investigate the alleged war crimes. ukrainian police say they have already found the bodies of more than 1200 civilians in the kyiv region alone. and, a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border, with its own rail track, electricity and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the prices we pay for goods and services are on average 9% higher than they were last year. most of the rise was due to the large increase in energy bills after the lifting of the price cap last month. the chancellor rishi sunak blamed higher global energy prices he said the government could not protect people completely from
became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on whether to extradite your husband, julian assange, to the united states. does this feel to you like his last chance? well, indeed, priti patel has my husband s life in her hands. we have some avenues of appeal still to go. but ultimately, over the last few years, over the last 12 years, in fact, what has happened is a flagrant abuse of the legal system in order to persecute publisher, for publishing the truth about the us and its conduct of war in iraq and afghanistan, conducting torture in guantanamo bay, and so on. this is a political persecution, it s a political case. in purely legal terms, i know that you have at least you in personal terms, but the leg
ended their mission, after hundreds of soldiers leave the azovstal steel plant. after being trapped there for more than two months. i want to underline, ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. wayne rooney has given evidence in his wife s libel trial as the multi million pound case enters its final day at the high court. tributes are paid to kay mellor, the actress and writer best known for the series girlfriends. the foreign secretary liz truss has confirmed the government will introduce legislation that would change parts of the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. known as the northern ireland. known as the northern ireland protocol. she told parliament that the uk would prefer a negotiated settlement with the eu but failing that would pass a law to change the protocol to make trade easier in an attempt to encourage pro unionist politicians back into power sharing government in belfast. the eu has responded warning that unilateral
mental health is linked to most drug and alcohol addiction. trade trouble ministers propose legislation allowing the uk to unilaterally change the post brexit trade deal with the eu. day six of that court case wayne rooney says the england manager told him that rebekah vardy s media activities were causing distractions during euro 2016. ticket to ride the queen makes a surprise visit to see london s new elizabeth line for herself. and coming up later rangers fans turning seville blue ahead of the europa league final tomorrow night with tens of thousands without tickets expected on the spanish city. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. for 82 days the ukranian fighters who clung to their last foothold in the besieged city of mariupol came to symbolise their country s defiance against the onslaught of russian forces. last night more than 260 of them were told to leave the asovstal steel plant and were taken to russian controlled territory. the southern port ci
and for northern ireland and scotland, similar, but later in the day by the looks of things before the next band of wet weather arrives but because we will have churned through the rain overnight, slightly less warm air following behind but still between 18 and 23 celsius which is above where it should be at this time of year. let s look at the rain for tomorrow and overnight because it looks like we could have a deluge again with thunderstorms around, more than we might see this evening and overnight and that clears through during the night so welcome waterfor clears through during the night so welcome water for the gardens and thursday very similar, morning mist, and windy in the west and tomorrow and windy in the west and tomorrow and thursday but temperatures should peak in the high teens in scotland and northern ireland and the low 20s further south. and northern ireland and the low 20s furthersouth. is and northern ireland and the low 20s further south. is for the weeke