testing supply lines. with most bridges blown, ukraine s had to rely on amphibious vehicles and boats to keep feeding the front line. they ve only just completed the construction of this crossing. and there are other obstacles too countless russian minefields that need to be cleared. ukraine is still advancing, but it s getting harder. explosion jonathan beale, bbc news, donbas. jonathan beale reporting on the turmoil in ukraine. more on tonight s main story the turmoil at westminster. we rejoin our political editor chris mason. we know there have been gatherings of mps in the evening, do we have any of what tomorrow might bring? we have any of what tomorrow might brin: ? ., . we have any of what tomorrow might brinu? ., , , we have any of what tomorrow might brinu? . , , , bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now prove bring? bottling and burying this chaos will now prove nylon - chaos will now prove nylon impo
for the planet s prosperity, and the us energy secretary explained what her country was doing to tackle soaring oil and gas prices. i also heard from the boss of plane maker boeing about how the post covid bounce was helping it put years of turbulence in the rear view mirror. but it wasn t all doom and gloom because we also celebrated a year of huge growth for women s sport. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, 2022 has been a year of huge disruption to the global economy, with many of us forced to rethink everything from what we eat to how we work and well, even how we heat our homes. the world went into the year still very much feeling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. restrictions, economies everywhere have found it impossible to return to life as it was before. a major reason why was russia s decision to invade ukraine on the 24th of february. as well as costing thousands of lives, it s d
suffer the most. also coming up: called to account. hundreds of uk post office managers were falsely accused of fraud because of faulty software. we look at role of the tech giant fujitsu in a massive miscarriage ofjustice. and the rugby league world cup kicks off today after a covid delay with the biggest sponsorship deal in the tournament s history. absolutely, 100%, iam not going anywhere. a defiant uk chancellor on whether he and the british prime minister will still be in theirjobs at this time next month. as you have been hearing, he has flown back early from iff meetings in washington for meetings with the pm. imf. washington for meetings with the pm. imf. they are expected to pause plans after weeks of economic crisis. people are panicked about the impact of billions of pounds of tax cuts funded by more borrowing on the u.k. s debt and on inflation and that sent government borrowing costs and mortgage rates are soaring and force the bank of england to come to the
a very warm welcome to the programme, we begin in sri lanka where the president got a buy read your has not honoured his promise to resign, he flew to the mall deves 2a hours earlier but in the public letter he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. and she drank a curfew is in force with suzuki forces clashing with protesters. prompting the un security secretary general in the last few minutes to tweet saying it s important the root causes of the conflict and the grievances of protesters are addressed, i urge all party leaders to embrace the spirit of compromise for a peaceful and democratic transition. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. protesters are lined up along this avenue. on the other side you can
the black sea and tackling the globalfood crisis. if you have justjoined us you are welcome and we begin in the uk with a brace to replace borisjohnson as conservative party leader is gathering momentum. on wednesday evening the shortlist of eight came sex, as former foreign secretaryjeremy hunt and the current chancellor nadhim zahawi were eliminated from the first round. by the end of next week, the list will be narrowed down to two names which will then go to the party boat with 60,000 members around the country for a final decision. the former chancellor rishi sunak got the most votes from conservative mps, he has criticised other contenders for offering fairytales on tax, saying cutting taxes now would stoke inflation. it is saying cutting taxes now would stoke inflation. stoke inflation. it is not credible stoke inflation. it is not credible to stoke inflation. it is not credible to promise - stoke inflation. it is noti credible to promise lots stoke inflation. it