hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lyman, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target, used by russia as a major logistics hub, and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. this report is from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. ukraine s counteroffensives have slowed, but for ukrainians, progress is still progress. traces of occupation are being removed, and quickly. lyman was a logistics hub for russia s invasi
this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the latest headlines. large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far. the action is getting stronger, and the public are behind us, so we are committed to it. we want a resolution. if the government can change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. what we require is a change to discuss what we require is a change to discuss meaningful reform. we want to give discuss meaningful reform. we want to give our discuss meaningful reform. we want to give our staff a pay increase, but it to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to be self funding from within but it has to be self funding from within the but it has to be self funding from within the industry because we can t afford within the industry because we can t afford to within the industry because we can t afford to keep taking taxpayers
this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the latest headlines. large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50 thousand workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far. the action is getting stronger, and the public are behind us, so we are committed to it. we want a resolution. if the government will change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. no way out, the ukrainian military says it has encircled russian forces in the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region, a day after russia annexed the area. millions of people in the uk will pay more for gas and electricity from today, as the new energy price cap comes into force. the uk s biggest controlled
some rain from time to time, particularly in the morning. conditions should improve in the afternoon, but this is where the rain is early in the day. and we ve got some heavier rain affecting the south west of england. through the day, the rain becomes lighter and more patchy and many places do become drier. we ve got a lot of dry weather across other parts of the uk, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers in the northwest of scotland, but certainly fewer and lighter than today. in the sunshine, it ll feel quite pleasant. temperatures typically 16 to 18 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: merseyside police announce have charged 3a year old thomas cashman with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool and two counts of attempted murder. large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far. prime minister liz truss has
this is bbc news. a man has been charged with the murder of olivia pratt korbel, who was shot in her home in liverpool. large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 workers stage a walkout in the biggest rail strike so far. buckingham palace has confirmed that the king will not be going to the global climate change conference cop27 to be held in egypt later this year. the palace was responding to a story in the sunday times which said that the pm had ordered the king not to go to cop27.