where there are reports of continued fighting, despite the announcement of a temporary ceasefire between the army and rfs. there s also been an updated civilian death toll with embassies in the capital reporting that at least 270 civilians having been killed in the past five days. a senior doctor in the city has told the bbc that only five out of the city s 59 hospitals are still functioning, and are running short of power, oxygen and life saving drugs. there are also reports that some hospitals have been taken over by warring parties either to use as a refuge for their fighters or as bases to launch their military operations. earlier i spoke to abdalla hussein the operations manager for the medical humanitarian organisation doctor s without borders on the strain this situation has on the hospitals in the country the situation is very dire. it has been very intense in the last days. intense fighting in this region. it had a dramatic impact on the freedom of movement of
he scores! and, manchester city sail past bayern munich to reach the semi finals of the champions league. and coming up on bbc news, kyren wilson scores the first 147 break of this years world snooker championship in sheffield. but is it enough for a place in round two? good evening. the unrelenting pressure on household budgets has been demonstrated by the latest inflation figures, which showed a very sharp rise in the cost of food and soft drinks, pushing the cost of living even higher. inflation remained in double digits last month, falling only slightly to 10.1% in march. that s down from 10.4% in february, but experts had predicted a biggerfall. more expensive bread, cereals and chocolate caused the overall average price of food and non alcoholic drinks to increase by a rather hefty 19% in the year to march the fastest annual rate for nearly half a century. economists say it s now far more likely that the bank of england will raise its base interest rate next month, a
heckling we ll bring all the reaction to the prime minister s speech from birmingham. also this lunchtime. ukraine s president says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances and have liberated dozens of villages from russian forces. charities say hundreds of thousands of people in somalia face starvation unless aid deliveries are stepped up after the worst drought in a0 years. new research suggests elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop long term brain conditions. another day of disruption for rail passengers, as 9,000 train drivers take part in a strike about pay. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever. and the stars come out to celebrate all things james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. and coming up on the bbc news channel, all players and staff at premiership rugby club worcester will have their contracts terminated after a winding up order in the high court. good af
a greenpeace banner. elsewhere. ukraine says it has recaptured new territory in the south as russian forces retreat. police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. rail services across the uk will be severely disrupted again with around 9000 train drivers in the aslef union on strike. billionaire elon musk has apparently changed his mind about buying twitter, again. he s told the social media firm he wants to proceed with his takeover of the platform, at the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal. good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used herfirst good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used her first speech as prime minister to defend her plans on economic growth, saying, i get it, regarding the 45p income tax. she told delegates that her tax cuts would help britain break out of what she called a high tech slow growth cycle. signalling people said whenever there is trick change, there is disruption an