countries. they have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. they have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, an outstanding effort to document warcrimes, human an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. together, they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. this year s peace prize is awarded to human rights advocate from belarus. the russian human rights organisation and the ukrainian human rights organisation centre for civil liberties. ales bialiatski was one of the initiators of the democracy movement which emerged in belarus in the 19805. which emerged in belarus in the 1980s. he has devoted his life to promoting democracy and peace will development in his home country. he founded the organisation meaning spring in 1996 in response to the controversial constitutional amendments that gave the president dictatorial, there s
hundreds of thousands are on the move, looking for food. most of the adults here and around these most of the adults here and around these camps are women. and that is because these camps are women. and that is because of these camps are women. and that is because of somalia s conflict, which is ground because of somalia s conflict, which is ground on because of somalia s conflict, which is ground on for three decades or so in one is ground on for three decades or so in one form is ground on for three decades or so in one form or another. and after a string of gains by ukrainian forces, russia vows to take back all areas of annexed territory recaptured in recent days. liz truss has given her first major speech as prime minister to her party exactly four weeks since taking over as conservative leader. but already her leadership is being tested. she s facing a revolt from within her party over her economic plans and has been forced to reverse one of her key polici
that shamima begum who left london aged 15 to join the islamic state group was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. thousands of royal mail workers stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. full speed ahead for the world s largest operating offshore wind farm. hornsea two, off the yorkshire coast, will power more than one million homes. than one million homes. defending champion emma raducanu is out of the us open losing in the first round to france s alize cornet. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . our moscow editor, steve ro
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. an independent think tank in britain says the uk government s mini budget is likely to leave the vast majority of taxpayers worse off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny. the institute for fiscal studies says that only those with incomes of more than 155,000 will be net beneficiaries over the current parliament. ben king reports. here in reading and around the uk, people feel like they could do with a boost. bills are going up and interest rates are rising. across the country as a whole, the economy has been growing too slowly. and the chancellor has come up with a very bold solution tax cuts worth billions of pounds. he plans to cut the basic rate of income tax to 19p and the pound in england, wales and northern ireland next april and abolish the 45p top rate of tack for people ear
birmingham and the commonwealth games, where it s a huge morning ahead in athletics and netball, while the premier league season got under way, with a convincing win for arsenal 2 0 away at crystal palace. and while we have a bit of rain again today in scotland, most places after a fresh start will be dry sunny and warm. getting even warmer next week and i will have the details to sixth of august. a campaign group supporting the family of archie battersbee say his parents have been told his life support will be withdrawn this morning. christian concern says it follows the exhaustion of all legal routes. the royal london hospital, which has cared for the 12 year old since april, has made no official statement. vinnie mcaviney reports. for nearly three months, archie battersbee has been at the centre of a lengthy legal battle over the withdrawal of life support. it has been in a coma withdrawal of life support. it has been in a coma since withdrawal of life support. it ha