since russia invaded the country has reached turkish waters. it s hoped that resuming grain exports from ukraine will help ease a global food crisis, now on bbc news, fleeing afghanistan: free to be me. i ve concluded that it s time to end america s longest war. it s time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everybody was desperately trying to find anyway to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so frightened, stressful. there was lots of broken cars all over the airport and there was nothing, just a gate, to go into the plane. people were running towards the aircraft, the airport. - there were soldiers| keeping people out. the taliban, who were beating up people with sticks, - with wires, whatever they had, and they were shooting - on the ground and in the air. like the end of the world in the hollywood movies. i can t describe what the sc
alone. and they re expected to rise even further as we reach peak summer travel season. the high prices also driving inflation to the highest level since 1981. the consumer price index jumping 8.6% in may compared to the same time, same month last year. now the white house calling that staggering increase uncomfortably high. cnn s christine romans has more now on these troubling new numbers and how wall street is reacting. american consumers are still feeling the pain of higher prices for just about everything, but especially at the pump. look, the may consumer price index, that number up 8.6% from the year before. the fastest since 1981. and when you look at just the month, prices rose 1% from april to may, 1%, that s a big move in one month. core cpi, which they strip out food and energy which can be more volatile, that rose 6% from last year. prices across the board more expensive than last year. largely driven by shelter, the biggest yearly gain there since 1991. food u
and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour in the united states. an 18 year old man has appeared in court charged with murder, after ten people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the city of buffalo, in new york state. three others were wounded. of the 13 people shot, 11 were black. police said the gunman, payton gendron, livestreamed the killings. he s suspected of being a white supremacist. nada tawfik reports from new york. a busy grocery store in a predominantly black community. this was the shooter s intended target. the horror started immediately in the parking lot as the gunman emerged from his car, heavily armed and wearing tactical gear he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses it was clear he came to do maximum damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman, and then he went in the
lebanon holds parliamentary elections for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome to bbc news. an eighteen year old man has appeared in court charged with murder, after ten people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the city of buffalo, in new york state. three others were wounded. of the thirteen people shot, eleven were black. police said the gunman, payton gendron, livestreamed the killings. he s suspected of being a white supremacist. nada tawfik reports from new york. a busy grocery store in a predominantly black community. this was the shooter s intended target. the horror started immediately in the parking lot as the gunman emerged from his car, heavily armed and wearing tactical gear he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses it was clear he came to do maximum damage.
elections for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. within the past hour, finland has formally announced that it s abandoning decades of neturality, to apply for membership of nato. the decision, in direct response to russia s attack on ukraine, will still need to be approved by finland s parliament. it comes as nato s foreign ministers hold a second day of talks in berlin, which they hope will smooth the way for finland and sweden to join the alliance. turkey has voiced misgivings about their membership, accusing them of sheltering kurdish militants, but other member states hope they can secure ankara s approval. let s listen to the announcement made by finland s pm sanna marin. we have reached today an important decision including cooperation between t