in ukraine a russian solider pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial of the conflict. we have a special report on the taliban s vice and virtue enforcers who have returned to the streets of cable. tonight with the context, former conservative ministerjustine greening and democratic strategist mary ann marsh. hello. welcome to the programme. inflation has hit a ao year high. figures out today showed the rate at which prices are rising jumped 9% in the 12 months to april, up from 7% in march. that is driven by the cost of household energy that rose on average £700 last month. and for millions of people wages are not keeping up. the average pay rise excluding bonuses in the three months to march was 4.2%, which meant given the rate of inflation british workers suffered a fifth consecutive cut to real term wages. the inflationary problems are not unique to the uk, farfrom it, but uk now has the highest rate of inflation of any g7 country an
nomination. he is pennsylvania s leading far right figure. he was a champion of the big lie and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. he will face democrat josh shapiro, the state s attorney general. shapiro is the first nonincumbent to run unopposed in a democratic gubernatorial primary since 1930. john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary in pennsylvania. he might be the first person to do so from a hospital bed. he s out of surgery this morning after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker hours before the polls closed yesterday. we ll talk to his wife to get an update on his condition. in north carolina, first term congressman madison cawthorn has now conceded after losing the primary to state senator chuck edwards. it is a major rebuke of someone who was once seen as a rising star in the gop, but whose political career saw scandal after scandal from embarrassing photos to those claims about ori orgies that put him on the outs with his ow
we re on the california coast and this is cnn happening now new developments in israel s war with hamas. he is really prime minister benjamin ateneo disbands his war cabinet the ivf is not clarifying what it s calling a quote, tactical pause plus, the house speaker mike johnson, heads tamara logo in florida to meet with former president donald trump what s on the agenda as they look ahead to the november elections? and evacuations are underway near los angeles right now, as firefighters work to contain a very fast moving wildfire. hello, i m waffling sir, in washington and urine, the cnn newsroom we begin this hour with the israel hello, hamas award knew this morning, there s really prime minister benjamin ateneo is dissolved. his war cabinet, the move comes just days after a senior member of the work cabinet resigned in a show of very dramatic vote of no confidence in the ten you and a strategy for the war in gaza. meanwhile, israel has begun what it s calling a tactical p
Voting in some seats. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Tax officials have raided west ham and Newcastle United football clubs as part of an investigation into suspected fraud. Strong criticism for Surrey Police for returning a collection of shotguns to a man who went on to kill his partner and her daughter. A show of unity in south korea as the us Military Holdsjoint exercises with local forces as the us senate prepares for Security Briefing on north korea. And a warning that britains immaculate green lawns could become a thing of the past because of climate change. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the Prime Minister has refused to guarantee that the so called triple lock on pensions will continue if the conservatives are re elected at the General Election. At the final session of Prime Ministers questions before polling day theresa may said that Pensioner Incomes would continue to rise, but she was accused of abandoning a commitment previously made by the conservatives. La
Plus portuguese Detectives Have told the bbc they never believed Madeleine Mccann was taken during a burglary which went wrong. Its ten years since the three year old disappeared. And claims that rules which limit the amount of time people can spend on bail wont actually make any difference. You feel like youve had a crime done to you by the state and there is no one to done to you by the state and there is no one to answer done to you by the state and there is no one to answer for it. And no apology. That full exclusive report before 10am. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later, well speak to some of the men in this photo. The m men all students at Cambridge University have got together to prove that young black men can go to cambridge. They were admitted in 2015 and they say it was hard, but if we did it, you can too. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this mo