a ban on buy one get one free deals on unhealthy food in england is to be put on hold for a year to help families coping with the cost of living crisis. police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. #upin # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonight s eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to have won the battle for its second biggest city, kharkiv according to the us thinktank, the institute for the study of war. it says russia has failed in its efforts to encircle the city, and now appears to be focused on withdrawing its troops safely across the border. but russian troops are intensifying their attacks in the donbas region, which is now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood, told us more about the ba
President joe biden has increased tariffs on 18 billion worth of imports from china. Hes accused the country of unfairly subsidising its Clean Energy Sector and flooding International Markets with cheap goods. From new york, the bbc s erin delmore reports. It is not often we find former President Trump and current present biden in agreement but President Biden is not only keeping tariffs enacted by Spread Assessor but increasing them. They focus on the key technologies that power the green transition and include a 100 tariff on all chinese made electric vehicles imported into the United States. That is up from 25 . And a doubling of the levy on solar cells to 50 and a doubling of the Levy On Semiconductors to 50 . President biden says they are designed to protect us manufacturers from being undercut by china in the industries of the future from ev to solar cells, semiconductors, steel and illuminance and even Health Equipment like gloves and masks. , equipment like gloves and masks. I,
Nearly 1600 were wounded after the retaliatory action into the gaza strip. Dozens of Israeli Soldiers and civilians are being held hostage, as part of an unprecedented attack by Palestinian Militants on israeli territory. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is at war. His government says the Palestinian Militant Group hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing at least 100 people, ani and wounding nearly a thousand. Officials in the gaza strip say at least 198 people have been killed there, in retaliatory israeli strikes. an12 in retaliatory israeli strikes. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers f
Ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages, together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position , although it didnt give details of what that is. Hours earlier, the palestinian president said only the us could prevent an Israeli Attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. Mahmoud abbas is at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. He will be joined there on monday by the us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken. Other Key International figures are expected in the saudi city and Sideline Meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. That could include further ceasefire talks. A hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. This is the appeal from palestinian president