as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
and another unexplained death involving russian oligarchs: the sausage tycoon pavel antov has been found dead at an indian hotel. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 28 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. here s our north america correspondent nada tawfik. while the worst is over in buffalo, they are not out of this yet. in fact, it will still snow for several hours. the city is expecting another 13 centimetres, but this has been described as a once in a generation storm. we have heard from numerous people how they have never experienced anything as bad, hurricane force winds, near wipe out conditions in the city, and the priority at the moment is, of course, trying to dig out the residents. i mean, vehicles have been buried, the death toll is over 20 people right now, emergency respond
comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reporting the
i take itake up i take up my new duties with immense gratitude for the privilege of having being able to serve as prince of wales. in other news, ukraine will exhume hundreds of bodies found in graves outside izyum, a city recently recaptured from russian forces. it s only now after the russians have been pushed out that the authorities can really investigate and establish how many victims they left behind. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s four children, led by king charles, have held a vigil at westminster hall standing in silent contemplation around their late mother s coffin while members of the public filed past quietly to pay their respects. earlier, the queue to see the queen lying in state reopened after a pause of several hours, but mourners are being warned of a wait of up to 20 hours in chilly overnight temperatures. the king and the queen consort, camilla concluded their uk tour earlier in the day in wales, where the ki