report the news, give voice to the voiceless. she is every where and she is by the way a palestinian journalist, she is every where and she is by the way a palestinianjournalist, but also she has an american citizenship. she travelled the world. she covered the news in

london. i met her in london for the first time. she was covering the news of brexit in london. she was covering the news in the us. she travelled the world. she is one of al—jazeera's prominentjournalists who we mourn the loss of and who we think that her death is not going to go like this. we are going to help the, whoever responsible for this accountable and we... we think that the the israeli forces are responsible, because they are the occupation force on the ground. thank you. i should say we have approached the israeli government for comment. we haven't yet heard back from them. it's day two of the so—called "wagatha christie" trial at the high court in london. rebekah vardy is suing coleen rooney

for libel after her former friend accused her of leaking information from her private instagram stories to the press. our reporter charlie haynes joins us now from outside the high court. what's been happening today? so rebekah vardy has been giving evidence in the witness box and she has been questioned by coleen rooney's lawyer and he has been going through messages she sent to her agent and they are discussing stories. he is talking about stories. he is talking about stories. these are stories that were in the media, things like extra marital affairs that footballers are having, car crashes, disagreements with the club. he is saying it was standard practice for her to pass stories to her agent and for her agent to pass them to the sun. he said they set up. she said it not

true, it was gossip and speculation. now he says it was only speculation, but of course she has been... saying in a fleeting moment that she did consider in a what's app message while chatting to her agent, she considered selling the story to the sup. but it was —— sun. but it was a fleeting moment. she is going to continue giving evidence and the trial is due to continue until next week. ., i' trial is due to continue until next week. . «i , ., us intelligence agencies are warning that russian president vladimir putin is preparing for a long more in ukraine, and that a russian victory in the east of the country may not end the conflict. the assessment came as members of the us house of representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of providing another $40 billion in military and humanitarian aid.

such is the bipartisan support for ukraine that lawmakers took president biden's request for aid and added nearly $7 billion to it. the funds will be used to provide military support to ukraine and humanitarian assistance. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi told fellow democrats it was important to act quickly. as putin desperately accelerates his campaign of horror and brutality, mr speaker, horror and brutality, in ukraine, time is of the essence. that's why we're so pleased to hear that we could proceed immediately with this bill today, so that it goes through the senate and to the president's desk so that the assistance can reach the people of the ukraine and eastern europe. nancy pelosi. meanwhile, our correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv and following developments in ukraine. even though vladimir putin has said, "my new goal is to take the whole of the donbas region in eastern

ukraine." the worry from us intelligence chiefs is that he is using that to effectively replenish his, until now, faltering troops, to sort out those supply issues, to replace losses, before digging in for the long haul, before trying to mount something larger scale once more. vladimir putin is no stranger to a long—term campaign. we have to remind ourselves that he sustained eight years of aggression over ukraine since he first annexed crimea in 2014 and backed separatists in the east. there is a number of cyber attacks alongside that as well, as well as the build up of troops leading to this escalation — there'd been eight years of war. so that's very much the concern from the west. but in equal breath, this £32 billion from the us, a huge pledge of support alongside long—term commitments made by the uk, is the west too saying,

"we are looking to commit to ukraine for the long—term as well." what vladimir putin is banking on is that interest waning, where western governments soon turn to more pressing domestic issues, where that will be the chance for him to make some kind of gain on ukraine. james waterhouse in kyiv. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, is visiting sweden and finland today — as the two countries consider whether to join nato. let's ta ke let's take you live to sweden, where we are expecting borisjohnson to hold a joint news conference with his swedish counter part the prime minister of sweden. you can see the refreshments waiting for the two men. we understand borisjohnson has

agreed deals with sweden and finland, pledging to support both countries' armed forces should they come under attack. we know it is russia's invasion of ukraine that has forced a rethink of how sweden andindeed has forced a rethink of how sweden and indeed their neighbour finland safeguards national security. it is widely expected that finland will begin the process ofjoining the military alliance this week and it's thought highly ly likely that sweden will do the same. if they do, they would become the 31st and 32nd members of nato. russia has warned of military and political repercussions if the two countries become members. if you were with us earlier, i was talking to the former prime minister of finland and he was unequivocal that the benefits of

joining nato in terms of security far outweighed any risks and it is worth remembering finland has an 800 mile border with russia. we will stay with these pictures. we think the doors maybe opening. that is not the doors maybe opening. that is not the prime minister, borisjohnson. but clearly preparations are getting under way for thatjoint news under way for that joint news conference under way for thatjoint news conference between borisjohnson and his swedish counter part. we will come back to that when they start to speak. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot on sight anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti—government protests. since last month — the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least eight people have

died in the violence and 200 have been injured. our correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, is in the capital of sri lanka, colombo. outside the former prime minister's residence here in the centre of colombo, a military presence here that is matched across the city as colombo and the rest of this island nation remains in a curfew. there's also an increased police presence as well as security forces. just move the camera down here, you can see what is normally a really busy and packed road completely deserted, as this country goes through another day of a curfew. now, the defence ministry has now given security forces orders to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens life. but many of the anti—government protester thes who

protesters who are largely peaceful believe this is antagonising behaviour from the government. now, i was here on monday outside the former prime minister's house, where scenes got very tense, as we had supporters of then prime minister attacking largely peaceful anti—government protesters. that is when things escalated and overnight there has been another night of violence in the city of negombo not too far from here in colombo, there were clashes and shops and businesses and homes were torched. we are also seeing more politicians' residences and properties targeted as well. it has been more than two dozen properties associated with the rajapaksa family which have been vandalised, or attacked and last night a hotel resort belonging to the former prime minister's son was set alight. so things still remain quite tense as this curfew continues. in terms of the politics, well, protesters, who are still gathering at the protest

site at the other end of the city here say they won't go home until the country's president, the former prime minister's brother, gotabaya rajapaksa, quits. at the moment he shows no signs of going. at the moment discussions continue abo discussions continue about forming an interim government with the opposition parties as well. but we have heard from the opposition leader saying he is not going to take part in any all—party interim government, unless gotabaya rajapaksa steps down. so the uncertainty continues here and of course all the while people continue to struggle through this economic crisis. thejoint the joint conference between the swedish prime minister and the british prime minister, boris johnson. , ., ,

johnson. there is mutual the desire to dee en johnson. there is mutual the desire to deep en our— johnson. there is mutual the desire to deep en our co-operation - johnson. there is mutual the desire to deep en our co-operation on - to deep en our co—operation on security and trade and research, to name a few areas. in times of crisis, co—operation becomes more important and this applies for our defence partnerships and sweden's partnerships with the uk and nato have been crucial during these exceptional times. and i greatly appreciate the strong support your government has expressed for our security and our right to make our own security policy choices. today, we are taking another step to strengthening our bilateral defence and security co—operation at a strategic level and i'm very happy that you've come here today for the signing of our bilateral political declaration of solidarity. and the prime minister and i have agreed to face challenges in peace, crisis and

conflict together. and if either country should suffer a disaster or an attack, the united kingdom and sweden will assist each other in a variety of ways. the support will be given on request from the affected country and may include military resources. declarations of crucial purpose, regardless of the choices sweden will make in terms of our security policy in the future. president pew pew vladimir putin thought he could division, but we stand more united than ever with the ambition of strengthening our bonds more. the russian aggression against ukraine has been met with incredible bravery from the ukrainians and the ukrainian leaders. but also by a

unanimous condemnation and firm response from the entire trans—atlantic community and beyond. i look forward to continuing our close co—operation and bilateral relations, but also action to put pressure on russia in support of yubg. pressure on russia in support of yubg- -- pressure on russia in support of yubg. —— support of ukraine. the floor is yours, boris. yubg. -- support of ukraine. the floor is yours, boris.— yubg. -- support of ukraine. the floor is yours, boris. thank you for havin: floor is yours, boris. thank you for having me — floor is yours, boris. thank you for having me in _ floor is yours, boris. thank you for having me in your— floor is yours, boris. thank you for having me in your beautiful- floor is yours, boris. thank you for| having me in your beautiful retreat. breath—taking and great to be back in sweden — breath—taking and great to be back in sweden and to see you again. this week— in sweden and to see you again. this week many— in sweden and to see you again. this week many of us have been paying to the tribute _ week many of us have been paying to the tribute to brave men and women who secured victory and peace in europe _ who secured victory and peace in europe 77— who secured victory and peace in europe 77 years ago. it is a sad irony— europe 77 years ago. it is a sad irony that— europe 77 years ago. it is a sad irony that we have been forced to discuss _ irony that we have been forced to discuss how best to fortify our shared — discuss how best to fortify our shared defences against the empty conceit _ shared defences against the empty conceit of— shared defences against the empty conceit of a 21st century tyrant.

when _ conceit of a 21st century tyrant. when europe celebrated a victory in 1945that— when europe celebrated a victory in 1945 that was no small part ensured by the _ 1945 that was no small part ensured by the russian people, we hoped that peace _ by the russian people, we hoped that peace on— by the russian people, we hoped that peace on our continent would endure. well, _ peace on our continent would endure. well, putin's— peace on our continent would endure. well, putin's bloodthirsty campaign against _ well, putin's bloodthirsty campaign against a _ well, putin's bloodthirsty campaign against a sovereign nation has put an end _ against a sovereign nation has put an end to— against a sovereign nation has put an end to that hope and we face a new reality. — an end to that hope and we face a new reality, but one we face togethet _ new reality, but one we face together. throughout this conflict our nordic partners have been leading — our nordic partners have been leading international support, not 'ust leading international support, not just nor— leading international support, not just nor ukraine, but also for european _ just nor ukraine, but also for european security. from sending defensive — european security. from sending defensive weapons and equipment to bringing _ defensive weapons and equipment to bringing together international partner— bringing together international partner and standing with us in the un, the— partner and standing with us in the un, the human rights council, the international criminal court. the war in— international criminal court. the war in ukraine is forcing us all to make _ war in ukraine is forcing us all to make difficult decisions. but sovereign nations must be free to

make _ sovereign nations must be free to make those decisions without fear, or influence, or threat of retaliation. so i'm pleased today with you — retaliation. so i'm pleased today with you prime minister to sign this mutual— with you prime minister to sign this mutual security assurances declaration. it is an agreement that brings— declaration. it is an agreement that brings our— declaration. it is an agreement that brings our two countries even closer together, _ brings our two countries even closer together, it— brings our two countries even closer together, it will allow us to share more _ together, it will allow us to share more intelligence, bolster our military— more intelligence, bolster our military exercises and further our joint _ military exercises and further our joint development of technology. the many carcasses of russian tanks that now litter _ many carcasses of russian tanks that now litter fields and streets of ukraine, — now litter fields and streets of ukraine, thanks to swedish developed and british—built weapons speak to how effective that co—operation can be. how effective that co—operation can be most _ how effective that co—operation can be. most importantly this is an

agreement that enshrines the values we hold _ agreement that enshrines the values we hold dear. as you put it so well, when _ we hold dear. as you put it so well, when we _ we hold dear. as you put it so well, when we were out on the lake, we are now literally _ when we were out on the lake, we are now literally in the same boat. thank— now literally in the same boat. thank you _ now literally in the same boat. thank you all very much. i think we are going _ thank you all very much. i think we are going to— thank you all very much. i think we are going to go to the media now. reporter: james landale bbc, can you spell out— reporter: james landale bbc, can you spell out for— reporter: james landale bbc, can you spell out for us — reporter: james landale bbc, can you spell out for us what _ reporter: james landale bbc, can you spell out for us what this _ reporter: james landale bbc, can you spell out for us what this mutual - spell out for us what this mutual security— spell out for us what this mutual security agreement _ spell out for us what this mutual security agreement actually - spell out for us what this mutual i security agreement actually means spell out for us what this mutual - security agreement actually means in practice? _ security agreement actually means in practice? if— security agreement actually means in practice? if russia _ security agreement actually means in practice? if russia were _ security agreement actually means in practice? if russia were to _ security agreement actually means in practice? if russia were to attack- practice? if russia were to attack sweden, — practice? if russia were to attack sweden, what _ practice? if russia were to attack sweden, what would _ practice? if russia were to attack sweden, what would the - practice? if russia were to attack sweden, what would the uk - practice? if russia were to attack sweden, what would the uk do i practice? if russia were to attack. sweden, what would the uk do and secondly— sweden, what would the uk do and secondly is — sweden, what would the uk do and secondly is now— sweden, what would the uk do and secondly is now really— sweden, what would the uk do and secondly is now really the - sweden, what would the uk do and secondly is now really the time - sweden, what would the uk do and secondly is now really the time to i secondly is now really the time to have _ secondly is now really the time to have a _ secondly is now really the time to have a fight— secondly is now really the time to have a fight with _ secondly is now really the time to have a fight with european - secondly is now really the time to have a fight with european allies. have a fight with european allies over the — have a fight with european allies over the northern _ have a fight with european allies over the northern ireland - have a fight with european allies i over the northern ireland protocol at the _ over the northern ireland protocol at the height— over the northern ireland protocol at the height of— over the northern ireland protocol at the height of this _ over the northern ireland protocol at the height of this crisis? - over the northern ireland protocol at the height of this crisis? and i at the height of this crisis? and prime _ at the height of this crisis? and prime minister— at the height of this crisis? and prime minister andersen, - at the height of this crisis? and prime minister andersen, can i at the height of this crisis? and i prime minister andersen, can you .ive prime minister andersen, can you give us _ prime minister andersen, can you give us your— prime minister andersen, can you give us your assessment - prime minister andersen, can you give us your assessment of - prime minister andersen, can you give us your assessment of the i give us your assessment of the threat — give us your assessment of the threat against _ give us your assessment of the threat against your— give us your assessment of the threat against your country- give us your assessment of the i threat against your country from russia _ threat against your country from russia and — threat against your country from russia and what _ threat against your country from russia and what response - threat against your country from russia and what response you i threat against your country from - russia and what response you might expect— russia and what response you might expect from — russia and what response you might expect from moscow _ russia and what response you might expect from moscow if _ russia and what response you might expect from moscow if sweden - russia and what response you might expect from moscow if sweden werej russia and what response you might i expect from moscow if sweden were to apply to _ expect from moscow if sweden were to apply toioin _ expect from moscow if sweden were to

apply toioin the — expect from moscow if sweden were to apply toioin the nato _ expect from moscow if sweden were to apply to join the nato military- apply to join the nato military alliance? _ apply to join the nato military alliance? ., i' apply to join the nato military alliance? ., ,, , ., , apply to join the nato military alliance? ., ~i , ., , . apply to join the nato military alliance? ., ,, , . , alliance? thank you very much james. first of all let's _ alliance? thank you very much james. first of all let's be _ alliance? thank you very much james. first of all let's be clear _ alliance? thank you very much james. first of all let's be clear that _ alliance? thank you very much james. first of all let's be clear that the - first of all let's be clear that the friendship— first of all let's be clear that the friendship and the relationship between britain and sweden is decades— between britain and sweden is decades old and what we are saying and doing _ decades old and what we are saying and doing now is in some ways no more _ and doing now is in some ways no more than — and doing now is in some ways no more than a — and doing now is in some ways no more than a statement of the obvious that two— more than a statement of the obvious that two eral democracies, faced with an _ that two eral democracies, faced with an attack on other would come to each— with an attack on other would come to each other's support. whether it is in the _ to each other's support. whether it is in the event of a disaster or a military— is in the event of a disaster or a military attack, what we are saying is upon _ military attack, what we are saying is upon request from the other party we would _ is upon request from the other party we would come to the other party's assistance — we would come to the other party's assistance. it is more important to state _ assistance. it is more important to state that— assistance. it is more important to state that in — assistance. it is more important to state that in the grim circumstances in which _ state that in the grim circumstances in which we — state that in the grim circumstances in which we find ourselves with the russian _ in which we find ourselves with the russian attack on ukraine. but it's also i _ russian attack on ukraine. but it's also i think— russian attack on ukraine. but it's also i think an important step forward _ also i think an important step forward. this is an agreement on

which _ forward. this is an agreement on which we — forward. this is an agreement on which we together intend to build, whether— which we together intend to build, whether it — which we together intend to build, whether it is in sharing intelligence, orworking whether it is in sharing intelligence, or working together to combat _ intelligence, or working together to combat cyber attacks, whether it is working _ combat cyber attacks, whether it is working together in defence procurement, orjoint, doing more joint— procurement, orjoint, doing more joint exercises together, or any other— joint exercises together, or any other forum, joint exercises together, or any otherforum, sweden joint exercises together, or any other forum, sweden and the uk intend _ other forum, sweden and the uk intend to — other forum, sweden and the uk intend to do much more together. and ithink— intend to do much more together. and i think the _ intend to do much more together. and i think the missile system shows the kind of— i think the missile system shows the kind of closeness that we see in our relationship. and that is what this is intended to underpin, the foundation stone i believe for an important — foundation stone i believe for an important development in our relationship. on the... protocol, you have — relationship. on the... protocol, you have heard me, you have heard me say this— you have heard me, you have heard me say this many— you have heard me, you have heard me say this many times, the most important _ say this many times, the most important agreement is the

25——year—old belfast good friday agreement. that is crucial for the stability— agreement. that is crucial for the stability of — agreement. that is crucial for the stability of our country, of the uk, of northern— stability of our country, of the uk, of northern ireland, and it's got... that— of northern ireland, and it's got... that means — of northern ireland, and it's got... that means that things have got to command — that means that things have got to command cross community support. plainly— command cross community support. plainly the _ command cross community support. plainly the northern ireland protocol fails to do that and we need _ protocol fails to do that and we need to— protocol fails to do that and we need to sort it out.— protocol fails to do that and we need to sort it out. when it comes to threats from _ need to sort it out. when it comes to threats from russia, _ need to sort it out. when it comes to threats from russia, the - need to sort it out. when it comes i to threats from russia, the tensions in this part of europe and around the baltic sea has increased during the baltic sea has increased during the last years, given russia's aggression to ukraine and before 24th february and the military build up 24th february and the military build up of russia and a more aggressive rhetoric from russia and of course after the 24th february, tensions are even stronger, or more difficult than before. of course, looking at russia military forces they're occupied in ukraine. if sweden

decides to send in application to join nato, russia said they will respond, but exactly how they will respond, but exactly how they will respond is unclear. they have said that they will increase their military presence in the region, if sweden and or finland sends in an application. i’m sweden and or finland sends in an application-— application. i'm from swedish television. _ application. i'm from swedish television. prime _ application. i'm from swedish television. prime minister- application. i'm from swedish i television. prime minister boris johnson, — television. prime minister boris johnson, the _ television. prime minister boris johnson, the question- television. prime minister boris johnson, the question here - television. prime minister boris johnson, the question here in i television. prime minister boris- johnson, the question herein sweden johnson, the question here in sweden is what _ johnson, the question here in sweden is what kind _ johnson, the question here in sweden is what kind of— johnson, the question here in sweden is what kind of aid _ johnson, the question here in sweden is what kind of aid can _ johnson, the question here in sweden is what kind of aid can we _ johnson, the question here in sweden is what kind of aid can we expect - johnson, the question here in sweden is what kind of aid can we expect if. is what kind of aid can we expect if we were _ is what kind of aid can we expect if we were to — is what kind of aid can we expect if we were to be _ is what kind of aid can we expect if we were to be attacked _ is what kind of aid can we expect if we were to be attacked in - is what kind of aid can we expect if we were to be attacked in any - is what kind of aid can we expect if we were to be attacked in any way| we were to be attacked in any way during _ we were to be attacked in any way during the — we were to be attacked in any way during the transition _ we were to be attacked in any way during the transition process - we were to be attacked in any way during the transition process until| during the transition process until a full— during the transition process until a full membership— during the transition process until a full membership in— during the transition process until a full membership in nato? - during the transition process until a full membership in nato? can i during the transition process until. a full membership in nato? can you be a little _ a full membership in nato? can you be a little bit — a full membership in nato? can you be a little bit more _ a full membership in nato? can you be a little bit more concrete - a full membership in nato? can you be a little bit more concrete on - be a little bit more concrete on what _ be a little bit more concrete on what type — be a little bit more concrete on what type of— be a little bit more concrete on what type of aid _ be a little bit more concrete on what type of aid you _ be a little bit more concrete on what type of aid you will - be a little bit more concrete on what type of aid you will be - be a little bit more concrete on - what type of aid you will be sending if so _ what type of aid you will be sending if so will— what type of aid you will be sending if so will you — what type of aid you will be sending if so. will you send _ what type of aid you will be sending if so. will you send troops - what type of aid you will be sending if so. will you send troops to - if so. will you send troops to sweden _ if so. will you send troops to sweden for— if so. will you send troops to sweden for instance? - if so. will you send troops to sweden for instance? to - if so. will you send troops to - sweden for instance? to magdalena andersson. — sweden for instance? to magdalena andersson. how— sweden for instance? to magdalena andersson, how safe _ sweden for instance? to magdalena andersson, how safe can _ sweden for instance? to magdalena andersson, how safe can we - sweden for instance? to magdalena andersson, how safe can we feel. andersson, how safe can we feel today— andersson, how safe can we feel today compared _ andersson, how safe can we feel today compared to _ andersson, how safe can we feel today compared to yesterday -

andersson, how safe can we feel. today compared to yesterday after this agreement _ today compared to yesterday after this agreement that _ today compared to yesterday after this agreement that you _ today compared to yesterday after this agreement that you signed i this agreement that you signed today? — this agreement that you signed toda ? ~ ., i' this agreement that you signed toda ? ~ ., ,, , this agreement that you signed toda ?~ ., ,, , . today? well thank you very much, i think the declaration _ today? well thank you very much, i think the declaration really - today? well thank you very much, i think the declaration really makes i think the declaration really makes it clear. _ think the declaration really makes it clear. it— think the declaration really makes it clear, it is the... upon request of sweden — it clear, it is the... upon request of sweden the uk will provide assistance. what matter is is what sweden _ assistance. what matter is is what sweden decides to request. what we are saying _ sweden decides to request. what we are saying is is we are long—standing friends of sweden, we are massive partners and supporters of sweden, _ are massive partners and supporters of sweden, we share the same ideals and values, _ of sweden, we share the same ideals and values, it is sometimes thingsm _ and values, it is sometimes things... should go without saying, but they're — things... should go without saying, but they're worth saying. it is worth— but they're worth saying. it is worth emphasising if sweden were attack— worth emphasising if sweden were attack and looked to us for help and support— attack and looked to us for help and support then we would provide it. but it— support then we would provide it. but it is— support then we would provide it. but it is up— support then we would provide it. but it is up to sweden to make the request— but it is up to sweden to make the request and spell out what support is requested. fire request and spell out what support is requested-— request and spell out what support is requested. are we safer with this declaration? _ is requested. are we safer with this declaration? yes _ is requested. are we safer with this declaration? yes we _ is requested. are we safer with this declaration? yes we are. _ is requested. are we safer with this declaration? yes we are. this - is requested. are we safer with this declaration? yes we are. this is - declaration? yes we are. this is important whatever security policy

choice we will make in sweden. if we want tojoin nato choice we will make in sweden. if we want to join nato and decide to keep outside nato, this is an important joint declaration. but what is more, maybe even more important, is the fact that the prime minister is so engaged in the security of the northern part of europe and taken such an active role in is in area and we are grateful for that and that you're clear that we share the same values and we stand together. press association, a question for prime ministerjohnson and prime minister andersen. will this declaration help sweden should it decide to apply for nato in the period before acceptance and boris johnson said he would resign if he resigned over lockdown allegation.

are you acting dishonourably by staying in no 10. iflan are you acting dishonourably by staying in no 10.— are you acting dishonourably by staying in no 10. can i say first on our staying in no 10. can i say first on your question _ staying in no 10. can i say first on your question about _ staying in no 10. can i say first on your question about sweden - staying in no 10. can i say first on your question about sweden and i your question about sweden and sweden's — your question about sweden and sweden's security, the... there is a separate _ sweden's security, the... there is a separate conversation going on in sweden _ separate conversation going on in sweden that i don't want to get into, _ sweden that i don't want to get into, it — sweden that i don't want to get into, it is — sweden that i don't want to get into, it is a _ sweden that i don't want to get into, it is a matter for sweden. but what _ into, it is a matter for sweden. but what we _ into, it is a matter for sweden. but what we are — into, it is a matter for sweden. but what we are saying is about sweden's future _ what we are saying is about sweden's future relationship with nato, that is a matter— future relationship with nato, that is a matter for sweden. what we are saying _ is a matter for sweden. what we are saying emphatically in the event of a disaster— saying emphatically in the event of a disaster oran saying emphatically in the event of a disaster or an attack upon sweden, then the _ a disaster or an attack upon sweden, then the uk— a disaster or an attack upon sweden, then the uk would come to the assistance of sweden with whatever sweden _ assistance of sweden with whatever sweden requested. and we hope that is a useful— sweden requested. and we hope that is a useful and important thing to say and _ is a useful and important thing to say and it— is a useful and important thing to say and it is— is a useful and important thing to say and it is certainly, we regard it in the — say and it is certainly, we regard it in the uk— say and it is certainly, we regard it in the uk as important for us that— it in the uk as important for us that sweden is saying the same thing to us _ that sweden is saying the same thing to us and _ that sweden is saying the same thing to us. and this is a mutual agreement that i think is an

important stepping stone, paving stone, _ important stepping stone, paving stone, as— important stepping stone, paving stone, as i— important stepping stone, paving stone, as i said, for developing our relations— stone, as i said, for developing our relations in— stone, as i said, for developing our relations in the future. on your second — relations in the future. on your second question, i think... well, relations in the future. on your second question, ithink... well, we have _ second question, ithink... well, we have moved — second question, ithink... well, we have moved, we are trying to move beyond _ have moved, we are trying to move beyond that — have moved, we are trying to move beyond that and focus on the issues that matter, not least the war in ukraine — that matter, not least the war in ukraine l— that matter, not least the war in ukraine. i' , that matter, not least the war in ukraine. ~i , . ., ., ., , ukraine. i think this declaration is im ortant ukraine. i think this declaration is important whatever _ ukraine. i think this declaration is important whatever security - ukraine. i think this declaration is| important whatever security policy choice sweden will make for the future. but of course we are right now exploring different options and there are discussions in parliament between the government and all political parties in parliament and of course we are exploring all possible options and nato is one of them that is on the table. and during this process we have therefore had discussions with several countries on how they see this grey period from a potential application until we are fully members. and they will have got

reassurances from all countries. hayed a a conference with the chancellor of germany and our foreign minister last week. mr boris johnson, foreign minister last week. mr boris johnson. how— foreign minister last week. mr boris johnson, how strong _ foreign minister last week. mr boris johnson, how strong is _ foreign minister last week. mr boris| johnson, how strong is thdeclaration compared _ johnson, how strong is thdeclaration compared to— johnson, how strong is thdeclaration compared to article _ johnson, how strong is thdeclaration compared to article 5. _ johnson, how strong is thdeclaration compared to article 5. would - johnson, how strong is thdeclaration compared to article 5. would you - compared to article 5. would you assist _ compared to article 5. would you assist swede _ compared to article 5. would you assist swede within _ compared to article 5. would you assist swede within nuclear- compared to article 5. would you - assist swede within nuclear weapons. what have _ assist swede within nuclear weapons. what have has— assist swede within nuclear weapons. what have has sweden _ assist swede within nuclear weapons. what have has sweden promised - assist swede within nuclear weapons. what have has sweden promised the| assist swede within nuclear weapons. i what have has sweden promised the uk for the _ what have has sweden promised the uk for the declaration. _ what have has sweden promised the uk for the declaration. will— what have has sweden promised the uk for the declaration. will this— what have has sweden promised the uk for the declaration. will this hold - for the declaration. will this hold if we _ for the declaration. will this hold if we do — for the declaration. will this hold if we do not _ for the declaration. will this hold if we do not join _ for the declaration. will this hold if we do notjoin nato. _ for the declaration. will this hold if we do notjoin nato. that- for the declaration. will this hold if we do not join nato._ if we do not 'oin nato. that is a tood if we do not join nato. that is a good question. _ if we do not join nato. that is a good question, this _ if we do not join nato. that is a good question, this is - if we do not join nato. that is a good question, this is about. if we do not join nato. that is a | good question, this is about the if we do not join nato. that is a - good question, this is about the uk about— good question, this is about the uk about sweden standing together and our willingness to come to each other's— our willingness to come to each other's support. there is a different— other's support. there is a different question about nato that sweden _

different question about nato that sweden will address. studio: we are going to leave that news conference between boris johnson and magdalena andersson. jane will be here with all the news at 1.

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