thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s will get initial compensation of £100,000 each. # the way is clear, the light is good, i have no fear.# and after one venue cancels his latest production over comments on trans rights, monty python s terry gilliam says british theatre needs to be braver. i think the whole artistic community has to be brave. that s what art is about, pushing the limits. matt hudson smith is going to take the european title again. and gold for great britain as matthew hudson smith palace to victory in the 400 metres at the european championships. and coming up in the sport over on the bbc news channel, money matters at manchester united. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe confirms he wants to buy a stake in the club. good evening. it s been a difficult day for the british economy. the rate of inflation has hit double figures for the first time in 40 years. it was running at 10.1% in the year tojuly higher than analys
the us senate passes joe biden s climate plan, channeling billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today, and that makes me feel very, very good. very, very good. and more than 80,000 tourists are stranded in a chinese resort after a coronavirus outbreak sparks a lockdown. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it sneezed at. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 2:30am in the morning in afghanistan from where we have a special report showing how pregnant women, new mothers and their babies are being affected by acute shortages and a lack of basic services. it comes nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. 0ur report was filmed in badakhshan province in the north east of afghanistan by cameraman sanjay ganguly producer imogen anderson and correspondent yogita limaye. some viewers may find this report distressing.
have killed dozens and left millions stranded the un warns of a deteriorating situation. we ll hear about the life of young journalists and protesters in hong kong, ahead of the 25th anniversary of it s handover from uk to chinese rule. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 3:00am in ukraine, where around 1,000 people are thought to have been inside a shopping mall, when it was hit by a russian missile. at least 13 people have been killed, and more than 50 injured, but it s feared the death toll could climb significantly. g7 leaders have said attacks on innocent civilians constitute a war crime. the attack happened in kremenchuk, in central ukraine, a long way from the front line. the governor of the city said it was unlikely many survivors would be found in the rubble, because the fire was so big. 0ur correspondent nick beake hasjust arrived in kremenchuk and has this update. this is the smouldering w