a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a 22 year old danish man will appear in court today in connection with the killing of three people at a shopping centre in denmark s capital, copenhagen. one of the victims was a russian citizen. four people remain in a critical condition in hospital. police are investigating videos posted online which appear to show the suspect with weapons. they say there s no sign of a terrorist motive and the suspect had a history of mental illness. translation: there was nothing in | our investigation of the documentsl that we have been looking at, or the items we have found, or the witness statements we have that indicated this was an act of terror. our correspondent adrienne murray is following developments in copenhagen. the police chief said they have ruled out this could have been an ac
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am. renewed pressure for the prime minister to say what he knew about allegations concerning his former deputy chief whip, chris pincher. the labour leader sir keir starmer is to to dismiss calls for the uk to rejoin the eu in a speech setting out how a labour government would in his words make brexit work. we ve had so much division since 2016, the last thing keir starmer wants to do is revisit any of that. ukraine s president vows to take back control of the luhansk region after russian troops gained the city of lysychansk. danish police say there is no evidence a shooting in a copenhagen shopping centre which left three people dead was motivated by terrorism and the suspect had a history of mental illness.
protesters have begun to target motorways in wales, essex and devon, in a demonstration over high fuel prices. police have arrested eight fuel price protesters who had been driving on the m4. police have warned there could be serious disruption throughout the day as protesters call for a cut to fuel duty. renewed pressure for the prime minister to say what he knew about allegations concerning his former deputy chief whip, chris pincher. the labour leader sir keir starmer is to to dismiss calls for the uk to rejoin the eu in a speech setting out how a labour government would in his words make brexit work ukraine s president vows to take back control of the luhansk region after russian troops gained the city of lysychansk. school caterers have told the bbc that rising food prices are changing what they provide for children s lunches in england and wales. certain foods, like chicken and beef, are being replaced by cheaper ingredients because of soaring
than strategic but it is both symbolically and strategically important. lysychansk was the last major city in the luhansk 0blast, or luhansk region, that is one of the two regions that makes up this area called the donbas that we talk about so often which president putin gave the liberation, as he put it, of that area, as a main reason for this war, and so for them taking lysychansk means they have now taken the luhansk region and for the russians that is a symbolic victory. strategically important too, it is worth saying, it was quite a defensible position, the ukrainians said they could have held it. skype interview with serhiy haidai, the governor of luhansk, a man with nothing left to govern now and he said they have made a strategic withdrawal. what they realised is that the russians were looking to encircle them and they would have done so much and if they had been encircled, i think that would have been really disastrous.
here is the one price for potatoes. it will vary from region to region. i would say that all local authority caterers who are members of laca are doing their very best through their school meal procurement contracts to get the best deal, but as the supplier said in branwen s piece, it s unprecedented, they ve not seen price increases and shortages of food like this in the last 20 years. new analysis has revealed there are fewer pubs in england and wales than ever before, as the industry grapples with surging business costs. our business reporter, noor nanji, told me more about the pressures facing uk pubs. the pub has been a mainstay of british life for hundreds of years but there are growing concerns that in england and wales, at least, this much loved institution is coming under concern. these risks have been raised by altus group,