there is still a long way to go in the battle against inflation for families up and in the country who are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17% and that is causing a massive hike in the cost of the weekly shop. church of england bishops won t back a change allowing priests to marry same sex couples, sources tell the bbc. government plans to scrap thousands of eu era laws by the end of this year will be challenged in the commons today. britain s emma raducanu is in second round action at the australian open tennis. she s up against the american coco gauff. welcome. we begin this morning with breaking news coming to us in the last few minutes from ukraine. the country s interior minister denys monastyrskyy died in a helicopter crash in a suburb of kyiv. mr monastyrskyy was travelling with his deputy interior minister and a state secretary they have all been killed in a helicopter crash next to a kindergarten in brovary, east of kyiv. 16 people have been killed in total,
slows in the uk for a second month in a row, but remains close to a ao year high. there is still a long way to go in the battle against inflation for families up and down the country who are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17% and that is causing a massive hike in the cost of the weekly shop. philippinejournalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa is cleared of tax evasion charges. in tennis defending men s champion rafa nadal is out of the australian open at the second round stage after defeat by american mackenzie mcdonald. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in ukraine have told the bbc that the country s interior minister denys monastyrsky and his deputy are among at least 18 people who ve been killed in a helicopter crash in a suburb of kyiv. there were nine people including mr monastyrsky aboard the helicopter. some of those killed were on the ground. the regional governor said the aircraft came down near a kin
it s five weeks since nurses first went on strike this winter. yet there s no resolution in sight. in fact, the dispute is only intensifying. nurses are taking industrial action at even more nhs trusts today than they did before christmas. we want to make nursing a safe and sustainable profession for all. we want our colleagues and the patients we care for to receive the care they deserve. nurses at 55 trusts in england are on strike today and tomorrow. next month, the industrial action will be more widespread, covering 73 trusts. 12 health boards and organisations in wales will also go on strike. a decision on further strikes in northern ireland will be taken in the coming weeks, while in scotland industrial action remains paused as negotiations continue. the advice for people who have medical appointments on strike days is to assume they re going ahead if the hospital hasn t been in touch. nhs leaders are warning that the strikes couldn t come at a more difficult time for t
fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski lift, but where s the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europe s winter sports. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied town of makiivka, killing dozens of troops. russia now says 89 people were killed. ukraine says the number was much higher. russia says the unauthorised use of mobile phones by russian troops allowed ukraine to target its troops because they were able to use the signal to find the soldiers location. here s some more of the russian military statememt. translation: circumstances of the incident are currently being investigated, but it is already obvious that the main reason, despite the restri