But there are now questions over the future of the h52 project which had planned to connect london, the midlands and the north of england. The uk government says it would be crazy not to review the project given soaring costs due to the war in ukraine and a rise in inflation. Defence secretary, and former transport minister grant shapps told the bbc the government would need to make serious decisions on how affordable it is. The hs2 project was originally due to link london with manchester and leeds, via birmingham. There is speculation that the link between birmingham and manchester may be under threat as costs have increased significantly. The line to leeds has already been scrapped. For more, heres our political correspondent, jessica parker. Hs2 is this enormous rail project, and they actually already scrapped a bit of the leg of the line that would run up to leeds in the north of england, in yorkshire, and now there is also lots of Speculation Building that the government will pot
Installed, officials are saying they blame falling debris, but the images suggest that this is a direct hit. We dont know the further implications, whether in terms of who is in there. But this is a place where russia has really asserted its dominance. It is the Black Sea Fleet from which it has launched Missile Strikes across ukraine. It has blockaded ports. And this is a peninsula that russia annexed back in 2014. Its almost a cornerstone of russias invasion. And i think regardless of whether kyiv claims responsibility for this one, it did last week when it hit a dry dock with british Supplied Storm Shadow missiles destroying a submarine and a warship. It is clear ukraine is continuing with its strategy of trying to target sites in crimea to both undermine russias occupation, but also to support its continued Counter Offensive further north by by frustrating russian operations. As we said, president zelensky is in canada, for the First Time Since russias invasion, on a visit to thank
Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. A smiling sara sharif, seen here in a picture much more recent than those we had seen before. Surrey police have released the image and a School Photograph in the hope more people will come forward with information about her and her family. Both pictures show her wearing a headscarf, as she usually did in the last few months before her death. The ten year old was found dead six weeks ago at her family home in woking. She was found to have what prosecutors called a constellation of injuries which police said were multiple and extensive. Her uncle, faisal malik, herfather earl urfan extensive. Her uncle, faisal malik, her father Earl Urfan Sharif and her stepmother Beinash Batool appeared via video link at the old bailey on tuesday charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. The three left the country for pakistan the day before sara was sent dead. They flew back last wednesday but without saras five siblings, wh
Its relationship with parliament, the way it deals with press. Austria announces a National Lockdown of almost three weeks to try to stop rocketing coronavirus cases overwhelming the health service. And diwali with a difference the festival of lights is celebrated in a socially distanced way by hundreds of millions of people around the world. pres hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Rockets have been fired at the eritrean capital, asmara, hours after a senior official in the Tigray Region of neighbouring ethiopia threatened missile strikes on the country. A conflict between ethiopias federal government and the administration in the Tigray Region is escalating. The Tigray Peoples Liberation Front see eritrea as supporting ethiopias federal government. In an earlier attack, the tplf fired rockets at two ethiopian airports in retaliation for Government Air strikes in the region.
In glasgow wins one of the worlds top prizes for fiction. Hello and welcome. Election officials in the us state of georgia have confirmed thatjoe biden beat donald trump there after a recount. But mr trump has still refused to admit defeat and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has again laid out wide ranging conspiracy theories about voter fraud. Heres our north america correspondent will grant. The correspondent will grant. Result of georges recou| is the result of georges recount is in and confirms what we already knew. Mr biden won the state. Still, donald trump will almost certainly not accept that result or any other he still can test. It is now a little over two weeks is the election was held and this was supposed to be the moment President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani showed the proof of their campaign was make unsubstantiated claims of fraud. I know crimes, i can smell them, i can prove this one through 18 different ways. Ican one through 18 different ways. I can prove