we start here in the uk where a final battle to become the next prime minister is taking place as the country faces the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. as you ve been hearing, formerfinance minister, rishi sunak, and the foreign secretary, liz truss are the last remaining candidates. they will now face a vote by conservative party members around the uk with a result expected in september. whoever wins could mean a very different approach to the economy. truss says you cannot tax your way to growth she is proposing more than 30 million pounds in immediate tax cuts. sunak wants to delay the tax cuts until inflation is under control. borrowing your way out of inflation , he says, isn t a plan, it s a fairytale . the economic challenges facing the next prime minister are huge. last month, the rate of inflation hit 9.4% the highest rate for a0 years driven by a leap in the price of fuel, and also of basic foods like milk, cheese and eggs. our economics edi
as part of the bbc s counting the cost of living series at we are here in derby to see how people are coping. three will become two conservative mps get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party s leader and the next prime minister. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka protesters staged a silent protest. we will hear from staged a silent protest. we will hearfrom brittany s staged a silent protest. we will hear from brittany s newest world champion coach jake wightman, who took gold last night at the world fatic championships. fire crews have worked through the night damping down wildfires and blazes in homes which broke out in yesterday s record breaking heat. dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed and hundreds had to be evacuated. london was among a number of fire brigades that declared major incidents as fires broke out across the country. one blaze in east london, on the edge of kent, gutted several houses a
over the death of 9 year old lilia valutyte. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war. they were killed whilst they were being held at a detention centre, in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack, which is thought to have lead to the prisoners deaths. ukraine and russia have accused each other, of carrying out the attack. ukraine says moscow, is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. (biv - read on president zelensky gave this reaction to the attack, in his nightly address, to the ukrainian people. translation: i have received reports i of the attack in the donetsk region. | it was a deliberate russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of ukrainian prisoners of war, more than 50 dead. when the defenders of the azovstal left the plant, the un and int