also tonight. prices are still rising at their fastest rate for a0 years, with the cost of food a prime factor. tomorrow s rail strike will go ahead, after talks between the rmt union and railway employers broke down. and a new tribute to the thousands who arrived from caribbean countries from the 19405 and made a huge contribution to british life. and coming up on the bbc news channel. britain s harriet dart is hitting form a week before wimbledon, reaching the last eight at eastbourne. welcome to the bbc news at ten. a devastating earthquake in afghanistan has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people and left many more injured. the country, which is governed by the militant islamist taliban, is already in the grip of a humanitarian disaster, with millions facing famine. the taliban have asked for international aid, and britain says it s ready to provide assistance. the earthquake struck near the south eastern city of khost, in paktika province. afghanistan is particularl
after more than 100 days, it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this, after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promise to deliver it in three or seven days as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation has stalled and is not progressing at the pace that was initially envisaged. but the progress is being made, that s clear. one of their reasons for the so called slow pace is that we are not targeting civilian infrastructure and there is deliberately we are only hitting military targets and it takes time, we are not doing carpet bombing or anything else. but the progress is there, that s for sure. ambassador, i have to say, you are the most senior russian official whom i ve heard say that the initial operation stalled, that the operation is going slow. is that your recognition that the initial plan to seize kyiv and to install a
Continue to bring more action live here on this programme. Welcome if you have just welcome if you havejustjoined us. Let us stay without Breaking News from slovakia. Let me take you through what has happened. An Assassination Attempt has been made on the Prime Minister of slovakia, robert fico. He has been shot and badly injured in this afternoon. These are the pictures of the immediate aftermath, with the Prime Minister being carried into the car. His official Facebook Page says he was shot several times. From a different angle, we can see a man being arrested by people who appear to be officers. We still dont know very much about the man. Its been reported hes a 71, but other than that, no real detail about that man. A government say the Prime Minister is in a life threatening condition. These are the pictures of him being rushed to a helicopter for treatment. Those of the crucial pictures in terms of the timeline and the key details of what has happened through the course of this a