it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in new york where world leaders are taking part in a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russia s invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events on tuesday have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in the east and south of ukraine have announced snap referendums onjoining russia. it appears to be part of a push by moscow to accelerate their annexation, in response to serious setbacks on the battlefield. in areas newly liberated by ukrainians forces, disturbing accounts of torture by russian soldiers are continuing to emerge. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports now from the city of izyum i want to warn you orla s report contains some distressing testimony. in the centre of izyum, the heart of darkness. ukrainian investigators say the russians turned this police station into a torture chamber. we were taken down to the ce
withdraws as a goodwill gesture. expected of involvement in one of the most deadliest incidents in the english channel in recent years. and life in wimbledon on day four of the tennis tournament producing the biggest win of her career. another day, another controversial ruling by the supreme court. it s decided to limit the federal government s ability to regulate emissions from power plants. government s ability to regulate the case was brought on behalf of nineteen mostly republican led states. it s a major blow to president biden and his policy on climate change. here s our north america editor, sarah smith not only says that the biden administration was enacting these proposals that are come up with under barack obama but never implement of us a sub and narrows the clean air act and future administrations from sighting it to enact greenhouse gas regulations on a broad scale. the court said that if the administration or any administration must regulate greenhouse gases in
and after a break of three years, glastonbury opens its gates to festivalgoers this morning. good morning for the tower of london. we are here for the super bloom display in order of the platinumjubilee. sunny, dry bloom display in order of the platinum jubilee. sunny, dry and platinumjubilee. sunny, dry and warm platinum jubilee. sunny, dry and warm foremost, platinumjubilee. sunny, dry and warm foremost, more platinum jubilee. sunny, dry and warm foremost, more clout in the north and west. it s wednesday the 22nd ofjune. our main story. the uk s rate of inflation is expected to rise once again when the latest figures are released this morning. in april, inflation rose to 9%, its highest in a0 years, as the increasing costs of energy, fuel and food continues to squeeze household budgets. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. if i haven t got the money, i can t eat. you see lots of things that are on cheap, we buy them and freeze them. definitely shopping around, l
threatening to bring some showers or longer spells around. this is the picture for friday at the details will change but you have this idea there is more cloud around and we have the potential for some heavy showers to break out particularly into the afternoon. a bit of rain in the far south west by the end of the doubt with some freshening breezes. temperatures won t be as high on friday. the last of the higher temperatures will be towards east anglia with 25 celsius here posed into the weekend instead of the high pressure that has brought all this one it will be low pressure sitting close to the uk and around it there weather fronts swirling around and some sunshine and showers. the weekend will not be a wash out. there will be someone spells of sunshine but there will be some showers. some of them heavy and most of the showers will be in the west. back to you, george. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 22nd ofjune. you can keep up with all the late
the chance of rain particularly with all these weather fronts around. on friday there will still be some sunshine around but more showers will break out and they contain heavy and thundery. drifting across northern england and into scotland. a rain arriving in the south west of england and wales. temperatures will be lower on friday, 21 and 22. still some warm weather for eastern parts of england if we miss the heavy showers. but instead of high pressure that has brought warm weather and sunshine, low pressure will be in charge this weekend, bringing stronger wind and most of the rain across the western side of the rain across the western side of the uk. it could be heavy and thundery. looking drier, sunnier and warmer on the eastern side of the uk. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday the 22nd ofjune. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with mark urban, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one a