the permanent secretary at the uk department for economic - the uk department for economic developmentd as secretary general for humanitarian affairs at the un. hejoins us now to discuss what is happening in niger. thank you for making time to talk to us. what is your reaction to the events of the past few days, seeing a military leader installed himself as the new president in niger? niger for uuite a the new president in niger? niger for quite a long — the new president in niger? niger for quite a long time _ the new president in niger? niger for quite a long time has - the new president in niger? ii 33: for quite a long time has been a decent democratic government, an island of stability really in a sea surrounded by lots of military governments in places like child and burkina faso and mali. it is a very unstable, fragile region, badly affected by climate change, leading to competition for resources with livelihoods under tremendous pressure. so i think it is extremely sad. it is also quite dangerous for the region. it is not exactly clear to me how this is going to play out. there

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news out of the uk this morning, where joe biden just wrapped his meeting with king charles following a sit down with british prime minister rishi sunak. and later this hour, he departs uk for lithuania for a nato summit with the war in ukraine on their agenda. joining us now, josh letterman in london, and kelly is in ukraine. josh, what are we learning out of biden's two meetings so far with the leaders there in the united kingdom? >> reporter: ana, it was a very short visit, but a friendly one to be sure, with the president sitting down with rishi sunak, the prime minister. the focus was largely ukraine, then heading over to his first meeting with prince charles since he was core nated. the tabloids pointed out that biden did not attend the coronation, but the visit was largely focused on climate change and financing for clean energy, an issue near and dear to the hearts of joe biden and king charles, way back to when he was a prince. but the real meat of this trip will come during the president's trip to lithuania. he's now boarded air force one as he heads for that nato summit, where he will have to deal with issues such as whether sweden will be allowed to nato,

and they could be earning more, so to speak , the can of beans in the uk department of defense stores about to take some kind of emergency action. if the strike drags on, by the way, even before that the country. may lose the minister himself one of the main lobbyists, unbridled military support for kiev , ben wallace is candidacy for the post of nato secretary general was dismissed in washington as being too active and independent, including in choosing the types and quantity of weapons for kiev . at this week's nato summit in vilnius after telling reporters that ukrainian officials should show a little gratitude for the billions of dollars in military aid provided by the allies, you know we not an amazon,” he said at a time when the united kingdom and france, which has joined it, are already supplying ukraine with long- range missiles. the united states still thinks one of the reasons for missile attacks from the pentagon is not so much suspended, while the issue of supplying f-16s to the europeans has already put together a fighter coalition, but permission from the state departme

uk. the white house says this will strengthen further close relation between the countries. you can see thatis between the countries. you can see that is about to departin sri lanka stormed the residence of the president, demanding that he resign. demonstrators from all over the country marched on colombo, protesting against the mismanagement of the country's economic crisis. extraordinary images were seen all around the world, including protesters taking a dip in the presidential swimming pool. in the 12 months since that day, the country has suffered desperate shortages of essentials after the government ran out of foreign currency. let's bring back to our main story, and the culture secretary, lucy frazer, has held urgent talks with the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, after an unnamed presenter has been accused of paying a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the culture sectretary tweeted. .. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. storm clouds bubbling up. not as many as we saw through yesterday. and still pleasant enough in the sunshine. but through the week ahead, even in the sunny moments, it will start to feel a bit cooler out the

uk for a meeting with king charles before heading to the nato. pete: alexandria hoff joins us in washington on what we can expect. >> president biden will depart in uk two hours and tomorrow the first face-to-face meeting with king charles census coordination, they're going to focus on climate finance policy but those talks will likely end with the meeting as the president in uk prime minister will both depart england for lithuania in the nato summit there. this will serve as a centerpiece for president biden's three stop visit to europe and provides a venue for the president to explain and stand by his controversial decision to supply ukraine with cluster bombs, the commitment breaks away from america's closest allies 120 countries and more than two thirds of nato members have banned the use of cluster bombs due to the risk that they pose to civilians with unexploded munitions that can be left behind and cause harm long after conflict is over, despite opposition from federal democrats in washington, president biden said ukraine needed the bombs as a running low on ammunition in the fight against russia. yesterday poland moved 1000 troops to the

here in the uk, the prime minister, rishi sunak, has ordered the �*department for transport�* to reviewh seek to reduce the numbers of cars using streets in some residential areas. mr sunak told the sunday telegraph newspaper he wanted to show drivers that he was on their side. here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. low traffic neighbourhoods, loved by some, loathed by others. they use barriers, bollards and automatic number plate recognition cameras to control or limit access to some streets. they've been set up in recent years in london, bristol, birmingham, bournemouth and more cities with tens of millions of pounds of government funding. the aim — to keep through traffic away from residential streets, lower average speeds, improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions. in some places, tempers have flared between drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. at least one opinion survey commissioned by the government has shown broad support in areas where they've been put in place, but some motorists and businesses are opposed. earlier this month, the transport secretary said

here in the uk, the prime minister has ordered the department for transport to review existing so—calledn some residential areas. rishi sunak says he wanted to show drivers that he was on their side. now on bbc news, the spy who got away with murder. freddie scappaticci — one of britain's top spies in the ira. code name — stakeknife. the famous sta keknife.

here in the uk, the prime minister has ordered the department for transport to review existing so—calledow—traffic neighbourhood schemes, which seek to reduce the numbers of cars using streets in some residential areas. rishi sunak says he wanted to show drivers that he was on their side. now on bbc news, the travel show. india. a vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations and today, a fast—emerging global power. 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. heading off the well—worn tourist path, we're on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. travelling from one of the driest places on earth. it is quite incredible, the sand. it's just crystal, hard cystals. white salt. you can probably taste it. to one of the wettest. these are areas really for the adventurous traveller. this isn't india on tap. i'm on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. and also meet the people who call this intriguing and some

corporate parenting responsibilities to all government departments, but the campaign will continue at a local level. for more stories from across the uko the bbc sports centre. i'm tanya arnold. our top story today: will the commonwealth games in 2026 go ahead after the australian state of victoria pulled out of hosting it? the premier said the spiralling costs for the 12—day event made it "well and truly too much for the state to bear." 0ur news correspondent shaimaa khalil has more on the story. the only time the commonwealth games were cancelled before it was during the second world war. today, australia's second stay, victoria, cancelled it for costing reasons. the state premier came out to say that the budget has been building up, it trebled, and it no the care experience is for life. the government says they don't believe making care a protected characteristic would be positive. instead, they're extending corporate parenting responsibilities to all government departments, but the campaign will continue at a local level. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. hello, welcome to the bbc sports centre. i'

here in the uk, the prime minister has ordered the department for transport to review existing so—calledow—traffic neighbourhood schemes, which seek to reduce the numbers of cars using streets in some residential areas. rishi sunak says he wanted to show drivers that he was on their side. now on bbc news, the spy who got away with murder. freddie scappaticci — one of britain's top spies in the ira. code name — stakeknife. the famous sta keknife. he was obviously someone who had access to the higher levels of the ira. an ira spy catcher skilled at interrogating suspected informers. an ira enforcer and executioner. there's not one killing that freddie scappaticci was involved in that the ira did not sanction. freddie scappaticci denied his double life when exposed. i am not guilty of any of these allegations. his death was announced while a multimillion—pound police investigation into his activities is ongoing. much is unknown about freddie scappaticci's life in the shadows. butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the state's books. this is a story of a s

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leave his position in the fall shortly before he said this, his department reported on the preparation 18,000 ukrainian soldiers in the ukovernment, under fire for its decision to send cluster munitions banned in many countries to kiev, spoke out, including elon musk, accusing washington of hypocrisy. america has always condemned how evil those who use cluster bombs are. and now we send them to be used , no good will come of it. fate loves irony but hates hypocrisy. former us vice president mike pence, who is now running for the top post in the state he opened up in an interview with the well-known american journalist tucker carlson, who asked him, among other things , about ukraine . and so, what happened next, you go presidents, and you say that the ukrainians do not have enough american tanks. every city in america is far worse than it was 3 years ago. ride around and see none the city did not begin to live better in the usa and it is noticeable that our economy has degraded ; and you are worried about the ukrainians in our country , most people will not find on the map the ukraine that they received.

an estimated £27,500 at the uk's department for transport in london. this was .ion's movement. dufing extinction rebellion's movement. during that time against the government, which they say the government's failure to take adequate and appropriate action on when it comes to climate and nature. emergent cities. now legal arguments will be heard from this morning, and we understand the trial is going to be running over the next week or so. she's pleaded not guilty to the charge of criminal damage, arguing that while she did break the window, she did it as an act of conscientious protection, a concept not yet recognised in current uk law. now, brad brook's trial has been postponed several times before today and to take account of various rulings, notably the colston statue. so that'll be starting here around mid—morning this this morning here in iowa. cheers, theo. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> let's bring you up to date with what else is happening. news wise. with the time approaching 8:20, terror attack survivors have condemned the government's compensation schem

here in the uk — the prime minister has ordered the �*department for transport�* to review existing so—calledffic neighbourhood schemes which seek to reduce the numbers of cars using streets in some residential areas. rishi sunak says he wanted to show drivers that he was �*on their side.�* now on bbc news...click. this week, we are going atomic at the european organization for nuclear research, cern. we will look at the cutting—edge cancer treatments that are foxing the physicists. i find it fascinating because it does not talk to my physics brain. so, i am curious to see whether it will bring something or not. how does science become fiction? we will meet an author looking for disaster. we want conflict. we want to see things falling apart. that is where the interesting thing is for a fiction writer. and then there is a scientist with an experiment that could change our understanding of everything. that is a completely unanticipated result — new physics and probably a nobel prize for somebody who happens to be involved. cern is one of the most famous centres for science in the world. on the

today we talked about meeting of the operational headquarters of the uk in mariupol, the head of the departmentkin, instructed to continue work to bring ukrainian commanders and militants to justice, as well as to respond especially carefully to the appeal of residents of new territories. it's good that you pay attention to the crime of the past. better look social so to speak, living conditions do not pay wages. this means that it is necessary to hold accountable to include work on googlerality provides assistance. listen to something forever, so so to this. to the zone spices set off another board with volunteers. all of them were trained at the university. spetsnaz entered into fixed-term contracts with the ministry of defense and the fighters will all receive all the necessary guarantees of protection and support. how is the course of a young fighter from chechnya, arthur's report at first , more than 13 thousand people underwent special military operations training at the russian university of special forces prepared and tested already in a combat situation. they teach us everything they k

uk national life are critical infrastructure. our universities , our investment screening rules in terms of chinese overseas espionage through the united front work departments not have a plan. it isn't so much that we've been asleep at the wheel, it's that we've blindfolded ourselves, got on the back seat and given the keys to the car to china. we have no plan and no strategy to address what we see as or we're supposed to see as our greatest strategic threat today. and it's deeply disconcerting . disconcerting. >> universities , cambridge >> universities, cambridge colleges in particular, something called the confucius program, which i want you to explain very briefly to people. tell us about confucius and universities . universities. >> so confucius institutes were founded as a way of trying to increase knowledge of china language exchange , that sort of language exchange, that sort of thing. they find themselves associated with particular universities and sadly, they've over time become too associated with various organs of the chinese state, including chinese embassies. they've become hotbeds of intellectual property, theft, of intimidation in of hong k

uk national life are critical infrastructure. our universities , our investment screening rules in terms of chinese overseas espionage through the united front work departmentoes not have a plan. it isn't so much that we've been asleep at the wheel, it's that we've blindfolded ourselves, got on the back seat and given the keys to the car to china. we have no plan and no strategy to address what we see as or we're supposed to see as our greatest strategic threat today. and it's deeply disconcerting . disconcerting. >> universities , cambridge >> universities, cambridge colleges in particular, something called the confucius program, which i want you to explain very briefly to people. tell us about confucius and universities . universities. >> so confucius institutes were founded as a way of trying to increase knowledge of china language exchange , that sort of language exchange, that sort of thing. they find themselves associated with particular universities and sadly, they've over time become too associated with various organs of the chinese state, including chinese embassies. they've become hotbeds of intellectual property, theft, of intimidation in of hong

here in the uk, the prime minister has ordered the department for transport to review existing so—calledshi sunak says he wanted to show drivers that he was on their side. now on bbc news, the travel show. india. a vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations and today, a fast—emerging global power.

here in the uk, the prime minister has ordered the department for transport to review existing so—calledow—traffic neighbourhood schemes, which seek to reduce the numbers of cars using streets in some residential areas. rishi sunak says he wanted to show drivers that he was on their side. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. imagine swimming at the north pole. or in a tunnel below the antarctic ice. or along the entire length of the english channel. now, all of these feats of superhuman endurance have been undertaken by my guest today, lewis pugh. why does he do it? to focus attention on the climate crisis and its impact on our blue planet. his death—defying exploits have won him political access from downing street to the kremlin. but is the response too little, too late? lewis pugh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it's great to have you on the show. here you are before me in your very smart suit but soon, you'll be back in your trunks on another marathon swim — you've just announced you're going to swim the entire length of the

there is a high volume of air travel in the uk and european countries, as well as problems in the flight control department, according to the experience of the past years. a fire in a hotel in antalya in the south of turkey left 14 dead and injured. last night, in a three-story hotel in the castle area of ​​antalya, a lebanese person died and at least 12 foreign tourists and turkish citizens were injured. the investigation into the cause of the accident has begun . with the presence of this they consider the government's action inhumane. el camino, who is healthy? in the coming weeks, asylum seekers will start coming to this complex. this ship is on the water. this prison is one of the two prisons on the island of pere, but the british government insists that this ship will not be the third prison here. it is not a coincidence that we were invited to enter this place . let's take a look around . take from the government has used the boat game. the government says that this complex is basic and efficient, but what is occupying my mind is that this situation is bitter, there is no news about it, and maybe th

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the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has ordered the department for transport to review existing so—calledch seek to reduce the numbers of cars using streets in some residential areas. mr sunak told the sunday telegraph newspaper, he wanted to show drivers that he was "on their side." critics, including some conservatives mps, argue they reduce the freedom of motorists. let's take a look at some of the other stories in the news here in the uk. a man's died in hospital after a crash involving an ambulance and a scooter in south yorkshire. police say the ambulance was responding to an emergency call in barnsley on friday night when the collision happened. plans for the hs2 rail line in england have been deemed "unachievable" by the government's own infrastructure watchdog. construction of the first two phases of the high speed rail line have been given a red rating, with major issues relating to the schedule and budget which the infrastructure and projects authority say don't appear to be managable or resolvable. england cricketer stuart broad will take to the field later after announcing hi

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the nearly 4000 staff are to be moved to a new department, all employed as teachers in schools. in the ukblished a damning report on what it says is the government's failure to develop an effective strategy for dealing with national security threats from china. a report by the intelligence and security committee says china is seeking to penetrate and influence every part of the uk economy and government's response has been completely inadequate. our correspondent has more. find what we call a whole estate approach for tools of government and the economy and its citizens to target the uk in long—term way. what is really interesting about this as it says the uk government has no strategy for combating it. they don't have a joint approach and a little short term. it also says what the government is doing is looking for the covert rather than open infiltration. it points read areas can academia for the it is british universities are happy to take chinese money and giving a secret as a consequence. take an industry, selling too many businesses. and also chinese investment in nuclear is giving

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cameras outside the department for international trade, the department of health, the health security agency, defra, and an army reserve centre. the ukera commissioner says there are so many of them, they're like digital asbestos. we have a previous generation that has installed this equipment largely on the basis that it was cheap and got thejob done. we have now realised it has serious and inherent risks, so what do we do about it? do you trust hikvision and dahua? not one bit. chinese—made surveillance cameras have been found surprisingly close to home. i walked into the home office lobby. as i was there standing at the desk waiting for my id to get checked, you know, as i do, given myjob, i've looked around to see what kind of cameras they were using. conor had been invited to a meeting with civil servants in 2021 to discuss surveillance technology. i immediately spotted a camera on the ceiling which i knew to actually be manufactured by dahua. it never occurred to me that by going to a meeting at the home office, i'd actually be able to say, you know, not only are these two critical vulnerabilities, in fact, they can be used on

corporate parenting responsibilities to all government departments, but the campaign will continue at a local level. for more stories from across the ukdifferent stories from across the uk. cows, controlled by the collars around their necks. seek can see we've got a solar panel on the back here, which charges the battery. they are nice and lightweight and flexible, so the cows have got plenty of room to move around, and then there is a gps locator on the top here, so we can see exactly where the cows are at any one time, and that links to the virtualfence which any one time, and that links to the virtual fence which is up behind us, or where ever we wanted to be relief to the collars mean the national trust can map out an area they want grazed on a mobile phone app. if a cow then approaches the invisible boundary, it first hears several music alerts, and if it doesn't turn back, instead trying to cross the virtual fence, instead trying to cross the virtualfence, the instead trying to cross the virtual fence, the cow gets a mild electric shock. all this tech ensures the whole of this beautiful limestone landscape is kept grazed.— is ke

departments. but the campaign will continue at a local stories local level. for more stories from across the ukfer the catch up. ai continues to threaten jobs. an exciting development for dementia and survival at sea. lucy has said being on x—factor in 2012 felt like being in an lucy has said being on x—factor in 2012 felt like being in she now revealed the reason she left the itv show weekly after week three of the contest was because she had been raped and wasn't actually ill. lucy also says the industry needs to change to better protect people taking part in reality tv shows. duty of care evolving their duty of care processes. some other stories for you now. units could be restricted in students to poor quality courses. rishi sunak is that he wants to put end to that he wants to put an end to people being taken advantage of. more on al then, the head of. more on al then, the head of the ai government taskforce has told the bbc that protecting british drops will be a challenge as ai systems have become more advanced. there have already been reports of multiple job losses because of multiple j

e department for international development under the uk government e, mitkanada, e and.ates in 1987, and in the implementation of the principles of the so-called principles of promoting democracy, voiced by reagan 82nd. well actually. ah. this is how the three countries of the nato bloc back in 2019. implemented in ukrainian democracy on the territory of the former ussr. in the nineteenth year. these books were sent, and this led to everything. thank you very much andrey kazakov correspondent, irina novostei was in direct contact with us named macron , on the first day in vilnius they themselves made a statement that they would give ukraine new long-range scalp missiles, but he was like that, i liked the decision, not everyone began to discuss it , but could have decided that it was better not to fight the madness, but to join it. it also became known that these scalp missiles are already in ukraine alexander germanovich. what are we dealing with, what kind of long-range missile is it really? this is a very serious weapon. uh, skype g rockets and all. right. it's the sam

people's republic in the uk reported for the year prepared 18,000 ukrainian militants a statement from the ministry of defense and news from the head of the military departmentllace confirmed that he is leaving office in the fall, and indeed he is leaving politics earlier. it is known that the united states refused to support wallace's candidacy for the post of the new secretary general. she is at the alliance summit this week, the british minister was at the center of a scandal. wallace condemned zelensky's blackmail and whims, accused the ukrainian president of ingratitude and advised not to confuse the north atlantic military bloc with an online store after zelensky sarcastically replied that he could thank the will for every day, and also recorded a video in which he said thank you 47 times, in addition to colossal losses of personnel ukraine from the beginning so called the counteroffensive lost 20% of military equipment. writes about it, the new york times. western sponsors have stolen their arsenals. but they remained banned by most countries. cluster munitions, they are already at the disposal of the armed forces of ukrainian militants , have been su

of the republic announced this, and the uk completed the training of the second group of ukrainian artillerymen, this is also reported by the military departmentkingdom, which, by the way, had previously supplied the kiev regime with a howitzer, and now they, too, have become piles of anton's scrap metal about how kiev is being helped to lick its wounds. the united states is trying to support the stalled counteroffensive of the kiev regime, according to raider news agency washington plans to announce a new forty -third military aid package for ukraine on tuesday fire and air defense, all weapons will be taken from the excess stocks of the american army. that is, it can enter ukraine relatively quickly, representatives of the white house are hinting that it is time for kiev to throw all its forces into battle, despite the loss of a stone, a significant number of ukrainian soldiers have already been wounded or killed . during this counteroffensive, it goes and goes hard. we said that it would be so, because there are minefields and other obstacles that the ukrainians will have to overcome, at the same time , ukraine has sufficient resources at i

of the republic announced this, and the uk completed the training of the second group of ukrainian artillerymen, this is also reported by the military departmentm, which, by the way, before this put howitzers to the kyiv regime. and now they, too, have become a pile of scrap metal. anton and deikin about how they help him lick his wounds. the united states is trying to support the kiev regime's stalled counteroffensive, reuters reports washington plans to announce a new 43rd military aid package for ukraine on tuesday, which will include stryker armored personnel carriers ammunition for previously transferred anti-aircraft missile systems of multiple rocket launchers and air defense systems all weapons will be taken from excess stocks of the american army. that is, it can enter ukraine relatively quickly, representatives of the white house are hinting that it is time for kiev to throw all its forces into battle, despite the losses, a significant number of ukrainian soldiers have already been wounded or killed . during this offensive contour, it goes and goes hard. we said that it would be so, because there are these lines, mine and field defen

report of the british meteorological department, the weather is continuously changing, and this issue this is due to the extreme heat of the air a graph showing the uk'shighest recorded temperature forecast for each year since 1910. the dotted black line shows the warming trend, particularly over the past 40 years, with most of the record high temperatures concentrated in the last three decades, scientists say. there are more to come, even if the world's one-carbon emissions are phased in. if we look at the long-term record , this year's high temperatures are average compared to what could be imagined by the end of the century, which means this year is on trend. which we are on the way , it is considered a cool year, this happens and our natural world is disrupted so that we experience drier summers and hot and humid winters. this process changes our season cycles and we lose biodiversity and ecosystems are damaged. it is beyond nature so that the infrastructure of public health, power generation systems and economic productivity are also affected and damaged. the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs said two terrorist explosions in the zainab

best officer of the british special services, the head of a special department for identifying soviet intelligence officers in the uknothing, and they told him everything kim philby, the brilliant agent of soviet intelligence did not draw a single didn’t they know that stalin knew almost all 30 years on the verge of exposure 4 years of continuous interrogations and all i could do was gather my courage, long years of parting with children after a forced escape and one main meeting of a lifetime presented by moscow i want to be married to you. and we continue to figure out where such composure and incredible cruelty of the prime minister of denmark come from , for example, we started talking about migrants, and meta fredrikson adopted a wonderful law that does not allow. uh, families of migrants to unite, that is, they need to live separately for 3 years. and if, for example, i am a woman with a child, then my husband will not come to me for another 3 year and so. they share a family tear apart, so that, well, there are several options for the first moment. you see the giraffes for what he had not had a couple destroy

uk wide can expect a 5% increase. overall the funding will be from existing department budgets.k from criticising the plans but the liberal democrats said they would result in savage cuts to public services. jonathan blake on bbc news. well, at the same time as the government was offering those pay rises, britain's spending watchdog was issuing a warning on the state of the country's finances. the office for budget responsibility says the uk's finances are in a "very risky" period, after a triple shock from the pandemic, the war in ukraine and the cost—of—living crisis. uk government debt has grown to more than 100% of annual gdp, for the first time since 1961, and the obr says that could soar to 300% in the coming decades, if action is not taken. the government's pledging to bring debt levels down, but soaring interest rates are making thatjob harder. joshua mahoney is chief market analyst at scope markets, here in london. thank you forjoining us. so the first thing that people will probably be thinking about is how are these pay rises being funded? it was touched on a little b

departments. do you recognise that there is a problem with uk government activities being very silent?t? i think that has historically been a concern of government, i saw that as chancellor, actually. —— being very siloed. the things that are important to them focused on and some areas possibly less developed than you might like. i can certainly see why the perception is there. and i saw that as chancellor. flan see why the perception is there. and i saw that as chancellor. can i see why the perception is there. and i saw that as chancellor.— i saw that as chancellor. can i draw the ministry — i saw that as chancellor. can i draw the ministry of _ i saw that as chancellor. can i draw the ministry ofjustice _ i saw that as chancellor. can i draw the ministry ofjustice to _ i saw that as chancellor. can i draw the ministry ofjustice to your - the ministry ofjustice to your attention, a department not protected in financial terms, frequently under pressure because of failures in other parts, for example people end up in thejustice failures in other parts, for example people end up in the

to the attention of employees of the uk new methods and technologies make it possible to find evidence even after many years, and in cooperation with other departmentsore than 3,000 old cases have already been solved . maxim shevchenko denis novozhilov it would seem that everything was foreseen, as always, to be one step ahead of the attacker about this report. oleg especially in this video, investigators open bank cells in which a huge amount of cash is rammed mainly from five-thousandth banknotes, as well as dollars and euros on one of the packages there is an inscription lena blinovskaya 15.03-23. it is clear, this, the campaign of the coin became the day before. it is known that hundreds of millions of rubles were found by the author of the marathon of desires of the scandalous blogger elena blinovskaya and her husband, and here are some fresh shots in the garage of this family of several motorcycles, including harley davidson in the criminal case against elena blinovskaya from the damage in 1918 million, currently, 50 million are posted. actions, and amounts to 311 million, according to investigators, bloggers are checkful and have made billion

uk—wide can expect a 5% increase. overall, the pay rises will be funded from existing department budgets.the liberal democrats said they would result in savage cuts to public services. jonathan blake, bbc news. the oscar—winning actor, kevin spacey, has told his trial that he �*lost everything' in a matter of days, when sex assault allegations were made against him. the actor denies i2 sexual offences relating to four men. saying he's a — �*big flirt�*, but had never attacked anyone. he will be back in court today and we will be following developments throughout. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. we've got some wet and windy weather coming our way over the course of the next few days. it's all down to this area of low pressure. it's coming in today from the south—west and it's going to continue to push northwards as we go through the ensuing few days. the isobars tell their own stories. it's going to be windy and it's also going to be wet. today, the strongest winds are going to be across the south—west. we're looking widely at gusts 35mph to 45mph. locally along the coasts and

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department, did not comment. and that's it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk want to have landed this skydive. no pressure. i served in afghanistan. unfortunately, i lost my left leg and received the gunshot and the right side of my body. the training for this started roughly 18 months ago, and most of that is being accuracy landings. the sky is a big place. you have a lot of room for error in the sky. what really is crucially important is that you get the landings correct, that everybody�*s safe, the holding area as well. everybody�*s following each other and they should. all of them, including chris, have landed safely. i've just sky dived into my wedding at on a beautiful sunday morning. they hope they have a new world record for the largest wedding party made up of groom and groomsmen to skydive into a wedding venue. afterthat, it's time to get married. most stressful part of the day so far? no, i'm calm, cool and collected. jumping out of the plane was infinitely more stressful than this. i've been ready for this for a very long time. what do you think ab

to free up - easy solution to free up aspects of the labour department, there is the long—term question of how do we really orientate the uky ofjobs available itjust needs the training to get on board. again these things don't go away overnight, needs to be combination with the government of short—term measures to ease the current problems and those longer term plans to change the shape of the uk economy as it moves into the next part of the zist moves into the next part of the 21st century. moves into the next part of the 21st century-— 21st century. chris, thank you so much. _ 21st century. chris, thank you so much, have _ 21st century. chris, thank you so much, have a _ 21st century. chris, thank you so much, have a good - 21st century. chris, thank you so much, have a good day. i let's get some of the day's other news now. wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after russia said it would treat ships heading for ukrainian ports as potential military targets. moscow pulled out of a deal this week that had guaranteed safe passage for grain shipments through the black sea. us wheat futures jumped 8.5% on wednesd

uk. last minute preparations for the leavers concert. and these year six pupils at new ford academy in stoke—on—trent are departing for pastures new on a highheir learning plans are actually catered to each individual child, and you can constantly see what the child is learning and what they're striving towards. nobody falls behind. everyone has a chance to catch up while everything's fresh in their memories. that level of learning is something the school strives for, for all 480 pupils. we're ambitious for every child, that they are absolutely given everything that they need, with hard work and resilience, that they can achieve whatever they want to. staff say their passion here for learning will serve these pupils well. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. in china, until recently, it was extremely difficult for single women to have children. last year the government said health insurance should cover the cost of giving birth for single mothers and that they should also get paid maternity leave. despite widespread conservative cultural attitudes, a shift is underway 7 especially in

department of state for comment. we will bring you more on the developing story as we get it. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. the weather here in the ukhern europe it is another day of exceptional heat. temperatures climbing inland away from the coast well into the 40s, peaking across some southern parts of sardinia. how does that compare to what's happening on our shores this afternoon? well, it will be pleasant enough in the sunshine towards the south—east, 2a, but where the cloud and rain�*s in place, just 13 or 1a celsius. there is the cloud. an area of low pressure which has been spilling in so far today. it will be bringing rain fairly erratically through the rest of today across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, wales and the north and west midlands. a few heavier bursts mixed in. there will be a few drier moments, as well. north of that, sunshine and a few slow moving heavy showers in the northern half of scotland. the southern half of england should stayjust about dry with a bit of sunshine here. with light winds and that hazy sunshine it should feel reasonably warm. but, as i said, under that ra

itself had concluded that the uk's plans, i policies and capability for preparedness. were not sufficient? it was very clear that there was a lot of work that the department do to improve its readiness for a pandemic influenza. if the question you were asking was, was i concerned about that? yes, i was concerned about that. but i was also aware that by the time i started in my post in 2018, a programme of work had been established to address those concerns. in the decade before covid, the world health organisation actually praised much of the uk's preparation and planning for a pandemic. the inquiry later heard that was simply wrong. at this hospital near cardiff, - one doctor reported nurses preparing for work with four visors between 40 of them. i do you agree that the ppe stockpile in wales was woefully inadequate to deal with the pandemic that was being planned for? yes. so our collective planning assumptions did not stand up against reality. we were going through ppe at a much faster rate than our planning assumptions assumed we would. so, actually, we found that our stockpile that should have lasted for a whole wave didn't. two experts in emergency