ambassador is arrested on the same day the uk announces new sanctions against the military regime. more calls for the government to step in as the cap on energy prices is set to triple, compared to a year ago. and we ll hear from a french politican who says britain is threatening france s coastal waters, by dumping raw sewage into the sea. we start in ukraine, where there are growing fears of a nuclear accident at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which is held by russian forces. in the past few hours the nuclear plant has been temporarily disconnected from ukraine s electricity grid for the first time ever, because of a fire. the zaporizhzhia plant is the biggest in europe. it sits on the south bank of the dnieper river in the country s east, on the front line of the war. russian forces took the site just after the invasion of ukraine began. since then, it s been under moscow s control but run by a team of ukrainian staff. there are reports up to 9,000 ukrainians work
Its monday 23rd october. Our main story. More aid has reached gaza, as Rishi Sunakjoins other western leaders in calling on israel to respect International Humanitarian law. Fourteen trucks crossed from egypt through the Rafah Crossing Yesterday but the un and charities are warning it is still not enough, as israel continues to launch air strikes on gaza. More than two weeks after the attack by hamas, which is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk, the Israeli Defence minister has warned the conflict could go on for months. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell reports. A sleepless night in gaza. From afar, the flashes of successive israeli air strikes in gaza city as israel stepped up its bombing campaign. And amid more and more destruction, and a mounting death toll, the un is warning of a catastrophic humanitarian situation. Over the weekend, more than 30 lorry loads of aid were allowed into gaza from egypt, carrying food, water and medicines. Its just a fraction of w
to dave the uk government announced fresh actions today the uk announced fresh action against the myanmar armed forces on 5th anniversary of the military s campaign of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya and new sanctions against military linked companies to target the military s access to arms and revenue . antonia mulvey is the founder of law legal action worldwide. she has been representing the rohingya since 2018 and has interviewed hundreds of rohingya when she was a un investigator. i would like to start with the events today, what do you make of the arrests? events today, what do you make of the arrests? unfortunately what we are seeinu the arrests? unfortunately what we are seeing is the arrests? unfortunately what we are seeing is illustrative are seeing is illustrative of a pattern of the military. not only has the trumped up charges against the former ambassador, we have also seen with angus and sue chi, and her former advisor, these trumped up