The accusations made by Russias Security Service are Completely Baseless. It comes as the prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is in Washington Dc to hold talks with us president Joe Biden about the war in ukraine. President zelensky wants ukrainian forces to use western weapons against targets inside russia. President putin says any such strikes would mean nato countries were at war with russia. Our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. The prime minister and Foreign Secretary arriving in washington for key Meetings Today are expected to focus on the war in ukraine. Keir starmer s second visit to the White Housein starmer s second visit to the White House in as many months, important decisions are to be discussed. No official word on any change of policy on the use of Western Missiles in russia. This morning to news on State Run Television six british diplomats have had accreditation removed. I nonthreatening russias security. The uk says the accusations are Completely Base
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders has b
saying very clearly that this hs2 line will be built all the way into euston station. the reason this has come up is this morning there was a newspaper report in the sun suggesting that the government was looking at not building the line all the way in to finish at euston station but stopping short of that, west london, 0ld 0ak common, north west london and about five or six miles out. that caused a big stir, the issue there is that the rising cost of this project, it is a massive thing, 20 year project, costs have already gone from £55 billion initially pencilled in to perhaps around £100 billion is the thinking now, and the plans already have been scaled back with the idea of a line going to leeds, that would not happen but what we are meant to be getting is london to birmingham to manchester. the report is saying that
government can pull but most of those have to do with things like public pay which they don t like talking about. but that is a thorny issue and the chancellor knows until he can get to grips with that and stop that being front and centre of mines it is very difficult to talk about the rest of this. the budget is coming up, not far, six weeks, we ll probably find out more then. thank you. meanwhile, the chancellor has inisited the hs2 high speed rail line will go ahead, despite newspaper reports this morning it may be scaled back, and no longer stretch as far as euston station in central london because of rapidly rising costs. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas is in westminster. took us through what the reports were this morning and what has been said about them. what were this morning and what has been said about them. said about them. what has been said is jeremy hunt said about them. what has been said is jeremy hunt the said about them. what has been said is jerem