relations lawyer. also this afternoon. there were more excess deaths than usual in the uk last year. the highest number outside the covid pandemic in half a century. some shops open at midnight to meet demand for prince harry s heavily trailed autobiography, which is now on sale. and a setback, not a roadblock. the team behind a uk space mission which failed to launch say they will keep on trying. and this picture has been causing something of a stir on social media today, because someone or something is missing. we will be revealing all. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, the government has been introducing draft legislation to limit future industrial action in the public sector. the bill would cover health, fire and railway workers. ministers say it would introduce a minimum level of service. unions have reacted angrily to the proposals, which they say potentially are undemocratic and unworkable, and would limit the right to strike. the business secretary grant shapps
target ukraine s energy infrastructure. iran previously denied providing russia with the weapons. the mayor said that the drones caused several explosions, rocking the city. people sent fleeing for shelter as attacks sent buildings on fire in a busy area filled with universities, bars and restaurants. at least three people have been killed, authorities urging people to stay indoors and pay attention to air-raid sirens throughout the day. let s get to clarissa ward, live for us in kyiv, ukraine. you have just visited the site of one of these attacks. what have you seen, clarissa? reporter: it was a horrific scene and we were quickly moved on from there because there were continuing alerts about possible oncoming missiles. essentially it was a residential building. we saw one elderly lady who was rescued during our time on the ground there. one body of a resident of that building. but authorities saying three people were killed, two of them killed were a couple, a young cou
russian shelling hits targets in ukraine overnight as nato and the western allies promise to continue helping kyiv to defend itself. hundreds of allegations of sexual or domestic abuse are made against metropolitan police staff. a report by conservationists says global wildlife populations have fallen by nearly 70% in less than five decades. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure to rethink the tax cuts announced in last month s mini budget. one tory mp accused her of wrecking ten years of conservative policies aimed at helping working people. this morning the foreign secretary james cleverly warned tory mps that any attempt to replace liz truss as prime minister would be a disastrously bad idea . let s take a look at how we ve got this point. yesterday, liz truss appeared at pmqs for the first time since the chancellor set out the mini budget. she was repeatedly asked about her management of the economy which has bee
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mediated by qatar and egypt they re being taken to a medical centre south of tel aviv. the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday carrying humanitarian aid. this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on october 7. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is working to get more hostages home. we have now completed the return of our first abducted children, their mothers, additional women. children, their mothers, additionalwomen. but children, their mothers, additional women. but i stress to you, the families, and you, citizens of israel, we are committed to returning all our people abducted. this is one of the goals of the war and we are committed to achieving all of the goals of the war. the us played a major part in securing the ceasefire deal and president biden says they won t stop until all the hostages are home. today has been the product