most of the time patients have a great experience but we must not paper over the problems we face. we expect backlogs to rise before they fall. a teenager is arrested after a 15 year old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. five british captives who were held by russian backed forces in ukraine are released in a prisoner exchange. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. retiring tennis champion roger federer will play the final match of his career in a doubles team alongside his long time rival rafael nadal as part of the laver cup tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. interest rates have been raised to 2.25%, the highest level since 2008. it s the seventh consecutive time that they ve been increased by the bank of england, in an attempt to curb soaring prices. the rate has gone up from 1.75%. the bank of e
elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce ambitious, credible climate actions . our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than1 million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years have been the warmest on record, making every heat
against him on thursday. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce ambitious, credible climate actions . our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than1 million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years
into lake victoria in tanzania during stormy weather. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on his country s infrastructure. volodymyr zelensky said he believed moscow would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. the southern ukrainian city of mariupol has been left in ruins after being subjected to fierce russian bombardment early in the invasion. the city was besieged by russian forces and ukrainian officials now estimate at least 25 thousand people were killed there. our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to survivors from the city for bbc panorama. they give vivid and distressing testimony. and a warning that hilary s report contains references to suicide, and you may find some of it distressing. artem has seen what no child shoul
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