a faster downturn than other countries and interest rates could rise again. there are growing concerns about a growing shortage of family doctors in england, as a new study predicts a quarter of posts could be vacant by 2030. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk will provide an extra billion pounds of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. it s after president zelensky urged nato leaders to give more help to the country, saying the war effort was costing more than £4 billion pounds every month. the uk is second only to the us in terms of military aid for ukraine. the government says the new cash will go towards sophisticated air defence systems, electronic warfare equipment, drones, and thousands of pieces of kit to transform ukraine s defences. the uk will have provided £3.8 billion in support since the start of the invasion. that includes 1.3 billion of already commit
Also in the programme bushfires are still burning in australia with temperatures forecast to get higher in some places. And the bbc speaks to carlos ghosn the fugitive businessman now banned from leaving the country he fled to. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in ottawa where the prime Ministerjustin Trudeau has said theres evidence from multiple sources that the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed near tehran was shot down by an Iranian Missile. All one hundred and seventy six people on board were killed, including dozens of canadians. Irans Civil Aviation chief has dismissed reports that a missile had hit the aircraft as scientifically impossible. Nick bryant has the latest from washington. American media say these images appear to show the moment the ukrainian airliner was hit by an Iranian Missile shortly after take off. The plane did not explode immediately and continued flying for sever