and we ll be talking to andrew harding our africa correspondent about the conditions that have led to the crisis. also tonight. in birmingham, prime minister and chancellor are dealing with more division this time over increasing benefits in line with inflation. in ukraine, an extended report on the areas being abandoned by russian forces and the high price being paid. what happened here wasn tjust a defeat for president putin, it was a complete humiliation. two and a half years after covid 19 struck, a public inquiry opens into the uk s handling of the pandemic. and in tonight s champions league football liverpool take on rangers the first ever competitive match between the two sides. and on the bbc news channel, england captain leah williamson won t play against the usa as a training injury rules her out of friday s big friendly at wembley. good evening. we start with one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world right now. we have an exten
get a spine the message from britain s biggest trade union to the labour party over standing up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. and the notting hill carnival is back returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people killed in floods in pakistan is now more than 1,000, and there s a warning that millions more are likely to be caught up in the unprecedented disaster. the country is making a fresh appeal for international aid, as it s warned that food shortages could lead to more deaths. many families have had to leave agricultural areas where they were able to support themselves for higher ground. more than 30 million people have been displaced, livelihoods have been destroyed leaving communities across the country at risk of hunger. in one of the worst affected provinces, sindh, relief efforts are being affected by a lack of resources. 0ur pakistan correspondent pum
and defence chiefs are taking unexplained aerial phenomena seriously. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the evacuation of ukrainian troops from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol has continued, with a convoy of at least seven buses carrying soldiers escorted by pro russian forces. more than than 260 soldiers left, after a negotiated surrender. they ve been taken to areas held by russian backed rebels. meanwhile, western military sources say, vladimir putin is now directly involved in the day to day running of the war, taking decisions normally made by senior military figures. our correspondent, laura bicker, reports. it has been a brutal and bloody 83 days, but their battle is over for now. the wounded from azovstal are carried out of the vast steel plant filmed by the very force they ve been fighting. russia will be keen to air these images which, they say, show surrender but the ukrainians say this deal is about survival. tonight, as more fight
Instability inside moldova . Unfortunately, that is the case, and a certain number of russian proxies are trying to destabilise the republic of moldova. And even though theyre trying hard, Moldovan Society is resilient. We, as the government, are doing our utmost to make sure that moldova remains stable and firmly anchored into the free world. And were carrying on with reforms, notjust muddling through, but actually achieving meaningful progress, despite the efforts on the russian side to implement all sorts of hybrid war tactics. But we remain determined to continue to stand by ukraine, to provide all the support that we can possibly provide, despite our modest means, and the russians will not succeed as long as the moldovan people will remain determined to see theirfuture in the European Union. Well, well explore those accusations youve just made against russia in some detail in a minute. Butjust sticking with this idea of the resilience of the moldovan government, it doesnt. It does