and the islamichhad group after three days of violence and more than a0 palestinian deaths. the bill as amended is passed. cheering and applause. political wrangling and a marathon debate president biden s climate bill has been approved in the us senate. how dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. commentator: it s gold for scotland. and in birmingham, laura muir becomes the 1,500 metres commonwealth champion. good evening. we re beginning tonight s programme with a special report from afghanistan, showing how pregnant women, new mothers and their babies are being affected by acute shortages and a lack of basic services nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. to give birth in remote parts of the country means difficult journeys on makeshift roads, sometimes being turned away from hospital, sharing beds on wards, and little medicine. pregnant women are suffering from a
more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that s the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwh
nasa says it will go ahead and launch the most powerful rocket its ever built. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a manhunt is underway in liverpool after a nine year old girl was shot dead. police say an unknown man is reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the knotty ash area of the city at around ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries in the attack. ian byrne is the labour mp for liverpool west derby, where this attack happened. he spoke to breakfast earlier this morning. i think devastating is a good way of putting it. we are still going to process what we have heard overnight. it is absolutely devastating that a wholly innocent nine year old young girl has been sadly murdered and i think we are all struggling to process it is a community, in west derby in liverpool and across the country. i think as a moves forward i have heard as much as everybody else, really, we need to hearfrom heard as much as everybody else, really, we
a memorable night for manchester united, who lift the mood at old trafford with a stunning win over liverpool. good morning. it isa it is a mild start today. quite a muqqy it is a mild start today. quite a muggy day ahead. some are showery rain in the north and west. drier and brighter in the south and east. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, august 23rd. some very sad breaking news this morning. a nine year old girl has been shot dead in liverpool overnight. police are hunting for the gunman after he opened fire at a house in the knotty ash area of the city. two adults were also injured. we re still getting the details on this. we will be hearing from andy gill on the scene as the programme goes on. we can tell you this shooting happened in kingsheath avenue in the east of liverpool, in knotty ash. it happened at about one o clock this morning. the road is cordoned off at several junctions as police make door to door inquiries. we have had a statement from the po