Through the first line of russian defences. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has been working with the bbc verify team to determine whether ukraine is making any significant process. Ukraines big Counter Offensive in the south is making progress, but how far have their troops really got and can they break through russias defences to turn the tide of this war . Lets just remind ourselves. The Dark Red Area is the area occupied by Russian Forces. The purple area is ground that the ukrainians have recaptured. The russian defences consist of two major lines, each composed of several interlocking obstacles trenches, anti tank devices, minefields, all covered by artillery. The ukrainians have had to spend most of the last three months picking their way through minefields like this one. You can see the hidden mines circled in red here. And theyre doing this on foot, sometimes at night, often underfire, hence the slow progress to date. Theyre also having to find their way through obsta
this morning. we want to turn now to immigration reform which is on the long list of issues democrats want to tackle. but so far just can t get across the finish line. added protections for undocumented workers were stripped from the president s massive spending plan after plenty of back and forth in the senate. as morning joe reporter explains, that leaves millions of people in limbo. good morning, mika. the senate parliamentarians struck down a third attempt in the build back better legislation. i spoke with the leader focused on creating advice nlt particularly food workers this holiday season. take a look. the founder of justice, the nonprofit behind the humans who feed us for immigrant central workers across the food supply change. this project we re trying to
so, at a time of year when we should be packing more and more products for export ready for christmas, we are having to cutback production based on some sort of forecast for c02. cf industries, a us owned company with plants in cheshire and teesside, produces 60% of the uk c02 as a by product of manufacturing fertiliser. it may be a by product to them, it is absolutely crucial to the economy, which is why the government had to do a deal to restart production fast. from the farm yard gates to the supermarket door, c02 finds its way into processes and packagings throughout the food supply change, and the fact the government has been locked in talks trying to figure out how to subsidise one company s gas bill shows just how urgent the situation is and how pervasive and damaging high gas prices can be for the entire economy. wholesale prices are now higher than companies are allowed to charge under a government cap,
drummer charlie watts, who has died at the age of 80. mcdonald s says it has run out of milkshakes and bottled drinks in all of its british restaurants due to problems with its supply chain. it s not the only company to be affected. other major high street chains have also recently experienced shortages, including kfc and nando s, as well as supermarkets and some manufacturers. our business editor simonjack is with me. what s going wrong? there are some cracks appearing what s going wrong? there are some cracks appearing in what s going wrong? there are some cracks appearing in our what s going wrong? there are some cracks appearing in our food - what s going wrong? there are some cracks appearing in our food supply i cracks appearing in our food supply change. mcdonald s, nando s, some people have noticed gaps in supermarket shelves but the most chronic shortage of all these people and in particular in the transport network. lorry drivers for example. a number of factors here, br