time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in melbourne. - well, 35 degrees in melbourne. today, a hot start to the weekend but it will be cooler and wetter on sunday. on the north island of new zealand they are crying out for drier weather right now. they had an absolute value which earlier on friday, water waste deep, the airport flooded, because nearly submerged under a state of emergency has been declared. they have had a record daily rainfall for auckland of around 261 millimetres, equating to around eight summer s worth of rain in one day so if you know anybody in this part of new zealand and they tell you it has been white, now you know how wet. our weather is not conducive to much rain at the moment because we have a finger of high nosing and across the uk, fingers and noses?! we have a weathe
germany. your speech suggests you don t acknowledge these things. if you cant don t acknowledge these things. if you can t see the problem, chancellor, why would voters believe you can chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix it? you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit ri . ht! you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! | think you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you are - bit right! i think you are completely wrong. my entire speech is about how we deal with the productivity paradox that is at the heart of why we haven t seen that growth in real incomes, if we don t invest in improvements in our education system, in our skills, if we don t find opportunities for the millions of people who could work and contribute to our economy back down at the moment, we are not going to s
extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders has b
now the army personnel are prisoners. but this man did desert. andrei medvedev is a commander in ukraine. andrei medvedev is a former wagner commander in ukraine. he claims to have witnessed war crimes there including those who refused to fight being shot as an example to others. incredibly, he managed to escape russia across this arctic border into norway in mid january, being pursued by dogs and armed guards shooting at him. soon after that, the white house announced it was sanctioning the wagner group as a transnational criminal enterprise, a charge it denies. the fighting in ukraine shows no sign of letting up, and wagner are an integral part of it. but casualties are so high on both sides that even their boss describes it as a meat grinder. around the world, wagner has become a useful arm s length tool for the kremlin, and possibly a sign of how some wars will be fought in the future.
incredibly, he managed to escape russia across this arctic border into norway in mid january, being pursued by dogs and armed guards shooting at him. soon after that, the white house announced it was sanctioning the wagner group as a transnational criminal enterprise, a charge it denies. the fighting in ukraine shows no sign of letting up, and wagner are an integral part of it, but casualties are so high on both sides that even their boss describes it as a meat grinder . around the world, wagner has become a useful arm s length tool for the kremlin and possibly a sign of how some wars will be fought in the future. now it s time for the stories making the headlines from across the uk.