elections less than two months after winning his second term as france s president. the energy regulator ofgem announces new measures to protect customers if companies go bust. the parents of 12 year old archie battersbee return to court to try and keep him alive, despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. up close and personal we have a special report from uganda on how a conservation effort to increase numbers of mountain gorillas has been a success. and in sport england s matt fitzpatrick wins the us open after clinching his first major trophy, sealing a sensational victory in boston. train services across england, scotland and wales will run on a severely reduced timetable from this evening, ahead of the biggest walkout on the railways in 30 years. strikes will take place on almost all major lines from tomorrow, with disruption expected all week. commuters in london will also face a strike tomorrow on the london underground. the rmt rail union has warned it will
and in here at london s euston station, where people have already begun changing their plans because of this week s strikes. how will the week s industrial action in the uk affect you? are you a key worker struggling to find a way into work? perhaps you re a student taking exams and worried about gettng to school? we want to hear from you. you can get in touch with me on twitter, i m at luxmy g or you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. easyjet announces plans to cut more flights over the busy summer period in the uk just weeks after passengers were stranded following cancellations due to staff shortages. the uk s energy regulator ofgem announces new measures to protect customers if companies go bust. up close and personal we have a special report from uganda on how a conservation effort to increase numbers of mountain gorillas has been a success. one of our closest relatives on earth. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president macron
hello and welcome to bbc news. the russian president says the sanctions imposed on his country because of the attack on ukraine are stupid and insane. vladimir putin said they had failed to work and said they were impacting the west instead. he denied that russia was to blame for the current crisis and for the spiralling inflation that has followed. he was speaking at an economic forum in st petersburg. translation: i reiterate, these are fundamental, truly revolutionary changes and it would be a mistake to think during these tumultuous tranch you can simply sit it out, that everything is going to get back to the way it was and yet it seems like the ruling elite of certain western countries are labouring under these precise delusions, choosing to accept the obvious. particular, they think the domination of western politics and economics is a constant but nothing is eternal. the british prime minister has announced that the uk will lead a major training programme for ukrainian
was first released. hello and welcome to bbc news. president putin has described the sanctions imposed on russia because of its invasion of ukraine as insane. he said the measures had failed to work, and were impacting the west instead. the british prime minister has announced that the uk will lead a major training operation for ukrainian soldiers with the aim of training up to ten thousand soldiers every four months. and the question of ukraine s candidacy for the eu is expected to be decided at a european council summit next week. azadeh moshiri has this report. the president told his people there was some good news. translation: there was some good news. translation: now we are one ste awa translation: now we are one step away from translation: now we are one step away from the translation: now we are one step away from the beginning l translation: now we are one | step away from the beginning of a full fledged integration into the european union. we have a positive d