this week marks a year since russia s president, vladimir putin, ordered a full scale invasion of russia s neighbour, ukraine. that was february 2a last year. world leaders have this weekend been meeting at the munich security conference, and pledging their ongoing support to ukraine. but now there s a new warning from the us that china might start supplying weapons to russia. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says there will be serious consequences for china, if that happens. our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from munich. this war is almost one year old and it shows no sign of letting up. whether on patrol in the snow or dug in deep below ground, ukrainian troops are largely holding firm, backed by arms from the west. but. there is still a lot to be done. we have to increase and accelerate our military support to ukraine, quickly. and now, potentially, a new development. the united states says russian forces are already getting surveillance and te
Also talking about Energy Policy with a promise to eliminate carbon from Energy Production and illiteracy production in the uk, focusing solely on Renewable Energy and nuclear by 2030, which would involve increasing vastly the capacity of offshore wind, onshore wind, solar power, hydrogen and tidal power as well. That was described this morning as an ambition by sir keir starmer. They have not set out in huge detail exactly how they would do it, but it goes further and faster than the governments own It Commitment to eliminate carbon from Energy Production in the uk by five years after that date, 2035, is what liz truss has set out. But the focus this morning here in at liverpool on the Deputy Leader of the labour party angela rayner, who will speak to delicates in the hall shortly, that marks at the conference getting properly under way. Last night to sir keir starmer was addressing a rally, choosing his words very carefully about the governments economic policy, and then singing the
more money for social care in england to help free up nhs beds, but critics say it s just tinkering around the edges. iranian police and anti government protesters clash in tehran for a seventh day in the worst unrest for years after the death of a young woman in police custody. and launching the see monster, the latest project in a festival of creativity in the uk, costing the taxpayer £120 million. is it worth it? and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel england s cricketers convincingly crushed in karachi as pakistan level the t20 series with a ten wicket win. good evening. interest rates have risen to their highest level for 14 years, heaping extra costs on mortgage holders, credit card users and businesses. the governor of the bank of england warned that the uk economy may already be in recession. rates have risen by 0.5% today the seventh hike in a row as the bank tries to curb inflation. interest rates now stand at 2.25%. our economics editor faisal isla
said the ambulances he was lost for 20 minutes and they couldn t find it. can you believe this? can you believe this? and anger over violence against women in south korea , after a shocking murder highlights the country s weak stalking laws. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in russia where many of its citizens are trying to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin yesterday by leaving the country. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out. president putin s order to mobilise three hundred thousand russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests yesterday, at which more than a thousand people were reportedly arrested. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists, now part of vladimir putin s war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilization here since world war ii, and apprehension at what l
i asked them why you didn t transfer her to the hospital early and they said the ambulance key was lost for 20 minutes and they couldn t find it. can you believe this? and anger over violence against women in south korea after a shocking murder highlights the country s weak stalking laws. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in russia where many of its citizens are trying to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin yesterday by leaving the country. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out. president putin s order to mobilise three hundred thousand russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests yesterday, at which more than a thousand people were reportedly arrested. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists, now part of vladimir putin s war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilization h