putting a lot of faith and a lot of hopein putting a lot of faith and a lot of hope in a ukrainian victory after the russian invasion is an element of policy that certainly hasn t really changed despite all the changes of prime minister we ve had in recent times in the uk, and we saw last week the defence secretary announcing they would be more cruise missiles going to ukraine, we also understand there will be talk of more missiles today when rishi sunak and zelensky sit down with one another, and also talk of additional drones, attack drones that will be given to ukraine. rishi sunak has a lot of travelling coming up, it s going to the council of europe and iceland, has a meeting of the g7 advanced economies injapan shortly, and it seems like an advance of those meetings he is wanting to have this sit down with president zelensky, discuss what ukraine could need for this expected counteroffensive that could be coming shortly and he will be taking
said, there is clearly still some hopein said, there is clearly still some hope in some places that people could have survived until now. that town has a could have survived until now. trisgt town has a population of around 250,000. it was visited by president erdogan, who was filmed hugging a survivor of the disaster, but as charlie said, still rescuers working diligently in hope, as the rubble is being cleared, you can see with the major machinery as well. part being cleared, you can see with the major machinery as well. being cleared, you can see with the major machinery as well. part of the em - hasis major machinery as well. part of the emphasis will major machinery as well. part of the emphasis will now major machinery as well. part of the emphasis will now be major machinery as well. part of the emphasis will now be on emphasis will now be on international aid and how it is getting into the country. we will speak at 7:30am to the international rescue committee, one of
disruption of these strikes with what s going to be the longer term disruption being caused by funding cuts and the recruitment and retention crisis. for many pupils and their families, it will be a four day week with more disruption coming later. fiona lamdin, bbc news. joining me now with more on this isjoint general secretary of the national education union, kevin courtney. is there any hope at all with this meeting deal with the government later today that the strikes can be called off? we later today that the strikes can be called off? ~ ., ., called off? we will go in with that ho -e that called off? we will go in with that hope that there called off? we will go in with that hope that there is called off? we will go in with that hope that there is some - called off? we will go in with that l hope that there is some suggestion from the secretary of state about how to resolve the dispute between us. frankly we are not that hopeful that she will say anything very useful to us, b
this morning that food prices were one of the big drivers for inflation, which is at the highest rate we had seen. we saw it as well in august, for a0 years, more than a0 years, as you ve been mentioning. food is one of the big drivers but there is actually a little ray of hopein there is actually a little ray of hope in the figures, which may help some of our listeners look to the future, a dim light visible at the end of the inflationary tunnel, if you like. that s in the prices producers are paying for their raw materials. as well as the headline inflation figures for what consumer prices are doing, we also get the numbers for what producers are paying for their raw materials and what they are charging for their goods at the factory gate. although they are still going up really rapidly, they were up by 20% rather than 21% in the previous figures. also, the prices at the factory gates were up by less than they were last time around. so we are seeing a bit of a slowdown there and that
ukraine is very keen, president zelensky specifically, to show to the west what it can do with the weapons it s being provided with. now as european union member countries start to grapple with the energy crisis caused by this war, and as this year pushes on as winter approaches, for ukraine the time is now to show what it can do in the hopein now to show what it can do in the hope in kyiv that it won tjust now to show what it can do in the hope in kyiv that it won t just stop at kherson. the kremlin has said everything is still going according to plan and what it still describes as a special military operation. to the flooding in pakistan now and the united nations has launched an emergency appeal, to help victims of what the un secretary general called a monsoon on steroids . pakistan s government says the floods are the worst in the nation s history. more than 1,000 people are known to have been killed as roads, homes, and bridges are washed away. more than 33 million pakistanis