more than £8 billion the second largest result in its history. and australia s national football team criticises qatar s human rights record less than a month before the emirate hosts the world cup. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has accused russian commanders of craziness in their efforts to capture a town in the east of the country. bakhmut which sits in the donetsk region has been the centre of russian attacks for months. meanwhile, in the south, ukrainian forces advancing on the city of kherson have been hampered by heavy rain. russian forces are building fortifications and bringing in extra reinforcements. the area has been at the centre of the fiercest clashes in recent weeks. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and hejoins me now. let s start off with the comments from president zelensky about the tactics of russian commanders. what does he mean by craziness? he said the most sev
ready to form a new executive. a new election will be called at one minute past midnight if no executive is formed that s 2a weeks since the last poll. in other news: the oil giant shell reports quarterly profits of nearly $9.5 billion its second highest on record but pays no windfall tax in the uk. and now we know the title of prince harry s much anticipated and controversial memoir. it s called spare, and it documents his move to america. the elected assembly which runs northern ireland is hours away from collapsing, over the region s post brexit trade arrangements. politicians have until one minute past midnight uk time that s around five hours from now to restore a power sharing agreement before a new election is called. political parties met at stormont today in a last ditch effort to try to form a new executive nearly six months after they were elected. procedures though are being blocked by the democratic unionist party the dup which objects to the no
unpredictable since the end of the second world war. in northern ireland, the latest efforts to form a new governing executive have failed. there could be new elections by christmas. and why schools that tried to ban pupils from wearing their afro hair tried to ban pupils from wearing theirafro hair in tried to ban pupils from wearing their afro hair in a coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, we have a full round up in the british involvement in europe with manchester united, arsenal, west ham and all in action. good evening. the new prime minister rishi sunak has decided not to attend the global climate conference in egypt next month. the decision has been heavily criticised by political opponents and environmental campaigners. downing street says he has other pressing domestic commitments, including the autumn budget. but the decision has been heavily criticised by political opponents and by environment or campaigners. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has more