got within a0 feet of the vice president. uk interest rates hit their highest level for 13 years, in a bid to stem the pace of soaring prices. and in central africa, the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier today, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine.
and in central africa, the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier today, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion, what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special mi
i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that, as a, as a government we can move on and focus on stuff that i think really matters. also in the programme: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits frontline troops in the donbas. and high income countries are still too slow in redistributing covid i9 vaccines. a stark warning from new zealand s former prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has survived a confidence vote brought by members of parliament from his own party. 148 conservativecmps voted against him. 211 said they wanted mrjohnson to stay in office. he s faced months of criticism after it emerged that events had been held at government offices in downing street during coronavirus lockdowns. under the current rules, mrjohnson cannot be challenged in a leadership vote again for a year. our political editor chris mason bri
Ahead 50,000 Police Officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the countrys president ial election. We put them in the sport because it is quiet. They will be happy. And they have access to our garden and oui they have access to our garden and our neighbour s garden. In this spot. A helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in East Yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekends fa cup semi finals at wembley. And ben has the weather. A decent weekend in prospect. Plenty of dry weather. Even some sunshine. But there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. All of the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. Yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at
Ahead 50,000 Police Officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the countrys president ial election. We put them in the sport because it is quiet. They will be happy. And they have access to our garden and oui they have access to our garden and our neighbour s garden. In this spot. A helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in East Yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekends fa cup semi finals at wembley. And ben has the weather. A decent weekend in prospect. Plenty of dry weather. Even some sunshine. But there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. All of the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. Yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at