hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysychansk, but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures, from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says the city of mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles, targeting the port, and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets, in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons, captured by russian forces in ukraine, have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state me
a new dual covid vaccine will form part of the uk s autumn booster campaign the jab targets both the original covid and omicron variants. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars, almost 50 years ago. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up 4.7% between april and june this year, compared to last year. but taking inflation into account, it s actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financial help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, 4.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is deal
a faster downturn than other countries and interest rates could rise again. there are growing concerns about a growing shortage of family doctors in england, as a new study predicts a quarter of posts could be vacant by 2030. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk will provide an extra billion pounds of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. it s after president zelensky urged nato leaders to give more help to the country, saying the war effort was costing more than £4 billion pounds every month. the uk is second only to the us in terms of military aid for ukraine. the government says the new cash will go towards sophisticated air defence systems, electronic warfare equipment, drones, and thousands of pieces of kit to transform ukraine s defences. the uk will have provided £3.8 billion in support since the start of the invasion. that includes 1.3 billion of already commit
will have a permanent base in eastern europe. translation: here in poland, there will be a permanent - presence of the us army. the fifth army corps. i was able to speak to president andrzej duda at the nato summit in madrid. president andrzej duda, thank you so much for speaking to me exclusively here on the bbc at the nato summits. what are your thoughts about what is happening here at the nato summit? have you heard, are you satisfied with what you are hearing? she translates question. translation: first of all, i have to say this nato - summit is forsure of historical nature. because you can say the following. a green light was given during the summit for accepting into nato finland and sweden. this is an incredibly important piece of news for the entire alliance but especially for its eastern flank. because these are the cities of the baltic sea region, this is a very important piece of information for poland. this also will extend the broader between russia and the alli