calling the allegation defamatory. sight loss charity guide dogs says it s had a record number of people volunteering to raise puppies following a bbc story that highlighted a a shortage of dogs. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in greece say at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports. it s been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. while passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. translation: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmareish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon till we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and there was panic, cables everyw
and new columnist at the times, and for the first half of our programme, professor peter hotez is with us, expert in molecular virology and microbiology at the baylor college of medicine. what we ve known for some time about the uk s response to the covid pandemic is that the protective ring the government claimed to have thrown around care homes wasn t very protective at all. between march 2020 and april 2021, some 39,000 people died in care homes from covid. the public inquiry, which is still to begin, will examine whether more could have been done. in the interim, some of the evidence the panel will consider is now being tested in the court of public opinion. the reporter isabelle 0akshott, who co authored a book with matt hancock, has now shared with the telegraph 100,000 whatsapp messages which the former health secretary had shared with government officials. the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. in one message, from april 14th 2020, mr hancock te
lots of things happening, but the big thing that happened on thursday was the government not launching, but updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2015, which they marked by releasing and we have got so much news to chew over, lots of things happening in westminster at the moment, but the big thing that happened on thursday as the government launching, well, updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. which they marked by releasing pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and more pages of documents with all sorts of charts and dates and pledges and consultations. we will talk about that. and the way that rishi sunak marked it was by saying this on a visit to oxfordshire. we have decarbonised faster than any other major economy. our carbon emissions have been reduced by over 40%, much more than all the other countries we compete with. at the same time we have grown our economy. so we have a good track recor
and teachers unions today to avoid wednesday s planned strike in england and wales. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the former british prime minster, borisjohnson, has revealed to the bbc that he felt personally threatened by vladimir putin in the run up to the invasion of ukraine last year. mrjohnson said that during a telephone conversation and after a visit to kyiv the russian president said it would only take a minute to hurt him with a missile. the claim comes in a new bbc documentary about mr putin s leadership. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. kyiv, last february a city on the brink of war. borisjohnson arrives in a show of support for a president, who is yet to replace his suit and tie with army fatigues. alongside other countries, we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other measures. the prime minister publicly urg