hey yeah. as evan waits for his next day in court, his parents say they understand the conviction rate in russia as just about 100% so they don t have a lot of hope right now that he will be freed anytime soon, but they were given some relief when they got to physically see and speak with evan at his last pretrial detention hearing. it s even harder now to leave him there. then it was the first time trying not to think about anything. it s just very hard. that was part of a new interview evans family did with the wall street journal who employs evan, his parents say when they saw him. he appeared to be in good spirits and strong despite his tough circumstances. now just this week, u. s ambassador to russia than tracy was granted access to evan for the first time in nearly three months. we re also learning the kremlin may now be signaling they re open to the idea of exchanging evan for one of their own in a prisoner swap , but evan s parents and sister danielle, say right now
all those stories to come on the context tonight. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days and that weather will be a factor in when the strikes begin. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. the american secretary of defence, lloyd austin, said the us had the right to retaliate after the recent attacks. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict in the region. but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose and how we choose. the latest there from lloyd austin. with me is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. macklin,
because of the children including single parents and mps are considering more protections for renters in england and they will be part of a bill currently in the house of commons, called the renters reform bill. now for ten seconds are pretty sight in the sky, it is called a full book superman and looks bigger and brighter than normal because it is closer to earth than usual. 21,000 kilometres, thatis, than usual. 21,000 kilometres, that is, in fact! you re all caught up now. see you later. v0|ceover: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the german government has pledged to put fighting climate change at the heart of its agenda. it has just hosted world leaders to help lay the groundwork for international talks in november. but for many, the two week long gathering failed to make sufficient progress on climate finance and the pace of c
the slowdown in the factory of the world is deepening. and boeing awaits an inquest into the deaths of three british passengers who died in a 737 max crash. we start in china where the latest inflation figures have shown an alarming drop in factory gate prices that s the price of goods as they leave chinese factories. they ve fallen at the fastest pace in more than seven and a half years. it s the ninth month in a row that the producer price index has fallen, down 5.4% from a year earlier, marking the steepest decline since december 2015, as the difficult post covid recovery continues to weigh on demand. so that s changed the picture on the factory floor when it comes to what consumers are facing when buying goods and services, the consumer price index was unchanged year on year, compared with a slight gain in may, the slowest pace since february 2021. the us treasury secretary janet yellen has just left beijing following a four day visit in an attempt to bridge us china tr
how far does she feel her climate change credentials are being compromised in her new role? jennifer morgan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. so there you were in february last year. you stepped down as head of greenpeace international. in march, you became germany s international envoy for international climate action. why did you accept the role? well, you know, when minister baerbock called in this german government which has, i would say the most impressive positions on climate change domestically and internationally i thought i always try and go where i feel like i can make the biggest difference. and the opportunity to work for such a government, for such a minister at this moment of time in climate, ithought, i have to give it a go . you know, greenpeace, we always talk about acts annalena baerbock, the german foreign minister is who you are referring to. yes. who was also former co leader of the green party in germany. so, that s what attracted you. 0k. you said y