we begin in the uk, where inflation is rising at its fastest rate in decades as fuel, energy and food costs surge. the price rises are putting increasing pressure on household budgets, we ll find outjust how much pressure in the coming hours when the country s cpi inflation figure for march is released. prices rose by 6.2% in the 12 months to february, and the uk s office for budget responsibility suggests they could rise as high as 8.7% in the final three months of 2022. at the beginning of this month, energy bills rose by as much as 5a%, following the introduction of a higher price cap for how much energy firms can charge consumers. all this, of course, is eroding spending power. new data released on tuesday found that while wages rose for public sector workers, price rises outpaced them meaning a 3% drop in spending power, the biggest fall in 20 years. in a moment, we ll be taking a closer look at what today s figures may reveal, but first dougal shaw has been visiting som
and had called off the rebellion because he did not want to shed russian blood. mr prigozhin went on to say that his actions had revealed serious security issues across russia. and he said wagner commanders had refused to accept russian government requests to sign contracts with the ministry of defence. he gave no indication of where he currently is, nor about his future plans. lets hear some of that audio message first of all. translation: , ., translation: after ust one day, we onl had translation: after ust one day, we only had zoo translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres left - translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres left to - only had 200 kilometres left to moscow. we entered the city of rostov, and we took it fully under our control. it was peaceful, and the civilians were happy to see us. we showed a demonstration, a masterclass for the 24th of february of 2022 s
brought you pictures from auckland, the first major city to welcome 2024. the first major city to welcome 202a. now we are looking at the scenes in sydney, equally as spectacular, with1 million people watching fireworks launched from harbour bridge and sydney becomes the latest city to welcome 202a. that is a glimpse at the sydney fireworks, the fireworks being launched from well known landmarks like sydney opera house, sydney harbour bridge, around 1 million people watching from the harbour as sydney is lit up. what a brilliant start to 202k. happy new year! the us military says its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it s the second assault by iran backed houthi rebels on the ship within 2a hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 meteres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the
by police in connection with the manchester suicide bombing has risen to ten as the search continues for a possible network that helped plan the attack. security across britain has been increased. national campaigning resumes today ahead of next month s general election. greg dawson reports: this is the reality for a country now facing a critical terror threat. at king s cross, one of london s busiest train stations, armed police and sniffer dogs are on patrol. and for the first time, specialist firearms officers are also on board trains travelling across the uk. one of many precautions as police try to establish the manchester bomb, salman abedi, was part of a terror network. on thursday night, that investigation brought officers to wigan in greater manchester. residents were escorted out of the area is a bomb disposal unit was moved in. on this occasion, no leaves were found but investigators say they made significant progress so say they made significant progress so farand
What he has said was correct, he wasn t trying to over the russian government but demonstrate his own power. what bogosian has said. what he has done, i think he has done that well, and he is demonstrated an extraordinary way that blood may put in actually weak. to points i want to talk about. that vladimir putin is actually weak. he is able to enter and take control of rostov, a city ofi million, and move north towards voronezh, that shows the extraordinary incompetence of the russian armed forces, which vladimir putin is the ultimate commander of, but secondly, it also exposed, in the way that putin reacted in that speech he made in the kremlin to the