the un warns that global food shortages and mass hunger in poorer countries could follow russia s invasion of ukraine. soul legend diana ross, queen and duran duran are among the star studded line up for the queen s platinum jubilee concert. and, we will meet the couple who have won £181; million on the euro millions lottery. britain s biggest ever lottery win. they go public with a press conference in just over half an hour. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ministers are facing growing calls to bring forward large increases in benefits and the state pension which will be paid from next april. charities say they want benefits to increase now to help people. last night the chancellor rushi sunak warned the next few months will tough, as he spoke to business leaders. inflation to business leaders. in the uk has hit a a0 year inflation in the uk has hit a a0 year high of 9%. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. thank you. high
the final day of the libel case between footballer s wireless rebekah vardy and coleen rooney. lawyers are set out their closing outings. and britain s biggest ever lottery winners, the couple from gloucester who ve won £181; million. it s surreal, they say. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, a huge night for everton s players. after a difficult season they can ensure prmier league survival with a win against crystal palace. good evening. an mi5 agent used his intelligence status to terrorise and abuse women. yet his identity has been protected by the secret services. the bbc has been stopped from revealing his name after the government went to the high court. it says it is trying to protect national security and avoid a real and immediate risk to life. but the judge did rule that we can reveal details of the case in which the agent used his position to coerce and threaten to kill a former partner with a machete. the spy, who is not british
To american officials and several media outlets. In a statement, Us National Security Officials Say that Arms Negotiations between russia and north korea are actively advancing. We know that the Russian Defense minister travelled to north korea to convince them to sell Artillery Ammunition to russia. We urge north korea to cease its negotiations and abide by the public commitments that pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to russia. The two men already met in russia in 2019, for their first ever summit that took place in vladivostok. It is likely that this meeting, should it happen, would take place in that same city or possibly in moscow in september. Here is whatjohn everard, British Ambassador to north korea between 2006 and 2008 makes out of kimjong un and putins plan to meet in russia to discuss weapons. But of course the background is all about the possibility that north korea might supply russia with useful amounts of munitions and other weapons for its war effort agai